We may understand [Capitol Hill Police Lieutenant Michael] Byrd’s fears and not know exactly what was in his mind at the moment he fired. But if police had applied to the 2020 Black Lives Matter…
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The riot and incursion at the US Capitol building on January 6 has been portrayed in the media a violent terrorist attack, an attempt to overthrow a democratically elected government by crazed insurrectionists. However you…
“This didn’t seem like an armed insurrection to me,” [Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson] said in an interview on WISN-AM with conservative talk radio show host Jay Weber after condemning the events at the U.S. Capitol…
Jeff Hulbert for TTAG From the Second Amendment Organization . . . NEITHER VIOLENCE NOR ADVOCACY THROUGH INTIMIDATION ARE CONDONED BY LEADERS IN THE GUN RIGHTS MOVEMENT On the eve of a Presidential inauguration that…
Isn’t it strange that we didn’t get deeply concerned think pieces and denunciations of open carry protests after marches like this one in Louisville? (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley) And here we have a natural extension…
Thomas Massie (R-Kentucky). AP image. Congressman Thomas Massie (R-Kentucky) continues to boldly advocate for the proven benefits of firearm ownership and concealed carry. In the days after last week’s lockdown, he tweeted that “The next…
(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) Last week’s takeover of the U.S. Capitol—which was accomplished without any known discharge of firearms by the occupiers—has now triggered a rapidly escalating campaign to punish the 2nd Amendment community. The…
(AP Photo/John Minchillo) The effort to turn the storming of the Capitol building into a gun control issue continues apace. The fact that no guns were found or used among the rioters who entered the…
Brady president Kris Brown (courtesy bradyunited.org) What now, after the attack on the U.S. Capitol? There are urgent steps we must immediately take enact to guard against further violent attacks — and gun safety underlies…