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Gun-Free Zones Kill: Data Shows Armed Citizens Stop Mass Killers Most of the Time

By Rob Morse We live in a media-driven culture. We also have government agencies putting out biased reports that serve their political masters. And it’s rare that the media even question those agencies’ reports. That…


Mike Rowe’s Unintentional But Valuable Range Safety Tip

Mike Rowe, the well-known dirty job do-er, work raconteur and mover of the book markets, did a safety video that has application to shooters. In the video, below, Rowe describes how he and his crew…






Faulty Data: CPRC Finds FBI Data Wildly Understates the Number of Active Shooters Stopped by Armed Citizens

The FBI defines active shooter incidents as those in which an individual actively kills or attempts to kill people in a populated, public area. But it does not include shootings that are deemed related to other criminal…


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Author of a Screed on the Societal Costs of Civilian Gun Ownership Somehow Fails to Include the Value of Crimes Prevented and Lives Saved

Importantly, when we talk about the costs of guns, it’s not just crime. It includes accidents. It includes suicide attempts, even failed ones. As reported by Casey Smith of the Indiana Capital Chronicle on Aug….



Let’s Thank the Violence Policy Center for Illustrating How Law-Abiding Those Who Legally Carry Guns Actually Are

The VPC’s Concealed Carry Killers project tracks mass shootings by concealed carry permit holders. Learn more here: https://t.co/esK3lhCCcO — Violence Policy Center (@VPCinfo) August 25, 2023 The Violence Policy Center gun control organization maintains a…