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More Gun Control In The Not-So “Land Of Enchantment”

New Mexico gun owners already find themselves under plenty of attack with Democrat Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham recently instituting a 30-day ban on concealed and open carry of firearms in Albuquerque and surrounding Bernalillo County….



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…


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…


NARRATIVE FAIL: White Supremacists Are NOT The Most Likely Mass Murderers

Leave it to Joe Biden to ignore facts in his quest to distract from the results of his failed leadership. He blamed white supremacy, along with (of course) the gun lobby and “assault weapons” following…


Ministry of Truth: Politicians and Media Misinformation Shape Public Misperceptions of Violent Crime and Guns

  [W]hile it’s true that firearms are the weapon of choice in more than half the murders in this country, it’s also true that only 7.9% of violent crimes were committed with guns. The new McLaughlin…