Amy Swearer is a legal fellow in the Edwin Meese Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at The Heritage Foundation.
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President Joe Biden’s most recent speech on gun control showed, once again, that he has little respect for gun owners or the Second Amendment. Consider,… Read More
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President Joe Biden recently gave a speech in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, touting his “Safer America Plan” and a gun control bill he had signed into law…. Read More
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I testified before Congress’ Joint Economic Committee last month in a hearing focused on “the economic toll of gun violence.” Of course, there’s no doubt… Read More
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The Supreme Court in June struck down a New York law that effectively prohibited ordinary citizens from carrying handguns in public for self-defense. As some… Read More
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The Supreme Court on Thursday issued its first significant opinion in a Second Amendment case in well over a decade, striking down a New York… Read More
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President Joe Biden may assure the American people that his progressive gun control efforts would not “in any way” impinge on the Second Amendment, but… Read More
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Tragedies like those recently suffered in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, cause many Americans to voice an understandable—if misguided—urge for politicians to “just do… Read More
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Any week now, the Supreme Court will render its decision in the pivotal Second Amendment case New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen,… Read More
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Since 1987, the United States has recognized March as Women’s History Month to celebrate the vital role of women in American history. Unfortunately, far too… Read More
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In his first State of the Union address, President Joe Biden doubled down on his administration’s efforts to undermine the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding… Read More
