Amy Swearer

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Amy Swearer is a senior legal fellow in The Heritage Foundation’s Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies.

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    More Gun Control Is Not What Australia Needs

    Amy Swearer
    A father and son duo opened fire on a crowd of mostly Jewish victims on Dec. 14. They were at a large Hanukkah celebration on Bondi Beach in Australia; 15 people were killed and dozens more were wounded in an antisemitic terrorist attack. Using a legally owned bolt-action shotgun and bolt-action rifle, the gunmen fired…
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    Trump’s Case on Birthright Citizenship Is Stronger Now Than Ever
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    Oops! Gun Control Group’s Own Numbers Contradict Its Messaging on Defensive Gun Use
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    Hawaii, Take Note: Armed Citizens Aren’t ‘Vampires’
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    Defensive Gun Uses Show Extraordinary Crimes Shouldn’t Erase Rights of Ordinary Gun Owners
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    3 Uncomfortable Truths About School Shootings After Minneapolis Tragedy
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    Why NYC Tragedy Means We Need Gun Rights, Not Gun Control
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    What We Can Learn From NYC Shooting
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    Crime-Stoppers: Armed Citizens Protect Themselves, Others
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    Supreme Court Insists It Will Resolve AR-15 Question ‘Soon’
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    Defensive Uses of Guns Last Month Show Mexican Government’s Folly
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    The Myth of Mexico’s ‘American Gun Problem’ 
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    Fact-Checking Justice Sotomayor’s Imaginary Birthright Citizenship Cases
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    Defensive Gun Uses Demonstrate Life and Death Benefits of Supreme Court’s Bruen Decision
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    11 Defensive Gun Use Cases in March That Kept Citizens from Becoming Victims
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    Defensive Gun Uses Show Trump Order on 2A Is a Step in the Right Direction
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    Defensive Gun Uses Show Faulty Premise of California Gun Laws
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    The Birthright Citizenship Clause Too Many Forget, but Trump Is Right to Question
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    Debunking 4 Big Errors Made in Lawsuit to Stop Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order
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    Armed Citizens Highlight the Critical Importance of Second Amendment
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    Defensive Gun Use Debunks Gun Control Ignorance
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    Trump Can End Universal Birthright Citizenship. The Constitution Never Required It.
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    Survey Confirms Americans Still Shockingly Ill-Informed About Gun Deaths
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    10 Examples of Defensive Gun Use Show It’s Time to End War on Lawful Gun Owners
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    Kamala Harris’ ‘Intruder’ Crack: Joke or Serious Comment on Self-Defense?
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    On the Second Amendment, Harris Shoots Herself in Foot—Again
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    Debunking the Worst Gun Control ‘Hot Takes’ After Second Trump Assassination Attempt
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    Defensive Gun Use Shows Second Amendment Remains Necessary, Even After Tragedies
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    4th Circuit Decision Sets Up Next Potential 2A Showdown at Supreme Court
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    What These 11 Examples of Self-Defense With Guns Ought to Teach Liberals
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    The Ineffectiveness of Proposed New Gun Controls After Attempt to Kill Trump
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    Why Second Amendment More Crucial Than Ever After Attempt to Kill Trump
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    Supreme Court Upholds Law Allowing Confiscation of Firearms. Why All Is Not Lost.
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    In Bump Stock Case, Court’s Rebuke of ATF Is a Win for More Than Just 2A Advocates
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    These Accounts of Defensive Gun Use Speak Volumes
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    High Court Upholds NRA’s 1st Amendment Rights to Defend 2nd Amendment
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    More Defensive Gun Uses Undermine Government Claims About Armed Civilians
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    4 Things to Know About Biden’s Latest Attack on Gun Ownership and Firearms Industry
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    Indiana Prosecutor Laments That Self-Defense Laws Exist, Protect Defensive Gun Users
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    Gun Control Activists Admit They Overreacted to This Concealed Carry Case
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    14 Defensive Gun Uses That Show Armed Citizens Promote Public Safety
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    Self-Defense Stories Debunk Anti-Gun Activists’ Claims
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    11 More Times When Gun Owners Defended Themselves or Others in Dangerous Circumstances
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    Good Guys (and Gals) With Guns Still Out There, as These 12 Examples Show
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    3 Absurd Claims About the Lewiston Shooting Made by Gun Control Activists
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    These 12 Defensive Gun Uses Show Absurdity of Attacking Second Amendment Rights
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    5 Things to Know About New Mexico Governor’s Insanely Unconstitutional Gun Control Order
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    12 Defensive Gun Uses Show That Armed Citizens Make Communities Safer
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    It’s Not Hard to Tell Good Guy From Bad Guy, as 12 More Defensive Gun Uses Show
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    Sorry, Gov. Newsom, but Citizens Want to Use Guns to Defend Themselves, Others
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    ‘Good Guy With Gun’ Swept Under Rug by Las Vegas Police
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    3rd Circuit Hands Down Another Significant 2nd Amendment Victory
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