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Massachusetts Governor Signs Gun Seizure Bill
Republican Gov. Charlie Baker signed a bill on Tuesday allowing for temporary gun confiscation without any due process in Massachusetts. Bill H4670 enables a family or household member, which includes roommates, relatives or significant others, to remove firearms, firearm identification cards and ammunition from any individual deemed to be a danger to oneself or others. Surrendered goods… -
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Conservative Shareholder Grills CEO of Dick’s Sporting Goods for Anti-Gun Policies
An investor confronted the CEO of the Dick’s Sporting Goods chain at an annual shareholders meeting in Pittsburgh, blasting the retailer’s recent restrictions on gun sales and its anti-gun advocacy. David Almasi, a vice president at the National Center for Public Policy Research, attended the meeting Wednesday representing the think tank’s Free Enterprise Project, according… -
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Credit Card Payments Abruptly Stopped on Some Gun-Related Purchases
Intuit abruptly ceased processing credit card payments without notice in recent weeks on some firearms and firearms-related purchases, some of which were already shipped to customers. Several small businesses experienced issues when payments on purchases were refunded to the customers rather than processed, the New York Post reported Monday. Sales on firearms, safety training classes, and gun-related… -
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Gun Shop Gives Teachers Free Firearm Training
Educators were treated to a free firearms training session in San Diego on Sunday for “Train a Teacher Day.” The five-hour course consisted of smaller classes aimed at teaching “safety, proficiency, and familiarity” with firearms. The event was complimentary for anyone across the country affiliated with a school, which included teachers, support staff, administrators, and even board members…. -
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Alabama Governor Lets Schools Keep Gun Ready Against ‘Armed Intruders’
Alabama school administrators will now have the option of keeping a firearm on school grounds for dealing with an “armed intruder” incident if they meet certain qualifications after Gov. Kay Ivey signed a memo permitting the practice. Ivey’s May 30 memo will give all Alabama school administrators the option to keep a firearm on campus,… -
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NRA to Fight Oregon’s Semi-Automatic Firearm Ban
The National Rifle Association announced Thursday that it will challenge Oregon’s petition to ban assault weapons. Although Initiative Petition 43 has not yet been passed, the NRA released a press release disclosing the organization’s joint challenge with the Oregon Hunters Association. The petition was filed on March 22, 2018, by a Portland interfaith group, Lift Every Voice Oregon…. -
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Guns Haven’t Changed in America. People Have.
Having enjoyed my 82nd birthday, I am part of a group of about 50 million Americans who are 65 years of age or older. Those who are 90 or older were in school during the 1930s. My age cohort was in school during the 1940s. Baby boomers approaching their 70s were in school during the… -
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Gun Control Is Fading From Young Americans’ Agenda
Six percent of Americans aged 15 to 34 consider gun control the top issue facing the country, according to a new Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and MTV poll reported on Wednesday. That number is down from a high of 21 percent who considered it the top issue in March, according to the poll…. -
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Obama’s Education Secretary Is Wrong About Gun Control Being Best Way to Keep Kids Safe
Educrat (ED-yoo-krat): noun, usually pejorative. A government school official or administrator whose primary function is to spend tax dollars telling other parents what to do with their children. Beltway education bureaucrats abhor families who choose to keep their kids out of public schools—unless it’s to grandstand over gun control. Behold Arne Duncan, longtime pal of… -
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I Didn’t Grow Up Around Guns. Here Are My 4 Observations From the NRA Convention.
I am a conservative. I did not grow up around guns. I can’t recall hearing my parents talk about guns in our home. My dad didn’t hunt and I never lived in an area prone to high crime or gun violence. Guns were never on my radar until I witnessed firsthand the debate over gun… -
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An Inside Look at How Training Teachers to Carry Firearms in Schools Actually Works
Most schools require teachers and staffers to go through a rigorous training program before they may carry a concealed weapon in the classroom. But how do these training programs actually work—and what type of qualifications do they entail? The Daily Signal traveled to outside Denver, Colorado, to learn about “FASTER Saves Lives,” a nonprofit that… -
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We Hear You: Going ‘Bold’ on Welfare Reform, Learning About Guns, and Other Good Ideas
Editor's note: Time to catch up on some mail we've been meaning to publish for awhile. Enjoy the potpourri. And don't forget to write us at [email protected].—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily Signal: Bravo! The voice of sound reason in the midst of babble (“Why We Must Be Bold on Welfare Reform”). The wisdom of Heritage Foundation… -
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After Waffle House, Focus Shouldn’t Be on Guns
Nick Freitas, a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, sat down with The Daily Signal to talk about the Second Amendment and the Waffle House shooting that occurred on April 22 in Tennessee, resulting in the deaths of four people. Police apprehended the suspected shooter Monday. Freitas cautions against putting all of the focus… -
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We Hear You: Students and Parents ‘Need to Take a Hard Look at Themselves’ Before Banning Guns
Editor's note: The more The Daily Signal covers the debate over guns and school safety, the more we get thoughtful mail from our audience. Here's another batch dominated by that topic. Don't forget to write us at [email protected].—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily Signal: Here is my 79-year observation of what I believe are the main keys… -
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Podcast: The UK Has Gun Control, but Isn’t Safe
The Heritage Foundation’s Amy Swearer joins us to look at what the facts show about safety and gun control in the United Kingdom, which is now exploring “knife control.” Suffice it to say, it’s not the safe—or even comparatively safer—place gun control advocates would have you believe a nation with its policies would be. Plus:… -
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Obama’s Education Secretary: ‘Our Nation Values Our Guns More Than We Value Our Kids’
President Barack Obama’s first education secretary, Arne Duncan, spoke exclusively to The Daily Signal’s Rob Bluey at the Reagan Institute Summit on Education on Thursday. Duncan joined three other former education secretaries on stage at the event, where he said the Obama administration’s failure to enact gun control was one of his biggest regrets. He… -
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Amid Push for Knife Control, UK Shows Gun Control Doesn’t Increase Safety
It was widely reported earlier this month that London experienced a higher number of murders over the first three months of 2018 than did New York City—the first time in modern history that has occurred. The United Kingdom has some of the most restrictive gun control laws in the world, so the increased murder rate… -
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College Student Poses With Gun for Graduation Photo, Firing Up Twitter
A student at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga used her senior photo shoot to showcase support for the Second Amendment right to bear arms, but not everyone is happy about it. Brenna Spencer, 22, tweeted out a picture of herself lifting up a pink T-shirt slightly to reveal a handgun in her waistband. The… -
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This Incident Shows How Heeding Warning Signs of a School Shooter Works Better Than Gun Control
All of the glaring red flags surrounding the Parkland shooter were ignored. Authorities failed to connect the dots through years of bad behavior, incidents on and off campus, as well as reports from concerned citizens that the shooter was displaying worrisome behavior. According to a CNN report, the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter even… -
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Donations to NRA Triple Amid Demands for Stricter Gun Control
Donations to the National Rifle Association’s political action committee more than tripled amid heightened calls for stricter gun control laws. After a 19-year-old with an AR 15-style rifle took 17 lives Feb. 14 at a high school in Parkland, Florida, some Americans demanded more restrictions on gun ownership. A retired Supreme Court justice, John Paul…