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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:…
    Katrina Trinko
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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…
    Rob Bluey
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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…
    Amy Swearer
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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…
    Chrissy Clark
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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…
    Jarrett Stepman
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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…
    Kyle Perisic
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    Gun Control Movement Is Polar Opposite of the Civil Rights Movement

    Covering the pro-gun control March for Our Lives in Washington, CNN ran a headline that read, “They’re marching through the same streets as Martin Luther King Jr. did—hoping for similar change.” The article then quoted a 16-year-old as saying, “The civil rights movement was started by teenagers.” How can we expect to properly deal with…
    Star Parker
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    Gun Groups Slam YouTube Decision to Ban Some Videos

    YouTube says it will ban videos with content related to the sale or assembly of firearms or firearms accessories, a move that has gun rights organizations up in arms. YouTube, which not only is the largest all-video website but the website with the third-most traffic in the world, said it would begin enforcing the new…
    Kyle Perisic
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    School Personnel in These Gun-Control States Are Trained in Firearms Use

    Mark Zilinskas, a high school math teacher in Pennsylvania, took firearms and emergency response training even though his state prohibits guns in school. “To say teachers shouldn’t carry guns because they aren’t police officers is comparable to saying teachers shouldn’t drive because they aren’t NASCAR drivers,” Julian Petzold says. Allowing teachers to have access to…
    Fred Lucas
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    Daily Signal Exclusive: Parkland Student Kyle Kashuv on Confronting Critics of Guns

    Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student Kyle Kashuv, 16, spoke with The Daily Signal’s Rachel del Guidice about the media blackout of his conservative views in the aftermath of the Parkland, Florida, shooting. Kashuv appeared at the White House’s Generation Next forum for millennials Thursday. An edited transcript of his Daily Signal interview is below….
    Rachel del Guidice
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    CNN Cancels Interview With a Conservative Student Voice on Guns

    CNN news anchor Brooke Baldwin canceled her scheduled interview with Kyle Kashuv, a Parkland, Florida, high school student and survivor of the horrific Valentine's Day shooting. Kashuv, 16, has separated himself from the rest of the Parkland student advocates in his strong support for the Second Amendment and alternative safety proposals besides gun control or…
    Joe Simonson
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    We Hear You: It Isn’t About Guns, It’s About …

    Editor's note: We asked to hear your views on making schools safer and keeping firearms out of the wrong hands, and you didn't let us down. We're dedicating all of today's space to your comments. As always, write us at [email protected].—Ken McIntyre  Dear Daily Signal: As far back as recorded history goes, murder has been…
    Ken McIntyre
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    6 Reasons Gun Control Will Not Solve Mass Killings

    In the wake of the tragic murder of 17 innocent students and teachers at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, students, educators, politicians, and activists are searching for solutions to prevent future school shootings. As emotions morph from grief to anger to resolve, it is vitally important to supply facts so that policymakers…
    John G. Malcolm
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    Minnesota School District Removes Student With Pro-Gun Sign During Walkout

    A school district in Minnesota is defending a principal who removed a student from public school grounds for holding an unapproved sign that read, “Guns Don’t Kill People, People Kill People” during a nationwide school walkout demonstration against gun rights. The incident was captured on a video that was posted on Facebook by Kenny MacDonald,…
    Kyle Perisic
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    Here Are 8 Stubborn Facts on Gun Violence in America

    In the wake of the tragic murder of 17 innocent students and teachers at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, students, educators, politicians, and activists are searching for solutions to prevent future school shootings. As emotions morph from grief to anger to resolve, it is vitally important to supply facts so that policymakers…
    John G. Malcolm
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    Millennials Aren’t More Liberal on Gun Control Than Prior Generations, Polls Find

    Millennials aren’t more liberal on gun control than their parents or grandparents, according to recent polls. To the contrary, there’s some evidence that gun control is supported less by people 30 and younger now than previous generations. Gallup has been surveying adults under 30 for the past three years, and on average, they were just…
    Kyle Perisic
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    If You’re Trying to Ban Guns, the Least You Could Do Is Learn the Basics

    The Washington Post recently published an op-ed by writer Adam Weinstein in which he argues that Second Amendment advocates “use jargon to bully gun-control supporters.” “While debating the merits of various gun control proposals,” he contends, “Second Amendment enthusiasts often diminish, or outright dismiss their views if they use imprecise firearms terminology.” How dare Second…
    David Harsanyi
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    Problematic Women: Owning a Gun and Motherhood Are Not Mutually Exclusive

    In this week’s edition of “Problematic Women,” we break down Ambassador Nikki Haley clapping back at the Palestinian leader who told her to “shut up.” Bumble, the popular dating app, is encouraging its users to report anyone with a gun in their photos. Bethany Mandel appeared on “Fox & Friends” to discuss why as a…
    Bre Payton
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    Progressives Might Not Want to Look to the Old West for Gun Control Ideas

    A frequent criticism levied at those who oppose widespread gun control is that they want to return to a kind of Wild West of violence and criminality. But now, ironically, more and more people on the left are pointing to the Old West as a model for gun control. They say that conservatives are wrong to…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    The Parallels Between the Gun Debate and the Opioid Crisis

    By now, most have heard about the deadly opioid epidemic that has struck our nation. According to data compiled in a Kaiser Family Foundation report, there were 42,249 casualties in 2016 related to opioids. This is double the 21,089 reported in 2010. For a little perspective, given all the attention guns are getting these days,…
    Star Parker
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