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3 Supreme Court Cases to Watch in the Fight for Free Speech
Supporters of free speech should pay attention to three cases before the Supreme Court, lawyers said at a recent Heritage Foundation event. Provisions of local, state, and even federal law threaten to impose politically correct and leftist views on Americans, infringing on their First Amendment rights, the speakers said. The Heritage event featured Jacob Huebert,…Chrissy Clark -
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CNN’s Alisyn Camerota Duels With CPAC Chair Matt Schlapp on Gun Control
CNN host Alisyn Camerota challenged conservative commentator Matt Schlapp to a debate on gun control Friday, little more than a week after the high school massacre in Parkland, Florida, asking whether Schlapp thinks critics of the Second Amendment hate freedom. “No. I actually think there’s a lot of people, including these victims’ families, who their…Nick Givas -
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Gov. Rick Scott Wants Florida to Prohibit Anyone Under 21 From Buying a Gun
Florida Gov. Rick Scott announced plans Friday to raise the age for purchasing a firearm in his state to 21, but provide exceptions for the military and law enforcement. “We will require all individuals punishing firearms to be 21 or older,” Scott said during extensive remarks at a press conference. “There’ll be exceptions for active-duty…Nick Givas -
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Campus Activists Take on a Generational Battle for Free Speech
The battle for Western civilization is taking place on the campuses of American universities and high schools, activists argued Thursday at the Conservative Political Action Conference. Five conservatives spoke out against liberal bias on college campuses on a panel that, in a reference to North Korea’s communist dictator, was titled “Kim Jung Un-iveristy.” “Somehow liberals…Chrissy Clark -
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Do Not Let Children Lead the Gun Debate
Where are all the grown-ups in times of crisis and grief? Don’t bother searching America’s prestigious law schools. Two adult men, occupying lofty perches as law professors, argued this week that the voting age in the U.S. should be lowered to 16 because some high school survivors of the Parkland, Florida, shooting who want gun…Michelle Malkin -
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Fact Check: Are Most Gun Crimes Committed With Handguns?
Sen. James Lankford said on NBC's "Meet the Press" that at least three times as many crimes are committed with handguns than with rifles. Verdict: True Handguns are used in about nine times as many murders and eight times as many nonfatal violent crimes than rifles, shotguns, and other firearms combined. Fact Check: Lankford, R-Okla., pointed…Emily Larsen -
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To Combat Gun Violence, Confront Mental Illness
The reality is that if we knew what leads to mass shootings at high schools, the problem would already have been resolved—sadly, we don’t. We need to address all of the factors that contribute to these circumstances, methodically and as part of a systemic approach, not as a series of bullet-point solutions. Are guns to…Armstrong Williams -
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How to Protect Free Speech on Campus? Override the Heckler’s Veto.
The irony and hypocrisy are obviously lost on self-styled “anti-fascists” who loudly—and, more often than not, violently—shut down, in fascist fashion, the free speech of others on college campuses. Or maybe they are in fact aware of the hypocrisy and just don’t care about the bad PR optics, because they are so self-righteously convinced of…Peter Parisi -
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6 Common Media Myths About Gun Control
The latest mass shooting, this time at a Florida high school, was one of the deadliest school shootings since the Columbine massacre in 1999. So far, there have been 17 confirmed deaths in the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, and the alleged shooter is in custody. Americans are understandably searching…Jarrett Stepman -
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Sen. Marco Rubio Explains Why More Gun Laws Won’t ‘Stop This From Happening’
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., spoke Thursday about the shooting that left 17 dead and 14 wounded at a high school in Parkland, Florida. Above is video of a portion of Rubio’s remarks and below is a transcript. And so, hence the challenge for why it’s so hard to find something that works. And there are…Daily Signal Staff -
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Campus Free Speech Zones Are on the Way Out, and That’s Good News
Inside Higher Ed last week ran an obituary for an idea that was doomed from the start: free speech zones on college campuses. Those zones are often small, hard-to-find areas of campus, and school officials restrict individuals from handing out flyers or demonstrating outside of those areas. The Inside Higher Ed obit says Los Angeles’ Pierce…Jonathan Butcher -
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Europe’s War on Free Speech
Any American who ever questions whether the First Amendment is vital to protect free speech should just cast a glance across the Atlantic. Europeans share the same values we do—indeed, our concept of rights derives from European philosophers—and yet they often adopt misguided laws that circumscribe freedom of expression. The latest blunder comes courtesy of…Mike Gonzalez -
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Problematic Women: Should Gun Rights Be Included in #MeToo?
Facebook and Google create a new dating policy, men say they’re now uncomfortable interacting with women in the workplace, and conservative women say #TimesUp is getting political by hiring Anita Hill. Has the #MeToo movement gone too far? We discuss in this week’s edition of “Problematic Women,” co-hosted with Bre Payton of The Federalist. We…Kelsey Bolar -
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The Gun Industry’s Surprising Take on the Trump Administration
After eight years of President Barack Obama, you’d think that firearms owners—and the entire firearms industry—would be dancing with joy at the presidency of Donald Trump. Certainly, it was great to hear the president speak up for the Second Amendment in his State of the Union address. But as I learned at this year’s SHOT—Shooting,…Ted Bromund -
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It Could Be a Great Year for America’s Gun Owners. And for Gunmakers, Too.
LAS VEGAS—One of the nation’s largest gatherings of gun owners, hunters, and sports shooters was bigger and better than ever, and again set the tone for the year in firearms—and for the people who love and work in the industry. In previous years, the tone at the Shooting, Hunting, and Outdoor Trade Show, known as…Ted Bromund -
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Problematic Women: Women’s March Has No Tolerance for Down Syndrome, and Suzanne Somers Dares to Support Trump
Hollywood celebrities continue their attacks against women who work for the Trump administration, Women’s March attendees show they have no tolerance for babies with Down syndrome, and Planned Parenthood is getting a new president. We cover all this and more in this week’s edition of “Problematic Women,” a podcast and Facebook Live show co-hosted with…Kelsey Bolar -
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Podcast: The Difference Between the Women’s March and the March for Life
The Daily Signal’s Kelsey Harkness attended both the Women’s March and the March for Life, and she joins us to discuss the differences between the two marches. We also cover Hollywood’s flirtation with a female James Bond, National School Choice Week, and CNN’s incredibly biased questioning of a Trump administration official.Katrina Trinko -
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Here Are the 5 Worst ‘Fake News’ Reports on Guns in 2017
President Donald Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress are strongly pro-Second Amendment, which means new gun control laws were dead on arrival in 2017. But the mainstream media, not to be quietly defeated, exposed its anti-gun bias more than ever this year. The national newspapers and left-wing TV networks continued to churn out unbalanced reports on…Emily Miller -
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Free Speech Is Dying on College Campuses. Here Are 5 Ways to Revive and Protect It.
During the past 18 months, college students have engaged in disruptive and even violent activities toward guest speakers whose ideas they considered offensive. In response, college administrators have tended to capitulate to—or collaborate with—the demonstrators by disinviting scheduled speakers and disciplining students or professors whose views were considered offensive. In fact, recent studies by the…Bruce Ashford -
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We Hear You: Free Speech, the Transgender Agenda, ‘Mockingbird,’ and the Deep State
Editor's note: Outrage over the muzzling of certain ideas in our school classrooms and government offices is the common thread of this week's collection of correspondence from The Daily Signal's audience. Write us at [email protected].—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily Signal: How is the bullying and threatening of a Boise State University political science professor, Scott Yenor,…Ken McIntyre