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Top 10 Companies That Step on First Amendment Freedoms
Several major U.S. companies continue to flout First Amendment freedoms, according to a legal group’s new analysis and rankings. Alliance Defending Freedom’s annual Viewpoint Diversity Score Business Index ranks dozens of corporations based on their “respect for free speech and religious freedoms” both inside and outside of the companies. In its third edition, announced Tuesday,…Hudson Crozier -
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More Defensive Gun Uses Undermine Government Claims About Armed Civilians
It should be painfully obvious to anyone paying attention that the Biden administration distrusts an armed civilian population and is willing to fudge the truth time and again to defend its untenable positions. But for those living blissfully unaware of the Biden administration’s animosity toward gun owners, it once again demonstrated its animosity in clear…Amy Swearer -
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4 Things to Know About Biden’s Latest Attack on Gun Ownership and Firearms Industry
It’s an open secret that the Biden administration disdains lawful civilian gun owners almost as much as it does the lawful gun industry. But in case there was any doubt, new gun export regulations published late last month by the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security make the administration’s position painfully clear: It doesn’t…Amy Swearer -
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FOIA Questions for DC Prosecutor Matt Graves: Why Don’t You Take Gun Crimes Seriously?
Matthew Graves, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, doesn’t take gun crimes seriously. The result has been more murder, mayhem, and carnage across the nation’s capital. And now there is more data to prove that point, in the form of the 2023 annual report by the District of Columbia Sentencing Commission. The Sentencing…Cully Stimson -
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Indiana Prosecutor Laments That Self-Defense Laws Exist, Protect Defensive Gun Users
Apparently, some Indianapolis public officials have forgotten how their own self-defense laws work and why they exist in the first place. In an interview that’s equal parts amusing and alarming, Indiana’s Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears recently lamented an increase in self-defense shootings in Indianapolis. Mears complained to reporters that shootings involving self-defense claims are…Amy Swearer -
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Sentencing of Shooter’s Parents Underlines Responsibility of Gun Owners
The convictions of James Crumbley and his wife, Jennifer, for their roles in their son’s commission of a mass school shooting in Michigan that killed four and injured seven tells us one thing: If you are an irresponsible gun owner, you will pay the price if a crime is committed with your gun. It is…Armstrong Williams -
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Judge Denies Trump’s Bid to Toss Georgia Charges Based on First Amendment
The judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s racketeering case in Georgia declined Thursday to dismiss the charges based on the First Amendment. Trump’s attorneys argued in a December motion that the indictment “directly targets core protected political speech and activity,” urging Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee to dismiss the charges as violations of the First Amendment. But…Katelynn Richardson -
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Note to Ketanji Brown Jackson: The First Amendment Should ‘Hamstring’ the Government. That’s the Entire Point.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government strong-armed Big Tech companies into censoring as “disinformation” Americans’ true experiences while effectively mandating government propaganda, which itself turned out to be misinformation. The Supreme Court is currently considering whether that strategy violated the First Amendment. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson suggested during oral arguments Monday that…Tyler O’Neil -
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Gun Control Activists Admit They Overreacted to This Concealed Carry Case
Gun control advocates have spent the past two years losing their minds over the Supreme Court ruling in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen, a case that affirmed citizens’ right to publicly carry a firearm for self-defense. One of the commonly repeated criticisms of Bruen has been that the high court’s ruling…Amy Swearer -
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14 Defensive Gun Uses That Show Armed Citizens Promote Public Safety
Hawaii’s high court last week thumbed its nose at the U.S. Supreme Court’s Second Amendment jurisprudence, declaring that the right to bear arms in public clashes with the “Aloha spirit” and therefore doesn’t really apply in that state. That’s right. The Hawaii Supreme Court believes it can water down and reinterpret the federal Bill of…Amy Swearer -
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Tech Titans’ First Amendment Court Case Tries to Have It Both Ways
Big Tech is back at the Supreme Court. Appealing from a big loss they suffered at the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, social media platforms are challenging Texas’ social media law that prohibits those companies from engaging in viewpoint discrimination when curating their platforms. They claim Texas’ law violates their First Amendment rights for compelling them to host content. In…Joel Thayer -
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Self-Defense Stories Debunk Anti-Gun Activists’ Claims
As 2023 drew to a close, millions of peaceable Americans geared up for a new year that will bring with it many new limitations on their constitutional right to keep and bear arms. In California, for example, Jan. 1 was the date to ring in the state’s plethora of new restrictions on carrying concealed firearms…Amy Swearer -
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California’s Ban on Guns in Public Places Takes Effect Despite Ongoing Legal Challenges
California’s new law banning firearms in most public places took effect Monday while legal challenges continue. Last month, U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney, a George W. Bush appointee, blocked the law from taking effect in a Dec. 20 decision that found it to be “sweeping, repugnant to the Second Amendment, and openly defiant of the Supreme Court.”…Katelynn Richardson -
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11 More Times When Gun Owners Defended Themselves or Others in Dangerous Circumstances
As cities across the country reel from explosive crime rates, many politicians at the local, state, and federal levels are too preoccupied with disarming peaceable American gun owners to identify, arrest, and prosecute actual criminals adequately. Two masked attackers met their match last month when they attacked Los Angeles resident Vince Ricci as he walked…Amy Swearer -
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EXCLUSIVE: Lawsuits Challenge Gun Restrictions in 2 Nebraska Cities
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A conservative legal group was set to file lawsuits Monday against Nebraska’s two largest cities, arguing that they are defying a state law on gun rights. The Liberty Justice Center is challenging gun restrictions enacted in Lincoln and Omaha, contending that the ordinances flout a state law passed earlier this year…Fred Lucas -
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ACLU Teams With Conservative Religious Liberty Group to Sue DC Metro Over Ad Restrictions That Violate First Amendment
The American Civil Liberties Union joined with the conservative legal group First Liberty Institute on Monday to challenge the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s restrictions on advertising as First Amendment violations. The two groups filed a lawsuit on behalf of WallBuilder Presentations, an organization that raises awareness about the “moral, religious, and constitutional foundation on which America…Katelynn Richardson -
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Big Tech, Big Government Jackboots Trample Free Speech Rights
Our own government has waged “psychological operations” and other attacks on the free speech rights of the American people. That’s according to witnesses at a Thursday hearing of the House Judiciary Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government. The hearing was part of a series following up on last year’s disturbing revelations of…Jarrett Stepman -
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After Cruz Applies Heat, Intuit Sees Light and Backs Down on Anti-Gun Policy
Intuit—a company best known for its QuickBooks financial management software for businesses—earlier this year announced a cessation of services for firearms dealers, along with manufacturers of firearms or firearms components. The latest attempt at woke corporate activity resulted in another embarrassing about-face, demonstrating left-wing social policies do not reflect American values and undermine the business…Emily Mohr -
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Atlanta Rioter: ‘My Gender Is a Loaded Gun Pointed at Capitalism’s Heart’
Rioters with the "Stop Cop City" movement in Atlanta face domestic terrorism and racketeering charges for repeated attempts to stop the lawful construction of a police and firefighter training facility, including the use of Molotov cocktails to harm police officers and damage construction equipment. The newly revealed journal of Manuel Esteban Páez Terán, an agitator…Tyler O’Neil -
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Good Guys (and Gals) With Guns Still Out There, as These 12 Examples Show
The tragic mass shooting last month in Lewiston, Maine, sent gun control activists into their typical attacks on the right to keep and bear arms. Many defaulted to their standard narrative that the real “bad guy” wasn’t the murderer, but the Second Amendment and its supporters. Instead of demanding accountability from the government officials who…Amy Swearer