Tuesday morning’s school shooting incident in Maryland that left the teen gunman dead after being confronted by an armed school resources officer (SRO) dramatically undermines the argument from anti-gunners that armed security in schools is a bad idea. The shooter, identified as 17-year-old Austin Wyatt Rollins, was reportedly chased down by St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s […]
Report: FL Officials Wanted Rampage Suspect ‘Forcibly Committed’
The Associated Press and several other news agencies are reporting that newly-revealed documents show that some school officials and a sheriff’s deputy had recommended that accused school shooting rampage suspect Nikolas Cruz be “forcibly committed” in 2016, but those concerns were never acted upon. Instead, for more than a month since the shooting, the gun […]
Gallup: 18% of Teachers Willing to Carry Guns in Schools
A new Gallup survey revealed this week that 18 percent of America’s teachers would be willing to carry guns in school buildings, a fact that runs against the grain for a majority of educators, but might be typical of any group in which there is a small percentage of people who step forward for any […]
Should the Constitution be Amended to Ban So-called ‘Assault Weapons?’
The TCPalm, published by Treasure Coast Newspapers in Stuart, Fla., is running an online poll that asks readers whether they would support or oppose a proposed amendment to the state constitution that would “end the sale of semi-automatic rifles,” and the results Friday morning were staggering. They were apparently also skewered, according to a contact […]
Beware the Ides of March When Gun Control is the Agenda
History has it that on March 15, 44 B.C. Julius Caesar was assassinated by members of the Roman Senate, but today’s politicians have a different strategy to remove something they don’t like: they claim to “support the Second Amendment…but.” In an interview with KING 5 News in Seattle, the local NBC affiliate, Wednesday Washington Attorney […]
Heritage Foundation Report Counters Claims about Mass Shootings
A new report from the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank based in Washington, D.C., has published a three-page report that counters much of the anti-gun rhetoric about mass shootings and so-called “assault weapons” in the wake of the Parkland, Florida high school tragedy. Headlined “The Current Gun Debate: Mass Shootings,” the report was released […]
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