Two stories about two politicians—one a Democrat mayor in California, the other a Republican congressman from Ohio—illustrate the philosophical divide that exists when it comes to firearms ownership, a right protected by the U.S. Constitution and specified by most state constitutions. According to KNTV, the NBC affiliate in California’s Bay area, reported this week that […]
Politico Poll On Gun Ownership: Majority of Respondents Not Gun Owners
Digging into a poll on gun ownership by Politico and Morning Consult that was reported in The Hill produced an interesting revelation: Just over two-thirds of the participants say nobody in their household owns a gun of any kind. So, when The Hill reported the results of this survey showed “Approximately 2 in 3 Americans…said […]
AOC Confirms: Leftist Dems Now Looking at First Amendment
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez revealed in a live stream on Instagram earlier this week that “Congress is looking into media literacy initiatives, including a commission to help “rein in” misinformation in the wake of last week’s deadly breach of the U.S. Capitol,” according to Fox News. “I can say, there is absolutely a commission being discussed but […]
Gallup: Nearly Half of All Americans Think News Media ‘Very Biased’
Say it ain’t so; nearly half of all Americans think the news media is “very biased,” according to a new “study of attitudes toward the press” by Gallup and the Knight Foundation, the Associated Press is reporting. According to the AP report, “Eight percent of respondents — the preponderance of them politically conservative — think […]
Gallup: Split on Gun Law ‘Dissatisfaction’ Along Party Lines
A newly-released Gallup Poll shows that a majority of Americans are not satisfied with the nation’s gun laws, but the dissatisfaction appears to be split along political party lines. According to Gallup, 59 percent of U.S. adults are unhappy with the nation’s gun laws, while 39 percent are satisfied. But there is something of a […]
Congressional Circus Stalling Important Gun Reform Measures?
Is the political circus now playing on Capitol Hill providing anti-rights Democrats with a strategic distraction that is delaying, if not completely preventing progress on two important gun law reforms? Congressman Jeff Duncan’s H.R. 367, the National Hearing Protection Act that would remove restrictions on the ownership of suppressors (“silencers”) has 141 co-sponsors, but it […]