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Charles C.W. Cooke

Charles C.W. Cooke is the editor of National Review Online.

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America's First Freedom  

Friday, May 31, 2019

Why NRA Is Raising A Red Flag Over "Red Flag" Laws

In Colorado, nearly half of the state’s sheriff’s departments are in an uproar against a new “red flag” ...

Gun Carry Laws Don’t Invent a New Right

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Friday, March 16, 2018

Gun Carry Laws Don’t Invent a New Right

Unless you follow this stuff closely, you probably hadn’t heard this. And why would you have? Although it ...

Second Amendment gets Second-Class Treatment

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Second Amendment  

Tuesday, February 13, 2018

Second Amendment gets Second-Class Treatment

Among those who remain frustrated by Americans’ continuing distaste for harsh, European-style gun control, a favorite point of ...

A Sacrifice Must Be Made

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Thursday, December 28, 2017

A Sacrifice Must Be Made

Where is the room for debate when an NRA member with an AR-15 stops a mass shooting and ...

This Man Did Not Write A Second (Class) Amendment

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Second Amendment  

Friday, November 3, 2017

This Man Did Not Write A Second (Class) Amendment

Courts are telling gun owners that they must choose between their Second Amendment-protected rights and their other constitutional ...

Capital Of Denial

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Second Amendment  

Tuesday, September 26, 2017

Capital Of Denial

How much longer can the city that houses the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of ...

In California, Confiscation Is No Longer A Threat. It’s The Law.

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Second Amendment  

Thursday, August 31, 2017

In California, Confiscation Is No Longer A Threat. It’s The Law.

One federal judge is all that stands between California gun owners and the unprecedented confiscation by the state ...

Brits Vs. Guns

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Wednesday, August 9, 2017

Brits Vs. Guns

Will a society that has long turned its back on armed self-defense ever be able to find its ...

News  

Friday, December 9, 2016

Not with a bang, with a whimper

In less than a century, the people that Winston Churchill exhorted to “never surrender” gave up their gun ...

The AR-15 Is The Musket Of Its Era

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Tuesday, July 19, 2016

The AR-15 Is The Musket Of Its Era

As the standard firearm of its day, the AR-15 does not represent some bizarre over-extension of the right ...

NRA ILA

Established in 1975, the Institute for Legislative Action (ILA) is the "lobbying" arm of the National Rifle Association of America. ILA is responsible for preserving the right of all law-abiding individuals in the legislative, political, and legal arenas, to purchase, possess and use firearms for legitimate purposes as guaranteed by the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.