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| NEWS Guns and Taxes | |
| David Hogg wants a federal tax on firearms and ammunition. He has repeatedly broached the idea, including multiple times on Twitter, and only sometimes suggests a use for the tax revenue. Hogg’s tweets on a federal gun tax include references to implementing the same sort of licensing and permitting requirements as the government requires to drive a car or funding “gun violence” research. | |
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| NEWS LEGAL & LEGISLATION Checks and Balances? Massachusetts Executive Branch Flouts Court Orders on Firearms Licenses | |
| The U.S.’s republican form of governance is predicated on co-equal branches of government that check and balance each other in order to preserve individual liberty. The system does not work when one branch simply ignores the lawful authority of another branch. | |
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| NEWS More Proof That Being a “Celebrity” Does Not Make You Smart | |
| In a November 30 tweet, Tom Arnold, famous for being married to Roseanne Barr and making a few really bad movies, has proven that he knows nothing about guns, gun owners or firearm misuse. | |
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| NEWS Surprise: Study Finds No Rise in Violent Crime Attributable to Adopting Right-to-Carry Laws | |
| As we’ve noted recently, much research purporting to demonstrate connections between access to guns or right-to-carry laws and increases in crime is seriously flawed. Often it's an attempt to curtail or eliminate Americans’ rights under the Second Amendment rather than unbiased scientific research. | |
