Congress Moves Forward With Plan To Strip Gun Ban For Mentally Disabled

As part of the ban around 75,000 people with mental disabilities would be barred from purchasing firearms.

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(REPORT) --- The United States Congress voted on Wednesday to block a gun regulation that would prevent thousands of people with mental disabilities from purchasing weapons. Passed by the Republican-led house, the legislation will now be sent to President Donald Trump. The move was passed by 57 votes to 43 in the Republican-controlled Congress.

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Do More Guns Really Mean More Safety? Ask Australia

Australia’s experience with guns proves that America’s problems with guns are not natural, nor are these problems simply the price we must pay for freedom. Australia is no less free a place for banning guns and is quite a bit safer because of it.

Jeffrey Cavanaugh
作者 Jeffrey Cavanaugh

Another month, another set of American gun massacres. This time it was the killing of three people at a movie theater in Lafayette, Louisiana, where a right-wing gunman took it upon himself to open fire on theatergoers watching an Amy Schumer movie on July 23. Just a few days prior, a troubled young Muslim man opened fire on a military recruiting

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Champion Of Gun Rights And Armed Protests Caught With Psychedelic Mushrooms

A Second Amendment activist is refusing to cooperate with law enforcement after being arrested for possession of drugs.

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A controversial Second Amendment activist and libertarian talk radio host who called for an armed protest blocks away from the White House is refusing to cooperate with law enforcement after being arrested for possession of drugs and illegal firearms. Adam Kokesh, a Marine and Iraqi war veteran, was calling on his supporters from around the nation

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Charitable Donations Keep Arizona Buyback Program Alive Before Summer Ban

More than $200,000 in charitable donations are giving A […]

Trisha Marczak
作者 Trisha Marczak

More than $200,000 in charitable donations are giving Arizona residents another opportunity to take part in a gun buyback program, just one month after Republican Gov. Jan Brewer signed a bill into law that essentially will halt similar programs from taking place. The law goes into effect this summer. The new law will require police departments to

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The 182 Percent Loan: How Installment Lenders Put Borrowers In A World Of Hurt

World Finance, a billion-dollar company, peddles installment loans, a product that often drives borrowers into a similar quagmire of debt.

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作者 Paul Kiel

One day late last year, Katrina Sutton stood at a gas pump outside Atlanta and swiped her debit card. Insufficient funds. But that couldn't be. She'd been careful to wait until her $270 paycheck from Walmart had hit her account. The money wasn't there? It was all she had. And without gas, she couldn't get to work. She tried not to panic, but

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“Patriot” Terror Plot Thwarted — This Time In Minnesota

An alleged member of the Black Snake Militia was arrested Friday when authorities found firearms and bomb-making materials in his Montevideo home.

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作者 Martin Michaels

Buford Rogers, a suspected terrorist and alleged member of anti-government “patriot” group the Black Snake Militia (BSM), was arrested Friday when authorities found firearms and bomb-making materials stockpiled in his Montevideo, Minn., home. According to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), the Black Snake Militia is a small but growing organization

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