With all the attention focused on the Chicago Police shooting of Harith Augustus, the silence coming from the gun rights groups is deafening.
Tag: Second Amendment
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Dealing with slaughter in the schools, Congress should follow the example of John Wayne
Congress should tell killers of schoolchildren to pick on someone their own size.
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Thursday was actually a bad day for Trump
Millions of voting Americans—including hundreds of thousands in Chicago—come from those Eastern European countries Trump might not bother to defend
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On fearing the patriots who fearlessly protect us
An armed militia isn’t necessarily our friend.
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The only American right we can’t afford to lose, according to the GOP
Republican presidential candidates seem to think that First Amendment rights might have to go—so thank God for the Second.
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Let Sun-Times columnist Mary Mitchell write what she thinks about rape
Even if she’s wrong, let’s not muzzle Mary Mitchell—conversations change minds. Censorship doesn’t.
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What if the next Jade Helm 15 happens here? A state guard for Illinois
An argument that Illinois needs a state guard just like the one in Texas.
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Yes, there are black Republicans in Chicago
South-side GOP committeeman Darnell Macklin makes his case.
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After Sandy Hook—a spike in calls for gun reform
Pew reports a spike in calls for gun reform after Sandy Hook
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The Posner-Scalia row—the latest round
Scalia and Posner continue to disagree disagreeably
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Under the Gun
Aldermen rush through a gun-control law they’ve barely read to replace a gun-control law nobody seems to have enforced. Who really benefits? Mayor Daley.