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Home » Second Amendment

Tag: Second Amendment

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Does the Second Amendment apply to black people?

by Ben Joravsky July 20, 2018August 18, 2021

With all the attention focused on the Chicago Police shooting of Harith Augustus, the silence coming from the gun rights groups is deafening.

Posted inBlogs

Dealing with slaughter in the schools, Congress should follow the example of John Wayne

by Michael Miner May 24, 2018August 18, 2021

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

by Michael Miner July 22, 2016August 18, 2021

Millions of voting Americans—including hundreds of thousands in Chicago—come from those Eastern European countries Trump might not bother to defend

Posted inBlogs

On fearing the patriots who fearlessly protect us

by Michael Miner January 11, 2016August 18, 2021

An armed militia isn’t necessarily our friend.

Posted inBlogs

Do deer hunters need to make some new friends?

by Michael Miner January 7, 2016August 18, 2021

Obama, guns, and hunters

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The only American right we can’t afford to lose, according to the GOP

by Michael Miner December 17, 2015August 18, 2021

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

by Michael Miner September 18, 2015August 18, 2021

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

by Michael Miner May 13, 2015August 18, 2021

An argument that Illinois needs a state guard just like the one in Texas.

Darnell Macklin: "My true affinity has always been with the Republicans. I've been thinking like one all my life."
Posted inNews & Politics

Yes, there are black Republicans in Chicago

by Steve Bogira March 3, 2014August 18, 2021

South-side GOP committeeman Darnell Macklin makes his case.

Posted inNews & Politics

Dismantling the stigma of guns

by Mick Dumke January 31, 2014August 18, 2021

Dismantling the stigma of guns

Posted inBlogs

After Sandy Hook—a spike in calls for gun reform

by Michael Miner December 21, 2012August 19, 2021

Pew reports a spike in calls for gun reform after Sandy Hook

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The Posner-Scalia row—the latest round

by Michael Miner September 24, 2012August 19, 2021

Scalia and Posner continue to disagree disagreeably

Posted inBlogs

The Court’s federalist capers

by Michael Miner June 26, 2012August 19, 2021

States’ rights take another hit from the Supreme Court

Posted inBlogs

All at the same time?

by Steve Bogira April 17, 2012August 19, 2021

Mitt Romney is hunting for votes

Posted inNews & Politics

Under the Gun

by Mick Dumke July 8, 2010August 19, 2021

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.

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