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When Does Carrying a Loaded Weapon to a Presidential Rally Become a Threat?

By | 08.18.09 | 9:03 am

We now know that there were two men who openly carried assault rifles — CNN reports they were AR-15s — outside the Veterans of Foreign Wars hall in Phoenix where President Obama spoke yesterday. According to The Associated Press, about eight more people were carrying More…

No Voice for Gun Control at Sotomayor Hearings

By | 07.17.09 | 10:15 am

After I wrote my earlier posts about how the National Rifle Association opposes the confirmation of Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court and explaining the “incorporation” debate that dominated much of the Second Amendment discussion at the hearing, I got a note from the Brady Campaign to Prevent More…