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USA Today: Everytown ‘Study’ Says Right Wing Armed Protests Turn Violent Twice as Often As Left Wing Protests

March 6, 2025August 23, 2021 by Dan Zimmerman

The study examined 560 instances in which individuals – whether the protesters themselves or people who opposed them – brought firearms to demonstrations. In roughly one of every six of those demonstrations, “violent or destructive activity” ensued, the researchers found. At protests where no guns were present, one out of 37 turned violent. Violent or destructive acts were carried … Read more

Media Express Deep Concern at the Sight of Peaceful Armed Protesters

March 6, 2025November 7, 2020 by Dan Zimmerman

The sight of protesters carrying firearms as the post-election count drags on is sparking new levels of pearl-clutching and concern trolling among members of the media. They express shock and disgust that so many people are choosing to exercise their legal right to bear arms. Their real fear, though, isn’t so much that this will … Read more

Lancet’s Diagnosis of Millions of Americans Buying Guns: Fear, Loathing and Racism

March 6, 2025July 4, 2020 by TTAG Contributor

By Dennis Petrocelli, MD The latest Lancet Psychiatry editorial mixes several poorly articulated ideas in a swing-and-a-miss effort to impugn American gun owners by suggesting that current gun purchase boom is fueled by cowardice in the face of economic adversity. Given The Lancet’s outside-the-United States focus, it isn’t surprising that it woefully mischaracterizes us. The Lancet’s screed titled, “Home … Read more

Horn: Protesting With Guns Keeps Your Message From Getting Through

March 6, 2025May 4, 2020 by Dan Zimmerman

The problem, as I see it, is that you will never remember what the message that frustrated Michiganders were trying to convey, because of the ugly nature of some of the protesters. Honestly, I’m not afraid of guns and open-carry, I grew up with guns in the house and on the farm. The problem quickly … Read more

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