We may understand [Capitol Hill Police Lieutenant Michael] Byrd’s fears and not know exactly what was in his mind at the moment he fired. But if police had applied to the 2020 Black Lives Matter riots the same standard that was applied to Byrd’s shooting of Babbitt, then hundreds—if not thousands—of rioters around the country, … Read more
The riot and incursion at the US Capitol building on January 6 has been portrayed in the media as a violent terrorist attack, an armed attempt to overthrow a democratically elected government by crazed insurrectionists. However you characterize the debacle in Washington that day, a few hundred people clearly forced their way into the Capitol … Read more
“This didn’t seem like an armed insurrection to me,” [Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson] said in an interview on WISN-AM with conservative talk radio show host Jay Weber after condemning the events at the U.S. Capitol that day. “I mean ‘armed,’ when you hear ‘armed,’ don’t you think of firearms? Here’s the questions I would have … Read more
From the Second Amendment Organization . . . NEITHER VIOLENCE NOR ADVOCACY THROUGH INTIMIDATION ARE CONDONED BY LEADERS IN THE GUN RIGHTS MOVEMENT On the eve of a Presidential inauguration that will take place behind unprecedented security after our nation’s Capitol building was attacked by a small band of violent and destructive rioters, we feel … Read more
And here we have a natural extension of the expanding attack on gun rights following the storming of the Capitol . . . So far, most of the faceoffs between Trump loyalists and federal lawmakers have occurred in airports, in whose rarified, gun-free confines disputes can be freely, if not calmly, aired. Many government buildings have … Read more
Congressman Thomas Massie (R-Kentucky) continues to boldly advocate for the proven benefits of firearm ownership and concealed carry. In the days after last week’s lockdown, he tweeted that “The next member who argues Congressmen shouldn’t be allowed to carry firearms at work needs to be laughed out of the Capitol.” And then there was the … Read more
Last week’s takeover of the U.S. Capitol, which was accomplished without any known discharge of firearms by the occupiers, has now triggered a rapidly escalating campaign to punish the Second Amendment community. The widening crackdowns and denunciations have moved at an alarming speed as the countdown to the Biden/Harris Inauguration continues. In the latest developments, … Read more
The effort to turn the storming of the Capitol building into a gun control issue continues apace. The fact that no guns were found or used among the rioters who entered the Capitol is completely beside the point, as the forces of gun control see it. Any political or violent action with which the left … Read more
What now, after the attack on the U.S. Capitol? There are urgent steps we must immediately take enact to guard against further violent attacks — and gun safety underlies all of them. Join us at 5 p.m. ET today as we discuss with @CSGV and @Team_Enough: https://t.co/le4cmHzAKq pic.twitter.com/zH9fHnKXaG — Brady | United Against Gun Violence … Read more
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