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Why the 2nd Amendment

By |2020-04-23T21:53:45-04:00January 3rd, 2013|

This column by ACRU Policy Board Member and Professor of Economics Dr. Walter E. Williams was published January 2, 2013 on Townhall.com.

Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., in the wake of the Newtown, Conn., shootings, said: “The British are not coming. … We don’t need all these guns to kill people.” Lewis’ vision, shared by many, represents a gross ignorance of why the framers of the Constitution gave us the Second Amendment. How about a few quotes from the period and you decide whether our Founding Fathers harbored a fear of foreign tyrants.

Alexander Hamilton: “The best we can hope for concerning […]

"Assault Weapon" Is Just a PR Stunt Meant to Fool the Gullible

By |2020-04-23T21:54:00-04:00December 30th, 2012|

This column by ACRU General Counsel and Senior Fellow for the Carleson Center for Public Policy (CCPP) Peter Ferrara was published December 28, 2012 on Forbes.com.

Senator Diane Feinstein (D-CA) has announced that she will be introducing legislation to reenact the ban on so-called assault weapons that she authored in 1994. The evidence is in on the effect of her previous assault weapons ban: zero, zilch, nada, as the saying goes. The ban made no perceptible difference in the gun violence statistics when it went into effect, and no perceptible difference when it was allowed to expire 10 years later, in 2003.

Fewer Guns, More Crime

By |2012-12-20T13:15:43-05:00December 20th, 2012|

This column by ACRU General Counsel and Senior Fellow for the Carleson Center for Public Policy (CCPP) Peter Ferrara was published December 19, 2012 on The American Spectator website.

To President Obama, the word “politics” means anyone who disagrees with him, as in the phrase “It is time to put politics aside.” Whenever he says that, he is really saying “It is time to put aside anyone who disagrees with me on this issue.”

Our hearts are all still hurting over the mass shooting and murder of 20 innocent small children at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. But it was in the […]

Firearm Phobes Exploit School Shooting

By |2012-12-18T11:02:57-05:00December 18th, 2012|

This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Jan LaRue was published December 18, 2012 on Townhall.com.

When’s the last time you heard about a deranged gunman going on a shooting spree at a shooting range? Other than a spoof article on the Onion, a shooting range isn’t the preferred venue for a murderous shooting rampage.

Despite all of the shooters, guns and ammo, I feel safer at a shooting range than just about anywhere else. It doesn’t require expert analysis to understand why gun-free areas, not shooting ranges, are the preferred venues of those who want to murder as many victims […]

Seventh Circuit Rules in NRA's Favor in Illinois Gun Law Case

By |2020-04-23T21:54:00-04:00December 13th, 2012|

This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published on December 5, 2012 on Breitbart.com.

The National Rifle Association just won a major court case in Chicago, providing a huge victory for Second Amendment proponents and gun owners.

Illinois is one of the most anti-gun states in America. Its hostility toward the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms is demonstrated in a state law that forbids the carrying of firearms outside the home. There are narrow exceptions for classes of persons such as police officers, or under restrictions that keep the firearm from being readily usable, such […]

WRONG: Media Claiming Scalia Said SCOTUS to Limit Second Amendment

By |2020-04-23T21:53:44-04:00August 2nd, 2012|

This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published July 30, 2012 on Breitbart.com.

Some in the media–including conservative media–are claiming that conservative Justice Antonin Scalia is saying the Supreme Court can limit the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms.

That’s not exactly what he said.

Scalia has a new book, and he was on Fox News Sunday to discuss it. Given how rarely justices give general-media interviews, it was predictable that host Chris Wallace took most of his time trying to draw Scalia out on hot-button issues, from the Court’s 5-4 (incorrect) decision upholding most of Obamacare, to abortion […]

Fast and Furious: Why Eric Holder Will Lose the Legal Fight

By |2020-04-23T21:54:00-04:00May 17th, 2012|

This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published May 17, 2012 on Breitbart.com.

Federal courts could soon decide a fight between Congress and Attorney General Eric Holder on the Operation Fast and Furious gun-running scandal. If Republicans persevere, this is a battle that Holder should lose in what would be a humiliating defeat for President Barack Obama.

Most Americans have now heard that our government allowed drug cartels to illegally smuggle thousands of guns from the U.S. into Mexico. The National Rifle Association has relentlessly pursued the White House and Department of Justice (DOJ) about Fast and Furious […]

NRA CEO LaPierre Rallies Conservatives at Massive Gun Rights Convention

By |2020-04-23T21:54:01-04:00May 3rd, 2012|

This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published May 2, 2012 on Breitbart.com.

“Our Founding Fathers enshrined the Second Amendment for one purpose: survival. Survival of each citizen. Survival of a nation.” With those words as his theme, the longest-serving head of the National Rifle Association (NRA)–CEO Wayne LaPierre–trumpeted unity for all conservatives going into the 2012 presidential election.

The NRA held its 141st Annual Meeting in April in St. Louis. Over 70,000 members of the oldest and largest civil-rights organization in America gathered from across the nation. They heard speeches from presidential candidates Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, […]

The Truth about 'Stand Your Ground' Laws

By |2020-04-23T21:54:01-04:00April 10th, 2012|

This column by ACRU Senior Fellow Ken Blackwell and ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published April 10, 2012 on Breitbart.com.

Sadly, some are exploiting the Trayvon Martin shooting to target self-defense laws that protect innocent lives. These statutes safeguard law-abiding and peaceable citizens, and are not to blame in the tragic Florida incident. Stand Your Ground laws did not apply in that situation, and statements to the contrary are irresponsible and misinformed.

In some states, the law imposes a duty to retreat from physical confrontations. Whether in your home or on the street, if you stand and fight, you […]

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