In the nearly two weeks since Hurricane Katrina, the government of New Orleans has devolved from its traditional status as an elective kleptocracy into something far more dangerous: an anarcho-tyranny that refuses to protect the public from criminals while preventing people from protecting themselves. At the orders of New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, the New
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Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom is backing a sweeping ballot measure to regulate guns, while Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de León is pushing his own list of bills through the Legislature. Newsom, who is currently running to replace Gov. Jerry Brown, would place a five-point list of gun control measures in front of voters in
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A national sheriffs’ group is calling on law enforcement officers to refuse to enforce gun controls that infringe on the Second Amendment. The group, called the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA), began taking steps to drop enforcement of such controls “at the association’s 2014 convention.” Since that time, they have stepped up their
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John Stossel, long time TV journalist and outspoken libertarian, has done well-researched reports on gun rights in the past, like this story about lies and false statistics used in anti-gun ads. Recently, Stossel, who lives in New York City, decided he wanted to get a permit to carry a firearm in light of recent public
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