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Fake News: CNN Reports Over 640 Mass Shootings in 2021
By Lee Williams
In an online story published Friday, CNN admits they used data from the debunked Gun Violence Archive to claim there have been 641 mass shootings in the United States during 2021 – an average of 1.94 mass shootings per day.
Think about that – nearly two mass shootings per day. I’m surprised the legacy media had time to cover anything else, such as COVID, Joe Biden’s daily foibles or the tanking economy, since their news crews must have been running from one mass shooting to another every single day, right?
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A Liberal Weighs the Costs and Benefits of the Right to Keep and Bear Arms
As a young man I regarded the second amendment as the founders’ biggest blunder. As we head into 2022, my position has flipped — I now believe history may well come to regard it as the most far-sighted thing the founders did, not in spite of its vagueness, but because of it. It’s like a mysterious passage from a sacred text that forces living people to interpret it in a modern context. The founders believed the people needed to be able to defend their free state — with deadly force — whether that refers to a geographical state, or a state of being, or both.
Gun Meme of the Day: Best Case Scenario Edition
Avoid stupid people in stupid places doing stupid things. The best fight — yes indeed — is the one you avoid. Another “meme” that was worth sharing even if it isn’t funny.
On a related note, y’all may have noticed that one of our advertisers at TTAG here is U.S. LawShield. They’re one of the largest and best services in the country providing legal defense for self-defense. “Concealed carry insurance,” if you will, where you pay a small monthly subscription fee and, should you need it, they in return take care of your legal defense.
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Despite Internal Turmoil, the NRA Looks Like It’s Winning the Long Game
By Robert Spitzer, State University of New York College at Cortland
No observer of contemporary gun politics could fail to notice a jarring disconnect between the two very different trajectories of the gun rights movement today.
On the one hand, more states are allowing Americans to carry weapons in public without permits, and the gun-rights movement could be on the verge of a major Supreme Court victory. On the other, the National Rifle Association, which advocates on behalf of gun owners, faces an existential crisis that’s mostly due to the NRA’s own missteps.
Insane ‘Animal Rights’ Group Still Suing to Establish ‘Personhood’ for Zoo Animals
Thanksgiving next year could look completely different if the Nonhuman Rights Project Inc., an animal rights group, gets its way in a case pending before the New York’s Court of Appeals in 2022.
The animal rights group is suing – again – to extend human rights to animals. In this case, it is for Happy, an Asian elephant that’s been in the care of the Bronx Zoo.
Reynolds: A Shooting Becomes Hate Crime When It Furthers the Approved Narrative
When is a racial hate crime not a racial hate crime? When it doesn’t advance the left’s, and the Democrats’, narrative.
When white teenager Kyle Rittenhouse shot three white men who were violently assaulting him, it somehow got treated by the press and politicians as a racial hate crime. President Joe Biden (falsely) called Rittenhouse a white supremacist, and the discussion of his case was so focused on racial issues that many Americans mistakenly thought that the three men Rittenhouse shot were black.
Gun Meme of the Day: Thanksgiving Party Game Edition
If you haven’t seen these memes before, it’s usually a handful of beloved things all related to a single theme (e.g. different foods, movies, fast food restaurants, etc.) and the challenge is choosing which one you could live without. In this case…um…I think we’d all be thankful to be in a position to make a choice from this selection.
Happy Thanksgiving.
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Ford Should Be Thankful They’re Not a Gun Maker
If Ford were a gun company, our betters in politics and the legacy media would be wringing their hands calling for accountability and liability right now. Against all rational thinking, they’d be shrieking on every cable news network that Ford should be sued by the victims of last weekend’s vehicular attack in Waukesha, Wisconsin, where a ridiculously powerful, high-speed Ford Escape killed six and injured at least 60 innocent Christmas parade goers.
They’d tell us that Ford encouraged the criminal misuse of its Escape product through an advertising campaign full of toxic masculinity that explicitly suggests a buyer “MAKE YOUR ESCAPE” with this SUV.
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What Not to Do At Thanksgiving Dinner
The sad reality is — these days more than ever — there are people like this in lots of families. People who can’t seem to leave their opinions and politics at home and have a nice time on one of the best holidays of the year. People who think it’s their moral duty to “correct” and “deprogram” others who happen to hold different views.
May your Thanksgiving be free of people like Molly Jong-Fast.
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Happy Thanksgiving From The Truth About Guns
Wherever you are, whatever your circumstances, Americans can always find plenty to be thankful for this time of year. Whether it’s good health, a family that doesn’t annoy us too much, or heaps of moist cornbread and sage stuffing, remember that we live in the greatest nation on Earth with freedoms that most of the rest of the world can only dream of.
So enjoy your Thanksgiving dinner today. Be grateful for what you have and don’t forget to give a thought to our precious Second Amendment freedoms.
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Gun Meme of the Day: Get Outta Here With That Noise Edition
Gun Control Is A Political Loser, But Gun Grabbers Just Can’t Help Themselves
Two major polls came out this past week that show decreasing support for gun control among the American public. Quinnipiac reports that 49 percent of Americans oppose more restrictive gun laws, with only 45 percent supporting them. This is the first time Quinnipiac has found support for more gun control falling below 50 percent in six years.
Gallup found somewhat more enthusiasm for gun restrictions (52 percent). Still, that’s the lowest it’s been since 2014.
Smith & Wesson Announced Enhances Versions of Their M&P9 M2.0 Compact and Full-Size Pistols
From Smith & Wesson . . .
Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. (NASDAQ Global Select: SWBI), a leader in firearm manufacturing and design, today launched the latest expansion in its M&P M2.0 line of handguns, introducing the newly enhanced M&P9 M2.0 Compact and the full-sized M&P M2.0.
Listening to feedback from consumers, our newest models come standard with a new trigger, optics ready cut slide, and a price point that maximizes the value and savings to our customers.
BREAKING: 3 Georgia Men Found Guilty of Murder in Killing of Ahmaud Arbery
By Russ Bynum, AP
All three men charged in the death of Ahmaud Arbery were convicted of murder Wednesday in the fatal shooting that became part of a larger national reckoning on racial injustice.
The convictions for Greg McMichael, son Travis McMichael and neighbor William “Roddie” Bryan came after jurors deliberated for about 10 hours. The men face minimum sentences of life in prison. It is up to the judge to decide whether that comes with or without the possibility of parole.
The Real Reason Kyle Rittenhouse Shot Three People in Kenosha, Wisconsin (It Wasn’t Racism)
The Rittenhouse shootings took place on the third day of rioting in Kenosha. Authorities, including the Governor, had little or no interest in intervening. Police and National Guardsmen had been pulled back while rioters burned, vandalized and destroyed large swaths of the city. And a volatile, mentally ill sex offender had been released from a hospital earlier that day.
None of the shootings by Kyle Rittenhouse would have occurred if Joseph Rosenbaum hadn’t behaved in a deranged manner.
Gun Meme of the Day: Rhinestone Cowboy Edition
Love me some King of the Hill. Except for the propane stuff. I hope y’all’re fixin’ to cook over charcoal this Thanksgiving. Don’t forget your BBQ gun.
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Sorry Gun-Grabbers, Statistics Show Children Are Safe in Homes With Firearms
By Dr. Gary Mauser
Can firearms be kept safely in homes with young children? Yes, with proper precautions. Millions of North Americans have guns at home and do so safely. Around one-half of homes in the US possess guns as do about one-third of homes in Canada.
Thanks to a widespread culture of safety in Canada and the United States, firearms can be owned safely by anyone willing to take responsibility and learn appropriate safety procedures.
Lionheart is Back: Buy a REGULUS 9mm Pistol at 15% Off and Get a Black Arch Holster Free
From Lionheart Industries . . .
Lionheart Industries is back and stoked to celebrate the completion of its move to its new location with a Black Friday promotion. Every customer purchasing a REGULUS pistol during the Black Friday promotion will receive a 15% discount on their pistol and a free Black Arch Holsters Rev-Con™ holster with their order.
“Moving a company is no small task. Doing it during a pandemic was very challenging but we’re excited it’s behind us and we can get back to doing what we love,” says Lionheart Industries CEO Rob Falkenhayn.
FBI to Pay Families $127.5 Million for Parkland Massacre Failures
By Terry Spencer, AP
The families of most of those killed and wounded in the 2018 Florida high school massacre announced Monday they have reached a multi-million dollar settlement with the federal government over the FBI’s failure to stop the gunman even though the agency had received information he intended to attack.
Attorneys for 16 of the 17 killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland and some of those wounded said they have reached a monetary settlement with the government over the FBI’s failure to investigate a tip it received about a month before the massacre.
Gun Meme of the Day: Klik Belts Meme Dump Edition
Given the advertising nature of these memes I wouldn’t have posted any individual one of them here, but over the last week-plus Klik Belts has gone so darn meme-crazy that I figured one TTAG post sharing 10 of their memes was worth it. All of these are in service of encouraging Klik Belts’ customers to shop early, which makes sense given the effect of Mr. #LetsGoBrandon.
And, yes, I realize that concealed carry and tactical/duty/competition belts aren’t guns, but we’ve had gun-related gear memes (NODS, ammo, etc.) and gun-related political memes in the past and we’ll have ’em again in the future.
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