
On October 13 Hoover Institute senior fellow Thomas Sowell addressed the way “gun control zealots” fire up the cameras and microphones, grab a set of pre-established talking points, and a social media machine second to none any time there is a shooting they might be able to leverage for more gun legislation.
by AWR Hawkins14 Oct 2015, 9:18 AM PST0

On August 12, Moms Demand Action responded to examples of mothers using guns for self-defense by asking which happens more often–self-defense gun uses or criminal attacks with firearms.
by AWR Hawkins15 Aug 2015, 9:10 AM PST0

On June 17, the Violence Policy Center (VPC) released a study claiming widely accepted and academically verified numbers regarding annual defensive gun uses (DGUs) are mythical figures based on “exaggerated claims” from the “gun lobby.”
by AWR Hawkins17 Jun 2015, 5:16 PM PST0

On April 2, Mother Jones ran a column on debunked Harvard researcher David Hemenway’s new study, which claims more guns actually cause more crime and that guns are used in crime far more often than they are used in justifiable defensive settings. `
by AWR Hawkins3 Apr 2015, 7:31 PM PST0

In effort to prove once and for all that owning guns puts Americans in danger, States United to Prevent Gun Violence set up a fake gun store and shamed first-time gun buyers into foregoing their purchase.
by AWR Hawkins17 Mar 2015, 11:08 AM PST0

On March 4, the Huffington Post claimed rendering guns inoperable, via a “trigger lock,” or inaccessible, via a safe, could save lives.
by AWR Hawkins4 Mar 2015, 8:54 PM PST0

Following a pattern similar to one we’ve seen in Slate, Politico Magazine, and The Washington Post, the Huffington Post is now contending that guns are used to shoot and kill bad guys only about “450” times a year, and the NRA mantra about good guys with guns stopping bad guys with guns is plain hogwash.
by AWR Hawkins9 Feb 2015, 6:56 PM PST0

On January 16, The Washington Post (WaPo) reported that guns may serve a defensive purpose—that defensive gun uses may be slightly higher than 3 million each year—but we will not know until the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) begin their research into guns as a public health issue.
by AWR Hawkins21 Jan 2015, 5:24 PM PST0

On January 14, Politico Magazine (PM) ran a story suggesting the claim that guns are used for defense purposes more often than ill-intent is wrong, and the whole idea behind “defensive gun ownership” is a “tragic myth.”
by AWR Hawkins16 Jan 2015, 6:25 PM PST0