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Flashback: Chicago Tribune Warned of Dangers of Gun Bans in 2010

On March 04, 2010, the Chicago Tribune reported that the hallmark of municipal gun bans was a sharp increase in death rates, and it suggested the reason for the rise in fatalities was because bans affect law-abiding citizens rather than criminals.

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‘Good Samaritan’ Shoots Man Attacking Mother As She Loaded Infant Into Car

The mother was reportedly loading her child in the car when two men attacked her from behind–specifically striking her in the back of the head. The mother screamed and a man whom police refer to as “good Samaritan No. 1” ran to her aid, only to be shot “multiple times” by one of the men. “Good Samaritan No. 2” then entered the fray with his gun drawn and shot and killed one of the two attackers. The second attacker fled.

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Gay TV Editor Launches West Hollywood Pink Pistols Chapter

Television editor Jonathan Fischer has decided the correct response to the June 12 Orlando Pulse attack is to arm himself for self-defense and to urge others within the gay community to arm themselves as well.

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Arizona AG: Private Schools Can Arm Teachers

On September 2, Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich issued a written opinion that concealed carry permit holders are not prevented from being armed on private school campuses in the state for self-defense.

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Chicago Surpasses 500 Homicides With Labor Day Weekend Violence

The Chicago Sun-Times reports that 13 were killed and another 52 were shot and wounded over the weekend. The Chicago Tribune reports that this brings the city’s homicide totals to 512 dead, with nearly four months left to go in 2016. There were 468 homicides in Chicago throughout all of 2015.

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GOP Senators to Block State Department’s Backdoor Gun Control

On August 29, Senators Steve Daines (R-Montana), Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), James Inhofe (R-Oklahoma), and others sent a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry intended to block current backdoor gun control efforts by the State Department.

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Sheriffs Continue to Condemn Gavin Newsom’s Gun Control

Riverside County Sheriff Stan Sniff and San Bernardino County Sheriff John McMahon are criticizing Gavin Newsom’s current gun control push as a misdirected effort that restricts law-abiding citizens and the Second Amendment, rather than criminals.

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UC Davis Launching Center to Study ‘Firearm Violence’

On Monday, University of California president, Janet Napolitano, announced that the nation’s first center dedicated to studying gun violence as a health issue, the University of California Firearm Violence Research Center, will launch on the UC Davis campus in Sacramento.

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