Why the Founders Wanted You to Own Military-Style Weapons
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Why the Founders Wanted You to Own Military-Style Weapons

Two hundred and twenty-seven years ago this month, the U.S. Congress passed the Militia Acts of 1792. This pair of bills authorized the president to lead the state militias in war and to conscript all able-bodied free men to fight with self-provided arms and munitions. To a modern American living in the midst of an empire with…

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“Show Me” Those Guns: MO Rep. Introduces Bills to Require AR-15 Ownership

A Republican representative in the “Show Me State” wants to give a whole new meaning to Missouri’s state motto by introducing legislation that would require citizens of the state to buy AR-15’s and handguns. Rep. Andrew McDaniel introduced two bills into the Missouri legislature that would require residents to purchase firearms while also providing $1…