LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rachel Stoltzfoos A shooting at an Orlando business left multiple people dead Monday. Police responded to the attack in an industrial area in the east of the city, according to local reports. Five people, including the shooter, are confirmed dead, reported CNN affiliate WFTV. The attack appears to have been…
Bill marks a massive constraint on gun rights, Amash claims By: Elias J. Atienza Representative Justin Amash (R-MI) warned on Twitter about an incoming bill that he says would infringe on the “1st, 2nd, 5th & 6th Amendments.” The bill, called the “Homeland Safety and Security Act,” was introduced by Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA). The bill…
Yes, it’s true. According to a new report, 26 of the participating Democrats wanting to take away access to guns for everyday citizens are themselves proud gun owners. According to Heatstreet: “Congressional Democrats ended their 25-hour sit-in on the House floor this afternoon, failing to force a vote on two pieces of gun legislation. The…
How quickly the public seems to forget things — especially things which don’t fit into their personal biases or narratives for events in the news. Liberals and some misinformed right wingers are now demanding that gun control measures be implemented to prevent potential terrorists from getting guns. If only some magical law could prevent bad…
Several weeks before Omar Mateen would massacre more than 50 individuals at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Florida, wary gun shop employees turned Mateen away from their store and notified the FBI. The gun shop told the feds that Mateen was acting very suspiciously and asking questions that raised alarm. ABC Reports: Robert Abell, a…
Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) said yesterday that gun control measures wouldn’t have stopped the Orlando mass shooting. Proposed gun control measures would strip people on the FBI’s terrorist watch list of their 2nd Amendment rights; However, Paul said those measures wouldn’t have stopped Omar Mateen from killing fifty people. “It wouldn’t have stopped the Orlando killer…
Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy has made headlines and become the left’s champion of the day after giving a nearly 15-hour filibuster on the senate floor and securing a vote on two gun control measures. Libertarians and conservatives will remember when Kentucky Senator Rand Paul gave a rousing 13-hour filibuster in defense of due process rights….
By Kevin Daley Prominent media sources breathlessly reported that Omar Mateen brandished an AR-15 during his deadly rampage at an LGBT nightclub in Orlando that left 50 dead. Though those false reports were later corrected — Mateen actually used a Sig Sauer MCX — the terror attack has renewed debate as to the legal status of…
Ted Goodman The Democratic National Committee sent out a fundraising email to supporters Monday night calling for donations to take “action” in the wake of the Orlando shooting. In it, Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, DNC Chairwoman, and the Democratic Party asks for donations after noting the list of recent high-profile mass shootings, including Arizona congresswoman Gabby Giffords…
Libertarian Presidential Candidate Gary Johnson reiterated his pro-Second Amendment stance in light of the Orlando shooting in a phone interview with Reason Tuesday morning. “I understand how so many people can believe that if you restrict this kind of weapon you can prevent this kind of incident,” Johnson said. “But there’s just no evidence whatsoever…