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July 2026

July 24, 2026

The Two Kingdoms in a Democratic, Constitutional Republic

Part V of our series on the doctrine of the Two Kingdoms: This teaching applies...

June 2020

June 23, 2020

The Left Discovers the Second Amendment

The right to keep and bear arms is usually thought of as a conservative issue....

October 2019

October 28, 2019

Revising the Bill of Rights

A majority of Americans (51%) want to revise the Bill of Right's guarantee of Freedom...

March 2019

March 28, 2019

Pretty Boy Floyd Meets the Second Amendment

The old Farmers and Merchants Bank building in Boley, Oklahoma, is being restored, thanks to...

January 2019

January 14, 2019

New Ways to Thwart the Second Amendment

The Bill of Rights prevents the government from infringing on our civil liberties, such as...

July 2018

July 03, 2018

If You Take Medical Marijuana, You Can’t Buy Guns

Here in conservative Oklahoma, we have just passed the nation's most liberal medical marijuana law,...

March 2018

March 28, 2018

Repealing the Second Amendment

The young anti-school shooting crusaders are discrediting the NRA and influencing public opinion to support...

March 16, 2018

“Total Defense” Plans & the Second Amendment

Sweden and Finland are not members of NATO. But they are on Russia's doorstep. During...

March 01, 2018

Trump vs. NRA

President Trump defied the National Rifle Association and opponents of gun control, urging Republican congressmen...

January 2018

January 03, 2018

The Marxists at the Gun Range

You might see some folks wearing red bandanas around their necks shooting their AK-47s at...

June 2017

June 16, 2017

There may be adverse aspects to each of our rights

Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) was one of the Congressman at the baseball field attacked by...

August 2016

August 24, 2016

Libertarian candidate opposes 2nd Amendment liberties

As we blogged about (here and here), Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson is dismissive of religious...

August 09, 2016

Did Trump call for Hillary’s assassination?

Donald Trump has done it again, appearing to say something so over the top that...

July 2016

July 11, 2016

The NRA and Philando Castile’s 2nd Amendment rights

Is the NRA doing enough in support of Philando Castile, who was killed by a...

June 2016

June 17, 2016

Gays are buying guns for self-defense

Commenters on the Orlando shooting have been calling for more gun control. But now, in the aftermath...

June 15, 2016

A call to repeal the Second Amendment

In a piece for Rolling Stone, Drexel constitutional law professor David S. Cohen calls for...

June 13, 2016

Court says 2nd Amendment gives no right to “concealed carry”

A federal appeals court ruled that the 2nd Amendment does not give people the right...

April 2016

April 20, 2016

How to go after guns despite the Second Amendment

The Second Amendment in the Bill of Rights protects the right of Americans to own...

February 2016

February 04, 2016

Can you be pro-life and pro-gun?

Evangelical pastor Rob Schenck criticizes his fellow conservative Christians for being knee-jerk 2nd Amendment supporters,...

January 2016

January 18, 2016

Is there an epidemic of gun violence?

Columnist Mona Charen gives some useful perspective on the question of whether we are really...

January 06, 2016

Gun control by executive order

President Obama issued a series of executive orders in an attempt to control the possession...

December 2015

December 17, 2015

The assault weapon in question

The push for gun control following the San Bernadino shootings is filled with misinformation, according...

December 10, 2015

How barring all Muslims is like gun control

Donald Trump has called for banning all Muslims from entering the United States, not only...

December 09, 2015

Supreme Court clears way for semi-automatic weapons ban

The Supreme Court refused to hear a case contesting a ban on "assault weapons"; that...

November 2015

November 23, 2015

Obama’s top priority will be gun control

In an interview with GQ magazine, President Obama said that his top priority for his...

July 2015

July 28, 2015

Social Security status to block ownership of guns

Today's gun laws restrict those who cannot manage their own affairs from owning firearms. So...

June 2015

June 26, 2015

New rhetorical strategies for the anti-gun crowd

Opponents of the Second Amendment, inspired by other rapid changes of public opinion, are formulating...

June 01, 2015

More gun control by executive order

The Justice Department is moving ahead with a new round of gun control regulations implemented...

April 2015

April 23, 2015

Support for gun rights grows

Reversing the trends of the last few decades, a majority of Americans (52%) now say...

February 2015

February 23, 2015

In Europe, only outlaws have guns

In Europe, owning a firearm is pretty much illegal. But a huge black market has...