Amy Swearer is a senior legal fellow in The Heritage Foundation’s Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies.
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Just before Easter weekend, a 20-year-old student opened fire inside Florida State University’s student union, killing two and wounding six others before being shot and… Read More
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Last month, President Donald Trump issued an executive order that might prove to be one of the most significant actions ever taken by any administration… Read More
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As wildfires raged last month in California, tens of thousands of people were forced to flee their homes, often with just minutes of warning. To… Read More
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Few of President Donald Trump’s new executive orders have caused as much alarm as the one on birthright citizenship. That order prohibits federal agencies from issuing or… Read More
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One of the most controversial of the executive orders signed by President Donald Trump in the hours after being sworn in was his order on… Read More
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As 2024 drew to a close, examples abounded of ordinary Americans whose Second Amendment rights proved to be the ultimate defense against criminals. While the… Read More
It’s increasingly clear that gun control activism thrives on ignorance about the nature of crime and the importance of the Second Amendment. Unfortunately, far too… Read More
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President-elect Donald Trump has once again promised to “end birthright citizenship” for the U.S.-born children of illegal and nonimmigrant aliens. But can he do this… Read More
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If a recent survey is any indication, significant numbers of American voters are shockingly ill-informed about the reality of gun violence. The survey—conducted by RMG… Read More
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Major gun control groups are already lamenting the outcome of the Nov. 5 election, decrying the results as detrimental to public safety. In reality, though,… Read More
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