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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For well over a year, The Daily Signal has published a monthly series highlighting lawful gun owners who used their firearms to protect their liberties,… Read More
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As the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps across the country, millions of Americans now live in states where shutdown orders effectively have stripped them of the ability… Read More
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With the COVID-19 pandemic causing serious interruptions to the daily lives of people across the country, many American are acutely aware of how certain civil… Read More
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Too many lawmakers today cannot fathom a world where “keeping Americans safe from violence” means anything other than imposing stringent gun control measures. That makes… Read More
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Earlier this month, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg was asked how he justified his push for more stringent gun control when he is… Read More
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New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, a Democrat, recently signed controversial legislation that created the state’s first red flag law to take firearms from potentially… Read More
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Many lawmakers around the country welcomed in the new year by pursuing legislation that would severely curtail the right of law-abiding citizens to keep and… Read More
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On Jan. 20, as Americans remembered civil rights hero Martin Luther King Jr., an estimated 10,000 people peacefully rallied in Richmond, Virginia, to protest the… Read More
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As we enter 2020, lawmakers in several states are gearing up for high-profile fights over gun control legislation that could severely limit the Second Amendment… Read More
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At a time when some gun control advocates appear intent on painting lawful gun ownership as a danger to society, and the Second Amendment as… Read More
