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NRA-ILA GRASSROOTS VOLUME 29, NUMBER 33 |
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On Aug. 24, New York’s Democrat governor Kathy Hochul gave a speech about how the Empire State is combatting what she repeatedly referred to as “gun violence.” Among other things, her remarks suggested that the state will begin using political and ideological litmus tests to determine who is a “suitable person” to own or carry a firearm. |
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Aside from their ideological commitments, regime media and academics have the incentive to stoke irrational fear among the general public. In the case of the press, fear means more eyeballs and more advertising revenue. With academics, promoting fear on a particular issue ensures more funding for their area of study. |
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Have you ever wondered what it is like to be educated in America’s most prestigious legal academies? If so, you’re in luck, as the New York Times published an op-ed last week co-authored by two professors from arguably the two most elite law schools in the nation. The brilliant insight they wish to share with the world beyond their ivied towers says all that needs to said about how America’s top lawyers are being “educated” these days. The article’s thesis is that America’s constitutional republic should be disbanded. |
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Amidst ongoing wars in Ukraine and Yemen, China posturing in the Taiwan Strait, and increasing instability in the Horn of Africa, the 111 States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) met last month for their 8th Conference of States Parties to the ATT in Geneva, Switzerland. |