Chandler boy suspended for sketching gun
• Arizona East Valley TribuneAn East Valley eighth-grader was suspended this week after he turned in homework with a sketch that school officials said resembled a gun and posed a threat to his classmates.
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An East Valley eighth-grader was suspended this week after he turned in homework with a sketch that school officials said resembled a gun and posed a threat to his classmates.
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The National Rifle Association, in its usual, typical, dimwitted, bumbling eagerness to ingratiate itself with the police state's architects, has just made the police state immeasurably worse.
A Florida man was set free by a jury a self defense shooting when Norman Borden was nearly killed in October 2006 by 3 men who burned his house down and euthanized his dogs.
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Even politicians who want to be known as “pro-gun” hate having to discuss the issue with reporters or be too specific, even with supporters. They hate it because it is an MRI into their character.
Katie's Firearm Facts - the idiocy of gun control - 13 year old Katie reveals the idiocy of gun control efforts in Canada
The ISRA is expressing great concern over reports that Illinois State Police detectives have been visiting the homes of people who phoned/faxed Sen. Dan Kotowski to express opposition to gun control legislation sponsored by the senator.
(This guy is becoming one of my favorites) Here's an essay written in response to the recent law that was passed by the House that was agreed to by House Democrats and the NRA. Please watch the two videos associated with this essay.
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A former minor tax collection department is now a billion-dollar agency. This groundbreaking documentary exposes how this agency harasses, oppresses, intimidates, and terrifies small businesses and decent citizens.
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