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President Trump’s joke about roughing up thugs draws mixed reactions

by Brian Seay

In a joke Friday, President Donald Trump told officers during a speech not to “be too nice” to thugs - drawing mixed reactions from police and other groups.

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Gun group reaction to the Yanez verdict takes several forms

by Brian Seay

Some call it government overreach, some are calling for reform, and some hold seminars to teach people their rights - and how to get home safe.

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State senator’s bill aims to boost sentencing for repeat gun offenders in Chicago

by Brian Seay

As violence in Chicago reaches a level not seen in decades - more than 700 murders so far in 2016 - one state senator says he'll introduce a bill next month that would impose harsher sentences for repeat gun offenders.

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Black Lives Matter–the perhaps unwitting victim of progressive dogma

by Eve Flanigan

The organization claims empathy as a priority, but BLM empathy is only for non-police–they are for disarming police, but don’t mention disarming criminals.

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Half of US homicide victims black, 85 percent killed with guns

by Jared Morgan

African Americans are disproportionately murdered in the U.S. and almost all of those cases involve guns.

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NPR: More African-Americans support carrying legal guns for self-defense (AUDIO)

by Joey Clementine

Detroit's black police chief supports responsible concealed carry. Still, some remain convinced that having a gun will lead to problems.

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Gun Owners of America president says African-Americans should be like ‘Africans from Africa’ (AUDIO)

by Brent McCluskey

Gun Owners of America president Larry Pratt suggested African Americans should be more like “Africans from Africa” Tuesday. The comments came during an interview on the Gun Owner’s News Hours show, where Pratt noted most Africans from Africa are generally happier and more pro-American than their African-American counterparts, Opposing Views reports. “Generally, the African from […]

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Gun club teaches African American youth about gun ownership, responsibility (AUDIO)

by S.H. Blannelberry

African-American gun club is reaching out to the youth of Baltimore, in an effort to teach them about black history and responsible gun ownership.

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