Guns

Want to stop mass shootings? Let’s get more guns in the right hands 0
- David Kopel, Guns, The Hill
- June 18, 2017
The recent mass murders on London Bridge ended eight minutes after they began, when armed English police officers arrived and shot the killers. Other police officers, who had batons but not firearms, happened to be near the scene when the attack began.
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Video and Press Release Regarding Sheriffs’ Gun Case 0
- Guns, Video, Watch&Listen
- March 22, 2016
Here is the press release we sent earlier today on the 10th Circuit’s ruling on the sheriffs’ case:
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The racist origin of gun control laws 0
- David Kopel, Guns, The Hill
- August 22, 2017
by Dave Kopel and Joseph Greenlee Guns have historically protected Americans from white supremacists, just as gun control has historically protected white supremacists from the Americans they terrorize. One month after the Confederate surrender in 1865, Frederick Douglass urged federal action to stop state and local infringement of the right to arms. Until this was
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Public schools hold civic duty to boost firearm training 0
- Guns, The Hill
- July 11, 2017
Providing life-saving medical and firearms training to those on the front line in our schools, those who have volunteered to protect our school children, is the next logical step for industry executives to take. We should give our school children the same opportunity to survive an attack that we so willingly give ourselves.
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Licensed Handgun Carry for Young Adults Serving in the Armed Forces 0
- Guns
- April 12, 2016
This Issue Paper examines a proposal to allow young adults, aged 18-20, to apply for concealed handgun carry permits, if they currently or previously served in the United States Armed Forces. For decades, other states have allowed licensed carry by young adults. Assertions that licensed carry will increase suicides are implausible, and not supported by data.
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Dave Kopel testimony on Senate Bill 5 0
- David Kopel, Guns, Watch&Listen
- January 24, 2017
Audio of Independence Institute research director David Kopel testifying in favor of Senate Bill 5, training standards for armed personnel in schools. Audio file is 3:49.
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Email: David@i2i.org
Phone: 303-279-6536

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