All posts tagged "Second Amendment"
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Are federal efforts to regulate gun ownership constitutional?
Amid the turmoil and bickering throughout the country, it is important to keep...
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Governor Mills extends state tax filing deadline, deems firearm retailers ‘non-essential’ businesses
Governor Janet Mills announced Thursday she is extending the state of Maine’s income...
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Weaponizing tragedy
In December 2012, after the The Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre on December 14,...
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Gun confiscation orders will make Maine less safe
Ever since Cain slew Abel with a rock, human society has struggled with...
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Yesterday in Maine, David beat Goliath
Mainers weren’t supposed to defeat Michael Bloomberg’s agenda on the ballot yesterday. His...
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Bloomberg’s Multi-State Assault on the Second Amendment
by Mary Lou Lang-Byrd Anti-gun proposals on the ballot could turn law-abiding gun owners...
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Trahan: ‘Yes on 3’ Wrong on Gun Facts
Former U.S. Attorney Paula Silsby recently appeared in a “Yes on 3” campaign...
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Maine Sheriffs Take a Stand on Question 3
Referendum Question 3 is a heavily out-of-state funded attack on the rights of...
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Question 3 is an Insult to Mainers
On November 8th, Maine citizens will go to the polls to cast their...
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Exemptions Are Actually Landmines in Question 3
Question 3 on this November’s ballot has been touted by gun control advocates...
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Who do you trust?
We have examined numerous articles about the misguided referendum questions on the ballot...
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Question 3 Should Be Called the Gun Registry Bill
Question 3 on the November ballot calls for Universal Background Checks on all...
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Question 3 Intentionally Confusing to Isolate Gun Owners
Question 3 isn’t just an attack by anti-gun forces on our individual right...
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Question 3 Is Not a Solution
For several years, Michael Bloomberg, former Mayor of New York City, has been...
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Gun Control Isn’t About Making Maine a Safer Place
To hear the supporters of Question 3 — Michael Bloomberg’s attempt to impose...
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George Smith: Background Check Initiative Complicated, Unreasonable
The ballot initiative requiring background checks on gun sales and transfers is complicated,...
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New Study Shows Expanding Background Checks “Unenforceable Without Firearm Registration Scheme”
According to an article in last week’s Las Vegas Review Journal, the Guinn Center, an independent think tank, took...
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Law Enforcement Shortage Predicted Under Question 3
People are quickly finding that, like many political issues, the devil is in...
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How Much Freedom Are You Willing to Sacrifice in the Name of “Safety”?
This November, Maine voters will be faced with an age-old question — how...
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How to Speak to Gun Control Supporters
In light of recent terrorist attacks, riots and other violent events here and...
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Cain’s Attempt to Fleece Sportsmen Backfires Immediately
Last week Emily Cain, Democratic Candidate for the Second Congressional District of Maine,...
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Referendum Question 3 Goes Beyond a Background Check
Supporters of Question 3 (to expand firearm background checks to private sales) continually...
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A Trip to the Bloomberg Big Top Road Show
The Ringmaster has all the answers to the questions no one is asking...
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It’s Not Enough to Show Up to Vote
Being an engaged citizen is more important today than ever. As the general...
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Democrats’ Sit-In Protest Counterproductive to Their Cause
Last Wednesday night, the Democrats of Congress staged a “sit-in” protest on the...
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Heroin Related Shootout Stopped by Law-Abiding Gun Owners in Augusta
“The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a...
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Never Let a Tragedy Go to Waste
As Krysta Lilly has already pointed out in a Lewiston Sun Journal column,...
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Rep. Pingree ‘Sits-In’ to Use Orlando Attack to Raise Campaign Cash
I read a lot of arguments in editorial pages and news commentary that...
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Gun Control Initiatives Are Funded by a Few Anti-Gun Billionaires
Contrary to the grassroots image that anti-gun groups try to portray, their funding...
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The Gun Debate Is Divorced From Reality
The moment news broke about the shooting in Orlando — now the nation’s...
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Mainers for Responsible Gun Ownership is Yet Another Front for Bloomberg
On Tuesday, June 7 the Sun Journal posted a column in which David...
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Terrorists, Not Disagreements, Are Our Greatest Threat
I’m writing this week with a heavy heart. The mass shooting by a...
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Obama’s Gun Control Agenda Ignores the Root of True Evil
“This massacre is therefore a further reminder of how easy it is for...
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Hypocrisy Abounds in the CD 2 Race
How many times have you seen liberal Maine candidates for office, or political...
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Clinton’s Attempt to “Change the Gun Culture” is Misleading
In the latest round of primaries, liberal candidates seem to be competing in...
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Governor LePage Signs Public Subsidized Housing Rights Bill
Governor Paul LePage and the state legislature scored a victory for public subsidized housing...
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Garland is No Moderate
After the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, Maine’s long-term Republican Senator,...
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Bill to Protect Gun Owners in Subsidized Housing Heads to Governor’s Desk
AUGUSTA –The legislation proposed by Senator Andre Cushing (R-Penobscot) to protect the rights...
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Maine doesn’t need Michael Bloomberg’s gun control agenda
Last week, the Senate joined the House of Representatives in voting to indefinitely...
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Bill to Protect Gun Owners in Subsidized Housing Wins Bipartisan Support in House
Augusta – On a vote of 92-54, the legislation proposed by Senator Andre...
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Don’t Let Bloomberg Buy Your Rights!
Members of the House of Representatives may have Bloomberg’s gun control ballot initiative...
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Maine’s Sportsman Tradition
As an avid outdoorsman, a proud gun owner, and a member of the Congressional...
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NRA: Fundamental Rights Belong to Every Law-Abiding American
Harvey Lembo, a sixty-seven-year-old retired lobsterman from Rockland, Maine, was tired of being...
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Protecting Our Right to Protect Our Home
Imagine waking up in the night and hearing someone in your home. How...
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Sigaud: An Objective Look at Constitutional Carry
One of the bright spots for Republicans this legislative session was the passage...
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Fighting to Defend the Second Amendment
“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State,...
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LePage wins NRA endorsement
The National Rifle Association has endorsed Republican Gov. Paul LePage in his reelection...
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NRA Targets Angus King
The National Rifle Association (NRA), the foremost defender of Second Amendment rights in...
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M.D. Harmon: Scary times, Obama's debt and America's "horrific bender"
Conan O’Brien said last week that the mayor of Washington, D.C., had asked...
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M.D. Harmon: The charge for gun control is not about controlling guns
“If you don’t want to have a gun in your home or in...
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The Frary Files: Rational gun control debate requires a more detached examination
By Prof. John Frary “It’s time to talk about gun control.” This was...
