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on March 27, 2016 in World News

The ISIS Barbarians Are Already Inside our Gates

by Tom Tancredo The religion of peace has stuck again. Last week it was Brussels, but it is too late to guard our gates, as brave Horatius lamented:  Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the gate: “To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late. And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his gods.” As the FBI well knows, ISIS is already inside the United States. Guarding our gates is still necessary, but it is not enough when thousands of Islamist jihadists are… View Article

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on March 26, 2016 in Gun Page

Concealed Carry Surging: TX to Surpass 1 Million License Holders

by AWR Hawkins A “140 percent” increase in concealed handgun license applications puts Texas on the verge of surpassing a total of one million license holders in the state. Those are one million people who can carry a handgun concealed or, if they choose, carry it openly under the Open Carry law Governor Greg Abbott (R) signed into law last year. According to CBS-DFW, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) “received 136,000 License to Carry applications” from December 2015 through February 2016. That “140 percent jump in applications” when compared to the “57,000 [applications submitted] over that period last… View Article

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on March 26, 2016 in Gun Page World News

Thousands Sign Petition to Allow Guns at RNC Convention

by AWR Hawkins Thousands of individuals have signed an online petition seeking to nudge Ohio Governor John Kasich (R) into allowing concealed carry firearms into the Republican National Committee Convention in Cleveland. The convention will be held in Quicken Loans Arena, which currently bars guns from the premises. The petition–which can be found at Change.Org–calls on Quicken Loans Arena to suspend “their policy preventing the open carry of firearms on the premises of the arena from July 18-21, 2016 to coincide with the Republican National Convention.” The petition also asks the NRA to join the fray by issuing “an immediate condemnation… View Article

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on March 26, 2016 in World News

Runaway Trailer Runs Over, Kills Convicted Sex Offender Watching Porn on Cell Phone

by Warner Todd Huston Police in Tennessee say a man walking down the street while watching porn on his cell phone was killed when he didn’t notice a runaway trailer barreling his way. Witnesses told officers that 55-year-old Kevin Jordan was carelessly walking down the sidewalk on Park Avenue in Memphis with his attention fixed on pornography playing on his cell phone. Apparently Jordan didn’t look up in time to see that a 15-foot trailer had come unhitched from a passing pickup truck and was racing toward him. Jordan was struck and killed by the runaway trailer. Some, though, felt Jordan’s death was tinged… View Article

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on March 26, 2016 in World News

Removal of Confederate Symbols Turns Nasty in New Orleans

by Breitbart News NEW ORLEANS (Associated Press) — Backlash against a plan to remove prominent Confederate monuments in New Orleans has been tinged by death threats, intimidation and even what may have been the torching of a contractor’s Lamborghini. For now, at least, things have gotten so nasty, the city hasn’t found a contractor willing to bear the risk of tearing down the monuments. The city doesn’t have its own equipment to move them and is now in talks to find a company, even discussing doing the work at night to avoid further tumult. Initially, it appeared the monuments would… View Article

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on March 26, 2016 in World News

Florida Gov. Rick Scott Signs Sweeping Abortion Restrictions into Law

by Dr. Susan Berry Gov. Rick Scott (R-FL) signed a bill into law Friday that bars state and local governments, and Medicaid managed care plans, from contracting with organizations that have any relationships with abortion clinics. Another provision of the measure – which passed along party lines — requires clinics that perform first-trimester abortions to have transfer agreements with local hospitals, or for abortionists to have hospital privileges nearby. Abortion clinics that provide second-trimester abortions, however, must meet both criteria, reportsAP Florida. Still another provision bans the sale and donation of fetal tissue from aborted babies and also raises penalties for… View Article

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