Nobody is denying we should investigate and do what we can to prevent gun crime in our cities and towns. But, we should not scapegoat the American gun owner for complicated, cultural problems we are just beginning to understand.
BOB BARRAccepting federal funding undermines state sovereignty as states become beholden to federal requirements in order to keep the money flowing.
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I think what the American people are going to see down the road is significant inflationary pressure as a result of all this government printed, you know, this new money that the government is putting in.
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Firearms manufacturers usually find themselves playing defense.
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Anyone who questions the legality of the decision to wiretap thousands of Americans unlawfully is attacked, as either an enabler of terrorists or a bitter partisan trying to distract a president at war.
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It is high time for some congressional oversight backbone.
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Unfortunately, the Windy City also enjoys a reputation for corrupt politics, violent crime, and some of the strictest gun control laws anywhere in the country.
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It is not just software glitches and corrupted memory cards that should be on the minds of election officials.
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The backlash against Big Government is an encouraging sign of a growing resistance to the mission creep of federal power.
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The move to tax Internet sales, clothed as a ‘fairness’ issue, is the typical ‘wolf-in-sheep’s-clothing’ ploy so often used by governments unwilling to cut expenditures to match revenues.
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The Republican Party has become the party of the government status quo, and conservatives see no reason to reward it with their votes.
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The way to achieve this goal is you go negative and you don’t let up. If you’re always attacking your accusers, the debate becomes one of Democrat vs. Republican, rather than right vs. wrong.
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On taking office, Obama promised the ‘most transparent’ administration in history; yet his record as president has been anything but transparent.
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Accepting federal funding undermines state sovereignty as states become beholden to federal requirements in order to keep the money flowing.
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State legislatures continue to do just that – enact laws that significantly infringe this fundamental human right.
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People come up to me and tell me they support me because I never left my principles.
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History has shown that Big Government expands quickest in the immediate aftermath of a crisis – real or manufactured.
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