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After the explosions in the occupied Crimea, the Russian army began to withdraw its fighter jets from the peninsula, which were stationed there. Such measures are being taken to prevent further attacks from Ukraine. This is stated in a secret NATO report dated August 22, which was available to Business Insider. Now 10 Russian aircraft have already been transferred from Crimea to the territory of the Russian Federation: six Su-35S fighters and four MiG-31BM interceptors. "Russia is likely to deploy its air force in Crimea to prevent further attacks by Ukraine," the report says. Despite these maneuvers, the Crimean Belbek...

Sorrow reverberated across the country Sunday as Americans, including President Joe Biden, joined a Florida community in remembering the 17 lives lost three years ago in the Parkland school shooting massacre. “In seconds, the lives of dozens of families, and the life of an American community, were changed forever,” Biden said in a statement released Sunday. The president used the occasion to call on Congress to strengthen gun laws, including requiring background checks on all gun sales and banning assault weapons. There was no time to wait, the president said. “We owe it to all those we’ve lost and to...

Full Headline: Tim Ryan to lead 'caravan' of gun-control activists from Ohio to Kentucky rally directed at McConnell A “caravan” of gun rights activists will march on Friday through Ohio to Kentucky, led by Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) in an effort to push Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to allow Senate votes on House-passed gun control legislation, Ryan announced Thursday. “It's been 150+ days since the House passed 2 comprehensive gun reform bills & Mitch McConnell still has done nothing. That's unacceptable,” tweeted Ryan, a 2020 presidential candidate. Democrats have called on McConnell to bring Senate back from recess...

<p>It was perhaps inevitable that the recent sniper killings in the Washington area suburbs would be seized upon by advocates of gun control. Like so much in the agenda of the political left, gun control arguments would collapse like a house of cards if people just stopped to think through what is being said, instead of being swept along by emotional rhetoric.</p>

Exploiting Mass MurderDr. Michael S. BrownSunday, Oct. 20, 2002 October 2002 gave the battered anti-gun lobby what it desperately needed: a high-profile mass murderer who used a firearm. It has been over three years since the lobby's last big public relations victory at Columbine, but time has not changed the way these rare incidents are covered and exploited. There is an old saying that journalists know nothing about guns and don't want to learn. This was reaffirmed by last week's saturation coverage from the Washington suburbs that was loaded with firearms myths and misinformation. I used to enjoy a...