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A man was killed in downtown Austin Saturday night in the midst of a protest against police violence, and police said they have taken the shooter into custody. The shooting happened about 9:50 p.m. at Fourth Street and Congress Avenue, EMS officials said. Austin police said the male victim was carrying a weapon when he approached a vehicle. The person in the vehicle then shot the man. Video of the shooting below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0o8369rHfOM&feature=emb_title The mainstream media falsely portraited the victim as an innocent man who got shot! Witnesses say that the victim fired 5 shots with his AK-47 before he...

The protests continue two months from the day of George Floyd’s killing. Floyd died on May 25 in Minneapolis after a white cop pressed his knee against his neck for nearly eight minutes as he said he couldn’t breathe. A BLACK Lives Matter protester was shot dead last night during a march in Austin, Texas. Police in Texas confirmed a man was shot and killed at 9:52pm last night during a protest in downtown Austin. A clip of the scene shared online show protesters marching through the streets and shouting “Black lives” and waving banners reading “BLM”. Seconds later, five...

For years conservative groups and especially the National Rifle Association have been warning that the government would find a way to confiscate the guns of law-abiding Americans. Many dismissed what they regarded as a scare tactic designed to raise money. What is happening in St. Louis should awaken us to the fact that those fears are well founded. The top prosecutor in St. Louis has charged a married couple with "felony unlawful use of a weapon for displaying guns during a racial injustice protest outside their mansion." Mark and Patricia McCloskey, who the media identify as being "white," are in...

NPR, Politico, Time, and Scientific American are unlikely ever to pay an NRA employee to write news articles about gun control. But they have no problem hiring people who work for The Trace, a Michael Bloomberg-funded gun control organization. Even in the very hypothetical case that these publications did use an NRA-influenced article, they would undoubtedly include a disclaimer warning readers of the possible bias.

Leftists have always hated law enforcement. Maybe it’s because they simply don’t like police, or maybe it’s because they desire to be the ones who decide who gets punished and for what. The riots exposed something liberals aren’t ready for the public to be aware of, at least not fully – that elected Democrat mayors, prosecutors, district attorneys, and attorneys general are abusing their power to do an end run around state legislatures and create law themselves. If there’s one stupid idea that unites Democrats and Republicans it’s the idea of “criminal justice reform.” The idea behind it is that...

As you’ve probably heard by now, Mark and Patricia McCloskey are each being charged with a felony count of unlawful use of a weapon for stepping outside of their home with guns as protesters marched down a private street on their way to the Mayor’s house. Yesterday a new wrinkle was added this story. In order to bring the unlawful use charges against the McCloskeys, police have to verify that the guns actually posed a threat. The McCloskey’s guns were seized but when police tested Patricia McCloskeys silver handgun they found that it would not fire. So an assistant...

Sixteen Thirty Fund acts as network for liberal donors to anonymously give to Democratic committees.. Deep-pocketed liberal donors are using a massive dark money network to conceal the source of nearly $20 million in donations to pro-Biden PACs. ... Sixteen Thirty Fund .. normally works with advocacy organizations, has switched its focus to the election in recent months, sending large amounts to groups supporting Joe Biden in the presidential race. Wealthy donors push cash into the Sixteen Thirty Fund—an entity housed at the D.C.-based dark money network Arabella Advisors—which then disburses the money to prominent Democratic committees. Arabella Advisors operates...

Tuesday on MSNBC, former Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-TX) called the Texas GOP a “death cult” who wants “African-Americans” and “Latinos” to do the dying. O’Rourke said, “You know, the United States has been hit hard by COVID. Texas, arguably, harder than almost any other state right now, perhaps with the exception of Florida and Arizona, and within Texas, the Rio Grande Valley, and particularly Hidalgo County, is just getting the stuffing knocked out of it. They’re running out of beds and space in their hospitals and clinics. They’re running out of nurses and doctors to take care of the patients....

St. Louis prosecutors tampered with Patricia McCloskey’s gun before charges were made against the St. Louis couple earlier this week. The prosecution team under the direction of Soros-funded Kim Gardner disassembled the inoperable gun and then put it back together making it operable. -------------- In Missouri, police and prosecutors must prove that a weapon is “readily” capable of lethal use when it used in the type of crime with which the McCloskeys have been charged. At the request of Assistant Circuit Attorney Chris Hinckley, crime lab staff members field stripped the handgun and found that it had been assembled incorrectly....

A college student at Fordham University in New York was punished and forced to undergo “political reeducation” this summer for two Instagram posts – one of which depicted the student holding an AR-15. Austin Tong is a rising senior at Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business, and he accused the school of “Soviet-style interrogation and punishment.” “I am no longer permitted on campus, with public safety coming to my home at midnight to question me on the day of the post, and face forced political reeducation through mandatory courses and to write an apology letter, or will face full suspension...

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt on Monday moved to dismiss charges brought by St. Louis’ top prosecutor against a couple who pointed guns at a crowd marching to the mayor’s home last month, Fox News has learned.

Mark and Patricia McCloskey, the St. Louis couple that made headlines protecting their home from rioters, were charged on Monday. The couple held a rifle and handgun last month outside their house when protesters broke down a private-gate and headed past their residence. In television interviews, Mr. McCloskey has said they were scared for their property and their lives after many Black Lives Matter protests had turned violent and destructive in recent weeks. St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner has charged the couple with brandishing weapons, according to local reports. She said the couple waved the guns at protesters in...

St. Louis’ top prosecutor told The Associated Press on Monday that she is charging a white husband and wife with felony unlawful use of a weapon for displaying guns during a racial injustice protest outside their mansion. Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner announced the charges against Mark and Patricia McCloskey, who are both personal injury attorneys in their 60s. They also face a misdemeanor charge of fourth-degree assault.

The gunman suspected of killing the son and wounding the husband of a federal judge in New Jersey before taking his own life in New York’s Catskills has been identified as lawyer and men’s rights activist Roy Den Hollander, federal sources said. Hollander — whose website details “anti-feminist cases” and calls for clients to “help battle the infringement of Men’s Rights by the Feminists” — was found dead in Rockland County, NY on Monday, according to sources. Investigators believe Hollander shot himself hours after an attack on the North Brunswick, NJ, home of federal Judge Esther Salas.

Masks don’t make a difference. Remember that? It was about two months ago. The consensus of scientific experts who must be obeyed unless one is a Trump-loving troglodyte assured us that there was no need to don a silly mask. Today, masks are the Holy Grail of stopping the virus. How did that happen? What do we know in July that we didn’t know in May? Why did other countries seem to know the supposed value of masks while we didn’t? I’ll give you another one. On February 29, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the Lord High Guru Of All Science, went...

While it’s true that most die-hard supporters and opponents of the right to keep and bear arms have made up their minds and will never change, book or no book, it is also true that “swing” or “independent” voters will decide the presidential election and several other crucial elections this year

To get straight to the point, Dr. John Lott, formerly of the U.S. Sentencing Commission and now of the Crime Prevention Research Center, is the most important gun control researcher in the world, he has been for a long time, and he has just released a new book that is “must reading” for anyone who wants to be prepared to debate the hottest gun control issues before us today. The book is “Gun Control Myths,” aptly subtitled “how politicians, the media, and botched ‘studies’ have twisted the facts on gun control.” While it’s true that most die-hard supporters and opponents...

Several sheriff offices in Colorado have announced that they will not actively enforce the mask mandate ordered by Governor Jared Polis (D). ... the list includes Delta, El Paso, Elbert, Teller, Washington, and Weld County Sheriff’s Offices. Delta County Sheriff Mark Talyor posted online that the Delta County Sheriff’s Office will not be issuing citations or detaining persons who go against the order. We feel we have an exceptionally good relationship with the public we serve and that our Delta County community is responsible for their own decision making concerning the health and safety of our neighbors, friends and families....

Grand Master Jay's exagerrations and misrepresentations exposed in this 6 minute youtube video.

Grandmaster Jay, the leader of a Black militia called NFAC (Not F-cking Around Coalition) — a name he says denotes the group’s attitude — spoke to Atlanta Black Star about the importance of community policing and of exercising Second Amendment rights. Although the militia made its first public appearance just last year, Grandmaster Jay, a former hip-hop MC whose name is John Jay Fitzgerald Johnson, says the ethos of the group, now united under his leadership, is not new. The NFAC is composed of “an element that has always existed within America.” Grandmaster Jay continued, “You’ve always had a demographic...