90 Miles From Tyranny : Americans’ Gun Rights Are At Stake in the Georgia Senate Runoffs

Friday, January 1, 2021

Americans’ Gun Rights Are At Stake in the Georgia Senate Runoffs





Even a cursory look at where Ossoff (who is challenging Perdue) and Warnock (Loeffler’s adversary) stand on matters relating to firearms reveals they are bitter enemies of gun rights, especially as those views are held and practiced by most Georgians.

Where both Perdue and Loeffler have been strongly endorsed by the National Rifle Association (the gold standard according to which most voters turn in order to determine if a candidate is pro-Second Amendment), Ossoff and Warnock have been warmly embraced by major gun-control organizations, including the Giffords Law Center, the Brady Campaign, and Michael Bloomberg’s Everytown for Gun Safety.

Beyond these endorsements, Ossoff and Warnock share positions on firearms far to the left of those held by a majority of Georgians. These include advocating for a ban on the AR-15 rifle, the most popular and commonly held rifle in America, as well as on so-called “high capacity” magazines for rifles and handguns. Nor do facts support this particular gun control position held by Ossoff and Warnock. According to the FBI, for example, in 2019 there were 367 Georgia homicides carried out with firearms, but only 14 involved rifles of any type.

The two Democrats also support forcing gun owners to...




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2 comments:

  1. Looks like a staged photo. Why do so many pistols have orange muzzles? They are the mark of an airsoft pistol.

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    1. Staged is right.
      Of course, I did have a state policeman that had me coat the last 1/2" of his 1911 barrel orange once.
      No telling what happened with that pistol...

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