"Just present the facts"

The myth that civilian gun ownership prevents tyranny   Whenever there's any hint of momentum for potential new gun reform laws, gun rights evangelists — especially among the more extreme fringe — fall back on an oft-repeated claim: that civilian gun ownership is the only thing keeping tyranny at bay. ThinkProgress examined data from the last decade to try and answer a simple question: is the right to civilian gun ownership a key ingredient to the preservation, implementation, and extension of democracy? READ MORE Pruitt is facing at least 10 ethics investigations as EPA watchdog announces new probe READ MORE Ghana's Christian lawmakers insist homosexuality won't be legalized anytime soon READ MORE Attacks in Afghanistan kill 29 people, including 10 journalists READ MORE Trump to speak at NRA convention after claiming gun lobbying group has no control over him READ MORE Central American migrant caravan arrives at U.S. border READ MORE Prominent Republican says it's 'wrong' for journalists to call out Trump's lies READ MORE   Watch this:   Inside the "incel" movement inspiring mass violence against women. If you value this kind of work --- and you want to see more of it --- please consider becoming a ThinkProgress member. BECOME A MEMBER CAPAF | ThinkProgress Center for American Progress Action Fund 1333 H Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 United States This email was sent tothingsilove2020.12345678@blogger.com. unsubscribe