Bearing Arms’ Cam & Co
GOAL sounds the alarm on revised "Lawful Citizens Imprisonment Act"
- Title
- GOAL sounds the alarm on revised "Lawful Citizens Imprisonment Act"
- Runtime
- 26:32
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Massachusetts House Democrats may have a new bill, but it was crafted with the same animosity towards lawful gun owners as HD 4420. As anti-gun lawmakers rush to get HD 5607 to Gov. Maura Healey's desk, the Gun Owners Action League is warning residents not to get complacent about the revised version of the "Lawful Citizens Imprisonment Act."
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- Firearms Industry Aims to Protect Liberty in 2024 Election Cycle
- Runtime
- 31:25
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- The firearms industry is hoping to play a major role in the 2024 elections with the new Protect Liberty PAC. Treasurer Larry Keane joins Cam to discuss the role the PAC will play in federal races across the country, with a goal of electing "viable candidates who will protect our liberty and defend American's freedoms enshrined in the Bill of Rights."
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- The "Radical Incrementalism" of the Gun Control Lobby
- Runtime
- 32:22
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Giffords executive director Peter Ambler is stepping down after ten years at the helm of the anti-gun group, and an exit interview he gave to Politico provides some interesting nuggets about how the gun control lobby operates, including its strategy of "radical incrementalism."
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- An October Surprise for Massachusetts Gun Owners?
- Runtime
- 33:51
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Jim Wallace of the Gun Owners Action League in Massachusetts joins Cam with the latest news and scuttlebutt surrounding HD 4420, which is currently getting a makeover from anti-gun Democrats behind closed doors. According to Wallace, the House Speaker wants the bill approved before the Thanksgiving recess, which could mean an unwelcome October Surprise for gun owners in the state.
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- Modern-day Minutemen (and Women) Bring Bruen to Boston
- Runtime
- 26:40
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Hundreds of Massachusetts gun owners turned out on the Boston Common on Wednesday to rally in opposition to a sweeping gun control bill that threatens the Second Amendment rights of all residents. "Riding Shotgun with Charlie" host Charlie Cook was on hand and joined Cam to detail his experience.
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- California Gun Owners Take Aim at New Carry Crackdown
- Runtime
- 22:44
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Even before California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed SB2 into law on Tuesday, the "carry killer" legislation was already facing a court challenge. Attorney Tiffany Cheuvront with Michel & Associates joins Cam with the latest on May v. Bonta, as well as her reaction to the governor's latest attack on the right to keep and bear arms.
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- Anti-2A Activists Ramp Up Demonization of Gun Industry
- Runtime
- 44:12
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- The National Shooting Sports Foundation's Larry Keane joins Cam to take on the latest attacks by the gun control lobby, which seems intent on portraying the NSSF, Keane, and the firearms industry as Public Enemy #1.
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- NM Governor's Carry Ban Generating Bipartisan Blowback
- Runtime
- 34:05
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- The New Mexico Shooting Sports Association's treasurer Zac Fort, who's also the named plaintiff in a lawsuit taking on Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham's unconstitutional carry ban, joins Cam with the latest on litigation, a legislative response, and a new poll showing just how wildly unpopular the governor's edict is with residents across the state.
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- How Much Should We Trust Crime Stats?
- Runtime
- 25:47
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Crime (and more specifically, "gun violence") is the most common reason politicians give when trying to infringe on our right to keep and bear arms, but how much should we trust national reports like the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports or the National Crime Victimization survey, especially when they offer wildly different statistics about crime rates?
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- How Concerned Should Gun Owners Be About Biden's Latest Move?
- Runtime
- 26:27
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- The gun control lobby won't just have a seat at the table in the Biden administration. Going forward they'll have their own office in the White House. Biden is set to announce the creation of the Office of Gun Violence Prevention on Friday, staffed by veteran anti-gun activists, and Cam has a preview of what we can expect once they're installed in the administration.
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- Who's Really in an Awkward Position After Hunter Biden's Indictment?
- Runtime
- 27:09
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- According to a host of lefty media types, Hunter's indictment has put Second Amendment groups in an "awkward position", but it's really the gun control groups who are ignoring the indictment and his possible 2A legal defense.
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- Gun Owners Ready to Rally in opposition to Massachusetts Gun Grab
- Runtime
- 23:05
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- While Massachusetts lawmakers are back to plotting behind closed doors after their first attempt at rushing "carry killer" legislation into law hit a brick wall of opposition, gun owners aren't letting their guard down. As Gun Owners Action League executive director Jim Wallace shares with Cam, the group is getting ready for a major rally on Boston Common to "Bring Bruen to Boston" and defend their right to bear arms from civil rights abuses.
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- Firearms Instructor Says Governor's Carry Ban Backfired
- Runtime
- 19:46
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Not only was New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham's order banning open and concealed carry in Albuquerque and Bernalillo County roundly ignored by both lawful gun owners and criminals, as Bosque Tactical owner and lead instructor Phil Buckles tells Cam, but it also has led to a surge in interest from Albuquerque residents who are now ready to exercise their own right to bear arms.
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- Is Grisham Gunning For a Special Session?
- Runtime
- 20:24
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- While New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham hasn't found much support for her unilateral order banning open and concealed carry in Albuquerque and Bernalillo County, her next step may very well involve bringing lawmakers back to Santa Fe for a special session on "gun violence"; an act that could lead to even more 2A infringements being foisted on the state's lawful gun owners.
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- NY's SAFE Act is Hurting Mental Health and Abusing the Rights of Gun Owners
- Runtime
- 39:47
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Sandra Richardson knows first-hand how screwed up New York's SAFE Act is when it comes to gun ownership and mental health. The longtime RN and public health researcher joins Cam to talk not only about her experience with having her gun taken from her after talking to a mental health professional, but the impact that the law is having in keeping gun owners away from treatment while failing to address or help those who truly are at risk of harming themselves or others.
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- Does Grisham Have an End Game With Her Gun Ban Order?
- Runtime
- 32:33
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Armed American Radio's Mark Walters joins Cam to kick around New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham's order suspending the right to carry in Albuquerque for the next 30 days; a move that's already drawn multiple lawsuits, outright defiance by hundreds of gun owners, and even criticism from a handful of gun control activists.
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- Why the Handgun Ban for Under-21s Could Soon be a Thing of the Past
- Runtime
- 20:39
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Attorney Elliott Harding joins Cam with details of a judge's decision to grant class action status (and a nationwide injunction, albeit stayed upon appeal) in a lawsuit challenging the federal prohibition on handgun sales to adults younger than 21.
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- Gun Controllers are Losing the Long Game
- Runtime
- 30:52
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Reason's J.D. Tucille says new polls offer little comfort to the gun control lobby, and as Cam details, the anti-gunners have been losing ground far longer than one or two polling cycles.
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- California DA Takes Aim at Legal Gun Owners
- Runtime
- 25:57
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Santa Clara County D.A. Jeff Rosen is proposing a ballot referendum for California voters next year that would trample all over their Second Amendment rights by mandating that only "smart guns" could be sold in the state, imposing a new per-bullet tax on ammunition, and an annual registration fee for every gun legally possessed in the state.
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- New York AG Appeals "Red Flag" Rejections
- Runtime
- 22:47
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- New York Attorney General Letitia James is appealing several rejections of the state's Extreme Risk Protection Order statute after multiple judges have ruled the law violates the Second Amendment rights of residents; setting up what could be a major court fight over the constitutionality of the "red flag" law.
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- Rahimi Case on the SCOTUS Hot Seat
- Runtime
- 32:43
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- California Rifle & Pistol Association head and 2A attorney Chuck Michel is back with details on a Ninth Circuit panel's oral arguments over the state's Handgun Roster scheme, as well as a look at the first briefs filed with SCOTUS in the Rahimi case.
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- Armed Citizens Want to Patrol the Streets of Hartford
- Runtime
- 22:51
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Connecticut's draconian gun laws haven't made a dent in Hartford's homicide rate, and now a group of community activists say they're ready to take to the streets and conduct armed patrols in some of the city's most violent neighborhoods; a move greeted with scorn and opposition from anti-gun activists and the city's mayor.
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- Why FPC's Top Legal Mind Is Bullish on Bruen's Impact
- Runtime
- 30:15
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Cody J. Wisniewski, FPC Action Foundation General Counsel and Vice President of Legal, joins Cam to talk about the upcoming Rahimi case, Bruen response bills, and why he's optimistic that many gun control laws currently on the books will disappear in the years ahead.
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- The "Public Health" Approach to Gun Violence Is Still About Gun Control
- Runtime
- 23:10
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- A recent interview with Harvard professor David Hemenway makes clear that, despite attempts to portray a "public health approach to reducing gun violence" as separate from the agenda of the gun control lobby, the two are essentially one and the same.
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- California Scheming on the Second Amendment
- Runtime
- 30:28
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- California Rifle & Pistol Association legislative affairs director Rick Travis joins Cam with an update on the latest threats to the Second Amendment in Sacramento and the crippling impact one existing law is having on youth shooting sports in the state.
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- Massachusetts Gun Owners Rally As Anti-Gunners Recalibrate
- Runtime
- 24:00
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- While the Massachusetts legislature is out on summer recess, 2A advocates in the state are going on offense to educate the public about the dangers and threats to public safety inherent in HD 4420, deemed the Lawful Citizens Imprisonment Act by Jim Wallace of the Gun Owners Action League.
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- Illinois' Latest Gun Law Is an Affront to More Than Just the Second Amendment
- Runtime
- 20:54
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Mark Oliva of the National Shooting Sports Foundation sits down with Cam to discuss the group's newly-filed lawsuit challenging Illinois' First and Second Amendment crackdown on gun makers, as well as the impending ATF rule on private sales and transfers of firearms.
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- Surprises in Store During Tennessee Special Session?
- Runtime
- 37:24
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- We're one week away from the start of a special session in Nashville, and John Harris, executive director of the Tennessee Firearms Association, joins Cam with a preview of what to expect and what gun owners should be doing to ensure the defeat of any anti-gun legislation when lawmakers return to the state capitol.
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- Cracking the Social Media 2A Censorship Code?
- Runtime
- 30:03
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Yehuda "The Pew Pew Jew" Remer believes social media is absolutely censoring pro-2A voices, but as he tells Cam, he may have found a way around the algorithms that allows his voice (and others) to still be heard.
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- Should We Be Concerned About SCOTUS and the Second Amendment?
- Runtime
- 35:11
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- California Rifle & Pistol Association head Chuck Michel joins Cam with updates on several lawsuits taking on gun control laws, as well as sharing his thoughts on the Supreme Court's decision to stay a nationwide injunction against the ATF's "frame or receiver" rule.
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- NC Gun Owners Fight Back Against Attacks on Right to Carry
- Runtime
- 28:25
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Grassroots NC head Paul Valone joins Cam with updates on a lawsuit challenging lengthy delays in issuing concealed carry permits in the state's most populous county, as well as a preview of Wednesday's meeting with firearms instructors pushing back against proposed regulations that could make it much more difficult to host training classes.
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- ATF Aiming at Private Sales of Firearms?
- Runtime
- 24:43
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Ammoland's John Crump joins Cam with news of another ATF rule change lurking on the horizon; this one aimed squarely at criminalizing the private sale of firearms.
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- Honolulu Chief Claims Progress in Processing Carry Applications
- Runtime
- 24:07
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Honolulu police chief Arthur "Joe" Logan says his department is making progress in processing concealed carry permits, with 175 licenses approved in the past two weeks. Still, with a backlog of about 600 applications more than a year after the state's "may issue" licensing regime was ruled unconstitutional, many gun owners are rightfully wondering what's taking so long.
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- California Judge: County's COVID-based Closures of Gun Stores and Ranges Was A-OK!
- Runtime
- 30:35
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- U.S. District Judge Consuela Marshall says Ventura County's 48-day shutdown of gun stores and ranges as "non-essential businesses" during the early days of the COVID pandemic didn't violate the Second Amendment rights of county residents; a decision that could have far-reaching consequences, potentially leading to even more open-ended shutdowns based on "public health" emergencies in the future.
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- What Is TN Gov Hiding From 2A Advocates About Upcoming Special Session?
- Runtime
- 26:10
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- We're less than three weeks away from an expected special session in Tennessee where "dozens" of bills will be introduced dealing with firearms, mental health, juvenile justice, and more, but good luck getting ahold of the text of any of these measures. As Cam details, Gov. Bill Lee is still keeping a lid on details of the session in the face of mounting opposition from many Republicans and Second Amendment advocates.
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- Operation Ceasefire Already Having an Impact in Virginia
- Runtime
- 38:35
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares joins Cam to talk about the early success of Operation Ceasefire in the state, including the nearly 100 repeat violent offenders who've been indicted and programs underway to help steer youth away from heading down the wrong path.
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- Ohio Democrats Push Gun Control as Major Midterm Issue
- Runtime
- 28:41
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Ohio Democrats are mounting a full-scale push to make gun control a top issue for voters next year, blaming the state's "liberalized" gun laws for an increase in crime in cities like Cleveland and Columbus while downplaying the damage done by their own soft-on-crime policies and practices.
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- Massachusetts Anti-gunners on the Defensive
- Runtime
- 38:33
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Gun control activists and anti-gun politicians in Massachusetts are scrambling to save their sweeping legislation obliterating the right to keep and bear arms after ferocious pushback by gun owners, law enforcement, and even some mayors. Gun Owners Action League executive director Jim Wallace shares the latest, including a surprising new development in the state Senate.
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- Michigan Firearms Instructor Hosting Massive (And Free) Gun Training Event
- Runtime
- 35:56
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Legally Armed in Detroit's Rick Ector joins Cam with a preview of a huge gun training event for women taking place this upcoming Saturday and Sunday in the Detroit suburb of Taylor, Michigan. Two local ranges will be hosting hundreds of women with volunteer instructors providing a basic gun safety course free of charge for all those who attend, and Ector is hoping to train some 1,500 individuals over the course of the weekend.
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- Top 2A Attorney Concerned About Post-Bruen Abuses By Judges
- Runtime
- 31:39
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- California Rifle & Pistol Association head and 2A attorney Chuck Michel joins Cam with updates on several cases pending before U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez, the half-dozen lawsuits challenging Illinois' ban on 'assault weapons" and "large capacity" magazines, and what he sees as a disturbing trend among some judges to misapply or ignore the Supreme Court's decision in NYSRPA v. Bruen.
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- Anti-gun Activists Complain About Small Town Songs, Ignore Big City Crime
- Runtime
- 20:28
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- While anti-gunners like Shannon Watts are taking aim at country singer Jason Aldean for singing in praise of pro-2A small towns, they're ignoring the failure of their gun control agenda to stem violence in cities like Washington, D.C., where kids as young as 11-years-old are being arrested on a regular basis for armed robberies.
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- San Jose's Anti-gun Stunt Is Off to a Slow Start
- Runtime
- 19:06
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- The editors of the San Jose Mercury News are starting to realize what gun owners have known for months now: the city's mandated insurance requirement and annual fee for most gun owners isn't a serious attempt to fight crime, but a political stunt meant to generate headlines for the anti-gun politicians who put the ordinances in place.
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- Opposition Mounting to Massachusetts "Lawful Citizens Imprisonment Act"
- Runtime
- 40:59
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- The Gun Owners Action League's Jim Wallace joins Cam with an update on HD 4420, the nightmare gun control bill GAOL is calling the Lawful Gun Owners Imprisonment Act. With Democrats trying to ram the bill into law at breakneck speed, Wallace says HD 4420 could get a vote on the House floor without a single public hearing, even as a number of police chiefs in the state are joining the growing chorus of critics.
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- Hawaii's New "Public Nuisance" Law Aims to Put Gun Makers Out of Business
- Runtime
- 27:28
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- The National Shooting Sports Foundation's Larry Keane joins Cam with an update on the anti-gunners' efforts to do an end run around the federal Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act through "public nuisance" laws, including a newly-filed challenge to Hawaii's recently enacted statute targeting the firearms industry.
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- New Regs for NC Gun Trainers Would Wrap Them in Red Tape
- Runtime
- 31:02
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- The head of the 2A group Grassroots NC is warning that new regulations imposed (potentially in violation of state law) could lead to fewer concealed carry courses and an invasion of privacy for gun owners who do undergo the training. GRNC's Paul Valone joins Cam with the details, as well as an update on the group's lawsuit challenging needless delays in issuing carry permits in the state's most populous county.
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- GOA Sues Over ATF's Gun Store Shutdowns
- Runtime
- 27:42
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- The ATF's "zero tolerance" policy on gun store inspections is leading to the revocation of federal firearms licenses for even minor paperwork errors, according to Gun Owners of America. GOA's Erich Pratt joins Cam to detail a newly filed suit in federal court alongside a North Dakota gun shop that's been targeted for closure by the agency.
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- Ten Rounds is Too Many for the Gun Grabbers
- Runtime
- 30:51
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- What exactly is a "large capacity" magazine? Depends on who you're asking. In California it's 10 rounds, while in Colorado it's 20. And in Massachusetts, a coalition of gun grabbers are demanding Congress enact a new ban on so-called assault weapons and all ammunition magazines that can hold more than five rounds; a move that would gut the Second Amendment's protections for arms that are in common use.
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- Kansas City Mayor Blames Lack of Local Gun Laws For Murder Spike
- Runtime
- 25:38
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Homicides in Kansas City, Missouri are up nearly 20% this year, and Mayor Quentin Lewis says the state's firearm preemption law is partly to blame by blocking local gun control ordinances. But as Cam notes, there are plenty of cities around the country that are seeing big declines in murders, even in states with firearm preemption and permitless carry laws in place.
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- Legacy Media Downplaying Armed Citizen Stories?
- Runtime
- 19:34
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- A self-defense story out of Chicago has received scant attention from the local legacy media, and it's not the first time in recent weeks we've seen media and officials downplay or ignore armed citizens protecting themselves and others from violent encounters.
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- Philly DA Scapegoats the Second Amendment
- Runtime
- 32:49
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Philadelphia D.A. Larry Krasner says an "absurd interpretation" of the Second Amendment is to blame for the city's high violent crime, including the mass shooting on Monday, but his blameshifting ignores his own policies and practices, which have returned many violent offenders to the streets after charges were dropped or sweetheart deals were handed out.
