The Gun-Rights Movement Fed America’s Insurrectionist Fever Dreams
The NRA and its allies have argued for years that citizens need to arm themselves for a fight against tyranny.
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They say they are demonstrating against tyranny, but they are in fact enjoying an extreme—and dangerous—sort of liberty.
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Campus-carry laws, like the one going into effect in Texas, pose a profound threat to free speech.
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Second Amendment activists are redefining the public sphere, and with it, American democracy.
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