Ruminations of a New Hampshire Republican with decidedly libertarian leanings
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Fri, 2025-01-17 15:56 +0000
A Pandemic of Violence by Cassandra McBride, Ammo.com Key Points: Black Americans are twice as likely to be murdered with bullets than any other race. Furthermore, 88% of black American gun deaths are attributed to another black American. Report Highlights:...
Tom Bowler
Mon, 2025-01-13 15:58 +0000
by Jp Cortez, Sound Money Defense League After a multi-year effort backed by Money Metals, the Sound Money Defense League, and other in-state allies, the Kentucky legislature approved a bill that included ending the sales tax on purchases of precious...
Tom Bowler
Sat, 2025-01-11 05:01 +0000
by Jp Cortez, Sound Money Defense League Lawmakers in Wyoming have introduced legislation today to create the “Wyoming Gold Reserve.” Introduced by sound money champion Senator Bob Ide (R-Casper), Senate File 96 amends and further implements the Wyoming Legal Tender...
Tom Bowler
Fri, 2025-01-10 13:37 +0000
by Jp Cortez, Sound Money Defense League Virginia currently exempts precious metals purchases from state sales tax, however this exemption is set to expire in June of this year. House Bill 2336 aims to extend the current law on gold...
Tom Bowler
Thu, 2025-01-09 11:04 +0000
Demographics of Assailants 1966-2024 by Cassandra McBride, Ammo.com Report Highlights: Black and white males, excluding gang violence, have the highest rates of mass shootings among demographic groups, with 0.09 incidents per 100,000 people. White Americans committed 53% of the 195...
Tom Bowler
Thu, 2025-01-02 12:06 +0000
January A tone was set when Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin disappeared for several days in early January. He had been admitted to the Intensive Care Unit at Walter Reed Hospital due to complications from cancer surgery. Three days later...
Tom Bowler
Tue, 2024-12-24 10:49 +0000
The Complexity of Demographics and Gun Ownership By Cassandra McBride, Ammo.com Report Highlights: 72% of American gun owners list protection as a primary reason for owning a firearm, a sentiment shared across all demographics. Americans aged 35 to 65 are...
Tom Bowler
Tue, 2024-12-17 13:21 +0000
By Cassandra McBride, Ammo.com Report Highlights: In 2023, around 42% of American households, or approximately 53.3 million, had at least one firearm. Household gun ownership decreased from 47% in 1990 to 45% in 2022. Montana, Alaska, and Wyoming have the...
Tom Bowler
Wed, 2024-11-20 16:21 +0000
Jp Cortez, Money Metals Exchange (Charlotte, NC – November 20th, 2024) – The newly released 2025 Sound Money Index has identified Wyoming, South Dakota, and Alaska as the states with the most favorable policies toward constitutional sound money, while Vermont,...
Tom Bowler
Tue, 2024-11-12 17:24 +0000
I am immensely relieved at Trump's victory. I was quite worried about it, so much so that I did something I've never done before. I volunteered to go out door knocking in the final weekends before the election. At the...
Tom Bowler
Wed, 2024-11-06 16:44 +0000
The Reality of Firearms in America by Cassandra McBride, Ammo.com The United States is not only known for having some of the most intriguing politicians but is also a nation of gun owners. With more civilian-owned firearms than any other...
Tom Bowler
Thu, 2024-10-31 10:09 +0000
All About America's Firearms in 2024 by Cassandra McBride, Ammo.com Asking how many guns are in the U.S. is like asking how many grains of salt are in the Dead Sea—there are simply too many to count. Due to privacy...
Tom Bowler
Mon, 2024-10-28 20:31 +0000
by Jp Cortez, Money Metals In a recent interview, Dr. Ron Paul engages with Jp Cortez, Executive Director of the Sound Money Defense League, the national public policy project of Money Metals which seeks to remonetize gold and silver, primarily...
Tom Bowler
Thu, 2024-10-24 11:00 +0000
by Jp Cortez, Sound Money Defense League (Charlotte, North Carolina) – America's top-rated national precious metals dealer and the nation's preeminent sound money policy group are proud to announce Alabama state Senator Tim Melson as the 2024 "Sound Money Legislator...
Tom Bowler
Wed, 2024-10-23 17:39 +0000
America’s Life-Saving Gun Incidents (2024) by Cassandra McBride, Ammo.com The Second Amendment limits the government’s power over the people’s right to keep and bear arms for the defense of our nation. However, Americans uniquely have the right to defend our...
Tom Bowler
Thu, 2024-10-17 06:00 +0000
Jp Cortez, executive director of the Sound Money Defense League, recently joined Jon Forrest Little on SilverWars to discuss states releasing gold and silver from state taxation across the country. I. Introduction The discussion opens with a strong emphasis on...
Tom Bowler
Wed, 2024-10-16 15:08 +0000
Closing the Gender Gap by Cassandra McBride, Ammo.com As society shifts away from traditional gender roles and women become more independent, it may surprise some of our readers that women have yet to embrace gun ownership fully. However, the gender...
Tom Bowler
Fri, 2024-10-11 16:34 +0000
The Corresponding Rise of Antidepressants, SSRIs & Mass Shootings by Cassandra McBride, Ammo.com Eli Lily quietly paid $20 million to the victims of a horrific Kentucky mass shooting. The payment was made thirty years after Joseph Wesbecker, who’d been taking...
Tom Bowler
Thu, 2024-10-10 14:53 +0000
by Jp Cortez, Sound Money Defense League This year is shaping up to be one of the most legislatively successful in U.S. sound money history. Money Metals Exchange was instrumental in achieving six new sound money victories... as well as...
Tom Bowler
Thu, 2024-10-03 11:49 +0000
by Cassandra McBride, Ammo.com Before the 1990 Gun-Free School Zones Act (GFSA), only two notable mass shootings had occurred on school campuses. Since the passage of this legislation, many Americans can name over ten incidents without needing to research. Congress...
Tom Bowler
