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The Trace—an “independent, nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization” funded by the Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund (ha!)—ran an article this week linking the prevalence of 9mm and .45 caliber handguns to a supposed rise in firearm lethality.

“We want more than the screaming match. We wanted to take the conversation out of the polarized rhetoric into the realm of art as a possible means for a productive dialogue,” Ferrara said.

The CEO of Levi Strauss & Co. has a message for gun owners: Leave your firearms at home when you enter the company’s stores, offices or facilities.

Facts are inconvenient things. They get in the way of agendas, especially when those agendas don’t have much basis in reality.

Over the course of five years and covering thousands of miles, I toured America to meet some of the millions of legal gun owners who, every day, proudly exercise their constitutional right to keep and bear arms.

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick wants to reduce the licensing fees for concealed carry permits, which are currently some of the highest in the nation.

As others have noted, anti-gun rhetoric from Hollywood represents the height of hypocrisy. The same celebrities and producers who speak out against guns portray guns favorably in their movies and make millions of dollars in the process.

“No one really knows what’s happening,” said Harry Cheim, president of Union Guns and Gear.

The NIJ has published hard requirements that any smart gun must meet before it can be considered for department use.