Bearing Arms – American Conservative Movement https://americanconservativemovement.com American exceptionalism isn't dead. It just needs to be embraced. Sat, 24 Aug 2024 02:52:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://americanconservativemovement.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-America-First-Favicon-32x32.png Bearing Arms – American Conservative Movement https://americanconservativemovement.com 32 32 135597105 Denver D.A. Drops Murder Charges in Interstate Shooting, Citing Self-Defense https://americanconservativemovement.com/denver-d-a-drops-murder-charges-in-interstate-shooting-citing-self-defense/ https://americanconservativemovement.com/denver-d-a-drops-murder-charges-in-interstate-shooting-citing-self-defense/#respond Sat, 24 Aug 2024 02:52:40 +0000 https://americanconservativemovement.com/target/denver-d-a-drops-murder-charges-in-interstate-shooting-citing-self-defense/ A Denver man scheduled to stand trial on murder charges in November could soon be officially cleared of all charges, after the local district attorney asked a judge to dismiss the case based on a reasonable claim of self-defense.

There’s no dispute that Stephan Long shot and killed brothers Damon and Blake Lucas on a Denver interstate last June, but Long has maintained from the beginning that he did so because he was afraid for his life. Long was originally charged with two counts of first degree murder, but in a statement this week Denver D.A. Beth McCann said “evidence establishes a strong and valid self-defense claim.”

Police reports stated that the Lucas brothers were in one vehicle and Long was driving behind them when the brothers stopped their vehicle in the right lane of traffic between the two exits. That’s when one of the brothers exited the vehicle and approached Long’s car and a confrontation happened with Long pulling out a gun and shooting one of the brothers.

According to police reports, Long did not get out of his vehicle and tried to drive away when the other brother got out of the vehicle and grabbed Long’s car. Long drove off the interstate and onto the 8th Avenue ramp while firing at the other brother, causing him to fall from the car.

A Denver police detective heard the shots and followed Long. That’s when uniformed officers stopped him at 13th Avenue and Meade Street a few minutes later and took him into custody. […]

]]> https://americanconservativemovement.com/denver-d-a-drops-murder-charges-in-interstate-shooting-citing-self-defense/feed/ 0 210812 Burglar Returns to House He Broke Into Only Armed Resident Ended Trip https://americanconservativemovement.com/burglar-returns-to-house-he-broke-into-only-armed-resident-ended-trip/ https://americanconservativemovement.com/burglar-returns-to-house-he-broke-into-only-armed-resident-ended-trip/#respond Thu, 27 Jun 2024 10:22:28 +0000 https://americanconservativemovement.com/target/burglar-returns-to-house-he-broke-into-only-armed-resident-ended-trip/ I honestly don’t know how often a bad guy “returns to the scene of the crime,” but it had to have been often enough to coin a phrase for it. Maybe it was just something in movies, for the most part, but it also happens in real life.

The question is just how often do they do it.

Again, I haven’t got a clue, but in Kenosha, one burglar apparently left something at a home he broke into earlier in the day. When he tried to go back to retrieve it, he had a bit of a surprise. It seems the resident was there, was armed, and wasn’t interested in being a victim. […]

]]> https://americanconservativemovement.com/burglar-returns-to-house-he-broke-into-only-armed-resident-ended-trip/feed/ 0 208680 2A Advocates, Gun Control Activists React to Supreme Court’s Decision in Rahimi https://americanconservativemovement.com/2a-advocates-gun-control-activists-react-to-supreme-courts-decision-in-rahimi/ https://americanconservativemovement.com/2a-advocates-gun-control-activists-react-to-supreme-courts-decision-in-rahimi/#respond Sat, 22 Jun 2024 11:46:11 +0000 https://americanconservativemovement.com/target/2a-advocates-gun-control-activists-react-to-supreme-courts-decision-in-rahimi/ Both sides in the gun control debate are reacting to the Supreme Court’s decision in Rahimi upholding a temporary ban on firearm possession for those subject to a domestic violence restraining order, and so far Moms Demand Action founder Shannon Watts wins the award for hottest take of the day. pic.twitter.com/ov7Jksu7fa — Bad Legal Takes (@BadLegalTakes) June 21, 2024 If the Supreme Court had followed Watts’ advice and declined to take up the Rahimi case, then the Fifth Circuit’s decision would have remained intact, and Zachey Rahimi’s conviction for possessing a firearm while under an active domestic violence restraining order would have been thrown out.

I don’t think that’s what Watts was hoping to see, but why let the facts get in the way of one of the left’s favorite pastimes: bashing SCOTUS.

Second Amendment groups are also weighing in on today’s decision; some looking for the silver […]

]]> https://americanconservativemovement.com/2a-advocates-gun-control-activists-react-to-supreme-courts-decision-in-rahimi/feed/ 0 207679 New York Man Uses Shotgun to Defend Family From Intruder https://americanconservativemovement.com/new-york-man-uses-shotgun-to-defend-family-from-intruder/ https://americanconservativemovement.com/new-york-man-uses-shotgun-to-defend-family-from-intruder/#respond Thu, 20 Jun 2024 07:57:43 +0000 https://americanconservativemovement.com/target/new-york-man-uses-shotgun-to-defend-family-from-intruder/ A defensive gun use that even Joe Biden would approve of? Maybe so.

The Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office in New York says a resident of a mobile home park acted in self-defense when he fatally shot an intruder last week, using a shotgun to protect himself and his family from the stranger. In an update Monday, June 17, investigators said the deceased man forced his way into a stranger’s home and attacked a resident. He then chased the resident into a bedroom where other occupants had hidden.

One of the residents armed himself with a shotgun and fired two shots, killing the suspect.

Deputies identified the man as 49-year-old Kurt Hubbard, a resident of the Locust Grove Motel in Malta. The agency did not speculate on a motive for the break-in.Saratoga County Sheriff Michael Zurlo thanked the residents of Northway Estates and other members of the community for coming […]

]]> https://americanconservativemovement.com/new-york-man-uses-shotgun-to-defend-family-from-intruder/feed/ 0 207172 Defensive Gun Use Shows Need for Self-Control, Not Gun Control https://americanconservativemovement.com/defensive-gun-use-shows-need-for-self-control-not-gun-control/ https://americanconservativemovement.com/defensive-gun-use-shows-need-for-self-control-not-gun-control/#respond Tue, 18 Jun 2024 10:43:49 +0000 https://americanconservativemovement.com/target/defensive-gun-use-shows-need-for-self-control-not-gun-control/ Police in Phoenix, Arizona say a shooting in the parking lot of a Twin Peaks restaurant was likely self-defense , and declined to arrest the gun owner at the scene over the weekend.

According to authorities one man was shot after pulling a knife during a dispute over a parking space . According to police, [Alejandro] Samplina and the shooter got into an argument over parking. Samplina then pulled out a knife and chased the man around his car.

This was when the man grabbed a gun from the open door of his vehicle. Police say Samplina continued to approach the man with the knife in a threatening manner, and that’s when the man fired his gun, hitting Samplina.

Detectives interviewed the man, who claimed self-defense. Police say this claim was consistent with witness and surveillance video.The man was released after the investigation. Several media outlets have […]

]]> https://americanconservativemovement.com/defensive-gun-use-shows-need-for-self-control-not-gun-control/feed/ 0 206843 Media Shut Out of Colorado Event Featuring Kyle Rittenhouse https://americanconservativemovement.com/media-shut-out-of-colorado-event-featuring-kyle-rittenhouse/ https://americanconservativemovement.com/media-shut-out-of-colorado-event-featuring-kyle-rittenhouse/#respond Tue, 18 Jun 2024 09:34:09 +0000 https://americanconservativemovement.com/target/media-shut-out-of-colorado-event-featuring-kyle-rittenhouse/ Kyle Rittenhouse could have tried to fade into obscurity after his acquittal, though it seems unlikely he’d have been allowed to. Even the idea of his attending college classes virtually is enough to launch protests and hysteria.

So, it seems he decided to lean into it instead, becoming an advocate for gun rights. After all, he’d have been dead if he hadn’t had that AR-15, so it makes sense.

But based on how the media treated him and how it treats the gun rights movement as a whole, I can imagine some degree of animosity. I mean, I feel animosity toward the media and they’ve never done to me what they did to Rittenhouse.

So their exclusion from an event he’ll be attending in Colorado isn’t overly shocking, nor is the fact that the media illustrates why they were excluded while kvetching about their exclusion. A […]

]]> https://americanconservativemovement.com/media-shut-out-of-colorado-event-featuring-kyle-rittenhouse/feed/ 0 206828 A “Free State Project” Inspired Gun Owner Migration Strategy to Win Elections https://americanconservativemovement.com/a-free-state-project-inspired-gun-owner-migration-strategy-to-win-elections/ https://americanconservativemovement.com/a-free-state-project-inspired-gun-owner-migration-strategy-to-win-elections/#respond Sat, 15 Jun 2024 10:27:30 +0000 https://americanconservativemovement.com/target/a-free-state-project-inspired-gun-owner-migration-strategy-to-win-elections/ The Free State Project (FSP) is a political migration project founded in 2001. Its goal is to move 20,000 libertarians to a single low-population state to tip its political balance and turn it into a bastion of libertarianism. FSP participants voted for New Hampshire as their destination in 2003; since then, more than 6,000 people have moved there.

The FSP has had a noticeable impact. As of late 2021, 40 Free Staters had been elected to the New Hampshire legislature, including the House Majority Leader. Besides the electoral wins, the FSP has also had an ideological impact on the Republican Party , making it more libertarian. New Hampshire entered 2021 with more liberty representatives than ever before.

– 69 of @YALiberty 2020 wins were in NH (25% of their wins)
– 74 @RebuildNH candidates won
– 91 @nhliberty endorsed candidates won- ~40 Free Staters were elected, including […]

]]> https://americanconservativemovement.com/a-free-state-project-inspired-gun-owner-migration-strategy-to-win-elections/feed/ 0 206252 Just Two Percent of NY Gun Owners Moving to Pa Can Change Presidential Elections; Will They? https://americanconservativemovement.com/just-two-percent-of-ny-gun-owners-moving-to-pa-can-change-presidential-elections-will-they/ https://americanconservativemovement.com/just-two-percent-of-ny-gun-owners-moving-to-pa-can-change-presidential-elections-will-they/#respond Thu, 13 Jun 2024 10:43:05 +0000 https://americanconservativemovement.com/target/just-two-percent-of-ny-gun-owners-moving-to-pa-can-change-presidential-elections-will-they/ New York State is a basketcase, an irredeemable one at that. The dysfunction is everywhere. New York has massive deficits despite the heaviest tax burden , an unfriendly economic climate chasing businesses away , and a continuous outmigration of people that led to the loss of another congressional seat after the 2020 census.

For gun owners, New York has gone from bad to significantly worse since NYSRPA v. Bruen, as the state has passed and continues to pass numerous laws that further infringe on our right to keep and bear arms. New York borders states that have significantly better gun laws, including Pennsylvania, the state that it shares its longest border (~225 miles) with. Along that border lie 10 out of New York State’s 62 counties.

Pennsylvania has been a crucial Swing State for the past 2 presidential elections. Trump carried it in 2016 with a mere 44,292 […]

]]> https://americanconservativemovement.com/just-two-percent-of-ny-gun-owners-moving-to-pa-can-change-presidential-elections-will-they/feed/ 0 205948 ‘Self-Defense Is Not a Dirty Word’: Armed Citizens Face Official Backlash Over Hartford Patrols https://americanconservativemovement.com/self-defense-is-not-a-dirty-word-armed-citizens-face-official-backlash-over-hartford-patrols/ https://americanconservativemovement.com/self-defense-is-not-a-dirty-word-armed-citizens-face-official-backlash-over-hartford-patrols/#respond Tue, 11 Jun 2024 08:27:52 +0000 https://americanconservativemovement.com/target/self-defense-is-not-a-dirty-word-armed-citizens-face-official-backlash-over-hartford-patrols/ Hartford, Connecticut is a deep-blue city in a Democrat-dominated state, but officials haven’t managed to kill off support for the right to keep and bear arms. In fact, one group of citizens is patrolling some of the city’s most dangerous neighborhoods while armed; both for their self-defense and to keep the community safe.

Cornell Lewis and the “Self-Defense Brigade” have been conducting their armed neighborhood watch for several months now, and Lewis says he has no plans of stopping despite the condemnation by the mayor and others . When the armed volunteers are not on the streets, the group monitors video feeds from a dozen drones hovering over the neighborhood, and 75 home surveillance cameras in the neighborhood.

“The Democratic machine in Hartford is either unwilling or unable, incapable of doing it, and people are paying their tax dollars, and they’re not really getting any […]

]]> https://americanconservativemovement.com/self-defense-is-not-a-dirty-word-armed-citizens-face-official-backlash-over-hartford-patrols/feed/ 0 205621 Newsom Says He’ll Push Gun Control Constitutional Amendment… Just Not This Year https://americanconservativemovement.com/newsom-says-hell-push-gun-control-constitutional-amendment-just-not-this-year/ https://americanconservativemovement.com/newsom-says-hell-push-gun-control-constitutional-amendment-just-not-this-year/#respond Sun, 09 Jun 2024 08:45:32 +0000 https://americanconservativemovement.com/target/newsom-says-hell-push-gun-control-constitutional-amendment-just-not-this-year/ It’s been exactly one year since California Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled his plan for a 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution; one that would enshrine a ban on the sale of “assault weapons”, prohibit under-21s from purchasing firearms, mandate “universal” background checks, and impose a “reasonable” waiting period on firearm transfers into the Constitution. Since then the only real action has come from Newsom’s fellow Democrats in Sacramento, who passed a resolution in support of his anti-gun demands last September .

According to Newsom’s staff, his plan hasn’t flamed out due to lack of support outside of California. They’ve just been so busy laying the groundwork for their amendment that they won’t get around to really pushing hard for it’s adoption until next year . Newsom spokesperson Nathan Click said the governor’s team focused this past year on laying the groundwork for the campaign, which they plan to […]

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