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Iowa No. 1 in Best States Ranking says US News & World Report

Click here: There’s more to the Hawkeye State than corn and presidential primaries, the Best States rankings show.

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Schools Safer today than in 1990s, study on shootings says

Schools overall are safer today than they were in the early 1990s. “There is not an epidemic of school shootings,” said James Alan Fox, Professor of Criminology, Law, and Public Policy at Northeastern University. He said more children die each year from pool drownings or bicycle accidents.
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School District just voted to let Teachers Carry Concealed Guns

Click here: Teachers could soon be carrying concealed guns inside schools in Pike County under a proposal that was preliminarily approved Monday evening by the school board

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Churchill: The Man Who Saved the Free World

The West is free today thanks in large part to one man – Winston Churchill. Historian and bestselling author Andrew Roberts explains in short 5-minute video how Churchill saved the world from Nazi Germany.

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Hundreds of Teachers Sign Up to Arm Themselves after Sheriff offers Training

Click here: Sheriff Richard Jones of Butler County, Ohio, offered free concealed-carry classes to “any employee of any school” in his county. The Sheriff offered the class initially to 50 candidates but had to open it up to more after a deluge of positive responses. “We have reached our limit. We had to cut it off at 300,” he said. “But the responses have been incredible.” 
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FOUR county sheriff deputies ‘cowered behind their cars during Parkland school shooting and refused to enter the building’ according to Florida police officers who ran in to try and stop the attack

Click here:  The neighboring Coral Springs, Florida police department has accused local Broward County Sheriff Deputies of failing to confront the mass shooter or even enter Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School during the attack last week. Coral Springs police officers arrived on the scene to find the deputies cowering behind their vehicles.
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Not all students back gun control – But Media won’t cover their side.

Click here: “The Second Amendment is what we’re protecting,” says one student, “People have been so quick to turn on gun owners rather than smart solutions.” Another student is disgusted by the news media and political tactics with, “Victims being used as pawns in a way to advance a political agenda.”
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Oppressive Communist China says USA should Restrict Firearms

Click here: An editorial in a widely read state-run Chinese newspaper said on Friday,  “Gun ownership in China is strictly regulated, which helps reduce gun-related crimes and deaths. The U.S. should learn from China and genuinely protect human rights.” It’s tragically laughable for the Communist Chinese to claim restricting firearms “genuinely protect human rights” when their government murdered over 73-million of their own citizens after disarming them.
Click here: Communist Body Count by country.
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WB’s Gifford signs with Waldorf University

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West Burlington High School Senior Slater Gifford signs to play football at Waldorf University in Forest City, Iowa as a kicker. Joining Gifford at signing is his dad, Dan Gifford (left), mother Pam Griffin (right), and WB Head Football Coach Jay Eilers.
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School Resource Officer Avoided Confronting Gunman For 4-6 Minutes While Students Were Slaughtered

Click here: “[Sheriff’s Deputy] Scott Peterson was absolutely on campus through this entire event,” Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel said. “He was armed, he was in uniform. After seeing video, witness statements, and Scott Peterson’s very own statement, I decided this morning to suspend Scott Peterson without pay pending an internal investigation. As is his right, Scott Peterson chose to resign.”