Undercover Agents Enjoy 70% Success Rate in Sneaking Weapons Past TSA

The Transportation Security Administration has one major job: To safeguard travel, especially for citizens who fly the thousands of commercial flights in the skies above America every day.

A shocking new report indicates that the TSA is failing at that task… badly.

Undercover investigators sent by the government discovered that they were able to take knives, guns, and even explosives through TSA checkpoints an appalling 70 percent of the time.

According to CBS News, similar tests conducted two years ago gave the TSA a stunningly bad 95 percent detection-failure. Although 70 percent is obviously an improvement on paper, the porous security is raising many eyebrows.

“We found that briefing disturbing,” said Rep. Michael McCaul, the Texas Republican who chairs the House Homeland Security Committee. That group received a full briefing on the security problems from the Office of the Inspector General.

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Predictably, the TSA promised that things would change, but offered few explanations about why security had become so bad.

The agency quickly pointed to technology and more funding as the magical answers to its woes. Administrators want to upgrade to newer 3D imagery scanners which use technology similar to medical CT devices.

“TSA administrator David Pekoske told Congress the CT technology is the most effective way to keep passengers safe, but the cost is a major hurdle,” reported CBS.

Yes, leave it to a failing government agency to beg for more money, as if that solves every problem.

A statement from the Department of Homeland Security admitted that there are likely deeper issues than simply not having the latest and greatest equipment.

The DHS “identified vulnerabilities with TSA’s screener performance, screening equipment and associated procedures,” according to ABC News.

Airport security is of course a serious concern, but there is also a larger issue at play: Big Government incompetence.

Political leftists love to tout more government and more spending as the answer to every woe, but once look at recent headlines shows that absolute faith in the federal government is a sucker’s bet.

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The U.S. government dropped the ball and failed to put a known criminal into the background check database. The result was a mass shooting at a church and the death of dozens — but Big-Government addicts say only Uncle Sam can be trusted with guns.

A string of once-mighty U.S. Navy warships have been involved in completely preventable collisions that claimed the lives of brave young American sailors. Incompetence and bureaucracy was to blame, but the same government that can’t steer a ship wants to run every part of your life, from education to health care.

Now, a government agency that treats law-abiding cancer survivors as suspects and pats down children can’t even stop guns and bombs from being walked right onto airplanes… But liberals want similar agencies to act as America’s nanny.

Government monopolies and the bureaucrats who run them have zero incentive to do their jobs well. If they were effective, they wouldn’t be able to justify billions of dollars in new spending requests every year. Those 3D scanner contracts aren’t going to fund themselves.

Here’s a simple question: Would you keep paying an employee who spectacularly failed at a job 70 percent of the time? We’re not talking about Major League Baseball here. Lives are literally be in the hands of a grossly incompetent — yet offensively arrogant — unionized TSA agents throughout the United States.

And they’re failing.

The American people are the ones who hired the TSA to do a job. It may be time to call the failing employee into the office, and have a little chat about the future.

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Claim: Woman Says She Was Offered Big Money to Accuse Roy Moore of Misconduct

As allegations that Alabama Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore had sexual contact with an underage girl almost 40 years ago roil the nationally watched race, other reports have surfaced that are taking the whole story into even more bizarre directions.

On Thursday, The Washington Post reported allegations about an incident that allegedly took place in 1979 between then 32-year-old Moore and a 14-year-old girl.

Now, a Twitter user identified as Doug Lewis, whose Twitter profile portrays him as a supporter of President Donald Trump and a Navy veteran, posted on the social media site that a family friend had contacted him regarding the situation.

The unidentified woman reportedly told Lewis that a Washington Post reporter — identified only as “Beth” — had offered her a substantial sum of money to accuse the GOP candidate of wrongdoing.

“A family friend who lives in Alabama just told my wife that a WAPO reporter named Beth offered her 1000$ to accuse Roy Moore,” Lewis tweeted.

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In subsequent tweets, Lewis further reported that the friend had pictures of the journalist who contacted her and had even recorded the conversation on her phone.

Lewis said he advised the friend to take the recording and the picture to the local district attorney’s office, but to make sure she kept a copy for herself, just in case.

Another Twitter user — JustBrenda — responded to the report, saying she “wouldn’t be surprised” if the allegations regarding the reporter were true. She also noted that those who make up sexual offenses “make things harder” for real victims.

Lewis replied to JustBrenda, assuring her that they would “find out” the truth. He also noted that “Jean” — presumably the friend who was allegedly contacted by the Washington Post — had reached out to the Etowah County District Attorney in regards to the evidence she had.

Someone from the office was reportedly sent to pick up the phone.

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Another Twitter user, Bradd Powless, advised that Lewis report the situation to the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Secret Service.

Lewis responded that he had done so, but “Jean” reportedly did not trust the federal agencies, so she opted to deal with her local law enforcement instead.

“Can’t blame her with FBI in stories every day,” Lewis commented.

We must point out that these allegations have not yet been substantiated — and might not be at all real.

But with reports of sexual misconduct swirling, it’s important that any and all evidence and reports be adequately aired and investigated so voters can find out the truth.

Moore has contended that the sexual accusations were unfounded.

“These allegations are completely false and are a desperate political attack by the National Democrat Party and The Washington Post on this campaign,” he said, according to Newsweek. “After over 40 years of public service, if any of these allegations were true, they surely would have been made public long before now.”

With the Alabama special election coming up on Dec. 12, Moore only has a few weeks to shut down these allegations and reassure conservative voters that he is the right choice to fill the vacant Senate seat left behind by former Sen. and current Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

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Report: The Podesta Group, which is under scrutiny in Mueller’s investigation, to shut down

The Podesta group, a lobbying firm co-founded by Tony Podesta and John Podesta — Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign chairman — will shutter its doors by the end of the year, according to a new report.

What’s going on?

After special counsel Robert Mueller’s indictment against former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort and staffer Rick Gates was made public, the Podesta Group was swept into the center of the investigation, along with another organization, for failing to register their foreign lobbying work with the U.S. government. The companies worked with Manafort to conduct lobbying in Ukraine on behalf of Russian organizations.

According to CNN, Kimberley Fritts, the Podesta Group’s chief executive, told employees during a staff meeting on Thursday the company wouldn’t survive through the end of the year, said they likely wouldn’t be paid beyond Nov. 15 and instructed them to clean out their desks.

Mueller’s investigation has interviewed several members of the Podesta Group. Tony resigned from the company the day the indictment was made public. He has vowed to fight for himself and his group.

The Podesta Group for decades has been one of the biggest lobbying firms on K-Street, meaning their closure would shake-up Washington. However, Fritts already has plans to move forward.

What does she have planned?

According to The Hill, Fritts plans to open her own firm, and may take many of the current Podesta Group employees and clients with her. Other Podesta Group executives, however, may head in other directions.

From The Hill:

Fritts is beginning work on launching a new firm. Her last day at the company Friday created new uncertainty for the Podesta Group after the departure of Podesta on Oct. 30.

Multiple employees who spoke to The Hill said the mood at the firm was mostly optimistic, though they said many of the firm’s dozens of employees could be in limbo as Fritts sets up the new firm and brings Podesta Group talent and clients with her.

Staff said the transition to the new firm would take place in weeks, not months, while senior members of the firm have been trying to keep as many clients as possible.

CNN reported that Tony may even try to continue his lobbying work.

“He didn’t say he was retiring,” a source told CNN. “He’s a prideful person. He built a very influential company over 30 years, and I think he believes he hasn’t done anything wrong.”

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California Gov. Jerry Brown Threatens Protesters With A Dirt Nap

What is it with liberals and death threats? Whenever someone disagrees with them they go straight to the violence. Because he is a raving lunatic, California Governor Jerry Brown actually threatened to kill people who more or less agreed with him. At a man-made global warming conference in Germany, Governor Moonbeam told a group of protesters that he wanted to “put them in the ground” so he could finish speaking.

Brown along with several other liberal US politicians were in Bonn, Germany illegally representing the United States and pledging their allegiance to the Paris Climate Accord. The Sacramento Bee reports that when it was Brown’s turn to bow to the global warming hoax a group of protesters interrupted him.

“And we even have characters like this here to make it the dialectic…,” said Brown of the protesters, unable to finish his sentence.

The protesters were saying something about wanting to eliminate polution from automobiles, but then again it’s possible Brown merely imagined this. He briefly addressed car emissions and then he thought he heard the protesters saying something about “the ground.” Of course they could have been saying his last name, but he heard “ground.”

“In the ground. I agree with you, in the ground. Let’s put you in the ground so we can get on with the show here,” said Brown.

Putting someone in the ground means murdering and burying them. There is no other meaning for this other than putting a dead body six feet deep. Jerry Brown literally just said he wanted to give these protesters a dirt nap so he could continue speaking.

It’s a good thing Brown is a liberal because if he were conservative the liberal media would have freaked the hell out over this. This ain’t even a “what if” situation because every innocent thing out of President Trump’s mouth gets twisted into a veiled death threat by the leftist fake news. If Trump had actually told protesters he wanted to put them in the ground, there would be about 50 democrats calling for his impeachment.

Brown wasn’t quite done making baffling statements. He apparently lost track of where he was when he said this to the protesters he previously threatened:

“This is very California. Thank you for bringing the diversity of dissent,” said Brown.

Um, he was in Germany. That ain’t even close to California. I mean, if he went to Oregon or some other bordering state, sure, but this is way the hell off.

Also, what the f*ck is the “diversity of dissent?” I’m sure he wouldn’t be celebrating dissent if it came from a conservative ideology. As governor of the most liberal state, he certainly as no tolerance for Constitutionally protected gun ownership rights, reasonable taxation, or the sanctity of life.

Just to prove that he’s been in lunar orbit since the 1970’s, another protester said something and he responded “I am Governor Jerry Brown” like he was surprised who he actually is. To sum things up, he’s the governor who thinks Bonn, Germany is in California and he wants to kill protesters, though he applauds their diversity. Why don’t any democrats question his mental health, but insist President Trump is unfit to hold office?

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MSNBC’s Chris Hayes: Democrats Need ‘Reckoning’ over Bill Clinton’s Alleged Sexual Assault

MSNBC’s Chris Hayes: Democrats Need ‘Reckoning’ over Bill Clinton’s Alleged Sexual Assault



MSNBC host Chris Hayes is calling out Democrats for not owning up to the sexual assault allegations against former President Bill Clinton.

Hayes tweeted that Democrats are “overdue for a real reckoning with the allegations against [Clinton]”:

The MSNBC host then posted a link to a BuzzFeed News story about Juanita Broaddrick’s allegation that Clinton raped her in 1978:

Clinton denied that he sexually assaulted Broaddrick and was never charged, according to BuzzFeed News.

BuzzFeed News reported that 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and other Democrats discredited Broaddrick’s allegations despite encouraging sexual assault victims to speak out against their predators.

The “reckoning” Hayes refers to was the hypocrisy of liberals who discredited the allegations against Clinton but encouraged other victims to speak out against those who assaulted them.

Hayes brought up the topic on Twitter Friday in light of the increasing number of sexual assault allegations against those in Hollywood, the media, and in politics.

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Las Vegas Launches Self-Driving Buses, Two Hours Later One Crashes With Semi

Many companies believe that self-driving vehicles are the future — but they need to stop getting into accidents first.

Just two hours after a much-celebrated autonomous bus was unveiled in Las Vegas this week, it promptly got into a collision with a semi-truck.

Luckily, nobody was injured, and the fender-bender only caused minor damage. According to reports, the human driver of the semi was at fault in the collision, and received a citation for illegal backing.

Still, the inauspicious start was a stark reminder that self-driving technology is far from perfect. While there’s no way of knowing for sure, it’s entirely possible that if a human driver had been at the wheel of the city bus, he could have taken some action to avoid the collision.

“The Metropolitan Police Department said officers responded at 12:07 p.m. to an accident involving the shuttle and a delivery truck on the 100 block of South Sixth Street, near Fremont Street,” reported the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

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“Police briefly closed a southbound lane of South Sixth Street from Fremont Street to Carson Avenue as they investigated,” the newspaper continued.

The robotic bus which was involved in the traffic accident is designed to hold about a dozen passengers, and ferry them around the city using GPS and other advanced sensors.

“The shuttle, which launched Wednesday, can talk to traffic signals and share the road with other vehicles while stopping for pedestrians,” the Review-Journal explained. “It is offering free rides for up to 11 passengers as it travels a half-mile loop in the Fremont East neighborhood.”

Autonomous vehicles have been taking to the streets in growing numbers recently. In September, the U.S. House passed the “Self Drive Act,” which eases regulations on those types of cars and paves the way for some 100,000 test vehicles to be placed on the roads annually.

The bill still has to become a law, but its support in the Senate is a sign that lawmakers are finally warming to the idea of the futuristic technology.

Interestingly, this isn’t the first bus accident to involve a driverless vehicle. Last year, a public bus in California was involved in an collision, but it was the other car in the crash that was autonomous.

“Google accepted at least some responsibility for the collision, which occurred on Valentine’s Day when one of the Lexus SUVs it has outfitted with sensors and cameras hit the side of the bus near the company’s headquarters in Mountain View, California,” reported the The Associated Press.

“No one was injured, according to an accident report Google wrote and submitted to the California Department of Motor Vehicles,” said the AP.

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Of course, no world-changing technology was ever developed without a few bumps along the way. However, rushing into a new era that takes the human out of the driver’s seat may not be the smartest approach.

In the coming years, Americans will have to decide just how comfortable they are handing the keys over to robots.

With that shift, practical and legal questions also emerge: Who is to blame if a self-driving car causes a serious accident? Can a programmer a thousand miles away be liable for a missed stop light? Will ethanol-fueled robot cars technically be drunk drivers?

Technology marches on. Driverless cars may be the inevitable future, but that doesn’t mean Americans can’t put the brakes on them… at least until all the bugs are worked out.

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SEAL Recalls Heartbreaking Moment Teammate Died During Bergdahl Mission

Bowe Bergdahl may be getting only a slap on the wrist, but his cowardly actions in Afghanistan forever changed the lives of several of the servicemen who risked their lives trying to find him.

Some of them, like Jimmy Hatch, had their bodies shattered and careers ended during firefights while they searched for the derelict Bergdahl.

Others lost close companions. While Navy SEAL Mike Toussaint was on a mission to find Bergdahl after he walked away from his post, his military service dog Remco was shot and killed.

While that tragic death is not as dramatic as if a human soldier had died, Remco was still considered part of the team — and his loss deeply affected Toussaint.

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“Nine days after Bergdahl’s desertion, SEAL team members Toussaint and Remco were sent on a hostage rescue operation in southeastern Afghanistan to search for the missing private,” explained the Washington Free Beacon.

Toussaint and fellow SEAL Jimmy Hatch had a pretty good idea that Bergdahl was a deserter, but they resolved to find him anyway.

“We all agreed we were going to go get him — he’s an American, that’s our job — but we all wanted to have a talk with him,” Toussaint said.

The mission began with a helicopter insertion, but right away there was trouble.

“His unit came under heavy fire even before their two helicopters landed, leaving the team surrounded while they disembarked,” reported the Free Beacon.

“As the unit advanced to the position where they believed Bergdahl was being held, Toussaint, Hatch, Remco, and a third shooter peeled off to pursue two men wearing traditional Afghan dress,” the report continued.

The SEALs were worried that one of the unidentified men might be the missing Bergdahl wearing local garb. They didn’t directly engage the targets out of concern for the private’s safety.

Those traditionally dressed men disappeared into a field. As he was trained to do, the military working dog Remco went ahead to locate them. It was the last thing the dog would ever do.

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“It all happened real quick,” Toussaint said. “I remember seeing Remco get within a couple feet of their location and then he got shot in the head and came flying back out, I mean literally flying out.”

“Right about that time … because it all got chaotic real quick … Jimmy who was right to my right, got shot. I remember hearing him, I could tell he was in pain, and then all I remember was kind of like a fireworks show,” he recalled.

That SEAL, Senior Chief Petty Officer James Hatch, took a bullet in his right leg. It instantly shattered his femur. He survived, but his career as a Navy SEAL was over, and Hatch would have to undergo 18 surgeries over the next two years.

After just seeing his four-legged partner be killed, Toussaint charged through gunfire to take out the two enemy shooters using grenades. Later, he would receive a Silver Star for that action… and Remco would, as well.

He desperately tried to revive Remco as other soldiers worked on Hatch, but it was too late for the dog.

“We knowingly went out in hazardous situations, it’s just part of the job,” Toussaint admitted. “It’s not like I didn’t accept the reality of any of us not coming home on any given night, that’s just the realistic truth to it.”

With that said, Toussaint does put a significant amount of blame on Bowe Bergdahl, the private who deserted his post and ended up in enemy hands.

“[T]o have that night take place only because — solely because — we had a selfish American that walked off a base, it just makes it harder to swallow,” said Toussaint.

Bergdahl may now be free, but his conscience should not be clear. If he has any shred of decency or honor left, he ought to spend every day of his life thinking about the Americans who put their lives on the line to bring him home.

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Tucker Reports CNN Told Anchors to Discredit Donna Brazile-Clinton Revelations

After a top Democrat came forward and shed light on the corruption she uncovered during the 2016 presidential election, CNN’s response was trying to silence her.

Last week, Politico published an excerpt of a memoir by former interim Democratic National Committee chairwoman Donna Brazile, where she exposed how Democrat nominee Hillary Clinton rigged the Democrat primary.

On Monday, Fox News host Tucker Carlson reported that sources told him CNN had been directing its anchors and reporters to discredit Brazile because of her accusations against Clinton.

As noted by the Daily Caller, Carlson is blasting CNN for trying to criticize Brazile because she tried to expose Clinton for her corruption.

“According to highly informed sources we spoke to – highly informed – top management at CNN directed its employees to undermine Brazile’s credibility. Anchors and producers were vocally offended by her attacks on their friends, the Clintons,” Carlson said.

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Carlson slammed the liberal media outlet for trying to denigrate Brazile, who worked at CNN for years before she left to become the interim DNC chair in July 2016, simply because she exposed Clinton for her dirty tricks.

“If you’ve been watching that channel, you may have noticed CNN’s anchors suggesting that Donna Brazile cannot be trusted, precisely because she took part in efforts to break the primaries for Clinton,” he added. 

Carlson then played a short clip of several CNN anchors blasting Brazile and trying to convince viewers that she cannot be trusted.

Around the one minute mark in the video, the clip shows two segments in which CNN anchors Anderson Cooper and Brooke Baldwin are criticizing Brazile for sharing a debate question with Clinton before a March 2016 CNN town hall.

CNN cut ties with Brazile in October 2016 after WikiLeaks published leaked emails from Brazile showing that she gave the Clinton campaign information before the town hall.

According to Ad Week, CNN has denied Carlson’s claims that it directed its employees to discredit Brazile.

Brazile’s book is apparently packed with details about the Clinton campaign. In one chapter, she spoke about how top Clinton staffers treated her like a “slave.”

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Brazile also claimed that Clinton’s campaign rigged the DNC primary.

She explained that because former President Barack Obama had “left the party $24 million in debt” from his 2012 presidential election, the DNC was forced to rely on money from the Clinton campaign to survive the 2016 presidential election.

As such, the Clinton campaign essentially had full control of the DNC nearly a year before Clinton had even secured the nomination.

These are just a few of the bombshell revelations CNN reportedly didn’t want its viewers to learn about.

CNN is so afraid of Brazile exposing Clinton’s dirty tactics that it’s willing to have its anchors and employees attack Brazile rather than have her on one of their programs to discuss the claims.

This is just another example of how corrupt the mainstream media is and how far they are willing to go to suppress information they don’t want others to learn about.

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Christian Couple Has Adoption Application Denied Because of Stance on Homosexuality

In an abhorrent turn of events, a Christian Canadian couple looking to adopt was denied the opportunity to give a home to a needy child just because they had the gall to honestly express what they believe in, reports The Daily Wire.

Specifically, the couple had their adoption application denied because their views on sexuality were contrary to the “official position of the Alberta government” — they believed that homosexuality was wrong, according to court documents as reported by the National Post.

“If we did not change our religious beliefs regarding sexuality, to conform to the beliefs of Child and Family Services, we would not be approved for adoption,” read an affidavit filed this week. The couple have not as yet been identified beyond initials C.D. and N.D., according to the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms.

What’s worse, the couple seems perfectly lovely and capable of caring for a child in every way.

The National Post does not state whether the couple already has children. However it does report that a copy of a Safe Home Study Report from earlier this year showed the couple to both be employed, homeowners, with a happy and healthy family and community.

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The couple wanted to adopt a child — up to three children, if they were siblings — between the ages of 7 and 17.

As most who are familiar with the adoption process know, kids from 7-17 are much less likely to be adopted than younger children.

In other words, these people were able to change a child’s life — or multiple children’s lives — for the better, and they were denied.

The report continued to note what would eventually prove to be this couple’s challenge — they recommended a “homosexual child” not be placed in the family because although the couple indicated that they’d love the child no matter what, they wouldn’t support the lifestyle.

You’d be hard-pressed to find a better answer from a Christian family.

However, a worker got in touch with the couple again and said that Child and Family services had gotten the report, and wanted to ask some follow-up questions.

Fair enough.

However, after further communication, in which the couple reportedly said that they’d seek counsel and support if their child had sexuality issues, the adoption application was rejected.

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The couple was blatantly discriminated against.

And what did Minister of Children’s Services spokesman Aaron Manton have to say about the incident?

“Our government believes that every adoptive child deserves a safe, healthy, loving and inclusive home,” he said, according to the National Post.

“We want to ensure that, in all cases, the adoption process gives both children and parents the best possible outcomes, which is why the application process is thorough and rigorous.”

In other words, he doesn’t believe that the couple was inclusive enough.

The couple is not taking this incident lying down. They are charging the province of Alberta for religious discrimination.

“If left to stand, this decision would have grave consequences for the freedoms of all Canadians, not to mention adverse consequences for the many children who will never be adopted if the government continues with this discrimination,” said the couple’s lawyer, John Carpay, in a statement.

Carpay is also the president of the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms.

This is the kind of “submit-or-be-ostracized” mentality that conservatives are accused of daily.

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Democrats Blame NRA for Mass Shooters, but the Numbers Are Clear: None Are Members

Almost like clockwork after virtually every mass shooting, some Democrats and liberals will seek to cast blame for the atrocity on the National Rifle Association, as if the organization itself helped pull the trigger to murder innocent people.

Following through on that smear of America’s oldest civil rights organization — dedicated to protecting the natural right to keep and bear arms for law-abiding citizens, to defend against government tyranny and violent criminals — many on the anti-gun side will deliberately conflate NRA membership with perpetrators of mass shootings.

As Independent Journal Review noted, some on the left even go so far as to accuse NRA members of being “murderous” or part of a “terrorist group” that actively encourages and even supports acts of depravity such as mass murder with a firearm.

However, despite the persistence of that smear, there has yet to be put forth any sort of evidence proving that NRA members commit mass shootings … not even one.

For the record, though there isn’t a set definition of what exactly constitutes a “mass shooting,” it is generally understood to include one or more shooters killing four or more individuals at random in a single event.

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That doesn’t include gang-related shootings, shootings that stemmed from the commission of a separate crime, such as armed robbery, or shootings involving family members or close acquaintances as targets, such as a domestic violence situation.

To be sure, many have explicitly looked for such evidence and come up lacking, and there have been wide-ranging discussions with various theories and assertions on the matter, as evidenced by Quora.

But again, no known NRA member has ever been a perpetrator of a mass shooting. None.

Even The Washington Post — not exactly a friendly forum when it comes to gun rights — has failed to put forward any evidence that an NRA member ever committed a mass shooting.

Indeed, the newspaper has compiled a wealth of information regarding mass shootings, dating back some 50 years, including the death toll of each shooting, type of weapons involved, and what is known of the shooters themselves.

Not a single one of the 135 shooters listed was identified as a member of the NRA.

If any of them were, you can bet the WaPo would plaster that information in the headline and opening paragraph, as well as sprinkled liberally throughout the rest of the article.

Were a known NRA member to commit a mass shooting, the rest of the liberal media would make certain that every single person in America knew everything there was to know about that individual.

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Yet, that hasn’t happened, because no NRA members have committed a mass shooting.

Nevertheless, the left can be expected to continue trotting out this baseless allegation after the next shooting, and the one after that, and so on. Facts don’t matter, and they have an agenda to push.

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