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Exposing Lies on Child Gun Death Statistics

The following excerpted quotes are from an Op-Ed article by Dr. John R. Lott Jr., the president of the Crime Prevention Research Center. He served as the senior advisor for research and statistics in the Office of Justice Programs and the Office of Legal Policy in the US Department of Justice during 2020-21.

“Gun control advocates often claim that guns are the leading cause of death among children — but that is false….Over the last couple of years, the media has continually pushed the assertion regarding children being at risk….What defines a child? For those under 18, vehicle deaths consistently outnumber firearm deaths.

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Celebrating 250 Years: Learn About the American Revolution

The White House Salute to America 250 Task Force, in partnership with Hillsdale College, provides a history series that tells the remarkable story of American Independence, highlighting the stories of the crucial characters and events that resulted in a small rag-tag army defeating the mightiest empire in the world and establishing the greatest republic ever to exist. This is the story of America.

Below are links to resources on the White House website and other historical resources that help educate us about America’s rich heritage of liberty.

Bill of Rights Anniversary September 25, 1789

The United States Declaration of Independence excerpt: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”

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The Preamble to the Constitution of the United States begins: “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.” (Read the Presidential Proclamation: Constitution Week.)

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The first 10 amendments to the United States Constitution comprise the Bill of Rights. Passed by Congress on September 25, 1789, these God-bestowed civil rights (that are “self-evident truths,” that “provide for the common defence,” are “the Blessings of Liberty,” and are “unalienable Rights” endowed by our Creator) place strict limitations on government power over American citizens.

Head of the Arkansas State Police Supports 2nd Amendment Rights

The director of the Arkansas State Police says guns should be allowed to be carried in state parks by law-abiding citizens in the wake of a mother and father knifed to death at Devil’s Den State Park in July.

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“Unfortunately, we do deal with bad people who have weapons. The more good people we have with weapons, the better off we are,” Col. Hagar testified before the Game & Fish/State Police legislative subcommittee August 14, 2025.

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Col. Hagar made it clear that he supports the right of law-abiding citizens to carry firearms, even in places currently restricted under state law; for example, gun-free zones—public locations arbitrarily declared by politicians to be off-limits to guns, naively thinking criminals will abide by that legal declaration, when in fact, only law-abiding citizens will, thereby putting themselves in harm’s way without the ability to defend themselves against a criminal’s deadly threat.