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Articles by Larry Pratt
Clueless Cops Crush Constitution 08/08
BATFE: Any Semi-Auto Can Be A Machine Gun 07/08
Preparing For Battles To Come 06/08
Of Schools And Bodies 04/08
Bush Justice Department: What Constitution? 02/08
Encoding Ammunition Will Only Aid Criminals 02/08
Gun Control Disarmed Sean Taylor 12/07
Should Guns Be Allowed On Campus? 12/07
Veterans Disarmament Act 09/07
Camelot And The Cultural Revolution 08/07
Che Guevara: PC Icon 07/07
Because They Hate 07/07
Guns Should Be Allowed On Campus 05/07
Sudden Jihad Syndrome, Take Two 05/07
VA Tech: Refusing To Learn The Lesson 05/07
2nd Amendment Used To Dump DC Gun Ban 03/07
Sudden Jihad Syndrome 03/07
Transfer Of Wealth 03/07
Judicial Tyranny 03/07
Mayor Thinks Guns Are Illegal 02/07
Why The Instant Check Is A Bad Idea 01/07
Feminism's Assault On Self Defense 01/07
When Terror Comes To School 12/06
Sovereign Immunity Needs To Go 12/06
The Politics Of Disaster 10/06
Wyoming Dumping A Federal Gun Ban 10/06
Breaking The Law In The Name Of The Law 09/06
John Dingell, Congressional Chameleon 09/06
If It's In The New York Times 09/06
Meaning Of Lieberman's Defeat To Gun Owners 08/06
With Friends Like These At The UN 08/06
Using The Census To Achieve Gun Control 07/06
Freefall Of The American University 07/06
Three Cheers For Canada 06/06
Fancy Talk For Ostrich Syndrome 05/06
Foxes In The Hen House 05/06
Death By A Thousand Cuts 04/06
Power Tends to Corrupt -- Even Our Founders 04/06
Clueless At Department Of Homeland Security 03/06
Much Ado About Nothing 02/06
South African Gun Owners At The Cross Roads 02/06
Betrayed By The Bench 01/06
Global Deception 01/06
The Imperial Judiciary 11/05
Spychips 11/05
The Virginia Elections Of 2005 11/05
Brazilians Say No To Gun Ban 10/05
Stopping Predatory Lawsuits 10/05
On Being Thankful For Crooked Cops 09/05
Risky Shooting In Self Defense 09/05
Punishment Should Fit The Crime 08/05
Fascination With Fidel 08/05
The Truth About .50 Caliber Rifles 07/05
Molon Labe 07/05
In Defense Of Hearth And Home 07/05
Justice Janice Rogers Brown 06/05
Only Professionals Should Have Guns? 05/05
Oxymoron 101: Legal Ethics 05/05
Why Do Criminals Break The Law? 02/05
Prosecuting The Victim 01/05
Cuba: Lessons In Gun Control And Medicine 12/04
Gun Control Kills At Home And Abroad 11/04
Lesson From Beslan School Massacre 09/04
Wal-Mart, Kmart And Schumer 09/04
Deacons For Defense 08/04
The Watermelon Candidate 08/04
Universities: Tyranny’s Breeding Grounds 08/04
Medical System Leading Cause Of Death 08/04
Help On The Way To The Senate 06/04
Gun Control Is Socialist -- II 06/04
IRA: Terror For Profit 04/04
Judicial Supremacy: Threat To Freedom 04/04
Lawsuits Beat Working For A Living 04/04
Wisconsin: Concessions Don't Work 03/04
When The People Were The Police 02/04
Even Football Players Need Guns 02/04
Lash Of Slavery Still Torments Sudan 02/04
Watch Your Tongue Even When Under Attack 02/04
Did Gun Control Lead To 9/11? 01/04
Integrity Challenge Pervades FBI 11/03
Why Blacks Tend To Support Gun Control 11/03
On The CCW Merry-Go-Round 11/03
Score Another Grassroots Success 11/03
Another Gun Ban Needs To Expire 11/03
County Treasurer Stirs Rights Debate 10/03
Campaign Finance Laws: Incumbents' Best Friends 10/03
Thunder On The Left 10/03
It's OK To Leave The Plantation! 10/03
Detroit Railroads General Laney 09/03
Licensing: Tool Of Control 09/03
Canada's Gun Registry 09/03
Lessons From The Third World 09/03
The Bias Against Guns 09/03
Judge Roy Moore Is Right 09/03
Psychologists Misfire In Study 08/03
Is Your School's Curriculum UN Approved? 08/03
Britain's Growing Crime Problem 07/03
Power To Tax Is Power To Destroy 07/03
Media And Dangers Of Background Checks 07/03
Dependent On Washington 07/03
Choirboys They Are Not 07/03
All Guns Are Machine Guns 07/03
Gun Control Is Socialist 06/03
What Went Wrong At Columbine 06/03
New Boogeyman In The Gun Debate 03/03
Liberals Outraged: Border Self-defense 02/03
Life On The Border: Better Be Armed 02/03
Embassy Confirms Citizens Need Arms 02/03
The Ninth Doesn't Get It 12/02
Backdoor Gun Registry 12/02
Schumer Not Truthful 12/02
You Must Be Nuts To Want A Gun 12/02
Brady Bunch's Ballistics Fingerprint Fraud 12/02
Our Liberties Stand Or Fall Together 12/02
Anti-Gun Agenda of Government Schools 11/02
Ballistic Fingerprinting 10/02
Massachusetts Morality: Part I 10/02
Massachusetts Morality: Part II 10/02
Reporter "Alarmed" Women Are Arming 10/02
Boxer: Guns Are OK For Protecting Me 10/02
Gun Show "Loophole" Fraud: Part I 09/02
Gun Show "Loophole" Fraud: Part II 09/02
Gun Show "Loophole" Fraud: Part III 09/02
Gun Show "Loophole" Fraud: Part IV 09/02
Liberal Think Tank: Exile Doesn't Work 08/02
Ehrlich Should Exile Exile 07/02
Tom Ridge Wrong About Arming Militia 07/02
State Farm, Prudential Don't Like Guns 05/02
Where Is The Militia? 05/02
OH CCW: Treating Rights Differently 04/02
Disarming A Citizen Of The Year 03/02
Arm The Pilots Now! 03/02
Ethics Group Headed By Deceptive President 03/02
Israel: More Guns In Schools 03/02
NJ Cops Tightening Screws On Gun Owners 03/02
Give Zero Tolerance An F 02/02
Senators Urge Ashcroft To Break The Law 02/02
A Whistleblower's Account 02/02
Moms For Gun Safety 02/02
There Is No Middle Ground 02/02
The Incidence Of Gun Use For Self-Defense 02/02
How Media Distorts The Gun Control Debate 02/02
U Of Utah President Endangers Lives 02/02
Second Amendment Protects Individual Right 12/01
War: How Freedoms Are Lost 12/01
Confessions of a Judicial Tyrant 12/01
Terrorism's Victim: The Constitution 12/01
For Gun Banners Any Excuse Will Do 12/01
Any Excuse Will Do Pt II 12/01
Americans Realizing Importance Of Self-Defense 10/01
Let's Arm Pilots And Passengers Too 10/01
Brady Bunch Clueless Re: Arming Pilots 10/01
VPC Ignores "Gun Crisis" 10/01
Strange Priorities 10/01
The UN vs The US Constitution 07/01
Project Exile No Impact On Crime 07/01
Backdoor Gun Bans 05/01
Waco: Still No Justice 05/01
The Hypocrisy Of Chinese Tyrants 05/01
Campaign Finance Reform: Threat To Freedom 05/01
The Tyranny Of Good Intentions 05/01
Armed Guards Needed In Schools 04/01
CCW And The Same Old Arguments 03/01
Invade A Home, Invite A Bullet 03/01
The King Is Above The Law? 03/01
Second Class Citizens 03/01
Million Mean Mommies 03/01
Massachusetts Legislature 03/01
The Trigger Lock Trap 03/01
Ashcroft Confirmation: Rhetorical Lessons 02/01
Gun Rights Strenghthened By Strong Families 02/01
The Rule Of Law 02/01
It Matters Where You Live 01/01
Maryland "Gun Safety" Law = Gun Ban 01/01
A Tale Of Two Cities 01/01
Anti-Gun Propaganda Ignores Self-Defense 12/00
Exile Project Exile 12/00
Referenda: Dagger In The Heart 12/00
The Polls Do Not Say Guns Hurt Republicans 12/00
McCain: Major League Hypocrite 12/00
Social Costs Of Not Owning Guns 12/00
Gun Scarcity In Colonial America -- Not 12/00
Guns Save Health Care Costs 12/00
Buy A Car, Get A Gun 12/00
The UN And You 10/00
S. 2099 -- A Bill to License Handguns 10/00
Texas Concealed Carry Handgun Owners 10/00
DoD Blocked From Gun Confiscation 10/00
Blood On Their Hands 10/00
HCI Scorecard 10/00
Handgun Control Has No Facts 10/00
We Need More Kids With Guns 10/00
Switzerland 10/00
Doctors Against Guns 10/00
England, I Told You So 07/00
The Patriot -- A Great Movie 07/00
Clinton & Wesson Update 06/00
Safe Streets And Cities 06/00
An Update On The Emerson Case 06/00
Israeli Veteran Nearly Killed By Gun Control 06/00
The Fraud Of Gun Buy-backs 06/00
Bull's-Eyes And Misfires 05/00
Moving Forward On The Emerson Case 04/00
Colorado Governor Owens 04/00
Lessons Elian Can Teach Us 04/00
Beware Of Pediatricians 04/00
Project Exile 04/00
Clinton & Wesson Agreement 04/00
Massachusetts 04/00
England 04/00
Columbine: One Year Later 04/00
King Clinton's Legacy 03/00
Nix Project Exile 03/00
Trigger Locks 02/00
Real Agenda 02/00
Hatch's Crime Bill 02/00
Guns In School 02/00
Instant Registration Check 02/00
State Of The Second Amendment 02/00
Atlanta Gun Buy-Back 02/00
What's Next -- Hand-Control Laws? 01/00
Vicki Lawrence And Judge Joe Brown 12/99
Response To A White Separatist 12/97
United Nations: Pressing For U.S. Gun Control 06/97
Taking Back Stolen Ground 03/97
Gun Control: Unconstitutional And Harmful 03/97
Larry Pratt's Response To Mike Beard 03/97
Clinton's War: The Constitution And Guns 06/96
Repeal Of Semi-Auto Ban Is Only The First Step 03/96
The People Are Part Of The Answer 09/95
They're Gonna GATT Your Guns 09/95
Can You Still Get An FFL? 09/95
From Peace Officer To Law Enforcement 09/95
Armed Citizens Can Cut Crime 08/95
O.J., Fuhrman And HR 666 08/95
Waco/Weaver: Government Paranoia/Injustice 08/95
Waco Hearings 08/95
OK City And Demonizing Militias 06/95
Clinton And The Sedition Act 05/95
Semi-Autos For Self-Defense 04/95
Firearms: The People's Liberty Teeth 06/94
 
Various Authors
Texas School District Will Let Teachers Carry Guns 08/08
Choosing To Stay Instead Of Visiting Antigua 08/08
Collateral Damage From The Olofson Case 08/08
The Fallacy Of Gun Registration 07/08
The Court's Liberal Wing Shoots Itself In The Foot 07/08
Frontline Missionaries Attacked 07/08
The Second Amendment Un-Spun 07/08
Gun Control: Using Children For Political Ends 07/08
Why Do We Keep And Bear Arms 07/08
The Heller Earthquake Resonates In Bradyville 07/08
The Brady Campaign To Define "Sensible Gun Laws" 07/08
Mexican Government V. U.S. Gun Rights 07/08
Gun Bans Found To Be Unconstitutional (Again) 07/08
A "Supreme" Court? I Can Do Better 06/08
It's Fair They Have Guns And You Don't 06/08
Education Or Indoctrination 06/08
Ex-Cop Calls for Guns on Campus 06/08
Maintaining Our Right To Keep And Bear Arms 06/08
Does Right-to-Carry Support Law Enforcement? 06/08
Thou Shalt Not Infringe 06/08
Oil Executive Takes On Congressional Thug 06/08
Tourism, Toronto, Guns, American Bashing 06/08
There's No Evidence That Banning Guns Cuts Crime 05/08
Bureaucrats Consulting Bureaucrats 05/08
Diplomad Goes to a Gun Show 05/08
Forget Free Gasoline! Car Buyers Want Free Guns 05/08
The Right To Bear Arms, Deliver Food 05/08
Nice Shot! Court Kills NYC Gun Law 05/08
Why Are American Jews So Anti-Gun? 05/08
Greensburg Gun Confiscations 05/08
Defending Gun Ownership 05/08
Misdirected Outrage At Wal-Mart? 04/08
Montana, The Second Amendment And D.C. v. Heller 04/08
Engraved Invitation -- To Steal 04/08
Is the D.C. Gun Case Off Target? 03/08
Why Britain Needs More Guns 03/08
Second Amendment An Individual Right 03/08
Guns On Campus: Northern Illinois U 03/08
School Shootings: Gun-Free Zones Or Killing Fields? 02/08
Guns Save Lives 02/08
Utah Students Hide Guns, Head To Class 02/08
Credit Card Company: No More Buying Guns 02/08
McCain? No Way! 02/08
For Gun Owners, Added Protection 01/08
The Bush DOJ Shoots At The Second Amendment 01/08
Late Betrayal on Gun Rights 01/08
Duck Hunters And Sportsmen: Next AFT Target 01/08
CCW In Michigan Up, Crime Down 01/08
Will A Dark Horse Take The Republican Reins? 01/08
My New Year's Gun Control Resolution 01/08
Buy A Gun 12/07
Gun-free Slaughter Zones 12/07
Media Didn't Reveal Mall's Gun-Free-Zone 12/07
The 'Loophole' 11/07
Turning Gun Owners Into Social Lepers 11/07
The Empty Holster Protest 11/07
Medellin And The Second Amendment 11/07
Vets: Thanks, Now Give Us Your Guns 10/07
There's A Reason They Choose Schools 10/07
Student Suspended After Advocating CCW 10/07
John Lott On The D.C. Handgun Ban 09/07
BATFE To Be Investigated 08/07
Liberal Views, Black Victims 08/07
Gun Ownership Vs. Murder Rates 08/07
Time To Admit The Gun Nuts Are Right 08/07
Gun Free Zones Spoof 08/07
DC Gun Ban Supporter Refuted 07/07
Rep. Jones On GOF Lawsuit (.pdf) 06/07
The 2nd Amdt. & Mental Disorders 06/07
Mexico & Absurd American Gun Rights 06/07
Run-in Changes Lawmaker's Stance 06/07
Evil, Not Ill 06/07
Guns: Turn 'em In, Officials 06/07
Texas Gov.: Allow CCW Anywhere 05/07
High Volume Shootout 05/07
Gun Buyback Program Benefits Criminals 05/07
Political Leaders Deserve Scrutiny 05/07
Nuts In The Crosshairs 04/07
Bloomberg's World 04/07
Signs Of Intelligence? 04/07
Preventing Another Massacre 04/07
People With Guns Stop Killers 04/07
The Killer In The Lecture Hall 04/07
Gun-Free Zone: VT Victims Defenseless 04/07
Wanted: A Culture Of Self-Defense 04/07
A Virginia Tech Student Speaks 04/07
Sen. Bunning Statement Re: Arming Pilots 03/07
Education Bill A Threat To Gun Rights 03/07
My Boys Like Shootouts 03/07
Don't Mess With Montana 02/07
2nd Amdt. Aided Civil Rights Movement 02/07
Mass Slaughter In Our Schools 01/07
Thomas Jefferson And The Book Of Jihad 01/07
A Rifle In Every Pot 01/07
Rebuttal Of Junaid Afeef 01/07
Your Hands Are Machine Guns 01/07
Every 48 Hours 12/06
Arming Teachers: Solution To School Shootings 11/06
Pennsylvania Killings Teach Timely Lesson 10/06
Let Teachers Carry Guns 10/06
Owning A Gun 10/06
Twice A Victim 10/06
Dumb, Dumber And Dumbest 10/06
The Need For A Modern American Militia 09/06
It Didn't Happen Overnight 08/06
The Laws That Misfire 08/06
Why Citizens Must Own And Carry Firearms 07/06
Teaching The Second Amendment 07/06
"Crime Guns" In Perspective 07/06
Reapportionment Has Stolen Pro-Gun Seats 07/06
A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing 07/06
Iraq Safer Than Washington, DC 06/06
Three Great Cigars And Why I Smoked Them 05/06
Of Course Guns Rile Men Up 05/06
Network Neutrality: What's Being Missed 05/06
ATF Rids University Of Ninja Threat 04/06
Just One Question 04/06
Students And The Second Amendment 04/06
Why Were Guns Taken In New Orleans? 04/06
Lobbying Reform Provisions Unconstitutional 04/06
Armed People, Not Peacekeeping Troops 03/06
Anti-Gunners Still At It 02/06
Defeated Politician Assaulted; No Bodyguards 02/06
"Objective" Vengeance 01/06
John McCain's War On Political Speech 01/06
Prop.H: Mythology Instead Of Criminology 11/05
Borrowed Boat And A .40 Rescue 400 10/05
Founder Of ICarry.org Arrested 10/05
Gun Control And Self-defense In India 10/05
Cash For Guns Ignores The Real Problem 10/05
Meet The International Democrat Union 10/05
God Or Man? 09/05
How Can Sane Minds Contact Insane Minds? 09/05
Katrina Shows The Need For Owning Guns 08/05
Why Gun Owners Don't Trust The Media 08/05
Get Your Gun Before Dialing 911 08/05
Genocide: Gun Control's Best Friend 08/05
The Anger From Another Time 08/05
In The America I Know And Love 08/05
Confiscating Property 07/05
In Praise Of Not Being A Good Victim 07/05
Supreme Court Now Making Laws 07/05
Gun Control's Best Friend 07/05
Becoming The Hunted 07/05
States To Avoid 07/05
Sloth: One Of The Seven Deadly Sins 06/05
Watch-List Justice 05/05
DeLay Is Right 04/05
Gun Banners Shoot Themselves In The Foot 03/05
Montana Tells Feds To Take A Hike 03/05
Gun Haters At Home In Indonesia 03/05
Gerry Spence On Guns 03/05
Gun Owners Urged To Regain Eroded Rights 03/05
False Claims Re: Canadian Gun Registry 03/05
The H.R. 418 Masquerade 02/05
Why Liberals Love Gun Control 02/05
"Foreign-Born President" Amendment 02/05
Our Liberty Under Siege 02/05
Anyone For Salmon Fishing? 12/04
Lead Bullets: A Hazard After They Land? 11/04
Firing Line 11/04
Gunning For Cheney 10/04
Get Rid Of The Other Gun Control Laws, Too 09/04
Three Boys, Two Guns, One Sheriff 09/04
Guess Who's Endorsing John Kerry? 09/04
Fahrenheit 9/11 In The Classroom? 09/04
Brit Shooter Calls For Sane Gun Laws 09/04
The Left's Vision 09/04
Will The Brady Bunch Ever "See the Light"? 08/04
South Africa Gun Laws Spell Genocide 08/04
Brady Campaign: White Lies And Damn Lies 08/04
More Columbines? 08/04
Not In The Nation's Capital 07/04
Ron Paul on Guns, Money, And NWO 07/04
Gun Control Harming U.S. Troops 06/04
Where Were You Next Thursday? 05/04
John Kerry: Wolf In Sheep’s Clothing 04/04
Dominate. Intimidate. Control. 04/04
Why Republicans Cave-in 04/04
You Can't Hide Your Lying Eyes 04/04
Synergism Within The Bill Of Rights 03/04
Jayson Williams' Gun Goes On Killing Spree 03/04
U.S. Flights Can Still Be Hijacked 03/04
A Few Doing A Lot In Indiana 03/04
It's Amazing What One Has To Believe 03/04
Numbers Behind MD Semi-auto Ban Lies 02/04
I, Not Cops, Got Bad Guy 01/04
The Brady Bunch Visits Wonderland 01/04
Responding To A Detroit News Special Report 01/04
El Paso: Safest City 01/04
Felons And Guns Revisited 12/03
A Gun In Every Home? 12/03
Controlling People, Not Guns 11/03
You Are Not To Reference The Constitution 11/03
Maryland Minute Men 11/03
Gray Davis' Cop-Killing Gun Law 10/03
The Quisling Effect 10/03
The Law And Wally Klump 08/03
How To Kill A Burglar 08/03
The Law 08/03
Multiple Victim Shootings And CCW 08/03
A Tale Of Two Guns 07/03
Gun Control Does Not Equal Crime Control 07/03
Welcome To The Gulag 07/03
Treason From Within 07/03
Intentional Media Bias Against Guns 06/03
Plain Meaning Of The 2nd Amendment 06/03
Descent into Madness: California Legislature 05/03
GLODO vs. TOPOFF 05/03
Keep The UN Out Of Iraq -- And America 05/03
Assault Weapons & Assaults On Constitution 05/03
Guns And Privacy 04/03
Is Gun Lawsuit Pre-emption Unconstitutional? 04/03
59 Socialists In Congress 04/03
Firearms and the 14th Amendment 03/03
Legal Shootout Brewing In 'Gun Free' Zone 02/03
Barrett Firearms Deserves Our Support 02/03
A Conversion 02/03
15 Benefits Of The Shooting Sports 02/03
States Can Use Militias To Protect Borders 01/03
God's Truth And Patriotism Hand In Hand 12/02
The Last Bastion 08/02
A Militia Grows In Brooklyn 07/02
Michigan Gun Owners Defy The Doomsayers 07/02
Spirit Of 9-11 Stops Mass Murder In New York 06/02
Military Options Of Farmers In Southern Africa 06/02
Gunning For The Inevitable 05/02
Arm Pilots For Airline Security 04/02
Removed 04/02
Acquittal Would "Make My Day" 03/02
Gun Control Aids Terrorism 03/02
U.S. Press Ignores Israeli Hero 03/02
Bag The Colors And Pass The Ammunition 03/02
Who Are All These New 'Gun Criminals'? 03/02
Disturbing Trend Toward Federal Police 03/02
When The Chips Are Down 03/02
British Subjects Rethinking Gun Control 03/02
Thank God The Kid Got The Gun 02/02
My Home Defense 02/02
A Christian Response To Terrorism 01/02
Amazing Disgrace 01/02
Trigger Lock Kills Assailant 01/02
Gun Rights In Retreat 12/01
Gun Shows: The Truth Comes Out 12/01
Court Shoots Down Collective Rights Theory 12/01
The Security Of A Free State 11/01
Gun Control Kills 11/01
"Safety" Is Not A Consideration 11/01
Pilots' Resolution 11/01
VPC's .50 Caliber Misfire 10/01
Free Gun Training For Commercial Pilots 09/01
Stop Hijackers Using Planes As Weapons 09/01
Indictment of Money Laundering Laws 08/01
When Gun Safety Locks Kill 08/01
Rogue Agency Has No Place In Free Nation 08/01
Demon's In The Details 07/01
The Changing Face Of Gun Control 07/01
Dear American Hunter 06/01
United Nations Attack On Gun(s) 06/01
McCain's Gun Control Ad: Thumbs Down 05/01
Smith & Wesson 05/01
Shockwaves Through Bradyville 05/01
Let's Not Forget "Brady Victims" 03/01
Easy Access Is Killing Children 03/01
Guns And The Heretic, John Lott 12/00
Sensible Media Control Measures 11/00
A Jewish View Of Lieberman 10/00
Letter To A Canadian Police Officer 09/00
Very Personal Report: Gun Control 06/00
Gunowners Treated Like Other Minorities 05/00
Sheriff Supremacy 05/00
Guns And Banks 04/00
Ban Them Now 04/00
It's Not Guns We Must Control 03/00
Juries: Historic Barrier 03/00
Gun Control And Genocide 02/00
Aussie Gun Ban 11/99
A Church Responds To School Violence 11/99
Wasted Votes And The GOP 06/99
Christie Whitman's New Gun Ban 06/99
Mind Control And Gun Control 05/99
The Cold, Hard Facts About Guns 05/98
A Nation Of Cowards 05/98
2nd Amendment: Changing Of The Guard 02/98
Paranoid Or Patriot 02/98
Safe Storage Laws Not "Reasonable" 02/98
Interview With Menashe Lorinczi 01/98
Bill Of Rights 07/97
As Street Cops See It 04/97
PA's Declaration Safe-- For Now 07/96
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