Tag: National Rifle Association

  • Choosing Freedom, Not Fear

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    Stacy Washington
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    Black women in Chicago are getting firearms training and concealed-carry licenses to defend themselves in a city plagued with violence.  Great news out of violence-plagued Chicago’s South Side: A growing number of black women are buying guns, getting trained in their proper use and receiving concealed-carry licenses. So far this year, 1,368 carry licenses have…

  • Guns and the Media

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    Stacy Washington
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    This is the column that prompted the St. Louis Post Dispatch to suspend me on April 28, 2017 for supposed paid advocacy work on behalf of the National Rifle Association.  After terminating the contract that evening, a media firestorm erupted over the suppression of conservative speech in a major newspaper.  After Fox News, Drudge, Newsbusters,…