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Ryan Sit
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Ryan Sit is a Breaking News reporter at Newsweek. He previously covered crime and law enforcement at the New York Daily News and breaking news at Inside Edition. He’s a New York City transplant from the San Francisco-Bay Area and is still looking for good tacos.
Articles by Ryan Sit
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Court Rules Second Amendment Doesn’t Protect AR-15, Assault Rifles and Large-Capacity Magazines
AR-15s and large-capacity magazines are beyond the scope of the Second Amendment and may be banned, the court ruled.
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Trump’s National Security Aides Unanimously Oppose His Syria Withdrawal Plan
Trump recently said “it’s time” to rapidly pull soldiers out of Syria.
3 min read
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People Are Getting Non-Resident Concealed Carry Permits Through Virginia, Skirting Local Gun Laws
Out-of-state residents can apply for a nonresident concealed carry permit in Virginia without ever stepping foot in the state, or placing a finger on a trigger.
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GOP Adviser Kept Ex-Fiancée As Sex Slave, She Says: Report
He refused to take no for an answer, she said.
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Trump Is a ‘Subject,’ Not a ‘Target,’ in Robert Mueller’s Russia Investigation: Report
Subjects of investigations, however, can easily become targets.
3 min read
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After Parkland Shooting, Enrollment in Online Concealed Carry Handgun Courses Doubles
As interest in concealed carry weapons increases, so does the momentum on the gun violence prevention side of the firearms debate.
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NRA Board Member Ted Nugent Is Still Mocking Parkland Survivors
The rocker called the high school students “not very educated,” adding that the teens “wouldn’t know an AR-15 from a pterodactyl.”
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Sarah Palin Shocked Over California City’s Universal Basic Income, Which Is Based on Alaska’s Model
“Actually modeled after the Alaska Permanent Fund. Are you familiar with it?” the Stockton mayor responded.
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Two Men Convicted in Multi-million Dollar Heroin Smuggling Ring Tied to the Taliban
“Don’t worry, those are people that are tied to me…They are Taliban.”
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Russian Bots Defend Fox News Pundit Laura Ingraham as Advertisers Leave Following David Hogg Tweet
A site tracking 600 Twitter accounts linked to Russian influence operations recorded a 2,800 percent increase in the use of the hashtag #IStandWithLaura on Friday and Saturday.
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Former Sinclair Reporter Calls Media Group ‘Ridiculous Propaganda,’ ‘Embarrassment to the Profession’
“I feel for my former colleagues being forced to read this garbage.”
3 min read
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School Shooting Victim Was Given Detention for Protesting School Shootings
“We are a society of rules,” a school board member said when asked about punishments for students who participated in the school walkout to protest gun violence.
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How Big Is the NRA? Gun Group’s Membership Might Not Be as Powerful as It Says
Nobody knows how many dues-paying members the NRA really has, because it won’t release regular or verified membership rolls. A Newsweek analysis found it could be significantly fewer than what the gun group claims.
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Media Giant Sinclair Hired Reporter From Russian Propaganda Outlet RT Who Produced ‘Must-Run’ ‘Deep State’ Segment
After airing a segment on the so-called deep state, the media giant required anchors to read a script lamenting fake news stories.
3 min read
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Conservatives Are Boycotting Netflix After It Named Obama Official Susan Rice to Board of Directors
The Netflix boycott is the latest addition to a list of things some conservatives have abandoned.
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Museum Appoints White Woman As African Art Curator, Sparks Outrage
Some saw the outrage itself as an ignorant perspective: “Why aren’t you all equally upset that Brooklyn hired a white curator for photography?”
5 min read
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What Is a ‘Badge Factory’? Trump Donor Robert Mercer Can Carry Concealed Firearms Anywhere in the U.S.
“It’s almost like departments are operating like a real-life ‘Westworld,’ where people with means can pretend they’re cops…. It’s just insane.”
4 min read
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Trump Vows ‘Second Amendment Will Never Be Repealed’ After Former Supreme Court Justice Called For the Change
“THE SECOND AMENDMENT WILL NEVER BE REPEALED!” Trump tweeted, just a few weeks after he suggested seizing weapons without due process.
3 min read
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More Than 2 Million in 90 Percent of Voting Districts Joined March for Our Lives Protests
The march is over, but students have politicians in their sights and gun control activism is set to continue through the 2018 midterms.
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NRA, Gunmakers Should’ve Feared the ‘Trump Slump’ Instead of President Hillary Clinton
As the NRA and gun manufacturers dumped millions into Trump and the Republican Party in 2016, Clinton may have been a boon to the industry as president.
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GOP Congressman’s Campaign Attacked Emma Gonzalez for Her ‘Communist’ Clothing at March for Our Lives
“Are you SERIOUSLY mocking a school shooting survivor for her ethnicity?!” asked a survivor of the Pulse nightclub shooting.
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