The Patriot Post® · Wednesday Top Headlines

• Trump directs Justice Department to ban bump stocks (National Review)

• Supreme Court won’t hear challenge to California gun waiting period (NBC News)

• Gun control groups take out New York Times ad naming lawmakers who have accepted NRA donations (The Hill)

• Sorry, despite gun control advocates’ claims, U.S. isn’t the worst country for mass shootings (Investor’s Business Daily)

• Fact check: Have over 1,600 “mass shootings” occurred since Sandy Hook? (The Daily Signal)

• At least seven people have been charged with copycat threats since the Florida school shooting (Time)

• Mass shooting plot for SoCal high school thwarted by alert security guard (CBS News)

• One incident of millions: Good guy with a gun saves mother and daughter who were being attacked (The Daily Wire)

• Indictment reveals Russian influence operation primarily targeted Clinton (The Washington Free Beacon)

• Russian trolls tweeted disinformation long before U.S. election (The Wall Street Journal)

• North Korea canceled secret meeting with Pence at Olympics (The Hill)

• Jim Mattis makes recommendations on Trump’s transgender troop ban (Washington Examiner)

• Baltimore is the nation’s most dangerous city (USA Today)

• Humor: Federal government launches GoFundMe campaign to pay off $20 trillion national debt (The Babylon Bee)

• Policy: New health policy would make coverage options more affordable (The Daily Signal)

• Policy: International Space Station better off in private hands (E21)

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