Samantha Fillmore, Author at The American Spectator | USA News and Politics

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Samantha Fillmore

Samantha Fillmore (SFillmore@heartland.org) is the government relations coordinator at The Heartland Institute.

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Assault Rifle Bans Turn Lawful Gun Owners Into Felons Overnight

by Samantha Fillmore | Mar 1, 2020

On January 20, 2020, the nation turned towards Virginia as a massive Second Amendment rally took place in Richmond. Why did this “Right to Bear Arms” rally occur? Because Virginians were afraid of an aggressive legislative agenda aimed at gun…