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Are Guns Becoming a Pacifier for a Controlled Population?

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Are Guns Becoming a Pacifier for a Controlled Population?
The Second Amendment is spelled on a U.S. flag above a display of firearms for sale in a gun store in Rio Rico, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, on Sept. 17, 2025. Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images
Mollie Engelhart
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Six years ago, maybe even five, if someone had told me I’d be speaking at the GOALS Conference—the Gun Owners of America Leadership Summit in Ohio—publicly advocating for the Second Amendment, I would have laughed.

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Mollie Engelhart
Mollie Engelhart
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Mollie Engelhart, regenerative farmer and rancher at Sovereignty Ranch, is committed to food sovereignty, soil regeneration, and educating on homesteading and self-sufficiency. She is the author of “Debunked by Nature”: Debunk Everything You Thought You Knew About Food, Farming, and Freedom—a raw, riveting account of her journey from vegan chef and LA restaurateur to hands-in-the-dirt farmer, and how nature shattered her cultural programming.
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