The issue focused on American guns and gun laws in general; while some claims were directly directed at gun violence in America, many others involved property rights and civil liberties. For example, two articles focused on red tape that restricted gun ownership in states like Michigan and Illinois. One claimed that gun legislation had caused property owners to lose their homes and ended up bankrupting people with expensive homes and businesses. This article claimed that gun owners had lost their homes because they could not afford to defend themselves from criminals and terrorists. That article