The right of the citizens to bear arms in defense of themselves and the State …
As many of you have probably heard, Oregon passed a ban on privates sales. My goal with this post is to outline the implications of losing more states to the anti-gun blue menace. I keep thinking a lot lately about the book “The Big Sort,” which offers a theory as to why America is becoming … Continue reading “The Great Slide Backwards”
It’s really not often you’ll find me agreeing with the Internet trolls at Media Matters, but even a stopped clock is right twice a day. Media Matters linked to a portion of Wayne’s Speech at the NRA Annual Meeting, which I must have missed when we skipped out to cover the MDA protest. Here’s video … Continue reading “Wayne LaPierre’s “Demographically Symbolic” Dog Whistle”
I have mixed feelings about the NRA-backed bill that prevents doctors from asking about gun ownership, because I believe that the government should never have the power to control speech in that kind of manner. I realized that many professions are regulated in these kinds of terms, but I’m not sure that all bad advice … Continue reading “NRA Wins in Court Over Florida’s Gag Law”
Some of the links for today might be a bit old. Sorry if that’s the case, because I didn’t have time to really do much hunting while at Annual Meeting, so there’s a bit of a gap. But here’s a try: This .223 pocket pistol has to be the dumbest thing I’ve seen in a … Continue reading “Wednesday News Links”
Both Caleb and Tam have had more to say on the whole Starbucks thing. Someone also left a comment this morning pointing there’s a lot of local variation when it comes to acceptability of seeing firearms in public (though, I would suggest we’re being far too suburban, in that I doubt rifle OC is common in suburban or urban Atlanta, Nashville, Little … Continue reading “More on Rifle OC”
Folks have been linking a document created by anti-gun communications firms and pollsters, and the short summary can really be described as using emotion in place of facts and discussion about political reality. Sebastian and I read through it and had a few deeper observations about the document. One of the main messages of the … Continue reading “Anti-Gun Communication Strategies”
You know what my first reaction is going to be if I’m in the store and I see someone come in with an AR-15? Look for cover, and get ready to draw, and try to beat a hasty retreat. According to police, the man originally entered the store unarmed, then went back to his car … Continue reading “Attention Whoring Rifle OC”
Dave Hardy has some excellent reporting on how Bloomberg may be secretly funneling money into the gun control movement. Dave mentions a reason for this could be so that Bloomberg can fund other more radical projects, but continue to appear to be moderate on the issue. Dave posits that the reason Joyce hasn’t donated much … Continue reading “Is Bloomberg Funding the Whole Gun Control Movement?”
I’m about to dig myself a big ol’ hole, and go in way over my head. I’ve been blogging long enough to know this post is going to summon the drama llama, because if there’s one thing that’s been a constant — the longer I blog, the more negative people get if I state an … Continue reading “VCDL and Comparisons vs. Analogies”
Joe had a bit more to say yesterday about my post regarding the land of the used to be free: The bigger problem, as Sebastian pointed out, is the erosion without consequences. In general the only way this problem can be fixed is for there to be consequences other than voter wrath. There needs to … Continue reading “Political Systems”
