The right of the citizens to bear arms in defense of themselves and the State …
A lot of folks are upset that a deal has been reached over the CCW issue in Illinois. It would seem neither side likes the deal. But the leadership of the Illinois Legislature has essentially signaled this is as far as they’ll go, and if we walk away, they’ll shove a may-issue bill with gun … Continue reading “The Final Offer”
My browser is crawling like a snail with all these open tabs, and that means work suffers, since I need to Google questions to which I’m looking for answers… so here goes: Looks like anti-gunners in Nevada are trying to pass a serious tax on guns and ammunition to express their disapproval of your exercise … Continue reading “Gotta Do a News Dump”
I guess we’ll see: NRA President: Gun control advocates were ready for Newtown. Once Obama had won re-election, a gun control push was a fore drawn conclusion. Newtown was merely the pretext. Another illegal mayor? Mike Bloomberg, best thing to happen to the GOP since Citizen’s United? That all depends on the GOP. Before they … Continue reading “Enough Links For a News Dump?”
Bitter and I are hitting the paint brushes and rollers today to get my office prettied up. She picked a tan accent paint for the stairwell, that matches what we want to do with the rest of the house. She wasn’t sure about it, but I loved it. I picked a dark blue accent paint … Continue reading “Saturday News Dump”
Much like how satellites can be launched into various orbits, from low earth orbit all the way up to geostationary orbit, the gun control movement kind of works the same way. In the low orbit, you have MAIG, who mostly operate near to earth reality. The Brady Campaign have quite recently been firing their boosters … Continue reading “The Space Cadets of the Gun Control Movement”
The Boston Herald seems to be surprised their their state ranks near the bottom in a freedom index: “The big takeaway is that Massachusetts is not doing well overall in terms of freedom,†said study co-author William Ruger, despite the state’s laissez faire attitude toward gay marriage and pot. “There’s this kind of stereotype or … Continue reading “Bottom Dwellers”
Looks like Obama’s roosters are coming home to roost a day before the Pennsylvania primaries: Obama’s eight years on the board of the Joyce Foundation, which paid him more than $70,000 in directors fees, do not in any way conflict with his campaign-trail support for the rights of gun owners, Ben LaBolt, a spokesman for … Continue reading “Obama Funds Gun Control”
I’m happy to see so many people interested in going to the Second Amendment Blogger Bash alongside the NRA Annual Meeting in Louisville, KY. May 16-18th. So far, the interested or confirmed parties are: Call me Ahab Captain of a Crew of One Chicago Handgun Rights Countertop Chronicles Dave Kopel Days of our Trailers GreatBlueWhale … Continue reading “Blogger Bash: Quite a List”