March 4, 2018 – 7:48 am
A good Sunday morning to you! There are two articles of interest to me this morning, and are rather intersectional. The first comes from the Chicago Tribune ‘I’m a gun owner, but I am for gun control’: Protesters gather outside gun show at Lake County Fairgrounds Twelve-year-old Ruth Turpin of Hammond struggled through tears Saturday […]
March 3, 2018 – 7:20 am
The NY Times’ Julie Creswell has provided the names of two more companies which have decided to play politics Anti-Gun Movement Is Infecting an Outdoor Brand’s Other Products The national debate over gun control is now sweeping up bike helmets and water bottles. REI and Mountain Equipment Co-op, two outdoor retail chains that are also […]
March 2, 2018 – 6:48 am
This is a fine pickle, I tell you Why Senate Democrats are considering holding up a gun-control bill from one of their own Here’s how politically tricky the gun-control debate has become: A Republican-controlled Congress might soon vote on a bill to strengthen gun-control laws in the wake of the Florida shooting, and it’s the […]
March 1, 2018 – 4:21 pm
The Leftist gun grabbers usually try and keep their full aspirations of banning all private ownership of firearms quiet, but, every once in a while they slip up Asheville calls for assault weapons ban; mayor says she would go further The City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to tell state and federal leaders to ban assault […]
March 1, 2018 – 9:18 am
Should this be something that 2nd Amendment supporters, and civil rights supporters, be worried about? (The Hill) President Trump on Wednesday voiced support for confiscating guns from certain individuals deemed to be dangerous, even if it violates due process rights. “I like taking the guns early, like in this crazy man’s case that just took […]
February 28, 2018 – 7:58 am
We’ve had many different types of scaremongering by people who have no real understanding of guns, such as this recent one which yammered on about “full semi-automatic“. Now the NY Times brings you With AR-15s, Mass Shooters Attack With the Rifle Firepower Typically Used by Infantry Troops When a gunman walked into Marjory Stoneman Douglas […]
February 27, 2018 – 7:19 am
Who saw this coming? (via Twitchy) House Democrats introduce bill prohibiting sale of semi-automatic weapons https://t.co/wdFEB8LcIu pic.twitter.com/ZnAfVw6azA — Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) February 26, 2018 From the article House Democrats have introduced a bill banning semi-automatic firearms in the wake of the Feb. 14 shooting at a high school in Parkland, Fla. Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I., announced Monday […]
February 26, 2018 – 7:45 am
Back on January 9th, 2013, I wrote a quick piece offering some compromises on gun control. At the time, Democrats were pushing hard for gun control, in the wake of a few incidents and with Obama about to start his second term. Of course, they’re pushing hard for more gun control now, despite an almost […]
February 25, 2018 – 7:55 am
First they tell us that the problem is only the scary looking assault rifles, so we have to Do Something. But, then they expose their true agenda. Here’s the Washington Post Editorial Board exposing the true agenda Don’t be scared by NRA hysteria. Be scared Congress will do nothing. IT WAS a stunning moment: The […]
February 24, 2018 – 7:04 am
The Washington Post points out just how badly the system broke down. They note all the red flags and warnings How a system built to stop the Parkland school shooter repeatedly broke down The Broward County Sheriff’s Office received a call in November with an ominous warning: Nikolas Cruz, a troubled 19-year-old, was collecting guns […]