Category Archives: 2nd Amendment

Democrats To Push Their “No Fly List” Gun Ban Again

Most high end Democrats surely recognize that using the no fly list will do virtually nothing to stop anything, but the idea here is really to claim they are Doing Something and to satisfy their rabid anti-gun base (Washington Post) Senate Democrats are prepping a host of gun control proposals in response to the mass […]

The Gun Banners Are (Again) Out In Full Force

I mentioned this a bit in an earlier post, but that was more a case of the typical “Blame The Gun” duckspeak, often coming from people who are they themselves protected by either carrying a gun themselves or having armed security protecting them. But, now the gun banners are starting to chime in at full […]

Hillary Sort Of Supports A Tax On Firearms

When it comes to the gun control debate, Democrats like Hillary Clinton constantly put the burden on those who purchase them in a legal manner and use them in a legal manner. These could be people that use them for hunting, for sporting, simply because they like shooting, for carrying for protection, or they might […]

NY Times Is Super Enthused For Massive Gun Registration Schemes

Despite anti-gunnite talking points, most law abiding gun owners are not against background checks. We have no problem with making sure that the person attempting to purchase a firearm is not a bad person. But, do background checks actually stop Bad Guys from getting guns? For the most part, no. Hence, the NRA is not […]

Trump “Clarifies” Position On School Guns

What is Donald Trump’s actual position on guns and the 2nd Amendment? He used to be for an assault weapons ban and comprehensive gun control. Now? He claims to be a champion of law abiding gun owners, a position he staked when he decided to run for president as a Republican in 2011, and has […]

Trump: Hillary Should Give Up Her Armed Security

Over at the NY Times, we find that anti-gun Hillary Clinton is still all for limiting the rights of law abiding citizens to be armed in public. She apparently doesn’t believe that a good guy with a gun is safe. “I love my daughter and granddaughter more than anything, and I worry about them as […]

NRA Arms The Cute Little Buggers In Fairy Tales Rewrite

This one comes via Jenny North at Victory Girls Blog The NRA has rewritten childhood classics by inserting armed protagonists – the children have guns! And predictably, some “well-meaning” gun grabbers are not happy: Critics accuse the NRA of undertaking a “campaign to arm children.” “The NRA continues to stoop to new lows in the hopes of […]

Thank Goodness, You Can Now DoSomething About Gun Violence With A Selfie

No, DoSomething is not missing a space in the headline You Can Now Protest Gun Violence by Taking a Selfie …. Still, most states leave campus gun policy up to administrators. There are only 19 states that prohibit carrying a concealed firearm on campus, so gun control policies are largely up to university officials to […]

Good News: GOP Candidates Entrenched Against Gun Controls

The NY Times Editorial Board is apoplectic over the gun control positions of the Republican candidates, and is more than happy to let us know about it Republican Candidates Deeply Entrenched Against Gun Controls ….. President Obama has labored and even shed tears in pleading for just a bit of compromise to widen background checks […]

After Obama’s Teary Eyed Gun Control Speech, He Takes Almost No Action

Remember this when Obama cried some crocodile tears while announcing new “gun control” regulations? How’s that working out? Obama’s Lofty Plans on Gun Violence Amount to Little Action The centerpiece of a plan for stemming gun violence that President Obama announced last month largely amounts to this: an updated web page and 10,000 pamphlets that federal agents […]

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