Category Archives: 2nd Amendment

New Republic: Let’s Ban All Guns

The masks worn by the political Left are slipping. They talked a good game of wanting “common sense gun reform”, but told us that they weren’t looking for confiscation or overall bans. Then, a few, including Hillary, Obama, and the NY Times, yammered about the “Australian solution”, which was overall confiscation. We’ve seen a few […]

NY Times Calls For Gun Confiscation

Anyone surprised? For the first time since 1920, @nytimes runs an editorial on Page One: https://t.co/nx7NByHJqW pic.twitter.com/iilQmyPps2 — Tom Jolly (@TomJolly) December 5, 2015 From the article It is a moral outrage and a national disgrace that civilians can legally purchase weapons designed specifically to kill people with brutal speed and efficiency. These are weapons […]

Washington Post: Republicans Are Totally Into Gun Pride

Today’s opinion piece disguised as a straight news article, by Phillip Rucker and Sean Sullivan, appearing on the front page of the web page. It’s meant to say how Republicans are outside the mainstream in their support of guns and gun rights. Funny how the Washington Post never does the same about radicalized Muslims, who […]

Good News: Hillary And O’Malley Have Awesome Gun Control Plans That Wouldn’t Have Stopped San Bernardino

When Democrats call for “common sense gun control”, they need to look no further than California Hillary Clinton has a gun control plan. It’s not half-bad! https://t.co/keNPvGu7Xg pic.twitter.com/1oYeyUbsxl — Slate (@Slate) December 3, 2015 Not half bad. Here’s what it looks like on the front page of Slate From the article Clinton has a three-pronged plan. […]

Shockingly, Usual Suspects Call For More Gun Control

I’m sure you’re aware of the mass shooting in San Bernardino, in the People’s Republik Of California. So, of course, before the bodies had even cooled, the ghoulish left immediately jumped to their Typical Calls for gun control. We do no know the motives of Syed Farook and his wife Tasheen Malik. And the name […]

Washington Post: The Common Thread In Gun Violence Is Guns!

The hell you say! The Washington Post Editorial Board is vexed by all the gun violence caused by guns. Not people, of course. They generally aren’t the problem. The guns just leap into their hands and lead the person under hypnosis, and pull their own triggers. This is probably one of the sillier, more meaningless […]

New Jersey Democrats Look To Force Gun Shops To Carry Smart Guns

Nothing says “free market” like government forcing privately owned businesses to sell a specific product (NJ.com) More than a dozen years after passing a “smart gun” law that is now blamed for stopping them from being sold across the country, state Senate Democrats on Thursday said they want to revamp the law and force gun […]

Amish Man With No Photo ID Suing Over Denial Of Gun Permit

Well, now, this is an interesting case, and brings up a different issue (Daily Caller) An Amish man filed a federal suit in Pennsylvania last week because he was not allowed to purchase a gun without proper photo identification, according to The Washington Post. In the Amish tradition, practicing members cannot have their photo taken. According […]

Poll: Mass Shootings Reflect Mental Health Issues, Not Inadequate Gun Laws

Yet another poll which shows that the gun-grabbers are outside the mainstream American position (Washington Post) As Democrats look to make gun violence a core issue in the 2016 presidential campaign, a new Washington Post-ABC News poll finds wide agreement that gun violence is a problem but bitter and stark division on whether new gun […]

56% Say Increasing Concealed Carry Would Make U.S. More Safe

Yet another poll that’s bad for the gun-grabbers (Gallup) A majority of Americans, 56%, believe that if more Americans carried concealed weapons after passing a criminal background check and training course, the country would be safer. Personally, I’d like to see an increase in open carry. If a criminal sees someone carrying a handgun, rather […]

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