February 24, 2014 – 2:50 pm
This was trending yesterday on Memeorandum, and is an interesting bit of food for thought (Tampa Bay Tribune) Ivette Ros grew up in a house where her father kept guns. For her, it was a natural step to get a concealed weapons permit and then to carry a 9 mm handgun. The 37-year-old Tampa resident […]
February 22, 2014 – 3:07 pm
Here’s a test for Chris Christie if the legislation makes it to his desk vis a vis running for President as a Republican (NJ.com) Democratic lawmakers in both house of the legislature have struck a deal that would allow passage of a measure restricting gun owners to a 10-round magazine, down from the current limit […]
February 21, 2014 – 3:28 pm
What would one expect? Zack Beauchamp is a Reporter/Blogger for ThinkProgress. He previously contributed to Andrew Sullivan’s The Dish at Newsweek/Daily Beast, and has also written for Foreign Policy and Tablet magazines. Zack holds B.A.s in Philosophy and Political Science from Brown University and an M.Sc in International Relations from the London School of Economics. […]
February 20, 2014 – 8:17 am
This opinion piece comes to us by way of hyper-lefty E.J.Dionne, who’s writing exactly what Lefties thing and proposing what they want. Well, want for Everyone Else. The minute they themselves need Stand Your Ground, they’ll scream to the high heavens for protection Repeal stand-your-ground laws The law is supposed to solve problems, not create […]
February 14, 2014 – 7:54 am
A win for the good guys, the folks who could end up using their gun to defend themselves and others (Reuters) A federal appeals court on Thursday struck down a requirement by San Diego County that residents show “good cause” to carry a concealed firearm, a ruling that could force local governments across California to […]
February 13, 2014 – 9:43 am
I don’t really care about this ruling vis a vis gay marriage as much as two other interesting points it brings up (Courier-Journal) In a ruling that could open the door to gay marriage in Kentucky, a federal judge has struck down the state’s ban on recognizing same-sex unions performed in states where it is […]
February 10, 2014 – 3:37 pm
Hoist on his own petard (Daily Caller) A Buffalo, N.Y. community activist who is well known locally for pushing for a highly restrictive 2013 gun control law has been arrested for — wait for it — carrying a gun illegally at a public elementary school. The arrested gun-control advocate, Dwayne Ferguson, caused quite a scene at […]
January 27, 2014 – 11:12 am
Fortunately, Californians can still get Joe Biden approved shotguns, as well as using forceful language against gang bangers and criminal illegal aliens (Fox News) A new gun law proponents say helps law enforcement has driven Smith & Wesson and Sturm Ruger out of California, and affirmed the suspicions of firearms rights advocates that the measure […]
January 7, 2014 – 6:52 am
Finally, someone standing up for the Constitution and the people turned into unarmed victims thanks to Chicago’s gun-grabbing liberal politicians (Fox News) A federal judge on Monday overturned Chicago’s ban on the sale and transfer of firearms, ruling that the city’s ordinances aimed at reducing gun violence are unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Edmond E. Chang […]
December 22, 2013 – 7:15 am
This is THE Sunday story, featured on the front page at the top right When the Right to Bear Arms Includes the Mentally Ill (I’m skipping past the typical opening drama story) A vast majority of people with mental illnesses are not violent. But recent mass shootings — outside a Tucson supermarket in 2011, at […]
