April 8, 2014 – 6:54 am
What do you think of this idea? I can see the good and bad (The Blaze) It’s stuff straight out of a Bond movie. And now it’s being trumpeted once again by the Obama administration, specifically Eric Holder, to talk about gun issue. What is it? Technology that prevents a gun from being fired by […]
April 6, 2014 – 8:34 am
Restoring citizens rights (AP) Kansas legislators gave final approval Saturday to a bill that would nullify city and county gun restrictions and ensure that it’s legal across the state to openly carry firearms, a measure the National Rifle Association sees as a nationwide model for stripping local officials of their gun-regulating power. The House approved […]
March 27, 2014 – 8:15 am
When I first read the story about a California state representative busted by the FBI, I wondered if he had anything to do with California gun control legislation. Then the Real World intruded for a while, so I never got around to researching. Fortunately, Jason Howerton at The Blaze was able to do a cruise […]
March 15, 2014 – 8:11 am
This goes to the proposed law I mentioned back in February, which would limit magazines to 10 rounds, among other things. She, figuratively, blew the room away (The Blaze) Speaking before the New Jersey Law and Public Safety Committee in Trenton, N.J., on Thursday, 9-year-old competition shooter Shyanne Roberts spoke in opposition to a proposed […]
March 13, 2014 – 2:41 pm
A Cary woman has declared her anti-anti-gun free zone (WRAL) The homeowners association in a Cary neighborhood has threatened to fine a woman who posted a graphic sign outside her home to scare off would-be burglars. The sign reads “Nothing Inside is Worth Dying For” and shows the outline of a man used for target […]
March 8, 2014 – 8:57 am
They’ve been pushing this issue for years, ever since they learned that the 9/11 cross would be a part of the museum. As far back as 2011 they filed a lawsuit to stop the inclusion. Why? The typical silly argument about a cross being on government land, and because they might be offended. Mostly because […]
March 4, 2014 – 8:08 am
Why? Because they’re “offended”, and we wouldn’t want an itty bitty tiny number of people to be offended, so they have to ruin it for everyone (Fox News) A humanist advocacy group has filed a federal lawsuit to remove a cross-shaped World War I memorial in Prince George’s County, alleging the display violates the First […]
February 28, 2014 – 2:29 pm
I’m a little late on this story from yesterday, but it brings up an interesting thought (Washington Post) Today’s Dariano v. Morgan Hill Unified School Dist. (9th Cir. Feb. 27, 2014) upholds a California high school’s decision to forbid students from wearing American flag T-shirts on Cinco de Mayo. (See here and here for more […]
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 […]