I'm EMBARRASSED: Texas #2 in nation for new gun purchases, behind CALIFORNIA. Let's pick up the pace Texans. @NRA https://t.co/Ry2GInbS1g — Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) October 28, 2015
Read MoreIn the early morning hours of October 31 the tranquility of downtown Colorado Springs was interrupted by multiple shootings in which three innocents were killed before Colorado Springs Police were able to kill the gunman in a shootout. The Colorado Springs Gazette reported that just before 9 a.m. residents who heard the gunshots looked out
Read MoreWell, shoot. It looks like we’re going to have a gunfight next year. No, no – not a gunfight. A fight about guns in California. And political cynicism. Also voter ignorance. Mostly the latter two. Those never seem to go out of fashion. This week, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom filed his long-anticipated gun control ballot
Read MoreFred Hiatt wrote about a “gun free society”. He tried to call it “gun prohibition”. He wrapped his anti-rights bigotry in terms of a “mass buyback”. Fred hopes that President Barack Obama will issue executive orders and make all gun owners into criminals.. but leave the police and political protective services with guns. Fred wants
Read MoreDespite the fact that violent crime and the national murder rate have been trending in an overall downward fashion for almost 3 decades, many Americans tend to believe that violent crime is on the rise. This is likely due to the modern 24 hour news cycle, social media and other technological factors that make information
Read MoreWe can not identify the next public murderer. We do not know his name or where he lives. Despite the unknown details, there are clear trends from past events. We do know that he is probably not a trained terrorist, but an individual who lashed out with this one violent act. The most important fact
Read MoreFormer San Francisco Mayor and current Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom is getting ready for his candidacy for California governor by pushing gun control by way of a ballot initiative. Misnamed as the Safety for All Act of 2016, this is Newsom’s attempt to pass himself off as a crime fighter and get his name more
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