Month: October 2017

AT THE RISK of beating the issue to death — but at the request of someone posting here — I’ve pulled this out of a prior thread, as my summary statement on the “gun control” issue. I’m posting here, then I’m checking out: The Declaration of Independence was the manifesto that set the philosophical rationale

I’ve been asked to explain my position on the NRA’s recent statement. I sat down and wrote this letter; hopefully it will explain my reasoning. ———————————————————– An Open Letter About the NRA’s Mistakes in its Statement on Bumpfire Stocks Let’s start with my thoughts on what the Second Amendment and the Right to Keep and

(Language warning for those who require such a warning) The Bastille Day truck attack in Nice, France, 2016 killed 86 people and injured 434. By all accounts, it was far deadlier than the recent Las Vegas shooting, which killed 58 and injured 515. The people calling for gun control after the Las Vegas shooting did

Automatic fire is considered “area fire”, where you don’t home in on a particular target but blanket the killing zone with fire. In a military situation, troops are (if properly led) dispersed and know how to use cover, with some cover available. In this case, people were massed and there was no cover to speak

“I’ve always taken the “stand” of never negotiating away anything when it comes to our “gun rights.” Bump Stocks are not the issue and never will be. “The plain truth is Gun Haters (mostly DemoRats) say they want to “control guns,” but the truth is you can never “control” guns, you can only control people.

Until now, “bump-stocks” were a novelty item that frankly were pretty much unknown outside of industry insiders such as buyers and industry reps. Nobody in the industry ever took them seriously and I know several manufacturers rep groups that signed on to represent companies such as slide-fire, only to resign due to lack of sales.

Shall not be infringed actually means shall not be infringed. The intention was that we the people could never be oppressed by force of arms by our national government, because it would not be better armed than the citizenry would be. Does that sound radical? It shouldn’t. That was how our republic was founded. What

I see that some of our good ol’ boys and gals are all for throwing the dogs a bone by regulatory action banning so-called “bump stocks”. Besides being wrong on principle, I’d like them all to consider this: the bump stock is an ingenious innovation called into being by the strict federal regulations on conventional

The mistrust goes deeper than that. I hesitate to talk with neighbors as to if they have firearms and would be willing to meet to discuss mutual defense if things really go south. The discussion I want to have is broader, who is doing what about water, communications, survival food, and defending ourselves, what we

The San Francisco 49ers pledged $500,000 Thursday to secure a suppressor ban and other gun controls. The push comes in the weeks after the Las Vegas attack. Suppressors were not used in that attack, but the 49ers are dedicated to banning the devices anyway. According to ESPN, the 49ers presented the gun control pledge as part