Month: October 2017

This is the best commentary I’ve seen on the gun debate ever. And Michael Owen needs to start his own (real) blog: “No amount of statistics or facts will sway either side in the gun control debate, because they are all looking for simple solutions to complex problems. The facts of those complex problems are

Rifles carried by Spokane police on patrol will soon be equipped with suppressors, a move the department says will protect officers and civilians from hearing damage. “It’s nothing more than like the muffler you put on your car,” said Lt. Rob Boothe, the range master and lead firearms instructor for the department. Outfitting the department’s

It’s no coincidence that the gun control debate in America is renewed after every mass shooting. While 99% of the gun deaths in this country can’t be attributed to these mass murders, we only hear calls for gun control after the other 1%. Why? Because the tragedy of a mass shooting elicits a much more emotional

In Trump Derangement Syndrome, still sweeping the nation, anyone less than worshipful of Hillary Clinton is a racist, sexist, homophobe, Islamophobe, right-wing, white nationalist, white supremacist, and of course a Nazi, which usually comes first. This invites a look at the kind of gun control Democrats seek to impose. Democrats and their media allies seem

Marion Hammer is the president of the United Sportsmen of Florida. She’s also a past president of the National Rifle Association and currently an NRA Lobbyist. She sent the following letter Monday: DATE:   October 9, 2017 TO:       My Fellow Board & Council Members & Friends FROM:  Marion Hammer, NRA past president RE:       Misinformation and Distortion Anger

“Michele Hanisee , President of the Association of Deputy District Attorneys issued the following statement regarding the Governor’s decision to sign SB 620. “It is the height of irony that the same legislators who keep calling for more restrictions on the possession and use of firearms by law abiding citizens, are in support of legislation

The loudest sound in the known universe is that of a “click” when your gun is supposed to fire. We’ll refer to that sound as a malfunction. Sometimes there’s not even a click and the gun still won’t fire. We’ll call that a malfunction too. Fortunately, unless something physically broke on your gun between shots,

One of the biggest problems with the shooting sports is that there is no be-all, end-all, definitive guide to etiquette. Miss Manners never published a Sooper Dooper Guide to Shooting Etiquette, and I never recall going to the range for any of my charm and finishing school field trips. Seeing this glaring omission from the shooting

Punish law-abiding gun owners while giving the lawbreakers a deal. That’s California. Governor Brown signed SB 620, reducing the penalty for firearms crime. Law abiding gun owners are forced to endure increasingly strict regulations in the name of “reducing crime”, while criminals are getting a break!

The U.S. 9th Circuit on Tuesday upheld an Alameda County law barring gun stores within 500 feet of residential properties in a blow to gun rights advocates. The ruling came from a 9-2 en banc panel of the court in a case brought by gun dealers and Second Amendment groups who contended the county’s zoning effectively put