Month: April 2018

It’s always remarkable to me that assault-weapons bans dominate the gun-control conversation after mass shootings. Yes, I understand that AR-15s or similar weapons have been used in a number of recent attacks, but when we slow down, take a breath, and look at actual gun crime, the logic for banning the kind of weapon that

USA – “Repeal the Second Amendment,” retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens declared in a Tuesday “op-ed” in The New York Times.  It’s actually the third time “the newspaper of record” has hosted such sentiments in recent months, and they’re hardly alone But no one’s talking about taking your guns, the gun-grabbers scoff.  Honest. Citing

“I just kinda blindly chose a side on the whole issue without thinking about facts.” Facts matter.

Tens of thousands march for “sensible gun control”! Ain’t gonna happen, and here’s why. But first of all let me tell you where I’m coming from. Like Kris Kristofferson’s Pilgrim, I’m a walking contradiction. I’m a strong Second Amendment supporter but I don’t own any guns and don’t do shooting sports. (I do have a

Arizona -(Ammoland.com)- Brazil has extremely strict gun control laws and relatively few firearms. It is estimated there are about 17 million firearms in Brazil. Only 5.4 million are legally owned by private parties. 2.2 million are owned by the military and police, and 9.5 million are illegally possessed.  It would take centuries of rigorous enforcement

Exactly what I’ve been saying. Our biggest problem, IMO, is that our side does very little to oppose the co-opting of words, phrases and slogans co-opted by the Left. We’re so consumed with spreading what the Left is doing. #NeverAgainWillWeGiveUpOurArms Please share and share and share. The anti-gunners are using ‘Never Again’ as a slogan

Citigroup announced that it will “require new retail sector clients or partners to adhere to …. restrict the sale of firearms for individuals under 21 years of age.” But what if the retailer is in one of the states that generally ban age discrimination in public accommodations, and include 18-to-20-year-olds in that ban? (Some states

On Mother’s Day 2000, record-setting demonstrations for gun control were held in Washington, D.C., and in 73 other cities. Organized by the “Million Mom March,” these demonstrations were hailed by much of the media at the decisive turning point in the political battle over gun ownership. This article takes a look at the history of

FTA: The Founding Fathers didn’t ask why it was necessary to provide the people the means to resist a tyrannical central government. It was a problem they had very recently encountered in real life, in the form of thousands of Redcoats sent across the Atlantic by a distant central government to suspend civil rights and

The AR-15 may well be the most vilified rifle in existence at the moment, possibly even more so than the Soviet-designed AK-47. This is especially true following several incidents where bad people did bad things with the rifle in question. As per usual following such incidents, politicians begin clamoring for the rifle to be banned.