If you can’t change the facts, change the public’s perception of the facts. Anti-gun politicians whose constituents express concerns about crime and public safety respond with the narrative that it’s a gun problem rather than a problem of lawbreakers and criminals, a message that is amplified and reinforced by an accommodating mainstream media. The national media’s hostility
Read More“If somebody’s breaking into your house, you’re more than welcome to shoot them in Santa Rosa County, and we prefer that you do actually…
Crime causes chaos and fear. Makes people more controllable. That’s the plan. Should be obvious by now. Contrary to the arguments and false logic on the left, gun control fuels spikes in violent crime. The recent push by Canada to ban handguns is a telling case study, and voters and policymakers here in the U.S. would be
Read MoreOperation Fast and Furious,’ a plan by the government to prevent illegal US weapons from entering Mexico, had the opposite effect: It boosted smuggling and violent crime. (Which was the plan all along.) It was Jan. 18, 2011, in Phoenix, Ariz., and Peter Forcelli, a special agent for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and
Read MoreColorado Dems push sweeping gun control laws that are flying under national radar: ‘Public is fed up’
“The so-called ‘assault weapons’ ban bill is the most concerning, but they all have tragic consequences for law-abiding citizens. The ‘assault weapons’ bill is incredibly deceptive. They want to ban not only every kind of ‘scary’ gun like ARs and AKs, but also 80-90% of semi-automatic firearms popular today, including handguns and shotguns,” This bill
Read MoreWho and how would such a determination be made? This is frightening insane. US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor declined to put on hold a New York City licensing rule requiring prospective gun owners to show good moral character to own a firearm. In rejecting a stay request on Thursday relating to a district court
Read MoreThe history of “Gun Control”. In 1911, Turkey instituted gun control. Between 1915 and 1917, 1.5 million Armenians, no longer able to defend themselves, were rounded up and massacred. This does not include the hundreds of thousands of Greeks and islanders who were also executed. In 1929, the Soviet Union instituted gun control. Between 1929
Read MoreVery unwise tweet by one Michigan state police officer. Pushback was heavy. A Michigan State Police Public Information Officer has found himself in the hot seat after a tweet quoting him making disparaging remarks about concealed pistol license holders appeared in recent days. F/Lt. Mike Shaw, a public information officer (PIO), made a statement that
Read MoreThe drek of the Canadian left. Like the left everywhere. May they soon learn for themselves how much the evil they support hates them. Canada will halt future arms sales to Israel following a non-binding vote in the house of commons. The foreign affairs minister, Mélanie Joly, told the Toronto Star her government would halt future
Read MoreLast night, I came across a video of a man in Chicago threatening people with a baseball bat, which made me curious about the frequency of bat attacks. I never thought this would be a topic, and the results surprised me because finding a list of incidents was way too easy. In the past few
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