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We Don’t Need This Sort of Stretch - The Truth Is Bad Enough

Pajamas Media » Violence Policy Center: Reinstate the Black Codes?
For blacks, like all victims of homicide, guns — usually handguns — are far and away the number one murder tool. Successful efforts to reduce America’s black homicide toll must put a focus on reducing access to firearms.

For an organization to make […]



I’m There

Sunday Open Thread: January 24th, 2010 « HillBuzz
I’m not a big fan of the Clintons, but I support these guys in their struggles against the Obama Chicago Way thugs one hundred percent.
Too bad they live in a rogue city that ignores the Second Amendment. Otherwise they might be able to defend themselves personally with […]



After Defending Second, SCOTUS Steps Up Again and Defends First Amendment

High court shows it might be willing to act boldly
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and his conservative colleagues delivered a seismic jolt Thursday. They overturned two of the court’s past decisions — including one made as recently as six years ago — to upend federal legislation that says corporations may not use their profits […]



The Usual Idiocy From Gun Banners

Passing D.C.’s Rules to Get a Gun Was Hard, but the Weapon Posed Its Own Test
I’ve been surrounded my whole life by people who see guns as a cause of social ill, not a cure. But what if they’re wrong? I live in a dangerous part of a dangerous city. I’ve heard gunshots from my […]



Speaking Of Reality…

A rather cold realization dawns for The Waiter.
The writing may seem a trifle over-dramatic to some - but the hard, cold face of deadly self-defense (or, possibly, defense of others) carries sufficient drama for many.
When I visualized that someone was trying to kill me it was so anathema to my being that when I started […]



Big Bang Boom

Sharp as a Marble - An affordable 50?
I’d love to have a 50BMG, more as just something to have and maybe take out once or twice a year. There’s not a lot of places around me locally that would be long enough to really enjoy the 50, but there are a few that a little […]



Keep the Sheep Disarmed

Cold Fury » Behead all those who say Islam is violent
We’ll all need “safe rooms” to protect ourselves from these baying, bloodthirsty jackals and their Crusade against civilization before it’s over. Because if our hopes depend on gutless-pussy “leaders” like Barky Hussein Obumbler (Piss Be Upon Him), we’ll be waiting a loooong time for any […]



Look Forward, Not Back

Laboratories of Repression - Reason Magazine
Which brings us back to the Chicago gun case. The Windy City would like to “serve as a laboratory” with the “flexibility” to ignore the Second Amendment. But there’s nothing “novel” about that. It’s just another case of the government violating our rights. And since the Supreme Court would never […]



Apparently Kids and .22s Still Go Together Somewhere

SayUncle » More tactical 22s
I’m not sure exactly what a “tactical” .22 rifle is useful for, beyond the normal uses for a .22. Although one commenter does find a use I wholly approve of: He’s giving one to his eight and a half year old nephew.



Primary Qualification for Being a California Educrat: Become a Moronic Asshole

California Gun Laws
The NRA and the CRPA Foundation have joined forces under their California Legal Action Project (LAP) to provide legal assistance for high school student Gary Tudesko in his fight to be readmitted to Willows High School. Sixteen-year-old Tudesko was expelled on November 19th for having unloaded shotguns in his pick-up truck that he […]



Just Asking

Does the Second Amendment Apply in Chicago? - Reason Magazine
For its part, Chicago currently maintains that the Second Amendment should have zero authority over its gun control regime, arguing that the city should enjoy “the greatest flexibility to create and enforce firearms policy” and that “Firearms regulation is a quintessential issue on which state and […]



Dump the Nine, Get a .45

Liberty and Self Defense
Welcome to the family!
The title isn’t snark, by the way. If you have only one carry gun, it’s a good idea to make as sure as you can that what you hit goes down. A .45 is undisputed at possessing this capability.
Look into the Glock 30 if you want a […]



Preferred Choice

Confederate Yankee: The “Cop Killer” FN Five-seveN
The “Cop Killer” FN Five-seveN
The media is wasting very little time informing us that the weapon used by Major Nidal Malik Hasan in his rampage at Fort Hood was a “cop killer.”
Ft. Hood terrorist used a cop killer FN-Five Seven tactical pistol—20 round clip — Examiner
…How did the […]



Did Carter Initiate These Policies?

Army to review gun policies for all bases - State/Nation/World - bnd.com
FORT WORTH, Texas — One day after a shooter opened fire at Fort Hood, Texas, Army Chief of Staff George W. Casey Jr. ordered a review of all force protection policies at Army bases worldwide.
Thursday’s shooting, he said during a briefing at Fort Hood, […]



Hey, DP Gunners….

I just bought a ticket for the Crossroads of the West gun show this weekend at the SF Cow Palace.
I’ve never been to a gun show before.
What should I expect?
Anything special I should look for?
What sort of bargains might I hope to find?



Otherwise, However….

Instapundit » Blog Archive » SIGN OF THE TIMES: NY-23: Winning Democrat Bill Owens was A-rated by NRA (as was Hoffman)….
SIGN OF THE TIMES: NY-23: Winning Democrat Bill Owens was A-rated by NRA (as was Hoffman).
As was Scozzafava.



Impossible

Our Neighbor to the South - Mark Krikorian - The Corner on National Review Online
Man Bites Dog: “Yesterday (Thursday[October 29]) was the first day this year that not one homicide was reported in Cd. Juarez. The last time that there was a day without murder in the city was December 28, 2008.” Juarez is across […]



Man, This Just Sucks

Clayton Cramer’s BLOG
In some ideal America, my research experience and effective scholarship for gun rights would be of some economic value to someone. If there were a national organization committed to gun rights, they could hire me, even at a very, very tiny salary (as long as there was health insurance), to do the type […]



Still Cause to Worry

NRA-ILA :: Congress Passes NRA-Backed Legislation Protecting Pocketknife Classification
Back in June, we reported on a proposed U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) rule change that would have expanded the Switchblade Knife Act of 1958 to include spring-assisted or one-handed-opening knives, and would have directly targeted the importation of “assisted opening” folding knives. (Read […]



Schwarzenegger: He Won’t Be Back

CA Legislative Info and Contact Tools
Latest Info: 10/12/2009 - The Governor has failed to veto AB962 Mail Order Ammo Ban. However, because California does not have a pocket veto, the bill will become law as though it received his signature.
Here’s what the miserable RINO permitted to become law:
The bill would provide […]



Incorporation for Dummies Or Smart People

The Volokh Conspiracy » Blog Archive » Want to do it the easy way, or the hard way?
Dave Kopel explains “incorporation,” the central issue of the next big SCOTUS Second Amendment case, for neophytes and/or the knowledegable observer.



More From the Sorts of Scientists Who Bring You All Those Global Warming Studies

The Volokh Conspiracy » Blog Archive » “Guns Did Not Protect Those Who Possessed Them from Being Shot in an Assault.”
Another phony “study” ginned up by gun grabbers to produce a headline suitable for framing in all the anti-civil rights venues like the NYT and other leftist broadsheets.
Eugene Volokh demolishes it.



Like Clubbing Baby Seals

Alphecca » Idiot of the Day
So I guess the writer, Kathy O. Marvin, thinks that a right to bear arms is “overstepped” if you actually, you know, bear arms. And if you do exercise that right, you are sinister and threatening.
And, yes Kathy, if you carry a gun, you signify that you are willing to […]



The State Naturally Seeks A Monopoly On Force

The Volokh Conspiracy » Blog Archive » Police May Not Even Temporarily Detain a Person Simply Because He’s Openly Carrying a Handgun…if such open carrying in that place is generally not a crime.
I suspect we’ll actually have to put a few arresting officers in jail before this notion sinks in, though.



Still Not Getting It

The Volokh Conspiracy » Blog Archive » Supreme Court Agrees To Decide Whether the Second Amendment Applies to the States
From the comments:
Oren says:
And mortars, etc.
Don’t forget frag grenades either.
The first time a disgruntled (right-wing milita, left-wing ALF, Libyan/AQ/Palestinan/French terr’st) nutcase started lobbing M67s at the local mall, the second amendment will be repealed altogether.
Right - […]



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