Yet another Philly cop was shot and killed on Friday night. We’ll soon be treated to more calls for gun control by people who want more government control of pretty much everything. They’ll try to argue that if we just restrict the rights of legal owners, then fewer guns will flow through the black market [...]
There has been a fair amount of discussion in the blogosphere about debating anti-gunners lately. Newbie Shooter has chimed in with some suggestions to make it a little more fair for the antis (a noble gesture). No doubt they will ignore him since their position isn’t based on rational analysis but emotion and power.
I actually [...]
It’s standing room only at my local range/gun shop. They frequently have an hour’s wait to get a lane.
So says Newbie Shooter. I don’t seem to have that problem in NJ.
It turns out that being poor doesn’t mean you have to give up your constitutional rights. San Francisco, leftwing paradise, has magnanimously decided to bring its policies back in line with the constitution. That’s big of them.
Good job NRA.
Seems like an odd idea, doesn’t it? Yet, I couldn’t help but draw that conclusion after reading this article. Basically the National Academy of the Sciences released a study that says a strong solar storm would inflict significant, if not catastrophic, damage on our power grid and communications systems. It wasn’t entirely clear from the [...]
I sent this to the Inquirer in response to this editorial. It doesn’t seem like they are going to publish it, so…
The recent editorial (1/6/2009) supporting New Jersey’s push to enact one gun per month legislation complained that State Senator Stephen Sweeney “seems to be quoting from the NRA’s bullet points”.
That is a rather amusing [...]
When Michael Nutter hired a new police commissioner he promised a new approach to fighting the city’s high murder rate. Well, the homicide rate was down by 15% in 2008 (without new gun control laws I would add). It’s amazing what you can accomplish when your anti-crime plan doesn’t consist of whining about how you [...]
I had a letter to the editor published in today’s Inquirer. I responded to a letter arguing fallaciously that second amendment rights are limited to militia service. Here’s my letter:
A letter yesterday, “Guns and militias,” claimed Second Amendment rights are limited to militia service. The author would benefit from reading the majority opinion of the [...]
Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland and former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, wrote a fluff piece today about the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It could be summed up as: there are still a lot of human rights violations out there and, yea for me, I care.
She’s a committed [...]
After thinking about the Inquirer’s desire to ban .50 cal rifles in NJ because it is a “densely populated and industry-rich state” and might be vulnerable to terrorists or accidents, I have a few suggestions for other things that could be banned as well.
Vehicles above larger than a minivan because they could be packed with [...]
The Philadelphia Inquirer continued its assault on freedom today. It (unsurprisingly) editorialized in favor of NJ’s proposed ban on .50 Cal rifles.
They repeatedly mention the possibility of terrorism as a rationale for banning them. So, the same editorial board that criticized the Bush administration for fear mongering about terrorism is now fear mongering about terrorism. [...]
Dave Kopel, writing in the Wall Street Journal about the Plaxico Burress mess, makes an excellent case for NYC’s laws being unconstitutional.
New York Giants star receiver Plaxico Burress is facing a mandatory 3 1/2 years in prison and the end of his football career. His crime? Not having a license, which New York City never [...]
I have always been active in keeping up with current events. But in terms of getting involved in politics, my activities have generally been limited to blogging, writing checks and arguing with friends. I’ve never gone to a fund raiser or a rally. I’ve never written to a politician. And certainly I’ve never called a [...]
The Wall Street Journal publishedtoday a detailed and harrowing account of the recent attacks in Mumbai. It is fascinating, frightening and moving.
What jumped out at me is that if private citizens had guns the magnitude of the attack could have been greatly reduced. The terrorists seem to have worked in two man teams rather than larger [...]
I only wish I had a gun rather than a camera.
The words of a photographer who witnessed some of the carnage in Mumabai, where terrorists murdered 174 people. His government ensured he only had a camera.
This is a good time to remember that there are a lot of people here who want us to only [...]
Delaware is not a particularly gun friendly state, though much better than neighboring NJ, but a law abiding gun owner did manage to defend himself. This is the second case recently where not only did a gun owner defend himself but he did so while carrying concealed. In both cases being able to carry concealed was [...]
I sent the following letter in response to this commentary in the Inquirer.
To the editor,
Chris Satullo’s piece attempting to pass off Bryan Miller of Ceasefire New Jersey as a moderate was off base. Miller claims that “all we’re about is preventing gun violence” yet all he ever talks or writes about is further violating our civil [...]
Here is a surprisingly honest news report on the reality of gun free school zones. Mark your calendar. You won’t see this often. And remember: when seconds count the police are just minutes away.
A law-abiding gun owner who runs a barber shop recently shot and killed a robber in Philadelphia. I there are a couple things worth noting because they depart markedly from the anti-gunners narrative about guns.
First, the shop owner had the gun on his person. If he wasn’t carrying the gun, it seems unlikely that he would have been [...]
Thne NRA and the City of Philadelphia are fighting in court over Philadelphia’s new (anti) gun laws. Pennsylvania has a preemption law, which basically makes gun laws a state issue rather than a local issue. There are plenty of people who support gun control who have said the city has no leg to stand on [...]