A letter to the editor in today’s Inquirer complained about a previous article that referred to hunting as a sport. The author wrote that “a sport involves two equally matched teams on a level playing field”. Oh yeah? Clearly she’s never watched a 76ers game. They’re 5 and 14 as of today. I’ll bet the [...]
One year ago the Supreme Court confirmed what should have been obvious: the right to keep and bear arms is an individual right that actually means something. We still have a long way to go in rolling back the many unconstitutional restrictions on our gun rights and Heller will be an important piece of that. [...]
Wayne LaPierre and Ed Rendell locked horns this weekend over reinstating the assault weapons ban. Rendell is a good debater but this one was no contest - LaPierre won easily. The facts are not with Fast Eddie on this one.
One thing that stuck out was the issue of “high capacity” magazines. LaPierre pointed out that [...]
Here’s a great overview from Dave Hardy of key data that’s been assembled on post-Columbine mass shootings.
incidents last about 8 minutes
the murderer deliberately targets and ambushes defenseless victims
the murderer has no interest in hostages or negotiations
the murderer “typically fold[s] quickly upon armed confrontation”
All of these underscore the fact that people who are armed and able to defend [...]
And he is damn funny too. Hat tip to Breda.
UPDATE: Check out his other videos on You Tube. He is unbelievably funny.
Howard Nemerov recently made devastating use of the UN’s own gun data against the UN’s antigun arguments. He broke countries into quartiles based on firearms ownership per capita. He then compared per capita firearms ownership to their homicide rate.
The results are best demonstrated in a table and it wouldn’t be right for me to lift [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Mrs. Manifesto has returned from the gun range. She had a good enough time that after her lesson was over she bought more rounds and another target and kept shooting. Best of all she said she’d go shooting with me some time. Mrs. Manifesto rocks!
Mr. Manifesto is currently looking after Baby Manifesto. Mrs. Manifesto is at an introductory class in pistol safety and marksmanship being taught by an NRA certified instructor. This is her first experience with firearms. Very exciting. Could there be dates at the gun range some day? How great would that be!
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]