Quote of the Day – Self Defense Edition
I would rather be judged by 12 of my peers instead of carried by 6 of them. – Overheard at a family get-together, regarding the possibility of being prosecuted for a self defense shooting.
Continue reading →Monthly Archives: July 2008
Blogging will be light the next few days. I am out of town for Independance Day. Happy 4th.
Continue reading →What?!?
APPLETON — An Appleton couple was awakened in the wee hours of the morning Wednesday to the sound of a burglar whistling in their basement. Then events really got strange: The man was discovered wearing the couple’s clothes and covered … Continue reading →
I am not a lawyer, but
if the Second Amendment was meant to provide for creating a state army/organized militia (the “collective rights” view,) wouldn’t that be at odds with U.S. Const. art. I, § 10, cl. 3 “No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any … Continue reading →
Quote of the Day – History Edition Part 1
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, … Continue reading →
Summerfest Snubs the Army
At the request of Summerfest officials, the U.S. Army on Tuesday removed a virtual urban warfare game that allowed fest-goers as young as 13 to hop into a Humvee simulator and fire machine guns at life-size people on a computer … Continue reading →
An encouraging story
I ran across this story, and after some of the recent stories we have heard about people standing by doing nothing while others are beaten, injured, etc., I am truly inspired by it. Here is a story of someone that … Continue reading →
Agreed
Mrs. Ahab takes on Justice Breyer’s comments about the danger of having a gun in the home. I couldn’t agree more.
Continue reading →Heller on licensing
There has been some talk that SCOTUS upheld gun licensing in Heller. They neither struck down nor upheld licensing, they did not address it. Looking at this another way, SCOTUS did not strike down licensing, but then again, they didn’t … Continue reading →
Quote of the Day – Bigots Edition
Heh. I had supported the ACLU in their support of the KKK because I thought the issue was one of free speech. Perhaps I was wrong in my assumption. Perhaps the issue was the ACLU enjoys the company of similarly … Continue reading →