Category: gun politics

  • Gun groups on campus

    —

    by

    peter
    in , ,

    Human Events has a rather good article about the popularity of gun rights and shooting groups on campus: According to Ed King, an LI (Leadership Institute) campus services coordinator, there has been a steady increase over the past two years. LI currently works with 136 gun groups. Of those, 84 were created in the past calendar…

  • Background check stats

    —

    by

    peter
    in , , ,

    Not quite sure what to make of this, but the Medical College of Wisconsin released a study that gun suicide and homicide rates were about 25% lower in states that did local background checks as opposed to state or federal checks. It does strike me from the map that a) there are not that many…

  • An Answer

    —

    by

    peter
    in ,

    Robert Toth asked in a comment:  What do you think will happen to our Second Amendment if Obama becomes President and a Democratic Congress are elected? Can they possibly confiscate all firearms from the American people? There are several parts to that. I believe that Obama’s record and rhetoric clearly indicate that he will try to…

  • Boycott Toronto

    —

    by

    peter
    in

    From torontothebad.com: For the last three years, the Mayor of Toronto, David Miller, has been blaming trustworthy, legal firearms owners for the drug related gun crime taking place in his city.  Dozens of people have died in gang related violence (some of them innocents) because of the “So-Called” Mayor’s lack of courage and ability to…

  • Wisconsin issues a concealed carry permit to an ex-officer

    —

    by

    peter
    in , ,

    Madison – Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen for the first time issued a state permit Wednesday allowing a retired investigator to carry a concealed firearm. Van Hollen’s decision lays bare the differing opinions among law enforcement agencies about whether they should – or even can – issue permits to retired officers in one of only two…

  • When all you have is not enough

    —

    by

    peter
    in ,

    There have been a couple of stories lately dealing with robberies that ended in murder, despite the victim cooperating with the criminals. In Milwaukee, a young man was convicted of killing a Miller Brewery executive, and in Cleveland, a young Marine was killed by a thug after he handed over the money he had. His…

  • Another useless restraining order

    —

    by

    peter
    in , , , ,

    The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports Gerhard Witte, the 70-year-old physician charged Wednesday with slitting his ex-wife’s throat in a downtown parking garage, repeatedly threatened to kill the woman after she filed for divorce in early 2005, once telling police he wouldn’t need a gun because “he is a medical doctor, and he knows precisely where to cut…

  • Meet the Anti-Gunners

    —

    by

    peter
    in

    Breda has a post with this interesting quote from the Anti-gun Jodi Foster: “Look, it’s terrible, I know, but weakness really, really bugs me, to the point that if there is a wounded bird on the sidewalk, I look at it and I go: ‘I think I’ll just kick it.’” (Daily Mail, 27 May, 2008) A…

  • Michael Bane on NFA Weapons

    —

    by

    peter
    in

    Michael Bane has a post on NFA weapons, and wanting to change the NFA There’s nothing evil, wicked, mean and nasty about SBR, SBS, suppressors or the other odd things controlled by the NFS. In fact, IMHO, the 1934 Firearms Act defies even the slightest tinge of logic. It is a law spun out of…

  • The NRA and McCain

    —

    by

    peter
    in , ,

    The anti-gun blogs have been abuzz with criticism of John McCain at the NRA convention (Ray Schoenke and Paul Helmke 1 & 2.) Why is the NRA supporting a C+ rated candidate? Snowflakes in Hell has the quote of the day to explain it: “…let’s face it, the choice is between getting hit by a…