Category: gun politics

  • Who has the ball?

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    John McCormack interviewed Paul Helmke for an article at The Weekly Standard. One of the most interesting quotes comes towards the end: Helmke describes the Brady Campaign’s present situation with a football analogy. “The other side had marched the ball down on the 2 yard line  .  .  .  but now we got the ball back. The bad news…

  • Compounding the problem

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    We have seen many gun bans in the world in a (supposed) attempt to decrease homicides, suicides, and other gun deaths. A number of stories lately may indicate that by targeting the instrument instead of the individual, we may be making things more dangerous. Before anyone accuses me of saying more guns would allow for…

  • Target guns in England

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    A couple days ago Snowflakes in Hell had a post about officials looking to allow Olympic athletes to train with handguns in England. This is a good thing. While allowing only Olympic athletes to train with handguns on military ranges seems to be a tiny step, it is a step in the right direction, and we…

  • That might actually work..

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    But they will never really do it. While doing a little research on Rebecca Peters (I had a couple search engine hits on her name, making me wonder what she’s up to now), I came across this on the soros.org website: Rebecca Peters will research gun violence and gun control laws internationally, so that countries…

  • Another Flawed Gun Crime Study

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    The Brady Campaign is citing a 2005 study that claims that workplaces that allow guns are more likely to have a workplace homicide than those that do not, saying that allowing guns in the workplace puts employees at greater risk. The study has a number of serious flaws. To begin with, the study starts with…

  • My Response to Wal-Mart

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    I finally got to responding to the letter I got from Wal-Mart   Considering your response, and after some further research, it appears that the largest problem with the agreement reached between Wal-Mart and “Mayors Against Illegal Guns” (MAIG) is item 2:  “Computerized Crime Gun Trace Log and Alert System. Participating retailers will maintain a computerized log of…

  • 75% of Illinois counties support the second amendment

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    Brown County, the 77th county in Illinois passed the Pro Second Amendment Resolution, breaking the 75% barrier. Three quarters of the state have stood up and said they do not want any more gun control laws from Chicago and Springfield.  Hat tip Cam & Company

  • Wal-Mart’s response

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    Here is the response I got to the letter I sent to Wal-Mart Dear Peter, Wal-Mart understands its role as a leading, responsible retailer in the U.S. and is making strides to strengthen its already existing security processes to help combat illegal gun activity in the communities we serve.  Wal-Mart has a long and proud…

  • Letter to Wal-Mart

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       If you haven’t heard, Wal-Mart has entered into an agreement with Mayor Bloomberg’s “Mayors against all Illegal Guns.” As you can imagine, this agreement is going to cause more problems for gun owners than criminals. Borrowing a little from Sebastian’s letter, I wrote the following:  To whom it may concern, It was with great regret…

  • San Francisco Gun Ban Dead

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    NRA-ILA reports: Fairfax, VA -The California State Supreme Court has ruled that Proposition H, the draconian gun ban proposed by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors violates California law. This exhausts all possible avenues for appeal by the Board of Supervisors. Proposition H would ban the manufacture, distribution, sale and transfer of firearms and ammunition…