Category: gun politics

  • Nice to see

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    Ross Seyfried in Summer 2008 issue of Double Gun and Single Shot Journal: …The bottom line is there are about ninety million gun owners in the United States and only about four million members in the NRA. Essentially 96 percent of gun owners are riding on the coat tails of a very few. And yes,…

  • AR-15 sales up in the face of Gustav

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    It sounds like the people of New Orleans took a lesson from history, and are stocking up on AR-15s and .223 ammo. I will be interested to see what Mayor No-gun does if another emergency arises. Laws are on the book to prevent the confiscations that happened last time, but will they choose to ignore…

  • A warning about New Jersey

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    Sebastian post about the hazards of traveling through NJ as a gun owner. Fortunately, I am not likely to be driving through NJ any time soon, but I am pretty sure I have 10 rounds of .22 hollow points in my car, left over from some trip to the range or other, which could land…

  • Quote of the Day – Obvious Edition

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    “because they are” – Mike McCarville on Cam & Company, in response to a caller asking why he always talks “like the Democrats want to take your guns.”

  • Gas for guns program

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    Osceola, FL is running a “gas for guns” program. Should turn up the normal collection of broken guns. You would think that common sense would tell these people that these programs aren’t going to turn up the guns that are in the wrong hands, but we keep seeing them. This really gets me:  The program…

  • Quote of the Day – Professional Opinion Edition

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    Police Chief Richard Eddington said he would recommend against establishing a local registration program for firearms owners. He said the cost of the program couldn’t be justified under the city’s tight budget. In addition, Eddington said, the registration program would depend on everybody telling the truth, “which in my professional opinion isn’t always true.” evenstonnow.com…

  • More on the Mike Vanderboegh letter

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    Gunnuts:TNG last night was on the Mike Vanderboegh letter, and “extreme activism” and included a call in from Mike. I think that it was good to have the discussion, and a number of interesting point were raised.  I have been thinking about it a lot more, and I think that my main problem was not so…

  • So if college students are more likely to binge drink

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    and thus shouldn’t be trusted to carry on campus, what about children of alcoholics? They are at a higher risk for alcohol and drug abuse, as well as various psychological problems. Should they be discriminated against because of it? Just as a person should not be deprived of a right without due process of law due to…

  • Chicago gun case

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    I just finished the motion for summary judgement filed in the Chicago gun case. As Dave Hardy said, very well written, mainly addressing incorporation, but also a couple shots at licensing. I am of the opinion that this is a better case to use for incorporation than the San Francisco case because of the similarity to…

  • Thoughts on the Lott/Helmke debate

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    Paul had a glass of wine… I wonder if he needs a little liquid courage to debate John Lott. John Lott focused mainly on multi-victim public shootings happening in so called gun free zones, and raised the question: if you were being stalked by a violent criminal, would a gun free zone sign on you…