Archive for January 2013
Who benefits when a society is disarmed? Rapists, that’s who.
In Great Britain all firearms of every type are illegal. That doesn’t mean no one has guns, only that the great majority of people don’t. Does this benefit that great majority? Are they safer because guns are outlawed? There were approximately 80,000 rapes in the UK in 2011. Given the population, that would be a…
Read MoreA straightforward analysis of the Constitutionality of a so-called “assault weapons” ban
Gun Control Fails Rationality Test by Randy Barnett in today’s Washington Examiner: In 2008, the Supreme Court held that the right to keep and bear arms was a fundamental right. In DC v. Heller, the court did not specify the exact type of heightened scrutiny it would employ when legislation restricts gun rights, except to…
Read MoreWyoming set to eliminate a host of gun-free zones
There are bills pending in the Wyoming legislature to eliminate a host of “gun-free zones” in Wyoming. Colorado law creates 4 gun-free zones where persons with CCW permits cannot carry. Those are Federal facilities, K-12 schools, government buildings under certain circumstances, and private property where the owner or tenant prohibits guns. Presently, Wyoming has all…
Read MorePersonal Defense Weapons — Urban Rifles — Assault Rifles
What is an AR-15 rifle? Well, that depends. It’s not any one thing. It depends on who has it. If it’s the Department of Homeland Security, an AR-15 is a personal defense weapon. They’ve just put in an order for 7,000 of them. Will they have to stand in line and wait like everyone else?…
Read MoreReuters shamelessly lying for Obama
This Reuters news story on the District of Columbia U.S. Court of Appeals unanimously overturning Obama’s unconstitutional “recess” appointments to the National Labor Relations Board shows how the media either blatantly lies for Obama or, the only alternative, the media is woefully ignorant of American history and government, or perhaps it’s both. Here is what…
Read MoreCounty Sheriffs of Colorado Oppose All Proposals for New Gun Control Laws
The County Sheriffs of Colorado, of which I am a proud honorary member, has issued a position paper stating their opposition to all proposals for new gun control laws, and stating the reasons therefore. It’s available in pdf form at the the County Sheriffs Association website.
Read MoreTribute to Ronald Reagan’s Birthday
America once had a president we could love and respect:
Read MoreMilwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke’s Public Service Announcement
HOORAH! Sheriff Clarke is right. In the Newtown, Connecticut mass shooting the first police arrived 20 minutes after the first call for help. In that time Adam Lanza killed 26 people, 20 of them children.
Read MoreWhat Difference Does it Make?
I think Hillary Rodham Clinton is going to regret for a long time her outburst at Senator Ron Johnson in her “testimony” on Benghazi the other day. Well, she probably won’t regret it but it’s going to haunt her anyway.
Read MorePiers Morgan, here’s why citizens need to own tanks
I think I posted this video several months ago, but it’s poignant again.
Read MoreAn AR-15 was not used in the Newtown Shooting by Adam Lanza
He used four handguns. He did have an AR-15 but it was left in his car. He tried to buy one at a gun store and was refused, so he murdered his mother and took hers. But he didn’t use it. This is a video of a news report aired on MSNBC on December 15,…
Read MoreAn AR-15 might be a woman’s best friend
Why Young Women Want AR-15s Americans have the right to an efficient weapon for home defense. By Celia Bigelow & Aubrey Blankenship Sorry, President Obama. As young women, we prefer an AR-15 “assault” rifle with a 30-round magazine for self-defense. In fact, we wouldn’t want to be stuck at home without one. In the wake…
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