Random Thoughts On Christmas Eve
Before we begin know this: I haven't been drinking. I'm sitting in TTAG's secret above ground bunker on Christmas Eve, sober as a judge, puffing on a Rocky Patel, wondering how many TTAG readers...
New York Times Justifies Its War on Guns
In The Gun Epidemic: The Making of a Page 1 Editorial, New York Times editor Andrew Rosenthal has written a self-congratulatory post explaining the paper's decision to publish an anti-gun rights editorial on their front...
It’s Only A Matter of Time Before Gun Control Advocates Strike Again. Again. Only...
https://youtu.be/zMUut3gB67s
The two terrorists who killed 14 people and wounded 17 others (some grievously) in San Bernadino were not on the TSA's "No Fly List." In fact, the killers weren't on the feds' radar at...
Which Way Do You See Gun Control?
Reader Chip in Florida writes:
This is one of my favorite visual illusions. Are you looking at the tip of a cone or down into a well? You are getting sleepy...very sleepy…but I’ll come back to the...
Rich Food for Poor People: Making Venison-Rabbit Boudin
Nearly a month into hunting season and I've been out twice. The results have been a mixed bag. One wounded Axis, never to be recovered, a downed whitetail buck, and one rabbit. None of...
In Response to Sara’s “Anti-Prepping” Post
Yesterday Sara posted "Why I Don't Have a Bug-Out Bag" and injected a dose of reality into the prepping-for-the-apocalypse mindset. I'm no prepper either, but the last two weeks have taught me that it...
The Second Amendment Has Never Been More Important Than Now
Reader Denny Y. writes:
Prior to the recent attacks in Paris, most of the public discussion surrounding guns has had to do with lone, deranged shooters. The post-event analyses have focused on how the killers...
Donald Trump and a Brief History of Gun Control
brietbart.com reports that Donald Trump has called for Americans to bear arms to increase security in the United States. His statement reads as follows . . .
Carrying a weapon is not always feasible or appropriate....
Random Thoughts About the Paris Terrorist Attacks
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"Prominent non-Muslim political figures have embarrassed themselves by denying the self-evident connection of Islam to the Islamic State (ISIS) and to Islamist violence in Paris and Copenhagen," danielpipes.org opines, "even claiming these are contrary...
eForms: All the Proof I Ever Needed
At a recent work event, a colleague mentioned that they thought that we should enact some "common sense" gun laws. The usual suspects tumbled forth. Background checks on all purchases. Waiting periods. Registration. Unless...
Gun Control Advocates Deny Armed Self-Defense, Go To War With the NRA
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“I can’t believe that if that classroom in Oregon had had concealed weapons holders in there that it would have necessarily saved anyone.” That's UT music professor Martha Hilley speaking at a forum of Texas...
An Anti-Gun Media Report Every Two Minutes! So What?
https://youtu.be/3il3WYJ-FUw
Now that we're into the weekend, the coverage of the Umpqua Community College shooting enters the fourth or what I call the "mop-up" phase. Phase 1: reporting. Phase 2: outraging. Phase 3: "debating." Phase 4:...