Editorial: Thoughts on Governments and Gun Permits
Our fundamental rights come from God. We the People grant our government certain rights to enable it to keep our country functioning. Rights do NOT come from the government, who then grants the ones...
Mexican President Calderon: U.S. Should Crackdown on Drugs, Guns
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jS1eOaLi0_o
So what're we doing now, making chopped liver? Seriously. How can Mexican President Felipe Calderon call for "more cooperation" between the Yankees and their neighbors to the south to combat the drug trade and...
Brady Campaign’s Paul Helmke: Gun Ban for FBI’s Terrorist Watch List “Pretty Reasonable”
Define "pretty reasonable." Fairly reasonable? Partially reasonable? It's no small point. "The bills in Congress dealing with this issue are all pretty reasonable," Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence President Paul Helmke opines....
UK Police Arrest Flame-Throwing Scooter Man on Firearms Charges
Lincolnshire police have arrested 31-year-old plumber Colin Furze on firearms charges re: his flame-throwing scooter. Not that Furze didn't see this one coming. “It’s a hell of a lot of fun and when I...
Mayors Against Illegal Guns Plots Federal Gun Control
The Mayors Against Illegal Guns have released their report A Blueprint for Federal Action on Illegal Guns. The chapter headings sound sensible enough: Improving Gun Background Checks, Policing Problematic Gun Shows (as opposed to...
Arizona to Join Vermont, Alaska on Concealed Carry
There is, of course, confusion about all the recent changes to state gun laws. For one thing, all states have 'em, and they vary from state to state. There are states where the chances...
Starbucks CEO: “Only Unloaded Guns at Starbucks”
So, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz screwed the pooch at the shareholder's meeting re: the whole gun control thing. Maybe. After a sensible statement about the logistical issues surrounding the idea of asking employees to...
WHY CAN’T THEY JUST LEAVE STARBUCKS ALONE?
The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence doesn't like guns. They don't want private citizens to own guns unless they really, really have to. (And probably not even then.) Some of those gun-toting private...
Violence Policy Center: “Concealed Carry Killers” March Update
"Because most state systems that allow the carrying of concealed handguns in public by private citizens release little data about crimes committed by permit holders, the VPC reviews and tallies concealed handgun permit...
Atlanta Journal Constitution Poll: No Guns In High Schools, Churches, Airports
First, the Atlanta Journal Constitution's methodology: "Those who participated in the poll [450 registered voters} were randomly selected from all regions of Georgia. The findings are representative of Georgia voters...
UK Facebooker Gets Five Years for Illegal Handgun
Brits don't have a written constitution. And they sure as hell don't have the right to bear arms. To wit: Sky News reports that a UK court has sentenced Majid Khan, 27, from Handsworth,...