MSNBC Comments’ Section: The Truth Be Told
I spend a lot of time surfing the net on behalf of TTAG readers. I'm always careful to read the comments underneath gun-related articles. In the main, it gets real ugly real fast. Often...
Massachusetts Supreme Court Reaffirms Locked Gun Mandate
Here's another surprise (after Ted Nugent's hunting endorsement): the Massachusetts Supreme Court has ruled that the Second Amendment doesn't obviate the state's right to tell owners how to keep those guns. In other words,...
Pennsylvania Mulls Designating The First “State Gun”
Did you know that Flashdance's producers were still moving around big chunks of the movie days before they made the final prints? This article about Pennsylvania's efforts to designate a firearm the "state gun"...
Which Proves. . . What?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3tmHmGGx74
Here we have sensationalism gone awry. In other words, this CBS 21 report on kids and guns fails to be sensational. Clearly, the producers wanted something "bad" to happen in their little experiment. (I'd...
Mayor Daley’s Gun Control Proposals Unleash Quote Wars
Every year, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley holds a press conference on gun crime, wherein Hizzoner proposes some initiative or another for reducing illegal guns/gun crimes. Every single time, he trots out a victim of...
Why is The Brady Campaign Picking On Starbucks?
The Brady Campaign (TBC) is America's foremost---or at least most media-friendly---gun control advocacy group. Fair enough. The Brady Campaign has the right to express their views and lobby for legislation as they see fit....
Philippine Gun Laws A Warning to the U.S.?
Who could be against a gun control law that bans guns in public during elections? After all, if you want free and fair elections, you don't want people with guns running around intimidating anyone,...
New Senate Bill: Feds to Keep Firearm Sales Info for 180 Days
Thanks to Alltop for giving us the heads-up on a gun control alert from a USACarry forum member. "Ronwill" links to Senate bill S. 2820, which would change federal regulations re: the retention of...
Christian Science Monitor: 2nd Amendment Encourages Terrorism
The Christian Science Monitor (CSM) asks the right question about the recent McDonald Supreme Court case: "Do gun rights protect against tyranny?" And they quote the right person: Daniel Schmutter in a friend of...
Is Jewish Gun Ownership On the Rise?
I doubt it. But one of the main media memes is that all stories are part of a trend. Crime is going up! Crime is going down! More Jews are buying guns! No one...
Random Notes from a Distant Friend: What The Snub Knows
Don’t spread it around, but, in 1979 I was a Civil Rights Observer with the Nashville police. I went out for eight-hour shifts and rode in the back of the squad car. The people...