Quote of the Day: States’ Rights? Edition
"The standards for who can carry in one state versus another vary greatly — as they should given that carrying in Utah is a very different thing than carrying in a densely populated city."...
Quote of the Day: Wait, What? Edition
"We have armed security because other people on your side of the debate threaten our lives. I wish it weren't the case, but it is." - tweet from Erika Soto Lamb, comms director for Everytown for...
Quote of the Day: Oklahoma Volunteer Militia Ready to Use Lethal Force
"We are prepared…We certainly hope it doesn’t go that route but, with the track record of the federal government, it doesn’t look very promising that that’s going to happen.” - Scott Shaw, co-founder of the...
Quote of the Day: Open Carry is Revolting Edition
"This is their response to the massacre of first-graders. Think how disgusting that is.” - Kelly Burke, President of the Texas chapter of Moms Demand Action quoted in Gun Rights Activists' Latest Strategy: Armed Demonstrations
Quote of the Day: Yes, a Politician Actually Said This
“People who follow the rules can protect themselves and their families from people who don’t follow the rules. The Second Amendment should never be an afterthought. It should reside at the forefronts of our minds.”...
Quote of the Day: What Passes for Eloquence in Chicago Edition
“Us together are bigger than anybody else driving around in a car waving a gun. They aren’t big.” - Mayor Rahm Emanuel quoted in Mayor Emanuel urges people to stand together against violence
Quote of the Day: Tooling Up Edition
"I do feel some pressure in carrying a gun...It's obviously of great help for our daily work. And we will strictly follow the rules and laws when using it." - Officer Wang Haiyi quoted in...
Quote of the Day: Knowing Right From Wrong Edition
"Americans are not required to justify their need to exercise a fundamental right. If the government can force you to provide a reason to exercise your right, then it's no longer a right." -...
Quote of the Day: More to Lose Means Playing to Win Edition
"Anti-gunners will never be as committed as NRA members because they really have nothing at stake. With homicides running under 10,000 per year out of a population of more than 300 million people, it...
Quote of the Day: This Is Not the American Exceptionalism You’re Looking For Edition
"New Jersey’s justifiable need standard is a longstanding, presumptively lawful regulation that operates as an exception to the Second Amendment." - John J. Hoffman, acting attorney general of New Jersey, quoted in Supreme Court weighs...
Quote of the Day: Shannon Watts is an Emotional Wreck Edition
"The gun lobby has done a good job over the last 30 years of making a vocal minority afraid people will take their guns away. As a mother, I'm afraid someone is going to take...
Quote of the Day: Prof. Glenn Reynolds on the Limits of State Power
"I wonder if the primacy of individual self-defense under Heller and McDonald might not have implications for other areas of the law. At the core of Heller and McDonald is a constitutionalization of the right...