Reader Bennet Richt writes: Lifelong Florida resident here with some advice to those evacuating as Hurricane Irma approaches. As background, I’m an NRA instructor and was teaching a basic pistol class a few years ago when someone asked me a question I didn’t have an answer to. That question was how do gun laws work … Read more
The First Amendment is just as sacred as the Second, no matter how inane the speech . . . Florida taxpayers owe $1.1 million for ‘docs vs. glocks’ legal fight Florida will pay $1.1 million in legal fees to attorneys who challenged a controversial state law that sought to prevent doctors from asking patients about … Read more
Chicago is not safe. Violent crime in the Windy City is up sharply, as is all crime across the board in America’s second largest city. HeyJackass.com does an admirable job of tracking the carnage. Here’s the body count for August – so far! Would you tolerate that level of violence in your city? It doesn’t just happen in the … Read more
“But nobody needs an AK-47 to defend themselves!” We’ve all heard it, right? It’s been a rallying cry for the CDC (civilian disarmament cabal) for decades. But now it’s time to give this disingenuous bit of anti-gun agitprop a dirt nap. A Florida man owes his life to his AK after a brutal home-invasion robbery. According to NBC News Miami, three armed men entered the man’s Davie apartment on Thursday night and severely pistol-whipped him in an apparent robbery . . .
Another day, another mother who goes postal and kills her own kids. Tragic? You bet. Newsworthy? Thankfully. Still. But People magazine? I thought they limited their coverage to celebrity deaths/peccadillos/tragedies. Nope. Apparently, the magazine for those who find USA Today a challenging read has posted this story about a military wife who went off the deep end and shot her kids for mouthing off. (Looking back on my own upbringing – and not to make light of this tragedy in any way – I’m awfully glad my dad limited family disciplinary action to corporal, and not capital punishment.)
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