Nov

18

Believe me! “They” know who you are.

November 18, 2008 | 1 Comment

Sometimes, at gun shows, I meet people who don’t want to join a pro-individual rights organization, because they don’t want to be “on a list.”  They don’t want “Those People” to know who they are.  The non-participants in the debate won’t write letters or make phone calls, because “They” will identify the low profile folks as individuals who [...]

Aug

7

Brady Campaign accuses guns of murder! No trials yet. Some killers apparently held without bail at police stations.

August 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment

While trolling for tidbits of information from the other side of the gun debate, I came across an interesting poster on the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence Website.  The poster claims that in 2004, “Guns murdered” 11,344 people in the United States.  I suppose what they mean is that guns were used by American [...]

Jul

13

Dick Morris, “Heller and “schizophrenic” attitude about guns (Part 2)

July 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment

In Part 1, we discussed what I believe to be the fact that the recent Heller Supreme Court case merely affirmed 200 years of “Standard Model” legal precedents that the Second Amendment clearly recognizes an individual right to keep and bear arms.  In Part 2, we will deal with Mr.  Morris’s belief that “strict gun controls” save [...]

Jul

6

Gun suicide article typical “advocacy journalism”

July 6, 2008 | 1 Comment

The headline reads,” Gun owners more often kill themselves than others.  In the high court’s ruling on gun ownership, the dissenting opinion cited suicides as a reason to uphold the firearms ban.”  (Stobbe, Mike, The Associated Press, The Denver Post, Denver Newspaper Agency, Denver, CO, 07-01-08, Page 9A.)  I believe this article is a typical [...]

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