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Oct
24
2nd Amendment Poetry-The Demon Gun
October 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment
A number of years ago, a religious leader in Denver, Colorado coined the phrase “Demon Guns.” I wrote a poem at the time about the irony of blaming an inanimate object for the violence perpetrated by a few human beings. At this time, as the jails and prisons spew forth their inmates in [...]
Sep
21
Is S. 2099 a deliberate red herring?
September 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment
S. 2099 is harder to kill than a vampire with a metal breastplate and a tanker truck full of spf 10,000 sunblock. The NRA and GOA have put out information that this thing is a relic of the 2000 Federal Legislative Session, yet it still lives on the Internet! (See my post dated 06-07-09, “All together [...]
Sep
4
Oh! The angst over CCW in National Parks!
September 4, 2009 | 1 Comment
There is no dearth of political commentary in newspaper comics these days. Prickly City has taken on the dreaded “Birthers.” Doonesbury is comparing Afghanistan to Vietnam. This comparison, by the way, may be apt, in that I believe the Left wants the enemies of America to win in Afghanistan, as they did in the earlier [...]
Sep
1
Those zany Brits! What’s next? No scissors?
September 1, 2009 | 3 Comments
You gotta love the British Government! They banned handguns. They are collecting sharp-pointed kitchen knives. They made a gardner take down a barbed wire fence, because he might have scratched the theives that were stealing his vegetables. A Britsh judge declared that burglars are a class of citizens who deserve protection from irate homeowners. A class of [...]
Aug
5
Chicago handgun ban fails to stop shootings
August 5, 2009 | 1 Comment
On July 29th, CBS News, Chicago reported fifteen shootings in a city that has draconian gun and knife laws, including an “assault weapons” ban (actually a semi-automatic firearms ban) and a handgun ban. What can you say about those facts that wouldn’t be snarky? (See my post, “Poor Chicago-So corrupt-So like Mexico in its gun [...]
Apr
20
Columbine brings out factually-challenged reporting and one-sided op-eds
April 20, 2009 | 3 Comments
It’s the tenth anniversary of the Columbine Massacre, so we should expect the Mainstream Media to do what they always do in terms of ramping up bias against guns and the people who own them. In my opinion, the Friday Edition of The Denver Post outdid itself, with one “news” story and two opinion pieces bashing [...]
Mar
18
Obama’s back door attack on the Second Amendment
March 18, 2009 | 1 Comment
Given President Obama’s record on guns and his appointment of anti-gun rights zealots to key positions, it should come as no surprise that his administration is moving by fiat and legislation to restrict the rights of American gun owners. Let’s start with picks and appointments.
Vice President-Biden-Proudly admitted that he helped create the first semi-automatic firearms ban.
Secretary [...]
Mar
3
Correction to “Violence in Mexico…”
March 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment
I misquoted Steve Schreiner of the Firearms Coaltion of CO about the display of Soviet Bloc weapons in the 60 Minutes segment on Mexican gang violence on Sunday night. His information on weapons from the former USSR and its allies came from previous television stories. Only U.S.-made military and civilian firearms were displayed in the 60 Minute piece. The [...]
Mar
2
Violence in Mexico a stalking horse for US gun “control”
March 2, 2009 | 1 Comment
You have seen the stories about MS 13, the violent international gang, that is expanding its operations in U.S. cities. You probably heard about the warnings against spending Spring Break in Mexico that went out to Arizona college students. Last week, Obama Attorney General Eric Holder tied administration support for a new “Assault Weapons” Ban to [...]
Feb
27
“New” “Assault Weapons” Ban no surprise
February 27, 2009 | 1 Comment
Obama Administration Attorney General Eric Holder’s announcement on Wednesday of a renewal of the “Assault Weapons” Ban should come as no surprise to anyone remotely aware of the struggle to maintain the Second Amendment rights of American Citizens. The Democrat Platform had an anti-individual rights plank and Obama, himself, supported the draconian Washington, D.C. gun ban, even [...]