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Sep
23
Charges not filed against man with guns in Pelosi’s hotel
September 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment
The Denver Post reported on 09-16-08 that no charges would be filed against Joseph Calanchini, a Wyoming resident who was arrested for carrying cased firearms into the House Speaker’s hotel during the Democrat Convention. (”No charges for gun carrier during Dems’ Convention,” Denver Post, 09-16-08, Page 2B.) See my post, “Denver Weapons Arrest at Pelosi’s [...]
Sep
12
9-11, Saddam Hussein, terrorists and WMD
September 12, 2008 | 3 Comments
It seems appropriate on September 11th, another day that “will live forever in infamy,” to look back at the status quo antebellum and the history of the War in Iraq. This is especially important during this election cycle, since Barack H. Obama’s primary claim to fame was that he was against the 2003 invasion of [...]
Sep
11
Re: Obama and lipstick on pigs…
September 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Nightrider in his comment urged emphasis on weightier matters than Obama’s pig in makeup. I agree that the candidate’s bad joke, gaffe, or whatever it was should not be the defining issue of the campaign. I disagree with Obama on gun control, taxes, the War on Islamofascist Terror, eliminating secret ballots in union elections, abortion, and just about [...]
Aug
27
CU Regents reject Campus Concealed Carry, Passion Didn’t Work.
August 27, 2008 | 1 Comment
According to a story in the Boulder Daily Camera, the Colorado University Regents last week rejected a student petition to allow licensed CCW permit holders to carry guns on campuses in the university system. Regents commenting on the petition presentation cited “inflammatory rhetoric” and lack of facts and logic in refusing to consider the issue. [...]
Aug
17
Displacement as a defense mechanism in the irrational fear of guns
August 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment
In her excellent article, “Raging against Self-Defense, A Psychiatrist Examines the Anti-Gun Mentality,” Dr. Sarah Thompson does a great job of describing the roles of projection, denial and reaction formation in what Colonel Jeff Cooper labeled hoplophobia, that is, an irrational fear of weapons. Projection, denial, and reaction formation are among the defense mechanisms postulated by Sigmund [...]
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
29
A figurative quick “shot” at Liberals on gun control
July 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Warning and disclaimer. If you are going to read this post, please read it all the way to the end. Many Liberals feel very deeply about their belief systems. If you use the tactic described below to “raise their consciousness” about armed self-defense, they may not appreciate it. You may have to verbally defend yourself. Hopefully they [...]
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 [...]
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