Sep

28

British Boy Scouts ban pocket knives. What can you say?

September 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment

I don’t know what to say about the latest British example of hoplophobia (fear of weapons).  I have struggled with this issue for several weeks trying to think of some compassionate comment  about the unreasoning nanny state mentality that has apparently gripped our Anglo Saxon allies by the throat and various other parts of their anatomies.
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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 [...]

Jun

16

Write Customs to stop proposed knife ruling

June 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency of the Department of Homeland Security is proposing restrictions on the importation of pocket knives that seem to threaten the possesion of folding knives that can be opened with one hand through the use of a slot or a stud on the blade.  See the proposed rule change [...]