Maverick Philosopher

Footnotes to Plato from the foothills of the Superstition Mountains

Category: Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms

  • The NRA’s Role in Electing Trump

    Fred Barnes argues, very plausibly, that the National Rifle Association played a "critical role" in putting Trump over the top. Of course, the foolish and mendacious Hillary was very cooperative: "I respect the Second Amendment," she [Hillary] said in the second debate. In the third, she went further. "I also believe there is an individual…

  • Colonel Jeff Cooper’s Situational Awareness Color Codes

    Here is a good article on the topic addressed to law enforcement officers, but useful for the ordinary citizen.   Under ORANGE below read 'if possible' for 'if necessary.'  Condition White is fine while in your house, assuming your house is well-secured. The minute you step out your door you should move to Condition Yellow,…

  • Do Fascists and Other Totalitarians Support the Gun Rights of Citizens?

    Not that I know of.  So Donald Trump, who supports gun rights, must be a very special sort of 'fascist.' Maybe we need to give 'fascism' a chance.  After all, we have had eight years of 'communism' under Obama and how has that worked out? Related articles Flag Burning, Muhammad Mockery, and a Double Standard

  • A Liberal’s Notion of a Safe Gun

  • Mike Valle at Big Sticks

    Mike Valle and I got together the other day at the premier cigar lounge in the East Valley, Big Sticks, to discuss Grundlagen des Marxismus-Leninismus, chapter 1, Der Philosophische Materialismus.  Mike has read the entire stomping 800+ page tome.  It is an outstanding manual of Soviet scholasticism.   Originally written in Russian and published in…

  • Guide for Liberals Suddenly Interested in Gun Ownership

    A lot of you delusional liberals out there who think that Trump is a 'fascist'  are suddenly getting interested in gun ownership.  But before you go off 'half-cocked' and shoot yourself in the foot either figuratively or literally, or end up on the wrong side of the law, I recommend that you do a little…

  • My Gun Permit

    It is called the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution.  Issue date: 15 December 1791.  Expiration date: Never. Motto: Fear the government that fears your guns. On this Thanksgiving we have much to be thankful for, including the defeat of the mendacious Hillary Clinton who, while paying lip service to the Second Amendment, had…

  • Hillary on Heller: She Lied

    So what else is new?  That the sky is blue?  The trouble with Trump is that he doesn't know enough about the issues to punch back effectively when Mrs. Clinton lets loose with one of her whoppers. He let her escape several times during their third and final debate.    Sean Davis: In her answer…

  • Russian Roulette With a Semi-Automatic Pistol

    This seems to be becoming an Internet meme.  It comes with the implication that certain death will be the result. (See graphic below.) Let's think about this, just for fun. Strictly speaking, one can play Russian Roulette only with a revolver.  But surely something analogous to Russian Roulette can be played with a semi-automatic pistol…

  • Does Trump Incite Violence?

    Yes, but only in the febrile 'mind' of an Hillarious liberal. You have to realize that when Trump is 'off script,' he talks like a rude New York working man in a bar.  He does this in part because it is his nature to be rude and vulgar, but also because he realizes that this…

  • Reading Now: Gun Control in the Third Reich

    Author: Stephen P. Holbrook Subtitle: Disarming the Jews and the "Enemies of the State" Essential reading on the eve of the disaster that is a Hillary presidency. "Gun Control in the Third Reich, Stephen Halbrook's excellent history of gun control in Germany, shows that, motives notwithstanding, removing weapons from the general population always disarms society…

  • Patrick Toner on Concealed Carry

    Our friend the philosopher Patrick Toner has a very interesting and highly unusual article entitled Catholics, Chesterton, and Concealed Carry.  If nothing else, it should infuriate liberals, which can't be a bad thing.  I leave it to you to think it through. Now some thoughts of my own. Suppose a Christian lives alone, without a…

  • Prediction

    If Hillary wins, the price of guns and ammo will soar.  So buy now. 'Lead' is a good investment. The wise hope for the best but prepare for the worst.

  • Government and Individual and Guns

    This from an Irish reader: To paint a massive brushstroke, I assume the difference between Europe and America is that in the former the government is seen as a facilitator and provider of peace and security, whereas in the US it seems the individual and the government are at loggerheads, hence the right to bear…

  • The L. G. B. T. Case for Guns

    Strange bedfellows.  And strange bed:  The New York Times.   My view as pithy as I can make.  The right to life generates the right to self-defense.  Derivable therefrom: the right to appropriate means.  Among the latter, guns. See here for elaboration. Related articles Saturday Night at the Oldies: Kings of the Blues The Danger…