Category: Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms
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Obama Under Fire after Wielding Imaginary Guns
A great new post by Rick Marole over at Bill Loney's place. Related articles Obama, the Imaginary Man Topical Insanity: Guns Gun-Wielding Citizens Stop Walmart Shoplifters
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If Zimmerman Had Been Unarmed . . .
. . . Trayvon Martin would not have been shot. On the other hand, had he been unarmed, it is highly likely that Zimmerman would be either dead or permanently injured. Trained fists can be deadly weapons. See The Danger of Fists. And make sure you watch the video clips. (Via Malcolm Pollack.) So…
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What Does ‘Stand Your Ground’ Have to Do with Martin and Zimmerman?
Nothing, as Michelle Malkin explains: So, what exactly do Stand Your Ground laws have to do with Zimmerman and Martin? Absolutely nothing, of course. Outside your own home, common principles of self-defense dictate that unless you have reasonable fear of deadly force or harm, you must flee if possible rather than use deadly force. But…
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Why the Second Amendment?
It's not about hunting. (HT: Bill Keezer)
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I Can’t Get No Ammunition
The other day I headed for the sporting goods department at a local Wal-Mart. I was looking to stock up on .38 and .45 rounds. Shelves were nearly bare and the pickin's were slim. They were out of almost everything except 20 gauge and .410 shotgun shells. A sign stated that each customer is limited to…
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An On-Target Gun Quotation
Here: So why do gun owners resist Washington and do-gooders such as Nocera? "You don't understand guns," Baum said, "and you don't know gun guys, yet you want to make rules for things you don't understand for people you don't know." Pointed, precise, pithy. As for the New York Times' Joe Nocera, the man is…
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Liberals and Straw Men
Here is a particularly egregious example of a liberal straw man argument. In a New Yorker piece, Margaret Talbot writes: As a nation, we’re a little vague on what the Second Amendment’s protections of a citizen militia mean for gun ownership today. The N.R.A. insists that they mean virtually unlimited access to firearms for every…
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Larry Correia on Guns
The liberal noise about gun control has begun to abate, and we can be thankful that all the foolish and willfully ignorant hyperventilation has come to nought, except for having driven up sales of guns and ammo. As a fitting coda to all the sound and fury, I recommend this piece by Larry Correia. It is one of…
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The Pop-Tart Terrorist
More proof, as if we needed it, of the stupidity of liberals. Should we respond respectfully and rationally to fools? Mockery and ridicule are often more effective. Many of the members of Generation Screwed voted for Obama because they perceived him as 'cool.' Rational persuasion is not likely to work on such people. Their perceptions…
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The Criminology of Firearms
An important article. Many liberals feel that civilian gun ownership is unnecessary because adequate protection against the criminal element is afforded by the police. I advise them to think through the following considerations: Misinformed people oppose self-defense objections to gun ban laws, urging victims to instead rely on police. This misunderstands what policing is and…
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Making Sure That It Never Happens Again
From The Hill: President Obama on Sunday said he would make gun control a priority in his new term, pledging to put his “full weight” behind passing new restrictions on firearms in 2013. “I'm going to be putting forward a package and I'm going to be putting my full weight behind it,” Obama said in…
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Dog Shoots Man
What the hell's going on in Florida? The other day an oven shot a woman, and now a dog has shot a man, with an 'unloaded' gun no less. Tragedies like these show the need for Dog Control. Members of the Dog Lobby such as Duane LaRufus of the National Hound Association will scream in protest,…
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Argumentative Ammo
Firearms, Violence, and the Second Amendment: Some Articles. Linkage does not entail wholehearted endorsement. But these pieces are on the right track. If you care about your country and your own future, then you ought to inform yourself. Related articles More Reasons Not to be a Libertarian: Abortion and Guns
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Gun Control: Controlling the Government’s Guns
A reader referred me to this excellent article by George Reisman. Required reading, especially for anyone who is serious about having a real conversation about gun control, as opposed to a liberal-left 'conversation.' This article is so good I am tempted to quote from it. But it's all good, so read it all.