Category: Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms
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Of Ether, Lead, and Misattribution
Those of us who pursue the ethereal should never forget that it is blood, iron, and lead that secure the spaces of tranquillity wherein we flourish. I found the following in a gun forum: “People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.” It…
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An Unarmed Man
An unarmed man is a defensively naked man. Now I defend your right to go around (defensively) naked, but only on condition that you defend, or at least not interfere with, my right to go around 'clothed.' ………………………. Facebook comment: Paraphrasing Machiavelli: Why should a man who is wrong pay any attention at all to…
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Leftists Regularly Abuse Language: ‘Gun Buy Back’
The expression 'gun buy-back' as used by Kamala Harris and other leftists makes no sense. If I sell you something, I am free to attempt to buy it back from you, and you are free to refuse to sell it to me. But I didn't buy my guns from the government, but from reputable gun…
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Saturday Night at the Oldies: Philosophical Justification for a Drink or Two
From time to time it is perhaps appropriate that we should relax a little the bonds that tether us to the straight and narrow. A fitting apologia for a bit of indulgence and even overindulgence is found in Seneca, On Tranquillity of Mind, XVII, 8-9, tr. Basore: At times we ought to reach even the point…
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The Grave Danger to the Republic of ‘Red Flag’ Laws
Destructive Democrats now label the National Rifle Association a 'domestic terror organization.' Mind-mannered Mike of Mesa is a member and receives their publications. His mail man, though, is a flaming lefty. The mail man reports Mike to the government as a domestic terrorist on the ground that anyone who is a member of a terrorist organization…
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A Wage of Wussification
Creeping wussification is contributory to the anti-gunnery of the liberty-inimical Left.
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Gun Violence and Border Control: A Plea to Our ‘Liberal’ Brethren
Dear 'Liberal,' If you are concerned with gun violence, then you ought to be concerned with controlling the border. A porous border allows for human trafficking, drug trafficking, and — wait for it — gun smuggling. Now can you grasp that weaponry illegally brought into the country can and will end up in the wrong…
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Overheard at the Philosopher’s Shooting Range
"Treat every gun as if it is loaded in every metaphysically possible world in which it exists."
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Banning Guns and Banning Muslims
Conservatives are not opposed to gun control, but they strenuously oppose gun confiscation and proposals to ban civilian ownership of semi-automatic weapons. These include semi-auto handguns of .22 caliber, semi-auto rifles such as the AR-15, and semi-auto shotguns. Most of these same conservatives, however, support a reduction of, or moratorium on, Muslim immigration, either across…
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Canada Up in Smoke
The benefits of marijuana legalization will surely outweigh the costs. Right? Maybe not.
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Chicago under ‘Liberals’
Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Born in Chicago I was born in Chicago in nineteen and forty oneI was born in Chicago in nineteen and forty oneWell my father told meSon you had better get a gun. True then, truer now. Damn you 'liberals'! Related: Shooting Up Chicago
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Good Guys with Guns Save Lives
Stories the liberal press will not report because of their lack of fit with the leftist anti-liberty, anti-personal-responsibility agenda. Part of what is meant by 'fake news' is the non-reporting and under-reporting of newsworthy events.
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Canada: Draconian Gun Laws Don’t Prevent Mass Shootings
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How Not to Start a ‘Conversation’ About Guns
Lefties are big on 'conversations' about this and that. We've had enough 'conversations.' But if you insist on starting one about guns, Fuck the NRA is not a good opener. Tucker Carlson, whose verbal pugilism is improving with age and experience, tore Pat Davis to pieces last night. Tucker's reactions to the leftist loons he…