Originally posted May 13, 2015. Professionalsoldiers.com tells readers, “ Throughout history, disarming the populace has always preceded tyrants’ accession. Hitler, Stalin and Mao all disarmed their citizens prior to installing their murderous regimes…When our founding fathers ensured that the 2nd Amendment was made a part of our Constitution, they were not just wasting ink. They […]
Kill the Second Amendment!
Originally posted July 27, 2014. That is exactly what retired Supreme Court Justice Stevens proposes. Notwithstanding that there is zero chance an amendment to kill American gun rights would pass, lunatic proposals such as the current one by Stevens, are the province of the Marxist/Progressive/left movement . Here is the elephant in the room for […]
Hillary’s Executive Order?
Kevin D. Williamson reminds us in NRO that theatrical shootings like the most recent one that took place at the Umpqua Community College in Oregon are not the problem. Nor, as he notes, are hysterical reactions the solution. As President Barack Obama rushes to make another pitch for stricter gun-control policies and Hillary Clinton proposes […]
Eric O’Keefe on Wisconsin’s Raids
Becky and I had a chance to visit with political activist Eric O’Keefe after lunch a few years ago at the Cato 200 gathering in Laguna Beach, CA. Since then, it has been a wild ride for Mr. O’Keefe. He spoke at the most recent Cato 200 and here’s what he said about being a […]
Obama’s Summer Vacation
For the second year in a row my family shared Martha’s Vineyard with the First Family. They didn’t seem to care that we were there, but I did see Marine One fly over our boat a few times. I wondered if the President was inside and if so, where he was going. I do know […]
Seattle Gun Violence Tax
The Seattle City Council has overstepped its authority in passing a “gun violence tax” on firearms and ammunition sales. The NRA is suing the city. “The ordinance serves only as a piece of propaganda, because the ordinance’s mandates are legally unenforceable,” according to the lawsuit. “The state of Washington has the exclusive right to regulate […]
Men with Guns
Cato Institute’s Dan Mitchell writes here about Bernie Sanders and about Europe being a roll model for the United States. Is greed and the lust for money what’s wrong with the United States? Bernie Sanders, Vermont’s pseudo-socialist senator, thinks that America can learn from Europe. He’s right. But he’s also wrong. That’s because he thinks […]
Actor Vince Vaughn Says Yes to Guns
Actor Vince Vaughn say’s yes to guns and is speaking up for your Second Amendment rights. Amen to that. This from America’s 1st Freedom: When actor Vince Vaughn recently took up for the right to keep and bear arms in a highly publicized British GQ interview, he made a very reasonable argument for the Second Amendment—one you […]
Eric O’Keefe Triumphs over Tyrannical Behavior
Mr. O’Keefe is the Director of the Wisconsin Club for Growth and a friend of mine via our joint support of the libertarian-focused Cato Institute. Previously I have written about the witch-hunt conducted by Wisconsin state prosecutors against Eric’s freedom of speech rights. Here the Wall Street Journal details Eric O’Keefe’s victory over the “tyrannical […]
Is Your Gun Club at Risk?
A nearly 50 year-old Vermont gun club is being harassed by newer neighbors who want to shut it down. Club leaders stood their ground in a tense standoff with police who tried to stop operations in May. Now the club is suing the town in order to protect itself from further threats. Watchdog.org has the full […]
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