Jerry Fallwell, president of Liberty University told students to arm themselves and teach a lesson to anyone who might attack the school. The Huffington Post reports: The president of Liberty University urged students at the Christian school to carry concealed weapons on campus to counter any possible armed attack like the mass killings in San […]
Jerry Fallwell Jr. Leads the Way
Texas Set to Join Open Carry States
On January 1, Texas will join 30 other states in allowing the open carrying of firearms without a permit. FoxNews.com reports: Come Jan. 1, licensed firearms owners in Texas will be able to openly carry a handgun in most places. A law signed by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott earlier this year will make Texas the most […]
Law Abiding Firearms Owners Enhance Safety
In the conclusion to his powerful analysis, The Costs and Consequences of Gun Control, David Kopel of the Cato Institute writes: Firearms in the hands of law-abiding citizens enhance public safety. Firearms in the wrong hands endanger everyone. Responsible firearms policies focus on thwarting dangerous people and do not attempt to infringe the constitutional rights […]
A Stampede to Gun Stores
Pat Buchanan chronicles the mood of our nation as well as that in France. I have been observing the momentum for Front National’s Marine Le Pen for a number of years and was surprised only by the margin of victory won recently by the hardline Front National. FN’s well-publicized target is radical Islam. Here in […]
Clinton Against Second Amendment
The next president will almost certainly have a chance to nominate one or more U.S. Supreme Court justices. Were Hillary Clinton president, she would attempt to get through another Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Breyer, Kagan liberal who would put your Second Amendment rights at risk. Americans could face a scenario where the government would call for citizens […]
Gun Rules of the Road: Video
If you’re planning on hitting the road with your guns, especially in the northeast, then I recommend you watch this video. Dick Young and I were talking about it at lunch yesterday (by the way check out the excellent Red Dory restaraunt in Tiverton, RI). He and Debbie will be driving from Newport, RI to […]
Ben Carson and Guns
Gun Control Costs Lives
Thomas Sowell writes in NRO that a disarmed population makes crime a safer occupation for criminals. Why anyone would think that criminals who disobey other laws, including laws against murder, would obey gun-control laws is a mystery. Do you think that someone who is prepared to use a 30-shot magazine for criminal purposes is going […]
Support Sheriff Mack
In mid-January Sheriff Richard Mack suffered a heart attack. This follows shortly after his wife was hospitalized in 2014 with major medical issues. In 2010 I wrote a five part profile of Sheriff Mack (collected here in one post), focusing on his stand against the federal government in Mack/Printz vs. U.S. Sheriff Mack put a […]