Tony Oliva

Wasn’t expecting this…

While looking at the stats for this blog I noticed that I have had a couple of visitors from overseas. Not sure if they are Americans abroad or foreigners curious about Americas Second Amendment but either way I thank you for visiting. If you are a member of the US Armed Forces I, as well as everyone at GOA, thanks you for your service and we are honored by the sacrifices you have made. If you happen to be an Olympic Athlete representing America in the London Games may I wish you all the best of luck. We are all proud regardless of medals won or honors bestowed so long as you handle yourself with dignity and class. But if you happen to have some precious metal around your neck that’s good too! To any foreigners who may be curious let me say this. The right to keep and...

The Legislation is Unconstitutional? Take us to court

Thus is the sentiment of State Senator Leland Yee of San Francisco. The California lawmaker has proposed legislation looking for a problem. In case you haven’t heard of SB 249, if passed it will ban AR style rifles that currently need a tool of some sort in order to detach the magazine. Colloquially known as the bullet button, with SB 249′s passage will make all kits that detach the magazine illegal as well as the weapons. Not only will it be illegal to even have these kits in your possession but you will be required to turn them in without any compensation. Some of these rifles can be priced in excess of $4000. With the passage of SB 249, California will not only be further infringing on the Second Amendment but will be in clear violation of the Fifth Amendment which states that the government cannot seize property without giving...

Equality in all things but rights

An interesting title no? I was just pondering an idea about the idea of equality. Often, the opponents of the Second Amendment liken keeping and bearing arms to that of driving a car. They erroneously try to compare a God given right to that of a state sanctioned privilege. They say things like, you have to pass a test to get your license to drive and you have to register your car and there are speed limits you must adhere to so it limits the kind of car you can have. Therefore you should have all those restrictions on the Second Amendment as well. Well, thats just bull. That is as much apples to oranges as one can hear. Let’s go with an apples to apples comparison and just imagine how the majority of gun control zealots would react. Lets treat the First Amendment, specifically the right to free...

The road to hell is paved with good intentions

While talking to a Californian friend of mine we began talking about Californian regulations and laws. Regulations that hurt small businesses, laws that infringe upon personal freedoms, rules that drive people to emigrate to freer states and commonwealths. I used to believe that gun control advocates were just misguided souls who falsely believe that trading essential liberty for temporary security is a worthy endeavor. That their intentions were pure, that they wanted less gun violence in the world. I used to entertain the idea that knee jerk reactions in calling for gun control to tragedies was just a process in which otherwise good people dealt with trying to assimilate something so terrible. While I think that some people who naively support gun control measures are actually following that ideology, I have come to believe that the majority of the gun control advocates and activists are really just freedom hating...

But what can you really do?

I was speaking to a friend of mine the other day in Pittsburgh and while he is a homeowner with a home defense gun he doesn’t believe in the the bearing of firearms actually making a difference. His reasoning behind this? He never sees it in the news of someone who stopped a tragedy because he was armed. My friend is an intelligent man, an engineer, a man of science but his statement just dumbfounded me. I had to explain to him that 2 things stop real world self defense stories from being told by the national media and neither of them have anything to do with the examples not existing. First, media tends to not like guns. You can see this on how often the inanimate objects are vilified and demonized…as if a Glock .40 just decided to one day hope up and go on a crime spree....

Gun Control is like a force field…but life isn’t a movie

If you have ever watched Science Fiction movies; Star Trek, Dune, Independence Day etc. you are familiar with the concept of force fields. They are the often invisible barriers that keep out dangerous things, be they attacks from weapons, smaller ships looking to infiltrate an area or just random space debris so the hull of your space ship doesn’t get ripped open. I like to compare gun control to these force fields, along the same lines that I compare them to a child hiding under their blanket so the boogeyman won’t do them harm. Force Fields are not real, they are an illusion of make believe and to put trust in a fictional construct to keep us safe from real danger is like that child hiding under their blanket when an actual predator is in the room. I often times hear that gun control measures are to keep people...

New Year, old fight

Looking back on 2012, I lament the fact that the predictions that I made have come to pass. The most dangerous is no doubt that Barack Obama is an out of the closet, rabid gun control zealot. To all those Obama gun owners who had the gall to tell me that Obama was a supporter of the Second Amendment because he signed a bill that was necessary for his agenda that just happened to have a last minute National Parks Carry amendment attached; I TOLD YOU SO. And even before my blog, Gun Owners of America has been telling you for the past four years. Not fearing re-election, Obama’s true intent on the utter destruction of the peoples right to bear arms has been revealed. Fortunately for him and his other gun control ghouls, he even has some political cover because some madman in Connecticut stole some weapons and went...

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