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Louisiana looks to get strict

And while the state isn’t going to metaphorically take a ruler and start busting knuckles they are going to try and strengthen the 2nd Amendment. This November, the voters of the Big Easy will go to the polls, not only to elect their representatives, but also to change their constitution with regards to the Second Amendment. As it stands now, an activist judge in Louisiana can all but strip the residents of their rights if that judge views that keeping and bearing arms is unreasonable. Due to a ruling in 1977, any measure of gun control would be held constitutional so long as it was “reasonable”. The opening for a liberal attack on the Second Amendment on those grounds is absurd. One could point out that since you cannot carry a firearm in Illinois that it is REASONABLE to make the same prohibition in Louisiana Since Mayor Bloomberg has all but outlawed firearms...

Human nature demands the right to keep and bear arms

Have you ever heard those anti gun people say: “Why would I need a gun, it’s safe where i live?” Well, let’s put aside the 2nd’s inherent stance against tyranny for a moment and focus on the “safety” these people enjoy. The next time you hear something along the “it’s safe where I live” jive, ask them if they lock their doors at night. Ask them also if they leave the keys to their car in the ignition when they are out and about. I mean, if its such a safe area that they live in and people are so good, why wouldn’t they be able to leave the key in the ignition all the time. Why do they feel the need to lock the door when they leave the house? The why is simple, even if they want to bury their heads in the sand and ignore it;...

The absurdity of Gun Buyback programs

An idea that the gun control crowd likes to promote from time to time are so called “Gun Buy Backs“. Basically, they take tax dollars to “buy back” guns from people, no questions asked. (Though I have heard that some places, like Long Beach NY using seized cash in order to fund the program.) Theoretically you could be a criminal, use a gun for a series of murders and then turn it into the police for a reward. I’ve seen these rewards range from a $50 gift certificate to $200 cash. Now, the gun control zealots say that this is a great way to get illegal guns off the street. I say that only 2 kinds of people actually go to these buy back programs. Those with useless broken rusted out pieces of gun that at one time fired bullets but is barely worth the price of its scrap...

Open Carry in the News: Utah, Kansas & Oklahoma

As many of you know from reading some of my earlier posts that I am an open carrier and believe that it is one of the best ways to passively dispel the scare tactics and hysteria that the gun control zealots like to stir up in the imaginations of those who are neutral to the Second Amendment. In that, if a person who doesn’t know any better and never sees their neighbor, or some law abiding citizen out and about with a gun on their hip then they may fall for the racist and fear mongering tactics that only criminals and bad people have guns. By open carrying in your daily lives you normalize not only the practice, but firearms in general so that when the gun control zealots want to start talking about how only criminals and maniacs have guns, that little old lady you held the door...

Regular folks at Police qualifications plus the murder of a double amputee armed with a pen by a Houston LEO

In a piece done by a fellow gun rights blogger Joe Huffman, he and some everyday average law abiding citizens recreated the LAPD firearm qualification course. The argument from the gun control zealots is that since regular folk aren’t trained and qualified like the Police are they shouldn’t be allowed to carry guns in public. Suffice it to say, the results weren’t very surprising. Gun owners in general tend to have more practice with their firearms than police officers are required to with theirs so the 90% pass rate for the regular folk isn’t that surprising. The fact that one guy did it with his left arm in a cast and that Joe increased the difficulty of the test overall and still had over 90% pass might be a little surprising. Here’s the video of the qualifiers in action with some commentary on what they are doing and how it is...

Weekend Hodgepodge

Am I the only one who finds NFL football on a Thursday other than Thanksgiving wrong? I understand the NFL trying to bleed every last cent from it’s viewing public but come on. Not to mention that a team sometimes has to play 2 games in 5 days. For anyone who has played the sport you can understand how grueling that might be. This year games will be played on 5 out of 7 days. With only Tues and Fri left open. I don’t know…just seems wrong....

Yes Virginia, there is a Second Amendment

On this day, Sept. 21st 1897 The New York Sun wrote a timeless editorial in reply to an 8 year old girl ,named Virginia, who asked if there was a Santa Claus. As someone who still believes in the answer that the Sun wrote over 110 years ago (yes, there is a Santa Claus), with respect I submit that yes Virginia, there is a Second Amendment despite what your gun control zealot friends may think. Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe in defending themselves except what protection they can get from the government. They think that nothing should be allowed that is not comprehensible in their little minds. In this great country of ours a true American is a lion at heart, as industrious as an ant, with the knowledge and intellect to see what the...

Intoxication and guns shouldn’t mix…nor should intoxication and driving

So then why are their parking lots at bars? There are states around the country that have prohibitions on having a drink while carrying firearm. Yet, while they are more than happy to infringe on the Constitutional Right of bearing arms, somehow, regulating the privilege of driving is somehow more protected. If things were equal (though in truth they shouldn’t be because rights should have more protections than privileges) then you would either have to leave your car at home and walk to the bar or you would have to be a designated driver and not drink at all, by LAW. But since most gun control zealots hate equality and rationality (i.e. everyone is free to think what they will, as long as you agree with them) the idea of prohibiting drivers from being served alcohol seems completely ridiculous yet banning a gun owner from the same is completely logical. Statistically, 31%...

The Story of Gonzales and How It Relates to Today

In case you have ever seen a black and white flag with a cannon, lone star and the words “come and take it” and wondered where it came from, I’m going to tell you the story. Because it is a story that still relates today and to the fight against governmental control…or as the zealots like to refer to it, gun control. Gonzales was a Mexican town east of San Antonio that was inhabited by settlers mainly from the US. In 1831, Mexican authorities gave the settlers a small cannon to help defend themselves against Comanche raids. Over the next four years, political unrest in Mexico reached a high point with several states revolting. Col. Ugartechea, commander of all troops in Texas, felt it unwise to leave the weapon in the hands of the settlers and demanded it back. Let me emphasis something, the government was fine with the...

The Humane Society is anything but

The Humane Society does not care about domestic pets. Less than 1% of all money they generate goes to actually shelters where funding is desperately needed. Despite what the ads on TV would have you believe, the Humane Society does not care about your pet, pounds, shelters or anything of the like. Their president, Wayne Pacelle, goes so far as to say the following: When asked if he envisioned a future without pets, “If I had my personal view, perhaps that might take hold. In fact, I don’t want to see another dog or cat born.” “One generation and out. We have no problem with the extinction of domestic animals.” That’s right…these people are so out there on the fringe that they don’t even believe that pets should have the right to exist. No wonder they don’t want to see money spent on shelters, the Human Society’s endgame is the eradication of...

Weekend Hodgepodge

As September rolls on and harvests take place I am faced with a philosophical query that has been a recurrence for years now…Pumpkin or Apple. I’m talking about pies of course. No one says that a pumpkin a day keeps anything away. Nor do I think about plucking a pumpkin off the vine and take a big juicy bit out of it. In all common categories of eating it raw I will say that apple has pumpkin beat, hands down. But when it comes to pie is the choice so obvious? Why is it Mom, baseball and apple pie? Apples are not indigenous to this country (though one could say an immigrant fruit does make sense). I would make a case that Pumpkin pie might be MORE American than apple. What kind of pie do you serve at Thanksgiving? There’s no such thing as a Dutch Pumpkin pie. The pumpkin is so industrious, filled with the...

Blood in the streets

To continue on a theme that I started yesterday and in light of recent Islamo-fascist uprisings, I wanted to delve into actual blood in the streets. Basically, we haven’t won the war on terror. I don’t think it is a battle that can be “won”, it can only be fought. While our brave servicemen and women have been fighting it overseas that does not mean that it will not be brought back to our shores in the future. No amount of constitution shredding Patriot acts or liberty killing executive orders will eliminate that possibility. So the question remains, if we find ourselves with Islamo-fascist terrorists here in the heartland are you prepared to defend yourself. While the police are required to protect society on a whole from falling into chaos, there is a limit on what they can do when a full-on terrorist insurrection is occurring within the states. ...

Cops will not protect you…they aren’t psychic nor are they legally required to

The police have no legal responsibility to save you. No, seriously. You may have heard this before and have not known its origin. Maybe you just think since cops aren’t psychic they won’t be there in time to stop a crime. Well, they’re not, and they usually aren’t there to protect you when things go bump in the night Many of us have heard the old saying, “When seconds count the cops are only minutes away” Or that cops investigate crimes that happened not stop crimes that are happening. That is very true. And a rational person can understand that. Of course, Gun Control zealots aren’t rational so they believe that only cops and criminals should have guns. Criminals, so they can kill you and then armed cops can more safely capture the criminals. Little solace to your family that the bad guy was captured. Because he wasn’t “stopped”. The only person who...

What we lost on September 11th 2001

On top of the tragic loss of human life, I look back over these past 11 years and I see something just as tragic that has been lost. Liberty. Sure we have the pretense of freedom but through 2 administrations liberty has been chiseled away ever so slowly so that we are like the frog in the pot. If it heats slowly enough the frog won’t jump and before he realizes it he is cooked and dead. That is what is happening to American society. It started with righteous fury at terrorists and a knee jerk reaction to do something. And I’m not talking about retaliatory strikes and invasion of other countries, I’m talking about the pacifying tactics that the sheep demanded in order to feel safe. This reliance on the government to beat back the boogeyman was in its nascent stage for many years prior to 9/11, but found...

Weekend Hodgepodge

With the first full Sunday of American football here in the states I just wanted to reflect on how great the fall season is in America. We have playoff baseball. Because lets face it…160 some odd games is a lot to stay excited about. But once the fall comes around the races matter, wild card births are being fought over and come October every single pitch and at bat matters. Hunting season really kicks in. Depending on where you are there there are numerous things to hunt and different times of the year but being raised in the North East I always associate the fall with deer and bear hunting. Of course, depending on the state Bear season can start as early as September (NH) or not until November (PA). Apple Pie. Yes, we all serve apple pie for on picnics and July 4th and so on, but the real...

Technology has rendered gun control pointless

In case you aren’t familiar with what “printing” is (and I don’t mean seeing your concealed weapons outline), it is the use of a 3D printer in order to make an object from plastic. Many objects can be made from it and among them are firearms. Yep. You can buy a 3D printer and from a block of plastic design and print out your own pistol, or AR receiver, made from about $30 worth of plastic resin. You can see the first confirmed example of a functioning 3D printed gun here. With fine tuning and home science the 3D printing technology will soon be able to make the main parts of any gun out of plastic requiring only a few parts needed to be made of metal. I pose the question to the gun control zealots out there. How exactly do you plan on stopping this? The moment criminals can...

DNC Checklist: First deny God. Second deny the rights He bestowed to us. Third, Government

In case it comes as a surprise to those who don’t believe that President Obama is just biding his time to enact sweeping gun control measures, an official plank on the DNC Platform calls for the re-enactment of the assault weapons ban. Diane Feinstein, with her government funded protection detail has no qualms with denying you the right to protect yourself and your home. At a delegates breakfast yesterday she stated that she would reintroduce an updated assault weapons ban declaring: “Weapons of war do not belong on our streets, in our classrooms or in our movie theatres”. Never a group to let a good tragedy go to waste, the gun control zealots always like to stir the most recent emotional nerve in order to get some quick press and make a cause célèbre out of such instances. Never mind the fact that the theatre was a gun free zone and...

The Brady Campaigns War on Women

To find the real war on women, one need look no further than the Brady Campaign which insists on stripping law abiding women of their right to defend themselves against rapists. Brady Campaign-approved guidelines about preventing rape say women should vomit, urinate, defecate or announce you are on your period. The Campaign seems to be following a study done by Yale which concluded the same. That is the extent that they believe women should be allowed to defend themselves. While I will not argue the research that Yale has done, how dare these gun control zealots limit their suggestions to women that they should debase themselves in the hopes that the rabid animal trying to violate them will be turned off. There is only one way to deal with rabid animals and that is to put them down. I’m not a woman, but I cannot think of an attack more brutal,...

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