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Inside the Twisted Mind of A Gun Control Advocate: William Wesling Nagel Edition

Mon, 07/28/2014 - 14:00
wikipedia.org defines an idée fixe as “a preoccupation of mind held so firmly as to resist any attempt to modify it.” That’s as good a description of the civilian disarmament mindset as you’re gonna get. For an example, check out the comment made ... Read More

OMG! An Open Carrier Walks with Walker! OMG!

Mon, 07/28/2014 - 13:00
“What was supposed to be a gentle promotional stroll along the Sheboygan lakefront Friday morning by the state’s first lady, became a bit more concerning to those attending when a local gun-rights advocate showed up with a semi-automatic rifle strapped ... Read More

Question of the Day: In Whose Direction Would You Point This Gun?

Mon, 07/28/2014 - 12:00
You don’t have to know much about history to be aware of the centuries-old enmity that exists between the U.K. and their neighbors across the channel. Which explains why even now, in the 21st century after all the wars and ... Read More

Gear Review: Strike Industries Ambush Sling Loop

Mon, 07/28/2014 - 11:00
It isn’t often that I find a new part or gizmo and say, “Huh! I guess I needed this more than I thought!” As I’ve been practicing my running, gunning, and slung up shooting in anticipation for a seven-mile biathlon ... Read More

Passively Constructed Negligent Discharge Story of the Day: Pregnant Woman Edition

Mon, 07/28/2014 - 10:00
Deputies: Pregnant Woman Killed While Admiring Gun Collection the miami.cbslocal.com headline proclaims. Of course, that not the kind of passively constructed story that we’re used to hereabouts. The header clearly suggests that there’s a killer to be named later. Yup, ... Read More

Austin MDA Moms Protest Open Carry Group…Topless

Mon, 07/28/2014 - 09:00
I’ve spent some time in Austin since RF moved down there and have come to love the place. Sure, the majority of its residents’ preening leftist moral narcissism can be exhausting, but by and large, the capital makes up for ... Read More

Quote of the Day: Public Notice Edition

Mon, 07/28/2014 - 08:00
“Every time I go to the range to practice, I put the target on my garage so (thieves) know I know how to shoot.” – Baltmore resident Richard McCormick quoted in Baltimore supermarket swaps guns for groceries [at baltimoresun.com]

BREAKING: DC Police Chief Recognizes Right to Carry, Reciprocity

Sun, 07/27/2014 - 22:01
Emily Miller is reporting via Twitter that as of this evening, D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier has instructed her force not to arrest anyone legally able to carry a firearm. Many have said that the D.C. political establishment would ignore yesterday’s ruing ... Read More

Seriously, No One Wants to Take Your Guns

Sun, 07/27/2014 - 20:00
The following was posted as a comment by Excedrine under yesterdays post, Don’t Worry, No One Wants to Take Your Guns. I laugh when they trot out that old, tired line. I really do. Right in their faces. Then, I ... Read More

DE Judge Lets Armed Robber’s Suit Move Forward

Sun, 07/27/2014 - 18:00
“That is when the assault began. All of the Season’s Pizza employees participated in punching, kicking and pouring hot soup over my body. I was unarmed and defenseless and had to suffer a brutal beating by all of the employees ... Read More

Will Emily Miller Carry in DC?

Sun, 07/27/2014 - 16:00
Emily Miller is the famous investigative reporter who wrote the series Washington Times series “Emily Gets Her Gun” detailing the torturous process of getting permit to legally own a firearm in the District of Columbia. The series led to her successful ... Read More

OMG! Billy Johnson’s Engaging in a Thought Experiment! OMG!

Sun, 07/27/2014 - 14:00
Billy Johnson’s genius is in his tendency to look at things from a different angle – one you may not have considered – and then present his point simply and clearly. In his latest piece for the NRA, ‘Everyone Gets ... Read More

Question of the Day: Do You Listen to Anything Alex Jones Says?

Sun, 07/27/2014 - 12:00
Alex Jones calls himself an “aggressive constitutionalist.” The Infowars jefe believes you have a natural, civil and Constitutional right to keep and bear arms. He also promotes a farrago of conspiracy theories, from U.S. government involvement in the Oklahoma City bombing and the September 11 ... Read More

Court Upholds FL Law Protecting Gun Owners from Doctor Abuse

Sun, 07/27/2014 - 10:00
The old media has tried to frame opposition to a Florida law protecting gun owners from snooping physicians as somehow limiting the MDs’ free speech, but it was never about that at all. The law was a reaction to doctors inappropriately asking ... Read More

Quote of the Day: Maybe Because His Patients Don’t Give a Damn About Signs Edition

Sun, 07/27/2014 - 08:00
“(T)he Pennsylvania hospital gunfight is already being recounted at least by some gun owners as a telling anecdote about life in a heavily armed nation where 60 million people suffer from some kind of mental-health problem. For one thing, police are still ... Read More

I’m Dick Heller and I Approve This Crushing Defeat Of Worthless Gun Laws

Sat, 07/26/2014 - 21:00
By Dick Heller In the aftermath of District of Columbia v. Heller, many residents in the nation’s capitol have been jousting with the the overbearing “Mother-knows-what’s-best-for-you” attitude about our Constitutional rights. Even though D.C.’s mayor city council deeply desire to be a state, ... Read More

BREAKING: Mercy Hospital Killer Triggered by “Gun-Free” Zone Signs

Sat, 07/26/2014 - 19:00
“Richard Plotts, who shot and killed his caseworker and shot his doctor at a Delaware County hospital campus Thursday, may have done so because he was offended by the hospital’s policy against guns,” philly.com reports. “There’s evidence that he took ... Read More

California UPS Driver Accused of Stealing 72 Guns

Sat, 07/26/2014 - 18:00
“’This is an unusual case,’ said Carlo A. DiCesare, a special assistant U.S. Attorney in Riverside (California) who is prosecuting the case. ‘It was a large number of firearms that were stolen, and they were stolen from a reputable shipping ... Read More

BREAKING: DC’s Ban on Right To Carry Overturned

Sat, 07/26/2014 - 16:12
Gun rights advocate extraordinaire Alan Gura reports that the DC Circuit just overturned the District of Columbia’s ban on the right to carry firearms. You can read the ruling here. As Gura quotes the ruling: In light of Heller, McDonald, ... Read More

NBC: Gun-Toting Shrinks Are a Bad Idea

Sat, 07/26/2014 - 16:00
“Psychiatrists and mental health experts interviewed by NBC News didn’t see gun-toting doctors as a new trend. In fact, they said, guns really aren’t the best protection against a violent patient with severe mental illness.” See what they did there? “Psychiatrists ... Read More

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