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Lies about defensive gun use

I’ve blogged for going on five years now, frequently writing on topics relating to guns and gun control. One of the controversial claims from the ‘gun huggers’ are those of defensive gun use, DGUs for short. We most recently have seen Wayne La Pierre speaking out on behalf of the NRA defending gun carriers with [...]

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April First – MN GOP proposes mandatory gun education for all K-12 (April Fool edition)

The MN GOP has proposed a single solution that addresses multiple problems. We’ve seen the proposal that we arm school employees – teachers, principals, janitors, librarians, etc. Now the MN GOP proposes we make firearm safety and firearm proficiency mandatory, similar to the way it is taught in military-style academies. By doing away with gun [...]

The Aurora Colorado Mass Shooter, and Shall Issue

crossposted from Penigma.blogspot.com It has now come to light that the college psychiatrist who had been treating the (alleged) shooter in the Aurora, Colorado theater showing the latest Batman movie had alerted law enforcement that James Holmes presented a danger to others weeks before the shooting. Under ‘may issue’ practice, law enforcement can be more [...]

Conservative Dementia: Deny Voting Rights to Legal Voters,
But NOT Guns to Mass Murdering Shooters?

cross posted from Penigma.blogspot.com  Today Jared Loughner was found sufficiently competent, although neither cured nor sane, to make a plea bargain deal in court for his life, agreeing to life in prison for the shooting of 19 people in Tucson, Arizona, including the attempted assassination of a serving U.S. Congresswoman, the injuring of 13, and [...]