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Illegal guns and the Boston Bombers (alleged)

We’ve heard repeatedly from the gun-huggers that if we pass gun control, only the criminals will have guns. Never mind that in every comparably developed country in the eastern and western hemisphere, where there is effective gun control, there is less crime committed involving guns, far fewer suicides involving guns, and far fewer accidents involving [...]

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UNSPEAKABLE for the House Not to Vote on H.R. 1565

UNSPEAKABLE! was the word that the New Ulm Journal (not exactly a left-leaning newspaper) wrote in today’s editorial reacting to the US Senate’s vote : The slaughter of 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., was a horrible thing, but not horrible enough to shake enough votes loose in [...]

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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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Not Stopping at Being #3

Guns. Yep, it’s a subject that a lot of people take seriously … and if you are rated number 3 in gun violence, how should a state legislature respond ? Well, two Alabama legislators have a plan … State Senators Scott Beason, R-Gardendale, and Roger Bedford, D-Russellville, want to make it easier to carry concealed [...]

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Protecting Child Porn With an AR-15

This week, the Senate Judiciary Committee moved forward legislation on firearms … yet, from the onset, it seems that the issue was not about the Second Amendment but the First. Minnesotans who watched “Hearing on the Assault Weapons Ban of 2013” via CSPAN had to impressed with Al Franken’s statement (advance the clip to 1:26) [...]

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NRA Warning Shot to John Kline

We need your help to protect the #2ndAmendment. ReTweet this to let @repjohnkline know you oppose universal background checks. — NRAILA (@NRAILA) March 5, 2013 QUERY : Is the Institute for Legislative Action (ILA) –the “lobbying” arm of the National Rifle Association of America — worried that John Kline will buckle under pressure ? If [...]