Aaron Gardner is really doing a wonderful job highlighting Laurence Silberman’s defense of the 2nd Amendment in RedHot — and I hope he continues — but I thought something else should be added here in the diaries so that comments could flow: The 2nd Amendment to the Constitution of the United States is *your* amendment just as much as the 1st or any of the | Read More »
Deval Patrick is at it again with House Bill 4102, which he wants to get out of committee so he can impose a one-gun-a-month restriction on licensed firearm owners, in addition to other restrictions on firearm sales even between family members. If you’re in Massachusetts, please read the release from the NRA-ILA and give me a hand tomorrow calling some of the people on the | Read More »
There’s some very good news this morning from the NRA-ILA and the Department of the Interior. Many members of this blog will recall my posts from a few months back urging everyone to take part in the comment period on the proposed rule change that would extend right-to-carry laws in our National Parks. The rule change is good law, it’s consistent with Federalist principles, and | Read More »
According to the NRA-ILA, Obama’s odds-on favorite for AG is an anti-2nd Amendment As Individual Right cosignatory with Janet Reno during the D.C. vs. Heller case. In other words, a gun grabber. Media reports say President-elect Barack Obama has selected Eric Holder as his Attorney General, and that Holder may already have accepted the offer. Holder, as Deputy Attorney General under Janet Reno during the | Read More »
Just a short blog entry today to encourage people who are gun owners, prospective gun owners, or 2nd Amendment supporters — whether or not they own a gun or intend to — to go ahead and replace their Google Toolbar with the NRA toolbar (which uses Yahoo! search.) From the NRA-ILA, here’s the download page: The NRA-ILA Toolbar allows you to stay connected to NRA-ILA | Read More »
Factoid: I derive no benefit, directly or otherwise, from anyone reading this e-book or contributing to the author. I simply think it’s a good thing to do. When I was a Teenage Moonbat™ in college — after having been a state champion marksman in high school — I was one of the people who fell for his own baloney, and I told a lot of | Read More »
[Update: The bill has been assigned a number and is headed to committee. See the update from the NRA-ILA here.] When the Supreme Court handed down its decision in D.C. vs. Heller, one of the first people to speak out against the ruling was Chicago mayor Richard Daley, who stated flatly that he was going to raise taxes in response. It’s worth talking about the | Read More »
![[RS]](/t/img/logo-footer.jpg){kind=logo}