By most accounts, it’s looking like a case of Sudden Jihad Syndrome. Seems the shooter was upset about being deployed overseas, which makes you wonder about his career choice since that line of work stands a better than average shot at being deployed overseas. Witnesses report he shouted allahu akbar while shooting. And there’s that […]

Joe offers some self-defense advice: In some of my training via Insights the instructor referred to the initial stages of a violent confrontation as being interviewed. The interview might be conducted in silence from a distance, it might be by asking you for the time or for “money for a cup of coffee”, and it […]

The Tennessee AG has released an opinion which says that pardoned drug offenders can own rifles and shotguns but not handguns. The opinion is here but the page seems down so I haven’t been able to read it yet. But Tom Humphrey notes: Cooper writes in the opinion released Wednesday that Tennessee’s firearms ban for […]

Same reason all gun owners are violent rednecks with something to prove? Well, that’s my theory. Here’s Dadvocates.

In 2008, there were some laxed gun laws and the tail end of the great Obama gun rush. And, turns out, violent crime rates are the lowest recorded. And places that have gun bans saw an increase. Joe says: This was in the presence of a huge economic downturn which usually is an indicator for […]

The Violence Policy Center, which has a history of passing off google searches as ‘studies’ because they have no money, has done it again. The paper in Memphis takes dictation from the anti-gun group: Handgun-carry permit holders nationally killed at least seven police officers and 44 private citizens in 31 different incidents in a 24-month […]

So says the WaPo: Violent crime has plummeted in the Washington area and in major cities across the country, a trend criminologists describe as baffling and unexpected. But I thought there was going to be all this blood in the streets in DC after the Heller case? They told me so.

An email received: The Coalition to Stop Gun Violence (CSGV) was saddened to learn about today’s shooting tragedy at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Our thoughts and prayers at this time are with the family of the victim of the shooting. The shooter in this incident, James W. von Brunn, was a convicted felon […]

Another blogger’s secret identity has been revealed. Seems to happen regularly enough. Most outings occur out of spite as opposed to revealing something like their ulterior motives or motivation for their position or other information that could be valuable to a reader. I blog under a pseudonym because of the issue I address: gun rights. […]

Interesting: Boys who carry a particular variation of the gene Monoamine oxidase A (MAOA), sometimes called the “warrior gene,” are more likely not only to join gangs but also to be among the most violent members and to use weapons, according to a new study from The Florida State University that is the first to […]

House votes to override the veto of the guns in restaurants that serve alcohol bill: 69-27 Update: WizardPC emails: Naifeh is the first recognized. “there are so many organizations opposed to this legislation that we should listen to them.” Veto must be upheld…Hospitality Association wines about having to post signs because that will make them […]

So says the Violence Policy Center. Well, they didn’t mean to say it. But, you know, when they’re not passing off Google searches as research, they find some interesting stuff.

Popular television shows inaccurately portray violent crime. Odd. Based on TeeVee, I always thought most murders in the country were committed by affluent white people for either insurance money or because of skeleton in the closet. Or a random serial killer. Turns out, not so much: When researchers compared the shows to the CDC data, […]

A report from reader WizardPC: This is really long because I was taking notes as they were going. Didn’t think it was going to take 2 hours over 2 days This one is Mae Beavers’ bill that removes the prohibition in state parks. It also makes the default case for local parks that carry would […]

It’s funny. It happens every year. Remember the list that ranked cities by violent crime? Somebody always says something like notice how so many are southern? or that they’re mostly all red states. As though that proves that we red state yokels are all violent. Turns out, all 15 of the top cities in that […]

Seems the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reported that violent crime has drastically decreased in the city. It’s a shocker to them and the local authorities as to why that is as everyone lines up to take credit. But it seems that it correlates strongly to the passage of concealed carry laws: The peak for murder and violence […]

Should a good progressive go strapped? Ilissa Gold ponders: It’s a question I’ve been wondering lately–what if more liberals and Democrats carried? I’m not talking about into bars or voting booths, just in general. […] But I wonder if it’s something that all progressives, regardless of sexual orientation or other factors, have to worry about. […]

Study on When a violent marriage ends, is co-parenting possible? Via MadRocektScientist, who asks if Lautenberg would evolve to adjust to this new data?

In their never ending quest to increase page views err justify publishing a list of handgun carry permit holders, the Commercial Appeal breaks out the PSH. Dozens of permit holders (out of 220K) have violent histories. Linoge has more. To me, this indicates an issue with the TN Department of Safety’s competence and not an […]

A few things on the recent shootings: 1 – There are already gun control proposals shooting through Europe in light of the shooting in Germany. Because putting a big band-aid on after the fact is going to help. Also, the shooting that occurred in Germany illustrates that gun control is not particularly helpful at preventing […]

Scary: Thousands of Mexican soldiers pour into the country’s most violent city in crackdown on drug gangs

So reports the privacy rights invading Commercial Appeal here: Shelby County Mayor A C Wharton, in a push to increase public safety, has called for a statewide gun-offender registry and tougher penalties for people who carry handguns without permits. In his annual State of the County address to the Rotary Club on Tuesday, Wharton unveiled […]

Image of a man walking the street with a gun and some other object, presumed to be liquor in South Dakota. PSH ensues in England. I can’t tell if it’s a liquor bottle or not but it doesn’t look like one. A quick map search reveals a nearby gun shop. South Dakota ranks 46th in […]

I was in Jamaica a few years back. Had a good time. I did notice that the areas where we tourists went usually had a bunch of guys in uniforms (uniforms with shorts, mind you) who walked around carrying M-16s. They were standing in front of casinos, bars, and stuff. The cab drivers and other […]

H.R. 17 – Citizens’ Self-Defense Act of 2009 To protect the right to obtain firearms for security, and to use firearms in defense of self, family, or home, and to provide for the enforcement of such right. H.R. 45 – Blair Holt’s Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2009 To provide for the […]

Eugene Volokh: We often hear, or have heard, about various gun control laws — bans on concealed carry, restrictive carry licensing schemes, bans on gun possession by felons or violent misdemeanants, bans on gun possession by people who are the targets of restraining orders, waiting periods for purchases, and so on. But I’m looking for […]

Something we already knew: concealed carry permit holders more lawful than most. But News Channel 5 notes: “As it turns out, we’ve not had any trouble with our gun permit holders– they’ve got a near perfect behavior record,” Rep. Frank Niceley, R-Strawberry Plains, told a House committee last week. Still, he defends his characterization of […]

KAG emails a link to her bit on moms and guns. The original piece here notes that: At a recent pediatrician’s visit, the nurse asked me — as part of a series of standard questions — if we had any guns in our house. Like I always do, I answered with a quick, emphatic “no.” […]

Obama’s new AG will be Eric Holder, who is not good on guns. Sebastian doesn’t set the bar very high. Update and bump: Jay points out the list of gun controls Holder supports: * First, to require child safety locks for all handguns that are sold. * Second, to ban violent juveniles from ever having […]

Or something: The number of justifiable homicides committed by police and private citizens has been rising in the past two years to their highest levels in more than a decade, reflecting a shoot-first philosophy in dealing with crime, say law enforcement analysts. Yes. Next they’ll blame castle doctrine. More: Northeastern University criminal justice professor James […]