In Idaho. So, they get a ranking of F from The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Ownership. And we all know the truth about their grades which is that high Brady grades correlate to increases in violent crime. Update: Link fixed. Stupid copy and paste.

And I say that as a redneck. Glenn notes: SO I WAS AT STAPLES THE OTHER DAY, and they were hawking this Grab ‘n’ Go Emergency Kit up front, next to the printer paper and the antivirus programs. Just further evidence of the mainstreaming of survivalism. Mainstreaming of survivalism is an excellent way of putting […]

Locally, on WBIR, they’ll be covering handgun carry permit holders. And they have interesting stats here. And, in Nashville, The Life of a Gun will air. They apparently had a gun show up in a murder that was sold once by the police. Also, they note the number of traces in Nashville. Well, a trace […]

Thanks to Kit, now whenever someone calls me up or passes me in the hallway and asks me What’s up? or What’s going on? or Whatcha doing?, I respond with Perpetuating my radical views.

heh.

From NRA’s Freedom’s Voice by Glen A. Caroline, Director of NRA-ILA Grassroots Division Those who know even a little something about NRA would read this headline and immediately conjure up images of a renowned competitive shooter, an accomplished sportswoman, someone who bravely and legally used a gun for self-defense, or maybe a patriot who stands […]

From a presser by the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Ownership: Gun Lobbyist and Gun Dealer Sandy Abrams Heads to Trial for Illegal Assault Weapon Sales, Cited for 900 Federal Gun Law Violations Over Nearly a Decade I’m not particularly familiar with the case but I do know that Abrams had said that he was […]

Two bloggers have agreed to slug it out. Pro-gun Kevin v. Anti-gun jhupp. Update: I love this from comments at jhupp’s: I don’t have any optimism about the possibility of real debate with the gun advocates, but I admire you for trying. So, what kind of spices do you put on words when you’re about […]

Tom King is right. Our target audience is soccer moms. Not pants-shitting idiots who threaten violence against people who don’t agree with them. The latter group is a lost cause as evidenced by the sheer vitriol and the inability to form cohesive arguments.

David Hardy notes that they bought the International Assn of Chiefs of Police. Seriously, they let Joyce write their report. The International Assn of Chiefs of Police is pretty much a sham any way as most police join the Fraternal Order of Police. My dad, for instance, has been a member of FOP for several […]

An unsigned idiotorial* in Daytona: The number of concealed weapons permits issued annually in Florida more than doubled over the past five years. Do you feel safer? If you’re one of the 73,179 people who got a permit last year and now have a gun tucked away, maybe. For the rest of the population, probably […]

Great show, not-so-great venue. Standing room only, which wouldn’t have been so bad except it was packed, and you had a lot of pushy people who were constantly going back-and-forth. When you’ve been taking muscle relaxers, Maker’s Mark is not your friend. Even if you stop taking them fully six hours before you start the […]

TN State Rep. Rob Briley was arrested for DUI after rear-ending a car and leaving the scene. During his arrest, he allegedly finished his drink at gunpoint. On Monday, he was arrested again for vandalism for kicking the window of a patrol car and causing $1,500 worth of damage. Under the influence, Mr. Briley reacted […]

John Lott has an editorial in the Other Biased Washington Paper about DC v. Heller: The problem for the city is that anyone who can look up the crime numbers will see that D.C.’s violent crime rate went up, not down, after the ban. […] The city’s brief focuses only on murder rates in discussing […]

This just in, criminals kill other criminals: A spike in murders in many cities is claiming a startling number of victims with criminal records, police say, suggesting that drug and gang wars are behind the escalating violence. […] In Baltimore, about 91 percent of murder victims this year had criminal records, up from 74 percent […]

In Australia, the gun controllers claim: Gun Control Australia said a surge in young shooters could lead to a rise in violent crime. “Guns and puberty are a dangerous mix,” said president John Crook. “Targeting juniors increases the likelihood of gun addiction. “The trouble with kids is that they may think that violence is a […]

Courtland Milloy: The Violence Is Rooted in the Culture, Not the Gun Store […] During my visit to Realco, several young African American men were checking out large-caliber firearms in a display case. I asked some of them why they wanted a gun. “Protection,” one replied. “You never know who you might run into,” another […]

Ya know, a felony conviction can end your right to vote or buy guns. But, you know, given that owning a three-dimensional device designed or marketed as useful primarily for the stimulation of human genital organs in Texas and carrying a slingshot in New Jersey are both felonies, I’m not so much a fan of […]

Less crime Err, has no real discernible impact on crime whatsoever: Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy Confirms that Reducing Gun Ownership by Law-Abiding Citizens Does Nothing to Reduce Violence Worldwide By now, any informed American is familiar with Dr. John R. Lott, Jr.’s famous axiom of “More Guns, Less Crime.” In other words, […]

We’ve been lead to believe that Osama has been in Pakistan.  Personally, I think he’s a stain on a cave somewhere.  But an intrepid individual in Florida has managed to pin him down: In a few weeks, the gun show at the South Florida Fairgrounds will be an ideal event for all violent criminals to […]

Like Les, only I make them up. Today’s word is Perpetual-Wiki-Loop: The process whereby you look something up on Wikipedia and thirty minutes later find yourself reading something else on Wikipedia completely unrelated to the initial thing you looked up and wondering where that thirty minutes just went. I found myself reading about The Census […]

Aunt B: Let’s just address the question of why punching out a gay guy who makes an advance is far worse than punching out the guy who said something bad about your mother, because it really, frankly, scares the shit out of me that you’re wandering around out in public unclear on the distinction. I […]

Dr. Helen: For those of you who don’t know me, I am a psychologist specializing in forensic issues, with a private practice in Knoxville, Tennessee and a blogger at drhelen.blogspot.com. My main interests are men’s issues, the influence of pop culture on society, forensic psychology, teens and kids who are violent, podcasting and filmmaking. “Ask […]

Violent crime is on the rise. Readers here knew that. And we knew why: . . . release of large numbers of prisoners were in part responsible for the rising crime. But The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Ownership blames those evil guns.

So, here’s the post on the new National Instant Check System (NICS) bill. The NICS is the database that is used to determine if the purchaser of a firearm is a prohibited person. As I said before, the measure seems to offer incentives in the form of grants to states that keep their NICS data […]

Gonzales expands the ATF. And proposes a law: As part of today’s announcement, the Department of Justice proposed the Violent Crime and Anti-Terrorism Act of 2007, a comprehensive package including violent crime legislation that amends and strengthens existing laws to ensure that federal law enforcement agencies are able to successfully investigate and prosecute many types […]

Over at Alphecca’s, Sigivald takes me to task on my coverage of libertarians, constitutionalists, gays and gun nuts getting a second glance as potential terrorists: SaysUncle is dead wrong about his, as he has been (oddly) about all of that series. Wouldn’t be the first time. But: Not “groups that make you a terrorist for […]

WATE: Legislation that would require mandatory sentencing for violent offenders who commit a felony involving a firearm has moved out of the House Judiciary Committee. The bill sponsored by Rep. John DeBerry of Memphis is one of several recommended by the Tennessee Public Safety Coalition to curtail violent crime and make the state’s communities safer. […]

First, there can be no compromise with people who think reasonable gun control means banning guns. Sorry, just a fact. If these people got their way, my collection would be down to zero. If you want a serious discussion, the first words out of your mouth ought not be we need to ban . . […]

Scotland has strict gun controls but is the most violent developed country. Meanwhile, Switzerland has six million people and at least two million guns, yet the “gun crime rate is so low that statistics are not even kept.” And they get machine guns issued to them by their government. Update: On the Swiss, Braisted says […]