Seriously: Told to express emotion for a creative-writing class, high school senior Allen Lee penned an essay so disturbing to his teacher, school administrators and police that he was charged with disorderly conduct, officials said Wednesday. Lee, 18, a straight-A student at Cary-Grove High School, was arrested Tuesday near his home and charged with the […]

Massachusetts the most violent North East state. The culprit: guns. Which is odd, since MA has some of the most strict gun control laws in the nation.

Senator Hutchison’s presser: Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) introduced the District of Columbia Personal Protection Act of 2007, a bill to restore Second Amendment rights in Washington, D.C. “The constitutional rights of law-abiding citizens do not end when they cross into the borders of the District of Columbia,” said Sen. Hutchison. “The gun ban has […]

I expressed amazement that Wendy’s was using a Violent Femmes tune to peddle food. Well, Brian Ritchie (who I viewed as God-like just under 20 years ago) isn’t happy either. He left a comment about it at a Tennessee blogger’s joint. Gordon Gano sold out. Well, can’t blame the guy for wanting a buck or […]

Wendy’s is using a Violent Femmes song about getting high and masturbating to pimp their food. I saw that commercial last night and also thought: man, even the alternative songs from when I was a kid aren’t safe from commercialization these days.

Another is in the works. This one targets carjackers: Spurred by violent crime in Memphis and elsewhere, Tennessee legislators have filed several bills to expand the legal rights of people to use deadly force when threatened by would-be attackers. One would specifically allow people in motor vehicles to kill or “cause serious bodily injury” to […]

Via Dr. Helen, comes an interview with, err, Dr. Helen. On the cause of kiddie violence, she says: Youth violence is a very complex construct and experts and others tend to want to blame one thing, a video game, the Internet, or TV as the “cause” of why kids kill. This simplistic “one solution fits […]

In England, stuff you can’t make up: Jump up and down and shout to beat street crime Witnesses to violent street crime should try to ‘distract’ attackers by honking their car horns or even ‘jumping up and down’. That’s according to Labour’s Police Minister. Active resistance (preferably while armed) is usually the best method. But […]

The Palm Beach Post: Cheap, available assault rifles, which closely resemble the Kalashnikov AK-47s brandished by Iraqi insurgents and African rebels alike, have become the weapons of choice for gang members and other violent criminals in Palm Beach County. Sorry, but most data I’ve seen indicates that cheap handguns are the weapon of choice of […]

Remember how the powers that be in Australia credited their near total ban on gun ownership with a reduction in mass shootings? They never noted that it also correlated with an increase in violent crime but that’s beside the point. Turns out, those charged with enforcing the law weren’t complying with the law: A review […]

Any reader here registered over at the Huffington Post? Paul Helmke of The Brady Campaign To Prevent Gun Ownership is pushing his ‘assault weapons and fewer cops’ are responsible for violent crime nonsense. He’s pushing it at the WaPo, The Hill and the HuffPo: Over the past few years, however, the federal response seems to […]

The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Ownership: Violent crime is up in America for a number of reasons, but one very likely cause is that it has become easier for criminals to arm themselves, and with ever more deadly weapons. It was never hard for criminals to arm themselves. They don’t obey the law, remember? […]

Update: Sorry Farkers, my host doesn’t like you. Beyond my control. And for you folks criticizing the statistical methods, no one is saying Brady Causes Violence. Just that their gun control pipe dreams aren’t showing an decrease in violence. And, for shit’s sake, it’s not a study. Now back to your original post: ================== It’s […]

At the HuffPo. No, not from a blogger there but from the commentators who are addressing Hemke’s usual litany of lies and misrepresentations about guns in America. Some snippets: The reason gun owners resist these “common sense” proposals stem from two sources: 1.Common Sense – how do otherwise intelligent people not understand that the vast […]

In the past few weeks there have been two local events that should give anyone pause regardless of their feelings about firearms. Whether the concern is for the United States Constitution or just plain common sense, the idea that anyone should trust a criminal armed with a gun makes no sense. The first event was […]

only better. Now, listen up Pattycakes: Did the libertarians jump the gun? Maybe. But I cannot buy that a small amount of weed justifies busting someone’s door in and shooting them dead. Or that such an amount even justifies busting a door down to begin with. Or that having a small amount of weed and […]

In light of some recent postings on Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam belonging to anti-gun group, I was going back through some links. Looks like Tennessee has another mayor that has recently allied himself with an anti-gun group: Shelby County Mayor A.C. Warton. Unlike Knoxville, the Memphis press has covered the issue: Wharton will travel to […]

The CA: They are not of one race, one gender, or one generation. They are of one mind. It’s time. It’s time if they live in a gated community in East Memphis or a poor neighborhood in South Memphis. It’s time if they’re postal workers or preachers, and it’s time if they’re retirees or entrepreneurs. […]

Here’s the presser: A United States citizen who now lives in Great Britain has joined with the country’s leading gun owner rights organization in a federal lawsuit that says nonresident citizens are unfairly being targeted by existing laws that restrict gun ownership to those who live in the U.S. Attorneys William B. Mateja, a principal […]

I’ve always been interested in Catherine MacKinnon’s work. She had a lot of interesting theories and novel approaches to social problems. Unfortunately, she based huge chuncks of her theories on conjecture and assumptions, and little of the evidence rang true to me (or anybody else I can find that wasn’t a victim of violent rape). […]

A new report spells out the most dangerous cities: A surge in violence made St. Louis the most dangerous city in the country, leading a trend of violent crimes rising much faster in the Midwest than in the rest of nation, according to an annual list. Here’s a link to buy the actual report. Brick, […]

Sean Braisted: According to Melhman, some states keep records on who purches (sic) guns, and the RNC then purhcases (sic) the data to target potential voters. Why is this hypocritical? Because the Republicans, via John Ashcroft, refused to allow the FBI to cross check potential terrorists against the list of names given for criminal background […]

Seems that violent crime is on the rise in the past year. So, the Feds want to do something about it: Nationally, violent crime rose 2.2 percent last year, the first increase since 2001 The article concludes with: However, Justice officials said Monday that even with the recent surge, the overall national violent crime rate […]

MARGARET WENTE: The other day, on a quiet suburban Toronto street, someone hacked a man to death with a machete. It’s possible you missed the story, because it got barely a mention in the local media. Machetes are not top of mind with the public. Nobody is demanding stricter controls on machete sales. On the […]

When did 56 years-old mean granny? John Lott on the wheelchair-bound lady who shot a would be robber in New York City: But this attack ended differently than most crimes in New York City. As her attacker grabbed her “violently” and “choked” her, Johnson pulled out a handgun and shot once, hitting the criminal in […]

We should repeal the second amendment because, gosh darnit, it’s too hard to debate. And who cares what a bunch of old dudes wrote 200 years ago, anyway? Update: Regarding the author’s (Chris Kellerman) threat to punch people in the face when they quote these old dudes, Tam says: Let me clue you in on […]

Jeff at Alphecca looks at the recent report that says violent crime is down but gun crime is up: So as federal funds dry-up for municipalities’ crime fighting efforts, less police mean more crime. But that’s only half the story. Remember, I said there were two causes of the problem and the second one is […]

Interesting: Americans were robbed and victimized by gun violence at greater rates last year than the year before, even though overall violent and property crime reached a 32-year low, the Justice Department said Sunday. Experts said these increases buttress reports from the FBI and many mayors and police chiefs that violent crime is beginning to […]

I was thinking about this case and a quote really stuck out: But, prosecutors say he also has six weapons, bought within seven months, and all unaccounted for, except for the one they say Cletus Rivera used to kill Officer Scott Wertz on August 6th. We know that Federal law prohibits the federal government from […]

Jeff: John McCain’s views on the 2nd Amendment are poison to me. I will not vote for him. Same goes for Rudy Giuliani. Same goes for Hillary Clinton. I hold no allegience (sic) to any political party. I will vote for whomever has worked the hardest — proven by their history of voting — to […]