First up, is this from the AP (via Publicola): The demise of Republican gun legislation in the Senate and a stalemate over renewing the assault-style weapons ban thrusts gun control squarely into the fall presidential campaign, both sides in the debate say. The Senate voted 90-8 on Tuesday to scuttle a GOP-sponsored bill that would […]

I guess it’s a good sign for the Assault Weapons Ban that you see the desperation of the anti-gun crowd. Some lies for today: “I can’t believe that with 31 Americans being murdered with guns every day we would put assault weapons back on the streets. So many families have been torn apart by these […]

A while back, I harped on the Prince George’s Sentinel for an article on the Assault Weapons ban and actually got them to state that a correction of the error was forthcoming. As a result, Darren Harrison (the managing editor) asked me to write an op-ed on the ban. I did. Actually, I did with […]

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Kevin has lots of good stuff lately. Just go here and scroll away. Of particular interest to me was a link to a John Stossel piece about myths in America. Number 3 on the list was guns are bad (and I am impressed that a major news outlet had a positive piece on guns – […]

King County Journal: The city has reacted quickly to the death of Fritz, a poodle-terrier, by writing a law aimed at cracking down on pit bulls and other dangerous dogs. The proposed ordinance is being referred to as “Fritz’s Law.” Fritz was killed Jan. 10 by a pit bull that had once before attacked Fritz […]

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Buck links to an ad by the four million mom march and the VPC that states: You know and every law enforcement officer in America knows: the 1994 assault weapons ban saved lives. Apparently, the CDC doesn’t know that; the FBI doesn’t know that because you’re eleven times more likely to be beaten to death; […]

The good guys have scored a couple: Per this: A Senate committee voted Monday in favor of a bill that would allow Wisconsin residents to carry concealed weapons. Three Republicans on the Senate Judiciary, Corrections and Privacy Committee approved the proposal, adding a few changes that address some of the public’s concerns before voting on […]

Via Publicola comes this: “I’ve had enough. I’m going to fight!” Charlevoix County Businessman, Lyle Barkley, has been ordered to remove two manufactured homes from a 4-acre parcel in Bay Township by September 18. Barkley says he will not comply with the illegal and unconstitutional order of the court but will defend his property with […]

Per this: Since the right-to-carry law was enacted in Florida . . . The homicide rate dropped 36 percent, firearm homicides dropped 37 percent and handgun homicides dropped 41 percent. In the 10 states that adopted right-to-carry laws, the results were no change in the suicide rate, a 0.5 percent rise in accidental firearm deaths, […]

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