Google often claims to “do no evil” and to support a censorship free internet.  Unfortunately, those principles don’t extend to polite and rational advocacy of constitutional rights.  I recently ran a Google AdWords advertising campaign, only to have my ads pulled by Google: I purchased a new web hosting account for LearnAboutGu...

A New Castle Colorado couple was walking down a road when they were attacked by a Mountain Lion. Luckily one of them was armed: . . . a couple was walking on a road about two miles north of New......

Phoenix, ArizonaFrom the Arizona Republic of August 11, 2008Homeowner, burglary suspects in shootout; 1 deadPhoenix police found one man dead and another shot after responding to a residence near 91st Avenue and Lower Buckeye Road.At about 9 p.m. on Sunday, police received a call to a shooting at the residence, where they discovered a 25-year-old m...

By Jeff Riley In an earlier article published on Buckeye Firearms Association we exposed the Brady Center for the Prevention of Gun Violence's call for banning "any ammunition that can penetrate ballistic armor" worn by Law Enforcement. This of course would ban almost any rifle ammunition used by big game and deer hunters in the United States. Fo...

Orin Kerr points out a video by Justice Kennedy that mentions the Heller decision as a great teaching decision (38 minutes in).  Professor Kerr opines: In particular, Justice Kennedy appears to suggest around the 40-minute mark that he will take a living constitutionalist approach to the Second Amendment that may point to more gun rights under the...

Buckeye Firearms Association Legislative Chair Ken Hanson, Esq.'s “The Ohio Guide to Firearms Laws” has always been the most complete, up-to-date book available on this subject matter! But never more-so than now that Hanson is offering updates which include changes made by SB184! For further details or to purchase the book and/ or SB184 update...

At the Volokh Conspiracy, Gene Volokh has a posting on a rather thinly reasoned District Court case, involving a gun possessor who had a misdemeanor DV conviction. The court does little more than cite other post Heller district court decisions upholding other restrictions (e.g., felon in possession) in concluding that there is no 2A problem. The ...

If the federal courts are going to keep casually dismissing any serious analysis that would seem to be required by Heller, my initial optimisms that this case will be anything more than a limited, obscure ruling a la Lopez, is beginning to wane. UPDATE: On the bright side, at least they do seem to be deciding that strict liability for Felon-in-Pose...

Ormand Beach, FloridaFrom the News-Journal of August 10, 2008Would-be pizza parlor robber flees in face of .357 magnumThe owner of a pizza parlor here shot at a would-be robber who came out of the bushes as the proprietor and an older relative were leaving the business, police said this morning.Manny Manolas, 41, told police that he and Clary Manol...

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The new piece at Fox News starts like this:Politicians often seem to think that they are so smart. If only they could tell everyone how to live their lives, they could make society so much more efficient. Unfortunately, Barack Obama has this conceit in abundance, and his advice on checking tire pressure is just the latest example. Like most cent...

I can't figure out how the federal judge could reach this decision. The state law says that one can carry a gun in the nonsecure areas of the terminals. I don't see what the judge's concerns have to do with anything. Fox News has a piece on the decision here:ATLANTA — A federal judge on Monday upheld a gun ban at the world's busiest airport, ...

11 posts today. Can you tell I missed blogging?...

A Jackson city leader is proposing an ordinance that would prohibit city car dealers from selling fast vehicles.  But auto dealers say they are being targeted unfairly. Council Member Kenneth Stokes (Ward 3) says automotive dealers that sell cars are at least partly responsible for drunk driving and accidents.  There have been more than 30 vehic...

Fox News and ABC have raised similar problems with Edwards' claims. Fox News is pretty blunt:But discrepancies between his story and the unraveling timeline of events raise more questions about whether Edwards' attempts to come clean are in fact just more lies and half-truths. . . .If it was a Republican who behaved this way, there would be a majo...

It's a real easy game. When you're ready, click on this link. You have as long as you need to tell me what's wrong with this mug shot. If you said "WTF??? 20 MUG SHOTS???" then give yourself a cookie. Now, I can't say this... umm... guy (?) is guilty of anything. But one cannot imagine that you can get arrested 20 times simply because you're unluck...

Philadelphia will begin enforcing its law requiring victims of theft to report their stolen firearms to police or face jail time and a hefty fine.  This law is probably illegal under Pennsylvania’s preemption statute, but someone has to be charged before they will have standing to raise that challenge in court. ...

A federal judge has denied a preliminary injunction in the case of GeorgiaCarry.org and Atlanta-Hartfield International Airport.  This doesn’t mean they lost the case, just that the judge doesn’t view that they are substantially likely to win.  I see a few problems with this line of reasoning. One is that the TSA doesn’t curren...

On the road. Looking forward to Home on the Range Tuesday night. ...

One step back People with firearms licenses will not be allowed to take guns into Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, a federal judge ruled Monday. U.S. District Court Judge Marvin Shoob refused to grant a preliminary injunction in favor of GeorgiaCarry.org and state Rep. Timothy Bearden (R-Villa Rica) after hearing almost two hours of test...

I always assumed that college football coaches were strict with their players. They set curfews, attempt to limit partying, and try to keep them squared away enough to play football.A couple go to far.From the St. Petersburg Times:By Brian LandmanFootball coaches grapple with gun policiesI don't see much in the way of "grappling" here.Miami's Randy...

The latest scam out of Oaktown is advertising an expensive bit of electronics for sale on craig's list.1 Vote(s) ...

In 2004, the bill that we have come to know simply as HR 218, also known as the "Law Enforcement Safety Act of 2004," was signed into law by President George W. Bush. Also known as the "National Concealed Carry for Cops" legislation and the "Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004," this law allows law enforcement...

Testing the crackberry. ...

In appropriately dim light, the Dr. Pepper and coffee beans closely resemble one another. Great care should be taken to not consume both at the same time mistaking one for the other. Those are two great tastes that taste like ass together....

Apparently, the unborn aren't worth protecting When supervisors at New York's Bridges and Tunnels authority found out that one of their peace officers was pregnant, the Daily News says they declared her "unfit for duty, stripped her of her gun and sent her to work in a tollbooth." ... "Word got around that officers would lose their gun if pregnant...

Dead on, as usual....

Looks like Megan McArdle has had a run in with Pennsylvania’s puritannical Liquor Police in her past.  The continuing existence of the LCB has always been a curiosity to me.  I’ve never met anyone who likes the system, yet it persists. LCB has their own set of agents who are charged with enforcing Pennsylvania’s byzantine laws r...

Although the focus of LearnAboutGuns.com is generally a serious discussion of guns, gun rights, and self defense, this article is decidedly light hearted.  Below is a video clip of a rubber band machine gun, with a rate of fire in excess of 40 rubber bands per second.  Called the “Disintegrator,” this rubber band launcher has [...]...

Michael Bane has the coverage.  Bitter was lamenting over the weekend why the United States doesn’t absolutely dominate at the shooting sports.  I think part of the reason is that a lot of our really good shooters compete in other shooting disciplines, and don’t get involved with the Olympic shooting sports to the extent people do in ...

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So, what'd I do with the money I got as a gift for my birthday? Since it's Donovan asking, you only get one guess. Lots of background info on the Spanish FR8....

…Perhaps the most infamous photograph of a pistol from the Twentieth Century involves the Smith & Wesson Bodyguard. It was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1969. It is the picture of South Vietnamese General Nguyen Ngoc Loan shooting a Viet Cong captain named Bay Lop in the head… Click here for the rest of the story ...

First of all, I am a bit of a caliber snob. I like the .45 ACP for self defense, and my personal preference is for the .45 ACP in the M1911 platform. That’s my choice. Do I always carry a .45 M1911? No, I don’t. That does not change my conviction that a .45 will probably work better than a .32. Why don’t we grab a .22 pistol when we go deer ...

Oakland Park, FloridaFrom the Orlando Sentinel of August 2, 2008Man shoots pit bull attacking his dogA man shot a pit bull Friday. He says it got loose and attacked his dog.The man, Anthony Dippolito, 49, will not be cited. The pit bull was euthanized at the owner's request, the Broward Sheriff's Office said.The pit bull trotted into Dippolito's ya...