Some residents of Morton Grove, which recently repealed its handgun ban, are now calling for gun registration requirements.  I’ve also heard other people tout gun registration as some sort of cure to the actions of criminals.  Allow me to explain why gun registration bears no relationship to crime prevention, and is instead a wrongful infri...

The Associated Press is reporting that Dick Heller, the man whose lawsuit overturned Washington's handgun ban, has successfully registered his revolver, ending a more than 30-year wait to keep the weapon in his home. From the story: Dick Heller walked out of D.C. police headquarters Monday, clutching a yellow firearms registration certificate stam...

By Chad D. Baus As a regular church attendee, the issue of church security and the more than 500% increase in church shootings over the past 8 years is near and dear to my heart. In recent months, I have written several articles on the subject of the need for security preparations in places of worship. In "Ohio's ban on defending lives in places o...

… would you think about bribing a politician with a Pomeranian. ...

Lake Lynn, PennsylvaniaFrom WPXI of August 18, 2008Elderly Woman Grabs Gun, Holds Would-Be Burglar At Bay An 85-year-old great-grandmother from Lake Lynn, Fayette County kept an alleged burglar at bay using a .22-caliber pistol.According to police, a 17-year-old suspect was attempting to burglarize Leda Smith overnight.That's when Smith grabbed her...

From Gunner’s Journal: ALERT Remington Ammo An alert for everyone on Remington economy pack "Golden Bullet". I purchased a brick of these yesterday and went shooting today using my Remington 597 which is only a week old. The ammo lot number is D27HB1232. If you have this lot number don’t shoot it!!!! I was on my first magazine whe...

Very cool. Hat Tip: SayUncle ...

Warning: you should be seated and not eating or drinking anything while you watch this....

A video of the woman can be found here:LAKE LYNN, Pa. -- An 85-year-old great-grandmother from Lake Lynn, Fayette County kept an alleged burglar at bay using a .22-caliber pistol.According to police, a 17-year-old suspect was attempting to burglarize Leda Smith overnight.That's when Smith grabbed her gun and told the teen that she would shoot him i...

A Must Read from Xavier I attended Steve’s funeral wishing that I could ask if Steve had been armed that awful night, but knew it would be totally inappropriate to ask such an insensitive question. After the funeral service was over, I watched as the ushers allowed the family members to leave the sanctuary first. I couldn’t help notic...

Rick Perry is living up to his promise to support our right to keep and bear arms. Governor Perry's administration has been tenacious in reciprocal agreements with other states that give Texans the same ability to carry firearms as citizens of those states.When DC v Heller was decided by the SCOTUS, Gov. Perry was quoted as saying:"Texans have long...

Detroit has a long standing problem of population loss.  Now it’s getting so bad, even the dead are leaving.  I think Mike Nutter needs to make Philadelphia’s new slogan “Philadelphia: We’re not Detroit.”  Pride has to start somewhere, you know. ...

Those of you who read my blog regularly know that I have been doing an in-depth evaluation of a Rock Island Armory M1911A1. I subjected it to a series of torture tests which it came through with flying colors. When that time of not cleaning it and trying to make it jam was finished, I detail stripped it down to the smallest part, so that no part r...

Indianapolis, IndianaFrom the Indy Channel of August 18, 20082 Shot In Apparent Apartment Break-InTwo people were shot in a home break-in early Monday morning at an apartment complex on Indianapolis' east side.Indianapolis Metro police were called to 42nd Street and Post Road just after 1 a.m.Police said they found two men had been shot. One was be...

The country, not the state. And apparently military firearms, not civilian. (Actually, I don't know what the policy on civilian firearms ownership in Georgia is...) ...

The new piece for Fox News starts like this:Not all tax cuts are the same. The question isn’t just how much money taxpayers get to keep or are given, but the impact that taxes have on how hard people work. Tax plans that try to help the poor can sometimes become traps, making it difficult for the poor to climb out of poverty.One approach is to ...

The video clip below shows how quickly a magazine can be reloaded, even by those who are relatively new to firearms (such as these cadets). Further proof that the “assault weapons” bans are ineffective and simply another way to whittle down the Second Amendment. Tags: 2nd Amendment, Assult Weapon, Rifle, Video Clips Related Arti...

Good for the Washington Post Ombudsman:Democrat Barack Obama has had about a 3 to 1 advantage over Republican John McCain in Post Page 1 stories since Obama became his party's presumptive nominee June 4. Obama has generated a lot of news by being the first African American nominee, and he is less well known than McCain -- and therefore there's more...

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Story here. Hat tip to Six-gun Sarah......

Apparently, Jerry Lewis is a gun owner. The explanation that I posted to before that it was a prop gun that a relative had put in his bag was not correct. In any case, it is clear that Lewis made a simple mistake and was not a threat to anyone. Hopefully, the zero tolerance laws will show a little intelligence here.LOS ANGELES (AP) Jerry Lewis t...

Given that Illinois is one of only two states that ban people carrying concealed handguns, this was interesting. It is nonbinding, but it is amazing that the resolution was passed 25 to 0.LaSalle County Board members voted unanimously Thursday to put a referendum on the Nov. 4 ballot asking voters if they support the right to carry concealed firea...

I seem to recall University of Florida head coach Urban Meyer saying "I'm a parent. My daughter (Nicole) is going to college and a college campus is supposed to be the safest place in America," he said. "That made me think. Certainly, if they're going to play on our team, there's no place for them. If you have to have a gun, the Constitution says ...

Seems a few people are getting the hint that airports aren't quite as gun free as they think Officials at the world’s busiest airport apparently overstated their case last month when they declared Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International a “gun-free” zone. Truth is, hunters, competitive shooters and other fliers tote hundreds of guns —...

With wild, crazy attacks such as this, I have to believe that Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are reasonable people.Roseanne Barr slams Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt in a post on her Web site, calling Jolie the "evil spawn" of actor Jon Voight and Pitt her "vacuous hubby.""Your evil spawn Angelina Jolie and her vacuous hubby Brad Pitt make about $40 mi...

John Fund in today's WSJ's Political Diary:Sore LoserThe Barack Obama campaign apparently went outside the normal spin guardrails yesterday in trying to explain how John McCain did so well in Saturday's Saddleback Forum with Pastor Rick Warren. As NBC's Andrea Mitchell noted on Sunday's "Meet the Press," what the Obama campaign is "putting out priv...

Below are examples of operations performed on firearms and guidance as to whether or not such operations would be considered manufacturing under the Gun Control Act (GCA).BATFU presumes to tell us what we can and cannot do, right down to colorizing guns.[Via Mack H from John Jacob H and Free Republic]...

I can’t decide if this is targeted toward libertarian parents or neoconservative parents, though… ...

Politico has this new poll from last week here:According to a Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation poll to be released Wednesday, John McCain leads Obama by 45 percent to 31 percent. That’s only about half the 27-point edge respondents say they gave George W. Bush over Kerry four years ago and far short of the 65 percent gun owners gave to Bush...

When Jefferson designed the University of Virginia, I don't recall his plans including gun lockers for professors.You're absolutely right. He would have been appalled at the thought.What good would they do locked up?...

In York County, Pennsylvania, we have an example of a concealed carry permit holder doing the right thing: Instead, a man, Douglas Need, had been driving recklessly when he swerved in front of a car and was hit in the rear. In a fit of road rage, he stormed out of his car, went back to two young women and a baby in the car that hit his, reached thr...

First day of school again. Irelyn goes back to Pre-K, Georgia starts Kindergarten. ...

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This is outside my normal postings, but I thought that the lecture here was very interesting....

Card is advocating a violent overthrow of the American government if it decides to support gay marriage...This same pathology was at work with the shooting, by a rabid right-winger, at the Knoxville Unitarian Universalist Church last month, and the very recent attack on the Arkansas Democratic Headquarters.A couple things: Card is an anti-gun lefty...

Chicago Public Radio has a story. The group doing the drafting, Legal Community Against Violence, is a Joyce Foundation subsidiary....

A Trojan Horse in our midst. An overview of the American Hunters and Shooters Association. Now supporting a Presidential candidate, their membership and their agenda are brought into focus.3 Vote(s) ...

June 28, 2008, was a defining moment in my life. It was the day I shot and killed a man in the defense of my life and the lives of others. We all have defining moments. They might not be as tragic as taking another man's life, but they are events that change the way we look at things -- or even, perhaps, how we live our lives.3 Vote(s) ...

Story here....

Peter of Firearms and Freedom paid a visit to Lauer, and has lot of colorful gun pictures. ...

‘Guns in the hands of good people’ A testament to Second Amendment rights BRIAN FENTIMAN June 28, 2008, was a defining moment in my life. It was the day I shot and killed a man in the defense of my life and the lives of others. We all have defining moments. They might not be as tragic as taking another man’s life, but they ...

Aunt B. takes a look. Probably tough to blog as a politico. I mean, everything you say has to be scrubbed, primped, and done with the thought of your political career in mind. That’s why politicians, for a group of people who spend so much time talking, don’t really have much of substance to say. ...

I was truly sorry he died, but knew I had made the right decisions. Via David. ...

Donald Kaul: So enjoy yourselves, gun-persons. Your end is coming. And when the black helicopters land on your lawn and AFT (sic) agents shoot you for resisting arrest, I?ll be proud to show up and pry your weapon from your cold, dead hand. Laughing maniacally as I do it. So there. Of course they don’t want you armed, they think you entertain...

He was warmly received by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who called him "a leader that God has blessed us with at this time."Boy, ever since Thulsa Doom transformed into The Lightworker, he just keeps getting more 'n more exalted and everything, doesn't he?Look at me, Damien. It's all for you!...

"He's been fired from four different police forces," said DeCamillis Raque's attorney, Steve Romines. "He's had more complaints lodged against him than any police officer I've ever seen."..."He truly is one of the most dangerous people that I've come across doing this," said Romines.So yeah, it makes perfect sense to give him a badge and a gun and ...

Me. And, for your enjoyment, I'll be doing the show in the nude. We're going to be talking about the Para Ordnance trip to Blackwater. The other guest will be the one and only Joe Huffman. I'm excited! Unfortunately the show is at 11:00, which on any normal day has me asleep already for about an hour and a half. I'll have to stock up on Red Bull an...

Bullet: $ 0.10Cool Cop Vest: $ 39.99Big-Time Federal Training: $100,000Shooting your buddy in the leg and leaving yourloaded gun in a hallway full of cons: PRICELESSA "twofer!" I suppose records are made to be broken, but I never really thought I'd see an "Only One" out-Lee Paige Lee Paige on tape....

The Justice Department has proposed a new domestic spying measure that would make it easier for state and local police to collect intelligence about Americans, share the sensitive data with federal agencies and retain it for at least 10 years.Yay! Thanks, "Vote Freedom First" President! Soon we can be just as sophisticated and Europeany and everyth...

From Dwight Lewis of The Tennessean: Gun advocates can make me sick to my stomach. Glad to oblige. ...