When gun rights are debated, I see entirely too much emphasis placed on hunting and “sportsmen”, rather than on self defense: Barack Obama’s Sportsmen Plan is a perfect example.  It discusses Obama’s claim that he will protect the gun rights of hunters (which is a claim I do not believe, given Obama’s anti gun rights ...

From Monday's Washington Times:If ever there were a candidate destined to shine on "The Oprah Winfrey Show," Sarah Palin would be that woman.In less than a week, the Alaska governor, former PTA member and 44-year-old mother of five - including an infant with Down syndrome - survived a vicious press assault on her family only to win over the majorit...

All American Blogger has an article about gun owners (like myself) who are worried about what types of gun bans an Obama/Biden Presidency could push through a Democrat controlled congress. As a......

The 24/7 gun is the one you grab when you’re leaving for a road trip. It’s the one that slips into a pocket or purse when you go down to the quick stop for a gallon of milk late at night. It’s the one that sits hidden behind the counter when you’re running the cash register. The 24/7 gun is usually just big enough to do th...

Dear Mr. or Ms. Bad Person, The time has finally come that the “shoe is on the other foot”. For many, many years it was my responsibility to prove myself “justified” in using lethal force when you broke into my castle in the wee hours of the night. If you were injured, maimed, or even killed while you performed your illegal activities, yo...

The discussion with links can be found here. The link to the Democratic website that was being used to go after Ted Stevens has been broken....

Chart here. Nearly 7.5 million NICS checks so far this year, and August showed a 4.3% increase over last year....

Cowtown Cop has a nice one on fathers and traditions, plus some gorgeous pics of a Smith & Wesson 24-3 .44 Special Read the whole thing here. ...

Cam Edwards has a fine post dealing with a WashPo editorial that seems to have been based on reading the Brady Campaign's press release, rather than the bill in question....

When I mention home invasions as a reason to have a gun, I’m usually thinking of home invasions such as this or this.  However there was a quite unusual home invasion, in which dinner ingredients were the weapon used by the perpetrator: As The Smoking Gun reports: Wielding an eight-inch sausage, Antonio Vasquez, 21, allegedly broke [...]...

There are one million hunters in Pennsylvania in a state of twelve million.  That’s a lot of hunters.  Michigan also has quite a lot of hunters, which would make you think Obama would know better than to bring this up: Palin’s bio is “compelling,” Obama said. The crowd booed. “No, it’s an interesting story.R...

Xavier has a winner with… A Recipe for Marksmanship and Maturation When a person asks me to teach a them how to shoot, the first step is that I require them to memorize the Four Rules. This request performs two functions. First, it gives them the minimum knowledge needed to be safe with a firearm. Second, it demonstrates that they are serious a...

Dr. Laurent had waited for this moment for practically all his life. The Large Hadron Collider hummed beneath his observation booth, ready for the first run. His hand paused above the activation switch just long enough for the few members of the press present to take a few pictures. He hated the dog and pony show this moment had become, but the pre...

Eugene Volokh takes to task NOW’s assertion that Sarah Palin might as well be a man. ...

Over at Cemetery’s gun blog.  A lot of New Jersey gun owners don’t really get how bad they have it, and more than a few are blisfully unaware of how easy it is to end up a felon.  At a match a few months ago, I was talking to a guy who’s friend was in a lot of trouble because he and a buddy were target shooting on their property...

Posted in it's entirety:OpenCarry.org model Lori, who is a proud resident of Texas, has negotiated us an incredible offer on a billboard in Houston!With everything else we have going on, we were initially hesitant to even talk about taking on the obligation of yet another billboard. But we feel strongly that spreading the word into Houston would si...

FrontSight is now offering a free training course that would ordinarily cost $2,000 to any law-abiding, responsible citizens of Chicago and or its suburbs who wish to attend. More information here: http://www.ignatius-piazza-front-sight.com/2008/09/08/armed-surge-needed-in-chicago/ Note that this course is not in Illinois, and travel expenses are n...

Carl in Chicago points out a Brady presser that would seem to indicate that if HR 6691 is passed, that the mass of guns flooding into our nations capital will produce such an immense gravitational field that it will collapse into a singularity that will consume the city, followed quickly by the rest of the nation, planet, solar system, and known un...

Fayetteville, North CarolinaFrom the Fayetteville, Observer of September 6, 2008Fayetteville man shoots, kills, intruderA gunman who broke into a Fayetteville home Friday night was shot and killed by another man who was inside the home at the time, police said.The gunman and an accomplice forced their way into the house in the 6400 block of Winter ...

Offer here....

My newest op-ed up at Fox News starts this way:“Judgment” has become the byword of the election. Barack Obama has always wanted the election to be about the importance of “good judgment,” not experience. While Obama claimed last week that he had more executive experience than Governor Sarah Palin, he has generally stuck to this theme.Duri...

Very nice videos at their website here. It's the second video down....

Cartoon appears courtesy of CNS News Service ...

This is pretty weird. Someone should ask Obama to be specific about the claim that Fox News is responsible.Obama also suggested that the McCain was behind persistent rumors that Obama is a Muslim rather than a Christian."These guys love to throw rocks and hide their hand," Obama said, referring to the Republicans.Reminded that McCain and his top a...

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Before Obama didn't refrain from arguing these higher taxes because of a recession (of course, there is no "recession"), but now they could be delayed:Democrat Barack Obama says he would delay rescinding President Bush's tax cuts on wealthy Americans if he becomes the next president and the economy is in a recession, suggesting such an increase wou...

Sensibly Progress has a take on the present rules....

Thin-sliced Swiss cheese + wine-soaked Sopressata + Kavli crispy thin crispbread = A Italo-Norse-Swiss taste treat.Yum!...

How things can change in one week:Then, after Sen. John McCain chose Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, people laughed and said Biden was going to wipe the floor with Palin in the vice presidential debate. Now, after her incredible convention speech, Biden is saying that he's the underdog because he's not a very good debater. . . ....

From a New Jersey media source at that: According to the research done by the NSSF, 72 percent more women are hunting with firearms today than just five years ago. And 50 percent more women are now target shooting. The statistics, from National Sporting Goods Association surveys spanning 2001 through 2005, show more than 3 million women hunt and ov...

I’ve mentioned that I signed up to be NRA’s Election Volunteer Coordinator for my congressional district (PA-08), and we’ve been working on a plan.  Our job is to gather volunteers to help pro-gun campaigns, and to help get gun owners involved in the political struggle.  Since I’ve only had the title for a month or so, we&...

Remember when the DNCC was supposed to be the “greenest convention ever”?  How they worried about the color of the food and using organic materials in their merchandise?  I guess we can see where the “green” concern ends … at red, white, and blue. - Ed Morrissey One would think, after the fuss made over the flag pin, the hand over t...

The Cincinnati Enquirer has published a poorly-worded and erronoeous article about the implementation of Ohio's Castle Doctrine bill, Senate Bill 184, and the Associated Press wire service has picked up the story and replicated a significant error at news outlets across the state. From the original Enquirer story, by Jennifer Baker: Changes take e...

Pennsylvania is a blue state in most of the past elections, but it’s one that Democrats can’t take for granted, and we’re usually regarded as a swing state.  It’s true the climate here generally favors Democrats in national elections, but Republican in this state can’t give up.  We have to make them fight to get Penn...

John Fund has this at the WSJ's Political Diary:Uncertainty is stalking Democratic watering holes in Washington, where diners had been counting on appointments in an Obama administration.The latest Real Clear Politics average of published polls shows John McCain now taking the lead from Barack Obama 47% to 46%. The newest of those polls (USA Today/...