All too often basic rights are infringed by legislators at the local, state, or national level. These legislators pass laws that fly in the face of basic rights, preventing citizens from enjoying such rights until a court strikes them down. Since legislative bodies can pass laws with relative ease and virtually no cost [...]...

By Chad D. Baus The same anti-self-defense crowd that encourages businesses to post "no-guns" signs as a means of promoting "safety" is also fond of saying that the best way to avoid being hurt by a criminal is to just give them what they want, and wait for the police to get there. But once again, persons forced to work in the gun ban extremists'...

By Chad D. Baus Even while former Joyce Foundation board member Barack Obama seeks to cover up his anti-gun past with empty platitudes about an individual right to bear arms that can be "common-sense" limited into oblivion, and while his supporters attempted to make the case that the Supreme Court's ruling on D.C. v. Heller made “Guns a Non-Issue...

Here is their summary. They have more detailed information here.We’ve been flooded for the past few days with queries about dubious Internet postings and mass e-mail messages making claims about McCain’s running mate, Gov. Palin. We find that many are completely false, or misleading.--Palin did not cut funding for special needs education in Al...

I like to spend time on anti-gun sites. Seeing how desperate they are to make a point, clearly unsupportable with facts (unless they’re hiding the legitimate facts and studies for reasons unknown), makes me confident that I’m on the right side. Someday I’m afraid that they may make a convincing argument and turn me against guns … but after ...

This is part of why I love Xavier: Pigs, Fish and Men This man is running for President of the United States. "You know, you can put lipstick on a pig," he said, "but it’s still a pig." As the crowd roared, clearly understanding that he was referring to his opponent’s running mate, this man continued. "You can wra...

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There is still a difference between individual candidates and these overall polls, but this is a huge improvement.If the elections for Congress were being held today, which party’s candidate would you vote for in your congressional district: the Democratic Party’s candidate or the Republican Party’s candidate? . . . . . . . . . . . Sept. 2008...

The check for my C&R FFL hit the bank account today, one week after I sent it in… ...

My friend David Boldt has this post on something that isn't being mentioned in the US media. University students are battling government troops, and they have taken over various government buildings. So far the students vastly out number the troops....

Lexington, KentuckyFrom the Lexington Herald-Leader of September 10, 2008Resident shoots and kills intruder; arrest madeLexington police have made an arrest in a burglary that turned fatal Wednesday morning at an apartment complex near Hamburg Pavilion.Reginald Laron Jones, 24, of Lexington has been charged with first-degree burglary.Police say he ...

I have just discovered that RobertaX has not seen Heat. We need to hook up a VCR, since my copy is in that recently-anachronized format, but I'm pretty stoked about getting to watch it again, and with a first time viewer to boot. I wonder if she's seen Collateral?...

Paglia's piece can be found here:Conservative though she may be, I felt that Palin represented an explosion of a brand new style of muscular American feminism. At her startling debut on that day, she was combining male and female qualities in ways that I have never seen before. And she was somehow able to seem simultaneously reassuringly traditiona...

...Zombie Apocalypse, who would you rather have at your back:Obama and Biden or McCain and Palin?Case closed....

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If you have a NFA Firearms trust and live in Pennsylvania you should take the PA statute 2203 into consideration.  In Pennsylvania and many other states a surviving spouse has a right to an elective share of the decedent's estate.  Generally these are around 1/3 but vary by state. The elective share is designed to make sure that the surviving ...

Apparently Joe "I'm not the guy" Biden forgot that Obama wasn't in the room to make the visually-challenged see and make the differently-abled walk:Biden slipped a bit during the introductions, through no fault of his own. In introducing local elected officials, from Ninth District Congressional candidate Judy Baker to former Gov. Roger Wilson, Bid...

The Brady Blog has now returned to their regularly scheduled hysterics: H.R. 6691 is a disaster of a bill, and the House should have the good sense to toss it in the trash, and its NRA sponsors out on their noses. Except we’re still waiting for an explanation about how it does any of the things that Brady is falsely claiming it does. ...

"We carry our homes with us, which enables us to fly." -John Cagelet It seems like much of the nation has forgotten about 9-11. People grumble about the security lines and delays and roll their eyes at the folks who are trying to get them from point A to point B in one intact piece.There are signs up as I walk through the airport to my flig...

I didn’t think any Government entity would fund such an endevour, but I guess I’m wrong.  NJIT has been awarded just under $250k by the Dept of Justice to continue research and development of a *smart gun*.  But I’m surprise to see Senators Lautenberg, Menendez, and Pascrell behind it.  I thought for sure that they’d be a...

Gerard Valentino wrote an interesting article titled "Twelve Minutes" at Buckeye Firearms discussing the fallacy of gun free zones....

Not long after the Harrold Independent School District announced their decision to allow trained and licensed staff to carry concealed handguns at work, I wrote Harrold Superintendent David Thweatt a quick note of encouragement:Mr. Thweatt;Thank you very much for taking a stand and becoming the first school district in decades that officially recog...

So, I may have mentioned that I live in this relentlessly gentrified, hopelessly twee little in-town neighborhood called Broad Ripple. There's a business/entertainment strip that is all pubs and live music joints and restaurants and vintage clothing boutiques and hair salons. Stretching several blocks away from that in every direction is block afte...

Barack Obama would seem to have one voted for a bill that would have, in fact, taken away the guns of many Illinoisans.  Do we believe him now? ...

I've recently bought some antique firearm items from International Military Antiques. In visiting their site, they have a new disclaimer on their home page. Somehow, I don't think this is the customer service most people would be happy with.......

In case you missed it, you really should check out Giuliani's RNC speech. He made some great points comparing the Obama/Biden ticket to the McCain/Palin ticket. A few of my favorite quotes......

So far, Formula 44/40 is the best Instant Gun Blue I’ve run across. Just sayin’………….. ...

Police have arrested a man in connection with the hammer attack on the subway in Philadelphia.  Thanks to Fred Fry, I have obtained a copy of Thomas Scantling’s criminal record.  Much like the case of the murder of Officer Steven Liczbinski, this is another case of the City’s justice system utterly failing to protect its citizens from...

Say Uncle has a nice article addressing how Obama is exploiting the confusion surrounding so-called “assault weapons” to push his gun control measures: http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2008/09/10/obama-and-guns/ No tags for this post. Related Articles No related articles....

A Poll in France showed that 80% of the French polled want Obama to win the election, while only 8% want McCain to win. Could it be that the French love the ideas he shared during his tour of Europe......

Sebastian, Uncle and others had a posting regarding this product by the Sportsman's Guide for a kit to convert a 10/22 into Ruger's Charger pistol configuration. On the surface, this product seems reasonable.Except for the fact that a 10/22 rifle owner who purchased this kit is a potential felon. Apparently no one at the Guide vetted this product...

NRO's Jim Geraghty has a quick post about the event here. Reports put the crowd at 10,000 - 20,000. This may be based on tickets given away to the event but it continues a trend began on August 29th when McCain announced the choice of Sarah Palin as his running mate....

By Chris Chumita There are more stories pertaining to our gun rights in Ohio then we can possibly draw attention to with individual daily commentary. But they are all worthy of mention. What follows is our review of headlines from around the state though a pro-gun rights lens. From a church shooting to a gun accident, these articles should be a par...

Barack Obama, a famous fan of pickup basketball, must recognize his plight: It’s two on one now. John McCain drafted Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the star point guard from the Wasilla Warriors, to double-team Obama. (McCain’s team doesn’t care if no one guards Joe Biden, who seems to spend most of his time yelling to the media, “I’m open! I�...

The Obama campaign has been claiming that there was no intent to imply anything about Palin when he mentioned lipstick. "A top Obama aide e-mailed Politico to say it was "crazy" to insinuate that Obama was talking about Palin. "That expression is older than your grandfather and has nothing to do with her," the aide said." Here is something from P...