Found this on John Lott's blog. It's the scariest interview with Senator Obama I've heard yet. Are we really going to elect a person with views such as this? And these are from just a few years ago -- not like he was just blowing up buildings or murdering cops in the 1960's, which no one seems to care about -- these are current. 2001, to be preci...

Is anyone really surprised? ACORN wasn’t a household name in the last election but documents show Democrats were just as eager to accuse the GOP of treating minorities unfairly in 2004 as they are in 2008. A nine-page section of 66-page 2004 Kerry Edwards Colorado state Election Day Manual titled “Minority Voter Intimidation” begins: “Ove...

Dave Hardy comments on this petition, reportedly from our friends at Freedom States Alliance (gunguys.com, 50caliberterror.com, etc.) which declares that ROTC students shooting air rifles are "Children who are taught to use weapons and violence to solve problems." I guess if your problem is you have a piece of paper you want holes in, you are learn...

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For parents, the desire to protect their children from the horrible harm home invading criminals can inflict is a good reason to own a gun.  However having children, especially small children, means that extra care must be taken to ensure that children aren’t harmed by guns.  This article addresses my suggestions in this area: The presence ...

Last week, Buckeye Firearms Association exposed Chairman Chris Redfern and the Ohio Democratic Party financing of two deceptive anti-gun mailers attacking State Representative Ross McGregor's vote for Ohio's Castle Doctrine bill, SB184. We pointed out that 75 percent of the Ohio General Assembly voted in favor of this law, which ensures Ohioans' r...

By David T. Hardy As a presidential candidate, Barack Obama must demonstrate executive experience, but he remains strangely silent about his eight years (1994-2002) as a director of the Joyce Foundation, a billion dollar tax-exempt organization. He has one obvious reason: during his time as director, Joyce Foundation spent millions creating and sup...

Harris County, TexasFrom the Houston Chronicle of October 25, 2008Pawn shop clerk shoots, kills would-be robberA pawn shop clerk shot and fatally injured an armed man allegedly attempting to rob the northwest Harris County business Saturday evening, authorities said.The gunman entered Gulf Coast Pawn and Jewelry store in the 9400 block of Louetta ...

You've probably seen the images of Somali pirates, usually a handful of guys in small boats, with AK-47s or a few RPGs, taking over a commercial vessel. I wondered how (most of these guys would be toast to an M1A, let alone a .50 M2 -- or a stick of dynamite dropped over the side), and read that commercial vessels are forbidden to be armed. Now the...

Peter W. Wickham, Jr.Imagine for a moment you are the owner of a small apple orchard. It isn't your main occupation but you make a little extra money at it to pay for some things around the old homestead. In years past you've simply sold your apples on the side of the road in front of your place but that has always been a little troublesome, partic...

I hurt myself today to see if I still feel I focus on the pain the only thing that’s real the needle tears a hole the old familiar sting try to kill it all away but I remember everything what have I become? my sweetest friend everyone I know goes away in the end and you could have it all my empire of dirt...

You can listen to the piece by clicking here.Thanks to Steve Ruden for sending this to me....

… perusing through a friend’s collection of Mitch Rosen holsters, I discovered Bitter is a closet holster sniffer.  Hardly a holster went by that went unsniffed.  I have to admit, quality gun leather does smell pretty good.  My kydex holster smells more like dryer lint in comparison.  The day planner on the table is actually not a d...

...the new header? I'm thinking it may be a little large, but it is a good image. Joe Huffman was kind enough to take this with my camera while we were at the Gun Bloggers Summer Camp at Blackwater.You can see that my grip has slipped a bit. This was at the end of the stage and I was on my sixth magazine. Having Todd Jarrett right behind you urging...

From Freedom States Alliance (creators of the Gun Guys, and beneficiary of Joyce Foundation) comes this petition to ban use of pellet guns in high school Junior ROTC. "Children who are taught to use weapons and violence to solve problems will not always enter the military. Some will make violence their civilian career and they may not remain in S...

Hey!  I'm beginning to like Sony!The Rev. Fred Phelps' group known for picketing soldiers' funerals around the country has been accused by a music company of violating copyright laws. Sony/ATV Music Publishing wrote Phelps, telling him to stop what it called unauthorized use of the song "Holding Out for a Hero." Phelps' Westboro Baptist Church...

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Here. As would be expected, beautifully written -- clearly expressed, and not a word to spare. Hat tip to reader R. Vance......

Insurance companies spend a great deal of time to determine which activities are risky. They do so in order to charge an insurance premium that is high enough that they will make money, but low enough that people will still purchase the insurance from them. This video clip discusses how insurance companies have [...]...

Via RicketyClick comes this: a Houston defense lawyer has posted the DEA guidelines on use of lethal force. He notes that trainees are given fact patterns and then expected to recite from the standards verbatim. I'm sure that is solid training ... in memory skills. Only a bureaucracy ... the document is probably 8-10 pages long. A long checklist...

The Rodeo Song....

"Congressman Chet Edwards is a strong and consistent voice for freedom and for defending the rights of Texas gun owners, hunters and sportsmen,” said Chris W. Cox, chairman for the NRA Political Victory Fund.Yep, here's the rating and endorsement.That must be why Chet supports this guy, you know, the guy we're told will be "the most anti-gun pres...

The YouTube video features real conservatives who've decided to vote for Obama.Thing is, all the searches I've done for this group fail to run down who they are and what their actual political philosophies and histories over the years have been. It's one thing to be a RINO or a neocon, and quite another to be a conservative in the sense that you be...

Is that his presidency might actually precipitate the disintegration of the United States...Scary, isn't it? Bloody terrifying, actually.But what do we do if the alternative turns out to be scarier?...

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Obviously we have taken Darwin out of the equation in modern Western society; people who would have normally drowned themselves in five gallon buckets of Drano left open on the living room floor are instead surviving to adulthood and voting for Barack Obama.Until Gaia evolves us a twenty-foot-long flying predator to bring the dimwit population back...

This is my property, would you please leave? - Self described communist Bill Ayeres       ...

I refer this time to what the Illinois State Rifle Association has discovered, that Kotowski is apparently siccing the state police on people who call or FAX him to express their displeasure with his civilian disarmament agenda.He can't sic 'em on all of us.[Via Illinois Voter]UPDATE: ...

A Memorial Middle School sixth-grade teacher shot and killed a man who forced his way into her home about 5 a.m...See, you have to understand--she had the wherewithal, mindset and capability to handle the situation in her home, but if you put her in her workplace, something will happen where only the "Only Ones" become qualified to handle things.I ...

Is Atlas going to shrug?Consider that Barry's "economic reform" proposal of increased income taxes on those with enough money to invest, increased capital gains taxes, and a bump on dividends taxes couldn't put the already-staggering economy down for the count faster if he'd actually aimed between the running lights, one wonders how much longer bef...

Employees of the City of Lincoln Council, including plumbers, who have reason to be going into families' homes in the United Kingdom municipality, have been told they soon will be expected to watch for signs of child abuse and report to authorities.And here we thought Brazil was an absurdist dystopian fantasy. Where is Harry Tuttle when you need hi...

Former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge said today that John McCain can't become president without carrying Pennsylvania and that the race would be different if McCain had chosen him as his running mate.Indeed it would....

A federal judge appointed by President Bill Clinton broke judicial rules to contribute to Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign on multiple occasions.So partisan she's willing to break the rules. I wonder if that could be used as grounds for conservatives and libertarians to demand she recuse herself from their cases, or as the basis for appeal...

Thirteen campaign workers for Barack Obama yesterday yanked their voter registrations and ballots in Ohio after being warned by a prosecutor that temporary residents can't vote in the battleground state. And they're not arrested and awaiting prosecution because...?...

Chicago is...Chicago is the Second City in nickname and the third in population, but when it comes to murder, the city has the dubious distinction of being second to no city in America. Thanks Snuffy! We couldn't have done it without you!...