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Tweet A friend forwarded me this Facebook page: Perhaps, though, we should be grateful. You just know that Obama would have wanted to say something along the lines of Ron Paul’s execrable statement about living and dying by the sword. (And we know how stupid that is in this context.) Given half a moment and [...]

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Tweet Defending your home against a break-in is about as personal as it gets.  The following email is a good example of taking that personal principle, then expanding to a narrative about a single third party, and finally discussing the broader policy implications that affect all citiziens (h/t Earl): A LESSON FROM HISTORY: You’re sound [...]

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Tweet When my first was born, I had a lot of sleepless nights, not to mention a lot of sitting around during the day during feeding times.  It was during these first few months that I discovered Lois & Clark – The New Adventures of Superman.  Or more accurately, I discovered Dean Cain as Clark [...]

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Tweet I posted my mildly amusing (very mildly amusing) Obama’s got a gun effort and invited readers to submit their own Obama’s Got a Gun meme posters.  Here are five of them, and they’re great. From b.: From Dagwood: From Mike Devx: From Charles Martel: From Indigo Red: From Ritely:

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Tweet Big 5 is a sporting chain that spreads across the 12 western states.  It has a couple of stores in Marin County.  I went into one a few days ago and saw this notice posted on the front door: If you’re reading this on a small screen it says: Due to unprecedented demand for [...]

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Tweet Thanks to beefrank for making me aware of these new Glock commercials.  The first is funny, while the second is unnerving and should, I think, be watched by every parent in America.

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Tweet Honestly, you’d think that, after weeks of information flooding the Fox TV and the internet, that some liberals would finally figure out just a little, wee bit of actual information about guns.  (And yes, I’m being extremely sarcastic here.)  I just found this gem on Facebook, showing the loony Left trying to attach Ronald [...]

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Tweet Have I mentioned how much I love Thomas Sowell?  He has a towering intellect that’s coupled with the ability to think and write with a rare clarity.  When Thomas Sowell addresses gun control, it’s worth dropping everything else to read his analysis.

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Tweet In a recent interview on gun control in the wake of the slaughter of a classroom of innocent children and faculty at Sandy Hook Elementary School, Ben Shapiro said that one of the purposes of an armed citizenry is to prevent government tyranny. Piers Morgan harrumphed condescendingly in response, as if the very thought [...]

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Tweet Michael Ramirez pithily sums up all the deliberate or accidental hazards in American life that exceed the risks of rifle (“automatic” or otherwise) violence: As you can see, cars are infinitely more deadly to Americans than are the rifles that are getting Progressives so excited. Those who wish to control guns think they’ve come [...]

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Tweet There’s an element of truth to the frequently voiced concern that Obama is engaged in some sleight of hand when he keeps guns as the front story in the news.  By doing so, he keeps people distracted from the real news, which is our spendthrift government’s debt.  With that in mind, I’m going to [...]

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Tweet I don’t know what kind of airplay NRA ads get.  Since the clicker never touches my hand (others in the household are more wedded to it than I), I haven’t seen a commercial in a good twenty-years.  I do hope, though, that this particular commercial gets some serious play.  People need to start remembering [...]

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Tweet What made Andrew Breitbart extraordinary was that he understood that the best way to make a point was to show Progressives in the act of being hypocritical.  This is different from what the conservative blogosphere is doing (and doing quite well, I might add), which is to report on hypocrisy when it happens.  This [...]

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Tweet There’s still time to make a stand by signing the White House petition urging that we establish “gun free zones” around the President, VP, and their families.  The thinking is that what’s sauce for the goose (we, the People) should definitely be sauce for the gander (our employees in Washington, D.C.). As of now, [...]

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Tweet I’ve been making the point in the last few posts that the issue we should be debating is violence limitation, not “gun control.”  This video makes the point perfectly: Don’t let the 12 minute video run time deter you from watching this. And please . . . share it. And while you’re at it, [...]

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Tweet A deservedly popular White House petition is available for you to sign, one that reminds those who serve in government that they are our employees, rather than our “betters.”  Here’s the text: We petition the Obama administration to: Eliminate armed guards for the President, Vice-President, and their families, and establish Gun Free Zones around [...]

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Tweet A friend pointed me in the direction of a New York Times article that argues that both Second Amendment supporters and Abortion supporters are too quick to panic whenever the topics come up for debate, thereby precluding all rational discussion.  After describing the way VP Biden’s mention of Obama and executive orders regarding guns [...]

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Tweet Words matter, President Obama once said.  He’s right.  How we choose words gives a very good insight into our feelings upon the subject under discussion. In the current debate regarding the Second Amendment, conservatives have made the mistake of ceding oratorical control to the Left.  How?  By accepting the phrase “gun control” as the [...]

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Tweet Years ago, during the Bush administration, Terry Gross, of NPR’s Fresh Air, interviewed a writer who was in an absolutely tizzy about Bush’s use of executive orders.  Sadly, for the life of me, I can’t find that interview.  What I also can’t find is any evidence that this author has again gone onto Terry [...]

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Tweet I knew everything in this video, but this is the first time I’ve seen it put together so neatly, if you will.  The only thing in the video to which I object is the length of Nick Gillespie’s sideburns — trim them back, dude.  It’s not a good look. Here’s the accompanying article, with [...]

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Tweet One of my Facebook friends posted the following: The libertarian in me agrees with a lot of the post.  I’d like government to stop playing nanny to people.  It would make for smaller, cheaper, and less intrusive government, not to mention more individual freedom and personal responsibility. But, as the Sesame Street song used [...]

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Tweet Today’s question:  Can President Obama use an executive order to override the Constitution? Today’s answer, courtesy of Matt Drudge is “yes, he can, but it won’t be pretty.”  (Click on image to enlarge.)

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Tweet Gawker, an internet gossip site, has now published a 446-page document identifying every licensed gun owner in New York City.  Judging by the comments left at Gawker’s site (which I will not dignify with a link), people are not happy.  And they have reason to be unhappy: Referring to the earlier piece in the [...]

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Tweet My day is winding down, and I’m tired enough for two people, so I won’t blog at length here.  I just want to direct your attention to Wolf Howling’s post about guns and gun control, complete with statistics and loony New York Times theories.  Put one of my favorite writers together with an interesting [...]

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