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Austin MDA Moms Protest Open Carry Group…Topless
I’ve spent some time in Austin since RF moved down there and have come to love the place. Sure, the majority of its residents’ preening leftist moral narcissism can be exhausting, but by and large, the capital makes up for ... Read More
Quote of the Day: Public Notice Edition
“Every time I go to the range to practice, I put the target on my garage so (thieves) know I know how to shoot.” – Baltmore resident Richard McCormick quoted in Baltimore supermarket swaps guns for groceries [at baltimoresun.com]
BREAKING: DC Police Chief Recognizes Right to Carry, Reciprocity
Emily Miller is reporting via Twitter that as of this evening, D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier has instructed her force not to arrest anyone legally able to carry a firearm. Many have said that the D.C. political establishment would ignore yesterday’s ruing ... Read More
Seriously, No One Wants to Take Your Guns
The following was posted as a comment by Excedrine under yesterdays post, Don’t Worry, No One Wants to Take Your Guns. I laugh when they trot out that old, tired line. I really do. Right in their faces. Then, I ... Read More
DE Judge Lets Armed Robber’s Suit Move Forward
“That is when the assault began. All of the Season’s Pizza employees participated in punching, kicking and pouring hot soup over my body. I was unarmed and defenseless and had to suffer a brutal beating by all of the employees ... Read More
Will Emily Miller Carry in DC?
Emily Miller is the famous investigative reporter who wrote the series Washington Times series “Emily Gets Her Gun” detailing the torturous process of getting permit to legally own a firearm in the District of Columbia. The series led to her successful ... Read More
OMG! Billy Johnson’s Engaging in a Thought Experiment! OMG!
Billy Johnson’s genius is in his tendency to look at things from a different angle – one you may not have considered – and then present his point simply and clearly. In his latest piece for the NRA, ‘Everyone Gets ... Read More
Question of the Day: Do You Listen to Anything Alex Jones Says?
Alex Jones calls himself an “aggressive constitutionalist.” The Infowars jefe believes you have a natural, civil and Constitutional right to keep and bear arms. He also promotes a farrago of conspiracy theories, from U.S. government involvement in the Oklahoma City bombing and the September 11 ... Read More
Court Upholds FL Law Protecting Gun Owners from Doctor Abuse
The old media has tried to frame opposition to a Florida law protecting gun owners from snooping physicians as somehow limiting the MDs’ free speech, but it was never about that at all. The law was a reaction to doctors inappropriately asking ... Read More
Quote of the Day: Maybe Because His Patients Don’t Give a Damn About Signs Edition
“(T)he Pennsylvania hospital gunfight is already being recounted at least by some gun owners as a telling anecdote about life in a heavily armed nation where 60 million people suffer from some kind of mental-health problem. For one thing, police are still ... Read More
I’m Dick Heller and I Approve This Crushing Defeat Of Worthless Gun Laws
By Dick Heller In the aftermath of District of Columbia v. Heller, many residents in the nation’s capitol have been jousting with the the overbearing “Mother-knows-what’s-best-for-you” attitude about our Constitutional rights. Even though D.C.’s mayor city council deeply desire to be a state, ... Read More
BREAKING: Mercy Hospital Killer Triggered by “Gun-Free” Zone Signs
“Richard Plotts, who shot and killed his caseworker and shot his doctor at a Delaware County hospital campus Thursday, may have done so because he was offended by the hospital’s policy against guns,” philly.com reports. “There’s evidence that he took ... Read More
California UPS Driver Accused of Stealing 72 Guns
“’This is an unusual case,’ said Carlo A. DiCesare, a special assistant U.S. Attorney in Riverside (California) who is prosecuting the case. ‘It was a large number of firearms that were stolen, and they were stolen from a reputable shipping ... Read More
BREAKING: DC’s Ban on Right To Carry Overturned
Gun rights advocate extraordinaire Alan Gura reports that the DC Circuit just overturned the District of Columbia’s ban on the right to carry firearms. You can read the ruling here. As Gura quotes the ruling: In light of Heller, McDonald, ... Read More
NBC: Gun-Toting Shrinks Are a Bad Idea
“Psychiatrists and mental health experts interviewed by NBC News didn’t see gun-toting doctors as a new trend. In fact, they said, guns really aren’t the best protection against a violent patient with severe mental illness.” See what they did there? “Psychiatrists ... Read More
Mercy Hospital DGU Doc [Not Shown] Keeps His Job
Details of the defensive gun use at Philly’s Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital are now emerging. “A doctor with a semi-automatic gun and a caseworker who was “nothing short of heroic” were able to wound and then subdue an armed psychiatric patient after ... Read More
Don’t Worry, Nobody Wants to Take Your Guns
We hear the tired old shibboleth trotted out by civilian disarmament advocates in the debate over the Second Amendment again and again: “Nobody wants to take your guns.” Except when they do. It’s a transparent attempt to portray owners concerned ... Read More
Remington Engineers: R51 Launched Over Our Objections
We have been chronicling the incredible failure that is the Remington R51 for quite some time now. The story took its latest turn yesterday when Remington recalled offered to replace all R51s sold to date. The story started with such ... Read More
Quote of the Day: The Secret of Our Success Edition
“Improbably, the gun movement’s triumph has become a template for progressives, many of whom are appalled by the substance of the victories. The triumph of gun rights reminds us today: If you want to win in the court of law, ... Read More
Self-Defense Tip: STFU After a DGU
“I come back and they see me with a gun, and they run,” 80-year-old Long Beach homeowner Tom Greer told nbclosangeles.com, recalling a recent home invasion. The male robber escaped, but Greer shot his female accomplice. She fell in an alley behind ... Read More