The Truth About Guns

“Weapons in a place of sanctuary seem to me to be inconsistent with a God of love. The prince of peace isn’t spelled P-I-E-C-E. It’s P-E-A-C-E.” - Bishop Rev. Robert Christopher Wright, quoted in ‘Georgia’s Sweeping Gun Law Sparks Religious Backlash’ [via time.com]

An 8-year-old child was found to have a loaded 9mm magazine (not shown) at school earlier this week. The magazine was discovered when it fell out of his coat pocket during recess. The kid didn’t have a gun, just the magazine, and no one was hurt. But here’s where it gets weird. Somehow detectives obtained a search warrant for the child’s home, where they found “more ammunition as well as drug paraphernelia.” No arrests have been made and the investigation continues, but I’m really unclear how they managed to justify a search warrant of the home. . .

Winchester White Box ammo is a golden oldie. It’s a Wal-Mart discount staple that (back in the good old days) you could always pick up for cheap. But is it any good outside of the range? And, especially now that the market has changed and more and more people are carrying small, short-barreled pocket pistols, is the venerable WWB effective from a 3″-barrel 9mm pistol?  The answers may surprise you. They sure surprised us.

By Wes Minton

“In the real world, sane people do not confront armed men and women. They don’t argue with them over politics. They certainly do not put their kids in harm’s way in order to make a point. So when it comes right down to it, when you are in the presence of one of these armed citizens, you don’t really have any rights at all.” – Heather Digby Parton, “Look at my gun!” Why NRA’s scary “open carry” craze is not about freedom [via salon.com]