So let me tell you about my day yesterday. I am on one of my periodic trips to western Pennsylvania and I chose this day to do some exploring. If you are out here, most of the history is kind of depressing, although I did...
guns
It's rare that a political text makes me angry, because I know they are largely meaningless. But when Donald Trump released his position paper on the Second Amendment, the phrasing,.
A chart says a thousand words. Of course, the terrorist front organization called the National Rifle Association loves this. More here.
The horrible killing of the Virginia TV crew has once again shown that a) gun violence is inherently political, b) that the National Rifle Association is a front organization for murderers, and c) that we need gun control, which of course won't happen. But it's...
We can learn lessons from the mass murders that are a monthly event in this nation. We learned, as a nation, from Dylann Roof, that the Confederate flag is a.
The decline of toy guns seems like it would be an absolute positive. The decline of toy guns so cops don't mistake them for real and shoot kids means it.
Stand Your Ground laws are horrible by themselves. But the idea that these laws are meant to allow citizens to defend themselves is laughable. The laws' real meaning is to allow white men to reassert their authority over non-white men in whatever way they choose....
We won't protect our children from being shot at school through restricting gun ownership. That would make too much sense. But what a business opportunity for the innovative capitalist! Thus.
This is a great exchange about self-defense and the civil rights movement. Despite all the talk about nonviolence, these were people who faced violence everyday and defended themselves from that.
Turns out if you handle anti-government freaks with kids gloves and let them act violent with no consequences, they just turn up the violence: Neighbors of the couple who ambushed two police officers Sunday in Las Vegas told local newspapers the pair had bragged about...
Repeal the Second Amendment: A Georgia man panicked parents and children at a local park and baseball field by randomly walking around and displaying his gun to anyone he encountered.
I'm sure this story about an Oklahoma gun range that wants a liquor license doesn't reinforce what the world thinks about Americans: From movie theaters to bowling alleys to golf.