Month: March 2014

Mitch McConnell: Crass Pandering

[caption id="attachment_11435" align="alignnone" width="558"] Mitch McConnell brought a rifle out and presented it to Sen. Tom Coburn today at the CPAC convention in a crass display of pandering.[/caption] Mitch McConnell uses a gun to pander to conservatives. His action today was patently offensive given his record. Does he think we're…

GIBLIN: Dry firing

  by Tim Giblin of Train Illinois (GunsSaveLife.com) - Dry firing is truly a necessity. Very few people have a location where they can shoot near their home anymore. With a twenty-minute-or-greater commute to the range becoming more common, most people simply don't have the time to shoot regularly. Coupled…

Eighth annual Illinois Gun Owners Lobby Day a success

Thousands of Prairie State gun owners braved very cold temperatures and wind-chills in Springfield to march seven blocks to the Illinois State Capitol building to promote gun rights and self-defense on Wednesday, March 5th. It was the eighth annual IGOLD event, sponsored by the Illinois State Rifle Association, in conjunction…

How about a national discussion on black violence?

Weerd at Weer'd World would like to have a national discussion, but not necessarily completely about guns. Instead, he's asking for a discussion regarding the disproportionate - massively disproportionate - representation of blacks in crime stats. There seems to be a cultural problem among black families in America.  Perhaps there's…

Americans embrace guns!

You can deny reality, but that doesn't make it true any more than it does for a whining three-year-old's temper tantrum. Glenn Reynolds nails it in his USA Today column. "Americans Embrace Guns." This past weekend, the Tennessee Law Review held a symposium on "New Frontiers in the Second Amendment."…