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Our Rights as Americans and Gun Control

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."                                                                              George Santayana   by Michael T. Charles, Ph.D., MPA                                                                                                 February 2013 (Guns Save Life) -  There are strong opinions and misconceptions regarding gun control in the United States. Arguments for and against such legislation and the recent…

HATE MAIL! Hate is so unflattering

We do love hate mail. Dan Hull sent us this gem a few days ago.  He didn't pass the spam filter, but we rescued it from oblivion before it got kicked to the curb and we're certainly glad we did. Dan's been busy working himself up into a frenzy, upset…

Oh no! We can’t allow carry in bars!

[caption id="attachment_6098" align="alignnone" width="600"] Mugshots of the suspects: (left to right) Lynell J. Hill, Joseph Nathanael Hill, Dexter Lewis (Photos provided by the Denver Police Department) (Caption provided by Denver Post)[/caption]   Because nothing bad *ever* happens at a bar, right?! Certainly not like armed robbers coming in with plans…

Right-to-carry update: Wednesday

Yesterday, the Illinois House, under gun-hating Democrat Michael Madigan, took up deliberations on his anti-gun HB-1155.  Madigan is trying to get maximum political mileage for the 2014 and 2016 elections on a measure he doesn't want or like, but that he knows is inevitably going to pass. There are nearly…