A contrast in police philosophies
First, there is the Sheriff's Deputy in Michigan who rolls up on some open carry activists politicking by the side of the road. Here's the video. It's a pleasure to watch. Then there's a cop in New York State. He must have missed the classes on the Constitution…
FOUL! Anti-gunner ejected from open carry rally
An anti-gun guy brings his pooping chicken to an open carry rally at a farmer's market to express his belief that guns are more dangerous than chickens. He gets ejected, but still doesn't get it... Ignoring the public health issues of having a defecating and urinating chicken in a…
IL residents: Don’t strap on just yet…
The State Journal-Register published an article late Monday urging gun owners to hold their horses and not FOID-carry just yet, after the 9-0 Aguilar decision from the Illinois Supreme Court. The word we are getting from Todd Vandermyde and others is that you face minimal risk of prosecution for *concealed*…
British hero at Nairobi mall attack: A good man with a gun saves innocent lives
[caption id="attachment_9428" align="alignnone" width="634"] Ex-Royal Marine with a handgun is credited with saving 100+ innocent lives during the opening moments of the Nairobi islamist terror attack.[/caption] The only thing that stops bad people with evil in their hearts is a good guy with a gun. British hero of the…
Equip 2 Conceal threatens legal action against GSL
[caption id="attachment_9414" align="alignnone" width="500"] Rob Shewmake's Ford Raptor pickup truck.[/caption] Early Sunday, we wrote about a seven-year-old Florida company that was advertising Illinois-certified concealed carry classes on their website. For $280, they would provide the 16-hours of training Illinois requires and better yet, they were offering this training in a…
Chokepoint
Chokepoint (Dictionary.com) - choke·point [chohk-point] noun a place of greatest congestion and often hazard; bottleneck. by John Boch The Illinois State Police have done a fine job creating a chokepoint for Illinois gun owners in their handling of the mandated training requirements of the new Illinois Firearm Concealed Carry…
Re-writing history: History textbooks’ revisionist 2nd Amendment descriptions
[caption id="attachment_9377" align="alignnone" width="674"] The latest American history textbook to "rewrite" the Second Amendment. And educators wonder why Americans look with suspicion upon the educational community. Photo courtesy TTAG.[/caption] First there was a revisionist, downright false description of the 2nd Amendment in United States History: Preparing for the Advanced Placement…
Gun haters disparage our rights while demanding we protect theirs
[caption id="attachment_9368" align="alignnone" width="320"] David Guth. Professor "blood is on the hands of the #NRA. Next time, let it be YOUR sons and daughters."[/caption] by Brent Harney How far will far-left gun haters go with the antipathy and derision they have for gun owners? Apparently very far, even to the…
Starbucks self-reflection from Shall Not Be Questioned
Please, if you consider yourself a gun rights activist, this is must-reading. Read the whole thing and digest it. It's very well written and thought out. My hat's off to Sebastian for this. Nice work squared! John What can Starbucks teach us as a community? by Sebastian When…
Garry needs a drink: Chicago Police Chief blames a gun, not gang violence
Poor Garry McCarthy. He's nicknamed "Streetlight Assassin" by some of us for his inglorious reputation as the guy who shot out street lights in Jersey outside a neighborhood bar with his State Cop brother while drunk one evening many years ago (while shouting racial epithets at nearby neighbors coming out…