About once every couple of months it seems, the Brady Campaign, trying to get some free publicity, releases their state rankings. They used to release grades but state’s grades rarely went up and showed that the Brady Bunch was not real effective. Anyway, their latest is up. I note that Tennessee gets a whopping eight […]

So, Paul, why do these shootings keep happening in areas that score well on your gun control rankings? Gun control: what you do instead of something.

From the NRA: More Gun Laws, More Violent Crime In January, the Brady Campaign released its annual “State Report Cards,” scoring the states according to their gun laws. Once again, the Brady rankings clearly demonstrate that states that have the most gun control tend to have the most violent crime. And some numbers: * California, […]

The Brady Campaign releases its annual grading propaganda: Thirty-one states get a “D” or an “F” in measurements of the gun laws in those states, according to nationwide ratings released today by the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence united with the Million Mom March in partnership with state-based gun violence prevention organizations across the […]

Brady score compared to crime rates

Brady Score versus murders committed with a firearm

California’s ‘Reasonable Regulation’ of Guns Did Not Stop the Thousand Oaks Shooting Funny thing is, I was trying to google up the Brady Campaign’s score card, which listed California as A rated for years. It appears they don’t do that anymore. However, Gabby Giffords’ astroturf organization The Giffords Law Center does. And it gives Cali […]

There’s this place that has all the gun control pipe dreams that the Obama administration is pushing. It bans the most popular rifle in the country, magazines that hold more than some arbitrary number of rounds, and rarely issues permits. And the list goes on. It’s called California and it ranks number one on the […]

Joyce Foundation Shill Josh Sugarmann reports on a “study” that his paid hacktivist group conducted and concludes: homicide, and particularly gun homicide, continues to be one of the most pressing public health concerns in California among youth and young adults ages 10 to 24 Well, that’s kind of weird. Since California gets the top spot […]

Bitter: The Helmke Tenure Review, Part I He didn’t really accomplish much but, then, those on the wrong side of history ultimately don’t. And I’m disappointed. Bitter should have given him some meaningless grade for emphasis.

Looks like they’re going for a zero on the Brady Campaign point system. Which reminds me, since AZ has a 0 already, if their Gov had not vetoed two pro gun bills, would they actually get negative scores?

TN scored 8/100 on the Brady Campaign’s state rankings, which are generally an inverse measure of freedom. Arizona got a 0. Damn, Tennessee, we have a goal.

The DOJ and the Brady Campaign have filed briefs regarding the Firearms Freedom Acts. These cases aren’t great and the Brady bunch is likely tagging along because they know they can score a cheap win. These suits are losers and the Brady campaign knows that. Speaking of, OK Governor vetoes a FFA bill.

I suppose with the anniversary of the bombing yesterday, everyone is doing some sort of remembrance or trying to salvage a legacy or trying to score cheap political points. To the latter two, I feel no need to distance myself from a psychopath like McVeigh because I’ve never felt any sort of association with him. […]

Not panning out: You will notice now that the Brady Campaign no longer gives states grades, and have rather decided just to rank order them. This is likely because they’ve only had real success in a small handful of states. By rank ordering, it can make it seem like the gun control movement has actually […]

Howard Nemerov, who also says the Brady Bunch is violating copyright law, notes: Almost immediately after this last article, readers reported that the link to Brady’s 2008 scorecard was dead. Searches performed since have indicated that all the Brady report cards dating back to 2001 (the first) have been removed from their site. (Is this […]

David notes what gun bloggers haven’t linked to. News to me. But I also haven’t linked to the Brady Campaign Scorecards so I wouldn’t read too much into it.

Joe again looks at the correlation between crimes and Brady Campaign grades.

Let’s count: Cho’s purchases met Virginia law at the time, but a judge’s recent ruling on his competency should have sounded an alarm with federal officials, had they been notified as part of the background check. Incorrect. Cho broke the law. There simply wasn’t a mechanism for reporting his adjudication as a mental defective. Some […]

Actual headline: Ohio scores low in gun-control study They’re, of course, referencing the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Ownership’s scorecards. This is about as much a study as I am a Kenny Loggins Record. The press continues to take dictation from anti-gun groups.

Heading to the 2A Blog Bash to hang out with your favorite gun bloggers? You should be. And if you are, you need to know Kentucky’s carry laws. Kentucky got the best score on the Brady Campaign To Prevent Gun Ownership’s ranking of violent crime. Info provided by GBW.

Frank emails me a link to this piece on the psychopath who decided to kill his family. Obviously, a discussion of gun laws ensues: Greg Shipley, a state police spokesman, said Maryland law requires handguns to be secured and stored out of the reach of a child under the age of 16. Failure to keep […]

Why, it seems like just yesterday the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Ownership was telling me which states had less violent crime. And now, they’re doing it again. They just do it backwards: Since 2001, RTC states, where more people carry guns in public, consistently average a “D”. Brady continues to be unhappy with the […]

Brady Presser: Shockingly, they blame guns. Well, and try to score some $$$. The NRA offers sympathies and refrains from commenting until facts are known. Headline of the day: Advocates Of Gun Control Become Relevant Again. Sadly, he’s probably right. We gun nuts often say we’re one whackjob away from more gun control. Yes, I […]

Robert Douglas is back sporting a new AKM with info on how to build your own. A detailed must read for any AK junkies out there. Head has the lowdown on cartridge sizes. In a follow up to Maryland’s ballistic fingerprinting kerfuffle, the legislature has proposed repealing the law. In Louisiana, the police can’t account […]

Via CD Harris: Scores carry handguns openly to press point They carried their handguns in the open in holsters Wednesday, walking in circles around the Statehouse to protest the inability of Gov. Bob Taft and the state legislature to enact legislation permitting them to carry concealed weapons. “We’re here to demonstrate to the legislature that […]