Pennsylvania is becoming the center of the gun control debate. Seems the antis are pushing their wares non-stop there: Pennsylvania lawmakers held a special session on Tuesday to discuss 94 initiatives to tighten the state’s relatively loose gun controls in an effort to reduce gun crime. The two-day meeting was attended by the mayors of […]

I’ve mentioned that in the last couple of weeks that there is a two-pronged front going on for the gun control movement. One is the assault weapons ban canard and the other is the assault on castle doctrine. Kevin spotted another case of the latter: Intruder fatally shot Fatality third in Escambia since ‘Stand Your […]

First, we saw it here: The proposed changes come at a time when the FBI is reporting a rise in violent crime, especially in mid-size cities. Police are beginning to tie newly legalized assault weapons with increased gang violence. (When Congress refused to renew the ban on assault rifles two years ago, who did it […]

I hate when someone uses weasel words like failed to mention or never mention. Not mentioning something proves little, generally, unless it’s a blatant omission of some kind. But my real peeve about it is that it 1) generally implies intent to deceive; and 2) is usually a bullshit claim. Take for example this: As […]

Hats off to Charleston Daily Mail’s reporter Justin Anderson who writes: On the Fourth of July, Raleigh County Sheriff’s deputies killed a man they said was shooting an “AK-47” off in his neighborhood. Four years ago, police said a man walked into a Kanawha County school board meeting and shot a teacher with one. But […]

Bloomberg’s push to ban gun coloration kits is, well, stupid. But I didn’t really know what he meant. Dave the hyphenated American has some examples. He notes: So now not only are black rifles like the AR-15 “evil” in the gun-grabbers’ eyes, but now guns of color are too. So far, no-one seems to have […]

djuggler emails a link to this: Cinema-goers around the country will be shocked this week by a new advertisement offering AK47 machine-guns for sale among the ads for cars and soft drinks. They will see presenters talking up the firepower and reliability of the AK47, as a young boy demonstrates how the gun is so […]

Update: The original thread I brought this up on is here. Make sure you read the comments for a good discussion. Les’ post on asking gun questions of Sean Penn reminded me that I planned on doing an AK vs. AR analysis. Here it is: Feature AR-15 AK-47 Winner Design Tight tolerances.  Machined aluminum.   […]

Laura Washington wrote a piece a while back that just reeked of hysteria an misinformation. Some snippets: Political leaders nourish culture of deadly gun violence No, they don’t. We have become inured to “a culture of death.” That’s what the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence calls it. Using the Brady Bunch as a reference? […]

I think I’ll just start calling this the Carnival of Uncle, bet it gets more links that way: Head has everything you ever wanted to know about the CETME. Head also gives advice on AK-47s to a denizen (no, I am not making this up) of Democratic Underground. In an earlier decision, a court ruled […]

A junior in print journalism, Matthew Werlein, proves he needs to spend some more time learning how to fact check: These founding fathers had in mind that each individual had the right to own their rifles or pistols, and, while they never specifically clarified what type of arms these are, I really cannot fathom that […]

I kept reading news reports yesterday about a shooting. They all had the same basic byline that someone with a high-powered rifle (or AK-47) had went nuts at a courthouse in Texas. Insert usual rant about how it was not an AK-47 and wasn’t high-powered but rather the medium-powered 7.62X39 cartridge. Anyway: David Hernandez Arroyo […]

Robert Bonelli mall shooting update. First, police said it was an AK. Then it wasn’t. Now, it is again: Police say Bonelli used a Hesse Model 47 semiautomatic rifle to terrorize patrons Sunday at the Hudson Valley Mall. The fact it’s a Hesse may explain why he didn’t hit many people. Additionally, the Hesse was […]

There may be a ban on real assault weapons in Iraq, not like that fake ban we had here. It seems that the US Military’s offer of $200 for each AK47 that Iraqis turned in wasn’t resulting in many of them being turned in. If those Iraqis could get those AKs to the US, they’d […]

Nope, no hysteria here: But that doesn’t diminish ominous reminders of a vulnerability posed to everyone, particularly police officers, by Dugan’s easy acquisition of a military-style, semiautomatic, high-powered rifle to execute his plan, police believe. A weapon powerful enough to rip through bulletproof vests worn by most police officers. If they’re semi-auto, they are not […]

Justin Wilkins writes: Americans Need To Do Their Own Investigating In this time of election craziness it’s easy for us all to become brainwashed into believing complex issues are simple and easily explained in 20 second news bites. Election rhetoric only perpetuates this ignorance such as “Kerry is flip-flopping” on guns. There is more to […]

A Fraternal Order of Police press release tells Kerry to stop misrepresenting their support: Today Chuck Canterbury, the President of the nation’s largest police labor organization, called on John Kerry to stop making misleading statements regarding his support from the law enforcement community. Both on the campaign trail and in Wednesday night’s debate in Tempe, […]

The New York Times notes that: Senator John Kerry, a hunter who supported the recently expired assault weapons ban, frequently tells audiences he has never met anyone who wanted to use an AK-47 to shoot a deer. But it is not clear what Mr. Kerry does with the Chinese assault rifle he told Outdoor Life […]

Well, what did you expect from the Brady Bunch? Washington, DC – The ban ends at midnight, but already there are signs of what may follow for America’s police officers. In Dade County Sunday, a police officer was attacked by an AK-47-wielding assailant. She was shot at least twice, and her police cruiser was left […]

The Beeb calls them heavy assault weapons, as though the ban applies to anti-air guns or something. John Lott calls the ban useless in the LA Times. Yes, the LA Times. Somebody call the Waahmbulance. MTV on the ban: On the list of banned guns are civilian versions (i.e. slightly less powerful models) of the […]

There is one week to go before the sunset of the assault weapons ban. Publicola, The Geek, and Matt have set up a new blog to monitor the death of the ban called Walking The Walls. This blog will have some live blogging of the senate floor. For info on how you can fight the […]

Some folks wonder why it is I keep wasting my time pointing out these stupid anti-gun editorials. One reason, is because I enjoy it. The fact that somebody can be so scared over something so small amazes me. But also, when 9/14 gets here and there’s no blood in the streets and violent crime remains […]

Via Jay comes what is possibly the most asinine thing I’ve seen in a while. What an idiot. Update: Oh, dear lord. There are a great many more idiots. If your moonbat quotient is already high, don’t look any further: Holy Mother of All that is Stupid – I think that would make a fine […]

It really ranks up there with those articles that are too stupid to fisk but I’m linking to it because it’s in a Tennessee paper: In a time when the nation is trying to erect barriers to terrorism in order to protect the public, the U.S. Congress is about to allow the decade-old assault weapons […]

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I am amazed that an article about the Assault Weapons Ban appeared in the Chicago Tribune that isn’t promoting the ban. It’s a good read, here’s a taste: The 1994 law was a monument to President Bill Clinton’s distinctive political genius–which generally involved tiny symbolic changes that pleased particular constituencies without actually having much effect. […]

I use Google news alerts to keep me up to date on the assault weapons ban and other things. Google news alerts allows you to enter words and phrases (like Assault Weapons and Pit Bull) and any story that contains those words will be emailed to you. Good concept. I’ve discussed the fact that Google […]

Des Moines Register: The gun was at the wrong place at the wrong time. The gun, a concealed .32-caliber handgun, was brought by a guest to a party at Cooper’s home to celebrate the end of the spring soccer season. The gun was pulled when the guest was questioned about some missing shot glasses. The […]

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This is pathetic. Not only is it blatantly biased, it is severely factually incorrect. Paul Vitello is either an idiot or incapable of doing any research. Nevermind that assault weapons were only ever used in at most 1.4% of crime. And nevermind that the DOJ and CDC have concluded the ban has had zero effect […]