One year ago, Georgia passed a law that legalized the wearing of arms by permit holders in places that sold alcoholic beverages. Prior to its passage, Georgians were subjected to the hysterical media editorial pages predicting blood in the streets and death and doom and gloom. And how they were all going to die because […]

Guns in restaurants gets traction in AZ. So, they’ll be inundated with lies hysteria about blood in the streets from their local media.

To my conservative/libertarian friends: Chill the fuck out. It’s a bad day for you — and believe me, after 2000, 2002, and 2004, I know exactly how you feel — but the world doesn’t end because of this election. Remember how you told us, upon the expiration of the AWB, that there wouldn’t be blood […]

Seems that Paul Helmke, Keith Olbermann, and Kevin Drum are all butthurt because the NRA (which actually has members, resources, and stuff) engaged in a bit of deception. Now, what is funny is that I’ve seen no evidence that Mary was actually working for NRA. But we’ll see. PGP is equally nonplussed about the whole […]

Quite amusing how now the Brady Campaign is stating concealed carry doesn’t have an appreciable impact on crime. But a few years ago they were telling us there would be blood in the streets and we’d all die at the hands of road-ragers. Oh, did I say years? I meant hours.

In Arizona: Ten years later, officials say gun-carrying citizens responsible, deterring crime. If the number of concealed-handgun license holders is any indication, robbers may have to worry about getting more than stolen goods during a heist. [lame ass references to hot lead omitted] With an increasing number of state residents legally packing heat, more robbers […]

Since the assault weapons ban expired a couple years ago, there was supposed to be blood in the streets. None. Also, since these weapons (according to the anti-gun crowd) were the weapon of choice for cop killing (even though they were used in significantly less than 1% of crimes), I find this shocking: Forty-eight law-enforcement […]

Jeff at Alphecca looks at the recent report that says violent crime is down but gun crime is up: So as federal funds dry-up for municipalities’ crime fighting efforts, less police mean more crime. But that’s only half the story. Remember, I said there were two causes of the problem and the second one is […]

A New York Daily News editorial: Military-style assault weapons of the kind wielded by Henry have been showing up in increasing numbers since Congress and President Bush allowed federal ban on the guns to expire in late 2004. They did the bidding of the National Rifle Association, and it’s all but certain that innocent blood […]

A while back, Florida got rid of the duty to retreat provision in its self-defense law. Even though this brought Florida in line with the majority of states, there was much ado made about blood in the streets and other such nonsense. Like the predictions of the same when the assault weapons ban expired, none […]

So, it’s been one year since the assault weapons ban expired. What’s changed? Not much, really. There’s no blood in the streets. I’ve not heard of any dramatic increase in crime. Pretty much the same. Good. In terms of my collection, for the first time in a while I have new regular capacity magazines. I […]

Like every other time concealed carry laws went into effect, Michigan didn’t experience blood in the streets when it went to shall issue either.

One has been submitted to committee: A leading supporter of a proposed ban on assault weapons warned Monday that it was only a matter of time before someone is killed with one of the targeted guns. But gun rights advocates told lawmakers that Sen. Ethan Strimling´s bill would chip away at their constitutional protections and […]

They were wrong when they said that Florida enacting CCW in the late 1980s would lead to blood in the street. They were wrong when they said that the assault weapons ban would lead to blood in the street. Now, they are wrong stating the Florida’s law that gets rid of duty to retreat will […]

More gun lies from the Christian Science Monitor: Florida’s lawmakers have passed a bill to remove criminal penalties for anyone who shoots an attacker even if the shooter didn’t first make an effort to escape. That leaves out the rather important requirement that the person who uses deadly force presumes that there exists threat of […]

The NYT: Shootings Fuel a Drive to Ease Gun Laws Paul Bucher, the district attorney for the Wisconsin county where a man opened fire in a church service last month, killing seven people and himself, has one answer to the deadly mass shootings around the country in recent weeks: more guns. “The problems aren’t the […]

Say Uncle does a fantastic job keeping us apprised of the anti-gun nonsense out there. One thing I’ve noticed is that the gun-grabbers keep re-using the same old tired bromides, so I propose a little game to go along with the articles: Gun Control Poker. Spades (The Bad Guys) A – Terrorists are Enemy Number […]

It has been five weeks since the expiration of the assault weapons ban. I find it rather odd that the weapons of choice for criminals that would lead to blood in the streets haven’t been living up to that. No terror attacks have occurred either with all these AK47s that are now supposedly widely available […]

CBS again tries to equate the assault weapons ban as a health issue: But it’s difficult to imagine that gun-control laws didn’t have at least something to do with the drop. And that’s what has health-care professionals worried now that a federal ban on assault-weapons and gear like large-capacity ammunition clips has been allowed to […]

Just saw coverage of the assault weapons ban on NBC news. They kept referring to formerly banned guns as military assault weapons, which is a lie. However, every gun they showed on the video snippet was a post ban model. Lame. In other news, on my way home today, I looked for more blood in […]

Here’s a short and fairly accurate article on the assault weapons ban that actually addresses the fact that there isn’t much difference between pre and post ban weapons: Some see the military style AR 15 as an assault weapon, while others claim it is only a varmint rifle. Either way the AR 15 is legal […]

A good letter to the editor that attempts to debunk the fears of the ban. One note: Machine guns weren’t banned in the 1930s, they were just taxed and regulated. More hysteria from the antigunners. This one has it all: the children, cops getting killed, blood in the streets, Uzis, AK47s, etc. It then lists […]

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 […]

I’m not linking them, but today my Google News Alerts for Assault Weapons Ban sent me links to five news items err press releases from the VPC, Join Together, etc., that said Bush needed to act or the ban would expire. I guess since they grow more desperate they feel the need to flood the […]

The Geek is doing it. Go here and scroll down. He’s watching with the Assault Weapons Ban in mind. He notes, however, that this is the first time Frist has used parliamentary techniques to keep amendments at bay. Good for Frist. It is possible that the debate is not about the AWB, but I tend […]

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You can’t argue with science Guess what happens with record gun sales and more carry permit holders.

In The City (My The City), not much expected to happen, other than lame headlines from the local fish wrap. In Nashville, a place I’ve never heard of called Tootsies is, and I am not making this up, using metal detector wands on patrons. Yeah, that’ll be good for business. Talk about over reacting. Rich […]

Tam on TN’s guns in bars bill: Now Tennesseans can look forward to the same kind of blood-soaked carnage I have to face every time I go to the Broad Ripple Brew Pub. Which is to say “none at all”. (And Indiana doesn’t even care if you tip back a few wet ones while you’re […]