Never trust the headline. Especially with polls, the devil is always in the details… Ever since the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, we’ve heard plenty about how the public supports gun control. In some people’s minds, that’s the important thing. After all, who cares about rights if the majority doesn’t like that right? […]
Twitter Rejects Appeal to Unlock John Lott’s Account
In case you hadn’t noticed, the social media tyrants define “hate speech” as anything they don’t agree with. #1984 We have previously noted last week that Twitter locked John Lott’s account, refusing to let him have access to it until he removed a Tweet that they found offensive. In Lott’s appeal he noted that Twitter […]
New Zealand Compliance Rate for Gun Buyback Program Stands at Less than 1 Percent – GunsAmerica Digest
Pop quiz! If you implement a mandatory gun buyback program to “fix” crime, how many people will comply? Hint: Not many… The gun buyback program in New Zealand is not progressing as officials had hoped. After the county’s parliament banned most semi-automatic weapons in the wake of a deadly massacre, less than one percent of […]
ABC News: New Gun Laws Wouldn’t Prevent Mass Shootings
Dear ABC News: The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off… Every time there is a mass shooting, anti-gun groups and politicians start clamoring for more gun laws. It has actually gotten to the point where it is very predictable. With the next presidential election getting closer each day, the […]
Percentage of Population with Carry Permits By State
Some really interesting data on what percentage of the adult population holds concealed carry permits. Spoiler alert: New York and California aren’t in the lead… The graphs and tables below allow you to see how the percent of adults with concealed handgun permits are changing in states from 2013 to 2018. On the top right […]
Gun Owners & Legalized Marijuana
One toke over the line might get you in a heap of trouble when you next fill out a gun background check form… With the country ablaze in sweeping marijuana law reforms, it is important to remember that the drug is still verboten on a federal level. Read the rest: Gun Owners & Legalized Marijuana […]
While Virginia Beach seeks to create more Gun-free zones after mass public shooting in a gun-free zone, Mt. Juliet, TN takes another approach
One city’s approach to guns… Unfortunately, after a mass public shooting in a gun-free zone, members of the Virginia Beach City Council want to make sure that there are even more gun-free zones. However, not all municipalities in that direction. A commissioner in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee has introduced legislation to give city employees with a […]
Media Bias on Guns: Yet another television police character saying they don’t like guns
Sigh… more Hollywood lecturing… On Netflix’s police drama Unit 42, a female police officer is reticent to go into after a criminal because she doesn’t want to take her gun with her. She says: “I am not a huge fan of weapons.” The male cop then comments by saying: “You waste your firearms training.” Recent […]
Why Cory Booker’s Gun Control Scheme is Really Alarming
Spartacus knows what’s best for you. And he wants your guns… It’s not that New Jersey Senator and wannabe president Cory Booker hatched a sweeping gun control plan earlier this month to include gun owner licensing on a five-year cycle, it’s something else that veteran gun rights advocate Alan Gottlieb noted in reaction that should […]
Missouri Concealed Carrier Hits Would-Be Robber With 3 Shots
Crime doesn’t pay, unless your bank accepts lead deposits… An armed robber made the mistake of trying to rob a Missouri concealed carrier, who used speed of draw to put at least three rounds in the suspect. Read the rest: Missouri Concealed Carrier Hits Would-Be Robber With 3 Shots