If you read nothing else today, read this article in its entirety. Seriously. The Parkland killer was, as we later learned, a seriously messed up person. He was violent and the Broward County Sheriff’s Office was pretty much on a first-name basis with the monster-in-making from all the calls they’d responded to. He was not […]
Massive Murder Rate in Mexico Yet Only 1% Legally Own a Gun and Rifles Are Banned
So, it appears that the murder rate in Mexico is 6 times that of the US, yet guns are largely banned with less than 1% of the population licensed to own a one. The largest rifle legal to buy is the simple .22 caliber. #Gunsense In 2018, Mexico’s murder rate was 29 per 100,000 people, […]
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 […]
The Gun Crime Epidemic
This article originally appeared at AmmoLand. By Tom McHale USA –-(Ammoland.com)- Epidemic [ep-i-dem-ik] noun – a rapid spread or increase in the occurrence of something What do you call a “rapid un-spread or decrease in the occurrence of something?” Well, if it was the decrease of a bad thing, like crime for instance, I might […]
Gun Free Zones a.k.a. Self Defense Prohibited Zones
If you’re reading this, odds are about the same as Evander Holyfield whoopin’ Mitt Romney in the ring that you already know Gun Free Zones suck. Seriously, how much thought does it take to realize that people intent on doing harm could give a rat’s @ss about a flag in the ground claiming a […]
You Might Be A Gun Control Activist If…
You might be a gun control activist if… You think that the FBI has fudged crime statistics data for the past 20 years because Wayne LaPierre takes them out for CiCi’s pizza every Tuesday. You think Shannon watts makes a lot of sense if people would just listen to her. You think that Shannon could deliver her message more […]
Pro-Gun Policy Will Fail Because There Were No Nuclear Wars
Some gun control mantras make my head explode – and they don’t even use the phrase “for the children!” I’ll venture a guess they will cause you equal frustration. So go find a roll of duct tape. Then wrap your head with it. Done? Good. Now wrap an extra couple of layers, because I’m […]
The Common Sense Language of Gun Control
Words have more power than just about anything. Words can get us married. Words can get us thrown out of bars. Words (in the form of outrageous lies) can get people elected to political office. In fact, words have the power to change a discussion to a completely different topic. As an example, look what […]
Boiling Frogs, Gun Allergies and How To Influence Enemies
Having spent decades in the marketing field trying to convince people to buy things they don’t want, I get it. I get that people become acclimated to ideas and new concepts as a result of continued exposure. So when open carry advocates claim that their aim is to desensitize the public to the presence of […]