From the Comments: Guns and Truth
I often think that reading through the ‘comments’ section of a post or an article online can tell me much more about an idea or an event than can the original article. Oftentimes the nitty-gritty...
View ArticleFrom the Comments: Militias and the Second Amendment
Longtime reader (and blogger) Hank Moore has been on a roll lately. In response to a condescending (and fact-free) comment made by a Leftist concerning gun rights, Hank responds with this: That is very...
View ArticleTaking Guns by Executive Order
[Editor's note: this essay first appeared on Dr. Delacroix's blog, Facts Matter, on Jan 9th 2013] I wrote recently about one of the American attitudes and set of beliefs about private ownership of...
View ArticleSenate Democrats want Crazies with Guns out in the Street
You may have heard or read somewhere that there is a Senate amendment to ObamaCare that prohibits the government from registering guns and ammunition. Well, the amendment (3276, Sec. 2716) is real, but...
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Hey all, I’m entering into a tough stretch at school, so my posting will be minimal for the next little while. Before I get to the cool links I’ve been reading, I thought I’d highlight Evgeniy’s recent...
View ArticleL’Amérique et les armes: mise à jour.
Le taux de crimes à main armée (presque toutes avec armes a feu) a chute environ de moitié depuis 1990. Pendant la même période, tous les chiffres liées à la possession d’armes privées ont augmenté....
View ArticleA Libertarian Moment in the US?
I think you’re seeing a growth of self-conscious libertarianism. The end of the Bush years and the beginning of the Obama years really lit a fire under the always-simmering small-government attitudes...
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The media’s shooting bias. An excellent take on the hypocrisy of the media. (read David Henderson’s take, too) Conservation Native American style (grab a cup of coffee) The mission to decentralize the...
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Permanent War versus Peace; Professor Angelo Codevilla elaborates Law professor at Fordham deceptively carries on the tradition of censorship-cheerleading; Ken White elaborates (Senior Editor Warren...
View ArticleThousands of Connecticut Gun Owners ‘Flout’ New Registration Law
THOUSANDS OF CONNECTICUT GUN OWNERS ‘FLOUT’ NEW REGISTRATION LAW The most prescient point from State Senator Tony Guglielmo is “I honestly thought from my own standpoint that the vast majority would...
View ArticleA taste of local flavor: Remington Outdoor Company to announce major...
Remington Outdoor Company to announce major expansion to Huntsville “The site will rank with ROC’s largest facilities. Ilion, N.Y., is home to the largest facility at more than 1 million square feet,...
View ArticleLe Contrôle des armes aux Etats-Unis ; l’essort économique français
Un membre de la legislature de l’état de Californie est accusé par le FBI de traffic d’armes massif, des fusils d’assaut militaires, pour être précis. C’est un élu de San Francisco, ville notoirement...
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As Bad As ObamaCare Is, Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act Was Worse From our own Dr Shikida in the Cato Journal: “Why Some States Fail: The Role of Culture” [pdf] Stop Blaming Professors: Study finds students...
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Arms in the Several States. This is a great post by a law professor at Fordham (Nicholas Johnson) on the legal history behind the struggle of black Americans to arm themselves in the face of State...
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What if Leo Strauss was right? How many people does the War on Drugs put in prison? Sympathy for the Devil: Palestine’s Tragic Collaborators (movie review of Omar) The Other Somalia Do black people...
View ArticleGun Rights, the Black Panthers, and ‘the South’ in the United States
From a report by Aaron Lake Smith in Vice: The Dallas New Black Panthers have been carrying guns for years. In an effort to ratchet up their organizing efforts, they formed the Huey P. Newton Gun Club,...
View ArticleA (very) Quick Primer on Natural-Rights.
by Adam Magoon The first step in understanding natural rights theory is to ask a simple but profound question. Do you own yourself? Well, let’s start with the definition of ownership. Dictionary.com...
View ArticleBC’s weekend reads
Our own Edwin van de Haar being interviewed about Degrees of Freedom (audio interview) Does Gun Control Work? Ben Carson Says Yes. ADL Says No but Yes The Vanishing Europe of Jürgen Habermas Leviathan...
View ArticleGun Control Works Just Fine in France
In semi rural Normandy, in France, a mass is interrupted by two young men who speak Arabic among themselves. They force the aged priest to kneel. They demand that some of the faithful present video the...
View ArticleLiberals and Conservatives should stop talking about guns
I’ve come across some great journalism on guns and gun control recently. Here’s the key points: Most gun deaths are suicides. Many of these suicides would have happened were a gun not available, but...
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