Charles W. Cooke of The National Review stumped an entire panel of liberals on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” hosted by Joe Scarborough. The right wing pundit pressed the panel to name one policy that would have prevented tragedies like the recent shooting in Oregon. The panel of gun control advocates, which included Bloomberg’s Mark Halperin, Howard Dean, and…
“Somehow this has become routine. The reporting is routine. My response here at this podium ends up being routine. The conversation in the aftermath of it. We’ve become numb to this.” These, ladies and gentlemen, are the words of the 44th President of the United States of America, Barack Obama, spoken last night in the…
WASHINGTON, DC – A federal judge ordered Washington DC to stop enforcing elements of the city’s concealed carry permitting system in response to a lawsuit contending that the requirement of applicants to state a “good reason” for wanting carry permit is unconstitutional. U.S. District Court Judge Frederick J. Scullin Jr. ruled that the requirement of having…
by Jose Nino Race has always been a controversial issue in American politics. It attracts the biggest of demagogues on both sides of the political aisle. Like most political issues these days, practically all the solutions offered involve large degrees of state involvement. The reality is that the State is the one institution that has…
President Barack Obama is at it again. A couple of weeks ago Obama, while speaking to a college crowd, said that he wasn’t exaggerating about some of the proposals he has heard from the pro-gun population. Obama said: “What we also have to recognize is, is that our homicide rates are so much higher than…
WASHINGTON, D.C.– Eric Holder’s recent statements on gun safety measures reveal some telling things about the Attorney General. Instead of placing electronic bracelets on people who actually commit a crime, Holder announced during a House appropriations subcommittee that he’d like to invest tax payer money in electronic bracelets for gun owners. “By making them either…
Wild West: Guns, Drugs, Bribes, and California Politics Keith Farrell Democrat State Senator Leland Yee of California has been arrested for facilitating gun running from the Philippines in exchange for campaign contributions. Leland, a longtime gun control proponent, is also being charged with selling legislative influence. Authorities allege that Yee is one part of a…
The Next Generation in Gun Safety PUEBLO COUNTY, CO– Believe it or not, there was a time in our nation’s history when the headline of this article would have done little to stir controversy. Gun safety and training in public schools was considered standard in the first half of the twentieth century. In 1975, New…