When anti-gun Sen. Chris Murphy, a Connecticut Democrat, claimed during a CNN “State of the Union” appearance that states with tougher gun laws “have dramatically lower rates of gun violence,” he was perpetuating a myth that has been circulated by the gun prohibition lobby, and he got called on it by the Washington Post Fact […]
Anti-gun Hypocrisy Hits New Low by Playing Race Card
The gun prohibition movement appears to have hit a new low with an attack on insurance programs for gun owners that deals the race card, but the effort just might backfire as gun rights activists recall how the gun ban lobby has long demanded that gun owners be insured. A group called Guns Down America […]
Maryland, Delaware Shootings: Another Gun Control, Court System Fail
Wednesday’s investigation of fatal shootings in Maryland and Delaware and the subsequent arrest of the suspect and revelations about his criminal background unintentionally demonstrate yet another failure of gun control laws and the court system. Various news agencies have reported that the suspect, 37-year-old Radee L. Prince, had a criminal history that included burglary convictions […]
Weekly Standard Throws down Gauntlet: ‘Let’s Debate on Guns’
Editors at The Weekly Standard this week threw down the gauntlet and challenged the gun prohibition movement to a discussion on guns, and so far, nobody has stepped up to accept. “If progressives insist on engaging in the joyless ritual of arguing about guns after every inscrutable act of mass murder,” The Weekly Standard double-dog […]
Research: Background Check Laws Had ‘Little Effect’
Updated: So-called “Comprehensive Background Check” (CBC) laws passed in Washington and Colorado have had little effect, and that may be because “citizens simply decided not to comply and there was a lack of enforcement,” according to a story in The Guardian. The report appears in Injury Prevention, a medical journal. A third state, Delaware, did […]
FBI Data on Police Fatalities Adds Perspective to Seattle Police Shooting
Of the 118 police officers killed in the line of duty last year, 66 were felonious slayings and four of those officers were “killed intentionally with vehicles,” the FBI reported Monday. That just might add a new perspective to a story involving Seattle police that has been unfolding since last week. Two SPD officers opened […]
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