Digging into a new Gallup survey on firearms ownership and gun laws strongly reinforces the long-held notion that Democrats are “the party of gun control” and that people who do not own guns are much more interested in restrictions than gun owners and those who identify as Republicans. While the report from Gallup was headlined […]
Biden Talks Unity While Supporters Talk Revenge
Almost simultaneous to Joe Biden’s post-election speech in which he declared it is time for the nation to come together, his followers were exhibiting the sort of vile revenge mentality typically expected in Third World nations where political opponents are “disappeared.” As reported by The Hill, Biden said, “With the campaign over, it’s time to […]
Hypocrisy: Everytown Rips NRA Spending, While Bloomy Vows $100 Million
Anti-gun billionaire Michael Bloomberg’s Everytown for Gun Safety Victory Fund is attacking the National Rifle Association’s $8.3 million independent expenditure to support Donald Trump’s re-election while Bloomberg has pledged $100 million just in Florida to flip that state to Democrat Joe Biden in November. Critics have just one question: “Can you spell H-Y-P-O-C-R-I-S-Y?” Everytown sent […]
Anti-gunners Losing Arguments on Embarrassing Facts
This 3D revolver and five rounds of .22 Magnum ammunition were detected by the TSA at an airport in 2016. But critics say these guns are “invisible” to metal detectors. (Image courtesy TSA) Gun control proponents, including some in the press, experienced a couple of embarrassing setbacks last week, thanks to a report from the […]
Political Hypocrisy Pervades Gun Control Movement
UPDATED: Predictably, the gun prohibition lobby is playing a “guilt by association” game in its effort to push a new gun control initiative in Washington State, capitalizing on last week’s disclosure that a Russian woman, Maria Butina, who was detained by authorities “has longstanding ties to one of Washington’s most prominent gun lobby groups, the […]
Tale of Two Taxes Shows Seattle’s Reluctance to Admit Failure
The City of Seattle is boasting about the better-than-expected success of its special beverage tax on sugary drinks, a stark contrast to the city’s reluctance to admit that another of its tax schemes – on guns and ammunition – was and remains an abject failure that required a lawsuit to force public disclosure. According to […]