Let's Talk Numbers

Why doesn't anyone challenge these people when they start talking about guns and gun violence? Where are the homicides, what are the circumstances surrounding those homicides? Who used the gun? Where did they get it? Should they have been in possession? Anyway, check out the current field of candidates for the Democratic nomination for President and think about those questions while you read about the fight Cory Booker says he's going to bring to the NRA if he becomes president. Go Read It

The Problem in New Zealand

New Zealand had a mass shooting. They already have a bunch of gun control laws in place and it still didn't stop the shooter. As I'll always say, you can't stop a criminal with words on paper.

They are asking who knew what and when, a place where we in the U.S, often start after such a sad event. Here that frequently translates into how the NICS system failed and someone who shouldn't have a firearm ends up with one. Who knows what New Zealand will find out. A certainty is that New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced their laws will change, "the country will ban semiautomatic weapons, assault rifles and high-capacity magazines." For me that begs the question, "If gun crime is already rare, how does a full ban help?" Which should immediately be followed up by asking how New Zealand will go about collecting all the guns. A hearty pat on the back to anyone who guessed that they'll use their registraton rolls as a collection list. Good luck New Zealand gun owners, you're going to need it.

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They Can't Trust Themselves...

...So how can they trust you? Symbolic of the geniuses that Second Amendment loving Americans are up against, here we have an anti-gunner threatening to shoot others (if they owned a gun). There seems to be a lot of this kind of thinking going around. Anecdotal opinion on my part, of course. But, I think their tune would change if they actually did become gun owners. Go Read It.

That's a Double Owie

Yikes. Go Read It