Daily Archives: July 12, 2010

Post-McDonald Gun Control Advocates Draw the Line

Posted on July 12, 2010 by Robert Farago

The reverberations from the Supreme Court’s McDonald decision—striking down Chicago’s handgun ban and incorporating the Second Amendment right to bear arms—continue. Gun control advocates have regrouped. In a posting on helenair.com, the acting director of the Montanans United Against Gun Violence … Continue reading →

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U.N. Small Arms Treaty Not a Gun Grab. Still.

Posted on July 12, 2010 by Robert Farago

Everyone needs a boogyman. Sorry, bogeyman. That’s doubly true for gun rights groups: the NRA et al. need a boogying bogeyman to frighten gun owners into opening their wallets. Nothing gets those donation dollars flowing like a good old-fashioned gun … Continue reading →

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Does A Woman Commit Suicide in Red Dead Redemption?

Posted on July 12, 2010 by Robert Farago

It’s hard to tell from this clip. It’s also hard to explain why passively observing a character blowing her brains out with a gun is somehow “worse” than actively participating in the rest of Red Dead Redemption’s literally endless gun violence, … Continue reading →

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Uganda Peoples Defence Force Solution to Cattle Rustling: Disarmament

Posted on July 12, 2010 by Robert Farago

Reports of widespread human rights abuses are filtering out of the Karamoja sub-region of Uganda. The accusations of rape, “extra-judicial” killings and terror surround the Uganda Peoples Defence Force’s (UDF) disarmament exercise. “Ultimately, what would be the final solution to … Continue reading →

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Bahamians Bag Barefoot Bandit

Posted on July 12, 2010 by Robert Farago

Note: Colton Harris-Moore carried. “He had a handgun,” Examiner gun rights scribe Dave Workman observes. ”And you can bet he didn’t stroll into a gun shop and buy that thing. Bet the owner will not be getting it back anytime soon, if … Continue reading →

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Richmond Times Columnist: VA CHP Owners Are “Piles of Diarrhea”

Posted on July 12, 2010 by Robert Farago

At 4:15pm this Wednesday, TTAG personal defense writer Philip Van Cleave will appear on a NBC 12 News “First at 4″ “round table discussion” (a.k.a. free-for-all). The president of the Virginia Citizens Defense League will trade barbs with a 26-year-old bartender named … Continue reading →