Question of the Day: Would You Send a Gun to Defend a British Home?

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Four police officers who were flagged down by a store manager as his colleague detained a thief," telegraph.co.uk reports. " allegedly said they were ‘not kitted up to help' and drove away.” So much for fighting...

Ignoring Bloomberg and Moms Demand Action, Kroger Continues Record Growth

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“Kroger opened its largest store ever,” the Cincinnati Enquirer reported last week. “The $28 million ... 145,000-square-foot store has a bulk natural foods department, a beer growler and wine bar, a baby center, and...

Gun-Grabber Proposals, Including O’Malley’s, Getting More Outlandish and Laughable

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An editorial in The Ellsworth American promises us “rational gun control.” Unsurprisingly, to anyone who understands that for “progressives,” every day is Opposite Day, it’s anything but that. In typical bipolar fashion, noise is...

Antis Would Rather Foster Children Be Neglected or Killed than Live in Home with...

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“Gun-owning foster parents to fight DFS removal of kids,” KSNV News3LV, Las Vegas, reported. Awakened by the screaming of angry neighbors on their property, Kristi Beber called the police as her husband Rod retrieved...

Ban Testosterone!

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"Men and boys commit the preponderance of gun violence," Steve Nelson writes at huffingtonpost.com. "According to the National Institutes of Health, women commit only 14.7 percent of homicides. A great many of these women's...

VA’s McAuliffe Could Add to Ranks of Anti-Gun Voters With Proposed Registration Change

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If you listen to The Washington Post (and why wouldn’t you?), objections to proposed changes to Virginia’s voter registration requirements are just a partisan tempest in a teapot. True, non-citizens and felons would no...

U.S. Air Marshal System a Complete Disaster

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https://youtu.be/JmF534hI54w If you believe Air Marshals are a good idea, then you should believe that armed citizens on airplanes are a better idea. For one thing, as cnn.com reveals, the U.S. Air Marshal system is in shambles. The headline...

Random Thoughts On Campus Carry for Women and Alcoholism

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My second wife was a beautiful woman. When we walked through a restaurant, you could hear men groan as their wives or girlfriends kicked them under the table. Over the years, alcoholism claimed her looks. If...

Now That He’s Been ‘Ghosted,’ Will Anti-Gun ‘Action Hero’ Sean Penn Rearm?

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When it comes to guns, the word “ghost” doesn’t just apply to aperture sights, or even to California State Senator Kevin de Leon making a fool of himself. It now is also being used...

Random Thoughts About Freedom and Tyranny

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At the end of a by-the-numbers anti-gun rant in the New York Times, Contributing Op-Ed editor Timothy Egan asserts "As a way to make everyday life seem less frightening, the new reality is...

We Prioritize Liberty Over Safety…And I Wouldn’t Want It Any Other Way

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In response to Nick's recent post about a negligent discharge by one of the civilians openly carrying an AR 15-style rifle to protect a military recruitment center, a commenter named Paul posted the following (slightly...

Another State Backs Down After ‘I Will Not Comply’ Uproar

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“I have ordered the AL Department of Transportation to remove signs banning weapons at all Alabama rest stops to comply with state law,” Gov. Robert Bentley announced Friday on his Twitter feed. The face-saving...