Chicago Crime Lab Gun Study Marred by “TEC-11” Machine Pistol
Preventive Medicine recently published a study of 99 adult offenders living in Chicago or nearby entitled Sources of guns to dangerous people: What we learn by asking them. As Nick pointed out, the paper reinforces what...
Quote of the Day: The Washington Post is Just Going Through the Motions...
"No one piece of legislation or policy change will solve the problem of gun violence. Many actions are needed. But voters need to make clear that there will be consequences for elected officials who...
Reminder: Send Us Your #WhateverItTakes Selfies!
In case you missed it, TTAG is counterpunching Everytown for Gun Safety's #WhateverItTakes hashtag campaign - Trump style! We've created a Facebook page of TTAG readers who're putting their own spin on Bloomberg's anti-gun agitprop....
NPR On The Best Way to Spin News Stories To Promote Gun Control
When bad things happen with firearms, there's usually an immediate emotional response. People demand that "something must be done" to "protect the children" from the "epidemic of gun violence." Needless to say (A) what we're...
Armed Jews Fought Back Against the Nazis – To No Appreciable Effect
Mr. Farago,
I hope that receipt of this finds you well. I just read Mr. Strugatsky's guest post "When Ideology Trumps Self-Preservation" regarding what he sees as a tremendous oversight in how the US Holocaust...
What’s the Jailing of KY Clerk Over Refusing to Issue Marriage License to Gay...
TTAG reader GS writes:
Please follow the Federal decision jailing the woman in a small-town for not issuing a marriage license to gay couples. If the Federal court can incarcerate a citizen at the small-town level for...
Virginia Gun Store (“The Gun Dude”) Publishes Pro-Gun Control Article
TTAG reader NW was looking forward to doing a gun transfer via a Falls Church, Virginia FLL called "The Gun Dude." "It's a local shop with a great atmosphere and some of the friendliest salespeople around,"...
Why Isn’t Anyone Up In Arms About Illegal Gun Dealer’s Probation?
Travis Pike writes:
"Dontray Mills, 24, purchased a total of 27 firearms, mostly handguns, between December 2012 and April 2014 and pleaded guilty to one of the charges on April 22, 2014, after an ATF...
An Open Challenge to Gun Control Proponent John Rosenthal: Defend Your Words
A couple of years ago, I squared off against Massachusetts real estate developer and civilian disarmament proponent John Rosenthal on local TV. Mr. Rosenthal was positioned in another part of the studio. When the exchange ended, I...
Forbes Twists the Numbers to Make Guns Evil
Normally Forbes does an okay job of presenting the facts, but when it comes to guns it seems they'll let anyone with two brain cells to rub together publish an article. According to their latest...
Coalition To Stop Gun Violence Doubles Down on SWATting Open Carriers
The Coalition to Stop Gun Violence's Director Of Communications is meshuggener. I used to believe Ladd Everitt was crazy like a fox - creating incendiary rhetoric to stir-up rabid anti-gunners out of expediency, rather than personal belief. Not...
Study: Criminals Don’t Use the “Gun Show Loophole” to Get Their Guns
Gun control activists are quick to demand that the "gun show loophole" be closed in order to reduce the number of firearms related fatalities and guns in the hands of criminals. Their thought process...