Gun Nation

   My job takes me all over eastern Washington and north-central Oregon. This is gun-friendly country, even though the particulars of my contracts make it a PITA to tool up when work takes me there. While...

I watched the speedboat speed down the Seekonk River. In my youth I would have wished myself on board, carving the water at Warp 5 for the sheer bloody hell of it. Now I...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWOx-EIAu9c#at=16 Notice the word "the." An armed guard is not "the" answer to school shootings. And no, I'm not going to prattle on about a comprehensive approach to preventing active shooters in this nation's schools....

After a lengthy series of deeply depressing stories about educators and their thundering idiocy about firearms, from toy gun buybacks to expulsions of 7th graders for wearing an NRA shirt, I ran across this article on CNN.com about...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enR0F6yZt6I “We may not live in fear of nuclear annihilation, but as long as nuclear weapons exist, we are not truly safe." Wait. Did those words come out of the mouth of the President of...

By Brandon N. For my birthday my wife got me a membership to the local range. It has been fantastic.  Not only do I get a free lane but taking a buddy with me only...

  Women soldiers, guns, combat? Oorah! Or not. Not until 2015 anyway. The Defense Department's released the U.S. military services’ and U.S. Special Operations Command’s plans for "implementing women into previously closed positions." There's a plan...

By John G. I voted for Obama…twice. Now before you get your pitchforks and torches, would it help if I told you that I really really regret the most recent decision in light of his...

The Kansas City Star had a "come to Jesus" moment on gun control yesterday. Only without mentioning Jesus because that would be politically incorrect. The paper's editorial writers opened the hearts to The Lord...

By Michael C. I was having breakfast with some friends recently when the conversation turned to the subject of arming school teachers. One friend asked, "Since when are we an armed society?" To which I...

By: Tim U. If one were to listen to the gun-grabbing politicians, one would think that all gun owners are far-right wing extremists bent on opposing everything and everyone opposed to the mainstream Republican agenda....

My Dad used to do business in Caracas. The Caraqueños were incredibly hospitable. I never worried about his safety. These days, Venezuela has one of the highest per capita murder rates in the world. Like Chicago,...