NewsWise recently reported on a study by Rutgers that was published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine: People who purchase a firearm during the pandemic are more likely to be suicidal than other firearm owners, according to a Rutgers study. The study, published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, found that about 70 … Read more
The Minneapolis police officer who put his knee on George Floyd’s neck for almost ten minutes deserves the scorn and legal jeopardy in which he now finds himself. He has become a pariah for good reason. In the coming months, he and the others responsible for Mr. Floyd’s death will face face a jury of … Read more
What makes embracing “gun owner” as an identity difficult for me? For one, in certain quarters — notably on university campuses and among sociologists in particular — gun owner is a stigmatized identity. In addition, certain strains of the gun control movement have also sought to do to gun owners what was done to smokers … Read more
When most folks think about emergency preparedness, they think about having guns, ammo, food and water themselves and their families. In reality though, any well-rounded preparedness plan has at least as much to do with building personal relationships with neighbors and city officials as building a super-sized ammo stash in your basement. In fact, by … Read more
Finally, we have an answer to the burning question that everyone’s been asking for decades: are gun owners happier than those who don’t own firearms? Researcher Terence Hill, an associate professor of sociology in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences from the University of Arizona, recently found that despite claims, gun owners aren’t any measurably happier … Read more
The media and polling firms claim that only about 30% of Americans own firearms. Funny thing is, most gun owners are extremely reluctant to talk about the fact that they own guns, particularly when talking to a stranger on the phone. We’d be willing to lay money that the actual number is at least 50% … Read more
Some of them are finally starting to catch on. It happens with distressing regularity: A deranged person slaughters innocent victims. Gun control advocates call for new limits on firearms. Then, it is disclosed it was not lack of enough laws but, rather, failure to enforce those already on the books that resulted in the tragedy. … Read more
Mas Ayoob says making positive change happen for gun rights takes time – serious time: If you aren’t already, get involved at the local level. Spread the truth about this polarized issue. Truth is the only antidote to the increasingly massive and toxic prohibitionist propaganda we are seeing in the media. For example, consider this … Read more
What’s the most important part of using a gun for self-defense? John Correia over at Active Self Protection has a few ideas: The first and most foundational part of Active Self Protection’s defensive strategy of “Attitude, Skills, Plan” is Attitude. You must cultivate the attitude that you are responsible for your own self-protection and you … Read more
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