Wallace: Right-Wing Radicalization…Is Colliding with the Proliferation of Guns in America

  “A domestic extremism threat unlike any other before in our country’s history looms over every facet of American life right now. It’s fueled in part by a disgraced ex-president who’s still lying about the fact that he lost the 2020 election” – @NicolleDWallace pic.twitter.com/nMY3TS4TFl — Deadline White House (@DeadlineWH) November 11, 2021 A domestic … Read more

‘I’m A Gun Owner But…’: Joe Walsh Backs Fred Guttenberg’s Launch Of ‘Dads For Gun Safety’

On Friday, former congressman turned failed presidential candidate Joe Walsh (R) announced that he’s backing Parkland father Fred Guttenberg’s launch of “Dads for Gun Safety.” The timing of the launch coincides with Father’s Day and Jamie Guttenberg’s would-be high school graduation. Guttenberg, who penned an open letter on the under the Brady United gun control … Read more

Count the Errors in Joe Scarborough’s Tweet About the AR-15 Rifle

You’d think that media types would do the most basic research — or at least call someone who knows — before revealing their astounding ignorance whenever they write about guns. But pulling misinformation from their posteriors and spouting this kind of nonsense seems to be a prerequisite for the job. Anyway, go ahead and break … Read more

TTAG Daily Digest: Bump Stock Non-Compliance, Heller Abuse and Frustrating MSNBC

So States Ban Bump Stocks. Now How Do They Enforce the Law? Bump stock owners tell their legislators to FOAD . . . Under New Jersey’s new bump-stock ban, which was approved in January, residents were supposed to destroy or turn in their bump stocks by mid-April. So far, New Jersey State Police say, they … Read more

IMI Systems Quote of the Day: Assassinations and Mass Shootings, “Only in America” – Enter to Win 1000 Rounds of IMI 9mm Ammo

“We are a country blanketed by cities, towns and schools best known for killing sprees. Orlando, Fla.; Charleston, S.C.; Virginia Tech; Columbine, Colo. — the list grows, as John Wayne said, ‘as sure as the turning of the earth.’ Is this as good as it gets here? Assassinations by gunfire separate us from the rest of … Read more

Book Review: Left Turn

Media Bias.

What if you had the power to change history? What if you could influence the future? How ’bout an election or two? Let’s assume that’s possible for the nonce. Would you use that power for good or evil? Would having the power corrupt you, sooner, later, or eventually? And here’s the kicker – would you know if you had it, and if you knew, would it make any difference in your behavior? That’s a lot of what ifs. But that’s the price you pay for reading a book that can turn conventional wisdom on its ear, as does Left Turn, a book by the Marvin Hoffenberg Professor of American Politics at UCLA, Professor Tim Groseclose. But the more interesting question the book raises, is how does this affect the fight over our 2nd Amendment rights?

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MSNBC: Six Million Americans Licensed for Concealed Carry

It’s a GD shame that MSNBC couldn’t give a proper citation for that figure. And gives us some idea of how many actually carry. And where. And when. And how. And why. All we get in the net’s report on the concealed carry “issue” is “From its beginnings in the 1980s, the ‘right-to-carry’ movement has succeeded in boosting the number of licensed concealed-gun carriers from fewer than 1 million to a record 6 million today, according to estimates from gun-rights groups that are supported by msnbc.com’s research. And while hotly debated, the effect of this dramatic increase is largely unknown.” Welcome to the waffle house. May I take your order? “But even with the push to expand concealed-carry rights now in its third decade, no scientific studies have reached any widely accepted conclusions about the movement’s effect on crime or personal safety.” Other than say, the exhaustive (and exhausting) statistical motherload unearthed and dissected by John Lott in More Guns, Less Crime. Never mind, there’s serious prevarication to perform!

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