SHOT Show gun thieves plead guilty
Story here.
Virginia Beach mass shooting: victim wanted to bring gun for protection but that was forbidden
Fox is reporting that one of the victims of the Virginia Beach shooting wanted to bring a gun in her purse for protection against the killer, but refrained because it was a "gun free zone." The killer wasn't stopped by the policy, of course.
A modest proposal
Carry out the well-regulated militia part of the Second Amendment with a guns for all program.
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Lobbying expenditure comparisons
An interesting comparison, for use when someone gripes about the "gun lobby" using its dollars to influence Congress. Last year the NRA reported just over $5 million spent on lobbying.
By way of comparison, the Chamber of Commerce spent nearly $95 million, the National Ass'n of Realtors $72 million, and the "Open Society Policy Center" $31 million. Blue Cross spent $23 million, Comcast spent $15 million, and Facebook spent over $12 million.
Laws are no match for American ingenuity
A stripper clip that enables the user to load ten rounds in a second or so, directly into an AR-15. Since it can be used to feed a fixed magazine, it is just the thing for shooters whom fate has condemned (temporarily, they may hope) to live in California. Give an AR-15 a fixed magazine and it's no longer an "assault rifle" there, from what I recall.
Hat tip to Clayton Cramer...
New head for ATF
NSSF thinks rather highly of him.
Lady store clerk kills armed robber
I like the police officer's reaction, but the most encouraging part is the reaction of the apparent university student.
Deputy who failed to go in at Parkland school shooting arrested
In connection with the shooting, he's charged with seven counts of child neglect, plus culpable negligence and perjury. He was also fired, as was a sergeant who hid behind his car and did not transmit a command for ten minutes.
My prediction: his defense will be that SOP for the office at that time commanded that he do what he did. Which reminds me of what an 18th century Austrian commander said to an office who said he was obeying orders, "Which I made you a major I thought you had brains enough to know when to disobey me."
Hat tip to David Workman.