The events leading up to this case include a resident of Washington D.C. who challenged the city’s law banning handguns in the home for self-defence on the basis that the law is unconstitutional. Now the US Supreme Court has heard arguments for the first time on what the 2nd Amendment of the US Constitution […]

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In the worst shooting since Virginia Tech in 2007, 6 people are confirmed dead in a northern Illinois campus shooting at NIU yesterday:
“The gunman dressed in black stormed into an oceanography class Thursday afternoon and opened fire with a shotgun and two handguns. In a matter of seconds, he killed six and wounded 15. […]

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In this post I reported how this group, Students for Concealed Carry on Campus, have been protesting the fact that they are prohibited from carrying their self-defence firearms on their university campuses.
On this afternoon’s show, I talked with one of the group’s organisers, Stephen Feltoon, about the protest, their cause, the arguments against their position […]

 

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I’m delighted to see this. Students from 110 universities around the United States are today protesting campus prohibitions on carrying firearms for their protection.
This is overdue. When a school shooting happens, people wring their hands and wonder how tragedies, like the one at Virginia Tech, can be prevented. At the same time […]

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After spilling tears on the carpet laughing about this and managing to pick myself up off the floor, I couldn’t help but mention the Republican Party of New Hampshire’s new fundraiser. Wait for it…..
A MACHINE GUN SHOOT!
According to Reuters, “The Manchester Republican Committee is inviting party members and their families to a ‘Machine Gun […]

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Timothy McVeigh used fertiliser.
Now Seung-Hui, a 23 year old student, has used firearms to commit a heinous act of mass murder at his university, Virginia Tech. In each case the most pertinent question one can ask is Why?’ rather than How? The ‘why’ is an analysis of the reason the event occurred. […]

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Without wishing to beat a dead horse, the above link is worth a click.
John Wright
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One should never write when one is angry. But sometimes it’s the best way to get a point across, and this lame-assed story for Rolling Stone by leftwing goon Robert Dreyfuss has given me cause to hurl something heavy through my computer screen with rage.
The attention of this blog has been turned toward issues […]

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Colonol Jeff Cooper, philosopher, author, history instructor, adventurer, columnist - widely recognised as the father of the Modern Technique of handgun shooting - died on Monday peacefully at the age of 86.
This is a man who made a mark. (Actually, he made thousands of .45 caliber holes, if we’re talking literally.) […]

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Central to Michael Moore’s ‘documentary’ Bowling For Columbine was his theory that Canada is so much safer than the United States because of its laws restricting gun ownership and requiring tighter control, and his implication that firearms should be therefore restricted in the same way in the United States.
That theory, along with almost every other […]

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Thanks to those readers who sent emails of support on my articles dealing with the issue of gun control and the benefit to society that comes from permitting citizens to carry concealed firearms. Since the articles have been popular, I thought I would link to them here (as folks on Wikipedia and some internet […]

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Several times over the past few months, I have turned the attention of this blog to the issue of firearms, and the erroneous approach of some people to gun law and gun control.
There is an oft-repeated claim of gun control advocates (gun control being laws which aim to curtail ownership and carry of firearms by […]

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In addition to some regular hate mail, I’ve received an email in response to my latest post (January 31st, “Why defend the right to own or carry a gun?”). In that article, I made the claim that concealed weapons permit holders are responsible in part for reduced crime rates in their respective US states […]

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I received my concealed weapons permit yesterday from the Arizona Department of Public Safety.
In the United States, concealed weapons permits allow ordinary citizens to carry a handgun in public areas, concealed from view. To many people who don’t live in areas where such a practice is normal - like myself prior to […]

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Several months ago, when I wrote to the BBC Sunday Sequence program to refute the claim that SUVs have any significant impact on the climate, presenter William Crawley (who is an old friend) joked that I didn’t specify what kind of vehicle I drive myself. The implication was that the only reason I would […]

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‘Lord of War’ is an exposé of worldwide gunrunning. It stars Nicholas Cage. Frankly, I was expecting a strong agenda here - and I don’t think lefties were in short supply during the concept stage. But in fact, ‘Lord of War’ is a sharp, intriguing look at the life of the son […]

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