Angry and frustrated gun prohibitionists across America seem to be boiling over these days. The social activist Florida doctors who believe their medical degrees give them the right to attack the Second Amendment have just been dealt the latest in a series of humiliating defeats in federal court. With a third decision, the U.S. Court […]

[Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in Riverside, CA’s The Press Enterprise on December 18, 2015.]  When seconds count, the police are only minutes away.  The worst terrorist attack on American soil in recent times unfolded two weeks ago, just down the street from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s headquarters.  By all accounts the sheriff’s […]

The title of today’s lead story on CNN.com, “What Happened to the CDC’s Courage on Guns?” tells you all you need to know about the story.  Yes, it’s the latest mainstream media fairy tale about Congress’s 1997 withdrawal of tax money to pay for gun control advocacy at the federal Centers for Disease Control and […]

[Editor’s Note: The following article was published by The Hill in response to the November 20, 2015 story Dems push to end ban on gun violence research and is republished here with permission.] History is not always written by the victors. In a Friday letter to the Labor, Health, Human Services, and Education Appropriations Subcommittee, House Democrats urged […]

Europe is under attack again.  Islamic State (ISIS) militants have claimed responsibility for Friday’s coordinated deadly attack in the heart of Paris, with the toll from automatic weapons fire and explosives currently at 132 dead and 349 wounded.  The attacks were stopped by French security forces and notably, by no one else. Security experts had […]

When I saw this news piece and confirmed it wasn’t a satire, my next thought was “Gun porn. Hmm, is CBS News investigating those traumatizing and soul-crippling images of scantily clad women holding guns?†You know, like this one (WARNING: heavy metal music). And this one, and this one. Was it a slow news day? […]

The growth in both types and numbers of gun owners, and the coincident drop in violent crime have not induced gun prohibitionists to reconsider their position. A rational person might look on these big-picture truths as evidence that her thinking could be wrong.  But if gun prohibitionists were rational people, civil rights activists wouldn’t be […]

[WARNING: In this entry we link images from The Trace and the Washington Post that readers may find disturbing.] As public opinion and consequently firearm policy have steadily tended toward affirming the Second Amendment, gun prohibitionists have reacted by becoming frantic. They now push the limits of decency, even in a popular culture that no […]