Gun Control
In opposition to House Bill 5040, Excise tax on ammunition
Have you written to your Connecticut State Legislator in opposition to the establishment of a 35% excise tax on ammunition?
Read MoreBloomberg: Absolute tyrant determined to take guns away
Colion Noir absolutely crushes Bloomberg and his demand for more gun control.
Read MoreConnecticut budget – Malloy wants 325% increase for pistol permits
Gov. D.P. Malloy (D-Conn.) wants to increase the pistol permit fee from $70 to $370. Why is he not asking for fee increases for other state applications that require a background check and personal investigation? You know why…
Read MoreWhy a semi-automatic rifle a good choice for home defense
Here is a list of valid reasons, in no particular order, why a semi-automatic rifle is a good choice for home defense.
Read MoreOrlando club shooting – Evil exists
Suggesting a ban or extreme restrictions on the inanimate objects used during violent, abhorrent, unimaginable atrocities is an easy way to say you want to “do something.” These wonderful people – with their hearts in the right place – really think more laws, restrictions and just loving everyone will significantly help. But Evil exists. We know bans…
Read MoreThe terrible impact of a multi-chance society
The judicial system and politicians who are in favor of a second, third and/or a fourth chance society are partly to blame for this. Although you may hear differently, trust me, nobody is in prison for “smoking a little weed,” but there are criminals who should be locked up, yet are let go with low…
Read MoreHartford Courant OpEd: 2nd Amendment does not include “assault rifles”
In an opinion piece published in the Hartford Courant today by Noah Feldman, a constitutional law professor at Harvard, Feldman outright states the 2nd Amendment does not include assault rifles. His reasoning comes down to this*, with my emphasis. … there’s something special about weapons that can be used both for self-defense and for militias … those…
Read MoreGun Control: Limiting the self-defense options of the law-abiding
Violent crime – including gun crime – is a problem in the US. Of course, it’s a lot less of a problem than it was in 1993, when the violent crime and murder rate was almost double what it is today. I wonder why politicians are not taking credit? Still, tragedies in schools, on the street…
Read MoreAirline employee smuggles 153 guns through Atlanta to New York
Those arrested moved up to 20 or more guns at a time via Delta flights in the passenger cabin. There are a couple questions you should think about when reading this story. First, why are guns being smuggled to New York? (Hint, it has absolutely nothing to do with restrictive gun laws in New York.) Second, where…
Read MoreFast & Furious: Holder’s email on Issa’s “idiot cronies”
On election day, the Department of Justice released about 65,000 Fast & Furious-related documents subpoenaed more than two years ago by the House Committee on Oversight & Government Reform. The DOJ claimed the documents were privileged, but our friend John Hinderaker over at Power Line doesn’t think so. I’ve got a comment on Attorney General Eric…
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