Posts Tagged ‘firearms’
Huge spike in firearm sales results in … less crime
It’s certainly not what the Brady Campaign would proclaim, but the big increase in firearm sales between the summers of 2008 and 2009 does not seem to have increased the crime rate in the United States … especially since the violent crime rate dropped 4.4 percent during the first half of 2009.
Read MoreMexico guns – the 90 percent lie continues
Just today, I’ve now heard the “90 percent of the seized weapons in Mexico came from the United States’ outright lie three times today. Three times. I do not have the ability to record video, and do not have the time to edit it down either, but this morning at about 7 a.m. ET, WFSB…
Read MoreArmed pilots – what’s up with the Federal Flight Deck Officers program?
A Washington Times editorial notes the Obama administration’s FAA budget has diverted $2 million from the Federal Flight Deck Officers (FFDO) program to provide more funding for supervision of pilots. Some suggest this is an administration attempt to disarm pilots, but my quick research indicates this probably is not true. I read the editorial yesterday,…
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