Stand Your Ground

There’s no way such paranoia can be dealt with. The best response when confronted with such pathology is avoidance. But when neurotic distrust is codified into disarmament laws, we aren’t given that option. We aren’t allowed to just back away.

"Stand Your Ground" is my Rights Watch column for the February issue of GUNS Magazine.

Tags: gun control

Congressional Report Card: Down a Grade

If your kid's grade slipped by a full point, you'd be a little concerned, right? Especially if he was a straight "A" student?

Yeah, an occasional "B" isn't something to get overly concerned about, but you'd want to make sure it was an anomaly, and that the downward slip wouldn't become a trend...

Well, that's the position gun owners are in. GOA A-rated Tom Delay has been replaced as House Majority Leader by B-rated John Boehner.

Nothing to get hysterical about--at this time--but it's worth noting and keeping an eye on...

On the plus side, I've learned his name is pronounced Bay'-nor, which should save everyone a lot of embarrassment...

"Road Rage"

Nicki reports that John Lott is going after the Harvard "study" claiming gun owners are more likely to suffer from "road rage."

Actually, since owning property is a legal concept, it's a far cry between being a gun owner vs. simply having a gun in the car...

Case in point...

I Trust Everyone is OK?

The Kama Sutra worm strikes today.

I'm sure WarOnGuns visitors are astute enough to maintain up-to-date anti-virus software, and to not open emails promising you naughty thrills...

I guess I shouldn't be judgmental. We're each of us different, and by golly, that's what our leaders say makes us strong.

So if you want to look at a really dirty picture, certified "safe" by WarOnGuns, well, I guess a little peek won't hurt...

The Union is Sick

I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it--Voltaire

You'll not find a more committed advocate for the Second Amendment than attorney Peter Mancus. Peter has some plain speaking for those who arrested Cindy Sheehan at the State of the Union address for wearing a t-shirt with an anti-war message.

I know there are many who think she's a lunatic and a traitor. That's not the point, as Voltaire reminds us. There are others who say she offended decorum by making a statement where it was inappropriate to do so.

Consider: Would you want someone ejected for wearing an American flag pin on their lapel? A visible cross or Star of David? An NRA tie tack? A red AIDS ribbon? An AFL-CIO button?

Who is the arbiter of acceptable expressions of affiliation, and where do they derive Constitutional authority? Even the Capitol police now admit they had no lawful power to act as they did. Remember--she was not holding a banner, being disruptive or otherwise infringing on the rights of anyone else.

Arguing that the floor of the Capitol is no place for political expression reminds me of that great comedic line from Dr. Strangelove:

Gentlemen! You can't fight in here. It's the War Room.