Global Gun Rights?

Then the Brazilian gun lobby, which previously had emphasized the desirability of gun ownership, began running advertisements that instead suggested that if the government could take away the right to own a weapon (though Brazilians have no constitutional right to bear arms), it could steal other civil liberties. This argument took gun-control advocates by surprise, and on voting day, 64 percent of Brazilians voted against the gun ban. “We gun-control groups failed to anticipate this idea of focusing on rights,” admits Denis Mizne of Sou da Paz, a Brazilian public-policy institute.

The demand for sovereign individual rights generally does take socialists by surprise--they're just not conditioned to give that any credence, other than to decry it when they're out of power, and crush it when they're in. But writer Joshua Kurlantzick missed one other critical determinant: fear of the police, which I explored, along with other factors, in "Brazil Nuts."

I'm a Gun Owner BUT...

But next week, with a change in state law, that course will no longer be required and that bothers Tucson resident Millie Layton.

Layton says, "I definitely don't agree with that at all."

Layton has a gun. It's at home, and that's where she says it stays.

"We've got enough protection." I don't feel guns are necessary, I really don't," the gun-owner says.

Aside from stupidly broadcasting your publicly disarmed status to every reptile in the Tucson area, I think Mr. Adams would like a word with you, Millie...

Sweet Home Alabama

Six of seven U.S. House members from Alabama support legislation to block the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives from publicly releasing information that traces guns back to where they originally were sold.

Good for them. They rightly know the only reason this is being promoted in the first damn place is to help traitors like Bloomberg inflict lawsuits on gun dealers:

Back to the original article:

Six of Alabama's seven congressmen are supporting it. The seventh, Rep. Artur Davis, D-Birmingham, is undecided.

The link I put on Rep. Davis' name goes to his contact page. If you know any Alabama gun owners, you might want to send them this post. If you are an Alabama gun owner, why aren't you burning up this guy's phone lines and making his mailbox overflow? And while you're at it, don't forget to send a "thank you" to the 6 who did the right thing.

The Gun Registry is Irrelevant

When Parliament returns from its summer recess tomorrow, we expect the first item of business will be another hysterical debate about “saving” Canada’s discredited gun registry.

Another Canadian editorial that speaks the truth...

Gun Control Won't Protect Us From the Losers

Anyone who objected to the content of the legislation -- citing practicality, lack of efficacy, civil rights -- was written off as some kind of psychopathic redneck whose idea of formal wear was to try to iron a crease in his army surplus fatigue pants before plunking himself down in front of Ted Nugent's hunting show on the Outdoor network while chowing down on a big ol' bag of deep-fried pork rinds with his arm around his sister.

That was a lie, too.

There is but a single lesson to be learned from this event.

The people who told you government regulation would protect you against monster losers with grudges were lying.

Ian Robinson tells it like it is. From Canada.

This is a great piece and the link to it deserves wide dissemination.

This Day in History: September 17

Constitution Day

On September 17, 1787, the 55 delegates to the Constitutional Convention held their final meeting. Only one item of business occupied the agenda that day, to sign the Constitution of the United States of America.