Dupont-Manual student Quintez Brown’s terrible ‘arguments’ against Constitutional Carry

Soooooooo I found this in my drafts, apparently I got sidetracked and didn't finish this.  Since, damn, July 2019, the author of the piece I'm responding to, Quintez Brown, has gone from student BLM activist & speaker at March For Our Lives to being held after attempting to murder Louisville Mayoral Candidate Craig Greenberg. Yet …

Thoughts on the Tree of Life Synagogue mass murder

Once again, I'm forcibly reminded that there's people who want to kill me, simply because of my religion. On Saturday, Pittsburgh experienced the worst mass murder against Jewish people in the history of the United States: 11 people were killed and several more were wounded.  The murderer was a virulently antisemitic & racist psychopath, who …

Another Doctor for “Gunsense” giving bad medical advice

I came across a couple tweets this morning that really astounded me: https://twitter.com/DocTran2018/status/990658104319606784 This is bad.  REALLY bad, because Tran is an actual medical doctor, and she's dispensing advice that is not only counterfactual, but will cause harm to people. Dr. Tran is a pediatrician.  She should know that hearing damage is permanent & cumulative.  …

Philando Castile’s death has nothing to do with the NRA, and no it is not “proof” they are “racist.”

I've seen "The NRA is RACIST!!!" claimed over and over again, often using the death of Philando Castile as if it is "proof" of this claim.  The people making this argument do so without knowledge of gun control laws or the full facts behind this case. The Philando Castile shooting - Background: On July 6, …

Antigun Dishonesty: Banning “Weapons of War” and what that really means

Every so often the antigun zealots let their mask slip and reveal their true intentions, and the recent tactic of calling ordinary semiautomatic rifles "Weapons of War" is what we will talk about today. The basis of this description is a bald-faced appeal to emotion.  A Weapon of War is clearly something extraordinarily dangerous, and by framing …

Token Antigun Veteran: The NRA and its allies use jargon to bully gun-control supporters

Have you ever noticed that whenever an "air" of authority is needed, a token antigun veteran or gun owner is trotted out to promote whatever antigun tactic is going to be used to try to silence the people protesting their rights being taken away? Adam Weinstein is just one example.   Before we get to the …

Louisville’s $1.2 million ShotSpotter system counted 465 gunshots on NYE. No Arrests Made.

File this story under "(No) Return on investment" - LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - It was a busy New Year's Eve for Louisville Metro Police. According to LMPD's Public Information Officer Lamont Washington, ShotSpotter, Louisville's new technology that allows police to detect the sound of gunfire, was activated a total of 465 times between 11 p.m. New …

Vice interviews a former ATF analyst on bump fire stocks, makes the subtle case to ban semiautomatic firearms.

Vice is usually not known for their unbiased coverage or accurate gun reporting.  Just look at their "Gun Control" section of their site - 11 pages of entries, with few (if any) neutral or objective segments. Which is why I'm not going to give them the benefit of the doubt with this piece: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kryIJIrD5eQ The …

Seriously, USA Today? 40mm Grenade Launchers?

Just when you thought it couldn't get any more idiotic, USA Today says "hold my beer!" Yep, 40mm grenade launchers are somehow a danger, despite their being restricted as Destructive Devices, requiring the usual ATF background check, FBI fingerprinting, $200 tax stamp, and more.  And that's just for the launcher - if you want a 40mm …

No one wants to take your guns, right? New York Times: “Repeal the Second Amendment”

In the wake of the Las Vegas shooting, the usual suspects have come out in full force.  This showed up on my news feed this morning: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/05/opinion/guns-second-amendment-nra.html From a law-and-order standpoint, more guns means more murder. “States with higher rates of gun ownership had disproportionately large numbers of deaths from firearm-related homicides,” noted one exhaustive 2013 …