KC Mall "Gun Free"

John Lott gets the scoop. But it's not for lack of trying here ...:) [Via Eric ] UPDATE: I've had it reported that someone who li...

Shameless Plug: A New Hope?

By now, GUNS readers will have heard that Washington D.C.’s firearm ban has been overturned. The 2-1 decision in Parker v District of Colu...

The Letter The New York Times Didn't (Wouldn't) Print

E-mailed on April 22: I must admit I am frustrated with the way " Shooting Rekindles Issues of Gun Rights and Restrictions " (Apri...

60 Minutes on Mental Health Bill

" Reporter " Steve Kroft starts out with misinformation and goes downhill from there: He tells us about the "1,000 homicides...

So What Happened to the Romanian Newspaper Story?

I talked about it here . I sent the following to reporter Cristian Lupsa : Did the story get pulled? Here's his reply: It didn't. It...

A Grisly Tale

Glacier National Park, Mont. — JOHAN looked up. Jenna was running toward him. She had yelled something, he wasn't sure what. Then he saw...

We're the Only Ones World Challenging Enough

Seven weapons belonging to Wake County's Special Weapons and Tactics team were stolen from a van outside a Memphis barbecue restaurant M...

This Day in History: April 30

Midway through the War of Independence, on April 30, 1778, the American Revolutionaries succeeded in stringing a massive floating chain acro...

KC Shooting Info Request

A shooting at a Kansas City shopping center has left at least three dead, including the gunman, police said. Two of the victims were shot ab...

New WarOnGuns Poll: NRA and the Mental Health Bill

Do you agree with NRA's stance on mental health background checks? See the left margin for the new poll and tell us what you think. Her...

What's in a Logo?

An anonymous commenter to a previous post says, among other sound observations (follow the title link and read his entire statement): I noti...

Johnny Get Your Gun

Here's another newspaper story from the past, courtesy of Tom Mayhew : Here's the text, as best as we can jointly make it out. Fee...

And You Will Feel No More

U.S. Attorney Brett Tolman and officials with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) said at a Friday news conference they are co...

Allen's Problem

High school senior Allen Lee sat down with his creative writing class on Monday and penned an essay that so disturbed his teacher, school a...

Mixed Feelings

Brent Tenney says he feels pretty safe when he goes to class at the University of Utah, but he takes no chances. He brings a loaded 9 mm se...

NRA Statement on Mental Health Bill

The National Rifle Association has always supported including the records of individuals adjudicated mentally defective into the National In...

Sign of the Times

John Hardin has one. Think many antis who agree with the concept of "gun free zones" will post it on their premises?

This Day in History: April 29

Dear Sir, — The ’immedicabile vulnus’ is at length struck. The rescript to our petition is written in blood. The impious war of tyranny agai...

Guest Editorial: "Kill All They Send..."

[Foreword: This may make some uncomfortable, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. And after all, it's just a hypothetical "...

Gun Shop Attitudes

"Couldn't I pay one of you guys to be my second?" I asked, sounding like a character out of a Russian novel. "We're b...

An Only Ones Conundrum

"Now what?" asks correspondent Declan : Death Penalty Bill Urged Citing the shootings of three state troopers within 24 hours in D...

We're the Only Ones Strip-Searching Enough

A Houston police officer faces up to a year in jail if convicted on charges of official oppression in an illegal strip-search of a woman... ...

Mad Hatter 's Campus Round-Up Returns

Jeremy has been on hiatus. Now that he's back, he's returned to one of the more valuable pursuits an RKBA blog can follow: monitor...

A 2 Valuable "Only Ones" 3-fer

Jay from 2Valuable sends us the following links: We're the Only Ones Protecting Residents Enough : Federal officials say MacKinnon , a...

Not Quite There--But Closer Than Most Democrats

Richard Stallings realizes guns weren't to blame for Virginia Tech, pledges support of the Second Amendment, and then calls for impleme...

New Rules

Dave Licht sent me an email and agreed I could share it. Hi David - I hope you are well. Are you aware of a new rule that requires ALL guns...

We're the Only Ones Politically Connected Enough

Imagine that you accidentally carried a bag containing firearms in the Senate building. You just forgot they were there. What do you suppose...

And WE Are the Suspects

"The Justice Department and a Northeastern Democrat have formed a rare alliance intended to restrict gun sales to terror suspects....

This Day in History: April 28

The address now reported from the committee of the whole house appears to me unfounded, rash and sanguinary, and most unjust to draw the sw...

Check Out the Western Rifle Shooters Association

Another gun group? Why? Because the competent American shooter is an endangered species, headed on a fast track to extinction. Practical rif...

Homer Simpson's Dumber Brother

The disarmament process would begin after the initial three-month amnesty. Special squads of police would be formed and trained to carry out...

The Case of Martin Baschab

Who is Martin Baschab ? In his own words: I've known Hollis Wayne Fincher since the early 90's. I first spoke with Wayne when he a...

We're the Only Ones Rubbed the Wrong Way Enough

San Mateo County Sheriff Greg Munks and his undersheriff were swept up in Las Vegas prostitution sting over the weekend while at a massage ...

The Blame Game

Last week after tragedy struck Virginia Tech and a gunman took 32 innocent lives, the media portrayed legal businesses as complicit in the m...

A Tale Told by an Idiot

A bill removing words such as idiot, lunatic and insane from the pages of the Ohio Revised Code got final approval from the Senate today... ...

The Bill Brown Runaround

From Larry Rankin via email to NRAHQ : Just so you know Ed Worley has been contacted about this issue many times, by many people in and ou...

Spitting on the Memory

[Foreword: Mike Vanderboegh has written an open letter.] To: Rep. John Rogers re: HB600 & spitting on the memory of the Deacons for Def...

A Beautiful Thing

"Well, I would love it if they could take all the guns away. Unfortunately, you can't do that so you hope that good people in the w...

This Day in History: April 27

The Riotous Behaviour of some Soldiers of the Continental Army, Yesterday, and the Evening before, has filled the General, with much Regret,...

Guest Editorial: Diligence Awards

[Foreword: Andy Barniskis' emails are invariably well-reasoned, instructive , challenging and engaging. He has given me permission to ...

Freedom: It's for the Dogs

Claire Wolfe shows us how a humble doggie knows what many of us have seemingly forgotten. What does that have to do with eliminating BATFU ...

Magic Marker Challenge Prof Speaks

Speaking of college professors , M. Terry points me to some video clips related to a story we posted on the other day. Sure is great the ...

Second Amendment Obsolete? Abolish it and Watch What Happens

Mike Vanderboegh has written an open letter in reply to a sheltered professor's ill-reasoned rant . My Dear Jeffery, You really ought n...

Gun Bans Don't Work

School massacres occur regardless of the law. And sometimes they occur because of it. Jennifer Freeman gives us another Liberty Belles ex...

Gun-Free Talk

[H]as the NRA changed it's position on "gun-free" schools? It seem incongruous to call for their end and, in the same breath, ...

Jerry Adler Wets Pants for Newsweek

Many ordinary citizens now have 9-millimeters for protection as well, which means, inevitably, that they get used to settle arguments betwee...

Johnston Home Invasion Officers Indicted

A grand jury has indicted three current and former police officers in the November shooting death of an elderly Atlanta woman during a polic...

This Day in History: April 26

" Sybil Ludington rode horseback over this road the night of April 26, 1777 to call out Col. Ludington's regiment to repel the Br...

"Run Rights Rally"?

Black lawmakers are demanding a police investigation of a banner held at Tuesday's run rights rally in the state Capitol. Zoinks! Did th...

It May Not Be Enough?

Damon Wells and his home appear no longer safe. The .40-caliber handgun that Wells carries legally for defense may not be enough to protect...

A Chicago Story

Tom Mayhew sent me this picture of a different time altogether. This was Chicago ! There were cops in the picture encouraging this--it w...

"Good Citizens"

Holmgren said, "We're not saying that we want citizens to go out there and arm themselves and take the law into their own hands. We...

Department of Destroying History

Go over to Armed and Safe and read about the latest bit of BATFU stupidity and arrogance. You just gotta shake your head and work for the ...

We're the Only Ones With the Right Hands Enough

Thieves broke into a Utah County Sheriff's vehicle early Tuesday morning in Lehi and stole two very dangerous assault weapons that autho...