Posted in RKBA, Gun Politics on June 27th, 2008 6 Comments »
Second, automatic and semiautomatic handguns generally remain illegal and may not be registered. Fascist police chief of Washington D.C., Cathy Lanier.
Posted in RKBA, Gun Politics on June 26th, 2008 No Comments »
“Chicago’s handgun ban has failed to stop violent crime,” SAF founder Alan Gottlieb stated. “It’s time to give the Constitution a chance.” SAF sues to end Chiucago’s handgun ban.
Posted in RKBA, Gun Politics on June 26th, 2008 No Comments »
Today’s decision is a landmark victory for Second Amendment freedom in the United States. For this first time in the history of our Republic, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed that the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms was and is an individual right as intended by our Founding Fathers. I applaud this decision as well as the overturning of the District of Columbia’s ban on handguns and limitations on the ability to use firearms for self-defense.
Posted in RKBA, Gun Politics on June 26th, 2008 1 Comment »
In the whole long struggle for gun rights, this may be the most significant day in our lifetimes. It won’t overturn every gun law in the country, but it provides a powerful affirmation that the right to keep and bear arms is an individual right guaranteed to all American citizens.
This is one of my guns. It is not my only gun, but it is one of my favorites. It’s a five-shot Smith & Wesson .38 Special +p, Model 642, if you’re interested in that. The “+p” indicates that it is more powerful than the traditional .38 Special, somewhere between the .38 Special and the […]
Posted in News on June 3rd, 2008 1 Comment »
It’s the foundation myth, and I use the word “myth” carefully, in the technical sense, like a religious icon that points to an inexpressible reality beyond itself: The Alamo. I can’t remember a time when it wasn’t in my consciousness. I think that when babies are given their vaccinations, they give babies in Texas an Alamo shot. I can’t even be sure that I remember the first time that I saw it. I know I was very, very young. I know also that it was the most powerful place I had ever been. In some ways, it still is.