“Researchers” upon whose “findings” firearms policy is often based, have been lying to us for decades. I came across an interesting blog entry. The author calls it A Brief History of Firearms Policy Fraud. A short quote: “… I described this pattern as “fraud” before the jump because the magnitude of these errors would be too [...]
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“Reasonable Regulation” of Firearms
Courts have recognized that “reasonable regulation” of firearms is permissible. But can any regulation be “reasonable” if its effects are in fact detrimental? Has this ever been explored in court? Many, many laws and regulations are a net detriment to society. They may in fact successfully aid the intended beneficiaries and have the desired effect [...]
Virginia Tech Shootings
Like many shootings before it, this one did not have to be a mass-killing. It could have been nipped in the bud if just one potential victim had been armed.
Right to Self Defense? Naw!
U.N. To World: You Have No Human Right to Self-Defense Thwarted by the demise of its global gun ban treaty, the United Nations declares the human right of self-defense null and void. by Dave Kopel America’s First Freedom, November 2006, pp. 26-29, 62-63 <http://www.davekopel.org/2A/Foreign/UN-To-World.htm> “People who object to weapons aren’t abolishing violence, they’re begging for [...]
The Unwarranted Warrants
Written 2006-01-04 Long-time readers of my blather know how very upset I was (and still am) over the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms’ (BATF) armed-to-the-teeth raid on the Branch Davidian’s communal home near Waco, Texas on February 28, 1992 to serve two warrants. BATF’s handling of this publicity stunt** has been pretty much white-washed [...]