Every religion has its moderates and its radicals, including the American civil religion. Gun rights fundamentalists its radicals, and woe be unto those who question the revealed Truth of the Forefathers.
Shocked, shocked I am to see good intentions go off the rails You know, it seems like only yesterday a particularly odd combination of Americans was aligned on at least one point…the […]
For any militia to be “well-regulated,” it requires standards, training, a sense of responsibility, and the ability to remove people from its ranks. In other words, it requires rules, aka “regulations.”
The only functional difference between an AK-47 and the WASR-10 (and any of a dozen similar firearms) is the rate of fire. But given the size of the magazine and the lethality of the weapons, that’s a distinction without a difference.
The only functional difference between an M4, and M16, and an AR15-style rifle is automatic fire on the military weapons. But the military trains its members to us semi-automatic fire, making rate-of-fire a distinction without a difference.
The only functional difference between an M4, and M16, and an AR15-style rifle is automatic fire on the military weapons. But the military trains its members to us semi-automatic fire, making rate-of-fire a distinction without a difference.
What is wrong with us that we value a thing, a gun, over the lives of our children? After every mass shooting, The Onion runs the same story – “No Way To […]
Part 1. 2015 In 1997 I moved from western Massachusetts to Maine. Several people asked me, “Are you going to get a gun?” I laughed. I thought this was an odd question. […]
February, 2018 provided 104 examples of appalling behavior by Donald, with two major speeches, multiple credible allegations of adultery, a marked jump in demagoguery, and several horrible responses to the school massacre in Parkland, Florida.
I want to buy a gun. As a kid, I loved westerns — those with Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, Hopalong Cassidy, and John Wayne. They were heroes — good guys in white […]
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