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Pepper Spray and EDC – Is pepper spray worth adding to your everyday carry loadout?
Some people (over 23 million) have chosen to take responsibility for their personal protection and for that of their loved ones by being legally armed in public. They know that very few problems are gun problems. They also know that “with great power comes great responsibility” (thank you
What Does “Common Sense Gun Safety” Mean to You?
Like many other hot-button issues, the debate over the right to keep and bear arms is fueled in part by the fact that people have a hard time agreeing what they’re even arguing over. In recent years, prominent anti-Second-Amendment groups have learned to tone down some of their
Gun Registration Puts Innocent People at Risk
Second Amendment activists have long opposed any form of registration under the premise that it opens the door for more egregious infringement on the right to keep and bear arms, up to and including outright confiscation. Gun confiscation in other countries has relied on existing registration schemes to
Have California Gun Owners Become Institutionalized? – When people have their basic rights oppressed for long periods do they become more accepting of further restrictions?
I had the opportunity recently to watch the Shawshank Redemption. Some of you may remember the film starring Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins. Freeman plays long-time prisoner Ellis “Red” Redding who befriends fellow inmate Andy Dufresne played by Robbins. There is a scene where Redding and Dufresne are
Journalistic Irresponsibility and Firearms
It’s been said that one never realizes just how uninformed the typical journalist is until he or she covers a topic with which the reader is familiar. Bestselling novelist Michael Crichton coined the term “Gell-Mann Amnesia,” after his friend Murray Gell-Mann a physicist, to describe that phenomenon. Logically,
U.S. Navy Sailor Wrongfully Convicted on Bogus Firearms Charges
Disappointed, but not surprised—that’s all I have to say about this latest bit of Second Amendment news. 28-year-old Patrick Tate Adamiak was sentenced last month to 20 years in prison on charges relating to the National Firearms Act of 1934. Officially, he was convicted last October for possessing
