Gun Grabbers

Op-Ed: Mayor Bloomberg's Arizona Gun Show P.R. Stunt

by John Lott New York City's murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault rates rose last year according to preliminary FBI data, with murders alone increasing by more than 12 percent. But instead of concentrating on crime in New York City, Mayor Bloomberg just spent $100,000 of the NYPD's budget sending police to Arizona to buy guns at a gun show. The "sting" was a waste of money that misleads...

Criminals commit 87% of Chicagoland murders; Mayor still has it out for law-abiding gun owners

by Gerard Valentino Chicago Mayor Richard Daley announced months ago that he would not seek reelection but that hasn't stopped him from continuing to attack gun rights whenever possible. Daley used the Arizona tragedy that left Representative Gabby Giffords fighting for her life and the Fort Hood massacre as a reason to call for more gun control. Nothing seems to get in the way of Daley's anti-...

John Lott: My Scary Encounter With Chicago's Mayor Richard Daley

by John Lott Chicago-style politics is infamous for kickbacks, dead people voting, and thuggery. Alas, it is not just a relic of the past. In fact, witness recent stories of Chicago city workers being hired or promoted based on how well they got voters to the polls and not how well they did their official jobs, children getting admitted to prestigious city schools based on political connections,...

Changing Gun Privileges Back into Gun Rights: The first step in holding back the Leftist Tide

Editor's Note: This commentary was also published recently at TheLandoftheFree.net . by Gerard Valentino The pro-gun movement is proud that 48 states have some sort of mechanism that allows concealed carry by law abiding citizens. Most of the 48 states have "shall issue" laws which means that if a citizen meets the legal requirements established by the legislature, the issuing authority has no...

Senator investigating allegations guns sold in purchases sanctioned by BATFE were later used to kill a Border Patrol agent

By Chad D. Baus The Associated Press reported recenty that a U.S. senator is examining a claim that two guns sold in purchases sanctioned by federal firearms agents were later used in a December shootout that left a Border Patrol agent dead near the Arizona-Mexico border. From the article : Republican Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa said in a letter provided Monday to The Associated Press he had...

Alan Korwin: Time for National Carry Laws

by Alan Korwin Recent events have made it painfully obvious that murderous trouble can erupt at any time and in any place. It is a clear and present danger. We can no longer afford to pretend such dangers do not exist. It is irresponsible to continue to imagine that police can be everywhere, or that they can respond with sufficient speed to prevent a homicidal rampage. Police are second...

Tuscon fallout: Criminal acts and incompetence

We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions. -Ronald Reagan by Tim Inwood After a tragic shooting in the US, you can almost use a stopwatch to count the minutes before certain people will start pointing fingers and placing blame in places where...

Op-Ed: What liberals don't know about guns, Chapter 217

by Ann Coulter Fresh off of blaming Jared Loughner's killing spree in the Tucson mall on Sarah Palin, liberals are now blaming it on high-capacity magazines. They might as well imprison everyone named "Jared" to prevent a crime like this from ever happening again. During the presidential campaign, Obama said: "I don't know of any self-respecting hunter that needs 19 rounds of anything. You don't...

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