| | | | | Activist argues FL's permitless carry won't endanger people | | | | x Apr 05 2023 | | | | After several long years, Florida has permitless carry. It's not a perfect measure, as I've already noted, but it's a major step forward. It's a move that a lot of people are very uncomfortable with. While they should all learn to live with the disappointment of not restricting people's rights to ... [Keep Reading] | | | | | | | | | Tennessee delaying any gun control measures until 2024? | | | | x Apr 05 2023 | | | | Following a deadly mass shooting, people get emotional, especially when it touches them in some way. Believe me, I know. Right now, nerves are raw in Tennessee. Six people are dead, three of them children. That's going to rattle some folks. Yet rattled lawmakers tend to make for bad, poorly thought-out laws. ... [Keep Reading] | | | | | | | | | School walkout for gun control disrupted by lockdown | | | | x Apr 05 2023 | | | | Following the shooting last week in a Nashville school, it's unsurprising that a lot of students have opinions about gun control. It's great to see young people engaged with the issues and all that, but as many of them don't understand the overall nuances of the debate they're wading into, ... [Keep Reading] | | | | | | | | Crenshaw drops truth bomb on CNN's Dana Bash | | | | x Apr 05 2023 | | | | Rep. Dan Crenshaw of Texas kind of goes his own way. That's not always a good thing, especially when the Texax Republican appeared to support things like red flag laws just a couple of years ago. In fact, that little bit lost him a lot of trust in the gun rights ... [Keep Reading] | | | | | | | | | Amendment would restrict gun control challenges in Oregon | | | | x Apr 05 2023 | | | | Oregon's Measure 114 has been held up in court. Now, the legislature is trying to pass a bill that basically mimics the ballot initiative, apparently missing that at least some of the issues with Measure 114 were based on the substance of the law, not so much on how it ... [Keep Reading] | | | | | | | | Tennessee advances armed teacher bill | | | | x Apr 06, 2023 | | |  | | | | As I noted Thursday morning, the Nashville, Tennessee shooting is a prime illustration that a quick and aggressive response saves lives. The problem is that when seconds count, police are just minutes away. What works best is for armed individuals to be present at the site of a mass shooting. That's ... [Keep Reading] | | | | | | | | Tennessee Dems face expulsion vote today | | | | x Apr 06, 2023 | | |  | | | | I get that people are worked up in Tennessee. Especially since Nashville is the state capital. The shooting was so close to home. Literally. But there are rules in the legislature that must be followed. Leading a protest on the floor of the state House was probably not one of those ... [Keep Reading] | | | | | | | | Nashville police talk response, illustrates key point | | | | x Apr 06, 2023 | | |  | | | | It wasn't that long ago when a lot of headlines claimed that Uvalde police failed to enter Robb Elementary School due to fears over the shooter's AR-15. This was, of course, taken as evidence that we should ban so-called assault weapons. In Nashville, though, something different happened. While the killer also ... [Keep Reading] | | | | | | | | California man arrested over 19th century pistol | | | | x Apr 05, 2023 | | |  | | | | Ages ago, my family got into Civil War reenactment. As a result, we had tons of catalogs laying around that had all manner of stuff from around that time. Obviously, I liked the guns. Perhaps my favorite, based purely on aesthetics, was the pepperbox revolver. If you're unfamiliar with it, think of ... [Keep Reading] | | | | | | | | | | | |
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