Yesterday 16 Republican Senators, including both Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker from Tennessee, joined Democrats in voting to begin debate on legislation expanding background checks on gun purchases. With 68 votes to begin debate, a threatened GOP filibuster was stopped before it started. Grassroots reaction was both swift and pointed. Grassfire.com wrote, “Sen. Harry Reid’s gun-control legislation [...]
So sayeth New York Governor Andrew “Son of Mario” Cuomo in his State of the State speech today as he railed against the semi-automatic rifles with a detachable magazine politicians refer to as assault weapons and high-capacity magazines used in said assault weapons and many modern handguns. As much as I hate to agree with [...]
As the debates over gun control have escalated one thing I’ve mentioned several times is that alcohol is responsible for far more overall fatalities as well as more children’s lives cut short than firearms. I don’t honestly believe alcohol prohibition is a good idea, but if the government is going to arbitrarily ban certain objects [...]
Lots of arguments flying back and forth on gun control these days, and I came across and interesting piece from the other side. Other side of the globe, that is. From the glorious pages of Pravda comes this editorial from Stanislav Michin, reprinted from his blog Mat Rodina. I did a little editing to clean [...]
As we struggle with the tragically short lives viciously ended in Newtown last week, emotions and anger are running high. So it should be when unspeakable acts like that occur. As grief and shock subside, the inevitable calls to do something will reach a fever pitch. But what can we realistically do to make sure [...]
“President Obama to push assault weapons ban in second term” – headline, The Hill (today). Not exactly a surprise, as President Obama has a clear record (particularly as an Illinois legislator) supporting extreme gun control measures including a ban on the manufacturing, sales, and possession of handguns, and a ban on the sale or transfer [...]
So yesterday we discussed the chorus of vapid calls for Washington to “Do something!” in the wake of a demented murderers actions in Newtown. It’s expected from the usual suspects and I should have expected it when I clicked the link, but under his non-football thoughts in his weekly Monday Morning Quarterback column Sports Illustrated [...]
Wonder what movies they are watching in Chicago these days. Chicago Sun Times: Five men were killed and at least 23 people were wounded in gun violence in the city from Friday night to Sunday. The fatal shootings include one man who was fatally shot and two others who were wounded by police in two [...]
Socialize