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NRA members should join GOA

NRA members should join Gun Owners of America.
Why?  Because the NRA is okay with negotiating away free speech.
I am a member of both organizations, but I will be thinking long and hard before renewing my NRA membership when it is due.
Hopefully, before then, the NRA will realize that it represents its members, not the organization [...]

What’s up with California?

Here’s a good article on why California (where I called home for 19 years) is such a basket case:
California Crack-up

THE PERFECT STORM
CALIFORNIA BEGETS A NATIONAL LOSS OF INNOCENCE
ONE-PARTY RULE IN CALIFORNIA
THE DISHONESTY OF SOCIALIST ONE PARTY-RULE
MUCH OF OBAMA’S AGENDA IS ALREADY IN PLACE IN CALIFORNIA
THERE’S HOPE FOR A SECOND GREAT CALIFORNIA TAX REVOLT

Although I am [...]

Gun Free Zones: Great for Criminals, Not so Much for You.

John Lott has a good peice about so-called “gun free zones” where he mentions:
“For years I would tell news people about the fact that every single multiple victim public shooting in the US involving more than three people killed took place in one of these gun-free zones.”
Every time I see a “no guns allowed” sign, [...]

Gun bans in the US to help Mexico?

Not entirely unexpected: Obama to Seek New Assault Weapons Ban. A couple of short points to consider:

The former “Assault Weapons” ban did not lower violent crime, and when it expired, violent crime did not increase.
There is no such thing as an “Assault Weapon.”  It is a figment of a politician’s imagination; a term invented to [...]

We can always do better

The dishonest, anti-Constitution “Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence” released their “report cards” for the various states today.
Oklahoma tied for “last place” scoring a whopping 2 out of 100.
This only goes to show that there is always room for improvement.
Hopefully in 2010, OK will get a nice fat goose-egg.