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Ice-T Defends the Second Amendment
I’ve confessed before that I am hopelessly uninformed about popular culture, so it’s no big surprise that I couldn’t identify a single song by Ice-T. But since I’m a big supporters of the Second...
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Political Satire and the Colorado Shootings
I wrote a serious post last week asking why Brian Ross wasn’t fired after linking the shooter to the Tea Party on the basis of nothing more than a shared (and somewhat common) name. Today, let’s look...
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Assault Weapons: Facts vs. Fiction
It’s not much of an exaggeration to say that John Lott has changed the national debate on gun control. His rigorous research and prolific pen have exposed the slip-shod analysis of anti-Constitution...
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Why I Really Like (but also Get Frustrated by) Senator Tom Coburn
I’ve written occasionally about how the Founding Fathers wanted to limit the federal government’s powers by providing a list of enumerated powers in Article I, Section VIII, of the Constitution. Sadly,...
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Republicans Endorse Platform Language to Dismantle Most of the Federal...
I wish the Republican Platform was binding. Too bad it’s meaningless fluff Why? Because the GOP, for all intents and purposes, has just proposed to eliminate the Department of Education, the Department...
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Majoritarianism Is Not Compatible with Individual Rights
Thomas Sowell, George Will, and Walter Williams have all explained that the Constitution imposes strict limits on the powers of the federal government. This means, for all intents and purposes, that it...
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Deciphering How Statists Think about Gun Control
Even though I don’t own that many guns, I’m an unyielding supporter of the 2nd Amendment. Indeed, I use gun control as a quick and simple of way of deciding whether politicians meet minimum standards...
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An Amusing Look at Gun-Free Zones
I’ve shared a very clever Chuck Asay cartoon about gun-free zones, so let’s now enjoy four posters on the topic. Let’s begin with a good jab at one of the anti-Second Amendment groups. But remember the...
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Two More Funny (and Accurate) Posters about Gun Control
I did a post two days ago with a series of signs and images making fun of gun-free zones. I’m personally more partial to t-shirts and bumper stickers, such as the ones you can view here, here, and...
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Mocking Gun Control Fanatics
Last month, I shared some very amusing images and signs mocking the concept of gun-free zones. A couple of days later, I followed up with two amusing posters about the pro-gun control mindset. Well,...
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Disaster Relief Is Not a Responsibility of the Federal Government
If you read through Article I, Section VIII, of the Constitution, it says nothing about Congress having the power to subsidize or pay for disaster relief. But I realize very few people care about the...
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An Honest Liberal Writes about Gun Control
I wrote earlier this month about an honest liberal who acknowledged the problems created by government dependency. Well, it happened again. First, some background. Like every other decent person, I was...
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Gun Control Isnt’ the Answer, Even if You Don’t Like Guns
Last weekend, I wrote a post entitled “An Honest Liberal Writes about Gun Control.” The article was very powerful because the person didn’t like guns, but admitted that more guns in the hands of...
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Merry Christmas from the Second Amendment
Last year, I shared this heartwarming holiday adoption video. Keeping with that tradition, here’s a Christmas greeting to warm your heart…and offend the delicate sensibilities of statists. The extra...
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What’s the Most Important Reason to Oppose Gun Control?
I assume that most readers are sympathetic to free markets and small government. But that doesn’t mean there’s universal agreement about how we solve various problems created by excessive government....
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Five Important Facts for Vice President Biden’s Anti-Gun Task Force
I asked yesterday for readers to weigh in on why they support (or don’t support) the Second Amendment. The poll is getting lots of responses, though some folks have complained that I should have...
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Some Much-Needed Anti-Gun Control Humor
Back in the early days of this blog, I shared a very amusing anti-gun control message on the back of a vehicle. It made a good point about the fallacy of gun control (sort of like this photo as well),...
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Gun Control, Crime, and Political Satire
I’ve shared several satirical signs, posters, videos, and bumper stickers on the topic of gun control, but surprisingly few political cartoons. If my aging memory is correct, I’ve only posted a couple...
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Expect Civil Disobedience if Politicians Try to Undermine the Second Amendment
I periodically share public opinion data, either because I’m encouraged by the results or because I think that the research helps show how to frame issues. Examples include polling data on personal...
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Milwaukee County Sheriff Promotes Self Defense and Gun Ownership
A lot of big-city police chiefs are political appointees who promote gun control, presumably to please their political masters. They tell citizens that they should passively rely on government rather...
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