PETER TOMARAS: Gun control reality check
By Peter Tomaras (A version of appeared in the News-Gazette. Reprinted here with permission of author.) The gun control debate needs a reality check, and I will provide it, aware that those hostile to firearms do not welcome rational viewpoints. This is because people who fear, hate, or simply do…
Giffords: 5:36 to pass a background check… Us: Let’s have background checks before voting
Gabby Giffords "Right now, we have one system where responsible gun owners take a background check — my husband, Mark, took one just last month, and it took 5 minutes and 36 seconds. I remember waiting a lot longer than that for the subway to take me to my office…
The “NRA” is impotent? Ask Democrat Mark Begich about that one…
We love it when we hear leftist gun haters proclaim the NRA is all washed up and losing influence. It's almost as if they are a three-year-old, mentally or chronologically. chanting some sort of magic spell they believe will change reality. Don't believe me? (We're not going to complete…
Depraved. Indifferent. Savage. Grandmother conspires with grandson to kill grandfather
[caption id="attachment_6939" align="alignnone" width="580"] Janet Strickland, (Left) and William Strickland have been charged with first-degree murder. (Chicago Police Dept. / April 6, 2013 / Caption courtesy Chicago Tribune.)[/caption] There's been a significant update in the story we earlier reported where a 19-year-old gang-banging thug killed his own grandfather by shooting…
‘No guns’ public place + evil lunatic = grieving families
+ + = It's always been our position that the only thing that stands in the way of bad people with evil in their hearts is a good guy with a gun. We wish we had thought to write the following is an equally succinct way, but alas, it…
Better late than never: Mainstream media advises ‘assertive response’ to glory killer attacks
h/t to Stretch. Interesting: In today's NY Times, they print an article advising everyday Americans to fight an active attack by a glory killer instead of remaining passive and waiting for help. (New York Times) - The speed and deadliness of recent high-profile shootings have prompted police departments to recommend…
Illinois’ Democrat Robin Kelly: Plumbing the depths of ignorance while blaming the victims
This woman is running for Jesse Jackson Jr.'s former Congressional seat in a district marked by low-information voters. She's widely expected to win the seat by a comfortable margin, and it's not surprising that she's a low-information individual herself, making her a low-information legislator. She was at a community forum…
Chicago’s weekend forecast: Violent, with a chance of deadly
Chicagoland is slated to see the warmest temperatures of the year this weekend. And you know what that means! It means mobs of unruly black teens - as acknowledged by even the mainstream media - will be out prowling and growling on the Magnificent Mile, Gold Coast and elsewhere…
Couple of social media hits today… good reads
Say hello to Aidan Folan. He's a liberal Democrat, according to his Facebook page, no doubt a supporter of gun bans and gun control. He studied journalism and his most recent day job was as a counselor for the Center for Family Life in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, New York.…
NEW YORK LUNACY: Dad’s pistol license suspended over 10-year-old son’s minor transgression
I will leave you with this story without comment. N.Y. Dad’s Pistol License Suspended Over Something His 10-Year-Old Son Said — and It Could Be 8 Years Before He Gets It Back New York (Blaze) - A New York father has had his firearms all but confiscated after the…