Step one: Walk into any gun shop, and take a look at the empty spaces on the shelves where EBRs/Evil Black Rifles/Semiauto Assault Weapons/Scary-looking long guns used to be. Watch the remaining ones fly off the shelves, and people place backorders. Or just read reports by folks who have done just that. There's plenty; here's one. Step two: browse over … [Read more...] about “Nothing to see; move along now,” in four steps
Open Carry: Threat or Menace?
This is hard to watch, as there's stupidity all around, but I do think it's instructive. I'm not a big fan of open carry, mind you, but I know that some folks are. While, on balance, I prefer to be discreet, as I think there's real disadvantages to open carry, most times, most places, there are some arguments in favor of it. 1. Bad people -- well, bad people without badges -- … [Read more...] about Open Carry: Threat or Menace?
Living in a Chinese Curse: RKBA Edition, Part Two: the “Gun Show” Loophole
Well, that didn't take long. Among other folks queuing up for the Obamagoodies are our friends in the gun grabbing commonsense gun law movement. Here's a test -- and, like most tests, folks who already know the answer really shouldn't shout it out for the rest of the class. Let's start before the beginning. Over at Simple Justice, Scott's been known to suggest that … [Read more...] about Living in a Chinese Curse: RKBA Edition, Part Two: the “Gun Show” Loophole
Living in a Chinese Curse: RKBA Edition, Part One
There's an old Chinese curse that goes, roughly, "may you live in interesting times." The Obama years are clearly going to be interesting times, in many ways -- perhaps some good; certainly many bad. Let's take a look at how . . . interesting they're probably going to be, at least in terms of issues around the Second Amendment and the right to keep and bear arms. I'd rather … [Read more...] about Living in a Chinese Curse: RKBA Edition, Part One