Guns

The Supreme Court finally released their long-awaited 2nd Amendment decision in Heller, and it seems to support an individual right to bear arms...in your own home, in D.C., if your name is Dick Heller, and all you want is a city gun permit. That's according to Scott Greenfield's analysis of Heller. They announced a fundamental individual right, yet also allowed all … [Read more...] about Heller: Gun Owners Get a Cookie

The murder of 32 people at Virginia Tech yesterday has reignited the gun control debate. I don't feel like writing about it now, so I'll just say one thing that keeps going through my mind: I don't know anything about the killer, but I do know something about every one of his victims. I know it because it's been true of the victims of every mass shooting we've had in this … [Read more...] about Victims of the Virginia Tech Massacre

Harry Whittington, the guy shot by Vice President Dick Cheney, has had a mild heart attack caused by a pellet that nudged up next to his heart. That's a heck of a lot worse than would seem to be indicated by those who say Whittington got "peppered" by Cheney's shot. I don't know if the term "peppered" has a proper definition, but I always assumed that when someone was … [Read more...] about Cheney Shooting Now Less Funny

After my post about Dick Cheney's little hunting mishap, I posted a question in the comments to a Hit&Run post, asking about the rules for safe hunting. With as many libertarians as read that site, I figured they had to know a lot about guns. A regular calling himself Hakluyt responded, When it comes to gun injuries, etc. I was taught from NRA classes as kid forward that … [Read more...] about Hunting Safety at Hit&Run

So the Vice President shoots this guy... WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally wounded a companion with shotgun pellets on a weekend quail hunt in Texas, his office said on Sunday. Jon Stewart must be beside himself right now. I'm counting the minutes until the Daily Show. A few pellets of bird shot hit his right side, including his face, but … [Read more...] about Butterfingers Cheney