Category Archives: Gun Control

Innocent Victims of Gun Control: The DC Businessman

Posted on October 24, 2013 by John Pierce

Gun control advocates like to describe their goals as ‘reasonable restrictions’ that would never interfere with the rights of average Americans. However, I think that DC Businessman Mark Witaschek would strongly disagree with that statement. Award winning journalist Emily Miller recently covered Witaschek’s … Continue reading →

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The devil is in the details with proposed NFA trust changes

Posted on September 18, 2013 by John Pierce

As of last Monday’s Federal Register, we now have the full text of the proposed regulatory changes that the Obama Administration is pushing to close what they are calling the ‘trust loophole’ and it is far worse than I had initially feared. I had … Continue reading →

Posted in Abuse of Discretion, Abuse of Power, Administrative Regulations, BATFE, Class III, Democrats, Gun Control, NFA, Regulatory Rulemaking | 2 Comments

A tale of two rallies

Posted on April 30, 2013 by John Pierce

This morning I was reading the press coverage of last week’s Stop The NRA ‘rally’ in DC. Despite the fact that it only attracted a whopping 60 attendees, it received quite a bit of positive attention from the mainstream media. … Continue reading →

Posted in General Civil Rights, Gun Control, Gun Rights Rallies, Pennsylvania | 7 Comments

What does a traitor look like?

Posted on April 10, 2013 by John Pierce

“So what does a traitor look like?” That is a very good question. After all, a traitor is different than an enemy.  An enemy declares himself and opposes you openly.  But in order to become a traitor, someone first needs … Continue reading →

Posted in General Civil Rights, Gun Control, Gun Sales, Pennsylvania, Republicans, Universal Background Checks | 14 Comments

Innocent Victims of Gun Control: The bear attack

Posted on April 8, 2013 by John Pierce

A Massachusetts man is facing charges of illegal possession of a firearm and failing to secure a weapon after using a shotgun to kill a bear that began chasing him in his own backyard while he was stocking his bird feeders. … Continue reading →

Posted in Democrats, General Civil Rights, Gun Control, Innocent Victims of Gun Control, Massachusetts | 8 Comments

Vice President Biden doubles down on his bad advice

Posted on February 28, 2013 by John Pierce

What is it with vice presidents and shotguns?  I mean, Dick Cheney may have accidentally shot someone in a display of poor firearms handling, but at least he never claimed that it was a good idea to do so. But … Continue reading →

Posted in 'Assault Weapons', Gun Control, High Capacity Magazines, Vice Presidents | 8 Comments

Vice President Biden’s criminally stupid advice about self defense

Posted on February 20, 2013 by John Pierce

Vice President Biden is known far and wide as being the master of the gaffe. Were he a Republican instead of a Democrat, the ‘pet media’ would have long since convinced the American public to have him committed to some … Continue reading →

Posted in 'Assault Weapons', Gun Control, High Capacity Magazines, Humor, Presidential Politics, Vice President Biden, Vice Presidents | 25 Comments

First Amendment violations in fight over Second Amendment

Posted on February 19, 2013 by John Pierce

Those of us who support the entire Bill of Rights like to say that the Second Amendment protects the rights recognized by the other amendments … even those that allow anti-gunners to attack us. After all, if you don’t support … Continue reading →

Posted in First Amendment, Gun Control, Missouri | 3 Comments

Manufacturers and dealers go all-in to protect gun rights

Posted on February 19, 2013 by John Pierce

As the Democratic majority in Colorado moves forward with a bevy of draconian gun control proposals including a ban on normal capacity magazines, at least one Colorado company is taking a stand. Magpul Industries is a Colorado success story. The … Continue reading →

Posted in 'Assault Weapons', Abuse of Discretion, Abuse of Power, California, Colorado, Democrats, Firearm Sales, General Civil Rights, Gun Control, Gun Sales, High Capacity Magazines, New Jersey, New York | 11 Comments

The effort to dehumanize gun owners

Posted on February 6, 2013 by John Pierce

The latest tactic being employed against gun owners is to dehumanize them; to portray them as something less than a full-fledged member of society. Some have even called for the deaths of gun owners and advocates. The most recent bigot … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrities, General Civil Rights, Gun Control, Gun Sales, Hollywood, Media Views on The Second Amendment, NRA, Philosophical | 3 Comments