A friend of mine at work shared an interesting story.  A few weeks back we had discussed gun ownership.  I purchased a handgun about a year ago, and he was thinking about buying one.  I told him it went pretty smoothly for me… I went to the County Sheriff’s office, filled out the forms, and [...]

Dick Heller, of DC v. Heller fame, finally got a gun permit today. 
Unfortunately, that’s only part of the story.
The District is treating semi-automatic handguns as “machine guns”.  So, the registration he succeeded at acquiring only allows him to have a revolver in his home.
Heller recently sued the city again, alleging that the registration rules adopted by [...]

Des Moines Register columnist Rekha Basu wrote an interesting piece for today’s paper on the foibles of unrestrained and anonymous commenting on newspaper web sites, such as that hosted by the Des Moines Register.
It was a very informative piece and I think can help give some people perspective into the issue of unmoderated and anonymous [...]

Thank goodness, albeit another split decision, the court came through with a good decision. In DC v Heller, the court ruled in favor of gun ownership. We discussed this case back when arguments wrapped up in April. For those of you that are sure to argue that my position yesterday was [...]

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
- 2nd Amendment, US Constitution
As you may already know, the Supreme Court heard arguments today regarding the case of a Washington DC resident who wants to own a gun [...]

I’m still a little overwhelmed by the events of Valentine’s Day.
People died or were injured and should not have been. It never should have happened. As with any other shooting of this type, we will have days of analysis about the drugs that this young man stopped taking, about the easy availability of [...]

I’m not going to address the Second Amendment tonight.  That can wait a day.
The shooting at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb is painful.  To parents and friends of the victims, I can only express my deepest sorrow for your loss.  I pray the God will comfort you at this time.
I have no other words tonight.