by Peter Venetoklis | Dec 1, 2015 | Guns
In comments made regarding the recent Planned Parenthood shooting, President Obama stated: I say this every time we have one of these mass shootings. This just doesn’t happen in other countries. This statement, being offered in Paris, less than three weeks after...
by Peter Venetoklis | Oct 21, 2015 | Election, Guns, Politics
Some political issues have short lives. Some tend to linger, or pop up from time to time before fading to the background. Some are timeless, seemingly never resolved to the point where the players and partisans accept that an outcome has evolved. Among those is the...
by Peter Venetoklis | Oct 3, 2015 | Guns
Proponents of increased gun regulation have in recent years advocated for changes intended to close “loopholes” through which people who presumably shouldn’t be able to acquire guns can acquire them legally. They speak of the gun show loophole and...
by Peter Venetoklis | Sep 1, 2015 | Guns
The recent shootings of a television reporter and her cameraman in Roanoke, Virginia has rekindled the seemingly endless gun debate. As has been the case of late, the various demands for “common sense reforms” have been met with push-back responses from...
by Peter Venetoklis | Aug 27, 2015 | Culture, Guns
As I read an article regarding the difficulty of actually developing a rational and effective policy prescription in response to the Virginia reporter shooting, I kept hearing in my head echoes of the refrain I’ve heard more times than I can count: I don’t...
by Peter Venetoklis | Aug 22, 2014 | Culture, Guns
There was a video (now deleted) making the rounds of a CNN reporter demonstrating his ignorance regarding firearms, specifically, what an “automatic weapon” is. During a discussion about the Ferguson riots, reporter Don Lemon confused semi-automatic...
Loading ...
on We Condemn Bigotry, Except When We Celebrate It 9+
on Trump’s Bullies 7+
on Gun Rights Lesson #551 – Sensible Gun Regulation 6+
on Let The Squirming Begin 5+on Clinton The Bulletproof 5+
on Fact-Checking Trump 5+on Is the Earth’s Climate in Trouble? 4+
on Congratulations, Democrats! 4+
on Whence Morality? 4+
Active Comment Threads
Most Commented Posts
Universal Background Checks – A Back Door to Universal Registration
COVID Mask Follies
When Everything Is Illegal…
An Anti-Vax Inflection Point?
“Not In My Name”
The Great Social Media Crackup
War Comes Through The Overton Window
The First Rule of Italian Driving
Most Active Commenters