by Peter Venetoklis | Jun 30, 2016 | Drug Policy, Guns, Politics
A recent conversation I had about guns and gun policy crossed the increasingly common argument that pro-gun people are simply saying that gun crime and mass shootings are a price they’re willing to pay in order to keep their guns. I’d call this a straw...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jun 29, 2016 | Election, Guns, Opinion, Politics
Yesterday’s Benghazi report (well, reports – there’s a Republican version and a Democratic version) coupled with a conversation I had with a neighbor brought to light an interesting paradox about our modern, information-rich society. Despite having...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jun 23, 2016 | Culture, Politics
It was rather predictable that the Orlando shooting would devolve into an effort to further strip citizens of their rights. The Left wants gun rights infringed in various fashions, the Right wants more power granted to law enforcement, both sides want to curtail 4th...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jun 21, 2016 | Culture, Politics
There’s a long-standing tradition in politics of deeming the guy at the top “stupid” if you don’t like his politics. George W. Bush is arguably the most famous of our recent presidents to suffer such slings and arrows, but if you Google...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jun 19, 2016 | Guns, Politics
Every time something really bad happens, people cry for safety, and the government answers by taking rights away from good people. — Penn Jillette The President, the main stream press, liberals, and anti-gun folks (but, I repeat myself) have turned the Orlando...
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