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The Gun Show Pinhole

Unlicensed Dealers Account for less than 1 of 10,000 Firearms Sold in USA [More]

Which doesn’t stop some licensed ones from siding with the antis.

Gotta Serve Somebody

The two letters show opposite assumptions about reality and the role of governments. The NY letter assumes guns are bad, and ordinary citizens should not have guns, because ordinary citizens do bad things with guns. The letter from the 28 states assumes government is subordinate to the people, government must defend the nation, and an armed population aids the government in defending the nation against all enemies. These two assumptions about reality are in direct conflict. [More]

Like Mike always said:

We are, in fact, two countries divided by the fundamental difference of principle on the question: Does the government serve the people, or do the people serve the government?

Better Not Call Saul

Professor Saul Cornell has long taken the position the Second Amendment does not mean what it says [More]

Or as I like to call him, the Slippin’ Jimmy of the revisionist history movement.

Every Terrible Implement of the Soldier

Review: The History of Bans on Types of Arms Before 1900 [More]

In short, if the grabbers are looking for something from the Founding Era to support “historical context” to justify an “assault weapon” ban, they’re not going to find it.

It figures that the lame argument that no one considered the Second Amendment to be an individual right until recently proves to be the exact opposite of the truth. That’s because all the citizen disarmament zealots have are lies.

A Piece of the Action

AmmoLand Cited in DC Mass Transportation Second Amendment Case [More]

Every little bit helps.

Have Gun Will Travel

Why the Second Amendment Applies Especially to Travelers [More]

Good stuff. I’m surprised this was left out:

“It would give to persons of the negro race, who were recognised as citizens in any one State of the Union, the right to … keep and carry arms wherever they went.”

And yeah, I’m hip to “give.”

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