Through ineptitude or outright enabling legislation, many Western European governments have allowed terrorists, whether home grown or as part of the "refugee" wave, to proliferate within their borders. The lackluster efforts by these governments to root out terrorists and deal with them accordingly, has caused many Europeans to lose faith in the ability of their governments to protect them. Understandably, their lack of faith in their government has made many Europeans afraid, and that fear has encouraged them to take their safety into their own hands. Valentina Pop reports in the Wall … [Read more...]
Tucker: Gun Ownership is America’s Most Endangered Right
In the video clip below, Tucker Carlson talks with author David Harsanyi about Americans' rights to own firearms, and attempts to limit that right. Harsanyi has recently written a book called, First Freedom: A Ride Through America's Enduring History with the Gun. The segment is informative, because it's important for all Americans to understand the value of their right to bear arms, and the critical protection of that right afforded by the Second Amendment to the Constitution. I have written a series titled Get Your Gun and Your Training Now, in which I encourage all Americans to take … [Read more...]
Gun Control Disarms the Most Vulnerable First
In violence riddled Latin America, a new wave of violence against women is growing. Despite relatively strict gun control laws in Latin America, the number of homicides with firearms is high, and those who follow the gun control laws are put in a weakened position compared to the gang and cartel members who wreak havoc on society while disregarding any gun laws. Juan Forero explains Latin America's rising violence against women in The Wall Street Journal, writing: Latin America has the highest homicide rate in the world. The region’s most-murderous corner—the so-called Northern Triangle of … [Read more...]
How the Anti-Gun Crowd Bends the Truth
Writing at American Greatness, Rich Logis explains how anti-gun radicals like Shannon Watts (funded by former Mayor of New York and fellow anti-gun crusader Michael Bloomberg) forget to mention the specifics when they spout misleading “facts” about guns and violence in America. Logis explains: Anti-gun Propaganda On November 26, as President Trump visited Mississippi ahead of the U.S. Senate runoff election, Watts posted the following: Mississippi has the second highest rate of gun deaths in the nation – nearly 18 deaths per 100,000 residents. Anti-gun propaganda is powerful, and … [Read more...]
Can America Avoid a President Bloomberg?
With a personal fortune of $45.8 billion and a political network that spans the country doing his anti-gun bidding, Michael Bloomberg may be poised to enter the 2020 presidential race on the Democratic ticket. The former Mayor of New York City is America's most avid anti-gun billionaire, and has done more to attack the members of the NRA, and gun owners in general, than any other person in America. In the January 2019 issue of the NRA published magazine, America's First Freedom, Bloomberg is quoted as saying "We've got to make them afraid of us," in reference to law abiding Americans who … [Read more...]
Brazil’s Mob Lynchings and Murders
If you have teenage children or grandchildren, then you know about social media and how it can become an online version of Lord of the Flies. What’s terrifying is that, in a lawless society like many in South America we’re seeing how messaging services like WhatsApp facilitate a rule by mob hysteria. Now is the time to get your guns and your training. Thankfully in Brazil, for example, President Jair Bolsonaro has recognized innocent people deserve to be able to defend themselves from violent gangs. It’s a lesson for you and me on how a polarized society can break apart at the seams. … [Read more...]
Brazilians Excited to Get Their Gun Rights Back
Brazil is very near to becoming something of a gun rights unicorn, that's a country in which citizens have had their rights harshly restricted, but then they have taken them back. With the election of Jair Bolsonaro, Brazilians are optimistic that they'll be allowed, once again, greater freedom to protect themselves on streets that have become some of the most violent in the world. Despite strict gun control, Brazil's murder rate is six times higher than that of the United States. Cartels have been battling each other on the streets, endangering disarmed innocents caught in the middle of … [Read more...]
Newport Rifle Club: Women-Only Pistol Course
The Newport Rifle Club, founded in 1876, is the oldest continuously operating rifle club in the United States. When our kids were younger, my friend and I would take them out to dinner once a month on a Friday and go to the club for kids' night, where they’d shoot .22 rifles. First, they’d review gun safety basics, then grab a mat, and target shoot for about an hour. It was a great time. Education and practice is a huge piece of the journey to becoming comfortable with a firearm. Our Friday night shoots were a great benefit for my kids. The club also offers a woman-only basic pistol course. … [Read more...]
Rhode Island’s Misguided Gun-Safety Task Force
The 43-member gun-safety task force that Gov. Gina Raimondo created last April has released its final recommendations. And it neuters Second Amendment rights for all Rhode Islanders—most of all law-abiding Rhode Islanders who own guns. I’ll make two points. First, the recommendation “Prohibits the concealed carry of firearms on the school grounds and within 1,000 feet of elementary or secondary schools and in government buildings.” Why don’t they just put a banner on the front of all schools “Welcome to Our School We’re Unarmed.” I have always felt that school administrators should do quite … [Read more...]
My Favorite Guns
My favorite guns are the ones you own. But for me, when it comes to handguns, I favor Sig Sauer simply because of my training at Sig Sauer Academy. (read more about my trips to Sig Sauer Academy here, here, and here). When I talk to my friends who own Glocks, they tell me how much they love them. I’m in the process of purchasing the Glock 19x—the model put forward in the U.S. Army handgun selection contest, because I figure if my friends love Glocks, and Glock submitted it for the competition, then it’s probably more than OK for me. At the end of the day, there’s never a bad time to get … [Read more...]