Tag Archives: Guns

Libertarian Commentary on the News, #13-13D: Congress and Such Stuff

End of the week – several more nails in the coffin of the old Republic and our last, residual freedoms and liberty. Congress in action – Self-defense rights dead Senate Filibuster Dead; Gun Law Debates to Begin (CNN) Because of … Continue reading

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Libertarian Commentary on the News, #13-13B: Police State Blues

Self-defense – Stupid government thugs Massachusetts man facing charges for killing bear in his own backyard (CBS) – A 76-year-old Auburn man is facing charges after killing a bear in his backyard. Richard Ahlstrand told WBZ-TV he was stocking his bird … Continue reading

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Guest-guest commentary: The Gun IS Civilization

This is from a friend, Margaret Figert, retired publisher and editor of the Todd County Tribune, Mission, South Dakota, being published on Wednesday, 10th April 2013. Most of it is actually written by a retired Jarhead (and yes, I know … Continue reading

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Why are people so stupid?

Today, I got another copy of an e-mail sent out a few days ago by the “Conservative Action Alerts” gang.  The subject line was: Repeal the Second Amendment First. THIS IS GARBAGE. It read in part: ALERT: Neither the federal … Continue reading

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Libertarian Commentary on the News #13-08D: Guns on campus, more

Home front – Alternatives to Self Defense??? Public Schools Installing ‘Panic Buttons’ WGCL-TV reports that these “panic buttons” will immediately place a call to 911 when pushed by school officials.“Once that happens, we send everybody we have to that school … Continue reading

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Libertarian Commentary on the News #13-08A: TSA, Guns, and G-d

Work and family demands are cutting my writing this week, as they did last week.  Still I am accommodating demands by my faithful readers (BOTH of them) to continue to comment on things. Due to some technical glitches, the denizens … Continue reading

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“Messiahs” and guns and photoshopping

A special treat this weekend was all the fun people had with the latest White House spin about how their beloved leader (not mine), the “messiah” goes shooting all the time, and then published photos to prove it – right! … Continue reading

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The Second Amendment: Constitutional Right or a Governmental Wrong?

By Robert Greenslade
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The shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School has once again thrust the Second Amendment into the spotlight. Supporters of the Amendment claim they have a constitutional or Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. Opponents counter that even if that were the case, the federal government was granted the general power to place restraints on the right. Both of these assertions are based on a misconception concerning the intent of the document known as the Bill of Rights. Continue reading

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There’s an FBI in my soup

[I had a nightmare the other day, and in trying to describe it to someone, this short story came to be. It's not prophesy, and it's not history... yet. MamaLiberty] Someone was banging on the door upstairs, hard. Mostly deaf, … Continue reading

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No Guarantees

By Susan Callaway, Editor From the PoL archives, July 23, 2012 (The whole subject, and the questions asked here are even more relevant now than they were after the Aurora theater incident.) The “news,” blogosphere, and almost every forum on … Continue reading

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