The Brasstard

All across America, the air is beginning to fill itself with the buzz of the upcoming election season. Political campaign regiments are attacking the airways with impressive testimonies of “truth” and “change”. As the midterm elections approach, we have many issues of importance to weigh in against our choice of candidates. Of these issues, none tell us as much about a candidate as their stance on gun control. You see, unlike other issues, a politician’s stance on gun control tells us a lot about how they perceive the rest of us in their greater agenda; either as citizen members of equal stature in a mutually beneficial social order, or as mere subjects of a lesser class of society that they intend to rule over. Read more…

The US Supreme Court released their decision on this landmark case today, applying the 2nd Amendment to States and cities. The doors of case law have effectively been opened for waves of new litigation against excessive regional “gun control”. Here are some excerpts from the case docket…

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As you may have heard, the FBI recently released the preliminary semi-annual crime report for Jan-June 2009. Once again, crime in America is on the decline… despite the fact that 2009 was a record year for the gun industry. Now, I realize that there are many variables besides gun ownership that determine national/regional crime rates. So, I will avoid trying to give gun owners all of the credit for making our country safer. However, with “gun control” advocates constantly insisting that more guns in the hands of citizens equates more violent crime, the contradictory evidence is quite pleasing.

Aside from being a record year for gun and ammo sales, 2009 was also a record year for new CCW/CFP permits; with most shall-issue states seeing a sizable increase in new permits granted compared to 2008. Again, in direct contradiction to the claims of the mainstream media and other anti-gun entities, the streets did not run red with the blood of babies.

Here is a link to the FBI website for more info… FBI Preliminary Crime Report JAN-JUNE 2009

We’ve seen the all-too-common portrayals of the stereotypical “gun person” on the big screen. Whether it’s the Rambo-Die Hard-Dirty Harry good guy, or the Terminator-Scarface-Corleone killer, the persona of gun people on-screen is pure fantasy. Existing in direct conflict with real gun people, Hollywood gunnies (good or evil intent aside) are all drenched in vendetta, vigilance and thirst for blood. All you have to do is visit your local shooting range to see that reality is far different than the stereotype; that most gun people are regular, honest folks with a great respect for the law, liberty, and peace…

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As a guy that spent most of his life in The Beehive State, the news about Utah’s Senate Bill 11 (The Firearms Protection Act of 2010) makes me proud. A growing number of states are now considering similar legislation that will effectively nullify the unconstitutional federal firearms regulations that infringe upon the rights of states, and the legitimate ownership and use of firearms and ammo by citizens. Read more…

Image Courtesy of The Bush White House Archive

As many of you have heard by now, US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has commented on the somewhat bleak security situation on domestic military bases across the United States. First, I should tell you that I have a great deal of respect for Mr. Gates. I would go as far as saying that he was a breath of fresh air after enduring the grim years of Donald Rumsfeld. However, I believe that he missed the mark in a major way when it comes to the real security problem on American military bases…

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As we prepare for the upcoming McDonald vs Chicago case we have to ask ourselves, where do we draw the line between State/City rights, and our Constitutional rights? For folks like us its easy… as simple as “keep your damn dirty hands off my guns Mr. Mayor”. However, with the rapidly expanding density of social neo-urbanites, rabid “progressivism”, and a twist of “enlightened intellectuals” in the media piling loads fabricated fecal matter on top, the issue has grown rather complex…

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