Category Archives: weapons

meet Mary Rosh

Oh dear: John Lott, scholar-darling of the Gun Lobby, may be dirty. (Julian Sanchez of Cato broke the story.) I hope the Gun Lobby (statist-speak for all of us who don’t buy the victim-punishing dogma of Feinstein, Schumer, Brady et … Continue reading

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thud

I wonder whether statistical “deaths by firearms” include victims of blunt trauma with an empty gun; though I doubt it’s a big number.

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gun control, a prerequisite to genocide

Kopel, Gallant & Eisen on Uganda & Gun Control on National Review Online

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nine out of eight

About a year and a half ago, Russell Whitaker took me out for some shooting sport, and afterward told everybody that I had made eight out of eight fairly tough shots with his new rifle and that he looked forward … Continue reading

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the wishful thinking of historians

Bellesiles goes down. Lighten up Clayton, you’re entitled to gloat a bit.

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the unorganized militia

Gene Healy, whom I had not read before: Forty armed citizens out of 700 in the audience might have made it quite difficult for the [Chechen] terrorists to secure the [theatre] building. Sure, a lot of folks might have been … Continue reading

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million-dollar idea

Holster stickers (only a philistine would glue anything to the gun itself): sticky-back strips 1cm high by about 7cm wide, imprinted with humorous phrases. My Other Gun is an Arbalest Make a Joyful Noise One Round at a Time Just … Continue reading

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