18 hours agoMember-onlyLet’s Celebrate Stand Your Ground.Tomorrow marks the beginning of February which means it’s also the first day of Black History Month, which is now given official government recognition and for 2023 will be devoted to the celebration of Black Resistance both in contemporary life as well as down through the years. I hope…Stabd Your Ground4 min readStabd Your Ground4 min read
4 days agoMember-onlyWhen It Comes to Gun Violence, Will the Two Sides Ever Agree?Right now, there’s a debate going on in the Washington State legislature about a proposed law which would not only prohibit the sale of assault rifles but would also prohibit the transfer of currently owned assault guns from one person to another, basically sooner or later making Washington State completely…Gun Violence3 min readGun Violence3 min read
5 days agoMember-onlyLet The Experts Explain Gun Violence.Here we go again. A couple of mass shootings take place over a couple of days, and the experts weigh in on why the shootings occurred. …Guns4 min readGuns4 min read
6 days agoMember-onlyWhen Will Doctors Figure Out a Disease Called ‘Gun Violence?’After the Sandy Hook massacre at the end of 2012, all of the medical organizations and academies felt it incumbent upon themselves to issue some kind of statement about gun violence. …Gun Violence4 min readGun Violence4 min read
Jan 24Member-onlyWho Says Liberals Are Against Armed, Self-Defense?I love how FOX NEWS runs a piece which is not only completely based on nothing but wrong opinions but then refers to itself as ‘news.’ In this instance, one of many, FOX ran a story on Joe Biden which was a collection of comments he made about guns, and…Self Defense4 min readSelf Defense4 min read
Jan 23Member-onlyThe Know-Nothings Talk About Guns.So, today Trump the Shlump chimes in on the shooting at the Star Ballroom in Monterey Park, CA which killed ten and wounded ten more. Well, at least we were spared the usual ‘thoughts and prayers’ routine. Instead, what we got was something much more bizarre and much worse. Here’s…Guns4 min readGuns4 min read
Jan 21Member-onlyHow Come Americans Stand Their Ground?On August 9, 2014, an eighteen-year-old Black youth named Michael Brown, was shot and killed by a police officer in Ferguson, MO. The town of some 20,000 residents, is a largely African American community located five miles north of downtown St. Louis. The shooting unleashed nearly two weeks of angry…Stand Your Ground4 min readStand Your Ground4 min read
Jan 19Member-onlyMatt Gaetz: The ATF’s Best Friend.I never thought I would ever agree with any legislative proposal promoted by Matt Gaetz, particularly anything having to do with guns. This is because when he was a State Senator in Florida, he introduced a bill that would allow someone shot in a public space that was declared to…Atf4 min readAtf4 min read
Jan 18Member-onlyWant To Be a Gun Expert? Work for RAND.So now the RAND Corporation has gone to the trouble of compiling a list of ‘experts’ whose views are consulted whenever RAND wants to say anything about guns. …Gun Laws5 min readGun Laws5 min read
Jan 17Member-onlyCNN Gives Rudy Giuliani a Free Pass.So, Sunday night I watched the two-hour documentary on Rudy Giuliani and before I get into the production itself, let me say that of the 120 minutes that this show ran, more than 65 minutes were advertisements, which is disgusting to the extreme. Anyway, I happen to be an old…Giuliani4 min readGiuliani4 min read
