Looks like Barack Obama’s election is already stimulating the economy.
The firearm economy that is.
That’s right, guns are flying off the shelves all over the nation as gun owners rush to buy a large variety of rifles and handguns out of the fear that Obama and the Democratic controlled congress will pass drastic gun control [...]

Despite criticism from several quarters, the Sarah Palin pick is being received very well by core Republicans.
Palin, say conservative activists, has instantly changed how they feel about [John] McCain’s campaign and spurred them to go to work for the Republican ticket.
First, though, they’re expressing their newfound fondness for McCain with their checkbooks. Since tapping Palin, [...]

The news release that a Texas School District could be the first in the nation to allow teachers and staff to pack guns for protection was deemed so preposterous it received a prominent spot on the Nutty News Network.
But the story is legit - the Trustees at the Harrold Independent School District have approved a [...]

Emboldened by the recent 2nd amendment ruling, the National Rifle Association will spend $40M this fall, $15M of which will be used to paint Obama with the usual gun hating colors.
Anybody want to bet they’ll use Obama’s “bitter” comments against him?
Oh wait…they already have:
“Our members understand that if Barack Obama is elected president, and he [...]

A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.
To the question of whether or not the 2nd amendment guarantees gun rights for all or just members of state militias…it’s not even close.

And even among people who don’t [...]

The decision was 5-4, and I would have hoped that this wouldn’t be so evenly split because I think most people in this country acknowledge that the 2nd Amendment grants people at least the baseline right to arms themselves. I mean, we’re talking about owning a gun in your home without having to put a [...]

No joke.
(CNN) – During a speech before the National Rifle Association convention Friday afternoon in Louisville, Kentucky, former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee — who has endorsed presumptive GOP nominee John McCain — joked that an unexpected offstage noise was Democrat Barack Obama looking to avoid a gunman.
“That was Barack Obama, he just tripped off [...]

“She is running around talking about how this is an insult to sportsmen, how she values the Second Amendment. She’s talking like she’s Annie Oakley.”
That’s Barack Obama discussing Hillary Clinton’s gun rights support in the wake of the Illinois senator’s recent comments on bitterness and voters who cling to such things as guns. Obviously, Obama [...]

Nice to see the Democratic National Committee is committing politics as usual, distorting the truth for political gain. The DNC wants voters to believe John McCain doesn’t support closing the gun show loophole – even though he literally wrote the legislation on it. From the Baltimore Sun:
During a briefing this afternoon, Democratic pollster Allan Rivlin [...]

A smart play on his part if he’s hoping to close the gap with Clinton.
From The Politico:
Barack Obama did not hunt or fish as a child. He lives in a big city. And as an Illinois state legislator and a U.S. senator, he consistently backed gun control legislation.
But he is nevertheless making a play for [...]

Based on the justice’s demeanors and questions during today’s 2nd Amendment Supreme Court case, early guesses have the court overturning the DC handgun ban. There also looks to be a 5-4 split with the four most liberal justices bowing to the “common defense” interpretation of the amendment which focuses on the “militia” aspect as grounds [...]

One of the most important Supreme Court cases in recent years will come before the court tomorrow as the 2nd Amendment is put on trial. This is one of the few shadowy corners of our Constitution, having received very little High Court interpretation. As such, the justices will have to determine the meaning of the [...]

Over at The Atlantic Andrew Sullivan asks “If gun rights are civil rights, why would anyone feel the need to hide the fact that they own one?” in regards to a story that the Tennessean published the names of all owners of concealed carry permits in the state.”
Those records are public and thus fair game, [...]

Interesting article from the BBC about how the Swiss handle the gun situation.
Because, for being such a historically neutral country, they’ve certainly got a very militaristic attitude:
The country has a population of six million, but there are estimated to be at least two million publicly-owned firearms, including about 600,000 automatic rifles and 500,000 pistols.
This [...]

The creepy thing is I was at that mall on Saturday seeing a movie at the exact same time the shooting happened on Sunday.
Also, it’s rumored that the shooter had mental health problems.

If the laws had been followed, it look as if this crisis could have been averted.
From the NY Times:
WASHINGTON, April 20 � Under federal law, the Virginia Tech gunman Seung-Hui Cho should have been prohibited from buying a gun after a Virginia court declared him to be a danger to himself in late 2005 and [...]

*sigh*
So, the meme that a couple on the right are trying to start after the tragedy at VTech is “Did a liberal college education enable, encourage and inform Cho’s psychotic rage?” I would hope that any rational person would agree that Cho was A) mentally unstable and therefore should have B) been heavily medicated or [...]

With all the different theories floating around out there right now about why Cho did what he did…I think the comic that Reason offers today has the most logical explanation.
Hop on over.

Loren Coleman wrote the following on March 28…
Here is my prediction of what to expect in the next two months: There will be new school shootings with increased violent outcomes by “outsiders.” Plots will be discovered, and students, especially girls and women, will be targets, victimized by adults using the vulnerable landscape of schools to [...]

After he killed the first two people, he took some photographs, shot a video and sent it in the mail to NBC. This is most likely THE explanation as to why there was a lull in the violence at VA Tech that day.
From MSNBC:
Sometime after he killed two people in a Virginia university dormitory but [...]