Posts by Aaron Spuler
Pride of Ignorance on Firearms
For the sneering consequentialists of the post-constitutional Left, Justice Antonin Scalia is a bogeyman among bogeymen and the Second Amendment is an exasperating relic. It should thus come as no great surprise that Scalia’s considered and thoughtful comments on the future of firearms law, offered in good faith during a speech in Montana last week,…
Read MoreObama’s New Executive Order Will Kill The 110-Year-Old Civilian Marksmanship Program
The White House announced on Thursday that it intends to “ban almost all re-imports of military surplus firearms to private entities†through executive order, which would effectively shut down the 110-year-old Civilian Marksmanship Program. In a Fact Sheet published on Whitehouse.gov today referencing the upcoming executive order the ban on importing military weapons is designed…
Read MoreOutlaw Platoon (Part Three)
In 2006 Lt. Sean Parnell and the men under his leadership, known as the Outlaw Platoon, deployed to one of the most dangerous areas of Afghanistan, less than 10 miles from the Pakistani border. Their mission was to disrupt and destroy this network at all costs – to seek out enemy positions and thwart the…
Read MoreStatewide Lead Ammunition Ban A Bad Idea
By David Halbrook, Executive Director of the Hunt For Truth Association There’s been no shortage of passion on both sides of the debate about whether to ban hunting with lead ammunition throughout the State of California via Assembly Bill (AB) 711. But an open, honest discussion has suffered because some facts have been distorted by…
Read MoreHarvard Study: No Correlation Between Gun Control And Less Violent Crime
A Harvard Study titled “Would Banning Firearms Reduce Murder and Suicide?” looks at figures for “intentional deaths” throughout continental Europe and juxtaposes them with the U.S. to show that more gun control does not necessarily lead to lower death rates or violent crime. Because the findings so clearly demonstrate that more gun laws may in…
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