Victory: Heller Gets His Gun Permit
The man whose lawsuit overturned Washington’s handgun ban has successfully registered his handgun, ending a more than 30-year wait to keep the weapon in his home. Dick Heller walked triumphantly out of a D.C. police station today with his permit in hand.
It’s a shame that Heller had to go all the way to the Supreme Court merely to excercise his right as an American, but thank God he did. Thanks to Dick Heller the SCOTUS has said once and for all that Americans have the consitutionally protected right to keep and bear arms.
(Hat tip to Michelle)
Texas School District Will Allow Teachers To Carry Guns
It looks like a Texas school district will be first in the nation to finally take a common sense approach to school shootings. Rather than allow students to be lambs waiting to be slaughtered by a crazed gunman, teachers in one tiny Texas town will be able to intervene.
A tiny Texas school district may be the first in the nation to allow teachers and staff to pack guns for protection when classes begin later this month, a newspaper reported.
Trustees at the Harrold Independent School District approved a district policy change last October so employees can carry concealed firearms to deter and protect against school shootings, provided the gun-toting teachers follow certain requirements.
In order for teachers and staff to carry a pistol, they must have a Texas license to carry a concealed handgun; must be authorized to carry by the district; must receive training in crisis management and hostile situations and have to use ammunition that is designed to minimize the risk of ricochet in school halls.
Superintendent David Thweatt said the small community is a 30-minute drive from the sheriff’s office, leaving students and teachers without protection. He said the district’s lone campus sits 500 feet from heavily trafficked U.S. 287, which could make it a target.
“When the federal government started making schools gun-free zones, that’s when all of these shootings started. Why would you put it out there that a group of people can’t defend themselves? That’s like saying ’sic ‘em’ to a dog,” Thweatt said in Friday’s online edition of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
It’s at times likes this that I’m most proud of being a Texan. Every law abiding citizen should have the right to defend his or herself in America. So called “gun free zones” are absurd, because then the only person with a gun is the crazed lunatic.
Had a teacher had a gun at Virginia Tech, it’s very unlikely that lunatic would have been able to murder 31 people before killing himself. The idea is to at the very least stop a school shooting from turning into a double-digit blood bath.
Texas Man Cleared In Shooting Of Burglers
A grand jury cleared a Pasadena, Texas, man today in the shooting deaths of two suspected burglars as they left his neighbor’s house — a case that stirred a national debate over whether he was a vigilante or a hero.
For the vast majority of people here in Texas Joe Horn is without a doubt a hero. Horn noticed two men crawling out of his neighbor’s window carrying stolen loot in broad daylight, and chose to intervene.
AP: Half of U.S. Gun Deaths Are Suicides
The AP is reporting the newest figures for gun related deaths in America. Surprisingly, 55% of the 33,000 gun related deaths in 2005 were suicides. 2005 is the latest year for which such statistics are currently available.
Supreme Court: Ban On Handguns “Incompatible” With Second Amendment
The Supreme Court struck down Washington D.C.’s ban on handguns as unconstitutional. Justice Scalia wrote the majority opinion saying in part that an outright ban on handguns is incompatible with the second amendement.
Writing for the majority, Justice Antonin Scalia said that an individual right to bear arms is supported by “the historical narrative” both before and after the Second Amendment was adopted.
The Constitution does not permit “the absolute prohibition of handguns held and used for self-defense in the home,” Scalia said. The court also struck down Washington’s requirement that firearms be equipped with trigger locks or kept disassembled, but left intact the licensing of guns.
Scalia noted that the handgun is Americans’ preferred weapon of self-defense in part because “it can be pointed at a burglar with one hand while the other hand dials the police.”
This was absolutely the right decision. There are few rights as fundamental to being an American as our right to keep and bear arms.
Unless you are a felon or mentally disabled in some way, the State can no longer prevent the ownership of handguns. Washington D.C. has had the strictest gun laws in the country with an outright ban on handgun ownership. Ironically, Washington D.C. is also home to the worst gun violence in America.
No state official yet has explained how the only place in America with an outright handgun ban has some of the worst handgun violence. The idea that no one will have a gun because it’s against the law is comical.
Criminals will continue to own firearms with or without gun laws, the only question is whether or not law abiding citizens will be able to protect themselves from gun toting criminals.
The Supreme Court has rightly concluded that Americans have a right under the Constitution to do just that.
-Chris Jones
Barack Obama’s Gun Grabbing Agenda
Barack Obama’s rhetoric on the campaign trial about supporting gun rights doesn’t mesh with his history of supporting even the most radical gun control policies.
Car Dealer Offers $250 In Free Gas Or Free Handgun
This one is sure to make heads explode in the anti-gun crowd
Hillary Clinton Mailer Attacks Obama On Guns
Let there be no mistake about it, if you like guns (as I do) then Barack Obama is definitely not your friend. When he was an Illinois State Senator he repeatedly supported legislation to ban all handguns.
So any opportunity to remind people that Barack Obama has a repugnant record on gun rights is always welcome. However, the last person on earth I would have ever thought those reminders would be coming from is Hillary Clinton. Over the last couple of months, Hillary “The Chameleon” Clinton has gone after Obama on his dismal gun rights record and even recalled her fond memories of hunting as a child.
As with many things Sen. Clinton has said throughout this campaign, her sudden love for guns and hunting just doesn’t ring true.
Hillary Clinton has been a vocal supporter of every piece of gun control legislation proposed over the last 15 years. So it’s at the very least humorous that the Clinton campaign has several mailers making the rounds in Indiana that question Obama’s commitment to the 2nd Amendment.
You can read more about these negative mailers from Ben Smith over at Politico.
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