Nikolas Cruz, a 19-year-old white nationalist walked into Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School located in Parkland, Florida armed with an AR-15 style assault weapon and murdered 17 people, including both adults and children. It seems pretty obvious to me at this point that whatever we’re doing to stop these mass shootings isn’t working. Maybe...
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I have been blocked by Steve Shives
I’ve joined thousands of other Twitter users and I’ve been blocked by Steve Shives. Who’s Steve Shives? He’s a guy who lives in nearby Sharpsburg, Maryland and maintains a YouTube channel dedicated to social justice, feminism, and atheism. He’s pretty famous for blocking people on Twitter. Evidently, he has a bot that blocks people based...
Read MoreRemember when I said we should ban all guns?
Shortly after the Las Vegas massacre, I declared that all firearms should be banned. I’ve thought a lot about it since writing that and I’ve changed my mind. I don’t think we should ever ban firearms, at least in my lifetime. In a perfect world, guns would be obsolete Don’t get me wrong, in a...
Read MoreA total ban on bump stocks?
In the wake of the Las Vegas massacre, it looks like Democrats are finally going to push for an outright ban on firearms. Just kidding. Instead of joining the rest of the industrialized free world and banning the personal ownership of firearms, the Democrats have set their sights on banning bump stocks. A bump stock...
Read MoreConfederate monuments are the ultimate participation trophies
One of the things I’d like to see in my lifetime is the removal of every single Confederate monument displayed on public land. These monuments are the ultimate in participation trophies. The people these statues attempt to glorify took up arms against the United States of America. They were also resoundingly beaten. The Confederates were...
Read MoreThe assault rifle, the safest of all guns
Assault rifles, semi-automatic rifles designed for use on the battlefield, have been in the news as of late. They were the type of weapons used by Islamic terrorists in San Bernardino and most recently in Orlando. An assault rifle was also used by non-Islamic terrorists in Aurora and Sandy Hook. Assault rifles are generally easy...
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