Beto O’Rourke as Sacrificial Lamb? Hell, YES

At this point in the 2020 Democratic primary campaign for president, it is already obvious that former Rep. Beto O’Rourke’s efforts aren’t going to earn him the nomination. So maybe it is not so surprising that he’s the one out front on gun control. He’s a lost cause so he…

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Leah Vukmir Doesn’t Know Her AR-15 From A Hole In The…

you can fill in the blank. but in response to the WI GOP’s leadership deciding that the governor was going to pass a bill to confiscate Wisconsin guns, the former what ever Leah Vukmir put this on Twitter: Even I know that Ms. Vukmir’s generous offer is not an AR-15!

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WI GOP Ignores the 81%

A Marquette University Law School poll this month found 81% of registered voters supported red-flag legislation. There is a red-flag bill being offered in Madison. It is authored by two Democrats: Senator Lena Taylor of Milwaukee and Rep. Melissa Sargent of Madison. It is modeled after other such legislation that…

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Colt suspends production of AR-15

While the NRA and its supporters are getting all over Beto O’Rourke about his stance on removing military style weaponry from the United States… Gunmaker Colt says it is suspending its production of rifles for the civilian market including the popular AR-15. Colt’s chief executive officer, Dennis Veilleux, says it…

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GOP Elected Threatens Beto Over Gun Control

I missed the debate last night but saw a snippet of Beto O’Rourke’s reply to removing AR-15 and AK-47s and similar weapons from America’s civilian arsenal. And he followed up with a related tweet…and got some push back. See it here: I am not surprised that there are vocal and…

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Why did the accused Waffle House shooter get back his guns?

I am reprinting a Washington Post Opinion piece in it’s entirety: Why did the accused Waffle House shooter get back his guns? THERE WERE plenty of warning signs about Travis J. Reinking. He once told police that music superstar Taylor Swift was stalking him and hacking into his phone. Another…

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Right Sizing the Second Amendment

I can not legally own a squad automatic weapon. I can not legally own a rifle propelled grenade. I can not legally own an armed predator drone. Why not? Don’t I have all inclusive follow me anywhere second amendment rights? No I don’t. I can’t own these items because they…

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