A 21-year-old former student at the BORG Dreierschützengasse high school in Graz, Austria opened fire Tuesday using legally-owned firearms, fatally shooting ten people and wounding as many as a dozen others before reportedly taking his own life in a school restroom, according to the BBC and other published reports. One of the wounded, a teacher, […]
SCOTUS Unanimously Rejects Mexico’s Lawsuit v. U.S. Gun Makers
In a unanimous decision released Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court threw out the Mexican government’s lawsuit against U.S. firearms manufacturers, reversing a lower appeals court and remanding the case back for further action. The 15-page decision, authored by Justice Elena Kagan, notes that the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act—signed into law by former […]
‘Gun Violence Awareness Day’ – Founded in Fact or Flimsy Sham?
By Dave Workman OPINION: This Friday, June 6, will be the 11th annual National Gun Violence Awareness Day, ironically on the 81st anniversary of D-Day, when a significantly violent allied invasion at Normandy paved the way for the liberation of Europe and an end to Nazi tyranny. There was lots of “gun violence” that day […]
UPDATE: SCOTUS Declines to Review Challenges to Restrictive Laws in MD, RI
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear cases challenging gun control laws in Rhode Island and Maryland, allowing the gun prohibition lobby to celebrate, but according to USA Today, two justices think the time has come for determining whether modern semiautomatic rifles and standard capacity magazines are protected by then Second Amendment. The […]
Big Disappointment: Politicians and Press Get Low Poll Ratings
Capitol Hill and the establishment press can’t get a break from a public which dislikes or is at least disappointed with them all, according to the results of two recent Rasmussen surveys conducted earlier this month. Both reports might underscore why the nation’s gun owners are particularly perturbed, and why they have a lot of […]
In Mass. They’re Commemorating 250th Lexington, Concord Anniversary
By Dave Workman It was on the morning of Wednesday, April 19, 1775 when hundreds of British troops were dispatched from Boston to the villages of Lexington and Concord in an effort to seize arms and ammunition from colonial militias, which the British feared would be used in a revolution. Instead of catching the Colonials […]
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