ACT New Zealand promotes free markets, free ideas, personal responsibility and personal accountability – all those principles progressive, virtue-signalling governments oppose - and while they support the concept philosophically, the current bill needs a lot more work before they can support it further. “We fully support the intention of going after the gangs and illegal … [Read more...]
The Czech Republic’s Constitutional Right to Bear Arms
On December 15, 2016, the Czech Republic began the process to enshrine the right to bear arms in its constitution. Google Translate’s rendition of the original Czech constitutional amendment: In light of the current security situation in the world, it is proposed in the Constitutional Act on the Security of the Czech Republic to enshrine the right of citizens to use weapons … [Read more...]
Guatemala’s Constitutional Right to Bear Arms
The right to own weapons for personal use, not prohibited by the law, in the place of habitation, is recognized. There will not be an obligation to hand them over, except in cases ordered by a competent judge. The right to bear arms is recognized, [and is] regulated by the law. Guatemala Constitution, Article 38: Possessing and Bearing of Arms (PDF) Guatemala is one … [Read more...]
Mexico’s Constitutional Right to Bear Arms
Mexico is one of three countries in the world whose constitution guarantees citizens the right to bear arms: United States, Mexico and Guatemala. This constitutional right is rendered all but meaningless by a host of government restrictions on it – the warm wet dreams of anti-2nd Amendment advocates. Like all limitations on civilian firearm ownership, Mexico's restrictions … [Read more...]
Bill Blair – Master of Misinformation and Misdirection
Bill Blair may only be a second-term Liberal MP but make no mistake – Bill Blair is a career politician. The Minister of Misinformation's defence of his ban on so-called “military-style assault weapons” is just the latest ideological step in Blair’s long political career. He became Chief of the Toronto Police Service on April 26, 2005. During his tenure as Toronto’s top … [Read more...]
Canadian Gun Laws: A Primer for People Who Don’t Know Much About Gun Laws
This primer on Canadian firearm law is intended for anyone who Doesn’t know much about guns; Doesn’t know much about Canada’s firearm owner licensing system; Doesn’t know much about Canada’s legislative framework for controlling access to firearms; Wants to learn a little bit about how Canada deals with firearms and access to them. If any of the above applies … [Read more...]
RCMP and CBSA Contradict Public Safety Minister Bill Blair, RCMP Relents
Late Friday night the RCMP declared all 12-gauge and 10-gauge shotguns are legal "because we say so." Please read my assessment of Minister Blair's similarly worded legal advice on Facebook and Twitter at the end of this article. My thoughts there apply to the RCMP's latest as well. Friday was not a good day for Public Safety Minister Bill Blair. The Canadian … [Read more...]
How did We Come to This? by Rob Sciuk (Courtesy Canadian Access to Firearms)
The following column by Rob Sciuk is republished here with permission of Canadian Access to Firearms, Canada's premier firearm classified ads newspaper. How did We Come to This? by Rob Sciuk We are our own worst enemy The Canadian Firearms Act of 1995 (C68) introduced a number of draconian, expensive, unconstitutional and ultimately useless measures … [Read more...]
Justin Trudeau’s Evidence-Based Policy on Guns?
"And as we face these challenges, the only ideology that must guide us is evidence. Hard, scientific facts and data. It may seem revolutionary in today’s Ottawa, but instead of inventing the facts to justify the policies, we will create policy based on facts. Solutions can come from the left or the right, all that matters is that they work. That they help us live – and thrive – … [Read more...]
Firearm Registration: Formerly Law-Abiding Connecticut Gun Owners Face Increased Pressure
As rumours of door-to-door gun confiscations run wild on the internet, Connecticut gun owners who were law-abiding citizens on December 31, 2013, are now criminals under a new law banning so-called “assault weapons”. State officials continue to ratchet up the rhetoric about these heinous threats to public safety, while gun owners realize once again that Firearm Registration … [Read more...]
Imagine saving a child’s life only to find it’s YOU who is in Trouble with The Law!
Washington, DC, is arguably the stupidest place on the planet. Not only is it filled with thoroughly myopic and self-absorbed politicians intent on running rampant over the nation, its bureaucrats despise the very Constitution Washington, DC, is supposed to “protect and defend against all enemies, foreign and domestic”. This past January 3 pitbulls attacked and mauled an … [Read more...]
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback Gets it Right on Guns
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback signed House Bill 2162 into law the other day guaranteed to turn anti-gun zealots into spittle-soaked rage-aholics. No longer will public money be used to undermine the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution. Local governments are, from July 1, 2013 onward, prohibited from using public money to produce, create, manufacture or … [Read more...]
“Smart Guns” – A Bad Idea Whose Time Should Never Come
I’m reluctant to even write about this because as that old advertising maxim goes, any public mention of a product is a good thing. This gained wider notoriety when moronic Congressman John F. Tierney introduced a bill to Congress after watching the latest James Bond film. He actually said this is where he got the idea for his bill from... which doesn’t say much for his … [Read more...]
It’s Adam Vaughn’s Wet Dream Come True! Washington, DC, charges Veteran for Possession of Unregistered Ammunition
Toronto City Councillor and all-around idiot Adam Vaughn must be just about wetting himself at the thought of being able to send decent Canadians to prison for the heinous “crime” of owning a legal product, namely ammunition. No doubt Vaughn’s inspiration for his blatantly stupid bylaw proposal to outlaw ammunition in Toronto comes from that great bastion of stupid gun laws, … [Read more...]
“Gun Control” kills. Here’s how…
The advocates of "gun control" are forever telling us that guns are too dangerous for mere citizens to use. It's just not safe, they say. That mentality has always bothered me because what are police officers except mere citizens with a little training? Anyone can become proficient in the skills needed to handle firearms safely. Training facilities like Front Sight can … [Read more...]
Baltimore Mayoral Race Brings a New Moron To Light
Baltimore, Maryland is in the midst of a mayoral race. Folks from all walks of life and as evidenced by this news report, all walks of stupidity as well. One candidate for the Baltimore's Big Chair is Otis Rolley. It would appear that he missed out on his allotment of common sense when God created him, and Otis Rolley hasn't managed to pick up any on his way through life, … [Read more...]
Chicago’s Mayor Daly proposes “common sense” gun laws?
Chicago's Mayor Daly proposes "common sense" gun laws. If ever there was a misleading headline, that's it. Mayor Daly wouldn't know common sense if it jumped up and bit him in the rear end. Daly believes that ANY law restricting law-abiding citizens from owning firearms is "common sense". Yet, as shocking as it might sound, there is one thing about his latest round of … [Read more...]
State of Ohio Supreme Court: Correct Decision in Gun Laws Case
Anti-gun forces in Ohio are whining and whimpering today. On December 29th the Ohio Supreme Court ruled against gun bans and other stupidity at the local level, such as waiting periods, so-called "assault" rifle bans and registration for handguns. Cleveland had tried to pass a city ordinance banning "assault" rifles and demanded the registration of all handguns. The Ohio … [Read more...]