““I have two guns in my household for self-defense, just so you know.””

— Alyssa Milano

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If we're going to have a conversation, these facts must be a part of that.

Tags: guns ∙ gun control ∙ laws ∙ violence ∙ mass shootings ∙ gun laws

“Who Inflicts the Most Gun Violence in America?”

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The American Old West: How Hollywood Made It “Wild” to Make Money & Advance Gun Control

““Hollywood has a clever way of distorting our perspective on history, and a great example of this is Western film – a movie genre we've all come to love. Cattle rustlers, guns blazing, outlaws running loose, and vigilantes dishing out vengeance indiscriminately. These scenes have become more synonymous with the American Frontier than Winchester and their "Cartridge That Won the West." But these fictional tales have produced more than entertainment for over a century; they've also contributed to an ongoing, subtle push for gun control, all while making Hollywood millions.

Revisionist history books tell us that the “Wild West” was an anarchic period of time that was not conducive to human prosperity. Images of a Hobbesian nightmare – a life that is brutish and short – are ingrained in our consciousness thanks to decades of public schooling and violent images on the silver screen which are light on actual history and heavy on creative license.

However, individuals who believe in liberty and developing their critical thinking faculties should be skeptical of most mainstream narratives regarding history, especially American history. After all, these narratives by and large have been created by Hollywood, a legacy institution that has historically advanced politically correct content with the support of Washington in order to perpetuate the cultural status quo.

When the curtain of political correctness that's been draped over this particular period of history is pulled back, we see a much more nuanced picture of the American Frontier. In fact, research by historians such as Peter J. Hill, Richard Shenkman, Roger D. McGrath, Terry Anderson, and W. Eugene Holland shows that this period was rather indicative of a “not so wild, Wild West.”

For the purposes of this article, the Wild West will now be referred to as the Old West. This is by no means a pedantic distinction, but rather an acknowledgment of the fact that this time period was not “wild” by any stretch of the imagination when compared to other chaotic periods in human history. Indeed, the Old West had its fair share of challenges for American settlers. But as we’ll see below, crafty settlers found ways through ingenuity and mutual cooperation - all done with very limited state interference - to create a stable order for generations to come.””
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❝❝Kudos for not mentioning the shooter's name.

The shooter had absolutely nothing to do with Heathenry or pagan beliefs. I don't understand why any group should change their language, practices, customs or actions when the shooter was not part of the group or the community.

Guns are not the problem. There are many more responsible gun owners than crazy people. The people who pay attention to gun laws are not the ones you should worry about. I say this as a reluctant gun advocate. I hate guns and I would ban them if I could eliminate every gun.

This tragedy does not reflect on Heathens. I understand that you have issues with how some Heathens speak and act. I respect that and I expect that you should speak your conscience. This terrible event should not justify wholesale changes in Heathenry just to satisfy your political desires.❞❞

— comments from Column: After Christchurch, Declarations or Deeds?

Tags: maxims ∙ cross posted ∙ damnatio memoriae ∙ Heathenry ∙ pagan ∙ language ∙ practices ∙ customs ∙ actions ∙ shooter ∙ community ∙ guns ∙ reluctant advocate ∙ conscience ∙ Christchurch ∙ New Zealand

Pelosi On Broward County: ‘There Is No Election Fraud,’ Just ‘An Honest Count Of The Vote’

Arizona Democrat's Lead Now 'Insurmountable'

Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe

This is What Retail Investors Did with GE This Year as it Plunged

Google’s Highly Cited Scholar Wants a ‘Farewell to Free Speech’

Lhamon’s Confession: She Gamed The Narrative

God and Guns in the Synagogue

Understanding the Global Recession of 2019

Former Hillary Adviser: “Hillary will run again”

‘None of the above’ tops list of potential 2020 Dems, poll shows

Alabama Voters Pass Amendment to Display Ten Commandments at Public Schools

Should We Abolish the Electoral College?

Judicial Watch sues for records on overlooked House IT scandal

Tags: Nancy Pelosi ∙ election ∙ Broward County ∙ Florida ∙ General Electric ∙ Google ∙ Title IX ∙ Catherine Lhamon ∙ guns ∙ synagogue ∙ recession ∙ 2019 ∙ Hillary Clinton ∙ none of the above ∙ Democrats ∙ Decalogue ∙ Alabama ∙ public schools ∙ electoral college ∙ Judicial Watch ∙ House of Representatives ∙ scandal

If money was really speech, there would be no legal limit to campaign donations.

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I am not going to go into gun rights here.

Tags: guns ∙ gun laws ∙ Keystone Cops ∙ Florida ∙ local government ∙ mass shootings ∙ gun ownership ∙ homicide ∙ concealed carry

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“Why legal guns can’t be banned from (Delaware) state parks”

Tags: Craig Anderson ∙ Delaware ∙ guns ∙ state parks ∙ clipping ∙ maxims

How hate and debate came to a Connecticut mosque

““The night of Nov. 14, 2015, was not the first time Ted Hakey, 50, went into his backyard in Meriden, Connecticut, and fired guns to let off some steam. It was the night after a deadly terror attack in Paris, and Hakey was furious.

So he shot his Springfield Armory M1A .308-caliber rifle into the air. Some of those shots hit the Baitul Aman Mosque next door. Luckily, no one was in the building at the time.

“I wanted to scare ’em, but the shots that hit were never supposed to hit,” says Hakey, who admits he harbored significant hate for Muslims back then. His Facebook posts reflect that well enough.

Prosecutors used some of those posts to build their case against him. The shooting got him six months in jail on federal hate crime charges, but leaders of the mosque argued he should be forgiven and not even serve jail time. Dr. Mohammed Qureshi, the mosque president, expressed this feeling to the judge at Hakey’s sentencing.

For 29-year-old Zahir Mannan, the criminal case was an opportunity to show Hakey and anyone else paying attention — which by then included the national media — what Islam is really about.””
     — Arthur Nazaryan

Tags: Ted Hakey ∙ Zahir Mannan ∙ Meriden, Connecticut ∙ guns ∙ hate crime ∙ Arthur Nazaryan ∙ Baitul Aman Mosque ∙ forgiven ∙ ohammed Qureshi ∙ islam

Headlines that don't merit their own entry

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❝❝I've seen the arguments in enough other contexts to distrust anyone who claims rationality prevents any opposing view. Even more so when they dismiss any other possibility unheard because they have the Ultimate Truth That Must Not Be Questioned.❞❞
     — NeoWayland

Tags: maxims ∙ humor ∙ Crux Files ∙ Christianity ∙ Christians ∙ climate change ∙ global warming ∙ distrust ∙ rationality prevents any opposing view ∙ Ultimate Truth That Must Not Be Questioned ∙ government approved line ∙ anthropogenic climate change ∙ The Science Is Settled ∙ criticism ∙ obedience ∙ dogma ∙ government ∙ science ∙ condemn ∙ Science as a Higher Authority ∙ Must Not Be Questioned ∙ advocate ∙ scientific ∙ human rights ∙ gay ∙ woman ∙ Navajo ∙ disabled ∙ politicos ∙ religious freedom ∙ Jewish ∙ Catholic ∙ Muslim ∙ Protestant ∙ Buddhist ∙ atheist ∙ moral relativity ∙ conservative ∙ liberal ∙ homosexuality ∙ religion ∙ guns ∙ virtues ∙ Pagan ∙ thou shalt not dissent ∙ Truth Out ∙ criminal corporations ∙ Republican ∙ no virtue or vice in the label ∙ That's the excuse, not the reason. ∙ race ∙ pedophilia ∙ religious oppression ∙ racist ∙ choice ∙ threat ∙ moral morass ∙ Satanists ∙ totalitarianism ∙ purged ∙ moral superiority ∙ Bible ∙ Pharisee ∙ scripture ∙ Divine

Something different. Something unexpected. Something wonderful.

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“Doctors' Criticism Of ObamaCare Silenced By ACA Bureaucrats”

“Save the Bees: Eliminate Biofuel Mandates”

“Obama To Circumvent Congress With ‘Gag Order’ On Firearm Coverage”

“You Can Be Prosecuted for Clearing Your Browser History”

Tags: Obamacare ∙ bees ∙ biofuels ∙ guns ∙ free speech ∙ Sarbanes-Oxley Act ∙ browser history ∙ FBI ∙ watching the headlines