Monthly Archives: January 2013

And here’s how not to win a gun rights debate

Posted on January 19, 2013 by Alaska

Listen to Gene Hoffman’s masterful job linked in the post below, and then compare it with NRA-ILA’s Director of Media Affairs Andrew Arulanandam’s utterly cringe-worthy performance on a (thankfully low-listenership) radio talk show (interview starts at about 4 minutes in). … Continue reading →

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If you listen to one thing this weekend…

Posted on January 19, 2013 by Alaska

…listen to this. http://audio.commonwealthclub.org/audio/podcast/cc_20130117_gunviolencepanel.mp3 This is how you win a gun rights debate. UPDATE: Link fixed, sorry!  

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Take your booger hook off of the bang switch

Posted on January 18, 2013 by Scott

Del. Todd Gilbert, R-Woodstock, interrupted Morrissey’s speech to ask him to take his finger off the trigger lock… I am not sure what a trigger lock is, but I am glad that someone in the Assembly noticed his poor handling … Continue reading →

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Good guys – Guns = Safer?

Posted on January 17, 2013 by Scott

New CenturyLink gun policy riles law enforcement CenturyLink management has decided that off-duty officers going to events at CenturyLink as fans can no longer bring guns through the gates. As an alum of the University of Washington, I have season … Continue reading →

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Me and the police

Posted on January 17, 2013 by Scott

I awoke this morning to someone pounding on the front door. As I was trying to wrangle the barking dogs, I heard from the other side, “Police. Open the door.” I do as instructed, while my wife handles the dogs. … Continue reading →

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@ The Commonwealth Club [UPDATE WITH AUDIO]

Posted on January 17, 2013 by Alaska

…in San Francisco, where Calguns Foundation chief Gene Hoffman is the token pro-gun panelist of the night on a panel discussing you can guess what. Basically a more erudite version of Piers Morgan’s nightly antigun show. 4 to 1 odds … Continue reading →

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Deaf to the Whispers of History

Posted on January 17, 2013 by Phil Kadath

Lately there has been a large number of mentions of past gun control laws, both in and outside the US. As is usual, the mention of the Nuremberg Gun Control Laws, passed through the Reichstag and signed by Hitler in … Continue reading →

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What are you doing Saturday?

Posted on January 14, 2013 by Phil Kadath

Anyone? Anyone?

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Sorry that our journalistic ethics are non-existent

Posted on January 14, 2013 by Phil Kadath

And it led to your home being burglarized. But not really, evil gun owner.

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Rosebank FTW

Posted on January 12, 2013 by Alaska

At Dosa, a very nice San Francisco Indian restaurant, for my boss’ wife’s birthday, I found a bottle of Rosebank 21 year old Scotch, single-malt of course. Apparently the distillery is no more, and that is a pity, because this … Continue reading →

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