- I'll start with an overview of the latest flap: No winners in NRA brouhaha gives a pretty good description of what the big deal was.
- Gore Fires Back At NRA over Wayne LaPierre's comments, and even the Shrub rebukes NRA.
- I was almost ready to drop my NRA membership before LaPierre went on TV on the 12th. This is the kind of rhetoric I've been looking for from the NRA. Now they need to stick to their guns.
- Even Salon has a comment with When liberals lie about guns. But it is equally true that many members of the chattering classes feel such a visceral aversion toward guns that they are inclined to accept shaky anti-gun arguments and to disregard any evidence that, perish the thought, Charlton Heston may sometimes have a point.
- Speaking of having a point, Heston accuses Clinton of lying in guns dispute - How do you tell when a politician is lying? His lips move.
- Robert Ellis gives us Violence is not a function of firearms in The Libertarian Enterprise. About 99.8% of all firearms, and more than 99.6% of all handguns in this country will not be used to commit crimes in any given year.
- Idaho to boycott anti-gun businesses? It doesn't sound like a bad idea at all.
- Liars in high places examines the honesty deficit in the District of Corruption... err, Connivance... oh heck, let's just call it D.C. and move on. There is no debate about whether Clinton lies. It is a proven fact. The debate is whether he's a pathological liar or only lies when it is expedient. To editorialize a bit, this is my biggest complaint with the two major party candidates. I don't believe either tells the truth unless he has to. Maybe I'm being unrealistic, but I expect better from a President.