Oh, this is reassuring:  while Congress is working to take away your “military-style assault” rifle / pistol / shotgun, an Arkansas Mayor and his Police Chief, citing high crime, have decided they can run their very own mini police state. Good thing we exempt police from any potential gun-control laws Congress is hoping to push through.  Because really, what could go wrong? “[Police are] going to be in SWAT gear

Bill Wilson, President, ALG, writing in the Daily Caller: Individuals enlisting in the U.S. Armed Forces must swear an oath to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.” But what happens when the only crime perpetrated by the “enemy” is supporting and defending the Constitution? Such is the dilemma facing future military officers at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point —

All you have to do is listen for it, and know it when you hear it. For instance, here’s former Marine and gun store veteran Derek Greaves speaking at a Gun Violence Prevention Public Hearing in Hartford, CT: The truth is right there, clearly expressed, plainly spoken, directly presented. Unfortunately, we’ve become expert, as a popular and political culture, at pretending we haven’t encountered those very truths we continue to

Hey, remember that tax on “the rich” that Obama, with the help of the more “pragmatic” Republicans, pushed through Congress? Remember how it was a necessary measure to insure that fat cats paid their fair share so that America could cut its deficit and trim its debt? And remember how nobody who was at all serious believed for a second it was anything more than punitive class warfare — albeit