Month: March 2021

The passage of the National Firearms Act in 1934 ushered in the most sweeping restrictions on firearms ownership ever seen in the United States. Whole categories of firearms were banned from common use. Among them were firearms with a bore larger than .50-caliber unless they were deemed to be for “sporting purposes,” a completely arbitrary […]

One of the more famous and colorful quotes attributed to Milton Friedman is his assertion that if you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, within five years you would have a shortage of sand. It plays on two beliefs: the first being the utter incompetence of the federal government, and the […]

Current trends in COVID cases are proving what many of us already knew, that states with the least restrictive policies would burn through COVID and recover quicker, while those choosing the most authoritarian policies would continue to suffer. Florida and Texas have been at the forefront of opening up their societies, eliminating mask requirements and […]

Walgreens recently closed its 10th store in San Francisco, as continued shoplifting has made the stores unprofitable to operate. The company’s stores have apparently been frequent targets of shoplifters, with some stores losing as much as $1,000 a day to theft. The situation is exacerbated by weak California laws and molly-coddling on the part of […]

There are a lot of good things to like about Kentucky. It’s a beautiful state with gorgeous landscapes, with great bourbon and a lot of hard-working, God-fearing people. And while party registrations skew in favor of Democrats, that’s mostly because many registered Democrats in Kentucky are old school Blue Dog Democrats, many of whom vote […]

One of the biggest fears that many people have as a result of the COVID brouhaha is the eventual establishment of COVID passports. Governments around the world have threatened to restrict “opening up” on the condition that businesses and venues only open up to those who are vaccinated and can prove they are vaccinated. Airlines, […]

When it comes to prepping and survival, guns and food probably come at the top of the list, not necessarily in that order. In a really desperate scenario, most people would probably prefer to have plenty of food rather than lots of guns. But just like many gun owners don’t really prep and plan for […]

One of the obstacles President Trump faced in trying to prove his allegations of electoral fraud is the fact that such cases take a long time to prove. With only a month between the election and the meeting of the Electoral College, time was not on Trump’s side. But history may yet vindicate him, as […]