Gun Owners of The San Fernando Valley

Time for a rant about gun safety

But then again, it’s always time to rant about gun safety.

The three most basic rules of gun safety are…

Always keep the gun pointed in a safe direction.

Always keep the gun unloaded until you’re ready to use it.

Always keep your finger off the trigger until you’re ready to shoot.

Follow any one rule and you won’t cause an injury. Follow two and the gun can’t discharge. Follow all three and…

In Congress, July 4, 1776

The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind…

It’s been a busy year this month

…and it’s only the 8th.

No, we haven’t forgotten about you. Like you, we’ve been a little distracted. But, that doesn’t mean that nothing’s happening. We’ve got a lot to update you on, such as some plainly unconstitutional actions by California and some of its cities and counties. (No, there’s nothing in the Constitution that says “…unless there’s a really bad cold going around.”)

With friends like these…

Have I used that title before? It seems familiar. That’s a real possibility when you get involved in the fight to preserve the right to keep and bear arms. The problem that causes you to write a title like this is that there are people in the movement who would rather be in charge than win.

Do I have to say it? Winning is the important thing.

In the RKBA fight, there’s one organization that…

We all have this question

A few months back, NRATV scaled back operations. This seemed like a poor decision leading into a pivotal presidential election; especially one that could determine who will shape the Supreme Court for the next generation. NRATV was an integral part of keeping gun owners informed and motivating them to turn out to vote. The anti-gun Left was crowing. And that brings us to the question that looms…

It all sounds great, until you whip out a calculator

Presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren, the astonishingly White senior Senator from Massachusetts, has unveiled a new plan to reduce gun related deaths by 80%. Sounds great, right? Unfortunately for Sen. Warren, there’s this little thing called Math.

Let’s look at the numbers, shall we?

Don’t panic! Triple integrals aren’t involved. You can get through this, as I suspect Sen. Warren can.…

Women and gun rights

ICYMI, and you probably did since there’s no mention of it in the mainstream media…

Women from all 50 States march in DC for gun rights

When the sympathy runs out

In the previous two posts, we talked about some common anti-gun themes. Now let’s talk about a common pro-gun theme: Lamenting the state of affairs in countries that don’t respect the right to keep and bear arms. We use them as cautionary tales, but we’re usually quite sympathetic to the plight of foreign gun owners. It’s not their fault that their ancestors surrendered their rights.

But, that…

Arguing with history, Part II

Attempting to re-litigate Heller‘s treatment of the prefatory clause isn’t the only hobby enjoyed by the anti-gun Left. Another is to argue that “arms” couldn’t possibly have meant “assault” weapons. The more brainless of these arguments is that the 2nd Amendment only protects flintlocks. (The brighter Leftists understand that this line of reasoning would result in the conclusion that the 1st…

If you keep up with these things, you may have noticed a trend lately: Calls to reexamine the “prefatory clause” of the 2nd Amendment, or calls to reexamine the amendment entirely. (Yes, these OP-ED and “think pieces” seem oddly coordinated, but that’s neither here nor there.) These are motivated first and foremost by a refusal to accept that Helleris settled law. The Supreme Court won’t be…

The Wrong Side of History

America is a country based upon the concept of successful competition.

In sports, professional football franchises that have a “Three and Out” offense are easily contained by savvy defensive teams1 that keep them from putting points on the board.

In politics, especially in the US Congress, numerous interest groups act pretty much in the same way as an unsophisticated football offense. They…

When you know the rest of the story

There are some who, through no fault of their own, find themselves repeating history. Then there are others who, despite knowing it, chose to ignore history’s lessons and plunge ahead with the same brilliant plans that failed before. Or perhaps the dream of wresting control of an organization with over 5 million members and over $400 million in annual revenue is just too tempting a prize; even if…

It’s about more than just speaking the right language

There’s a joke about Brits and Americans being separated by a common language. We use the same words, but often hear entirely different ideas expressed. We find this happening with translations more so that mere dialects. The best translation in the world is of little use if the thoughts expressed are alien to the listener. So when it’s suggested that the NRA hire translators, that’s only part of…

“Ignorance is strength”

  War is Peace Freedom is Slavery Ignorance is Strength -The INGSOC motto Imagine that you’re sitting in a college biology class. Your professor is explaining human sexuality, but he’s using terms that were plainly lifted from a porn site. Would you believe anything he says? Imagine that you’re at a hardware store and you ask where the hammers are. The clerk looks at you dumbfounded. Feeling like…