Category Archives: Gun Rights

The Right of Every Free Adult

Posted on March 5, 2018 by The Political Hat

     The right to keep and bear arms ought to be interminably linked with the right to vote. After all, if we can’t trust someone with a personal arm, then how can we trust them with the power of law over … Continue reading →

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Chicago and the Blue Helmets

Posted on January 22, 2018 by The Political Hat

     A member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners had opined that in order to solve the anti-gun city of Chicago’s disturbingly high murder rate is to bring in United Nations peacekeepers to stop the “genocide”, going so far as … Continue reading →

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12 Posts of Christmas, 2017 (Day 9)

Posted on December 21, 2017 by The Political Hat

     Dear Santa,      What I’d really, really like for Christmas… Tweet

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Happy Bill of Rights Day!

Posted on December 15, 2017 by The Political Hat

     Today is the 226th anniversary of the first ten amendments to the Constitution coming into effect. The original Bill of Rights contained a preamble stating that the clauses were “declaratory and restrictive” — i.e. they restricted the Federal Government and … Continue reading →

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Legal Immigrant on the 2nd Amendment

Posted on October 27, 2017 by The Political Hat

     With all the enemies (both foreign and domestic) of the Bill of Rights, especially the 2nd Amendment, it is heartening when a legal immigrant demonstrates what far to many native born Americans can not grok. Tweet

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On Liberty and Security

Posted on October 17, 2017 by The Political Hat

     One of the greatest American virtues is not just a willingness to stand on one’s own two feet, but a moral imperative to do so. Not everyone is a Randian hero, and people do need help from time to time, … Continue reading →

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Gun Non-Crime Bad; Gun Crime Good

Posted on May 31, 2017 by The Political Hat

     The histrionic insanity the many anti-2nd Amendment zealots have quite often reaches the point of punishing kids for simply liking a picture of what turns out is not an actual gun: “Ohio middle schooler Zachary Bowlin learned a valuable lesson … Continue reading →

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While The Worst are Full of Passionate Intensity

Posted on May 24, 2017 by The Political Hat

     Rousseau’s Volonté Générale presumes that there is a general and common will amongst the collective of a nation. While the concept of a “General Will” is a fanciful notion of a false god, and readily dismissed previously, it nonetheless can … Continue reading →

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One Close Election Balances Another

Posted on January 9, 2017 by The Political Hat

     Last November, Bloomberg’s anti-2nd Amendment brigade outspent pro-2nd Amendment lovers and passed, by less than 1%, a flawed anti-2nd Amendment initiative measure that required FBI background checks for almost transfers of possession of firearms, even temporary ones amongst people at … Continue reading →

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Happy Bill of Rights Day!

Posted on December 15, 2016 by The Political Hat

     Today is the 225th anniversary of the first ten amendments to the Constitution coming into effect. The original Bill of Rights contained a preamble stating that the clauses were “declaratory and restrictive” — i.e. they restricted the Federal Government and … Continue reading →

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