by Runaway Slave | Jul 15, 2008 | Essays & Articles, Guns & Gun Control, History, Libertarian Curmudgeon
"A good shot must necessarily be a good man since the essence of good marksmanship is self-control and self-control is the essential quality of a good man." – Colonel Jeff Cooper A faded plywood sign announces the home of the Revolutionary War Veterans...
by Runaway Slave | Jun 4, 2008 | Education, Essays & Articles, Guns & Gun Control, Libertarian Curmudgeon
Manliness has fallen into disrepute in the parts of the world where people like to think of themselves as civilized. Even the word, manliness, has gained an almost Victorian quaintness, slightly silly, as outdated as straw boaters and spats. Feminism rules our public...
by Runaway Slave | Dec 12, 2007 | Guns & Gun Control, Libertarian Curmudgeon
Following the tragedy at the New Life Church in Colorado many will try to make sense of senseless violence without looking at critical similarities and differences between apparently unrelated events. Unless we are willing to examine rationally two sensitive subjects,...
by Runaway Slave | Nov 17, 2007 | Guns & Gun Control, Libertarian Curmudgeon
A recent letter to the Tico Times, Costa Rica’s English-language weekly newspaper, using an abundance of logical and ethical claptrap, urged the paper to decline advertisements from gun shops. The writers, emigrants from the UK, were understandably concerned...
by Runaway Slave | Sep 26, 2007 | Essays & Articles, Guns & Gun Control, Libertarian Curmudgeon
"Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of the truth." – Albert Einstein Audie Murphy was the most decorated American combat soldier of the Second World War. He received every medal for valor and gallantry the U.S. government offers,...
by Runaway Slave | May 31, 2007 | Guns & Gun Control, Libertarian Curmudgeon
If this is everyone doing everything right, what would the opposite look like? The Associated Press reports: Police barricaded streets near a branch of St. Joseph Hospital after that woman called to report a man with an assault rifle walking into a medical office...
by Runaway Slave | May 31, 2007 | Costa Rica, Essays & Articles, Guns & Gun Control, Libertarian Curmudgeon
Though Costa Rica is often called the Switzerland of Central America, there are precious few similarities in the defense strategies of the rifle bearing Swiss and the demilitarized Ticos. Costa Rica’s president, Nobel Peace Prize winner Oscar Arias, is proud there are...
by Runaway Slave | May 3, 2007 | Education, Essays & Articles, Guns & Gun Control, Libertarian Curmudgeon
Mass murder invariably gets the Victim Disarmament Lobby into a lather promoting safety through helplessness. The Virginia Tech shooting is no exception. A brief but honest look at how the world works, however, should convince any but the most craven cowards that...
