Ol' Buffalo Blog

In the wake of another mass shooting , clueless people who demand a tyrannical government continue to call for a gun ban . This time, more vociferously, with greater emotion (emotion is a terrib...

http://blainenay.blogspot.com/2018/03/we-must-ban-guns.html

In most states, before 1968, a 12-year-old could walk into a gas station and buy a handgun, rifle, or shotgun. He/she could buy ammo to go with it. Heck, that purchase could even be conducted by...

http://blainenay.blogspot.com/2018/02/lamentation-regarding-mass-shootings.html

The National Popular Vote (NPV) movement would guarantee the Presidency to the candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The movement began wi...

http://blainenay.blogspot.com/2017/11/national-popular-vote-vs-electoral.html

Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) wants to criminalize every firearm transfer that isn't conducted in association with a federally-licensed gun dealer? That means: 1 - I can't gift a firearm to an...

http://blainenay.blogspot.com/2017/11/universal-background-checks-for-firearm.html

We often hear cries for gun confiscation . Somehow, it is is beloved, all the world's crime problems will thereby be resolved. I say, do it! However, surely rational being is aware that, ...

http://blainenay.blogspot.com/2017/11/gun-confiscation.html

Yesterday's Texas-church shooter was previously convicted of a crime that made him a "prohibited person" -- one who may not possess firearms or ammunition. Nevertheless, he passed the much-vaun...

http://blainenay.blogspot.com/2017/11/dozens-more-innocent-victims-shot-in.html

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS or the Mormons) has a health code known as The Word of Wisdom. It is found in Section 89 of the LDS publication known as the Doctrine and Cov...

http://blainenay.blogspot.com/2017/10/caffeine-at-byu.html

Regarding how to prevent mass shootings, a friend and former coworker asked the following: > What I'm asking here is your take on Pollard who seems to have > followed all the r...

http://blainenay.blogspot.com/2017/10/firearms-and-mental-health.html

The Las Vegas shooter is reported to have had several bump-fire stocks . The typical knee-jerk reaction is a call to do away with "bump" stocks. I suggest the best way to make bump-stocks go aw...

http://blainenay.blogspot.com/2017/10/the-las-vegas-shooter-is-reported-to.html

Late on Sunday, October 1, 2017, a cowardly madman fired into a crowd of some 22,000 people at an open-air concert in Las Vegas. Dozens were killed, hundreds injured. Naturally, the call fo...

http://blainenay.blogspot.com/2017/10/the-only-effective-way-to-implement-gun.html

Violence (gun or otherwise) has several roots: • Selfishness • Mental illness • A mass "news" media that chooses to profit more from stirring up anger, divisiveness, and hatred than...

http://blainenay.blogspot.com/2017/10/violence-gun-or-otherwise-has-several.html

socialism - A political and economic theory of social organization that advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whol...

http://blainenay.blogspot.com/2017/01/most-americans-want-socialism.html

The Left keeps calling for "reasonable" restrictions on firearms. Unfortunately, virtually every existing gun law and every proposal from the anti-gun crowd is far from reasonable. They are almo...

http://blainenay.blogspot.com/2016/12/my-gun-rights-expectations-for-2017.html

People who live violent lives typically come to a violent end. That is sometimes the case when a cop confronts a violent thug. A disproportionate portion of those thugs seems to be Black. It is ...

http://blainenay.blogspot.com/2016/07/only-black-lives-matter_23.html

Early Sunday morning, June 12, 2016, a radicalized muslim man shot some 100 defenseless persons, including 49 fatalities, in a "gun-free" Orlando nightclub . It took three hours for the police t...

http://blainenay.blogspot.com/2016/06/easy-access-to-guns.html

Many, if not most, Americans believe that the US Supreme Court has the last word on what's constitutional or what the Constitution means. Those believers are wrong. The idea that the US Supre...

http://blainenay.blogspot.com/2016/05/voters-allow-judges-to-usurp-legislation.html

A mother wants yet another thing banned in our schools because her son was assaulted and injured. This time, it's a laser pointer. Our schools are full of things that can be used as weapons...

http://blainenay.blogspot.com/2016/05/punish-laser-pointers.html

When a GOP official (or an official of any other party) says conventions pick nominees -- not primaries, they are correct. And that's the way our nation -- a republic -- was deliberately designe...

http://blainenay.blogspot.com/2016/04/the-political-party-establishment.html

A friend recently referred me to an essay from Lew Rockwell's website , then wrote, "Kind of bothers me that I've become cynical enough that I don't see what is talked about in this essay as suc...

http://blainenay.blogspot.com/2016/04/cynicism-and-politics.html

Who are Hillary fans going to vote for if Bernie gets the Democrat nomination? Bernie! Who are Bernie fans going to vote for if Hillary gets the nomination? Hillary! The secret to Democrat...

http://blainenay.blogspot.com/2016/04/on-republicans-who-think-they-are-too.html

As a veteran, retired military and airline pilot I am deeply concerned by HR 3016 (the Veterans Employment, Education, and Healthcare Improvement Act) which will break promises that the United S...

http://blainenay.blogspot.com/2016/02/congress-is-robbing-veterans-of.html

USC Title 10, Sec. 311 says, in part, "The militia of the United States consists of all able-bodied males at least 17 years of age and, except as provided in section 313 of title 32, under 45 ye...

http://blainenay.blogspot.com/2016/02/the-draft-large-standing-army-and.html

As a former resident of Virginia, I am deeply concerned by the recent announcement that Virginia has dropped its recognition of concealed-firearm permits issued by half of the United States . ...

http://blainenay.blogspot.com/2016/01/gun-rights-in-virginia-sic-semper.html

"All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives." -- US Constitution, Article I, Section 1...

http://blainenay.blogspot.com/2016/01/legislative-powers.html

Let me start with the proper role of government as understood and expressed by the Founders in 1776: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endow...

http://blainenay.blogspot.com/2015/12/libertarians-and-proper-role-of.html