Neverdem points out this balanced Philly Inquirer article on gun rationing. They point out the data that supports what most gun owners understand instinctively--that putting limits on law abiding citizens buying guns will effect the supply to criminals:
DUmmie Funnies blog is a chronicling of wacky and outrageous behavior, ideas, rants, and ideologies observed at the Democratic Underground web forum. Their gun forum tends to be quite interesting as you can witness pro-gun and anti-gun ideologies colliding like matter and anti-matter.
Dummie Funnies recently found a gem of a thread where some of the members are talking about buying "assault weapons" to defend themselves from fundamentalist Christians (while disregarding the very real threat of head chopping members of other religions) and the "republican army", whatever that is.
The head of the New Jersey Democratic Party had some harsh words for a transgendered Cher impersonator who was scheduled to perform at an NJ Gay Caucus event. Diane Legreide, executive director of the state Democratic Party said:
“We cannot have that walking in the hallway…. You cannot have that inside your caucus... The State Committee will not have someone like that attending the dinner. That cannot come inside the ballroom... What if the press sees that? What if they report on that in tomorrow’s papers?” [Emphasis added--ed]