National Politics

Op-Ed: District of Inequality

10:36pm Wednesday, September 29, 2004
NOTE: This op-ed was published in the National Review Online just hours before the U.S. House of Representatives voted 250-171 to overturn the gun ban in Washington, D.C. September 29, 2004 by John R. Lott Jr. Citizens go unarmed in D.C. while pols are free to protect themselves It is one of the benefits of being a politician. While handguns are banned for citizens in Washington, D.C.,...

UPI: Kerry denies owning assault rifle

6:40pm Monday, September 27, 2004
It wasn't Kerry's fault when he fell on the ski slopes while snow boarding (he blamed the Secret Service, telling reporters "I don't fall down"). It wasn't Kerry's fault when he bounced an opening pitch to home plate, despite the fact that he threw from the bottom of the mound (he blamed the catcher [a National Guard soldier and Iraq war veteran], telling reporters "He was very nervous. I tried...

Op-Ed: John Kerry and assault weapons: Takes one to own one?

8:13am Saturday, September 25, 2004
September 22, 2004 The Free Lance-Star (Fredericksburg, VA) CHASTISING PRESIDENT BUSH for allowing the ban on assault weapons to lapse, Sen. Kerry charged in a speech on Sept. 10 that "America's streets will not be safe because of a choice George Bush is making" and that "in the al-Qaida manual on terror, they were telling people to go out and buy assault weapons, to come to America and buy...

Kerry shotgun still in WV; Democrat hasn't bothered taking steps to bring home

8:16am Friday, September 24, 2004
A September 23, 2004 article in the Charleston (WV) Daily Mail revealed that the 12 ga. Remington Model 11-87 which was presented to John Kerry at a rally earlier this month has never left the state of West Virginia where the photo op took place. Presidential candidate John Kerry never took home a semi-automatic shotgun that stirred controversy when he accepted it at a Boone County rally,...

Op-Ed: A Short Lived Victory?

7:24am Saturday, September 18, 2004
Used by permission of author CNSNews.com Commentary September 16, 2004 With the death of the assault weapons ban and the success of concealed carry laws nationwide, proponents of 2nd Amendment rights are on a roll. Although there are more guns on the street in the hands of law-abiding citizens than ever before, crime rates are at an all-time low, which seems to further prove that more guns do...

Op-Ed: Hunters shouldn't be fooled by Kerry's 'support'

7:12am Thursday, September 16, 2004
September 13, 2004 Lafayette (IN) Journal and Courier We typically refrain from outright political statements in this corner as I learned long ago that three people could only agree on political matters if two of the quorum are technically deceased. While not afraid of controversial matters, I figure it is better to concentrate on our common ground rather than invite hundreds of rabid e-mails...

Op-Ed: Assault Weapons Ban Was Useless Anyway

3:46pm Monday, September 13, 2004
September 10, 2004 Los Angeles Times by John R. Lott With the federal assault weapons ban sunsetting on Monday at midnight, the gun-control movement has a lot to fear, but not what most people think. Despite claims that letting the 10-year-old ban on some semiautomatic weapons expire will result in a surge in gun crimes and police killings, the fact is that letting the law expire will probably...

Crime at 30-year low; DOJ has trouble figuring out reason

11:48am Monday, September 13, 2004
In a September 13, 2004 Associated Press story on a newly released Justice Department report, the Associated Press reported the nation's crime rate last year held steady at the lowest levels since the government began surveying crime victims in 1973. According to the study, the 2003 violent crime rate - assault, sexual assault and armed robbery - stood at 22.6 victims for every 1,000 people age...

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