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Well, yes, there is.

You don't see pistol grips on single shot rifles or classic semi-auto hunting arms. This is because accurate sighting is done with the stock raised to one's shoulder.

With a pistol grip and a large clip magazine, the shooter can basically spray lead from the hip as fast as he can pull the trigger. This is inherently unsafe, especially given the mentality of the wannabe Rambos who are so susceptible to marketing gimmicks by gun manufacturers.

No. It is because pistol grips are a recent invention and thus not part of a "classic" design.

Unaimed shooting is a whole lot safer than aimed shooting, at least if you are the person being aimed at.

Further, if one is inclined to shoot without aiming, that can be done using guns that do not have pistol grips.

Rosanne Cash: Country Musicians, Stand Up to the N.R.A.

...For the past few decades, the National Rifle Association has increasingly nurtured an alliance with country music artists and their fans. You can see it in “N.R.A. Country,” which promotes the artists who support the philosophical, and perhaps economic, thrall of the N.R.A., with the pernicious tag line “Celebrate the Lifestyle.”

That wholesome public relations veneer masks something deeply sinister and profoundly destructive. There is no other way to say this: The N.R.A. funds domestic terrorism.

There is no other way to say this: The N.R.A. funds domestic terrorism.

Jason Kessler, Charlottesville protest organizer, indicted on a charge of perjury

The main organizer behind the deadly white nationalist rally in Charlottesville has been indicted on a count of felony perjury stemming from his conviction on a misdemeanor assault charge earlier this year.

Court records show that on Monday a grand jury in Albemarle County, Va., indicted Jason Kessler, a 34-year-old blogger who planned the “Unite the Right” rally in August that sparked violence in the city and left one woman dead.

..Kessler alleged that on Jan. 22, James Justin Taylor attacked him on the outdoor mall while he was collecting signatures to remove the city’s vice-mayor from office. Kessler swore out an assault complaint, claiming Taylor grabbed him and violently shook his arm, according to the local station WCAV.

But surveillance video later showed that Kessler was the aggressor, as the Daily Progress reported. .

You are just politicizing what weapons like this do to actual living human children, adolescents, moms and dads, uncles and grandmothers and friends.

"The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun," NRA chief Wayne LaPierre infamously said after Newtown.

But the shooter in Las Vegas, 64-year-old Stephen Paddock, was on the 32nd floor of a casino building, a quarter-mile away from the bulk of his victims down in a concert venue on the ground. Unless the NRA plans on advocating for carry licenses for F-16s or surface-to-surface missile systems, it's hard to see how the "good guy with a gun" argument is going to fly this time.

Anti-abortion rep reportedly asked mistress to get an abortion
Rep. Tim Murphy (R-Pa.) has long been a far-right culture warrior, especially on matters related to reproductive rights, but he’s also been kind of odd about it. Evidently, it’s worse than we realized.

About a month ago, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette prevailed in a court motion to unseal a divorce action and uncovered evidence that the Pennsylvania Republican had an extramarital affair with a personal friend. Confronted with the proof, Murphy admitted that he’d cheated on his wife.

Yesterday, the Post-Gazette published a related report, noting that after Murphy published an anti-abortion statement to his Facebook account, his former mistress sent him a text message calling him out for hypocrisy.

Quote:

“And you have zero issue posting your pro-life stance all over the place when you had no issue asking me to abort our unborn child just last week when we thought that was one of the options,” Shannon Edwards, a forensic psychologist in Pittsburgh with whom the congressman admitted last month to having a relationship, wrote to Mr. Murphy on Jan. 25, in the midst of an unfounded pregnancy scare.

A text from Mr. Murphy’s cell phone number that same day in response says, “I get what you say about my March for life messages. I’ve never written them. Staff does them. I read them and winced. I told staff don’t write any more. I will.”

The congressman has been lauded by the Family Research Council, for his stance on abortion, as well as for family values, generally. He also has been endorsed by LifePAC, which opposes abortion rights, and is a member of the House Pro-Life Caucus, an affiliation that is often cited by his office.

The Washington Post added that just days after he talked to his then-mistress about having an abortion, Murphy issued multiple public statement condemning abortion.

Olivier5 wrote:

The NRA makes these mass murder possible in the first place. They share the guilt.

Nonsense.

This is a town hall Obama did close to the end of his presidency. He answers a gun shop owner's question. I think he explains the need for gun legislation and the NRA's chokehold on the process pretty well. But I bet the guy that asked the question wasn't penetrated by a bit of it. Please watch it and share your impressions.

“Three investigations [of Russian election involvement] is just way too many,” said Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.). “Some of them need to step back and wait until we see what evidence is educed.”

Lori Klein Corbin, a member of the Republican National Committee from Arizona, said the probes are a distraction to Trump.

“Of course, the Republican leadership is behind these probes,” she said. “The Republicans cannot get over the fact that Trump won and is our president.”

Steve Bannon, Trump’s former chief strategist, crystallized the fury last week when, during a Fox News interview, he called out McConnell and Ryan by name.

“Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan have allowed three investigative committees on Capitol Hill with full subpoena power, they're going after President Trump every day,” he boomed. In a “60 Minutes” interview last month, Bannon suggested the investigations were an attempt by the Republican establishment to “nullify” the 2016 election.

Members of Trump’s base began echoing the complaints, accusing leaders in their own party of harboring secret desires to undermine the Trump agenda.

Excellent rebuttal of Jimmy Kimmel's passionate but error-filled speech.

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/452233/jimmy-kimmel-gun-control-comments-las-vegas-shooting?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=French

By spreading misinformation in his role as the Left’s moral authority, Jimmy Kimmel

And so it is with the rise of the Left’s philosopher-comedians, the men and women that the Washington Post’s James Hohmann called “prominent voices of moral authority.” Foremost among them is Jimmy Kimmel, the man who has supplanted Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert as the celebrity face of the #Resistance.