Gun, knife, or hammer control?

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Ann Widdecombe, an icon of British conservatism and retired member of Parliament who had taken up dancing as a second career, was found dead in her home earlier this month, bludgeoned to death by an intruder with a hammer. Joshua Kerry, 28, stands accused of killing her. Prosecutors say he struck Widdecombe 21 times with a hammer after entering her property.

Horrifying. Brutal almost beyond belief.

We don't know who Kerry was affiliated with or what he was trying to accomplish. But we do know that for some parts of the radical and Islamofascist left, hammer activity is a new normal.

A group called ‘Palestine Action’ is apparently promoting this barbaric method of assault as a promising new means of employing “direct action.”

Journalist Andy Ngo recently posted on ‘X’: “Palestine Action is advertising ‘direct action’ training for people who want to take up militant action using hammers.”

78-year-old Ann Widdecombe was bashed on the head repeatedly with a hammer until she died.
Palestine Action is advertising "direct action" training for people who want to take up militant action using hammers. pic.twitter.com/JOIQrZYiBj
— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) July 21, 2026

That's the Palestine Action Group’s ‘advertisement’ (and get a load of the guy with the hammer at the bottom of their page Palestineaction.org/workshops here).

The ad read: “Arms Tired From Waving Flags? Work Out With A Hammer! Direct Action Training Available!”

Maybe PAG just wants to encourage folks to become carpenters, you know, like Jesus. Bet that’s it.

These people are worse than savages.

The only thought that comes to mind for anyone who bludgeons another person to death with a hammer, bashing his or her head in, inflicting excruciating pain over time … to me, is ‘death penalty?’

I’m going to get a jump on our Democrat and progressive friends. I’m going on the record — right here and now -- as calling for common-sense hammer control.

IDs should be required to purchase these weapons. Background checks (NICS forms, etc.) should be completed and replied to prior to purchase being allowed. Hammers should all be locked up at all hardware and home good stores. Hammer safety classes should be mandated. As should permits to acquire and carry. And suffice it to say that no one needs a sledgehammer, and the manufacture and sale of these deadly weapons should be permanently banned.

Where guns have been banned, guns are still used in violent crimes. Odd. But, increasingly, so are knives. And now hammers. How long can it be until forks, weedwhackers, and baseball bats take their place as weapons of choice?

But, of course, no inanimate object can be inherently dangerous or evil. What must be banned if these attacks are to be reduced or alleviated are the policies that create fear, poverty, envy, entitlement, hatred, ignorance, and mental illness. Precisely the policies that Leftists espouse.

I guess what we really need is common sense leftist control.

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