There Are None So Blind...

...as those who will not see.

[E]verybody and their brother-in-law can just pretty much show up and don’t know anything about firearms, but feeling macho that day, they just show their driver’s license, and there they are.

I guess Carey McWilliams can't find a copy of the Constitution in Braille.

If a Black Man is Armed, is He a Criminal?

From Vin Suprynowicz:

This is an armed nation. Twenty-five percent of your fellow 'civilians' own firearms, and have a God-given right to carry them around. Except for writing traffic tickets for revenue, they have just as much right to chase and apprehend a fleeing felon -- or to present a weapon in defense of themselves or others -- as you do. This includes black folks. Get used to it.

[Via End the War on Freedom]

Gun Totin' Grans Keep Illegals At Bay

The Mexican President, Vicente Fox, calls them ruthless and dangerous migrant hunters, and Mr Bush has called them vigilantes, but Ms Foust and Ms Mercer look more like the grandmothers they actually are.

Man Takes Law Into His Own Hands

One of the three robbers who burst into Kent Jewelry & Loan ordered Buell to his knees and then jammed a handgun against the back of Buell's head, hard enough to leave a knot.

But the single gunshot that startled Frank Buell was from a pistol fired by his father, Nick Buell, who was taking aim at another robber.

Only an "authorized journalist" would equate defending your life and the lives of those you love with taking the law into your own hands.

I'm surprised the senior Buell wasn't described as a "vigilante."

Of course, had he been defenseless and killed with his son, there'd be no shortage of "news" stories claiming they were killed by a gun, and no shortage of opportunists screaming for more citizen disarmament edicts.

Just Curious...

...as to why Mike Farrell, Jesse Jackson, Bianca Jagger , Jamie Foxx and Sniff...I mean, Snoop Dogg haven't yet taken a moment from their rabid defense of gun control advocate Tookie Williams to say a word of condemnation for the threatened Thursday execution of the four tragically naive "peace activists" in Iraq...

Cindy Sheehan has been curiously silent about the "freedom fighters" as well, and Chris Matthews has yet to weigh in on "the different perspective" of the captors, who he assures us are "not evil."

The fact is, the "insurgents" (Reuters, brands the Minutemen "vigilantes" but won't allow it's reporters to use the word "terrorists") would cheerfully saw the heads off every one of these useful celebrity idiots, which would probably make for lucrative pay-per-view. If it's any consolation, the unfortunate peaceniks were well aware of this proclivity of their captors before enlisting.

I would not put myself in harm's way to rescue people from their own choices, so couldn't ask, nor expect it from the soldiers. I hope they get released, but also hope no one gets hurt or killed trying to save them.