A Challenge to Tradition

Pointman points us to the Dodge Challenger Concept car.

As a fan of the 1970 R/T, I gotta say I'm impressed.

That's quite a concession for me, seeing as how I'm such a mule-headed originalist about most things.

For instance, Say Uncle & Co. are waxing eloquent about the virtues of the new "Battlestar Galactica." I almost entered a comment about preferring the original, but didn't want to get laughed off the board.

But still--Starbuck a chick? (Oh, God, Sunni is going to kick my butt for being sexist...but it's not that--had the original Starbuck been female, I'd be just as adamant about not changing the character.)

Seriously, though--what's with phone cords on the bridge of a star ship? And who did what to Boxy?

Let me see if I can put things in perspective:

I'm still livid with "Gunsmoke" for replacing Chester with Festus. Candy was an interloper who should have been driven off the Ponderosa--or better yet, hanged for Adam's disappearance. Who the hell are Ernie and Uncle Charlie, how did they get into the Douglas house on "My Three Sons," and what the hell did they do with Mike and Bub (I'm suspecting pod people here)? And "Zorro"--dude, you dress in black to evade pursuit on dark nights. What bad mescal could you have possibly been drinking to think replacing black Tornado with white Phantom was a tactically sound idea?

Did I mention how I'll never forgive "The Adventures of Superman" for replacing Phyllis Coates with Noell Neil? And sorry, Lee Merriwether, Eartha Kitt, Michelle Pfeiffer and Halle Berry--there's only one Catwoman, and her name is Newmar.

Does anyone get the feeling I wasn't being completely honest when I described things I considered weird about myself?

A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

Gang members are actively gathering intelligence on legitimate gun collectors who have been targeted in recent years, leading police to warn owners to be careful about who they confide in about their weapons...McLeod hopes a new tip line set up by police will help them gather their own intelligence on how gang members...find out the source of domestic guns held by registered gun owners.

Oh, gee, I wonder.

Yes, by all means--be careful who you "confide in." Because they'll coerce you into registering your guns and then turn around and sell you out to the gangs--all the while using the crime they set up as a reason to call for "legally" stealing your property.

The flash point may just end up being north of the border...

Tags: gun, registration, Canada

A Woman, a Batterer and a Gun

More important, the conviction leaves Rebecca more vulnerable than ever to her abusive husband. For one, the district attorney's office mistakenly included her actual street address on all its documents, which are public record. The office was scrambling on Friday to delete the information.

And two, she now has no protection. (I wonder whether San Francisco voters considered domestic violence situations when they voted in November to ban all handguns and what consequences women like Rebecca might pay.)

I just sent the following to the reporter:

Ms. Ryan,

Why does “[T]he law against carrying concealed guns makes good sense”?

Where has carnage resulted from peaceable people having the means to defend themselves?

And what law will you pass that you think violent predators will observe?

You had a good story going until your conclusion, where you seemed to ignore everything you’d just finished writing and reverted to knee-jerk liberal bias.

It's true-- a piece of paper can't protect you. And a woman trying to protect herself should NOT be made into a criminal.

No one should be.

David Codrea

Tags: gun, domestic violence, restraining order

Second Amendment Saturday

The Transcending Sovereignty is going to start posting a weekly RKBA feature. He also has some nice things to say about ths humble site.

Tags: RKBA, Second Amendment

MTV "Gun Episode" Update

SayUncle has the inside scoop--a letter from the mother of one of the featured gun owners.

[Via Blognomicon]

Tags: gun, MTV