Going to Bat for Gun-Free Schools

A distraught former student armed with a bat and chain sent Hopkinton High students running for cover yesterday when he stormed the school.

And all anyone there could do--including the adult teachers and administrators--was hope that "official" men with guns would arrive in time to keep any of them from being hurt.

That's the way (uh-huh, uh-huh) Wayne likes it...

Blago Campaigns With Stolen Funds

Using taxpayer-financed resources, Gov. Rod Blagojevich issued a letter and news release Saturday asking his Republican re-election opponent, Judy Baar Topinka, to support his call for an assault weapon ban.

A campaign aide to Topinka, the state treasurer and the lone GOP statewide officeholder, criticized Blagojevich's use of state materials for what the aide said was a blatant campaign-oriented letter.

So in additon to being a tyrant and a treasonous thug, Blago's also a thief. It does help explain why he wants to ensure only he and his fellow crime boss elites and their enforcers have access to guns.

But what the hell. Based on results, he's what "the people" want. Don't expect anyone to have the stones to actually charge him with anything.

I Don't Know Art, But I Know What I Like

Gunner at Say Uncle tells us of a BATFU "kid's art" contest.

It's too late to enter now, but if they ever resurrect it, I've got my submission ready to go...

The Gun Show Peephole

AK-47s. SKS sniper rifles. Armor-piercing bullets. Machine gun displays.

It’s just another weekend at a Kansas City gun show, where there is so much firepower at your fingertips that even some gun enthusiasts shake their heads in wonder.

More hoplophobe hysteria, and this one, as the opening sentence makes evident, has got all the talking points:

They're a major source for criminals!

BATFU hardly pays 'em no never mind!!

Terrorist rely on them as a source for Middle East weaponry, because we all know you can't get guns over there!!!

You can even buy scary books and pamphlets!!!!

It's telling that reporter Judy L. Thomas' "go to guy"/voice of authority is a white supremacist/bank robber.

Then we have the dealer who claims he can "read people like a book." Good Lord, man, these reporters are not your friend. Can't you just stfu and not give them more ammunition to use against you?

My favorite anecdote:

Even some gun show attendees seemed surprised at the array of weaponry.

“I don’t see how that can be legal,” one man remarked to a friend as he pointed toward a Bushmaster assault rifle — the kind of weapon used in the 2002 sniper spree that left 10 persons dead in Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia.

Under current law, it is legal.

Oooooo! A .223!!!

Leave it to Thomas to cherry-pick the views of a newbie, one who obviously doesn't know squat about firearms.

But then again, neither do her readers--and giving her the benefit of the doubt that her anti-gun screed presented as straight news is not a deliberate misinformation piece--neither does she.