Democrats Betray Ohio Gun Owners, Who Act Surprised

Gun owners have demonstrated their importance and effectiveness on the campaign trail, and have learned that the only way to be taken seriously is to make sure pro-gun candidates run on both sides of the aisle in every race.

Sorry, but all gun owners have demonstrated--repeatedly--is the cynical reality of the adage misattributed to PT Barnum.

Oh, who could ever have foreseen this? Especially since one of them, John Bocierri, reportedly had an "NRA A+" rating (not true--it was only an "A"--but he did get their endorsement).

And we all know how reliable those A ratings and endorsements are...

Defenseless Citizens Slain: No Charges Expected Against Daley

Carrying a cache of weapons into a bustling downtown office, a gunman chained a law firm’s doors closed and fatally shot three people before a police sniper killed him as held a hostage at gunpoint, authorities said.

And, of course, had any of the office workers exercised their right to keep and bear arms in defense of their lives, Mayor Daley's Community Death Squad would have taken them out, too.

Coming Soon: E-Gun Control

It's called the electron gun, or simply the "e-gun."

When it's being developed by a company best-known for its defense work, thoughts of Star Wars and death rays are inevitable.

But this e-gun, which creates electrons and shoots them at high speed toward a target, could just as easily be used to save lives as to defend the country...

So defending the country is considered the ideological opposite of saving lives...?

And as I asked in "Things to Come," an article on weapons development I wrote for the July 2002 issue of GUNS AND AMMO:

Any bets on whether one of these babies will ever make it to the civilian market?

The Experts Agree!

The country doesn't necessarily need new laws to limit handguns, but it should enforce the laws it has and resist efforts to weaken them, one of the nation's top handgun control advocates said Thursday.

--Paul Helmke, President, Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence

"Until you provide 100% enforcement of the existing laws, (criminals are) going to laugh at you, and ... go about their business."

--Wayne LaPierre, Executive Vice President, National Rifle Association

Ever get the feeling both ends are being played against the middle...?

Buffalo Chips at False Alternatives

Buying a handgun in Buffalo, community activist Arlee Daniels Jr. said, "is as easy as going to the supermarket to buy a loaf of bread."

Erie County Probation Commissioner George Alexander used a slightly different analogy. The message is the same:

"Getting a gun on the street is so easy," he said. "They can get one quicker than they can get their school books. It's a travesty."

...In response to Tuesday's shooting of Officers Patricia A. Parete and Carl E. Andolina, [Mayor Byron "What Can Brown Do to You?"] Brown said the city plans a gun buyback program to get illegal guns off the street.

These people are not only supply and demand-challenged, they're cause and effect-retarded.

Yeah, do your stupid "buyback," like it's something that hasn't been tried with no beneficial results a thousand times before. Pass more "common sense gun laws" and enforce the existing ones. Bring in "Project Safe Neighborhoods" (Oh, you have already?)

Posture and promulgate and publicize, and watch things continue to get worse.

And do everything in your power to make certain the "law-abiding" fear exercising an uninfringed right to keep and bear arms of their choosing whenever and wherever they deem prudent.

Fools.

We're the Only Ones Black Robed Enough

Personal responsibility- exactly! And yet they’re only trying to allow judges to carry guns in court. What about the personal responsibility of jurors and others attending court? I guess they aren't considered to be members of the privileged classes.

Cryptic Subterranean touches on a subject many of us non-"Only Ones" have direct experience with.

We're the Only Ones "Third Time's a Charm" Enough

A city police officer was arrested yesterday for the third time since 2004 after failing to appear for his trial on charges of assaulting an ex-girlfriend and carrying a firearm while intoxicated.

And naturally, his professional record can't be discussed with the potential victim pool that employs him. After all, he's an "Only One."

[Via Eric, via mAss Backwards]

This Day in History: December 9

The Virginia and North Carolina militias defeat 800 slaves and 200 redcoats serving John Murray, earl of Dunmore and governor of Virginia, at Great Bridge outside Norfolk, ending British royal control of Virginia. The Tory survivors retreated first to Norfolk then to Dunmore’s ship, the Otter, where the majority died of smallpox.