Can the Glock PSP Be Far Behind?

Taser International Inc.'s newest weapons for the public will come in leopard print and fit in a holster embedded with an MP3 player, the stun gun maker said Monday.

You gotta be kiddin' me. I had to double check this to make sure it wasn't some sort of joke article...

Yep, nothing like encouraging people to assume a perpetual state of Condition White* as the best means of situational preparedness for personal defense. This is just so profoundly stupid, but I guess that's what happens when products are designed based on a desire to create and exploit fads by people without a clue about how serious a self defense situation really is, or how a bit of alertness can prevent the need for confrontation in the first place.

It seems to me--just from a corporate risk management standpoint--that encouraging customers for self-defense products to be oblivious to their surroundings is something that could come back to haunt you in the form of a product liability lawsuit.

But what do I know? Maybe it'll be a fantastic success and make the company a ton of money. Just in case, I've hedged my bets, and have developed a product of my own: The WarOnGuns Handgun/Cellphone.

Hello, Jodie...?

This is just a prototype. The marketed version will come in a leopard print too, as well as other fashionable designs, and maybe even a choice of pine or lemon fresh scent...

*I'm admittedly abusing Col. Cooper's definition here, as he intended it to indicate preparedness for decisive action to take life.

Partnership Toward Progress

The new law — the product of a rare partnership between gun control advocates and the National Rifle Association...

Well, if The New York Times is for it, what's not to like?

"Progress on Guns."

Good title. It's refreshingly honest. It means this is but a move in the desired direction. There's more to come.

And we're all clear on what it means to be "progressive" nowadays in the world of politics, right...?

Banking on Disarmament

Citi Merchant Services and First Data Corp. are refusing to process any credit card transactions between federally licensed firearms retailers, distributors and manufacturers -- a move which will severely limit available inventory of firearms and ammunition to military, law enforcement and law-abiding Americans.

CitiCorp contact form

First Data Merchant Services email

Y'all know what to do.

[Via The Jeffersonian]

And Continue It Will

[A]s long as people continue to vote for the very people who wish to disarm them, the madness will continue.

Yep, that's the definition of insanity...

CeaseFire PA Director's Watch: 01/08/08

I wonder what the hold up is...?

Weeping for America

Big news it seems is Hillary Clinton's calculated tearing for the cameras, her Elena Ceauşescu becomes human moment. Naturally, she did it because she cares so much, and from the comments by the emotions-driven voter in the linked clip, it worked.

And then we have this.

Good grief.

Before piling on, Republicans might want to reconsider, especially if "Weapons of Unusual Lethality" Mitt Romney takes the lead: He turned on the waterworks for racial pandering and over war deaths .

The course we're heading--and the absolute refusal to change it (or even consider real change doable) by most in the "conservative gun owner" camp, practically guarantees that we'll all have plenty to cry about regardless of which mainstream "choice" wins. Not to mention wailing and gnashing of teeth.

This Day in History: January 8

Among the many interesting objects which will engage your attention, that of providing for the common defence will merit particular regard. To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.

A free people ought not only to be armed but disciplined; to which end a uniform and well digested plan is requisite: And their safety and interest require that they should promote such manufactories, as tend to render them independent on others, for essential, particularly for military supplies.