Technology

There is one thing gun lovers won't understand. It is very simple. The word that sums it up is: Technology.

I see. The superstitious barbarian who views objects as animated totems lectures those of us who know better.

So, Richard A. Benton, why not lecture designers, manufacturers and increasingly sophisticated users of firearms, ammunition, scopes and the host of other equipment and apparatuses about their understanding of technology?

Here's some technology for you, Richard. The rounded end goes in first.

Whiny anti-gun males. Talk about an evolutionary dead end.

[Via Bruce W. Krafft]

"Deadly Cop-Killing Guns"

A deadly trade is occurring along the U.S. border with Mexico, federal officials say -- a flood of guns, heading south, used by drug thugs to kill Mexican cops.

I know! Let's gut the Second Amendment out of the Bill of Rights to ensure a police state monopoly of force in another country!

That'll fix everything!

Good grief.

[Via SameNoKami]

Stayin' Alive

"She was doing everything she was supposed to do to stay alive"

We discussed this here, and even had an opportunity to get clarification from her karate instructor.

She fought with all her skill and all her might.

I'm sorry, ladies, but except for extremely rare exceptions, that will never be enough. That's just the way it is.

Wouldn't you rather be able to reach for something that will give you a chance to repel an attacker without having to be touched?

And don't worry about loudmouthed fools who say an attacker would just take the gun away and use it against you. Invariably, they are all talk and slink away when asked to demonstrate how that's done.

[Via Rick R]

Senility Sets In

Yes, I can make the excuse that I shouldn't scold the children while doing research, but calling to younger son Qusay "I want your guitar and amp out of my machinegun" provided even more opportunity for riotous ridicule than normal.

Of course I meant "living room." I think.

Time for my cookie?

AK-47s Threatening Nuns, Orphans, Kittens and Ducklings!!!

But it was unremarkable in that one of the guns brandished was an AK-47-type rifle — a powerful, rapid-fire weapon that has long been used in Third World conflicts but is increasingly being used in American street fights.

Ah, the old Sugarmann Switcheroo. Nice job there. "Authorized Journalist." I'll bet most of your readers don't even know you're practicing sleight of mind on them.

Matt Sedensky...Matt Sedensky...

Where have I heard that name before...?

Just so we're clear: of all violators of journalistic ethics (talk about an oxymoron!), the AP has consistently been one of the worst offenders, and has a demonstrated track record of being nothing more than a propaganda organ of statists and employer of professional liars. So it's no surprise that some in government wish to give them special status over mere lowly bloggers who bring you information the big guys won't.

[Via HZ]

Speaking of Politics...

...I just got the following from the Tom McClintock campaign:

As you know, however, my liberal opponent is a multi-millionaire and I am not. Instead of writing myself a check for hundreds of thousands of dollars, I must rely on dedicated individuals like you, who have stood with me through thick and thin and wholeheartedly believe that we will bring our Republican principles back to the forefront of our nation's political discourse.

We have a finance deadline coming up on March 31 and the more funds we can show on that report the more secure our position as the front-runner becomes. Will you help me show as commanding a position as possible on March 31?

Well, California gun owners? Will you?

An Army of Davids

Clayton Cramer give us an update on his campaign. People from all over are stepping up to the plate, which means you District 22 Idaho gun owners have no excuses.

He's agreed to do a WarOnGuns interview, and I'll be announcing details when I finalize things.
I'm glad it's not An Army of Daves.

The One

With almost no debate, the council voted 6-1 to pass Councilman Zack Scrivner's resolution encouraging the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that the Second Amendment provides an individual right to bear arms, and that no government should be able to infringe on that right.

...The sole dissent came from Councilwoman Sue Benham, who said the resolution was just another attempt by a council member to make a political statement. She said as an elected official, she supports the Second Amendment and the rest of the Constitution.

I remember many years back helping represent the Second Amendment contingent by marching in the US Constitution Day parade in the People's Republic of Santa Monica with other members of the Westside Firearms Association (soon to become the NRA Members Council of Westside Los Angeles), as well as my wife and two young children. Of many insults and obscenities hurled at us by the urban Marxist worthies as we passed, the one I remember most vividly was "Go Back to Bakersfield!"

Yes, Councilwoman Benham, resolutions are political statements, but you're not against all of them--for instance, when other council members wanted to declare that Bakersfield would endorse English and not be a "sanctuary city," you had no problem offering "a competing proposal...to recommend that the federal government enforce its laws."

So don't give us that. You're demonstrably not against resolutions per se. Just the ones you don't support, like the right of the people to keep and bear arms.

Like Tip O'Neill famously said, "All politics is local." The council sets the tone for the community, and what they do or do not endorse sets a leadership example for the voting constituents.

I again recall, a couple years later, a subversive on the Redondo Beach city council proposed a resolution of support for the state of California's proposed new (the Perata "features" version--the Roberti-Roos "model" version being deemed not tyrannical enough) "assault weapons" ban. Showing up in force, speaking request cards filled out and speeches ready, the cowards first moved it to the end of the agenda hoping they'd lose us from attrition, and then decided not to vote on the matter.

So your sole refusal to support the resolution should be noted, Ms. Benham, and Bakersfield gun owners should react accordingly when you run for future office. And hollow protests of support for "the Second Amendment and the rest of the Constitution" notwithstanding (and I can point to any number of politicians who make that claim, right before revealing their big "but"), your true agenda is being just another in a long line of self-aggrandizing democrat operatives ruining the promise of what once was "The Golden State."

As an aside: citizen activists are not doing themselves any favors remaining oblivious to the workings of local government. I recommend having your city government website bookmarked and knowing where to access agendas for upcoming meetings and minutes of past ones, so that you know who to support and who not to, and when organized attendance is required. No, I'm not suggesting becoming a cable TV meeting junkie--this can be monitored and accomplished in about 5 minutes each week, with organized responses limited to an "as needed" basis.

[Via Maureen]

This Day in History: March 27

Sir: I take this earliest Opportunity to acquaint you that the Men of War and Transports with the ministerial Troops sail'd this Afternoon from Nantasket Harbour. There is only a Man of War and two or three other arm'd Vessels now remaining there. In Consequence of this Movement I have ordered a Brigade to march To-Morrow Morning for New York, and shall follow with the Remainder of the Army as soon as I can receive certain Information of the Fleet being clear off the Coast, and that we are in no further Danger of their returning to attack us at a Disadvantage.