It Doesn't Mean What We Said It Does

"We've lost the battle on what the Second Amendment means," campaign president Paul Helmke told ABC News."

So that means y'all are going to be correcting this, right?

And apologizing?

BATFU Priorities

Authorities say more than 50 guns have been stolen from a Flint-area firearms dealer.

Heck, I know a place where their entire inventory was stolen.

They even know who did it.

In Snuffy's Absence...

...his vital work goes on.

Now there's a solution for you.

I bet that'll work as good as this.

The Seattle Times Translator

Gun free — proud of it...

Deluding ourselves that we're proud of being helpless and useless to ourselves or our loved ones is as good a self-rationalization as any. It sure is easier for some than manning up to the responsibilities of free people.

The mayor's get-tough approach is especially reasonable in an urban setting.

Because as much as we pay lip service to multiculturalism, tolerance and diversity, we just can't trust...you know...those people...

A round of applause for Nickels. Somebody has to take a stand. For years, Nickels and Police Chief Gil Kerlikowske have been calling for stricter gun laws. The Legislature, even one dominated by Democrats, has been absurdly timid on gun legislation.

Break the law to make the law. What could possibly go wrong with that?

Gated security is needed at the open campus of Folklife.

Because everything goes better with cages! And that's Volklife.

Citizens who attend public events are accustomed to random bag searches.

"Accustomed" sounds so much more progressive than "conditioned," don't you think? Like they're somehow partners in the decision? Besides, if you don't have anything to hide...

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There's no doubt that these people are fascists, is there?

We're the Only Ones Whatspoppin Enough

So naturally the official explanation is he was "The Only One" "trying to regain control."

The Road to Recovery

A gun linked to a triple murder in a Newark playground last summer has been recovered during a weapons seizure on Long Island, authorities said on Thursday.

Thanks to registration lists, permits and microstamping, no doubt...

The Secret Freedom Fighter

Caveat--I have not read this so can't endorse it (yet), but it looks very interesting from what I've skimmed over.

I like the premise and have long considered "Don Diego" to be a smart model to template off of.

My suggestion: save it to your computer in case this link goes away, and find some time this weekend to read it. That's what I'm going to do.

[Via Michael G]

In His Own Words

According to the Lavaca County Sheriff's Office, Taylor Michalec's grandfather said he was walking behind the teen when the trigger on his AK-47 assault rifle snagged a branch and discharged, striking the teen in the back.

Yeah, I'm sure his exact words were "my AK-47 assault rifle."

No "Authorized Journalist"-introduced exploitation or agenda advancement to see here...

[Via mercurysys]

That's What Little Girls Are Made Of

What a sweetie!

It looks like Dad and Mom are well on their way to raising an outstanding young lady.

I think how a person reacts to this tells you pretty much what you need to know about them.

[Via Zachary G]

Think Twice, Speak Once

The conspiracy theorists were hyperventilating during URBAN WARRIOR in the late 90’s and we got a good chuckle out of them back then, too...

I would bet that these guys are reservists from the local area, not active duty military...

Words Twice says this is much ado about nothing.

I guess he's right. Lord knows our government should have earned our trust by now.

Besides, the kind of stuff I'm "paranoid" about could never happen here and we will never need concern ourselves with Question 46.

It feels so liberating to finally shed this tinfoil hat.

Illinois Town Bans Air Conditioners

But just the deadly "junk" ones.

What are they going to do if people start dying? Can you imagine your elderly mother on a fixed income living in a unit, and the fat cat Village Aesthetic Nazis (from their taxcow-funded air-conditioned chambers) set the cops on her for trying to survive a killer heat wave?

Aren't we glad that government is intended to secure the blessings of liberty? It looks like there will be an "amnesty" for a while before the $500 fine goes into effect, but truthfully, the unintended consequences of enforcement might yield a positive result as well.

The more people getting their oxen gored, the less alone we will be in saying "Enough." Problem is, not too many realize that all freedoms are related.

Still: Squeeze, baby, squeeze.

We're the Only Ones With a Clear Conscience Enough

"I didn't want to be responsible for someone out there carrying a gun," former Torrance Police Chief Don Nash is quoted as saying in the article. He granted only one permit during 22 years as chief - to a South Bay prosecutor who had been threatened.

"The premise is that you assume some kind of responsibility," Nash added. "I didn't want it on my conscience if someone out there shot somebody."

But I'd sleep like a baby knowing some citizen had been brutally murdered instead. Besides, I haven't issued permits to these guys, or to these guys either, so what's the problem?

And conversely, my conscience would be just fine had my prosecutor buddy shot someone, because he's an "Only One" just like me.

This Day in History: June 13

1775 Three hundred or more Georgia patriots assembled in Savannah and erected a Liberty Tree and a flag in defiance of royal governor James Wright.