Saturday, May 16, 2009

The Childrens' Crusade

Ten minutes into arrant mayhem in this town near the Mexican border, and the gunman, a disgruntled Iraq war veteran, has already taken out two people, one slumped in his desk, the other covered in blood on the floor. [More]
Right. The Mexican border is so devoid of any real threats we need to conjure up a stereotyped slander against veterans.

Funny thing is, sources I've checked say CA law does not address Airsoft guns, so they use US code. But the funnier thing is, CA law says an "imitation firearm" is:
any BB device, toy gun, replica of a firearm, or other device that is so substantially similar in coloration and overall appearance to an existing firearm as to lead a reasonable person to perceive that the device is a firearm.
We're then told:
No person may openly display or expose any imitation firearm, as defined in Section 12550, in a public place...

Merely having an orange tip as provided in federal law and regulations does not satisfy this requirement. The entire surface must be colored or transparent or translucent.
So take a look at the Imperial Storm Troo...uh...Explorer Scouts in the picture.

I'm note there's an "out" for "civic activities" to allow the proto-"Only Ones" to shoot imaginary veterans to their hearts' content while their less privileged and immune contemporaries would probably draw a SWAT team that would later claim the shots they fired in response complied with department use of force policy...

[Via Michael G]

Don't Call it a Vicious, Unprovoked Kick to the Head...

...call it a "justified distraction blow." [More]

We all buy that, don't we?

We talked about this the other day. There's a lot more to this story, including the online gang clothing business Mr. Placekicker owns. Hopefully I'll have time to write something on this tomorrow for my Gun Rights Examiner column.

Again, I can't help but think of this...

[Via William T]

The Champions of Freedom

McCain: U.S. gun limits won't stop drug cartels
Tells NRA violence in Mexico shouldn't be excuse to restrict gun rights here...[More]
Right. And we all know how credible McCain is on border issues--not to mention on free political speech.

I also like his co-headliner, Michael "What do you need an assault weapon for?" Steele being given a place of honor at the gathering.

There I go being divisive again.

UPDATE:

I see they also had Mitt "Ban assault weapons" Romney and Dick "Suck whore toes" Morris.

Threeper principle freaks need not apply...the Big Tent just isn't that big.

[Via Ed M]

Domestic Diarist Threat in MS Stopped Thanks to Quick Law Enforcement Response

The itinerant journalists of the Motorhome Diaries, who were arrested yesterday in Jones County, Mississippi, are now free on bond, but still face local charges. According to one of the diarists, the arrest -- which started with a traffic stop -- ultimately involved pepper spray and the ransacking of the travelers' vehicle...

In a note to me, Pete Eyre clarifies that he faces no firearms charges, but was threatened with a federal charge and with federal intervention in the case by the ATF...[More]
J.D. Tuccille tells us how, when it comes to government, your motorhome is their castle...

You got a problem with that, boy?

Email contact info doesn't seem to be something they encourage, so I had to use their contact request form, and supposedly someone will get back to me.

Maybe y'all could join me, and think up something appropriate to ask them if they respond...

ATF Gun Raid Sends Us All a Message

The object lesson here could not be more clear--we exist at the convenience and pleasure of the state. What we do, what we may possess, all are subject to permission and revocation that can, at any moment, be violently wrested from us. Nothing is ours. Not our bodies, not our lives. And this no doubt foreshadows some of that "change" and sets the tone we can expect now that the Bureau gets its marching orders from a new administration. [More]
Securing the blessings of Liberty--BATFU-style. Submit or die. And we might just kill you anyway.

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column let's you know your place, at least in the government's eyes.

Also see an expansion of "prohibited persons" warning from Oregon Firearms Federation, and get the latest commentary from my fellow GREs.

I trust I can count on the regulars here, and perhaps some new visitors, to share this link?

This Day in History: May 16

Button Gwinnett, with his second George Wells and Lachlan McIntosh, with his second Col. Joseph Habersham square off in a duel just east of Savannah, Georgia. At 12 paces (about 60 feet), the General and Gwinnett fire pistols. McIntosh sustains an wound in his leg while Gwinnett is shot in the hip. Unaware of the severity of Gwinnett's wound, McIntosh asks if Gwinnett wants to duel again. [More]