Pentagon Booze and Gun Concession Backfires

Virginia, which has some of the most lax gun laws in the nation and has been pushing to expand gun rights, has been criticized lately by gun control advocates. The state’s General Assembly approved a bill last month allowing people to carry concealed weapons in bars and restaurants that serve alcohol, and the House of Delegates voted to end a 17-year-old measure barring people from buying more than one handgun a month. [More]

They must sell both booze and guns to the public at the Pentagon, right?

I mean, why else would The New York Times think this is relevant to their story?

Funny. This says visitors can't have weapons or beverages...

Maybe if you throw some cigars into the mix they're thinking about this place...?

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It's probably just keying in on individual viewer cookies, but it still strikes me as pretty funny.

GRE Round Up for Mar. 5

There's some good stuff being turned out. I hope you're availing yourself of it, and importantly, sharing these links via emails, on blogs and forums, with your local newspaper editor, etc.

A common complaint is media bias and absence of representation for "our side."

These people work hard to change that and ask for nothing from those of us their labors serve other than to help spread the word. I hope no one thinks that's too much to ask.

Here are their latest offerings:

Howard Nemerov/Austin:
Student break warning: Don’t visit Mexico

Daniel White/Cleveland:

Overreactions needed in order to support gun control

John Longenecker/Los Angeles:
Safer Streets 2010: You won't get safer streets with Hate.

Dave Workman/Seattle:

Is it water or Kool Aid that politicians drink? It certainly isn’t coffee, espresso or latte!

Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis:

MO 3rd Congressional District candidate John Wayne Tucker answers gun rights questionnaire

Go. Read. And please share the links.

You're doing that, right?

Finger Bang

Yakima kindergartner expelled for making a gun with hands [More]

I say we report the little proto-hater to the SPLC.

And if psychic castration doesn't work, we get more aggressive.

That way, he can grow up to be just like Dr. John Irion:

"When students are at school they should be concerned about learning...safety shouldn't be a concern at school, we have a zero tolerance policy..."

The ol' doc sounds like he's been so well prepped he doesn't even need this any more...

Which is just the way they like it...

[Via Brian F]

Benign Conditions

Researcher Alexander Jason reports that even under benign experimental conditions brain programming compels roughly seven out of 10 officers to keep discharging rounds after being signaled to stop shooting. “In a real gunfight, under extraordinary stress and threat of death, an even much higher percentage would likely deliver extra shots,” Jason asserts. [More]

This is something to hold onto and give to your attorney if you're ever involved in a DGU where you just keep firing.

[Via Carl S]

We're the Only Ones With Just the Ticket For You Enough

The lawsuit, filed by Mark Geinosky, alleges police officers Kenneth Wilkerson and Steven Sabatino repeatedly issued Geinosky false parking tickets, and that their conduct was an "egregious arbitrary abuse of government power that shocks the conscience." [More]

No, when it comes to the Chi-Town "Only Ones," this is what shocks the conscience...

[Via Ed M]

I'm NOT the "Only One"...

A peace officer explains why you should carry a gun. [Read]

I Can Has Due Process?

Forget the eggheads and all their legal pondering over how many privileged and immune angels can dance on the head of a pin.

This is the best summary of the McDonald oral arguments yet. [Read]

Language warning for those of you inclined to be bothered by such things. While I don't tend to use it here, using asterisks and "Good grief!" as preferred expressions, anyone who's ever smoked cigars beside a campfire with me knows I'm hardly one who is.

[Via Skip]

We're the Only Ones Permissive Enough

A Framingham police employee was fired last week after allegedly bending the rules for people seeking gun licenses - largely members of the armed services - by issuing licenses without authorization, upgrading licenses, and providing false addresses for applicants. [More]

Anybody recall giving anybody else permission to give permission?

[Via Ed M]

We're the Only Ones Dropping Enough

S'cuse me... I think this is yours...? [Watch]

[Via MPR]

Playing the Margins

William Daroff, director of the Washington office of the Jewish Federations of North America, believes that support for guns in the Jewish community is a marginal phenomenon; he says his organization does not have a set position on the matter. [More]

That's because William Daroff is part of the ******* oberkapo mentality that historically has made one-way cattle car trips possible.

Fortunately, there are rational voices like Dovid Bendory and Aaron Zelman waking up some of the people their false leaders would rather leave slumbering.

This Should End Well

If you knew coworkers, former bosses or exes who cheated on their taxes, would you turn them in? The Internal Revenue Service can make it worth your while. [More]

It's almost like ravens have lobbyists working for them or something...

We're the Only Ones Disobedient Enough

The New Orleans Inspector General had some strong words for the city's top cop "obey the law." [More]

Now there's a novel concept.

Let's hope it's not a bridge too far for them to cross.

[Via retrotruckman]

We're the Only Ones Haunted Enough

Monroe Police Chief Ron Schleuter could become a victim of his own "no tolerance for lying" policy. [More]

An "Only One" haunted by the truth.

If that doesn't say it all.

[Via retrotruckman]

NY Gubernatorial Candidate Warren Redlich Answers Gun Rights Questionnaire

Actually, New York gun owners do have a choice. Meet Warren Redlich, an attorney, gun owner and NRA member who is vying for both Republican and Libertarian Party consideration... [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column presents a choice. Whether the cowardly and defeatist one will be taken remains to be seen.

Also get the answers to some questions in Missouri, see some related posts in Tennessee, read a Nevada candidate's thoughts on the Constitution, and find out how you can be part of a media blitz in Arizona.

I hope I can count on the regulars here to share this link.

This Day in History: March 5

It was this attachment to a constitution, founded on free and benevolent principles, which inspired the first settlers of this country: they saw with grief the daring outrages committed on the free constitution of their native land; they knew that nothing but a civil war could at that time restore its pristine purity. So hard was it to resolve to embrue their hands in the blood of their brethern, that they choose rather to quit their fair possessions, and seek another habitation in a distant clime. [More]