Friday, September 28, 2012

For Those Inclined to Offer Prayers

This fine gentleman, only the second man in my life I've asked for an autograph from, could use them. [Read]

UPDATE:  Workman left this comment two hours ago in response to a question about "foul play":
[T]he man is in his late 70s. Elderly people sometimes fall down. He appears to be doing okay at last report.

I raise this point because others have also asked via email and we need to keep it real.  The guy with the inside line to updates will be Dave, so keep an eye on his column.  I'll report changes/developments here, but he'll have them first and all I'll be doing is linking to him.

UPDATE: Kurt Hofmann tells me the Illinois Carry forum has "encouraging news...He's supposedly conscious, speaking clearly, in a regular room (rather than intensive care), and will not need surgery."

UPDATE: Again from Kurt:

Colleen Lawson's husband David was one of the  co-plaintiff's in McDonald v. Chicago (or maybe they both were).  They've both been long active in the Illinois gun rights scene.  This is on her Facebook page:

He was standing at home and felt dizzy and did not fall, just let himself crumple to the floor. After ten minutes, he felt well enough to rise and out himself to bed, tho it was mid-afternoon. His kids found him like that and rushed him to the hospital, where it was determined that he had blood on his brain and
put him in ICU. Subsequent tests determined that surgery is not indicated at this point, and that it discontinuing his blood pressure meds may be efficacious in relieving that pressure. The docs felt he had been on them too long and didn't need them, and he reports a marked increase in feeling better this morning, following discontinuance of the blood pressure meds. As of last night, he was moved out of ICU and into a regular room. Although visits are discouraged without prior consent of the family, Otis welcomes your cards and has given permission for this status update to be shared with any interested persons.

Cards and well wishes may be sent to:

Christ Community Hospital, 4440 W 95th St

Oak Lawn, IL 60453.

Otis McDonald sends his love and gratitude for your inquiries, prayers, and well-wishes.

Fast and Furious whistleblower Dodson demands retraction from Fortune

Gun Rights Examiner had warned Congressional investigators to watch for retaliatory smears early on in its Fast and Furious coverage, and relayed a report in July of last year that Privacy Act-protected documents had been leaked by the Justice Department in an attempt to discredit Dodson. Noting how the administration’s water carriers in the media were quick to embrace the Eban report with the intent to do just that to the Congressional gunwalking investigation...[More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner report notes the slings and arrows of outrageous Fortune being fired right back.

En Route

Vanderboegh just called me from Charlotte, a leg on his flight to Orlando for the Gun Rights Policy Conference.  That made me think what he really needs is one of those Indiana Jones flight-in-progress maps.



I regret I can't make it this time. If you're there, or know anyone who is, make sure to say "Hi" to him.

Samuel L. Jackson, Shut the F-' up

Some of us are sick of rich, foul-mouthed Hollywood stars with attitudes posing as champions of the underdogs. [Watch]

How telling to use a white family in this--I guess the racist doesn't need to worry about blacks.

And real classy, using a little girl like that, especially with her final line, but it does tell me everything I need to know about parents who would allow it and the fascist media pigs exploiting her.

I wonder if Obama would approve of  Sasha or Malia talking like that in a campaign commercial?  Or admit that he would if it would work to his advantage?

UPDATE: I just had a thought and don't know about campaign finance and FEC regs to do more than ask--but I imagine Jackson can command millions for a performance and am wondering what the value reported/declared by the JCER is and if it matters?  I also wonder what all the "campaign finance reform" noise McCain was making a few years back was all about--except to disenfranchise those of us who don't have great personal wealth and influence.

Shooting Destination Night

Strong Hand, Weak Hand & Malfunction Training
Thunder Gun Range, Conroe, Texas...[More]
From American Trigger Sports Network...

Human Costs

I also learned something I thought I already knew: death is scary. [More]
Yes it is.  Those using it as the ultimate threat to bend others to their will would do well to keep that in mind.

And yeah, right: Cite only costs and no benefits, and blame lawless urban violence on the peaceable and self-controlling.

If only we could cede to the state a monopoly of violence...

"We"? "Let"?

"I don't know why we want to let people pack heat," Commissioner Greg Harris said. [More]
Greg, Greg, Greg...

Jeez, I Wonder Where They're Going with This...

...federal and state laws require relatively little tracking of their sales...sellers of bullets in most places don't need a license and aren't required to verify whether a buyer qualifies to own ammunition... no record keeping is required for ammunition purchases. Most U.S. states impose no limits on how many bullets a person can buy.[More]
"Project Slugrunner," anyone?

Nothing Unreasonable

There is nothing unreasonable about Colorado colleges and universities being able to ban guns on campus...[More]
They start out with a damned lie and it only gets worse.  In other words, typical Denver Post.

Well here's an encouraging sign. 

When they wish we would stop fighting their disarmament schemes and just accept what they dish out, it reminds me of nothing so much as this.

This Day in History: September 28

Arnold's personal Day Book and Ledger was seized on September 28, 1780 by an order of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania authorizing the confiscation of Arnold's papers from his house in Pennsylvania. [More]