“When I asked if I would be arrested if I continued, he told me ‘You could put it that way,’” Benedetto reported. [More]This evening’s Gun Rights Examiner Report asks why those who care nothing about the Second Amendment would be expected to revere the First.
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
Police forbid Connecticut gun activist from ‘soliciting’ on DESPP grounds
The Gift That Keeps On Giving
Fast and Furious gun turns up after Mexican resort shootout. [More]
Looks like that Feliz Navidad wish came true...
[Via Doug Rink]
Looks like that Feliz Navidad wish came true...
[Via Doug Rink]
Bill Skretny Said It, I Believe It, That Settles It
And remember-- all the Supreme Court has to do for this to stand is...nothing. [More]
Brought to you by a "Republican" who quit the NRA because they're too extreme.
Brought to you by a "Republican" who quit the NRA because they're too extreme.
Meanwhile, Across the Pond in Piers Morgan Paradise...
Be ready for civil war or people sorting themselves out [More]Depending on who's behind it, that's about the only thing that could get me to change my answer to "Yes."
Oath Keepers welcome New Year with free viewing of ‘Molon Labe’
“As a special holiday gift, you can screen ‘Molon Labe’ for free,” the production company Matrix Entertainment’s website announces. [More]Today’s Gun Rights Examiner report invites you to watch a free film before the offer expires.
We're the Only Ones Disarmed Enough
Several of you have sent me this link over the past few days and I haven't done anything with it. [More]
While such a ruling is nuts, I'm trying to get some further information on this and want to be circumspect for now.
Rather than focus on his being armed on duty, which is absolutely an "Only Ones" illustration, we ought to be concerned for why he is barred from guns off duty, because such rationales could apply to all of us.
It's why, when some of our ostensible gun rights "leaders" champion facilitating mental health prohibitions, they ought to be pressured into fleshing out all the details. Let's start with a list of psychiatrists who are willing to put their name, license and malpractice insurability on the line to certify someone once forbidden is now OK to have whatever guns and however much ammo he wants.
Because without that, it's all words.
While such a ruling is nuts, I'm trying to get some further information on this and want to be circumspect for now.
Rather than focus on his being armed on duty, which is absolutely an "Only Ones" illustration, we ought to be concerned for why he is barred from guns off duty, because such rationales could apply to all of us.
It's why, when some of our ostensible gun rights "leaders" champion facilitating mental health prohibitions, they ought to be pressured into fleshing out all the details. Let's start with a list of psychiatrists who are willing to put their name, license and malpractice insurability on the line to certify someone once forbidden is now OK to have whatever guns and however much ammo he wants.
Because without that, it's all words.
The Safety Dance
Mothers Fed Up
OK, so what different choices are you prepared to make about the way you conduct your own lives? [More]
Or do you expect the government to force me to do something about them?
Or do you expect the government to force me to do something about them?
Interesting Platform for a Sheriff
I wonder if Paul Schraeder has a chance in hell. [Watch]
Here's what people in San Bernardino are facing.
And here's his campaign website where you can learn more.
Here's what people in San Bernardino are facing.
And here's his campaign website where you can learn more.
I Know You Are, But What Am I?
Talk about a paranoid loon! [More]
Sorry, Ann, it's not a "theory." It doesn't even qualify as a "hypothesis" since it's based on your delusions rather than observations.
There's a recurring troll in comments I've seen on other sites. I won't name him because what they crave is attention and acknowledgement, but you can't miss him.
I bring it up because he inadvertently shows how modern "progressives," who consider themselves so enlightened, aren't anywhere near as savvy as their hardcore commie forebears. Note the way he constantly denigrates rural Americans and Walmart shoppers (even though he apparently shops there himself), conflating them all with hicks and KKK members.
The Bolsheviks knew they'd never have the power to take over unless they instead exalted the peasants and the workers. So we should actually be grateful for idiots like self-designated Superiorboy here, who doesn't even know enough to mask his contempt.
And we should also never lose sight of the fact that with "progressives," every day is Opposite Day. Notwithstanding what they say they're about, which is invariably and always a lie, it is we "shall not be infringed" absolutists who are the true power-sharing egalitarians.
Sorry, Ann, it's not a "theory." It doesn't even qualify as a "hypothesis" since it's based on your delusions rather than observations.
There's a recurring troll in comments I've seen on other sites. I won't name him because what they crave is attention and acknowledgement, but you can't miss him.
I bring it up because he inadvertently shows how modern "progressives," who consider themselves so enlightened, aren't anywhere near as savvy as their hardcore commie forebears. Note the way he constantly denigrates rural Americans and Walmart shoppers (even though he apparently shops there himself), conflating them all with hicks and KKK members.
The Bolsheviks knew they'd never have the power to take over unless they instead exalted the peasants and the workers. So we should actually be grateful for idiots like self-designated Superiorboy here, who doesn't even know enough to mask his contempt.
And we should also never lose sight of the fact that with "progressives," every day is Opposite Day. Notwithstanding what they say they're about, which is invariably and always a lie, it is we "shall not be infringed" absolutists who are the true power-sharing egalitarians.
This Day in History: December 31
The General Court Martial whereof Major General Baron Steuben is President is to assemble on Wednesday next at ten รด clock AM. [More]
Monday, December 30, 2013
Illinois State Police and media continue to confound on new gun rules
With the past hostility of the ISP and establishment media, especially Chicago media, to the right to keep and bear arms, whether this indicates a coincidence or a resistance to providing information on guns to a public that wants it would seem a fair speculation. [More]Today’s Gun Rights Examiner report detects a lack of enthusiasm in complying with spirit and intent.
Almost Like It Was Set Up
It's tough to read this...
...without thinking how conveniently self-fulfilling it is...
Via Florida Guy]
...without thinking how conveniently self-fulfilling it is...
Via Florida Guy]
We're the Only Ones Probing Enough
One victim said that another officer put a gun to his head while Vagnini administered a choke hold, touched his scrotum and fingered his anus. Another man was probed so violently that he bled. [More]What wouldn't such a diseased creature do?
A Mugged Liberal
After reading this, I have a tough time giving a damn. [More]
My guess is, he will not have learned a thing, at least enough to change his ways.
On a positive note, it's nice to see all his fellow "progressives" who ridicule having a gun at Starbucks proven so thoroughly wrong.
[Via Florida Guy]
My guess is, he will not have learned a thing, at least enough to change his ways.
On a positive note, it's nice to see all his fellow "progressives" who ridicule having a gun at Starbucks proven so thoroughly wrong.
[Via Florida Guy]
An Academic Argument
When Jim Irvine of Buckeye Firearms Association joined the "Roundtable" on Armed American Radio last night, he talked about his group's efforts to arm teachers in Ohio.
I've been approached by another activist, a teacher from Pennsylvania who is trying to get similar legislation passed there.
I have to confess mixed feelings on this. I believe we all have a right to keep and bear arms and that "gun free zones" are not just wrong, they're evil. I oppose the idea of special classes of citizens being "granted privileges" -- just as I did when some in the gun community were stumping for nationwide carry for retired "Only Ones." You'll note that once they got their place at the table, the fact that the rest of us might like to pull up a seat but they were all taken was our problem. And, on a more fundamental level, I oppose "licensing" of a right.
I also have to acknowledge that under normal circumstances, the chances of getting existing legislation repealed so things become the way I want them is nonexistent. And this would save lives and provide a deterrent to something the antis would otherwise exploit to the detriment of us all.
Which practically guarantees the ones fighting this the loudest will be the education establishment...
I've been approached by another activist, a teacher from Pennsylvania who is trying to get similar legislation passed there.
I have to confess mixed feelings on this. I believe we all have a right to keep and bear arms and that "gun free zones" are not just wrong, they're evil. I oppose the idea of special classes of citizens being "granted privileges" -- just as I did when some in the gun community were stumping for nationwide carry for retired "Only Ones." You'll note that once they got their place at the table, the fact that the rest of us might like to pull up a seat but they were all taken was our problem. And, on a more fundamental level, I oppose "licensing" of a right.
I also have to acknowledge that under normal circumstances, the chances of getting existing legislation repealed so things become the way I want them is nonexistent. And this would save lives and provide a deterrent to something the antis would otherwise exploit to the detriment of us all.
Which practically guarantees the ones fighting this the loudest will be the education establishment...
Last Night on Armed American Radio
End of year re-cap with Armed American Radio Washington editor Neil McCabe, special analysis and commentary by David Codrea, George “The Mad Ogre” Hill, Buckeye Firearms Association’s Jim Irvine and AAR Board Op/Producer, Sean “Seanto” Young.
Cracking the Code
It goes something like predators prefer weaker prey, and only liars or fools deny the observable laws of Nature. [More]
#justatroll
Right, because exposing your utter and undeniable hypocrisy is "trolling."
Any other words you'd like to redefine? Like "common sense" and "gun safety"?
Here's something we must never forget when dealing with these creatures, and why I am so unforgiving of those ostensibly on "our side" who offer one-sided "compromises" in the unfounded, and frankly, stupid hopes that throwing a scrap of flesh to circling hyenas will satisfy them and persuade them to go away:
We're going to have to take one step at a time, and the first step is necessarily -- given the political realities -- going to be very modest. . . . [W]e'll have to start working again to strengthen that law, and then again to strengthen the next law, and maybe again and again. Right now, though, we'd be satisfied not with half a loaf but with a slice. Our ultimate goal -- total control of handguns in the United States -- is going to take time. . . . The first problem is to slow down the number of handguns being produced and sold in this country. The second problem is to get handguns registered. The final problem is to make possession of all handguns and all handgun ammunition-except for the military, police, licensed security guards, licensed sporting clubs, and licensed gun collectors-totally illegal.Anybody think that's changed, and that we're not one SCOTUS replacement away from having to deal with that possibility?
Richard Harris, A Reporter at Large: Handguns, New Yorker, July 26, 1976, at 53, 58 (quoting Pete Shields, founder of Handgun Control, Inc.) (boldface added, italics in original).
Nicely done, Kurt-- I can tell you got under her skin and you're living in her head rent-free with the desperate and pathetic way she tried to dismiss you. And nice "reasoned discourse," too, having her just block you like that -- the virtual equivalent of "La la la still not listening."
You're absolutely right. Being despised by the despicable brings a warm glow...
We're the Only Ones Luck of the Draw Enough
Instead of apologizing, one of the deputies told Guerrero, “You’re lucky I didn’t f--king shoot you.” [More]Nice of you to put the blame on the victim, Ozzie. It sounds like your trespassers are the ones who were lucky.
We're the Only Ones with the Situation Well in Hand Enough
Really? It took 15 of them from three counties? [More]
A Rat Is a Pig Is a Dog Is a Boy
One anti-vivisection activist responded on Facebook."You could die tomorrow. I wouldn't sacrifice my goldfish for you." Another commented: "If you had died as a child, no-one would have given a damn." [More]It's unhinged maniacs like these I love taunting with my Center for Biological Diversity souvenir.
This Day in History: December 30
Some time the last winter your Excellency was pleased to order a board of officers to revise the former report of the board of officers on the rank of the captains of the Massachusetts line, some of whom thought themselves injured. The board reported to your Excellency; but an approbation or disapprobation of the report, was never expressed—several of the captains remain very uneasy, and I believe there are very apparent grounds for some of them being so. [More]
Sunday, December 29, 2013
Organizing for Action contest rules show inconsistency of progressive principles
And how is someone supposed to prove they are citizens and/or lawful permanent legal residents, anyway? I thought the Obama’s DOJ said requiring proof of that disproportionately violated the civil rights of minorities. [More]Welcome to the [“progressive”] party, pal. Provided you can produce ID we don’t require of voters (because that would be racist!), and pass a Universal Background Check along with an ideological purity/party loyalty test.
And yeah, I know: What “principles”?
Saturday, December 28, 2013
Toby Keith restaurant hypocrisy leaves bad taste in gun owners’ mouths
It's instructive that five years after Keith wowed NRA members, he declared himself a supporter of “the most anti-gun president ever to occupy the Oval Office” in 2008 when he praised Barack Obama, calling him “the best Democratic candidate we've had since Bill Clinton,” and then honored Obama by performing at his 2009 Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo. [More]Today’s Gun Rights Examiner report notes there are a lot of self-enriching poseurs out there capitalizing on the gullible thinking they share their principles.
Friday, December 27, 2013
ATF whistleblower website decries disproportionate discrimination complaints
“How disturbing is this?” the CUATF moderator posting under the screen name “Doc Holiday” asked, relating that under “total number of pending EEOC complaints reported end of year 2012,” ATF had 1,362, more than 25 percent out of 4,770 employees, compared to less than one percent for both DEA and the FBI. [More]This afternoon’s Gun Rights Examiner report notes they went full B. Todd. You never go full B. Todd.
Illinois gun owners on hold for compliance instructions on private sales
Why the information is not available now, and what the reason is for waiting so long to inform the public have not been stated, but suspecting official indifference or even hostility to gun owner concerns would hardly be without precedent, especially since ISP appears to be doing bare minimum and no gun owner outreach is planned. [More]Today’s Gun Rights Examiner report notes grudging, in-your-face foot-dragging by insolent “public servants” who have been allowed to presume that you work for them. In short, they don’t care because they don’t have to.
Disappointing, But Hardly Unexpected
Take a good look. I'd estimate probably 97% will do what they're told and come up with all kinds of rationalizations for it. [More]
It's a terrible choice to force someone to make. Most will opt for the illusion of temporary safety, as opposed to mass civil disobedience. It's just the way things are.
The handful who defy are made more vulnerable. Of course, such radicals are generally chastised by the more pragmatic for making "us" all look bad anyway. Hey, if we don't like the law, we can work democratically to change it, right?
Get used to it, happy few.
[Via bondmen]
It's a terrible choice to force someone to make. Most will opt for the illusion of temporary safety, as opposed to mass civil disobedience. It's just the way things are.
The handful who defy are made more vulnerable. Of course, such radicals are generally chastised by the more pragmatic for making "us" all look bad anyway. Hey, if we don't like the law, we can work democratically to change it, right?
Get used to it, happy few.
[Via bondmen]
No Demand for Demanders
Liberal Commercial Talk Radio Disappears in NY, LA, SF in 2014 Only NPR is left. [More]That's no fair! Why, there oughtta be a law!
Funny...my friend Mark Walters keeps adding stations.
Target: Men
The Selling of Attention Deficit Disorder [More]"I wonder if overdiagnosis of ADD and unnecessary use or abuse of these drugs are non-spurious causative factors for shootings?" colleague RH asks.
"And how the 'progressive' public educational establishment is a driving force behind the War on Boys," I offer in return.
A Phishing Scam
I oughtta hook him up with Franky Samora.
I swear, the Stupid Party is doing it's best to totally blow the tremendous opportunities presented by overreaching "progressives."
Except they're pretty much all that way by design, aren't they?
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Pรณg Mo Thรณin
While spreading Toys for Totalitarians cheer, Mike tells the governor of Maryland to...well, let this Irish fellow here explain to those of you who don't understand Gaelic:
I guess I shouldn't have referred to "spreading cheer" in relation to that. Anyway, now that we've got that out of the way, read Mike's missive.
And oh, look: An "Authorized Journalist" has noticed.
Glad to see at least one trying to catch up, although I did have to ask her what the hell she was talking about:
Mike also has some comments about her coverage.
UPDATE: Cuomo gets his. How do you say "Pรณg Mo Thรณin" in Italian?
I guess I shouldn't have referred to "spreading cheer" in relation to that. Anyway, now that we've got that out of the way, read Mike's missive.
And oh, look: An "Authorized Journalist" has noticed.
Glad to see at least one trying to catch up, although I did have to ask her what the hell she was talking about:
UPDATE: Cuomo gets his. How do you say "Pรณg Mo Thรณin" in Italian?
We're in the Money
High hats and Arrowed collars, white spats and lots of dollars
Spending every dime, for a wonderful time [More]
Spending every dime, for a wonderful time [More]
SAF is puttin' on the Ritz, courtesy of Mike McGinn and his Seattle elitists.
Not really. Every dime is needed to continue with groundbreaking legal actions and more. And this will come in handy.
This Day in History: December 27
Enclosed is an account of their present force in New York and its dependencies, handed to me by a person who I believe is well informed. [More]
Thursday, December 26, 2013
News outlets ignore correction notices for misreporting on ‘submachinegun'
That several of the major media players in this instance have been informed of this development, yet have chosen to ignore such information, goes beyond laziness and/or deliberate indifference to accuracy. [More]Today’s Gun Rights Examiner report once more documents the “mainstream media” doesn’t give a damn about the truth when it comes to guns or anything else the "progressives" are scheming to take control of.
Conflicting Opinions
What do tyrants and their "swarms of officers" care if their "flawed laws and interpretations" are putting good people at risk of having their lives destroyed? [More]
Hell, they probably get off on it.
Hell, they probably get off on it.
When Buckeyballs are Outlawed...
How do people protect their kids from freedom-choking "progressives"? By the "logic" used to ban some of these, gravel ought to be illegal. [More]
I'm just waiting for someone from CPSC to declare handgun ammunition a choking hazard.
The Way Things Oughtta be
But what's this "take law into own hands" nonsense? [More]
Who owns it if not the people who paid for it?
Be interesting to see if any significant difference in crime results...
Who owns it if not the people who paid for it?
Be interesting to see if any significant difference in crime results...
We're the Only Ones Offering Enough
[More]
Perhaps the "seller" can be greeted with a camera crew. Be interesting to see if the person posting this will get back with me and direct me to some specific ads.
This Day in History: December 26
I beg your Excely to have Cloathing forwarded to enable me to send the Convalesans, to their Regts and the desabled to the invald Corps, likwis will your Exy be pleased to have some Money send On, that the Officers who were left with me, may [trans]port the Convalescens... [More]Odd are, our Christmas was a lot nicer than theirs.
Wednesday, December 25, 2013
Tuesday, December 24, 2013
Vanderboegh defies anti-gun governors with ‘Toys for Totalitarians’
“If they are willing to tear up the law and the Constitution to enforce their will upon anyone they choose, and they are, then it is past time -- for me at least -- to worry overmuch about whether something is ‘legal’ as the domestic enemies of the Constitution define that term." [More]Today’s Gun Rights Examiner report notes some Christmas “gifts” that are sure to enrage…
The Crisis Today
Oath Keepers reminds us of a famous missive from another time of crisis. [More]
If you've never read this, stop what you're doing now and rectify that. If you have, but not recently, there is no better time for a refresher than right now.
If you've never read this, stop what you're doing now and rectify that. If you have, but not recently, there is no better time for a refresher than right now.
A Symbolic Show
It's like we've been trapped in some dark, absurdist comedy and it's slowly starting to dawn that the joke is, it's intended to be a tragedy. [More]
UPDATE: You don't say...
UPDATE: You don't say...
The Best Back Door Money Can Buy
NSA Paid a Huge Security Firm $10 Million to Keep Encryption Weak [More]And remember, "they" hate us because we're free!
We're the Only Ones with Possibilities Enough
Determinations regarding training or possible disciplining of the involved officers will be made at that time. [More]Well, then, I'm satisfied. How about you?
Meanwhile, Across the Pond in Piers Morgan Paradise
A burglar who had already been jailed for breaking into a woman's house four years ago returned to rape her in a revenge attack after he was freed. [More]Why didn't she use karate?
One-Trick Pony
We've seen that act and weren't impressed the first time. I agree with Bob: No need to give the attention-seeking fool any more of what he obviously craves. [More]
This Day in History: December 24
I have receiv’d a long Letter from Messrs. Neufville, the Purport of which is, that they are willing for their Parts to deliver the Goods to you but that they cannot controul the other Owners of the Ships, who have a Right by the Laws and Customs of Holland to detain the Goods for the Damage done by Capt. Gillon’s refusing to sign the Charterparties, &c and hoping that I will not on Acct of the Conduct of the other Owners, refuse to pay the Bills, especially as such a Refusal would be derogatory to the Honour of the United States &c. [More]
Monday, December 23, 2013
The Beginning (and End?) of a Beautiful Friendship
I just got this email the other day from my new "friend" Sara Armstrong, RNC:
My reply:
It seems a reasonable question to me, but she hasn't written back -- maybe she doesn't want to be friends anymore...?
It seems a reasonable question to me, but she hasn't written back -- maybe she doesn't want to be friends anymore...?
We're the Only Ones Not Passing the Smell Test Enough
How the hell is an 85% failure rate probable cause for searching someone? [More]
And how many "successes" are really due to subtle hand cues?
[Via Florida Guy]
And how many "successes" are really due to subtle hand cues?
[Via Florida Guy]
We're the Only Ones Armored Enough
The occupying force proudly shows off its new toy that, according to the chief, "provides a high capability of protection for our officers and the community." [More]
Well, for the officers, anyway...
[Via Florida Guy]
Well, for the officers, anyway...
[Via Florida Guy]
Elementary, My Dear Watson
Deadline fast approaching for new Connecticut gun ban/registration edict
That raises a key question for gun owners opting for obedience: If an order is later given to surrender your registered firearms, will you also obey that? After all, the same justification and reasons can be given for doing that as are being given now, and the compulsion to obey would actually be stronger -- the “authorities” will now have conveniently coerced lists which you provided to assist them in identifying you, where you are, and what you have. [More]Today’s Gun Rights Examiner column notes time’s up. What will you do?
Kalashnikov Dead
One hell of a designer... [More]
Listen to CBS blame the AK for "kill[ing] more people than any other firearm in the world."
Herschel has more.
Listen to CBS blame the AK for "kill[ing] more people than any other firearm in the world."
Herschel has more.
Armed American Radio Redux
NJ carjacking murder commentary, CT Carry.org’s Rich Burgess, David Codrea, Rob Pincus talks staying safe from predators during busy holiday season and George Hill talks guns, gear and Phil Robertson.UPDATE: Today's GRE covers more of Rich's message for Connecticut gun owners.
A Funny Thing Happens...
...when people are given enough information to actually understand the issue... [More]
Confidentially Yours
It appears to be a step in the right direction. [More]
Now the work needs to be done to keep the presumptuous bastards from getting your names in the first damn place. But the "groups" can't do it alone. Every gun owner must do his or her part and help in ways they can.
I think less of those who won't than I do of the antis.
UPDATE: Anthony Martin shares his observations.
Now the work needs to be done to keep the presumptuous bastards from getting your names in the first damn place. But the "groups" can't do it alone. Every gun owner must do his or her part and help in ways they can.
I think less of those who won't than I do of the antis.
UPDATE: Anthony Martin shares his observations.
It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
Mike is out delivering presents to the less ethical among us as part of his Toys for Totalitarians program... [More]
One Thing You Can't Hide
Only the ethically challenged and morally disabled would want to harm the physically more vulnerable. [More]
This give me an idea. I'm not ready to flesh it out yet, but it's based on combining this with the story about the African farmer and the leopard.
For the time being, take it away, Mr. Lennon...
This give me an idea. I'm not ready to flesh it out yet, but it's based on combining this with the story about the African farmer and the leopard.
For the time being, take it away, Mr. Lennon...
BOHICA
The group, which McDevitt said includes a diversity of opinions, has met in private with advocates on both sides of the gun access debate, mental health practitioners and researchers, school officials and police chiefs from rural, suburban and urban areas. [More]Really? They've met with someone from the "shall not be infringed" side? I must have missed that part.
Meanwhile, elsewhere in Burlington, they've "yielded results."
Sorry, fellas. The "Authorized Journalists" covered for this miserable failure as much as they could without becoming obvious laughingstocks themselves.
I guess there'll never be a need to go "through every Middlesex village and farm for the country folk to be up and to arm" anymore. Besides, they're probably all at Wegman's.
This Day in History: December 23
I could wish to receive some directions from Your Excellency relative to these unhappy Men, or that I might be Authorized and enabled to furnish them with some Assistance, as many of them are almost naked and have not a blanket to lay on.[More]
Sunday, December 22, 2013
Tonight on Armed American Radio
Rob Pincus will join the program in the second hour, and George "Mad Ogre" Hill will be featured in hour three.
The program broadcasts from 8 to 11 p.m. Eastern. Click here to find a station near you or to listen via live streaming. You can also watch the studio feed at IRF News, courtesy of producer Sean "Seanto" Young.
Piers Morgan shows as much contempt for First Amendment as he does for Second
You are free to pick and support your side or to ignore the whole sorry mess.What else we would expect from someone with such a demonstrable Stalinist bent? Good thing he’s so adept at karate!
In Morgan’s fascist world, that choice would be taken from you. Let’s prove that together. [More]
Friday, December 20, 2013
Foiled carjacking shows different outcome potentials when gun owners have choice
The question here is who has the moral authority to tell another human being they do not have a right to defend themselves? [More]Today’s Gun Rights Examiner column tells "A Tale of Two Carjackings." Guess which one has a happy ending…?
A "Progressive" Paradox
Note the same ones who say gun owners are responsible for the reactions of hoplophobes would never say that gays are responsible for the reactions of homophobes. [More]
Maybe it's not a paradox at all... maybe it's just more "progressive" Opposite Day hypocrisy...
Maybe it's not a paradox at all... maybe it's just more "progressive" Opposite Day hypocrisy...
'The Gun Went Off" is No Longer Enough
Now, it actually instigates and controls the behavior! [More]
Cloistered eggheads said it, I believe it, that settles it.
No?
Herschel also shares observations on some other recent stories.
We're the Only Ones in for a Bumpy Ride Enough
Nice knee ya got there...shame if something happened to it... [More]
Oh, looky...
Ah well, it's probably a smooth road...
Oh, looky...
"Safe Passage"
WTF, can't people read signs? [More]
Any other illusions we can shatter for you this morning?
Forget it Jake, it's Chi-Town.
[Via Chris C]
Any other illusions we can shatter for you this morning?
Forget it Jake, it's Chi-Town.
[Via Chris C]
Statement from CCDL in re Registration Deadline
I like that on their website, they phrased it "If you wish to be in compliance you can find all of the forms needed here."Groton, CT- December 20th, 2013The Connecticut Citizens Defense League (The state's largest grass roots 2nd Amendment rights group) Is reminding the gun owning public that the deadline for registration and declaration of certain firearms and magazines is fast approaching.
CCDL President Scott Wilson stated the following: " Many People are still not aware of the law itself, or the actual date of implementation (January 1st). While CCDL wholeheartedly believes that this law is unconstitutional, we want to make sure that law abiding gun owners do not become felons on January 1st".
"Of particular concern is the fact that many handgun magazines as well as semi-automatic rifle magazines with a capacity of greater than ten rounds were sold standard along with guns prior to April 4th. These magazines with more than 10 round capability must be declared. Registration of newly re-defined assault weapons must be registered by the deadline as well.
The CCDL President also stated: "Until Public Act 13-3 is resolved in the Federal Courts, this is sadly the law for now. I sincerely hope that no, unaware, law abiding person(s) receive a prison sentence, being made an example of, by the State".
"This law could potentially ruin the lives of entire families. People that had absolutely nothing to do with what happened in Sandy Hook last December".
The Connecticut Citizens Defense League is helping lead to legal the challenge of the new law along with other plaintiffs. Oral arguments will be heard in Federal court this coming January 30th in Hartford. More information may be found at www.ccdl.us
I like it because it acknowledges there is a choice.
I can't tell anyone else what to do. I can only point to what I did, which some, no doubt, will dismiss as foolishness followed by extreme luck, but which I would counter was only because everyone didn't do it.
I will ask one question though, to those of you complying: If an order is later given to surrender your registered firearms, will you also obey that?
"Common Sense Gun Laws"
It's a damn shame, when our so-called "pro-gun Republicans" adopt the terminology of the antis to justify their betrayals.
What the hell is "common sense" about ceding a beachhead to an enemy that will then use it to launch the next attack?
Ah well, it's not like our so-called "gun rights leaders" didn't signal they'd give you a pass on a planned preemptive surrender.
But I won't.
What the hell is "common sense" about ceding a beachhead to an enemy that will then use it to launch the next attack?
Ah well, it's not like our so-called "gun rights leaders" didn't signal they'd give you a pass on a planned preemptive surrender.
But I won't.
That's "COD"rea
Thanks for the mention, but there's only one "r"...It's hard enough to get the news feeds to notice me, and besides, c'mon--you guys are supposed to be "real reporters." [More]
See, here's the thing about some of the assumptions in this article:
I'm going to wait for some of the legal experts to comment on the rest of it.
Speaking of which, NRA filed its comment and it looks like ATF is going to hold its final action until June.
See, here's the thing about some of the assumptions in this article:
I'm going to wait for some of the legal experts to comment on the rest of it.
Speaking of which, NRA filed its comment and it looks like ATF is going to hold its final action until June.
This Day in History: December 20
On 20 December 1781 the Council and General Assembly passed an Act (Chap. V, Laws of 1781, p. 6) by which the state legislature was granted means to provide restitution for damages suffered by New Jersey citizens at the hands of British forces, the Continental Army, or New Jersey militia and the militias of neighboring states. [More]
Thursday, December 19, 2013
Write What You Know
The lead character is Early "Trip" Thibodeaux, described as "the nation’s most powerful gun-rights advocate and the de facto CEO of the gun industry." [More]That right there shows they're operating on a false premise, and one the antis are desperate to promulgate.
What I want to know is which names from within the gun rights activist and shooting communities are they going to retain as consultants to ensure character portrayals have a basis in something other than "progressive" representations of how they view us?
Or don't you need to do that if your intent is just to do a smear job?
[Via Michael G]
Welcome to the WoGroll...
...Best IWG Holster Guide... [More]
I just did a major cleanup of the sidebar link list a few weeks back but just had to remove three blogs that have gone inactive since then...if they've relocated, they haven't notified me.
I just did a major cleanup of the sidebar link list a few weeks back but just had to remove three blogs that have gone inactive since then...if they've relocated, they haven't notified me.
Call for independent counsel better late than never but false premise continues
“[E]xpecting a truly independent [counsel] to be appointed by a department that is up to its neck in stonewalling and cover-up, by a president whose own role and interests are appropriate for scrutiny, is at best problematic, and at worst a recipe for ensuring those responsible for ‘Project Gunwalker’ are never held accountable for actions that have resulted in human deaths on both sides of the border," this column explained in October, 2011 ... What is needed is to reenact authorization for [an independent counsel], and to maintain such powers under the coequal branch of government comprised of our elected representatives,” the column concluded. “Permanently. Anything less would make the entire investigative effort suspect.” [More]
Today’s Gun Rights Examiner report says “Welcome to the party pals, but put a lid on that ‘botched’ stuff.”
Because We're Special and Immune
Kapo Foxman said it, I believe it, that settles it.
Or not.
Journey to Nowhere
In a lot of places, folks won’t respond by trying to match your passive-aggressive cleverness with a tweet. They’ll knock you on your ass. [More]Yeah, we know that about most of you guys, the shallowness, the narcissism, the effete smugness, and the provincial ignorance. But your "personal odyssey" reads more like a script for one of the more trivial and predictable Tom Hanks movies. All that's missing is the lip lock with Meg Ryan at the end as the music takes over, the camera moves up and away, and the credits start to scroll.
You still, evidently, think it's all about you and your reactions to different environments and stimuli.
I found this comment from reader "JR48" to be the most true, insightful and worthwhile thing out of the whole four pages, reproduced here because I can't get the link to work correctly:
You still don't get it. The greatest hope of the average Joe for political journalists is not that they find their Kentucky, but that they remember the history of their profession.[Via Dan Gifford]
Journalists were supposed to be part of the checks on tyrannical governance, to report the truth, not to be a part of the story. It was never about 'you' or 'I', it was about being a voice for the people. And someone who would be really good at that, would naturally end up being a hero. It's the place where journalism is a calling, not a stepping stone towards being part of the corrupt nature of the system. Where nests are feathered and the point is lost.
When or if you ever discover what you really were supposed to be doing in DC, then we can have a conversation. I applaud your attempts, but you've only just started your journey.
This is so much bigger than individual players, the politicians du jour or the political posturing of the day. This is about a fundamental tenant of how this country was supposed to work. Go to where the story is, follow it to the end of the road, tell the truth, and you could be a beacon of light of redemption for all that is oh so very wrong. You want to know what the people want? They want THAT and they can't get it. And it's absolutely the reason why they hate the media, despise politicians and despair at what their country has become.
This Day in History: December 19
Whereas by the act of General assembly for establishing a board of Auditors the said board was authorized to allow pensions and sums in gross to a certain extent to officers and souldiers of the army or navy raised by act of general assembly and disabled in the service and to the widows of those slain or dying therein, which allowances having been made in paper currency have by the depreciation of that become inadequate to the benevolent purposes of the said act: Be it therefore enacted by the General assembly that all such allowances made or to be made shall be paiable in specie, the Auditors taking care that they be properly reduced where in consideration of such depreciation they shall have been made larger than they be when to be paid in specie. [More]
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Chief dismisses ‘silly debate’ over media machine gun conflation
The anti-gunners don’t get to start and perpetuate such confusion and then have their apologists dismiss arguments pointing out their deception as “silly.” They’d like to, but when they try, the dishonest tactic should be exposed. [More]This evening's Gun Rights Examiner report notes if the antis don't want to get into silly arguments, they shouldn't start and perpetuate them.
We're the Only Ones Able-Bodied Enough
On October 24, the Houston Police Department announced the results of its yearlong investigation into the shooting death of Brian Claunch, a mentally ill double amputee killed by an officer last September after refusing to drop a pen. HPD cleared the officer, Matthew Marin, of any wrongdoing. [More]Apparently because they couldn't prove he knew it was wrong...
[Via Florida Guy]
We're the Only Ones Clairvoyant Enough
I see cold, dead hands... [More]
Oh, and you might want to put off buying that 40-pound bag of dog food...
[Via Florida Guy]
Oh, and you might want to put off buying that 40-pound bag of dog food...
[Via Florida Guy]
Ho, Ho, Ho...
Trends: Americans buying guns as Christmas gifts [More]Anthony Martin notes a "surefire" way to avoid regifting.
And Doug Rink reminds us that sometimes, we shouldn't want to ring out the old and ring in the new.
Stop the Threat: Fighting Back
In this week's crime reenactment: Home invasion, one of the most rapidly growing crimes in our neighborhoods, is not unstoppable...unless you are not prepared.Also catch past episodes of "Stop the Threat" and other programming on ATSN's You Tube channel.
Hosted by James B. Towle with Special Guests: Don Clark, Kathy Jackson, Mark MacYoung
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Running the Asylum
"It's not so much a safety issue. It's a social conflict issue," said Frank Jenks, a natural resource specialist with Interior's Bureau of Land Management, which oversees 245 million acres. He adds that urbanites "freak out" when they hear shooting on public lands. [More]Ah, hoplophobes. So in other words, public policy is going to be dictated by the mentally ill?
Home Rule
Wallowa County became the nation's latest jurisdiction to pass a Second Amendment preservation ordinance, a victory for local gun rights activists who argued the measure was urgently needed to counteract the overreach of proposed gun controls in the post-Newtown era. [More]This looks like it here.
Oh, and "Gaelic Thunder"...? Go hide under the bed and try not to wet yourself.
[Via Kevin Starrett]
We're the Only Ones Silent Enough
Its not like he hasn't been directly and personally asked. A couple times now:
Why do you suppose that is?
UPDATE: Chief dismisses ‘silly debate’ over media machine gun conflation
Small Arms Survey plans January seminar in Geneva
What is immediately noticeable is a total absence of anyone even remotely sympathetic to an individual and uninfringed right to keep and bear arms having a position of influence in the seminar. [More]This morning’s Gun Rights Examiner report notes an invitation and recommends the proper wording for the RSVP.
MAIG Hatewatch
Bloomberg & Co. still proudly list their affiliation with this hater.
SPLC doesn't have anything to say about a proven racist controlling a city either. Oh, they've reported on a [David] Gordon Jenkins alright, but that one's a "white supremacist." Black ones are evidently OK.
Ain't that right, all you f-n crackers?
SPLC doesn't have anything to say about a proven racist controlling a city either. Oh, they've reported on a [David] Gordon Jenkins alright, but that one's a "white supremacist." Black ones are evidently OK.
Ain't that right, all you f-n crackers?
This Day in History: December 18
Indeed the Men of Influence must form the Manners of the People. They can operate more towards cultivating the Principles and fixing the Habits of Virtue, than all the Force of Laws. [More]
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
So Much for that "Wall of Separation"
So if they're going to open their doors for services based on political beliefs, and keep out members of the public who don't share in the collectivist faith, why should they enjoy tax exempt status? [More]
Being a sole protestor shows leadership. Hat's off for that. And he showed perfect media presence and control.
Being more immature, I'd have been tempted to do a Charles Laughton impersonation, just to screw with' em.
Being a sole protestor shows leadership. Hat's off for that. And he showed perfect media presence and control.
Being more immature, I'd have been tempted to do a Charles Laughton impersonation, just to screw with' em.
Burlington Updates
The latest from VFSC:
And that you appreciate all the hard work and long hours being done by volunteers who have their own lives to live, and kicked in to help in order to show your appreciation and support?
- VFSC Burlington Report #9
- Appeal to Mayor Weinberger
And that you appreciate all the hard work and long hours being done by volunteers who have their own lives to live, and kicked in to help in order to show your appreciation and support?
How Can You Tell Steve Lindley is Lying?
Read the last line and see for yourself. [More]
Oh, and as for the gun owner who whines otherwise, sorry, but you do have a choice. You always have a choice.
It won't affect you personally because you abide by all the laws? Seriously?
You keep believing that and keep making excuses. And keep on abiding, no matter what they impose next.
We seek not your counsel nor your arms.
[Via Dave Licht]
Oh, and as for the gun owner who whines otherwise, sorry, but you do have a choice. You always have a choice.
It won't affect you personally because you abide by all the laws? Seriously?
You keep believing that and keep making excuses. And keep on abiding, no matter what they impose next.
We seek not your counsel nor your arms.
[Via Dave Licht]
We're the Only Ones Surpassing Enough
Americans Killed by Cops Now Outnumber Americans Killed in Iraq War [More]Funny, how "monopoly of violence" fetishists are so quiet about this... for now.
It's not that they don't want to disarm you LEOS, have rules requiring you to check out your weapons at the start of an assigned shift and check them back in at the end of it-- it's just if they let you know that'll be coming once they've secured other objectives, you might balk at helping them get there.
The thing is, you guys who will apparently follow any order and not break the code of silence, you who abuse your authority, you whose highest priority is to make it home at the end of your shift and to hell if the people you're falsely presumed to protect and serve do, haven't exactly been making any friends.
One note of caution about the way things are presented on the linked site: I don't accept on blind faith that 5,000 were "murdered" by the police. I'd have to see that explained before assuming that none of those were legitimate DGUs against bad and dangerous freelance predators. That said, I'd love to see a credible breakdown, and have no doubt just from stories posted here that many (most?) are ruled justifiable and consistent with department protocols just because they can be.
[Via Jeremy H]
A Compelling Argument
But I’ve always suspected the guys bragging about their big guns are compensating for a lack of size elsewhere. [More]Gee, Jeff, we've never heard that before. Man, you sure are original and clever!
"Locked and loaded with fear," Jeff? Projecting, are we?
That this is the level of editorial argument offered in The Toledo Blade should hardly be surprising. They've got nothing else, so they have to set loose the trolls and hope incendiary responses might heat up flagging interest in unhinged gatekeeper govsuck media.
Oh look, they're also upset about guns being used in the new GI Joe movie. Seriously. These guys are like a South Park episode.
[Via Gerald S]
It Ain't Over 'til it's Over
But if today's Sales Update email from the Civilian Marksmanship Program is an indication, manufacturers remain stretched and consumer demand remains strong... [More]It's almost like there's a determined minority out there or something...
We're the Only Ones Accident-Prone Enough
"I really believe that until today when we advised him what happened, I really believe he had no idea he was the one that fired the shot," Lavender said. [More]Seriously? That doesn't make things even more inexcusable?
Hey, I wonder if she'd shot him if she'd be on paid leave...
Nothin' Says Lovin'...
...like someone in the oven. [More]
Ain't that right, Mr.Nobel Peace Prize winner...?
I wonder why he wants those guys to have guns but not us.
Even Yul doesn't get it.
Ain't that right, Mr.Nobel Peace Prize winner...?
I wonder why he wants those guys to have guns but not us.
Even Yul doesn't get it.
