A University of Maryland police officer was critically injured when accidentally shot in the head during a training exercise on Tuesday. [More]I can't tell you how many times I've done that.
[Via Jim P]
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
We're the Only Ones Letting Our Training Go to Our Heads Enough
[Via Jim P]
It Depends on What the Meaning of the Word "Respecting" Is
And ignoring the meaning of the word "infringed." [Read]
I guess that's why Laurence H. Tribe is a Constitutional Law Professor at Harvard and we're not.
I wonder if he'll lead the "collections" teams...
[Via antigone]
I guess that's why Laurence H. Tribe is a Constitutional Law Professor at Harvard and we're not.
I wonder if he'll lead the "collections" teams...
[Via antigone]
It Deserves a Vote! - T Minus 3 - Assaulted II Update
Last night the president called for a vote on pending gun control legislation to rounds of applause. His emotional call to action is driven in part by the media’s push for more gun control. How much is this media push effecting opinions on gun control?Question: Has anybody here even been forwarding these appeals to others?
A Gallup poll asking, “Would you like to see gun laws in this country made more strict, less strict, or remain as they are?”, has been asked every year over the past twelve years. The results show that over the past year there have been some major opinion changes (see table below). The increases in “dissatisfied” and “no opinion” would suggest that the constant media attack on the 2nd Amendment is working. Other polls like CBS News Poll show even more support for stricter gun control laws including an assault weapons ban and magazine ban.
Now, I’m not going to argue about how these polls were conducted or the scientific credibility of them. I’m presenting them to show that unless films like ours are made, which will educate the general public on the history and importance of the 2nd Amendment, our elected officials will sacrifice our civil rights in the name public safety without even hesitating.
Your donation is a vote - a vote for upholding our civil rights. Give us the funds to finish this production and we will produce a film that will educate and change minds.
Double and match! http://kck.st/VZmXBM
Subway stabbing shows police protection is a legal myth
“Lozito says a grand-jury member later told him Howell admitted on the stand that he hid during the attack because he thought [the attacker] had a gun,” the Post reported. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner report notes not only will they require you to be disarmed, and not only don't they have a duty to protect you, but that they'll actually actually stand by and let you die if it means they might get hurt--and then claim credit for being the hero who saved the day.
[Via Harvey]
Armed American Radio continues rapid expansion and makes debut on Talk Stream Top 100.
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Armed American Radio with Mark Walters continues to expand across America with new station affiliates KOAL 750 AM in Price UT, WHTH 790 AM in Newark OH, and WAAX 750 AM in Gadsden AL. Additional new cities will be added shortly. In addition to the continued growth success, Armed American Radio has debuted on the Talk Stream top 100 coming in at #76.
Host Mark Walters said, “This is a major accomplishment in only 3.5 years of national syndication as evidenced by the huge talk show names on the Talk Stream list. It reflects the power of the program as a voice for millions of gun owners who have chosen to carry a firearm for personal defense. Thank you to all of our great sponsors and to the millions of fans across the nation who continue to make Armed American Radio such a huge success.”
AAR now airs in hundreds of markets across America from Florida to Alaska every Sunday evening from 8-11pm ET, 5-8 pm PT. Armed American Radio is distributed by the Salem Radio Network.
Because Pulling a Gun Would Have Just Made the Situation More Dangerous
Right? [Read]
I have to say, I'm wondering why he didn't have a gun. Maybe it's just because Florida is generally considered pretty "gun friendly" compared to many other states, and my spider sense wants to find out more.
[Via Mama Liberty]
I have to say, I'm wondering why he didn't have a gun. Maybe it's just because Florida is generally considered pretty "gun friendly" compared to many other states, and my spider sense wants to find out more.
[Via Mama Liberty]
Free At Last! Free At Last!
Thank God Almighty I'm free of the damn thing at last! [Read]
Yeah, I looked up the "Commission" he "partnered with." Bunch of pinko environmentalcase "social justice" government über alles types.
I note he still has his hunting rifles. Someone ought to turn this animal murderer in to PETA.
[Via Jess]
Yeah, I looked up the "Commission" he "partnered with." Bunch of pinko environmentalcase "social justice" government über alles types.
I note he still has his hunting rifles. Someone ought to turn this animal murderer in to PETA.
[Via Jess]
Sound Advice
"About the only thing I can say that the victim could have done differently (is that) he could have fired sooner, he could have fired more often, and he could have used a better brand of ammunition," Mansfield said Monday at a news conference. [More]Well said.
[Via Mama Liberty]
A Damned Good Question
Why are Larry Cafero and John McKinney bailing on their constituents? [More]Because gun owners continue to reward RINOs with power in a slow political suicide ritual, and haven't come to grips that assuring a short term loss today can produce long-term behavior modifications on the part of their elected representatives -- if not out of principle then out of self-interest?
Burn, Baby, Burn
I'd originally just been sent a link to the first video in this story and wondered if someone may have been trying to spread disinformation by putting out audio from another incident and get people to run with that -- plus I think it's good to be cautious noting all the different and changed stories coming out of Newtown. But this seems to pretty much confirm the plan was to torch the guy, and so now we need to ask why, and how that fits in with approved police protocols, because if they can use it against one "suspect," we have to ask ourselves if that's all it should take. [More]
What's the threshold? A level of fear necessary to open fire on innocent newspaper delivery women?
One other point: I saw Mark Fuhrman on Hannity last night, and he made a good case that Dornan wasn't the highly-trained Rambo he and everyone else made him out to be, but acted instead like a rank amateur and a cornered animal. If that's the case, the cautionary tale becomes even stronger -- imagine if he had been. Imagine what several of such true operators could do.
And they'd be smart enough not to leave a public manifesto that would basically guarantee becoming identifiable manhunt targets.
What's the threshold? A level of fear necessary to open fire on innocent newspaper delivery women?
One other point: I saw Mark Fuhrman on Hannity last night, and he made a good case that Dornan wasn't the highly-trained Rambo he and everyone else made him out to be, but acted instead like a rank amateur and a cornered animal. If that's the case, the cautionary tale becomes even stronger -- imagine if he had been. Imagine what several of such true operators could do.
And they'd be smart enough not to leave a public manifesto that would basically guarantee becoming identifiable manhunt targets.
Another Modest Proposal
So, Mr. Smart Guy, how many hardened criminals or determined mass shooters will your plan deter? [Read]
This Day in History: February 13
But Your Excellency well knows our presents supplies [inserted: & reserves] of [struck: ordnance & stores for an ] of ordnance & stores are totally inadequate to the demands of an arduous operation – I have straind every nerve I [struck: have possessd of] [inserted: possess] public and private to obtain an ample supply of shot & shells [struck: articles] which are made in our own country to uncommon perfection but in vain contracts which have been made for those articles upon the [struck: inst] prospect of our instant exigence, have been suspended [inserted: or annihilated], as soon as that [inserted: particular] prospect [strike-out] [inserted: subsided.], And tho we have by these transitory exertions [struck: I was] obtaind a considerable quantity of those articls yet the is still great. [struck: The Contracts a cause] the greater part of the contracts which were made [struck:last year] were arrested by an order from the [3] board of War just as the furnaces began to work to the great detriment and even utter vain of some of the owners... [More]