With that as backdrop, independent reports and tips continued to be provided to this column by interested readers, including a military combat veteran relating not just the alleged destruction of ammunition but also the financial advantages he said the Oregon National Guard benefited from by deforming and selling casings as scrap, and also a report alleging similar destruction at an Army base in Wisconsin, Fort McCoy. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner report notes a whole lotta deforming going on in time of need and asks: Is it legal?
Friday, March 29, 2013
Military installations sidestep questions on brass destruction
For Their Own Good
Sheriff proposes ankle monitors for some seniors [More]And if those don't work, break out the Collars of Obedience!
One hundred Quatloos on the newcomers!
[Via Jeffersonian]
And to Think that the Solution has been Right in Front of Us All this Time
Just get a vanload of people to stand in front of a "No Guns" mall and hold a vigil! [Watch]
At least they also interviewed Kevin Starrett .
At least they also interviewed Kevin Starrett .
Nullification
I seem to recall blogging earlier about the Montana governor cheesing out but don't have time to look for it now. The Captain's Journal brings us more, focused on the issue of state nullification of federal gun laws. [Read]
We're the Only Ones Young at Heart Enough
A Waltham police officer and kiddie party entertainer busted for browsing hardcore child pornography has been ordered to live with his parents 24 hours a day and will be subject to re-arrest if he so much as sneaks a peek at the Internet. [More]Honest to God, I did not set out to make today's theme a special focus on bizarre "Only Ones" -- but good grief! You can't make stuff like this up.
Make it stop!
Thank goodness he's been on "paid administrative leave," though. Nothing but the best for our "community heroes."
[Via Florida Guy]
We're the Only Ones Wearing the Pants in the Family Enough
Steve Hyson, 47, pleaded guilty Wednesday in Clark County Superior Court to felony harassment-domestic violence for flinging his wife onto a bed and to fourth-degree assault for breaking his stepson's cheekbone by slamming him into a wall. [More]Hey, maybe they just wouldn't listen...besides, I already asked the most pertinent question.
Let's see...assaulted another stepson earlier, struck the little woman in '08, had another incident in '11 where they dropped the charges...
You know the guy's mistake? He kept getting caught!
I wonder how many suspects he roughed up in the course of his career--justifiably and in accordance with approved department protocols, naturally...
[Via Kevin Starrett]
zOMG!!! "A HUGE WEAPONS CACHE"!!!
Investigators found a 7-foot pole with a blade on one side and a spear on another, a metal bayonet, three samurai swords, a .323-caliber bolt-action rifle, a .22-caliber Savage Mark II rifle and a .22-caliber Volcanic starter pistol. [More]I'm just surprised they didn't need to clear a three-block area and call in the explosives demolition boys...
"Authorized Journalists." Is it any wonder we love them so?
[Via Geordan]
We're the Only Ones "This'll Hurt You a Lot More than It will Me" Enough
Yep, I can't tell you how many times I've had to leave feral sons Uday and Qusay clutching their stomachs and sobbing in pain. [Read]
Spare the club 'n all that...
Plus, what's the point of being bigger and stronger than people, not to mention having authority over them, if you can't beat 'em up when you want to?
[Via Harvey]
Spare the club 'n all that...
Plus, what's the point of being bigger and stronger than people, not to mention having authority over them, if you can't beat 'em up when you want to?
[Via Harvey]
Now THAT's a Great Line
It always tickles me when I see blog and forum comment posters make reference to the "Only Ones" or "Authorized Journalists," and seeing CBS News use "Gunwalker" made me feel like a proud parent.
Sean Sorrentino had occasion to get wider exposure for another meme, and he couldn't have picked a better place to do it.
Sean Sorrentino had occasion to get wider exposure for another meme, and he couldn't have picked a better place to do it.
At Least We Know the Day of Attack
Anti-gun Senator Floyd Prozanski has scheduled hearings for four bills designed to attack your rights and make you and your family less safe. The bills are scheduled to be heard on April 5th at 8:30 am at the Capitol. [More]You gun owners in Oregon who haven't gotten involved: Do you really expect Kevin to do it all alone? Political sympathies notwithstanding, if you benefit from the steadfast work of OFF and don't support it, how does that make you any different from, say, a welfare parasite?
Hey, it was either that or the St. Crispin's Day speech.
Check THIS Out
If you think that checking someone’s criminal record before he can check out a gun show is common sense, you've got to make yourself heard. [More]A condition of entry? Really? That's what they mean by "common sense"?
But suggest someone prove he's eligible to vote before he can turn in a ballot and you're a RACIST!
Biden's "Legitimate Media"
From Connecticut Carry, via email:
Connecticut Post,
I am very disappointed that a member of your staff made the decision to 'opt out' of our press releases.
I suppose it is easier to ignore the civil rights groups in Connecticut that are actually distributing factual information than it is to recognize that biased reporting, fear mongering and anti-rights witchhunts are immoral and wrong.
When your headlines include things about 'secret arsenals' when that is not backed by any kind of fact, we are dealing with a problem in journalism. Our press release actually counted the ammunition and gave an actual analysis of the ammunition on hand. Something your article fails to do.
Please be aware that we will be posting this flagrant boycott of the truth to our members and to the public so that they may make up their minds about you for themselves. Gun owners have no more reason to read your publications if you are unable to listen to both sides of the debate.
For your information, this is the release that your 'newsroom' unsubscribed from after receiving: http://ctcarry.com/News/Release/a8b16a13-48a8-44d2-b607-8a7a85818d2f
All of our news releases are available here: http://ctcarry.com/News/
If you would like to discuss something offensive or factually incorrect, we would be happy to do so. Otherwise, this is a sad way to deal with issues in this state on your part.
Respectfully,
Rich Burgess
President
Connecticut Carry, Inc
Taking the Cake
That is one hell of a cake. How cool. I think I'd almost be inclined to try to preserve it instead of eating it, it is such a work of art. [Read]
If I'm ever in the vicinity of Middlebury, Connecticut, I'll make a special point of giving my business to Jenny-Lu's, even though my waistline hardly needs it...
What I'd like to know is, which are the bakeries that refused the order...?
If I'm ever in the vicinity of Middlebury, Connecticut, I'll make a special point of giving my business to Jenny-Lu's, even though my waistline hardly needs it...
What I'd like to know is, which are the bakeries that refused the order...?
An Explosive Situation
Although no arrests were made, Coes said that the warrant is usually the beginning of an investigation. [More]Over Tannerite. Imagine that.
[Via several of you]
Exactly Why? Now Tell Everybody Exactly How
This is exactly why we need to ban high capacity magazines and why we need to tighten our assault weapons ban. [More]Really?
How many people are you willing to destroy to make that happen, Governor?
And what are we supposed to do, just stand around and let it happen?
Armed Citizens
I'm on NRA's mailing lists, and they send me their regular "Armed Citizen" email. The one for April is out, and here are the stories they included:
- Marine with concealed carry permit stops man from beating woman
- Retired North Carolina woman holds man said to have robbed her home at gunpoint until law enforcement arrives
- Police say man used toy gun to try to rob bank in Trimble, Mo.
- Family fights back when 3 gunmen storm their home; one intruder shot
- Convenience Store Employee Shoots Robbery Suspect
- Albertville Police Identify Man Shot By Homeowner
Opposite Day
A recurring theme here is how those who call themselves "progressives" are exactly the opposite, and what they advocate produces diametrically opposed results.
How unsurprising that, under this great column by Rand Paul, the one comment that sticks out as imbecilic comes from some idiot who has chosen the handle "Thinking Guy."
How unsurprising that, under this great column by Rand Paul, the one comment that sticks out as imbecilic comes from some idiot who has chosen the handle "Thinking Guy."
A Glaring Double Standard
...real Americans who stood for their beliefs, thinking they were patriots and defending their country's ideals against their government. [More]But only for commies.
If you believe in founding principles, you're an anti-government extremist and racist.
And people who take you down will be heroes.
Truth in Advertising
It's time for a concerted effort to make Mike Bloomberg and his so-called Mayors Against Illegal Guns disclose who their self-proclaimed TV ad gun owner is. [More]I couldn't agree more.
Sometimes, un Hombre's Gotta Do...
...what un hombre's gotta do... [Read]
Sometimes, enough is enough.
I hope everybody is paying attention to what could be done if things get desperate enough, collectivist wusses who publicly ridicule the idea as fantasy notwithstanding.
Sometimes, enough is enough.
I hope everybody is paying attention to what could be done if things get desperate enough, collectivist wusses who publicly ridicule the idea as fantasy notwithstanding.
This Day in History: March 29
The count had not been unmindful of his instructions to attempt some enterprise for the relief of the American colonies; even before he reached the West Indies he wrote Rochambeau, saying that by the end of June he wished to be fully informed as to the strength and position of the English armies in North America, as a guide for his future action. Not before the middle of July could he leave the West Indies, and as the time for his stay on the American coast must be short, it was important for him to have full information at the earliest possible moment (De Grasse to Rochambeau, March 29, 1781 ; Doniol, v, 488.) [More]