Obama complains about mistrust on ‘gun control’ while spreading falsehoods

“Now, over the next couple of months, we’ve got a couple of issues: gun control,” the official White House transcript of his remarks records, noting the mention elicited applause. “I just came from Denver, where the issue of gun violence is something that has haunted families for way too long, and it is possible for us to create common-sense gun safety measures that respect the traditions of gun ownership in this country and hunters and sportsmen, but also make sure that we don’t have another 20 children in a classroom gunned down by a semiautomatic weapon -- by a fully automatic weapon in that case, sadly.” [More] 

This evening's Gun Rights Examiner report notes that trust must be earned, so it figures the entitled expect it to be bestowed.

Partial Liberty University

It has a long way to go, but beats the alternative. [Read]

[Via Mack H]

Your Slip is Showing

Think there's more to it? [Read]

[Via Mack H]

We're the Only Ones Observant Enough

Parker said the family does not understand how both troopers failed to see Watkins in the car, even though the front seat airbags were deployed. They wonder whether she may have still been alive at that point. [More]

Then again, had she groaned and moved, they may have spooked and shot her...

[Via Portly Pirate]

It's Official

Remember this Mayor Against Your Guns?

They arrested him.

A Plea to Democrats

Listen to your members who "would rather go down swinging." [More]

Reach too far.

Move too fast.

Turn up the volume and the shrillness. 

Crank up the unmasked hate.

More "penis" snark, please.

I'm begging you.

[Via bondmen]

The Blue Slip

Learn something new every day... [Read]

[Via Robert F]

Yo! You in Oregon!

OFF ALERT 04.04.12 PRO-GUN BILL TO GET A HEARING ACT NOW TO MAKE SURE IT IS NOT “GUT AND STUFFED” WITH ANTI-GUN LANGUAGE.

Read this. [More]

Then do something about it.

Now spread the word.

And support Oregon Firearms Federation.

Unless you think having a guy in Ohio doing more about it than you will is something your kids should be proud of you for

The Second Amendment as an Expression of First Principles

I got my March 2013 copy of Imprimis in the mail the other day and confess I have not had time to do more than glance at it, but it sure looks like an important essay. 

Fortunately, for sharing purposes, they also have it posted online.

Temperatures are starting to warm up a bit and I'll be doing the first weed and feed of the season this weekend.  Maybe after that I'll pull a chair out to the firepit, light a 'gar and do me some reading.

Proud Upstart Supporter

They provide the necessary counterweight to keep NRA from moving too far to the left.  Anyone who puts GOA down would have you believe "The Winning Team" represents how far the envelope can and should be pushed. [Read]

"Granted"?

I am a gun owner and avid hunter. Whether for protection, recreation, competition, or to ensure our freedoms granted by the Founders, I continue to support "the right of the people to keep and bear arms..." [More]

Ahhh...yeah.  About that...

Keep working on him, guys. No doubt he's the best of the two, but correcting that kind of fundamental misunderstanding needs to be impressed on him in no uncertain terms, and he needs to let us know he gets it.

"There Is No Reason to Debate"

That's the only thing this boob has said that I agree with. [Read]

More Answers

I blogged about this last year but didn't carry it forward any further due to not getting a response to what I thought was a perfectly reasonable inquiry.

James Simpson has now given us some researched details, along with further examples of police militarization abuses.

The only other thing I could find was a tangentially-related FDA product recall notice, and was wondering if that warranted introducing potential lead contamination into the mix...

How Many More?

If left to this imbecile's "solution," plenty. [Read]

We're the Only Ones First Responding Enough

An FDNY medic was briefly arrested yesterday for allegedly shoving a cop from the back of an ambulance while a stricken woman was being treated inside, sources said. [More]

Well you know what should have happened...

[Via Harvey]

We're the Only Ones Preparing for the Worst Enough

No, "the worst" is what all those defenseless dead people you're stepping over went through before you ever got there. [Read]

[Via Carl S]

Stop the Threat Encore: Convenience Store Robbery

From American Trigger Sports Network:

In this week's crime re-enactment, a man and his pregnant wife shop in a convenience store, when a robber enters with a shotgun demanding cash. Stop the Threat host,  James B. Towle and guests Rob Pincus, Kelly Muir and Marc MacYoung weigh in on this incident and offer their expert comments in a lively discussion.

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'Universal background check' opponents get unexpected boost from ACLU

These are powerful arguments that can be used as counters to those who would scoff if the source were simply the NRA. And as for the hollow protest that current law prevents the establishment of a database, does anyone doubt the same people who are pushing for background checks, and who would push for total citizen disarmament if they thought they could, wouldn’t end such a prohibition in a heartbeat if they could get the votes? [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner report notes we've just been handed a gift. Use it. 

Seems Pretty Confident...

...calling for this. [Read]

Why do you suppose that is?

Not Alone

Pavlich is not the only commentator to assert that Fast and Furious was an attempt to curb the Second Amendment. NRA executive vice-president Wayne LaPierre said in 2011 that “Fast and Furious” was a “plot to undermine” the right to bear arms. [More]

You don't say.

With Spokesmen Like These...

"For example, right now if you go to a gun show, you have registered firearm dealers who are there, but if you have a casual sale ... they're not a registered dealer, perhaps they can make a sale" and conduct a background check because "you've got accessible, they're right there in the same venue, so you can have those background checks done very easily without being a burden." [More] 

So, Asa --who's going to pay for it, and how is that not a burden? Seeing as how we're talking about a right, how would that not be analogous to, say, a poll tax? And what happens if someone refuses to go along with your demand -- what kind of "burdens" will they be exposed to then?

And then there's this, from NRA "clarifying" their School Shield czar's position with all the skill of Juliet Johnson:

"He meant expanding it to include more people into the national instant check system," the spokesman said. "And by number of people, this is in reference to the quality of information within NICS."

You know: Blanket dragnets!

No? I guess it depends on what the meaning of the word "adjudicated" is:

“This is a good bill. It is essential to being able to follow the law to keep people with mental illnesses from purchasing firearms.”, says Marion Hammer, National Rifle Association/Unified Sportsmen of Florida.

Under the legislation, anyone voluntarily checking themselves in for mental health treatment would have to sign a form. The form acknowledges they had been ordered to seek help and if they do not go voluntarily, they would be committed. When they sign the form they also give up their right to gun ownership.

Funny. I'm still not seeing what needs to be said in no uncertain terms:

WE WON’T STAND FOR SCAPEGOATING 

NO NEW GUN LAWS 

DENY SUCCESS TO MASS MURDERERS BY ABOLISHING PHONY ‘GUN-FREE’ VICTIM / KILLER ENABLING ZONES NOW 

WORK WITH US OR WE WILL WORK TO RETIRE YOU 

It's almost like some are desperate to find a way to make some deal, any deal...

This Day in History: April 4

This will be handed to you by Capt. Conyers, who will inform you what we have contemplated. He is sent forward to collect provisions for the subsistence of the army, and I beg you will assist him in this necessary business. The army will march tomorrow, and I hope you will be prepared to support its operations with a considerable force; Gen. Sumter is written to, and I doubt not will be prepared to cooperate with us. The captain can give you a full history of Lord Cornwallis’ manoeuvers in this state, and of the several skirmishes as well as the battle of Guilford, which finally terminated in a retreat of the enemy, and his lordship was obliged in turn to run hastily. [More]