Thursday, May 02, 2013

Prosecution moves Reese family not be allowed joint representation on appeal

That the odds of a steadfast family turning on each other to cut separate deals are nil, and that this is but one more in a series of petty moves to save prosecutorial face and get something out of cases that should never have been brought to trial. [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner report notes divide-and-conquer is a standard tactic against unity, particularly when the object is to win at any cost, and when cost is no object except to those you are trying to destroy.

But I Have Promises to Keep

President Obama prepares to head to Mexico on Thursday having fallen short on several promises he has made to America’s southern neighbor to clean up U.S. gun trafficking... [More]
That's almost funny.

Haters Gonna Hate

SPLC notices the Oath Keepers NASCAR venture and posts about it on it's "Hate Watch" page. [Read]

It's so very telling to see the bigoted comments from all the indignant "progressives."


We're the Only Ones Amounting to a Hill of Beans Enough

Officer Dane Reister shot Monroe in June 2011 with a shotgun he thought was loaded with beanbag rounds. [More]
Yeah, he certainly sounds a lot more competent than us ordinary people...

$2.3M...? That ain't beans...

[Via Jeffersonian]

The Unseen

Ostriches. [Read]

And Ravenous Bugblatter Beasts.

Hell of a thing to make public policy and destroy lives over...

[Via Bad Cyborg]

Comrade Dick

What did anyone think he was? [Read]

What the Hell is Wrong with this Guy?

Doesn't he know Joe Biden says you should reject rifles and just fire a shotgun blindly off the balcony and through the front door? [Read]

Sheesh!  Some people!

The Biggest Loser

Next Time, the NRA Will Lose [More
Perhaps. Then again, perhaps not.

In either case, the war will be far from over.

We'll see who has the will to win.

[Via bondmen]

Bombs and the NRA

Hey, the Courier-Journal is a Gannett newspaper. [Read]

What did you expect? Ethics?

A Matter of Priorities

Nice to see they've got money for this. [Read]

This, not so much.

You're pretty much on your own--after they bind you, of course...

[Via Dave Licht]

We're the Only Ones Dumb Enough

A man whose bid to become a police officer was rejected after he scored too high on an intelligence test has lost an appeal in his federal lawsuit against the city. [More]
Not the first time this has happened...

Jack?

 
[Via Florida Guy]

Levy Continues Destroying His Reputation --And Our Rights

Now he wants to expand background checks. [Read]

A short while back he was supporting us in our hour of need by helping grease the skids for magazine capacity limits.

He's not only dragging his own name down, but in his capacity as Chairman, the credibility of Cato as people those interested in liberty can trust.

A little noted pitfall of Heller: By reinforcing the "in common use at the time" standard, We the People have essentially been cut off from and had the legal door slammed on us for all future developments in arms technology.

The Star Ledger Has Learned

Barbara Buono, the Democratic front-runner for governor, will unveil her gun control package today that includes stricter requirements on high-powered magazines and ammunition purchases, The Star-Ledger has learned. [More]
Doesn't sound like they learned much.

An Ounce of Prevention

Florida House and Senate budget leaders have awarded Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw $1 million for a new violence prevention unit aimed at preventing tragedies like those in Newtown, Conn., and Aurora, Colo., from occurring on his turf. [More]
What's he going to do with it? Stack the bills up to block the entrance?

[Via Jess]

Better Than I'd Hoped For

Overall, the poll finds that 29 percent of Americans think that an armed revolution in order to protect liberties might be necessary in the next few years...[More
That's gotta make some people nervous...

Do the Right Thing

As punishment, Withrow has been expelled for a year and will not be able to graduate with his class, potentially off-setting his plans for college in the fall. He has also received a felony charge. [More]
Ah, more government securing the blessings of liberty, I see.

[Via several of you]

I Don’t Know About You, But I’m Willing to Live with Whatever they Decide.

That's right. You don't know about me. [Read]

Pity. You started out so well.

[Via Florida Guy]

Speaking of Unconstitutional...

Yeah, right, Eric Holder is going to get the last word. [Read]

[Via bondmen]

Unconstitutional

It's also the act of a monster who would follow any order. [Read]

[Via Florida Guy]

Meanwhile, Across the Pond in Piers Morgan Paradise

Wife’s anguish over SAS hero Sergeant Danny Nightingale facing a retrial for keeping gun [More
And thank you for your service.

Jolly good. Pip pip!

The coming Caliphate couldn't be more pleased.

Magazine Drive

Don't toss out those old magazines -- recycle them for a good cause... [Read]

EXCLUSIVE: Dodging A Bullet

Rage from the doctrinaire citizen disarmament lobby and its followers was often mob-ugly, with Bill of Rights supporters essentially blood-libeled for the actions of the lawless, and with the gulf between those who demand a monopoly of violence and those who will not back up another inch shown to be unbridgeable. [More]
My latest GUNS Magazine "Rights Watch" column is now online.

Crazy Like a Fox

While they're busy casting a mental health blanket dragnet to catch gun owners in, the same government is doing its utmost to release illegals with "serious mental disorders or conditions." [Read]

Anybody nutty enough to believe it's not part of a wider plot?


An Explosive Situation

You know, an unworkable, over-reaching clusterf*ck boondoggle that won't make a damn bit of difference to those bent on evil, but will result in all kinds of unforeseen costs and penalties for those it's imposed on... [Read] 

Wouldn't it be cheaper and more fun just to pants and upend Reid and Lautenberg, and use them to launch bottle rockets?

Inconvenienced!


How dare they? Don't they know who these people ARE? [Read]

Me, I have to go along with Skip Coolzip here...

This Day in History: May 2

Weeks, James - Private; Second Westchester Co., Regiment of Militia; Prisoner from May 2, 1781 to Sept 3, 1781. [More]