Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Woman fabricated tale of Italian gun exec. being questioned after ‘terrorist’ claim

FOX31 gives the rest of the story. [More]

Yeah, Paranoia's the Only Explanation that Makes Sense

I mean, what kind of nutjob wouldn't trust "progressive" Obama-loving "political scientists"? [More]

And note how much respect they give all those "mainstream Republican conservatives" they cite...

[Via bondmen]

May Your Chains Set Lightly

Profiles in apathy... [More]

[Via Florida Guy]

Meanwhile, Across the Pond in Piers Morgan Paradise...

'We swear by almighty Allah we will never stop fighting you': What man holding bloody cleaver said after 'hacking soldier in Help For Heroes T-shirt to death just yards from Woolwich barracks' [More]
Well...would you?

[Via several of you]

Insult to Injury

What, now you want us to give you your property back? Just what do you think we're here for?  YOU??? [More]

We're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat


A dangerous imported East Coast shark has been spotted circling for prey in Oregon waters... [More]

Who wants to help Kevin tie off some barrels?

CCDL Files Challenges

The Connecticut Citizens Defense League, the Coalition of Connecticut Sportsmen, Hiller Sports, MD Shooting along with several individuals have filed as Plaintiffs in a legal complaint that is intended to overturn the recent ban on guns of common use in the State of Connecticut. [More]
Includes a link to the filed complaint...

Shotgun executive terror report dismissed as ‘hoax’ as Fox stands by story

Gun Rights Examiner has gone through extensive follow-up on this story after the Perazzi press release, explaining all of the verification efforts gone through before publishing the story, and the subsequent outreach to FOX31, to law enforcement and to Perazzi after the company dismissed it as a fabrication. Conversations have also been held with other media personnel including 9NEWS, a Colorado Gun Collectors Association official, the Adams County Sheriff’s Office, and other potential witness leads that turned out to have merely heard the story from others. [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner report was intended to provide the final word on this bizarre story, which instead, just took a totally unexpected twist that quite frankly, leaves me scratching my head wondering what further surprises are in store.

FOX31 Standing By Perazzi Story

This is the strangest story I have ever been involved in.  The 9NEWS story I linked to earlier today has been updated to include:
EDITOR'S NOTE: The Fox31 reporter responsible for the original story stands by the report
I note their link at present produces a "runtime error."

This is just baffling the hell out of me, and I have my column on hold pending more information. I just got off the phone with the Adams County Sheriff's Office, and they are putting out a press release in the next hour or so and will be doing a 9NEWS interview later this afternoon.

In the mean time, what I'm holding out for before hitting "publish" is a statement from FOX31 clarifying why they are standing by their story.

UPDATE: The new report is here.

Two Can Play That Game

Don't forget to add night vision capability... [More]

[Via Florida Guy]

FOX31 gun show 'terrorist' report called a hoax

I spoke with this Denver NBC reporter last night. [More]

As evidenced by the multiple updates I posted on this blog yesterday, I've been following all the leads I could find to get to the bottom of this story and have come to the conclusion that I and others got taken in.  I'll provide more details later today when I issue a retraction piece, which I'll write after I speak with one more lead in a couple hours.

Stop the Threat: Home Alone

American Trigger Sports Network will run an encore presentation of their "Home Alone" program this week. [Details]

This Day in History: May 22

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