ATF and HHS propose new mental health, background check gun rules

As with all such comment opportunities, it is important to provide observations and concerns that will be practically and legally useful, particularly if enacted rules ignoring legitimate concerns provoke legal challenge. [More]

Today’s Gun Rights Examiner report notes a chance to talk the megalomaniacs and paranoids down from projecting their own inner demons without having to resort to restraints.

A Mayor FOR Guns

"The right of the people to bear arms should not be infringed," he said. "I will remove Chambersburg from Mayor Bloomburg's [sic] Mayors Against Illegal Guns list. It is a solicitously-named organization that goes against the people and the right to bear arms." [More]

Plus, office aside, why would a good and decent man want to associate with known criminals?

[Via Carl C]

And the Winner Is...

Surfin’ Safari Bonus Awards go to to: Sipsey Street Irregulars and War On Guns, both tireless guardians of the 2nd Amendment. [More]

Thanks for the kind recognition, Andrea Shea King!

Mike and I both get our share of slings and arrows, so the occasional "attaboy" is much appreciated.

Good Riddance to Bad RINOs

I wonder if he'll still get to carry a gun? [More]

[Via Geordan]

Real Reporters

This is how the talking points are spread. [Watch]

Here, let me show you something, and this is spontaneous, not planned, so we're going to find the results together:

Fast and Furious botched gun sting

This is my shocked face.

[Via Florida Guy]

"Smoking Loon"

Tell me that doesn't just figure... [More]

[Via Florida Guy]

We're the Only Ones Pointed Enough

I so hope this is true. [More]

If it is, there should be an award named after him. 

And a prison address we could write to him at, as would happen to one of us.

[Via several of you] 

Don't Think of Them as "Vigilantes"

Think of them as a citizen militia. [More]

Corrupt and brutal domestic "Only Ones" take note. 

Nah, those of you who are corrupt and brutal are too dumb and arrogant, so I'll change that to those of you who aren't, take charge.

You Can't SEE Me...

[T]he decision to hand off the case shows Christie, a possible 2016 presidential candidate, does not want to call attention to the state’s restrictive gun controls. Christie spokesman Michael Drewniak says the governor supports the state’s gun restrictions. [More]

Sorry, but that ploy provides very poor cover.

[Via William T]

A Practical Application

Two home invasion suspects are on the run and a third was fatally shot  by a South Florida resident who fought back against the armed intruders with an AK-47 Thursday night, police said. [More]

 Multiple armed assailants ... so that's why someone might want one of these...

[Via William T]

The Bigger Picture

Every indicator I've seen says Fast and Furious was just one component of a foreign and domestic policy agenda. Some day, the official players and the truth will be known. I'd like to think it will be in my lifetime, but I'm not holding my breath.  My guess is this will be a job for historians, not "journalists." [More]

"Botched sting" my...

[Via DF]

More Questions Needed

Yeah, like where they presume to get the authority to override "shall not be infringed"...? [More]

Market Demand

Voting with their wallets... [More]

UPDATE: Workman notes the trend is not confined to Illinois.

EXTRA! BREAKING!

"Progressive" New York Politician a Self-Aggrandizing Liar! [More]

Oh, look: She's a gun-grabber, too!

Gomer?

We're the Only Ones Out of Time Enough

"Then all of a sudden, this Southport cop came, walked in the house [and said]: 'I don't have time for this. Tase him. Let's get him out of here,'" Wilsey said.

An officer used a stun gun on Vidal, "he hit the ground [and] this guy shot him," Wilsey said.

Wilsey said that when he demanded to know why his stepson had been shot, the officer replied, "'Well, I'm protecting my officers.'" [More]

There's a lesson here...

UPDATE: Herschel weighs in.

Riggio's Reprieve

A federal judge on Monday stripped away a key element of Chicago's gun ordinance, ruling that it is unconstitutional to prohibit licensed gun stores from operating in the city. [More]

While this may give John Riggio some relief, Snuffy just had his death wish targets expanded.

UPDATE:  Workman reports "Chicago ban on gun sales unconstitutional, says judge."

The guy had to go to law school to know that?

"America's Favorite Black Conservative"

I saw this "Google Doodle" when I did my "This Day in History" search, hovered over the graphic and saw the caption "Zora Neal Hurston's 123rd birthday."

Interesting lady.

I admit I'm a bit surprised the techno-billionaires chose to honor a non-Marxist.

This Day in History: January 7

BANK OF NORTH AMERICA OPENS [More]