Diane Sawyer’s ABC News hit piece on guns may show violation of Florida law

While ABC could argue that parental permission was obtained, the fact is, the children in the video were not under direct “supervision” of anyone “having charge” of them -- the "adults" were all in the “control room” watching their “experiment” on TV monitors. [More]

Today’s Gun Rights Examiner report notes how many rules the “Authorized Journalists” and “Only Ones” managed to violate while presuming to lecture America on gun safety.

Who Lives in Pineapple Under the Sea?

I thought Larry's replacement was a cartoon... [More]

Microgunbanning

Tom Gresham talks to Ruger's CEO, who predicts the end of pistol sales in CA. [More]

As I've observed before, the only ones that hurts are those on our side. Until each individual company  in the industry makes a Ronnie Barrett commitment, all the pain will be unilateral.  It probably couldn't be done as anything other than individual decisions, without being coordinated with other companies, to avoid antitrust collusive practices complications.  That said, any hold-outs still selling to state agencies (or individual LEOs who are exempt from list restrictions) ought to be told the facts of life in no uncertain terms by a united gun owner front.

And while we're at it, let's stop providing training to those who will use it against us.

UPDATE:  See and share the link to Kurt's latest, "If gun makers opposed to 'microstamping' help murderers, so do CA police chiefs."  See, the nice thing abut being a commie subversive is you don't actually need to substantiate anything you say or worry about reality refuting it -- just get the meme out there and your useful idiots will do the rest.

The Hoplophobe Queen

“I am not a person who handles guns. I don’t own guns. I don’t…they shock me, quite frankly. We’re an open carry state and when I see people open carrying their guns, while it may be perfectly legal, it creates a visceral, personal, physical reaction in me as it does in other people…” [More]

If you think about it, considering what the Founders deemed being necessary to the security of a free State, she's admitting she took her oath under fraudulent pretenses and that she has been carrying out her duties with deliberate indifference in a manner that is nothing short of malpractice and criminal negligence.

Black Sunday

The snipers will just be doing their job so fans can have an enjoyably safe experience. [More]

They keep using that word "enjoyably." Why am I envisioning Inigo Montoya?

Oops-- my bad.  The actual phrase is “enhance[ing] the gameday experience.”

True to tradition, I couldn't even tell you who's playing this year, I so do not care.

There's a team in Jersey...?

[Via Dave Licht]

Real Ghost Gun

Pretty funny. [Watch]

[Via LS]

Fancy That

The idea on which they differed was on the purpose of the Second Amendment as a means to resist tyranny. “It’s fanciful to think that guns in the hands of citizens acts as a realistic check,” said Donohue. “They’re not really trained to do so. And it’s fanciful to think that the military would ever turn on U.S. citizens.” [More]

"Ever" is a long time. Especially with the grid so vulnerable, the economy strained to the breaking point and foreign and domestic enemies stepping up the belligerence as their capabilities increase.

Where in history is any civilization guaranteed stasis? Has not despotism and mass destruction plagued every civilization that preceded ours? Is it not, in fact, still commonplace throughout the globe? By what suspension of reality, by what denial of the observable and the probable, by what art, device or magic are we sheltered few immune from catastrophe? Are we certain, from our brief and privileged vantage point, that such things will ever remain headline curiosities? Is it not just plain stupid to proclaim that our familiar way of life will forever be the norm, when everything that has gone before us shows we are, instead, the extremely lucky beneficiaries of a rare and fortunate convergence of circumstances; and one, by the way, that has only been preserved under force of arms?

Methinks the good "professor" is a dolt.

Look for the Union Label

Jim Simpson has a book out on Kindle. [More]

It's Show Time!

First gun bills scheduled in Oregon... [More]

All That's Humanly Possible?

“We’ve done what we can here in Colorado to provide greater safety for folks around these high-capacity magazines and weapons,” said state Rep. Randy Fischer, D-Fort Collins. [More]

So, Randy, any other bright ideas to prove to the world what an incompetent fascist you are?

[Via cydl]

When Hammers are Outlawed...

And it was one of those assault hammers, with no legitimate boarding purposes... [More]

As a public service for our good friends over at Moms Demand Field Corn, let me speak for them and say how delighted they all are that neither of these women had access to a gun.

[Via William T]

Bruce Hunter, the Arbiter of Temporal Common Sense and Good Taste!

“There has not been a recent week without shootings somewhere,” said Rep. Bruce Hunter, D-Des Moines, after learning of the assault rifle giveaway by Iowa Gun Owners. “I find their lack of common sense and lack of good taste to be appalling right now.” [More]

"Right now," Bruce?

Oh, you mean forever.

Still, I'd like to see him flesh out his syllogism...

[Via Michael G]

A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

Amazing! Just like the predictions said would happen! [More]

[Via Florida Guy]

Alan to the Rescue!

The resolution calls for measures that includes expanding enforceable background checks for all commercial sales, improving the nation’s mental health system and making gun trafficking and straw purchasing — when a person buys a gun for someone who cannot purchase one for themselves — a federal crime. [More]

You know, registration, blanket dragnets and violating Question 11.a. on the 4473, the one with the clear warning:

I understand that answering “yes” to question 11.a. if I am not the actual buyer is a crime punishable as a felony under Federal law, and may also violate State and/or local law.

How heads-up of you to catch that, "Authorized Journalist/real reporter" Eric Bradley!

Oh...you didn't?

Ah well, no matter.  I'm sure my once-former city of residence will be safer for it, as these guys and these guys trip all over themselves trying to oblige us all.

UPDATE:  Oh, look--here's Alan trying to "express...sense."   A "0%" prognosis for even getting past committee, let alone passed? So what the hell are Alan and Eric doing stirring everybody up...?

Oh...right.

This Day in History: January 30

On perusing again your late Letters, I find that you imagine the whole 5. Millions of Florins borrowed in Holland, are free to be Disposed of by your Orders. Here it is understood that there are to be great Deductions, and that little of it remains. [More]