Campaign to shame Kroger ignores real dangers

Put another way, MDA may as well ask why anyone needs a gun at a supermarket. Shall we take a moment to give that a cursory glance? [More]

My latest JPFO Alert notes bad guys eat, too.

About that Single Issue

Rep. Shelley Moore Capito picked up a National Rifle Association endorsement in the race for U.S. Senate in West Virginia, the gun rights group announced Wednesday. [More]

Because even though they're spending big bucks to branch out into other issues, guess which one is not included.

Hey, as long as the illusion is being maintained...

DeWine refusal to release shooting video raises conduct and training questions

The appeal was made to DeWine after two Ohio cops were caught “joking” on Facebook about “double-tapping” open carriers. Along with documentation of that claim, examples of actual illegal threats and abuse by police against open carriers were recited, and concerns were expressed that unless rectified, not only were citizens at risk of being wrongfully detained, injured or killed by police, but their departments and the State of Ohio faced real liability.

DeWine’s response was to ignore the request, to make implausible excuses, to wash his hands of the matter, and to show deliberate indifference. [More]

Today’s Gun Rights Examiner report recalls a warning that may have gone unheeded with fatal results.

We're the Only Ones Just a Giglio Enough

Just over a week later, the City of Wichita responded to the records request and released the Brady-Giglio information, which indicated 26 members of police staff were on the list. Included were 15 field services personnel, 6 support services personnel and 5 investigations personnel. [More] 

Hit it, Louis.

And yes, of course I know the difference. Jeez, if I can't play with words on my own blog and listen to some good music at the same time, forget it. Yeah, I said "good music."  Big whoop, wanna fight about it?

By the way, anyone know what the tie-in with an earlier musical post from today is?  Anyone? Bueller?

This is the same issue that came up in the Reese case, prompting the judge to order the new trial that was subsequently overturned.

[Via Jerald R]

When You Least Expect It

I wonder if customers and employees complying with corporate wishes would have felt "Panera warmth" spreading down to their shoes if he had decided to react differently? [More]

Humane and Ubiquitous

And remember, for "progressives," every day is Opposite Day. [More]

Besides, the Eighth Amendment is almost as passé as the Second.  Just ask Wayne Fincher and the Reeses.

I wonder if everyone involved believes the day will never come when a bit of mercy might be appreciated...

[Via Mack H]

Rescue Mission

“But I think people who take the initiative to (bring guns to a buyback) don’t want them back in circulation.” [More]

Well, Chief, if that were true, you subsidized AstroTurfers wouldn't have had to settle for the valueless dregs.

[Via Florida Guy]   

Why Public Health Needs a New Gun Doctrine

You read that correctly. I am a public health professional. 
And I like guns. 
This make me a heretic in American public health, where embracing firearms and the rights of gun owners is a gross violation of orthodoxy. [More]

VIK KHANNA fires an important return salvo against the agenda "scientists."  As such, it's important that you read and share this, and give him some intelligent support against the sadist-psychopath / infiltrator-disruptor trolls who are emerging in "comments," furious at having their state worship challenged by this... this infidel.

Make sharing the link to his essay and urging others to do so as well today's Five-Minute Activism project.

A "Progressive" Idea

Cincinnati Parks makes the standard argument on how overpopulation of deer is not good for the forests. We as humans have done so much damage to this earth and every aspect of nature. We are so overpopulated, so is the solution just to kill some of us? We created the problem to begin with and the deer have to pay the price for it? [More]

Yep. What did we just get done observing about our proper place in the scheme of things?

Thanks for such "forward thinking," Nayana! You are indeed a gift.

[Via Florida Guy]   

Bear Necessities

“All the evidence shows that was the case, that the bear was just acting on instinct … We determined that this incident was defensive rather than predatory,” Jill Sawyer said. [More]

Not that you really can, but what difference does it make, Jill?

Don't these things have a right to eat?

And thanks to "progressive" policies, along with "rat is a pig is a dog is a boy" enlightenment, we know our place on the Prozi food chain.

I suddenly feel like singing.

And reading.

[Via Florida Guy]   

In the Tank for "Gun Control"

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, who donated $500,000 to the Initiative 594 campaign on Aug. 11, is now in a legal battle over possession of a – are you sitting down? – WWII German Panzer tank. [More]

Certainly it's not too late to bridge our differences...?

Friends

Had the district court complied with Heller, it would have found the D.C. registration law in violation of the Second Amendment because the onerous and intrusive registration requirements undermines the primary purposes of the right to keep and bear arms — to resist tyranny and to defend self, family and property. Further, by discriminating among private citizenry and conferring special privileges upon government officials and the wealthy and politically powerful, the D.C. law protects only friends of the government, undermining a right that belongs to all of “the people.” [More]

GOA files a "friends" brief of its own in "Heller II."

Hey, these things cost money.

I hear all kinds of complaints against incessant NRA fundraising, and the way SAF goes about it, and we just saw JPFO go through a transition due to lack of funds that has bitterly polarized gun owners, so I'm sure there's a good reason for letting GOA do this on its own without lifting a finger to help.

Besides, we can always just join with our friends and fight a revolution, right?

Why do I suddenly feel like some music would be nice right about now...?

Give Them What They Want?

How about you give them what they need, instead? [More]

[Via bondmen]

Toilet Humor

The MILMs will certainly be happy to squat down and make a stink over this. [More]

I'm sure they'll at least be consistent, and include everyone in their demands.

[Via Neil W]

Yeah, Have a Seat and Look

Asked why a convicted killer was not at a more secure prison, warden Kevin Jones said: "That will be something we'll have to sit down and look at." [More]

All the other collared dogs stay within the confines of our invisible pet fence. How were we supposed to know a rabid jackal would react differently?

Burn, Baby, Burn

There’s a new social media challenge sweeping the Internet called #BurnWhiteJesus, or the White Jesus Picture challenge. [More]

I'd be more impressed if these brave souls chose a subject with more temporal risk, including even having such a picture in the first place.

I wonder how a #DrawWhiteMuhammad / White Muhammad Picture challenge would go over?

Vigil Antis

Our rights are being tooken. [More]

If only they would disarm you and me.

How come media descriptions never mention they're... Democrats?

Waiting Periods

Of course Opposite Day "progressives" virulently oppose the kind that facilitate the preservation of life, even if only temporarily. [More]

Where's Wayne?

[More]

They're putting just enough into it for plausible deniability, but not enough to allow the antis to point to them as owning an anticipated loss. If that happens, letting Gottlieb go down alone serves the added purpose of diminishing prestige / competition for gun owner $$$.

Some wine?

This Day in History: September 12

The despatches will be read to day in Congress. The Capt: who brings them up relates that the Quebec fleet was certainly taken & that the combined fleets were in pursuit of another large fleet supposed to be destined for America, that the Dutch fleet of 22 Sail has departed from the Texel on a cruise in the North Seas, that the British fleet under Ld. Howe in the Channel was shut up in port, that the news from the E. Indies had been contradicted, that the late revolution in the B. administration had put an end to all discourse about peace, that Mr. Adams was at the Hague and had never been to Paris. I regret that I am obliged to substitute the oral accounts of the Capt for the authentic accts. he brings from Mr. Adams. [More]