Adding to the dubious nature of the sentence, where Ferguson evidently has avoided a felony conviction and thus becoming a “prohibited person” from owing a gun, is the fact that he was also a committed anti-gun activist, being a big supporter of New York’s SAFE Act, which carries felony criminal penalties for violators. He actually thought the law did not go far enough. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner report notes if you're going to get popped for breaking "gun laws," it helps if you're one of those demanding more of them.
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Leniency for ‘anti-violence activist’ who took gun to school suggests favoritism
Told Ya Feeding Trolls Was Fun
Comments are picking up and they're really showing what they're all about. [More]
Who wants to have a "national conversation on guns" with these animals?
Use of Force
With ... the force of more than 2 million dedicated supporters... [More]Prove it.
Here are the ones to beat.
Funny. The ones I checked all look like safe, no-risk bets. I'll need to dig into this when I get a moment.
Nuts
A state appeals court has ruled that judges cannot appoint lawyers at taxpayer expense to represent people applying to restore their right to possess firearms after they’ve undergone court-ordered psychiatric treatment. [More]We can bury you in the hole, but if you want out, you'll have to do all the digging yourself.
I still want to know the mechanism by which a shrink can and will certify that a person is now safe to own a gun again, and not be risking his reputation and career.
[Via Jeffersonian]
We're the Only Ones Guilty Enough
We want to recover as many of those weapons as we can so they don’t fall into the wrong hands,” said IMPD Lt. Chris Bailey. “And that they aren’t used to take an innocent life or the life of a police officer.” [More]Hey, it's his distinction, not mine.
[Via Uncle Al]
Legitimate News Media / English Translator
"Thought-provoking": A description used by "Authorized Journalists" to express horror at the prospect of teachers being armed. [More]
With Special Guest Enuretic Josh Horwitz!
I dunno. I've always been kind'a partial to Tarzan's Ape-English Dictionary, myself. It makes a hell of a lot more sense.
[Via Michael G]
With Special Guest Enuretic Josh Horwitz!
I dunno. I've always been kind'a partial to Tarzan's Ape-English Dictionary, myself. It makes a hell of a lot more sense.
[Via Michael G]
Bear Necessities
I don't need to outrun the bear. I only need to outrun you. [More]
John Comeau reminds his Facebook followers of that, and notes it's not so funny when it happens in real life.
I'm glad that when I had my surprise evening black bear encounter years back, I had a gun. I don't claim that's what persuaded it to leave me alone, but I do believe it probably had some bearing on my demeanor, and that could have had the effect of allowing me to draw, take aim, talk gentle and low, slowly back away, and get the kids in the cabin. I'm also pretty happy that when I initially yelled in shock on seeing the thing 20 feet away, it sounded more like a roar and less like a screaming little girl. And I'm delighted that I didn't have to find out if what I had to stop it with would be "enough."
Finding out later two idiot city women had been leaving food scraps for it on the ground and watching from their balcony did not sit well with me at all. If I had to bet, my money says they'd have been horrified at the thought of a nearby "gun nut."
John Comeau reminds his Facebook followers of that, and notes it's not so funny when it happens in real life.
I'm glad that when I had my surprise evening black bear encounter years back, I had a gun. I don't claim that's what persuaded it to leave me alone, but I do believe it probably had some bearing on my demeanor, and that could have had the effect of allowing me to draw, take aim, talk gentle and low, slowly back away, and get the kids in the cabin. I'm also pretty happy that when I initially yelled in shock on seeing the thing 20 feet away, it sounded more like a roar and less like a screaming little girl. And I'm delighted that I didn't have to find out if what I had to stop it with would be "enough."
Finding out later two idiot city women had been leaving food scraps for it on the ground and watching from their balcony did not sit well with me at all. If I had to bet, my money says they'd have been horrified at the thought of a nearby "gun nut."
A Walking Time Bomb
It's hard to tell if this involved simple incompetence or as yet undefined intent. [More]
And it's practically impossible to tell how many others are out there, due to the same reason(s).
The one thing you can predict with certainty though: When they go off by using a gun, you and I will be blamed.
And it's practically impossible to tell how many others are out there, due to the same reason(s).
The one thing you can predict with certainty though: When they go off by using a gun, you and I will be blamed.
Maybe They Just Want to "Like" Them on Facebook...?
Now Why Would The ATF Be Asking About Internet Sales? [More]John Richardson notices a form change.
The Finest Politicians Money Can Buy
Oh, I see..."progressives" aren't really against "money in politics" or "the One Percent" ... [More]
I guess now's as good a time as any for today's first Opposite Day observation.
I guess now's as good a time as any for today's first Opposite Day observation.
Cuidado de Obama
The Obama administration has dragged its feet on revoking Obamacare coverage for people who can’t prove U.S. citizenship or legal residency, allowing some of the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants in the U.S. to continue enjoying taxpayer-funded benefits, a Republican senator charged Monday. [More]So the Republican establishment is pushing the pathway because...?
Giving Them What They Want
If they didn't want this, there was a real easy way to make sure it didn't happen. [More]
I wonder, when more details become known, if the antis will add to the tally of "child gun deaths."
[Via Sweet Baboo]
I wonder, when more details become known, if the antis will add to the tally of "child gun deaths."
[Via Sweet Baboo]
Look On My Works, Ye Mighty, and Despair!
I wonder if they've ever sold even one... [More]
Kind'a funny, really, seeing the name show up in unexpected places. F'rinstance, I even have an IMDB profile, if you can believe it.
Gosh, I feel just like Ozymandias. Which would explain the sand in...
Kind'a funny, really, seeing the name show up in unexpected places. F'rinstance, I even have an IMDB profile, if you can believe it.
Gosh, I feel just like Ozymandias. Which would explain the sand in...
That's the Old Pepper!
The Democratic candidate for attorney general wants the state to support more officers in schools, increase accountability of charter schools and do more to keep firearms out of the hands of those who harm children. [More]I want the Republican incumbent to do more to keep them out of the hands of those who would harm their parents.
[Via Sweet Baboo]
Feeding the Trolls
Comments under yesterday's offering:
I find it illustrative. It also further corroborates the sadist-psychopath / infiltrator-disruptor truism.
That's all they've got. The attention they seek works against them, not us.
They must be very frustrated individuals.
I find it illustrative. It also further corroborates the sadist-psychopath / infiltrator-disruptor truism.
That's all they've got. The attention they seek works against them, not us.
They must be very frustrated individuals.
This Day in History: September 23
By the 8 Section of the same Resolve it is said "Chaplains, Surgeons or Hospital Officers who shall be Captured in future may not be considered as Prisoners of War" the construction to be put upon this is, in case a General Cartel should be established—Chaplains under a former stipulation have been mutually released. [More]