Going Viral

That is, if the "Authorized Journalists" who view a meme making the rounds (again) as useful have their way. It basically goes "I quit the NRA -- they used to be about gun safety and shooting sports, and now they're too extreme."

Because we all know the real reason for the Second Amendment.

So it's no coincidence we see variations on the theme from:

• HuffPo
• Time
• The Roanoke Times

Oh, and gee, look where the talking points come from.

WarOnGuns Correspondent "Henry" made a perceptive, tangentially-related  observation:

Oh, for heaven’s sake, let him join, and waste his time barking up the wrong tree for a year or two. Any pro-rights activist who knows what’s what knows that the power doesn’t emanate out of Fairfax, it emanates out of the grassroots of America. Disrupting the American gun rights movement by Infiltrating the NRA is like disrupting America’s military defense capabilities by infiltrating the VFW.

We're the Only Ones Appreciative Enough

“It’s a good opportunity to thank those for following the law,” Chapel Hill Police Lt. Celisa Lehew said. [More]

Yeah, that's the ticket. We'll reward you for good behavior by using coercion and fear to pull you over you over. And no, of course you don't have a choice to not stop. Matter of fact, try it, and watch us go into full "want to make it home at the end of our shift" mode.

Say, you don't happen to have a dog in the car, do you...?

[Via Florida Guy]   

The Elefante in the Room

To date, no GOP candidate has explicitly connected mass immigration to restricted gun rights. [More]

That's because NRA and SAF/CRKBA have given them a pass by avoiding the issue, using the "single issue" excuse to keep grades inflated, and by promoting cheap labor über alles cheerleaders like Grover Norquist instead. It's nice to see that a message previously confined to a handful of us lonely and ignored voices in the wilderness is finally getting wider notice.

Adam Winkler and WaPo just handed us a gift. I wonder how long it will be before the people who have allowed this to go on for reasons of self-interest will start raising money off it...?

I Went to the Animal Fair

You might want some background music for this.

A former meerkat expert at London Zoo has been ordered to pay compensation to a monkey handler she attacked with a wine glass in a love spat over a llama-keeper. [More]

That's possibly the best lede ever.

Let's Make a Deal

Hillary's problems will be contained by FBI/DOJ, and the dirt she has on Obama will stay buried. [More]

We're the Only Ones Bound for Glory Enough

When those men arrived at the house, Cerna would perform oral sex on them through a hole in a wall and record the activity. The men believed they were receiving oral sex from a woman. [More]

Looks like we have a Russell Vanderwerf Award finalist. I wonder what the trophy should look like...?

[Via bondmen]

We're the Only Ones Unluxurious Enough

Florida City police spokesman Officer Ken Armenteros defended the officer’s actions. “We don’t have the luxury of hind sight,” Armenteros told WPLG. “We have to use the information that is given to us in a split second. So, the officer has to make that decision with the information that he has available.” [More]

Seems they could apply that rationalization to more than dogs.

And do.

[Via bondmen]

In a Nutshell

Yep, it pretty much boils down to "No. Your move," with a little bit of "I'm your Huckleberry" thrown in for good measure. [More]

[Via bondmen]

No More Waffling

A restaurant employee expressed gratitude for the customer’s action. “He saved us, that’s what he did.” [More]

So, Waffle House Corporate --  Got anything to say?

You could ask 'em.

I just did.

[Via Steve T] 

Captain's Log

• Kings of the Mountain
• Single Issue Suicide
• Notes

Flip These "Principles"

Senator Feinstein and her husband stand to make a fortune, estimated at between $950 million and $1.1 billion from these transactions. His company is the sole real estate agent on the sale! CRI will be making a minimum of 2% and as much as 6% commission on each and every sale. All of the properties that are being sold are all fully paid for. They were purchased with U.S. taxpayers dollars.  [More]

So if they'll no longer be post offices, does that mean DiFi is helping reduce the number of "gun free zones" as long as she profits...?

[Via Florida Guy]   

A Statistical Dilemma

The damn facts won't cooperate!!! [More]

Testing Our Strong Beliefs

Does he also believe strongly in Gun-Free Homes?

[Via William T]

Back to the Future

You Tell Us: What Does 2045 Look Like? [More]

Probably a cross between this and this...

And with Opposite Day "progressives" calling the shots, maybe this.

Demand-Side Economics

“We know for a fact our guns got shipped up to Chicago,” said Nelson. [More]

That was my first thought on reading the headline.

I wonder how many NRA members and Republicans were involved in the break-ins...?

Whatever, I Do What I Want

A Saudi Arabian prince is accused by three female staffers of acting like a bizarre party boy — engaging in a gay-sex act in front of them, threatening a woman’s life, demanding that an assistant fart in his face while others watched and declaring, “I am a prince and I do what I want,” according to a report. [More]

WarOnGuns has obtained exclusive video footage:

An Open Mind

I don’t care what you tell me. I’m blaming the National Rifle Association, its supporters, its law-making lackeys and anyone else who has promoted the idea we should all be paranoid gun-carriers... [More]

Yes, by all means, let's have that "national conversation on guns"...