Selective ‘History Lesson’ on Militias Ignores Inconvenient Truths

The Opposite Day “progressive” collectivists don’t get to subvert and sabotage the work of the Founders and then call those attempting to protect and restore that heretofore unparalleled system for protecting unalienable rights through delegated powers “traitors.” Not on our watch. [More]

A latter-day Benedict Arnold gives Esquire's "progressive" readership something to agree on besides mixing perfect martinis and mankini waxing...

The WMD Loophole!

The Barrett .50 caliber rifle is a powerful gun. Originally designed for military use, its rounds can “penetrate light armor, down helicopters, destroy commercial aircraft, and blast through rail cars,” according to a report from the Violence Policy Center, a gun safety group. [More]

OK, you can stop right there. Shoots down aircraft. "Gun safety group."

Oh, wait a minute...this is by Christopher Ingraham of The Washington Post.

That explains it.

"That Student"

Boogedy!

How have these people coped to date with going off campus to get their Depends?

[Via Mack H]

The Magic Piece of Paper

Authorities say a man who opened fire on the central Kansas factory where he worked was served with a protection from abuse order shortly before the attack. [More]

Well then, it looks like everyone did everything they reasonably could... no?

[Via Steve T] 

In the Spirit of Compromise

Yesterday I stood with my colleagues as we received a petition signed by more than 1.3 million Americans calling on Senate Republicans to do their jobs and stop the outright political obstruction around Supreme Court nominations. [More]

OK, we can talk about it, but in order to be confirmed, the nominee must in principle:

1. endorse "shall not be infringed" and pledge to never rule against the Second Amendment being an individual right.
2. agree that all Second Amendment cases brought before the court be considered under strict scrutiny.
3. acknowledge that the legal concept "in common use at the time" refers, at a minimum, to weaponry carried by soldiers for battlefield use, in addition to those commonly used for self-defense and sport, and that it will include technological advancements so that new "arms" used for those purposes cannot be denied to We the People.

There's really no excuse for the mealy-mouthed duck-and-cover that Nazgûl nominees typically use to weasel out of actually revealing anything about the corpse under their robe. And this list is just for starters, meaning I'd also need to nail them down for views on immigration/amnesty/pathway to citizenship and other issues that threaten our ability to "secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity."

Somehow, I don't think Murph the Smurf here is going to be receptive to the concessions I'd need before giving him what he wants.

Oh, and I'd also expect NRA to cause grade/endorsement pain for any senator not using this as a litmus test (Yeah, I know, "Ha!"). Because without an "or else," who thinks the Republicans won't cave?

[Via Jim Q]

Skip to My Lew

Former U.S Attorney General Eric Holder used the alias Lew Alcindor, basketball great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s birth name, for one of his official DOJ email accounts. [More]

My first thought is to wonder if withheld Fast and Furious-related emails that are eventually uncovered will show Holder was in the hoo... uh, loop.

My second thought is to wonder if Jabberer ever heard of Arab slavers.

[Via Jess]

The Sounds of Silence

Liberal Media and Gun-Grabbers Ignore Latest CDC Report – It Doesn’t Fit Their Narrative [More]

Since when has reality ever mattered to them?

[Via William T]

Siding with the Norquist/Bloomberg Alliance

As to the effort to recall Grover Norquist, I do not support it. [More]

I do.

So you're OK with the political and cultural terraforming of America. But you have no numbers to refute that concern.

OK. Disappointing, but good to know that the unfounded perception of being "harmful to the Association" takes precedence über alles.

Yeah, I know, that's not what the recall petition focuses on, so we can just pretend the greater threat doesn't exist.

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Buried Treasure

Shoot, a fella' could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff. [More]

If you do it right, it'll last as long as you're likely to need it.

What's in your cache?

[Via Len Savage]