Czechs and Balances

Czech parliament moves to legalise firearm ownership [More]

Misleading and ignorant headline-- they're already "legal" to own, albeit regulated.

Nice to see this updated.

[Via Florida Guy]  

Happy Ending

A kidnapper was choked and shot five times during a deadly confrontation after he forced a father and son to drive to an ATM at gunpoint early Wednesday, DeKalb County police said.  [More]

Father-son activities are the best, aren't they?

[Via Florida Guy]  

We're the Only Ones Playing Footsie Enough Redux

The plaintiff, Larry Jones, a police officer from Arkansas, argued his Glock 19C pistol, a compact 9mm handgun, was defective because the design lacked adequate safety measures like a manual safety and a de-cocking device. Jones’ argument stems from a June 2013 incident in which the gun discharged and struck his foot. At the time, he was at a shooting range trying to put a light on his weapon. He said it discharged without a pull of the trigger. [More]

The foot again? What is this, Lee Paige Day?

See, you're supposed to mount accessories by bracing the gun against your abdomen with your thumb on the trigger to keep it steady, and point it up toward your face so you can see what you're doing.

Conversely, if you're into decocking, do this and point the muzzle the other way.

Don't these people read the manuals?

We're the Only Ones Playing Footsie Enough

Officer Hobson reports that as he stopped, his foot slipped on the ground, causing an accidental discharge of his weapon. [More]

Hobson's choice, eh?

How many times do we need to remind these guys to keep their damn toes off the trigger until they're ready to fire?

[Via TheFakePundit]

The Lifestyle to Which They are Accustomed

Low-income families spend 40% of their money on luxuries [More]

That's because it's generally not "their money."

In Support of Republican Disarmament Actions

Comments under my latest Oath Keepers piece:

• The reason for the disconnect is that Justice Department lawyers are sworn to defend Federal laws whether they agree with them or not ... 

• As a retired 33 year Police Sgt. and an Oathkeper, I have to disagree on felons. They knew the consequences when they committed their felony.

That's not the oath they swore and it's already been established the AG, with presidential direction, can make reasons not to defend existing laws stick.

Seeing as how what I did in the personal story I related could have been prosecuted as a felony, he evidently would have obeyed orders to disarm me.

Back to the Drawing Board

California regulators announced Tuesday that they have temporarily blocked proposed new rules on assault weapons. [More]

In their lust to ban as much as they can the greedy bastards made it unworkable.

Can't Be Trusted without a Custodian

They knew he could not be from his actions years ago, yet still allowed him unchecked access to the rest of us. [More]

[Via Florida Guy]  

If Wishes were Fishes

What's happened to the pro-gun wish list in Washington? [More]

"Political capital." Where have I heard that lame prag excuse before?

Republicans have not been made to feel the heat. They get away with betrayal after betrayal. And they get re-elected regardless.

That's on gun owners. Amazing so many will take from politicians what they (presumably) would not put up with from their mates. Again and again.

Ask 'em, Kurt:

Let the excuses begin.

[Via Mack H]

Ve're ze Only Vons Degenerate Enough

More than 200 police officers in Germany have been sent home for bad behaviour, after throwing a wild party that included a couple having sex in public, men urinating in the open, and an officer performing a striptease and dancing with her gun. [More]

200? That's more than a few bad Äpfel...

[Via Jess]

Not Lost, Exposed

Politico: Has The SPLC Lost Its Way? [More]

No, it's just that as more and more get caught up in their net of character assassination, fake accusations and smears, more and more are seeing them for the subversive frauds they are.

[Via Mack H]

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Redux

Instead of receiving top-notch care and attention at BCH, however, Justina was snatched from her parents and recklessly re-diagnosed with a psychological condition, "somatoform disorder." She was dragged from BCH's neurology department to its infamous psych ward, where she was reprimanded for being unable to move her bowels or walk unassisted in her weakened state. At Wayside, she was harassed by a staffer while taking a shower. The physical and mental torture lasted 16 months. [More]

That probably helps explain this.

[Via Michael G]

Hipócritas

Mexico filed an affidavit Monday in support of a lawsuit against the implementation of a Texas law to punish sanctuary cities and allow police officers to inquire about the immigration status of someone they have arrested or detained. [More]

Funny how they don't practice what they preach.

[Via Michael G]

We Can Not Hallow This Ground

That doesn't mean it's up for desecration.  [More]

I actually love it when these devoid-of-all-judgment-and-restraint lunatics show the general public what they're all about.

[Via Michael G]

Welcome to the WOGroll

David Drake's Place... [More]

Let's See How They're Going to Maneuver Out of This One

HIGH-SPEED HAIR-PIN TURN! U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class destroyer's AMAZING MANEUVER! [Watch]

WarOnGuns Correspondent Florida Guy notes:

The official U.S.S. Fitzgerald / ACX Crystal inquest will NOT be a cheerful place. 

Especially considering how an incident in much more "excusable" conditions was handled. (Incidentally, this was not a bad movie, despite "Sharknado"-level CGI. And guess whose uncle was in charge of security at Capt. McVay's court-martial...?)

Darwin Award Finalists

Perez said Ruiz wanted to make a YouTube video of her shooting into a book held to his chest, and he believed the book would stop the bullet ... Perez told investigators she fired a 50 caliber handgun from about one foot away while Ruiz held the book to his chest. [More]

Looks like her Twitter feed and YouTube channel are still up.

[Via William T]

Those Who Can Do

More teachers are taking gun training classes [More]

Maybe once they have something, they'll be inclined to keep it from being taken away.

[Via Michael G]

My Sympathy Just Went Out the Window

Stracci says Hummel plans to plead not guilty. [More]

Between that and this, screw him.

Welcome to self-created hell.

[Via bondmen]

We're the Only Ones Counting Enough

As to the second case, Hutcheson faces seven felony counts of forgery, seven misdemeanor counts of tampering with computer data and a misdemeanor count of notary misconduct. [More]

All that and strong-arming little old ladies too?

[Via bondmen]

Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen

'It's like dealing with racism': Game Of Thrones star Emilia Clarke says she's treated 'differently' as a woman in Hollywood [More]

Mein Kampf, eh? That and the universe revolves around your navel?

These overprivileged narcissists believe their own sh**, don't they?

I did a Google search to see if I could find out how she "feels" about guns, seeing as how she profits big time from using them onscreen, and came across a tangentially related entry scarier than anything on Game of Thrones:

That's one bit of trouble I can do without seeing.