Tuesday, July 25, 2017

We're the Only Ones Friendly Enough

After shooting one of their own, St. Louis police to research policies to prevent friendly fire [More]
How about policies not to shoot us mundanes? I'd like to make it home at the end of their shift, too.

Or our dogs...?

[Via bondmen]

Shall Not Be 'Forbidden'?

"The District’s good-reason law is necessarily a total ban on exercises of that constitutional right for most D.C. residents. That’s enough to sink this law under (the 2008 U.S. Supreme Court’s Heller ruling).” [More]
It's another incremental step in the right direction, but I will still point out that the bar for "infringed" is considerably lower than a "total ban."

Don't expect the legislatures or the courts to acknowledge that unless they have no choice.

Flake Out

A new poll shows Kelli Ward, the conservative Pro-Trump challenger surging against Senator Jeff Flake. [More]
Will Trump repeat the same mistake?

Will Arizona gun owners, influenced by an NRA that is deliberately indifferent to what Flake is enabling?

[Via Neil W]

Not Interested

New law that encourages voluntary background checks at Va. gun shows is yielding few tangible results  [More]
So much for the grabber lie about how most gun owners support stronger background checks.

[Via Mack H]

Parliamentary Procedure


The function is supposed to facilitate, not redirect or obstruct. No excuses, fix this. [More]

[Via Mack H]

We're the Only Ones Easily Startled Enough


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[Via several of you]

UPDATE: The blame should be put where it belongs, on Islamophobia and drugs. Right?

[Via Mack H]

S-M-R-T...



Sing it, Homer!

[Via several of you]

A 'Progressive' Solution


Unarmed liberal white women can come to to the rescue, stopping all those evil white men from being violent haters! [More]

And what works on them will surely work on "teens."

Hey, if a French cartoonist says this is the answer, who are we to argue? Je suis Charlie 'n all that!