Enough Blame to Go Around

Family that lost 9 in Texas church shooting files wrongful death claims against Air Force [More]

They blame the Air Force, the Air Force blames lack of training...

The one person to blame is dead.  If ancillary blame is to be apportioned we could keep this going to include why the only person prepared to meet the monster head on was outside the church.

[Via Bluesgal]

Once in a Lifetime Deal

If Republicans blow this opportunity, it is unlikely to come again. [More]

"Centrist" spoiler Lee Busby is on a sabotage mission to make sure it's blown.

Time is Almost Up

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They Sure Do Use a Lot of Fancy Words to Say We Got Small D***s

Instead, we demonstrate that white men in economic distress find comfort in guns as a means to reestablish a sense of individual power and moral certitude. [More]

I wonder what F Carson Mencken and Paul Froese tell their wives, assuming they, you know, have them.

The Hunted

Let's be careful out there. [More]

[Via Michael G]

I Saw This Plot on Star Trek a Few Times

Ladies, Remember Men Are Dangerous. Now Share A Bathroom With Them And Don't Carry A Gun [More]

Masterfully done and irrefutable -- Bravo!

He illustrates the types of paradoxes that prompted Nomad, Norman and Landru to self-destruct.

But then again, if those he exposes were capable of recognizing logic, they wouldn't be Opposite Day "progressives."

[Via Michael G]

'It's a Constitutional Issue'

What? Whiny, well-heeled "progressives" who subvert real Constitutional issues not paying the "fair share" they expect everybody else to shoulder? [More]

[Via Dave Licht]

How to Self-Destruct

The Washington Post on Monday night published a detailed account of an apparent attempt to deceive Post reporters into believing a made-up story of a woman who says she had an abortion after Roy Moore, who is now the GOP Senate nominee in Alabama, impregnated her when she was 15. The woman was seen walking into the headquarters Monday morning of Project Veritas, a political operation that employs deceptive tactics in attempts to embarrass journalists and expose alleged bias. [More]

O'Keefe essentially just neutered his organization by allowing this ill-conceived, dishonest and clumsy operation to proceed. They've done some good work in the past but this is the one "Aw shit" that will erase all the"attaboys" and make Veritas a target for Alinsky Rule 5 ridicule from now on.

UPDATE: See what Project Veritas is saying.

The Right to Arm Bears

Beware: Brown bear armed with two guns on the loose in Siberian region [More]

If this is one of those fake news/satire sites, I don't see a disclaimer.

[Via Steve T] 

From an NRA Director I Know:

UPDATE: Confirmed at NRO.

A Common Thread

Investigators notice pattern in St. Louis area gun store burglaries [More]

Let me guess: People from families that align politically with Democrats?

[Via bondmen]

We're the Only Ones Training Enough

Monday night’s seminar, which will be will be led by lieutenant Brad Kelling of the St. Louis County Police Department and is free and open to all congregations. [More]

Who wants to bet returning fire will not be on the agenda?

[Via bondmen]

Motives Behind ‘Model Gun Background Check System’ Go Beyond ‘Commonsense Safety’

So obviously, if PICS can’t do the job on its own, those backing “gun control” will need to impose further restrictions. And when those fail to work, demands will be made for more. [More]

Gee, maybe if we throw a scrap of flesh to this circling pack of jackals they'll go away and leave us alone -- instead of being encouraged to move in for more.

Would You Like an Apple Pie with That?

Burger King manager filmed screaming at customer for taking too long to order

The only place I can find this story is from Faux News, which -- as longtime readers know and for reasons of its own -- denies access to links from Blogger. Paste the preview quote into a search engine and it'll come up.

Or cut our the middleman and go straight to the video post on Facebook.

OK, but what the hell does any of this have to do with anything relevant?  Scroll down through the handful of comments to this one:

Jeez, real sympathetic and tolerant, George. Real excusing of unconscionable behavior. Real understanding of the dynamics of  having kids in the car. What would you have done to this pregnant woman and her children? What would the most of her problems have looked like had you been behind her road... uh ... drive-through raging?

In short, what kind of big man are you?

This kind:

Scrolling through his other posts, his banner art makes sense. If a screaming lunatic came up to her car, she'd have been perfectly justified in making him back off -- with a gun, if necessary.

Ding! Fries are done.

Another 'Pro-Gun Democrat'

In case you've seen some stories about Trump's CFPB appointment being messily contested, this offers some good insights into what's going on and why. [More]

Short answer: Cordray is a Democrat. In spite of his having gotten "pro-gun" creds from NRA and Buckeye Firearms, the party will tolerate his wandering from the reservation as long as it enables him to be in an advantageous position to support Democrats and help advance their overall agenda.

I wrote a piece years back that only exists now in the Internet Archive. That in turn linked to other stories where Cordray had played on the gun-grabber side of the street. For whatever reason the page appears briefly and then vanishes with a DNS server error message.  Here's the link -- I'll see if I can get in another way, but this is really outside any skill set I have. If any of you know how to capture the page, please help.

UPDATE: Thanks to WarOnGuns Correspondent Henry Bowman, the page has been resurrected:

Why Didn%27t OH AG Sign Letter Opposing Semi-Automatic Firearms Ban by David Codrea on Scribd

A Question of Worth

Is the damage to society from the misuse of guns worth the freedom to have guns? [More]

I just came across this piece. It's very good and very worth sharing.