Mandatory Options

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Those aren't our only options, Magoo.

Welcome to the Party, Pals

“I’m not happy with it. Why are you punishing me for one person’s actions?”  [More]

Explain the disconnect and they'll argue, guaranteed.

[Via CDT]

One Big Happy Family

[N]ew details from prosecutors reveal that Pulse gunman Omar Mateen's father was an FBI informant who is currently under a criminal investigation. [More]

Time for a companion t-shirt:

[Via Felix B]

Secondhand Experience

Male solitude may have heroic manifestations, as in the movie “Shane.” It may give rise to ultimately affirming personal introspection, as with Henry Fleming in “The Red Badge of Courage.” It may even have companionable dimensions, as with the aging fisherman and the boy Manolin in “The Old Man and the Sea.” [More]

How telling, that the only sources J. Harvie Wilkinson III evidently has to draw on for admirable, independent and strong male role models are fictional.

[Via Mack H]

Attention Wayne, Chris, Donald, GOP and NSSF

“When They Give Us That Inch, That Bump Stock Ban, We Will Take A Mile” [More]

What kind of dumb-ass can't figure that out?

And since I don't think for a minute any of you are dumb...

[Via Felix B]

At Least He Spelled the Name Right

One example is an essay recently posted on the website of the far-right Oath Keepers militia by Second Amendment extremist David Codrea. [More]

Oh, gosh, and I so want anti-gun males to like me.

Unlike City Beatoff Boy here, I provide links to support my claims.

Demeanor of March for Our Lives ‘Student Leaders’ Could be Movement’s Achilles’ Heel

It’s pretty obvious that the gun-grabbing feeding frenzy we see going on is as much based on a cult of personalities as it is on anything else, and that these immature personalities intent on controlling the rest of us have little interest in controlling themselves when they start to believe the adulation.  [More]

#MarxForOurLives ?

Sweet Dreams

Amy Schumer: How do they sleep at night? [More]

Pretty securely, actually, knowing that my family is as protected as I can ensure for them without jobbing the duty out.

Then again, she can afford it. A fan or two getting slaughtered won't even register on the bottom line.

And probably a lot sounder than this guy, knowing there are things I won't do for money and that I'll never be tempted to chew my arm off.

We Realize You Have a Choice of Airline

You got that right, Delta. [More]

Doubling down on virtue-oozing, are we?

What's that stolen slogan from the subversives you're supporting?

#NeverAgain .

A Matter of Priorities

The National Shooting Sports Foundation® (NSSF®), the trade association for the firearms, ammunition, hunting and shooting sports industries, today commended President Donald Trump and Congress for signing into law the omnibus legislation containing Fix NICS and Stop School Violence provisions. [More]

Just so you know whose side they're on...

 [Via Jeffersonian]

Not So Friendly Fire

[I]t is important to note how small that number is next to the hundreds of thousands of defensive uses of firearms annually. [More]

True, but the goal is to use scary anecdotes to discourage people from being armed, because the hive insects at Buzz Feed would rather see them as helpless and contemptible as they are.

[Via Michael G]

Self-Entitled Little Hoggs

#MarchForOurLives Student Protesters Leave Their Trash for Someone Else to Clean Up [More]

I prefer #MarxForOurLives.  And yeah, someone has always cleaned up after them, so why should this be any different?

As for Hogg, talk about an aptronym.

[Via Dave Licht]

Unrequited Love

With increasing proportions of the US population being foreign-born, low support for libertarian values by foreign-born residents means that the political prospects of libertarian values in the US are likely to diminish over time. [More]

Thing is, they can't commit suicide without catastrophic collateral damage.

[Via Michael G]

A Shaky Assumption

The gun lobby is nervous [More]

If you mean the Lairds of Fairfax, I can see why the totalitarian lobby feels that way.

If you mean those of us who will not disarm, the fact that your side dares not try the end move tells a different story.

[Via Dave Licht]

If I Had a Son, He'd Look Like Me

Obama envisions creating 'a million young Barack Obamas'  [More]

Yes, he'll make them in his image.

O come let us adore him.

[Via Michael G]

Captain's Log

• Organized religion
• We're the Only Ones leading from behind enough
• We're the Only Ones frozen enough
• A loaded question
• Taking a Gander at Dick's
• A Dick's-measuring contest
• A hairy situation
• Learned behavior

It's Big Club and It's On You

Florida 16-year-old allegedly beats friend to death with a baseball bat over a girl, officials say [More]

Anyone who can't be trusted with a bat can't be trusted without a custodian.

[Via William T]

Attention Vermont Gun Owners

Are you on this? [More]

[Via Felix B]

I Just Don't See the Inconsistency Here

Yes, totalitarians are for the state having a monopoly of violence. [More]

I reject calling DC "Only Ones" -- who would arrest or kill you or me in a heartbeat if they saw us armed -- "good guys with guns."

[Via Jess]

That Ain't the Half of It

Make No Mistake - The Gun Controllers Want to Take Away Your Right to Self-defense [More]

And then...?

[Via Michael G]

We're the Only Ones Cowering Enough

Mysterious ‘Broward Coward’ Posters Plastered All Over Sheriff’s HQ [More]

My favorites are the ones posted next to the "Gun-Free Zone" warnings.

[Via several of you]