Friday, May 18, 2018

Blamestorm Coming


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Multiple fatalities reported after Texas high school shooting - live updates [More]
At this point, the object is to learn facts.

[Via Jess]

Not Up for Adoption

What the proposal does not do … and cannot do … is force us to change our business, which is lawful and constitutionally protected. What it does not do … and cannot do … is force us to adopt misguided principles created by groups who do not own guns, know nothing about our business, and frankly would rather see us out of business. [More]
Herschel still has concerns.

And some have had concerns for a long time. Personally, I've moved past that, but I do think the past needs to be remembered if for no other reason than to  head off repeats.

[Via Jess]

Whether Permitting

Close to 2,000 Northeast Ohio residents have been notified their concealed carry permits could be revoked because of serious questions over the man who may have trained them. [More]
So what the state can issue the state can revoke? And "Second Amendment advocates" are OK with that?

We're the Only Ones Detected Enough

Only recently has McIntyre begun to accept how her own victimization may have led to that of her son, who spent 23 years spent wrongfully incarcerated for a double murder he did not commit... [More]
If accusations against the detective are true, no punishment would be too severe. Proving sexual assault after all those years seems unlikely, and if so, one hopes that there will still be a full accounting in another venue by another Judge.

[Via bondmen]

Voice Commands

Undocumented immigrant charged in string of Kansas City shootings says ‘voices’ told him who to shoot [More]
If this isn't all the justification needed to disarm you and me, I don't know what would be.

[Via bondmen]

A Jarring Incident

Appalled at Nikolas' manners, Zachary pushed or slapped the jar out of his hands. Nikolas charged upstairs, grabbed a long gun out of his bedroom closet, descended the stairway, sat down, loaded the firearm and pointed it at his brother in front of their horrified mom, according to Zachary. [More]
At that point, what's left to deny?

[Via Roger J]

Dripping with Irony

More Californians were diagnosed with chlamydia, gonorrhea or syphilis in 2017 than ever before, marking the third year in a row that the state's sexually transmitted disease cases hit a record high, officials said. The trend is mirrored nationwide... [More]
Republicans and NRA members all, I suppose...

We're All God's Children


Except if you're a non-"progressive" white male gun owner. [More]