Isn't That Convenient

CNN has reported that federal authorities are searching for thousands of conversion devices that render semi-automatic Glock pistols into fully automatic weapons that are considered to be machine guns. [More]

Anybody still of the mind that the last ruling was "just about bump stocks" and won't be built upon?

Today's Five-Minute Activism

Sign the petition [More]

And get your state group(s) to promote it.  And send a "tip" into "conservative" media and gun blogs that you frequent.

Latest Gun Grab Teen Just another Pawn for Older Prohibitionists

There’s nothing like presenting a person of experience, mature judgment and knowledge if you wish to throw away the wisdom of the Founders and replace it with a monopoly of violence, no? [More]

Meet the newest young useful idiot the birthright-stealing swindlers are manipulating.

State of the NRA

Tom Gresham fills us in. Good stuff. While I agree with him that it's [past] time for Wayne to go, I think he needs to hold on for survival.

I plan on writing more about this soon.

A Farewell to Arms

If convicted as charged, Girard Damian Saenz, faces a maximum sentence of more than 40 years in prison, prosecutors said. [More]

They've finally brought charges for a seizure in May. The thing that struck me then and now is that -- uncomprehending LAPD "Only One" notwithstanding --  owning as many guns as you want ought to be a birthright.

The Wall Street Journal story and Heavy.com's 5 Fast Facts don't really clear much up in terms of what I really want to know -- the guy's politics. He did work for a guy who was Bill Clinton's ambassador to Switzerland, but correlation ≠ causation 'n all that...

[Via Roger J]

Full of Sound and Fury, Signifying Nothing

Trump promises to look into Peter Thiel's claim that Google may have committed treason [More]

Not that he'll actually do anything...

[Via Jess]

Framing the Terms

FAKE NEWS BEGINS WITH FAKE LANGUAGE - “Politically Correct” language is really Orwellian Newspeak. [More]

Well that's gay.

[Via Mack H]

Wankers of the World, Unite!

Willem Van Spronsen Calls On ‘Comrades’ To Bear Arms In Manifesto [More]

No, he's calling on them to initiate violence. Just like the commie lunatic who shot up the ball field. And Shaun King, formerly with the virulently anti-gun (for you) New York Daily News, agrees, as long as others are the ones risking their necks.

Damn right-wing extremists...

[Via Mack H]

Dumber than the Average Bear

Marple said that's when the crowd began to lob obscenities at him, telling him he was an idiot among other vulgarities. [More]

I don't think I'd have been  "traumatized for the rest of [my life]" if Mama Bear had done what comes naturally.  I would have been angry at the moron though, for necessitating her destruction.

And I think we should know his name.

[Via Michael G]

Electile Dysfunction

Nearly 1 Million Californians Registered to Vote Are Ineligible, Says Non-Partisan Group [More]

Well, then the solution is clear: Double down on the fraud and condemn anyone complaining as a non-inclusive racist.

It's not like anyone in a position to do so is interested in getting serious about stopping it.

[Via Michael G]