Will Focusing on ‘Contagion Effect’ Reduce Mass Shootings?

Ever the contrarian, though, my concern is that in our earnestness to not inspire evil we don’t unwittingly protect and enable it. And I’m not comfortable embracing the same rationales that are used to hyperbolize and demonize gun ownership: treating it as a public health “pathogen” and forcing changes on the behavior of all due to the aberrance of a few. [More]

A lot of people from "both sides of the debate" are counseling us that voluntary media withholding of information about killers is needed. I have yet to see any credible data pointing to a verifiable measurable reduction in incidents or body counts, and fear suppression generally seems to work in the interests of those who would define and control the narrative.

Not that It Will Gain them Anything

Congressional Republicans, under pressure to respond to this weekend’s massacres, appear to be coalescing around legislation to help law enforcement to take guns from those who pose an imminent danger — a measure that, if signed into law, would be the most significant gun safety legislation enacted in 20 years. [More]

And they'll still be smeared as racist "gun lobby" whores with blood on their hands.

Yeah, go ahead and take the fire out of a critical mass of core supporter bellies to feed the enemy jackals a pound of flesh.  See if it persuades them to go away sated, or if instead, smelling fear and tasting blood, they decide they want more.

God forbid any of these poltroons should actually understand the Second Amendment and use their bully pulpits to educate their constituents.

Mass Shootings and Mass Media

In this case I default to the position that no person should ever be denied their right to self-defense and if they can, along the way, save the lives of others, it’s immoral for us to try to stop them.  [More]

Refreshing rationality from an officer who is not an "Only One"...

[Via Ben J]

The Right Way to Do it

The feds confiscated the weapon and placed Williams in custody, but were only made aware of the threat after his grandmother encouraged him to allow her to bring him to a local hospital for psych treatment following his comments that he intended on attacking the hotel.  [More]

I wonder what would have happened had she just asked the "Only Ones" to come on over and handle it.

[Via Michael G]

These are the People Who Want to Take Your Guns

Damn "right-wing extremists"... [More]

[Via Michael G]

Strange But True

EXCLUSIVE: Firearms Expert Says Dayton Shooter’s Weapon Was Illegally Modified [More]

So he was willing to break the law?

[Via Michael G]

UPDATE: Bear says "Not so fast"...

Close Encounters of the Turd Kind

She was hiking with headphones so she had no advance warning of the bear approaching the trail as it crossed over, according to the park. [More]

I wonder if Miss Oblivious soiled herself and had to waddle out.

[Via Michael G]

If By 'Discussion' He Means 'Terms of Surrender'...

Newsom says gender must be part of national gun control discussion [More]

Well yeah. If you want total control, you need to disarm the men.

[Via Roger J]

We're the Only Ones Building on Our Past Successes Enough

A Birmingham Police officer faked a shooting for 'stolen valor,' his chief says [More]

So he'd filed false reports in 2015 and 2016 yet was still on the job?

[Via Neil W]

Once a Gun-Grabber Always a Gun-Grabber

Gov. DeWine calls for lawmakers to pass red-flag law, stronger background checks to fight gun violence [More]

I hate to say "I told you so."

Repeatedly, consistently and for years.

Frisky Business

The former student who later shot up Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School was such a threat in school that he was searched every morning for weapons, new testimony shows. [More]

Yet the "solution" being offered is to focus on confiscations while leaving the threat the freedom to stalk among us.

[Via bondmen]

We're the Only Ones Alarmed Enough

Bodycam Video - Homeowner Shot After Sheriff’s Office Responds to Alarm Call [More]

Anticipate this outcome and prepare accordingly.

[Via bondmen]

Something Must Be Done!

Investigators say Carson had recently stolen the gun ... Carson was ... booked into jail on multiple charges including ... possession of a weapon by a prohibited person ...  Carson has multiple other felony convictions. [More]

What "law" could have stopped him?

[Via bondmen]

Well, I'm Back

Anything happen while I was gone?

Here's some stuff that got posted after I'd left:

• Take Shannon Watts’ Advice and ‘Fight Like a Mother’ — against Her
• NRA's LaPierre is Riding the Tiger