Monday, August 26, 2019

‘Gun Sense’ Reclaims Terms for Real ‘Common Sense’


Genuine common sense comes through loud and clear in Shean’s book, no doubt cultivated from his background, which includes all kinds of practical and useful experiences and skills. It comes across in his writing and I soon realized it felt more like he was talking to me than I was reading his words. It’s a gift to be able to do that. [More]
You don't have to be from Massachusetts -- ultimately, this book is for everybody.

Bad for the Gander

“The Times will not be intimidated or silenced” [More]
Nor held to ethical standards or shamed, apparently...

[Via Michael G]

Contingency Plan

Fall Back To The Fortified Blogs! [More]
At that point, I'm not sure I see the point.

[Via Michael G]

No One's Talking about Taking Your Cars

Welcome to your Opposite Day "progressive" future! [More]

And yeah, we realize the high-speed rail didn't work out as envisioned, either, what with massive cost overruns, service breakdowns,  TSA-style bend-and-spread-'em gridlock, filth, and scary fellow passengers, but now that you've been disarmed, step into this boxcar...

[Via Michael G]

Reparations for Everybody!

Thomas Sowell on slavery and this fact — there are more slaves today than were seized from Africa in four centuries [More]
And most of the ones in this country believe they're free.

[Via Michael G]

A Horse Sense Gun Law

“...the right of the people to keep and ride horses shall not be infringed.” [More]
Yep. Or to keep and read books.

Of Course It's Preventable

“First of all, no one on this couch is going to educate me on illegal alien crime. The CATO study is a flawed study. [More]
I'd have said "fraudulent."

[Via Mack H]

Another Three Bite the Dust

The group dismissed its longtime outside counsel Charles Cooper, according to a source familiar with the matter. The source also confirmed to CNN that Michael Volkov, another outside counsel, resigned Thursday as did an in-house lawyer. [More]
"[B]ack alleys of greed, lies and betrayal"?

Be interesting to hear their side under oath.

[Via DDS]

News the Others Bury and Ignore


In a rational world, this journalist would be a major figure at a major news organization. Or maybe in an honest world, which is the same thing if you think about it...

[Via Felix B]

The Spite Stuff

Astronaut accessed estranged spouse's bank account in possible first criminal allegation from space [More]
Say, don't these people go through background checks? This one wasn't wearing diapers, was she?

Y'know, I don't seem to recall these issues with Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo.  Maybe they need to fly George Takei out again to give everybody another diversity pep talk...

Hey, where do you submit new slogan ideas to?

NASA: Because nothing says "science" like quotas!

[Via Steve T

Why Presume an Interest in Truth?

This tweet about mass shootings needs to define the term [More]
Not if his goal is to deceive.

[Via Felix B]

Just to be Consistent

Did you know that there are more fatal accidents involving children and bicycles than there are involving children and guns? [More]
So the commonsense bike safety answer must be to keep all knowledge of bicycles away from children and never teach them how to ride, right?

[Via Felix B]

Night of the Living Guns

One Handgun, 9 Murders: How American Firearms Cause Carnage Abroad [More]
"Cause"?

Boogedy-boogedy!

Oh, I see-- he's talking Jamaica, with juju and fetishes... I guess when the magic is that powerful, temporal things like laws can hardly be expected to ward off the evil spirits.

Funny how that holds true everywhere.

[Via Jess]

Special Deal on Whoppers for Those Who Will Swallow Anything

Joel McNally: What’s the difference between Tommy Guns and assault weapons? [More]
This old lie again.

What's the difference between Joel McNally and a manure spreader, aside from the latter being less odious and actually useful?

Funny-- I wonder why they don't allow comments...

[Via Jess]

Meanwhile, Across the Pond in Piers Morgan Paradise...

SAS hero jailed over Falklands War gun trophy: Former soldier is sentenced to 15 months for keeping 9mm pistol to remind him of 22 friends who died during the conflict [More]
My answer is still "No."

[Via  An Hour of Wolves]


If Only Criminals Obeyed the Law

Mass shootings: How often were background checks, assault weapons and red flags a factor? [More]
As opposed to no one being prepared to shoot back when there should have been multiple responsible adults?

[Via Jess]

Where There's a Will There's a Way

The trick being used by sellers is to list gun cases or gun boxes at inflated prices that indicate to those "in the know" that a gun is also being sold. [More]
If we all started doing that just once every so often it would drive the gun-snitches crazy trying to keep up.

[Via bondmen]

The Proper Word is 'Surrender,' Anyway

Anyone who actually wants to compromise and pass real pro-gun reforms, such as the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act alongside a tougher background check process, you’ll find gun owners are more than willing to negotiate in good faith.  [More]
No, you won't, at least among those of us who understand why that would be stupid, short-sighted and dangerous. But you did answer your own question.

[Via bondmen]

The Nutty Professor

A search through Klinzman's Facebook page shows over the years he has also made statements expressing his desire to "stop evangelical Christians" where he included a poem that said, "Kill them all and bury them deep in the ground". Klinzman went on to explain, "It's not pretty, and I'm not proud, but seeing what evangelical Christians are doing to this county and its people fills me with rage, and a desire to exact revenge." [More]
Right after we disarm you.

[Via bondmen]

We're the Only Ones Faithful Enough

Torres, a practicing Baptist, cited that his belief is that “the Holy Bible prohibits him, as a married man, from being alone for extended periods with a female who is not his wife.” [More]
Then get a job where you don't have to.

Suing the taxpayer just means he's a parasite who has no problem violating "Thou shalt not steal." That and coveting, bearing false witness and using the Lord's name in vain...

[Via bondmen]

Can We All Get Along?

Each side needs to approach the other not as adversaries but as partners in... [More]
In what? Tyranny? Genocide?

This is the second piece along these lines I recall seeing over the past several days -- perhaps this is the parroted narrative du jour. In any case, the demands for unconditional surrender don't seem to be getting any kinder and gentler.

These fools think they can have civil discourse with those who would rob them of their birthright with lethal, state-deployed force? And if you don't, you're obviously a "whack job" and not part of the "reasonable majority"?

The discussion isn't with the useful idiots anyway. It's directed to the evil minds with the not-so-hidden agenda.

These insulated "distinguished fellows" make the same fatal mistake the naive Groverians do -- assuming it is a mistake. Only lemmings would follow them off the cliffs of Kumbaya.

[Via bondmen]

We Don't Cotton to Your Kind Around Here

“We will fight tooth and nail if any school, whether it is a neighborhood school or a charter school, that decides to arm its teachers. "If it’s a charter school, we are going to ask that they leave the Douglas County School District," Dr. Thomas Tucker said during the hearing. [More]
"Dr." of what? How to be a douche?

Can you just picture how useless future Larry Hincker Award recipient Tom'd be in a situation where the only hope to stop an attacker would be an armed response? The first thing that comes to mind is a quivering butt sticking out from under a desk...

[Via cydl]

Blinding Us with Science

Gallium Vs High Pressure Tank [Watch]
I can think of all kinds of more impressive result-producing applications. I'm sure others can, too.

And best of all, we don't need no stinking background checks.

Which reminds me -- where are we on commonsense oxygen control laws?

From the 'Who would Need a Gun in Church?' Department

A lone gunman walked in to the Centro Cristiano de Columbia Church at 2401 Decker Boulevard around 6:15 a.m. and demanded money. At the time, the churchgoers were kneeling in prayer. The suspect, armed with what was described as a small silver semi-automatic pistol, fired into the air and then shot one of the church members. Witnesses say he fired more shots into the air, and ran off when his gun stopped working. [More]
Sounds like poor pot metal trash from the wrong side of the "Ring of Fire."

For some reason, I just flashed back to sitting in church next to elder feral son Uday, who gave me a sly look, pretended to reach into the collection basket as it was passed and said "Don't mind if I do."

It's nice to see no"white nationalists" were involved for a change.

[Via @pamnsc]

And There was War in Heaven

Trump is reportedly feuding with the NRA after leaks about his calls with Wayne LaPierre [More]
What, Wayne's "not inclined" qualifier wasn't enough?

In any case, I'm not inclined to put too much weight on wishful thinking from Business Insider after watching a video by smug co-founder and CEO Henry Blodget, where he accuses the tepid NRA of "extremism" and presumes to be the arbiter of "common sense" right before this comes up:


He then goes on to ridicule fears that "a hostile government wants to -quote- come for their guns."

Anyone who tells you with a straight face that "74% of NRA members support universal background checks" is a liar.

Nightmare at 20,000 Feet


The malevolent gremlin is no longer on the wing. [More]

Those Who Cannot Remember the Past

Some young Americans warm to socialism, even Miami Cubans [More]
They've never borne the chains, nor been taught anything other than "social justice" and the evil of those who created a system of prosperity.

Say, gang, I've got a swell idea! Let's lower the voting age to 16!

The Greatest Threat


What, it's not"white male extremists"? [More]

Thing is, this threat could have been managed if not for the true greatest threat.

Life's Been Good to Him So Far


Looks like he's bound and determined to change that. [More

I'll let the comments speak for themselves.

And yeah, of course I know.

China Syndrome

Customs Agents Make 'Unusual' Seizure Of Nearly 53,000 Chinese Gun Parts [More]
That there was no attempt to hide things and the parts were going to an established business tells me this was a regulatory paperwork glitch and there's really nothing to see here, NPR attempts to gin up "Oh my God, Guns!" hysteria notwithstanding.

What stands out for me is the hypocrisy of the Chicoms profiting from such businesses on the one hand while leveling human rights violation charges on the other.

We're the Only Ones Qualified Enough

"Dixon, an off-duty, part-time reserve police officer, responded by holding Vanderhoef and his passengers at gunpoint for about two minutes" ... But the judge there claimed that Dixon was entitled to "qualified immunity because no clearly established law put him on notice that doing what he did was unconstitutional." [More]
Clearly, "the people" in the Fourth Amendment refers to whatever totalitarians say "the people" in the Second Amendment refers to.

So now that he's been overruled on appeal, will the district court judge (who is he, anyway?) be fired?

O Canada

About 86 percent of Liberals agreed with the statement: “I think that there should be a strict ban on guns in urban areas,” Frank Graves, the president and founder of Ottawa-based Ekos, said on Twitter last night with the results. [More]
If victimized, they damn well will deserve their share of blame.

We're the Only Ones Storming Enough

After initially defending the no-knock raid ... and describing Goines as a hero, Police Chief Art Acevedo revealed that ... Goines ... had lied in his search warrant affidavit. [More]
And as per SOP, they also killed the dog.

[Via Neil W]

We're the Only Ones Fabricating Enough

Lancaster deputy confesses to fabricating sniper shooting, authorities say [More]
Haha. He cut holes in his shirt fabric, get it?

Where do they get these morons, and how come they're allowed to carry guns but we're not?

Magnum PC


Anybody know about this? I guess it's been out for a year now and renewed for Season 2. [Watch]

What can you say about Higgins being gender-reassigned as a chick but "Oh my God"? And how do they get around Hawaii's ban on non-LEO carry?

To his credit, I understand Tom Selleck turned down a cameo.

If this doesn't prove Hollywood Opposite Day "progressives" aren't "forward-thinking," nothing will.

I wonder how the "stars" think I should vote...?

Starve 'em Out

State Legislatures Can Pressure Banks To Cut Ties With The Firearms Industry [More]
Yep, buying and selling will require certain loyalties...

Interesting where this appears...

Hey, remember when Steve Forbes was telling us what a pal he was? (Sorry, the NRA video "Steve Forbes - a New President to Put Forward a PositiveProgram" is no longer available nor archived.)

We're the Only Ones Prohibited Enough

Will the feds bust Nikki Fried for having a marijuana card and a concealed carry permit? [More]
This must be how Opposite Day "progressive" gun-grabbers define "victory."

I wonder what her Sardaukar would do if they found you with a gun and a bag of dope...

And You Thought 'Shadow Banning' was Bad

Silicon Valley is building a Chinese-style social credit system [More]
I guess you don't need the mark.  The name or the number will do.