MMM Gallery IV

If you don't yet know what the Million Moon March is about, click here and check out some of the links--you'll soon get the idea.

And now for the latest submissions to the Control Arms Campaign:

Cowboy Blob got the first acceptance of the week with a couple of tourists to "The Happiest Disarmed Place on Earth."

M-I-C: See you real soon!

K-E-Y: Why? Because they like him!



It really is a small world after all!

Free Constitution tells us Million Facers Mao, Vladimir and Hideki all have good reasons to respectively be safe from armed violence, invoke arms trade treaties, and provide no arms for atrocities. After all, why spoil a sweet deal with competition if you don't have to?













Be sure and let us know if they make the cut, OK, Stan?

Do you remember that old peace song from the 60's, "Abraham, Martin and John"? Well Captain of a Crew of One posted his own version of today's peace leaders over at the Million Faces campaign: Robert, Muhammad and Omar.





I understand Sailor Curt may have mixed up Muhammad's geography a bit, but hey, we're all gonna be one great big peaceful disarmed world anyway, right? Just one question for Dion about his 60's peace hit, though--how come you didn't sing anything about "my old friend Bobby" wiretapping "my old friend Martin"? And isn't working with Phil Spector a blast?

But I digress. Fortunately, The Mad Hatter (aka "Jeremy H") reins things back in with three (count 'em!) successful posts, and the wry observation that someone over at Control Arms just might be one toke over the line (I thought we might be on a 60's song kick for a second, but then noticed Brewer & Shipley didn't record this 'til '71...) Anyway, say "Hello" to my li'l friends, the "unpredictable" Hermann...uhhh...Manuel, the "neighborly" David (aka Dylan, and I don't mean folksinger Bob, and the "handy" Anderson, who just needed to tone down a bit on the emotions to gain acceptance.





Meanwhile, Oscar Poppa treats us to a plea from south of the border, where Vinnie shows he's crazy like a Fox by encouraging the loco gringos to disarm. Doesn't this picture just scream "Trust me"?



Speaking of trust, Ride Fast & Shoot Straight has earned it two more times from the Million Facers, who agree with Martin's demand to "Get tough on arms," as well as Vidkun's plea to "Make me safe from armed violence" (especially the firing squad kind, eh Viddie?)




Finally, we have correspondent Cliff Reed, who has been trying mightily to introduce Charley M to the list of Control Arms-approved Predators on Parade.


Keep trying, Cliff. Based on the gallery of thugs they've posted to date, they're probably just concerned that he's not bloody-handed enough to join such august company--at least without first being vetted by the admissions committee.

UPDATE:

I owe SteamDragon a BIG APOLOGY. He got a bunch of good pictures in, and in my haste yesterday, I overlooked posting them here.

SD--I'm sorry. I'll do an exclusive gallery on your successful posts tomorrow.

We're the Only Ones Dreamy Enough...

A constable of the State Reserve Police (SRP) sustained a bullet injury on his left arm when his service gun, which was kept on the bed, accidentally went off while he was sleeping on Sunday afternoon...the incident took place when Bhadoriya was sleeping in the camp and had kept his 303 rifle on the bed. "While, he tried to turn up in the bed the gun accidentally went off and injured him in the left arm."

Good grief.

The Blagojevich and Daley Show

Well, when it comes to gun laws, if there’s one thing we now know about Mayor Daley and Gov. Rod Blagojevich, it’s that they are for anything but common sense legislation.

And when it comes to Blagojevich on The Dailey Show, here's another example of Rod proving himself to be an out-of-touch cultural maroon.

[Thanks to HZ]

Sometimes, the Sword is Mightier Than the Pen...

"Journalists increasingly are being targeted in conflict largely because they have lost, in the eyes of certain elements, their status as neutral observers. If they bear arms they reinforce this misguided belief by placing themselves on one side or another," said the INSI director, Rodney Pinder.

"A journalist with a gun says 'some people in the situation I'm covering are my enemies and I am prepared to kill them if necessary'. That is not the position of a neutral civilian."

Pinder, of course, is the same genius who once observed "To be a killer of a journalist is a relatively safe operation." That he's out there making it even safer doesn't seem to sway him much.

I'm just glad our own domestic journalist, Geraldo Rivera, saw the wisdom of carrying a gun in Afghanistan and then came back and used his influence to advocate the same right to armed defense for the rest of us.

What? He just believes in himself being armed and still supports disarming the masses?

Never mind.


[Via Cryptic Subterranean]

Don Knotts, RIP

As the bug-eyed deputy to Griffith, Knotts carried in his shirt pocket the one bullet he was allowed after shooting himself in the foot. The constant fumbling, a recurring sight gag, was typical of his self-deprecating humor.

G'night, Barney. Thanks for all those years of entertainment.

I think I'll go rent "No Time for Sergeants," where he so hilariously perfected that high-strung character.

The LA Times also has a real nice write-up on his life and career.

[Via Texican Tattler]

Hey Kids, Do You Know What Day It Is?

It's Second Amendment Saturday!

We're the Only Ones Retentive Enough

Constable Elizabeth Roth, 34, was on duty at Wetherill Park police station when the man, who was known to police, jumped the counter about 6.30am (AEDT) today and snatched her pistol.

The man turned the weapon on Constable Roth, who was working alone in the south-western Sydney station, shooting her once.

I have a great way to prevent this from ever happening again.

Develop "smart guns."

Then require everyone to have them except the police.

What?

They're already planning that?

Hoist By His Own Petard

Federal agents have revoked the firearms license of a prominent Baltimore County gun shop.

Valley Guns, of Parkville, is owned by Sanford Abrams, who is a National Rifle Association board member.

Hey, "enforce existing gun laws," right?

Taking Shots at America's Gun Culture

Still, he returned for the 2005 festival with his third film, Dear Wendy, in which he directed a von Trier screenplay about Americans and their firearms, starring Jamie Bell (Billy Elliot) as a teenager who writes a love letter to his gun.

There's an old maxim, "write what you know."

See, that's the thing--this movie's not about "America's gun culture," one of the most peaceable and rational demographic subsets on the planet. It's about an imaginary misfit--and one dreamed up in the prejudiced, neurotic fantasies of a snotty Danish elitist, at that.

Here's something else I can't help notice--the Danes publish some Muhammad cartoons and the whole Islamic world goes apeshit. They release a film calculated to provoke and enrage gun owners, and we not only have to inform each other it exists via minor blogs--but I don't see us rioting and torching, issuing death warrants and killing people.

Most of us just won't go see the movie--not that it looks like it has mass appeal, anyway. If we react at all, it will be to remark on the foolishness of the filmmakers.

Is that your best "shot" guys?

Yawn.

I do have a few more questions for our artsy, disdainful detractors, though. How long did it take the Nazis to conquer and occupy Denmark? Why didn't the same thing happen to Switzerland? What effect do you think the absence or presence of a "gun culture" had on the different outcomes?

We're the Only Ones In Plain Enough View...

A car prowler got away Tuesday night with the badge and gun of a Clackamas County deputy.

The sheriff's office says the off-duty deputy parked outside a dance studio on Lake Drive in Milwaukie. She went inside on personal business, apparently leaving her purse, containing her badge, gun and other items, in plain view inside the car.

There must be something about that superior training the "only ones" receive that causes stuff like this to happen. In all my years of gun ownership, I'd have never thought to leave my stuff sitting in my unattended car for all the world to see. I guess that's the difference between us ordinary people and professionals...

MMM Gallery Continues to Build

Gallery IV continues to build.

Fodder has managed to post both Vidkun and Marty, Steamdragon has posted some family photos, Civis Proeliator helps a neighbor to the south, and Jeremy H enjoys "successes all around."

The plan is to post these and more to the new gallery on Million Moon March Monday.

UPDATE: In my haste, I forgot to add the Captain...

UPDATE UPDATE: I already added the Captain's new entries yesterday. Someone around here isn't getting enough sleep.

Getting Out the Vote--Uganda Style

President Yoweri Museveni's legal adviser was pictured on Friday armed with an automatic pistol during a fracas over voting in the northeast of the country...The independent Monitor newspaper said its photographer John Emojong was beaten by Odoi after he took the picture, and then arrested by police officers under the lawyer's command...Elsewhere in Tororo district, the Monitor said Museveni's legal assistant "fired bullets, assaulted people and hunted down suspected Kenyans, who turned out to be Ugandans".

What are we fighting to bring to the world?

Oh, yeah, democracy.

Doc Muzzles Nixed

Doctors can continue asking patients whether they own and safely store firearms.

The Senate Education and Health committee, known for defeating controversial bills, voted down legislation that would have made it unlawful to routinely ask patients about firearms.

I'm likely to start another debate like the one that's going on over here, but I fear a state with the power to tell a doctor what he can or can't ask a patient more than I fear a doctor asking me about guns.

There are plenty of private ways to deal with a medico sticking his nose where it doesn't belong--from firing him and getting a doctor who isn't a bleater, to presenting him with a little questionnaire that ought to knock him back a few steps...

New Predators on Parade at the Million Moon March

Captain of a Crew of One notes some new parade entrants...

Dan Zwonitzer Has a Big "But"

Rep. Dan Zwonitzer, R-Cheyenne, said he owns guns and enjoys shooting. However, he said Wyoming is among the top states in the country in terms of gun-related deaths by population and said the state doesn't need legislation to encourage more people to carry guns.

Zwonitzer quoted the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which states in part that a "well-regulated militia" is necessary to the security of a free state. He said he wouldn't have a problem with the bill if it specified that members of the Wyoming National Guard have a right to carry weapons.

Zwonitzer was rated "?" by NRA in the 2004 election cycle:

Failed to answer NRA-PVF candidate questionnaire, often an indication of indifference, if not outright hostility, to gun owners’ and sportsmen’s rights.

Ignorant and arrogant. How typical of those who seek power over others. You folks in Wyoming can get a LOT better servant than this upstart, who seems to think it's his place to tell you what to do...

Shooter Had Homemade Gun

Police have charged a 41-year-old man with firearms possession after he allegedly fired a homemade gun in a block of flats in South Yarra last night.

Time for another law. We must do something about the home armory loophole!

A Gun Room at Work?

The National Rifle Association, sensing trouble on its proposed bill in the state Legislature that would require employers to allow workers to have guns in their cars in company parking lots, offered some unusual compromises Wednesday:

* Creating gun rooms at work and having workers check their weapons when they arrive.

* Separate parking lots for gun owners.

* Making it OK to carry in the car, as long as you tell your boss.

Lock up you safety facilities, separate but equal facilities, and permission.

Yep. Sounds like "shall not be infringed" to me.

Some Good News

Last week I brought you the story of Mark Edward Marchiafava, whose unlawful arrest by Gonzales, La. police and subsequent confiscation of his property raised the ire of Liberty Zone readers. This morning, I'm gratified to tell you that Mark took a trip to Gonzales yesterday and retrieved both his weapon and his bail money.

Good work, Nicki.

Why Is There Any Question?

A local rapper was killed in December when a gun went off inside his mouth, but it remains unclear whether the death was an accident, suicide or murder.

The guilty party seems pretty clear to me--"the gun went off inside his mouth." That precludes human intervention, doesn't it?

My only question is why this phenomenon is so common in establishment media reports, yet I've never known anyone in real life who had encountered one of these self-animated guns...?

We're the Only Ones Frisky Enough...

Before the gun was discovered at the jail, it was apparently in the suspect's boot while he rode in a police car, while he was questioned at police headquarters and while he was being booked at the Wake County Jail.

Sorry for the horrible pun, but it seemed to fit...