A New Kind of Gun Exchange

The guns are toys, often look-alike AK-47s or 44-magnums, traded in for other toys at St. Stephen's Academy...It was also a chance for the Save-A-Child organization to photograph and fingerprint children.

And since they're being conditioned to be herd animals, this was also a chance to tag their ears.

A "Rational Campaign" for a Ration of...

The mayors of more than a dozen cities, including Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels, concluded they must do what Congress has failed to do: fight for rational gun laws.

Here's the new soundbite--expect to see its use spread.

The antis have been using "common sense gun laws," but I guess that's just not snappy enough. Now the buzzword du jour is "rational," with the clear implication that if you disagree, why, you must be irrational...

Rare Tommy gun sells for $80,500

The gun was originally appraised at $25,000, but sold for more than three times that amount. The top bid -- $80,500.

Perhaps I'm just jaded. I mean, how many sheriffs' departments do we find willing to auction off any gun, let alone a machine gun? And I admittedly know nothing about the purchaser.

But with rich benefactors like George Soros and Andrew McKelvey bankrolling the antis, I can't help but wonder if the guy who's got 80+ Grand for a collector's item has donated anywhere near that amount to defending the Second Amendment.

I hope he has--but if there are wealthy rkba supporters out there, how come they keep such a low profile?

We're the Only Ones Sleeping With Our Colleagues and Shooting Them Enough

A police constable was killed, when his colleague accidentally fired his gun here.

Yeah, this happens to me all the time...

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Perverts With Guns

Xavier has gained recognition for his recurring "Idiots With Guns" series. As stupid as some of his subjects are, he's always quick to disclaim:

The purpose of Idiots with Guns is not to humiliate, but to educate.

Meet Verna Bice. This "artist" knows exactly what she's doing, and she's not above using humiliation to indoctrinate. Sorry for linking to pornographic imagery (not due to graphic sexual nature, but because of contrived ugliness), but this is a telling glimpse into how guns are perceived--or at least portrayed--in the mind of Ms. Bice.

This is some sick stuff.

The Moustache Stays

Rosie O’Donnell’s new mega contract with ABC has one absolute proviso: the former talk show queen cannot cut her hair.

Can she at least trim her hooves?

"Thousands Of Guns Taken Off The Streets"

“We don't have to wait for the government to make a difference,” said the Rev. Michael Pfleger, the pastor of St. Sabina. “We can make a difference by taking guns out of our communities. There's no reason for anybody to have a gun in their house unless they're law enforcement, as far as I'm concerned.”

Yeah, right, you sanctimonious witch doctor, we all know police are the only ones who can be trusted with firearms. It looks like somebody has figured out that letting cops fence stolen weapons--no questions asked-- is a no-risk way to make a profit.

There is a bit of a paradox: If churches are doing this to effect political outcomes, their tax exempt status could be scrutinized. If, on the other hand, they're doing this to advance their religious beliefs, what the hell is the state doing expending public funds/manpower to impose this on the public? Where's that "wall of separation" we're told is needed to protect us from theocracy? You can't have it both ways--or doesn't Chicago Police Supt. Philip Cline gushing like a giddy Million Mom as he actualizes Michael Pfleger's superstitious prejudices count?

Oh, and Rafael Romo--sorry to burst your bubble, but what you're doing is "shilling," not "reporting." You wouldn't recognize a watchdog press if it bit you--and it obviously hasn't, you tool.

It's That Day Again

Stan has some 2A thoughts to share...

It's Not About Freedom, It's About Force

The Senate voted 31-8 for the plan, which was pushed by the National Rifle Association and modeled after a Georgia law dubbed the "Shooter Voter" act. The bill breezed through the House 110-6 last week and heads now to Gov. Jeb Bush's desk...

Under the law, businesses across Florida that sell hunting, fishing and trapping licenses or permits would be required to display voter-registration applications.

"Required"?

And if they don't want to, too bad? They have to?

And if they refuse, they'll presumable be arrested and punished? And if they resist and defy they'll be destroyed?

Where did I hear the line "It's Not About Guns, It's About Freedom"?

Why can't store owners be asked to distribute voter registration materials--and if the refuse, be left the hell alone?

Why the need to impose an agenda--any agenda--under ultimate force of arms?

Evil New Super Gun Undetectable--Except for the Parts That Aren't

Cops in New Jersey have made a frightening news discovery.

It comes in the form of a gun, that when place in an airport x-ray machine, is nearly invisible to the human eye.

Uh, that's why they use x-rays--because contents of luggage are invisible to the human eye...

Fontoura said only the steel barrel was visible. The rest of the weapon, including the trigger and stock, did not appear...Police say the gun found in Newark, fires ammunition so fast it can penetrate a bulletproof vest.

I guess a big pipe in a carry-on wouldn't set off any alarms. So much hysteria. So little information.

Hey, that could be the new ABC 7 Eyewitless News slogan...

A Private Party

A federal judge in Brooklyn ruled that New York can have access to gun tracing information gathered by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, despite a recently-passed measure that forbids such data from being used in civil suits.

The judge said that measure doesn't apply to New York because it was acting as a private plaintiff, not "the public.”

Well, hey, that door swings both ways, then. If New York is a private party, then its gun control laws should be applied to its agents as private individuals. Any public funds used in pursuit of private aims--including city facilities and compensation for city personnel engaged in pursuing this lawsuit during working hours--should be treated as stolen.

Model Behavior

Don't come between Naomi Campbell and her jeans — the hot- tempered supermodel allegedly attacked yet other maid in an angry dustup over her denim, it was revealed yesterday.

The hell-catwalker whacked Gaby Gibson in the back of the head because she couldn't find a pair of black Stella McCartney jeans, the frightened ex-maid told The Post...

[T]wo months before Campbell was arrested on charges she hit housekeeper Ana Scolavino in the back of the head with a cellphone after accusing her of stealing her jeans...

The fiery femme fatale is notorious for losing her cool, and was once accused of hitting her secretary with a telephone and threatening to throw her from a moving car.

So naturally, since she can't control her own violent emotional outbursts, she thinks you can't be trusted either, and joined other privileged airhead celebrities to demand that you be disarmed.

Better Living Through No Chemistry

The feral government wants to ban private ownership of chemicals, just like their enumerated Constitutional powers authorize them to do.

And remember: Our enemies hate us because we're free!

Permission to Defend

No citizen should face prison for standing up to an attacker. With the stroke of a pen, Gov. Lynch can remove the unnecessary flight-or-surrender restriction that curtails our right to defend ourselves. He should do it without hesitation or regret.

True.

But that Gov. Lynch is even a factor in such a decision shows how completely We the People have tolerated the degradation of our Natural Rights.

We're the Only Ones Tribal Enough

A weapon used during the Nov. 7 execution style triple murder in Hogback was allegedly a shotgun that was originally from a Navajo Nation police department...

"Currently, there are weapons missing from our police departments and there is a lot of anxiety over that. We are doing what we can to locate those weapons."

A more cynical person than I am might wonder if Eugenia and Samson are related, and if that has any bearing on this.

A New Gun Argument

The mayors, Menino said, do not want to meddle with the rights of hunters.

That's your "new gun argument"? Sorry pal, "The 2nd Amendment ain't about duck hunting" bumper stickers have been around for years. Clinton and Kerry in camos didn't fool us then, and you're not fooling anyone but the fools now.

The National Rifle Association regularly says that we don't need new laws and should simply enforce the regulations on the books. But if many of the existing laws are unenforceable, that statement is meaningless.

That's because gun control laws don't work. Some of us wish NRA would accept that simple fact, but evidently they think that message resonates with enough voters to advance their agenda, and they're playing a political game.

Basically what you're saying is, if 20,000 laws on the books are ineffective, 20,001 will do the trick. In what other demonstration of cause and effect would that not be considered insane?

Yes, there is a cultural difference between big cities and rural areas, but it's a difference in how guns are used. Rural people treasure their guns mostly for hunting and recreation, and as collectors. In inner cities, guns -- especially handguns -- are used almost entirely to threaten or kill other human beings.

You want a "new gun argument"? You haven't got the guts to explore a "new gun argument."

But it's inarguable that the culture you rail against, where handgun abuse is the highest, resides in areas where the populace overwhelmingly votes in lock-step with the "gun control" slate.

Sorry, E. J. Dionne Jr. You've demonstrated nothing new here. You're just another in a long train of boringly unoriginal hacks trotting out the same old tired arguments as you cheer on the police state. You're just another ignorant socialist who would be useless in a defensive situation, but insistent on imposing your contemptible impotence on all men--as long as other men do the enforcement.

Napolitano Retains Power to (Try) Seizing Weapons

State senators failed by one vote Wednesday to override Gov. Janet Napolitano's veto of legislation to trim gubernatorial powers to seize weapons.

The 19-10 vote — one vote short of the necessary two-thirds margin — came even after Sen. Dean Martin, R-Phoenix, speculated that Napolitano vetoed the measure so she could use her emergency powers to take weapons away from members of the Minuteman Project patrolling the Mexican border.

Why this is even debatable is beyond me. Special contempt goes to Rebecca Rios, who fled like a coward from taking a stand, and Robert Cannell, who's "not willing to override the governor" on the Bill of Rights.

Gun Crime Soars

GUN crime in Islington has soared by more than 80 per cent in the last year.

Maybe Mayor Bloomberg & Co. can achieve the same results in this country--just like they have in their violent crime-infested cities.

Senior Disarmament

THE son of a wealthy retired businessman who died of three shotgun wounds claims the tragedy could have been avoided...

Company director Angus Ashton, 56, said his father, who suffered from dementia, had his driving licence taken off him by the DVLA on advice from a doctor. But he still held a licence for three shotguns.

"The bottom line was that my father could not legally drive a car but he could own and shoot a gun," he said.

So naturally the solution is to disarm the elderly--probably the most law-abiding and least violent demographic on the planet--and leave them vulnerable to physically stronger predators.

"I Think Police Need Total Control"

An Oklahoma legislator said he hopes to make some changes to a new law that makes it illegal for authorities to confiscate weapons during a state of emergency.

State Rep. Mike Shelton said House Bill 2696 has placed the power of the law into the wrong hands.

"During states of emergency, I think police need total control. They don't need to worry who has guns and who doesn't. If the governor calls for Oklahomans to relinquish their guns, the public needs to do so," Shelton said.

Some people are hell-bent on making peaceful coexistence impossible.

Make sure you take the survey.

[Via Jason M]