It was never really a conversation. It wasn't even a monologue.
It was a dictation of the terms of surrender: Obey or die. [Read]
Good job, Kurt, as always.
I'm exhausted, it's snowing, I've had a hell of a day, it's Friday night and I'm shutting down. Don't expect emails answered or comments moderated for the rest of the day.
Friday, December 21, 2012
Today's NRA Press Conference Live Streaming
Watch below at the appointed hour:
I just noticed I can see this in IE but not in Firefox. If you have problems viewing this here, go to the NRA site.
The Nazgul Speaks
I say all of this as a gun owner. I say it as a conservative who was appointed to the federal bench by a Republican president. [More]
Sounds more to me like you say this as a traitor. Really, judge? Confiscation?And if you could ignore the rest of the Bill of Rights you talk about making it "a capital offense to so much as look at a gun"?
What a bloody-minded fascist. I guess at some point, if things don't simmer down, he and his are going to try to kill me and mine.
And, depending on where you stand, you and yours.
Get Smart
"I was literally pulling my hair out," McNamara said. "I thought, we have a technology that could have helped prevent that massacre."
That technology places a radio chip in a gun handle and a corresponding chip on a ring or bracelet or even implanted in an authorized shooter's hand, McNamara said. If the two chips are not within an inch or two (2.5 to 5 cm) of each other, the trigger will not unlock. [More]
Keep pulling, Mac. Your stupid gizmo would have had no effect on Sandy Hook. All Adam would have had to do is kill his mother by other means and he could have helped himself to the bracelet or ring, or pried the chip out of her cold, dead hands with a screwdriver.
What a dumb idea.
It always has been.
Our Opinion
A reasonable question is: Who needs what kind of weapon? [More]Some of us don't find that presumption a given.
Grassley Wants Knife Control, Too
What an idiot. No wonder Obama and Holder outsmart these guys at every turn. [Read]
We'll Leave the Seat Up for You
Both hotel chains' Facebook pages are full of messages urging them to "get out of bed with the NRA", many of them threatening to stop using their hotels until they do. [More]Those are the types who probably bring in bedbugs anyway.
If you're on Facebook, fight back with a message of your own:
Shooting Destination Night
Reminder: American Trigger Sports Network will feature an encore presentation tonight on the Tueller drill. [Details]
A Market-Based Stand
Y.es, throwing your core customers under the bus has always been a good strategic moved in a highly-competitive market place. God forbid we would expect a business supported by gun owners to take a principle-based and a freedom-based stand. [Read]
Of course, prognostications of a financial genius move notwithstanding, we are dealing with a commentator/analyst who believes:
As for glossing over "well regulated," no we don't. Some of us, who have actually read the Federalist Papers, know exactly what was intended:
Of course, prognostications of a financial genius move notwithstanding, we are dealing with a commentator/analyst who believes:
Yes, the Second Amendment does grant the right to bear arms, but gun advocates always seem to gloss over the phrase "well-regulated militia." The founding fathers were wise to include that language.Or at least he says he believes it . It's tough to think anyone still buys into that "grant" lie after it's been debunked so many times, including and by no less than the Supreme Court, so my guess is the writer knows better but doesn't want his readers to.
As for glossing over "well regulated," no we don't. Some of us, who have actually read the Federalist Papers, know exactly what was intended:
"The project of disciplining all the militia of the United States is as futile as it would be injurious, if it were capable of being carried into execution. A tolerable expertness in military movements is a business that requires time and practice. It is not a day, or even a week, that will suffice for the attainment of it. To oblige the great body of the yeomanry, and of the other classes of the citizens, to be under arms for the purpose of going through military exercises and evolutions, as often as might be necessary to acquire the degree of perfection which would entitle them to the character of a well-regulated militia, would be a real grievance to the people, and a serious public inconvenience and loss. It would form an annual deduction from the productive labor of the country, to an amount which, calculating upon the present numbers of the people, would not fall far short of the whole expense of the civil establishments of all the States. To attempt a thing which would abridge the mass of labor and industry to so considerable an extent, would be unwise: and the experiment, if made, could not succeed, because it would not long be endured. Little more can reasonably be aimed at, with respect to the people at large, than to have them properly armed and equipped [emphasis added]; and in order to see that this be not neglected, it will be necessary to assemble them once or twice in the course of a year.And yes, the founders were wise. How wise may astonish some.
This Day in History: December 21
"...And were not the taxes of Britons, and the number of her armies increased, to make up the deficiency...offered to drop the act for raising a stamp duty in America provided the colonist would grant...their reasonable aids towards the support of their own civil establishment & the national defence...Not to oppress--not to injure, much less to reduce the Americans to slavery..." [More]
Thursday, December 20, 2012
Town Hall Tonight
From Ohioans for Concealed Carry:
The massacre at Sandy Hook has resulted in an aggressive attempt by the gun prohibitionists to use this tragedy to further their goal to take away our right to own certain firearms.
ABC Channel 6 out of Columbus, Ohio will hold a town hall, which is expected to be picked up and broadcast by numerous stations across the United States, to bring together advocates from all sides to discuss what can or should not be done.The town hall will be TONIGHT - Thursday, December 20th, from 7:00pm until 8:00pm at the Ohio State University Union. You can attend in person or watch the event online.Ohioans For Concealed Carry General Legal Council Derek DeBrosse and Ken Hanson will represent the pro-gun rights side of the issue while Toby Hoover, Executive Director of the Ohio Coalistion Against Gun Violence and a representative of liberal Progress Ohio will appear on behalf of the anti-gun owner platform.
Regardless of what has been parroted by those talking heads on television who believe that banning a subset of the types of firearms available to citizens, many of them argue that they're not asking to ban "all guns." They fail to realize that all of the firearms used in the Sandy Hook massacre were lawfully owned in a state that has an existing Assault Weapons Ban.Passing "do nothing" legislation isn't going to stop bad people from killing others. Those who have been salivating to take away your right to own firearms in one way or another are literally salivating over this tragedy, including CNN's Piers Morgan who admits he's gleeful that the tragedy happened:Responsible gun owners are devastated over the loss of life while simultaneously realizing that no amount of gun control could have prevented this or future horrific massacres.We highly encourage you to attend if you can fit this event into your schedule, watch it online, and share this story with your friends and colleagues via social media---Derrick DeBrosse is a practicing attorney with Barney & DeBrosse, LLC. and has represented Ohioans For Concealed Carry in civil litigation against cities that have refused to comply with Ohio's statewide preemption statutes. DeBrosse has also worked with Ohioans For Concealed Carry to reform Ohio's concealed carry laws in the Ohio Legislature.
Are You Going to Scarborough Fair?
Meanwhile, Across the Pond in Sarah Brady Paradise...
An Armed March?
I've always had reservations about these things, and told Mike so, particularly with how easy it would be for a violent anti to start something designed to blame the marchers for. [Read]
As Mike reminded me in our phone conversation this morning, I spoke at an armed rally across the river from DC, and at an unarmed one by the Washington Monument.
As I said then, and will repeat now, I had my reservations about attending both events, but went ahead and did it because friends asked me to, and I help my friends even if it isn't easy -- that's what friends are supposed to be there for.
As Mike reminded me in our phone conversation this morning, I spoke at an armed rally across the river from DC, and at an unarmed one by the Washington Monument.
As I said then, and will repeat now, I had my reservations about attending both events, but went ahead and did it because friends asked me to, and I help my friends even if it isn't easy -- that's what friends are supposed to be there for.
GOA Radio
From host Bill Frady:
Tonight on the show I will have David Thweatt, Texas school superintendent that oversees the Guardian Project that allows Teachers in his district to carry concealed. Followed by Brannon LeBouf, Chief Instructor of NOLATAC, as we discuss how a techer could be trained. Friday I have State Rep Phillip Rowe of SC, who has introduced a bill in the General Assembly to allow teachers to carry concealed. The link is www.stickam.com/gunownersofamericaradio and the call in number is 703-776-9264.
A Middle Ground
A middle ground on gun limits [More]
And look who's offering it!
You'll find no shortage of ground occupants, especially in places controlled by human rights advocates!
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