Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Laying Grassroots Over Astorturf

What if you planned a gun-grab and the wrong people came...? [Read]

[Via Jess]

Chicago's ‘shoot first’ training endangers citizens and non-uniformed officers

That the person with the gun may be a citizen who was defending his or her life, or a plainclothes law enforcement officer or agent engaged in protecting their own and/or others’ lives does not seem to enter into McCarthy’s training instructions... [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner post notes the threat of being shot ought to result in an appropriate response from targets who are able to prevent it.

I Wouldn't Exactly Call It a "Donnybrook"

But it is that bad. [Read]

[Via Carl S]

¿Armas Para Que?

Any other questions? [Read]

We're the Only Ones Data-Driven Enough

Say gang, I've got a swell idea! Let's give this same bunch access to gun ownership records! [Read]

[Via William T]

Meanwhile, Across the Pond in Sarah Brady Paradise...

The weapons have been removed safely by trained police officers. [More] 
Why do I imagine them sitting up and barking like seals?

Sounds like they've got good subjects like Simon trained, too. I guess he ought to be grateful they didn't put him through this ordeal.

[Via DMJ]

The Sword and Sovereignty

Oath Keepers calls our attention to this important work. [More]

Today's Five-Minute Activism Task

Reid & McConnell are reportedly about to change the Senate rules. It’s probably a harbinger of sell-outs to come. But Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell is apparently about to conclude an agreement with Majority Leader Harry Reid which would sell out pro-gunners and decimate minority rights under the Senate rules. 
You know the drill, or you should by now. [Read ,do and share]

Here's my proof of delivery:

No "Buts" About It

We just saw some big "but" excuse-making from a double-talking Oath Weaseler.  Here's a sheriff who does a much better job, and unlike some who just pledge not to enforce federal laws, this guy promises to not "stand idly by," kind of like his colleagues up in Utah.


Click on graphic to enlarge.
[Via Andrea Shea King]

Stop the Threat:The Apartment

From American Trigger Sports Network:

All new episode: This week's crime scene: Three college students cheer their team into victory at their apartment, fueled by beer and chips, when they hear a noise that alerts them to thieves trying to steal their car...

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Wednesdays
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5:00pm EST

Thursdays
10:00pm PST

Fridays-Shooting Destination Night
6:00pm PST
1:00am EST/ 9:00pm EST

Don't Let the Door...

And good riddance. [Read]

Trail of Tears

It seems to me "American Indian activist Suzanne Blue Star Boy" might benefit from doing less listening to Molly Smith and more to Matt Bracken...

J. Grayson Robinson Has a Big "But"

I took an oath BUT I'm simply not qualified to know what I was swearing to... [Read]

The First Installment

Cuomo proposes $36M for newly tightened gun laws [More] 
Slavery isn't free, you know...

8 Out of 10 Comrades Agree

A 2011 Levada poll indicated that 80 percent of the population does not want looser gun laws. [More]
Gee, imagine that. It doesn't work there, either, at least for its stated purpose, so those interested in power demand more of it and the cud-chewers swallow it right down.

Oh, for the good old days...


This Day in History: January 23

This park is named after the HMS Culloden, a British 74-gun warship sailing with the Channel Fleet during the American Revolutionary War. On January 23, 1781, as she was on her way to Newport, Rhode Island to intercept French ships attempting to run a British blockade, she ran into severe weather and ran aground at what is now called Culloden Point. [More]

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Why do you 'need assault rifles‘ or 'high-capacity‘ magazines?

"Essential Liberty" author Rob Olive brings up the fear factor, and he's not talking about the show. [Read]

‘Gun-free zone’ enables Texas campus shooting

[T]he college offers a variety of hiding, evacuating, wedging, locking, and other instructions depending on whether one is in a classroom or office, a hallway, an auditorium, open spaces, or “trapped with the gunmen,” in which case the first rule listed is “don’t do anything to provoke them.”

They actually say that. [More]
This afternoon's Gun Rights Examiner report notes in a sane world, those inclined toward misbehaving would be the ones worried about doing the provoking.

Lessons of History

Moreover, many of them expressed their unwillingness for any further compromise on this matter.  THAT was historic. [More]
History is written by the victors.  Let us be the ones who write it.

Why Gun Control is Logically Flawed

A-yup. Anybody who can't be trusted with a gun can't be trusted without a custodian. [Read]