Author, Hollywood screenwriter and veteran says he could kill again over guns

"A couple years ago, a gun nut I know was 'playfully' asking me why I didn't get a gun and do some target shooting, which he claimed was 'fun,'" Top Commenter Thomas Cleaver recalled. "I asked him 'If I get a gun, will it be OK to shoot you? Don't worry, I've shot and killed people before, and I'm way past getting upset at seeing you lying on the floor with your brains splattered on the wall. Been there long ago.' [More]

And the "progressives say we're violent "gun nuts"...

My latest JPFO Alert notes a bit of projection going on.

Am I Forgetting Something?

No.  [More]

Read the letter. It addresses that. And don't make assumptions.

The article is only a lead-in summary to link to the main document.

I don't expect anything. Nor do I discount anything.

GunCoin

I got notification yesterday I was now being followed on Twitter by The GunCoin Project.

I've been following some of the Bitcoin ups and downs and arguments, albeit not very closely, and can't claim enough knowledge to weigh in on the replacement privacy currency vs. speculative investment debate, but that's not what concerned me. Understand that terms like "peer-to-peer" and "open source software" make my eyes glaze over. You're dealing with a guy who used to code assembly parts lists on 80-column cards and take them to a department called "Keypunch." 

I had  a more basic question, because I figure if I'm going to be SMFFs (social media and you figure out the rest) with these folks, I should make sure they're really on the up-and-up from an RKBA point of view.  So I emailed them:

Hi, I just got your Twitter follow notice and followed back.

I'd like to know more about the people behind your venture, your pro-gun bonafides, etc.

There's not much in your website's "About" section.

Ditto, whois registry doesn't really tell much.

I think it would serve you well to give Second Amendment supporters details, as we see stories like the one about the head of the firm that owns Sportsman Channel and Guns & Ammo magazine being a big Democrat supporter who believes in gun control, and it's pretty natural for people to be leery, and even to wonder if some of the money they spend will end up supporting politicians working against them.

Care to disclose who you are and what your gun rights backgrounds are?

Here's the response:

Thanks for reaching out to us.  I can offer you some more information about us and what we stand for.

My name is [REDACTED] and I am the Guncoin Project Manager.  I am a lifelong Alaskan that has been hunting and shooting all my life.  I believe (as does the team) very strongly in our 2nd Amendment rights.  Honestly, gun control efforts make me sick to my stomach, and that will never change.  We do not currently *support* any political group monetarily.  However, if we were to donate funds or support in any way for a group, it would definitely be Republican.  In fact, we would be quite interested in mutual support options.  Now, do not get me wrong, I am not *against* the Democratic party.  I agree with both sides on a lot of issues...  BUT, our 2nd Amendment rights trump other issues for me and the only logical choice if I had to pick to support is Republican.

The Guncoin Project really came about after a lot of dealings with Payment Processors when trying to sell firearms and firearms related goods.  As you may know, it is just a nightmare dealing with these companies and trying to get payment processing set up for a firearms related business.  That real need for easy transactions, coupled with the opportunity to support gun rights in a public way, led us to create Guncoin.

We have not been very public about our identities because we have already received a slough of threats and anti-gun nonsense.  We have families just like everyone else and do not need that kind of stress to deal with.  We are just regular guys with regular lives trying to fill a niche with Guncoin.

I hope I have provided the information you were wanting.

Thank You,

- Guncoin Support

He said I could repro. his email in total. Because of that last bit, I'm not including  a name. That said, it seems to me they're at least sincere about the part that concerned me.  If you're interested in what they offer and want to find out more on your own, you now have a link.

Ohio's DeWine asked to ensure open carry training after shooting jokes by police

Those attitudes included laughing about double-tapping the open carriers, a term gun owners recognize as the placing of two shots into a target in quick succession. [More]

Today’s Gun Rights Examiner report notes some of us fail to see the humor when “Only Ones” joke about shooting armed citizens. That attitude has to stop before somebody gets hurt.

The linked article is "the CliffsNotes version." My letter to DeWine is posted on Scribd.

Stranger All the Time

Kurt notes not only has mention of where this applies been eliminated, but also "to the same person" language has been dropped. Why? [More]

Zero Brains, More Like It

How typically "progressive." [More]

But what an education that kid just got. In spite of what the moron fascist teachers and administrators intended.

We're the Only Ones Getting You in Hot Water Enough

The 50-year-old was placed in a small, enclosed, scalding-hot shower by guards and left unattended for more than an hour. He collapsed and died amid the searing heat, suffering severe burns when he fell, face up, atop the drain.  [More]

Good thing monstrous tyranny could never happen here and there are things our people would never do or tolerate because ... Democracy!

I feel like singin', I'm so damn proud of that.

[Via Florida Guy] 

Feel the Burn

Gee, actions have consequences. [More]

Who'da thunk?

[Via Florida Guy] 

Operation Enduring Globalism

Sickening on many levels, and reflective on many more... [Watch]

Looking on the Bright Side...

...at least no guns were used. [More]

Because if people could shoot back at terrorists intent on murdering them, that would be a human rights violation.

What are Your Goals?

Have you advanced them? [More]

This Day in History: May 23

I have been endeavouring to obtain the documents necessary to ascertain the quantity of forage consumed by the allied army in West Chester county the last campaign. [More]

Wow, that'll teach me to start blogging before I've had my morning coffee. I was on automatic and totally messed this one up with an entry only off by a couple months. Comment poster Rexxhead appropriately remarked:

MARCH 23rd? This is May.  

I love senior moments. They make me feel so mature.

Or I could just adopt an "Authorized Journalists" covering for "Only Ones" approach: The keyboard went off.

Two from the GREs

In a hurry, so need to just do a brief post. Go read these:

• Hofmann: Be nice if Protection in Lawful Commerce got this thrown out and a countersuit were filed. 
• Workman: A solution for New Jersey.

The Story Keeps Getting Stranger

Remember that column where it looked like ATF was expanding the multiple rifle sale reporting rule?

While doubts were raised despite ATF not specifying the four border states of where their proposal would be applicable, a new difference has been identified, Kurt Hofmann tells me, by activist Chris Meissen, who "caught an interesting aspect of the ATF's proposed new power grab that no one else seems to be talking about.

"Check out the wording," Kurt advised:

The purpose of this information collection is to require Federal Firearms Licensees to report multiple sales or other dispositions whenever the licensee sells or otherwise disposes of two or more rifles within any five consecutive business days with the following characteristics:  (1) Semi-automatic; (2) a caliber greater than .22; and (c) the ability to accept a detachable magazine.   

"Nowhere does it say anything about the multiple sales being to the same buyer," he noted. "Conceivably, if this goes through, they'll be authorized to demand reports from every gun dealer who sells two or more detachable magazine-fed semi-auto rifles per week."

Yeah, I have no idea if this is just sloppiness or if it means more, but if this goes through unchallenged, it will have the effect of an enforceable rule.  And by way of "then and now" comparison, here's what the proposed rule looked like on that point back when it was first proposed:

The purpose of this information collection is to require Federal firearms licensees to report multiple sales or other dispositions whenever the licensee sells or otherwise disposes of two or more rifles with the following characteristics: (a) Semi-automatic; (b) a caliber greater than .22 (including .223/5.56 caliber); and (c) the ability to accept a detachable magazine, to the same person at one time or during any five consecutive business days.

We're the Only Ones NOT Ready for War Enough

“It was enough to arm a small army or militia,” a police source said of the bust. “These guys were ready for war.” [More]

If these morons actually believe that, wait 'til they come up against the real deal.

[Via Florida Guy] 

Gee, I Wonder What This Button Does...?

This is why we need bracelet-activated "smart tanks." [More]

[Via Florida Guy] 

Spitting Distance

The story did look like BS when I first saw it.  [More]

[Via JM]

Second Amendment Spotlight

By all means, turn on that spotlight.

I wonder how much money deceptive crap like this "liberates" from the uninformed (who then end up feeling they've done their part) that could have been used for something effective.

[Via Ned W]

We're the Only Ones Muscular Enough

The better to beat you with, my dear. [More]

NOW HULK MAD!

Not to mention enjoying offsetting health benefits...

[Via Chris M]

Run Ben Run!

As far away from me as you can get... [More]