As Good as Gone

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If we lose the Presidential election to an extremist anti-gunner like Hillary Clinton or Joe Biden, our Second Amendment rights and our guns are as good as gone...

Really?

You believe that, Wayne?  Or did you mean to say your guns are as good as gone?

And then are you going to say "Enforce existing gun laws" and advise members to turn 'em all in Mr. and Mrs. America? And if we don't like it we can vote our way out? Like they can do in California and New Jersey?

I thought you were supposed to be a leader -- you sure get paid like one.

And the only way to avert this disaster is to buy a coin and then eat whatever heaping helping of Republican steamers they put in front of us -- or we'll "lose our guns"?  Even if that just means the pathway to citizenship they're selling us out for will make doing things your way even more useless and futile?

You're still not going to get serious and admit that's a legitimate "single issue" concern, are you, Wayne?  That way, you can keep passing out those "A" grades and keep your insider Beltway Boys access all the way up to retirement and beyond.

One question -- after Hillary takes my guns, what's to stop her from taking my coin?

What a goddamn con job.

What to Look for

If this is what the sellout neocons end up fielding, I'll be looking for "Madame President." [More]

Or has the GOP forgotten how well Dole, McCain and Romney did at inspiring the base to give its all?

Media Emphasis on Guns Not Reflected in Giffords and Kelly Akron U Talk

In any event, the majority of the Kelly/Giffords presentation had nothing to do with “gun control,” in spite of WKYC’s hand-wringing “agenda journalism” emphasis of that topic.  [More]

Not only that, but I didn't get to ask my question.

In Spite of Record Gun Sales

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Orwellian "Conservatives"

‘Supermajority’ of House Freedom Caucus to back Paul Ryan’s speaker bid [More]

Yeah, betray your core constituents (again!) and set up conditions for your own demise. It's hard for me to believe they're truly this stupid, which leaves they're truly this cowardly and corrupt as the only plausible alternative.

At least this'll make Harry happy.

Some People

A few general statements about people and guns... [More]

WarOnGuns Correspondent Michael G's take:

Not a very good poem, one of those modern ones that doesn't rhyme or scan. But a good example of Progressive's opposites day. Using a poem, an inherently emotional format, the poet portrays himself (and anyone who agrees with him) as driven by facts and logic and those who disagree with him as driven by emotion. Not to mention projecting his own fear on to others and saying they are fearful.

Oh, it's a poem?  See, I'm not sensitive enough to pick up on such subtleties, but if that's the case:

There once was a Prozi named Andy...

Survey SAYS...

Majority Say More Concealed Weapons Would Make U.S. Safer [More]

This could be useful information to impart to those who base their "No Guns" policies on perceived bottom line issues.

[Via Florida Guy]   

Open Secrets

[T]he battle over the Second Amendment will be won by progressives in the coming years, thanks to a secret weapon. [More]

That's some secret. Some of us have been screaming as loud as we can about this for years, doing everything we can to get the gun groups to acknowledge the danger to the "single issue" and to take proactive steps to educate their members and pressure politicians with grade adjustments. It's not our fault if those warnings have been ignored and marginalized so as not to rock the access boat.

The funny thing is, it should hardly be a new "secret" revelation for WND. Two-and-a-half years ago, their columnist Albert Thompson wrote:

If the NRA, GOA, hunters, range owners, the tea party, churches and gun/ammo manufacturers don’t fight amnesty efforts, the Democrat elite will get their wish. In a few years, the Democrats will win legislative majorities in the states.

You know what the Democrat elite want to do. Amnesty gives them the power.

The Second Amendment will not be safe.

CPAC can’t support amnesty and the Second Amendment.

The RNC can’t support amnesty and the Second Amendment.

The conservative-libertarian movement can’t support amnesty and the Second Amendment.

What's particularly disappointing are many of the comments that focus exclusively on blaming "liberals" while still apparently oblivious to Republican culpability. And "Molon Labe" comments would have a lot more credibility if there was some indication that such "efforts" were not the extent of the committed "activism" of those posting them.

Ah well, maybe now that this is getting wider notice, a light bulb will go on about the troops-rousing (and fundraising) potential, just like we saw when Fast and Furious was finally acknowledged after our "leaders" emerged from hiding.

Going Viral

That is, if the "Authorized Journalists" who view a meme making the rounds (again) as useful have their way. It basically goes "I quit the NRA -- they used to be about gun safety and shooting sports, and now they're too extreme."

Because we all know the real reason for the Second Amendment.

So it's no coincidence we see variations on the theme from:

• HuffPo
• Time
• The Roanoke Times

Oh, and gee, look where the talking points come from.

WarOnGuns Correspondent "Henry" made a perceptive, tangentially-related  observation:

Oh, for heaven’s sake, let him join, and waste his time barking up the wrong tree for a year or two. Any pro-rights activist who knows what’s what knows that the power doesn’t emanate out of Fairfax, it emanates out of the grassroots of America. Disrupting the American gun rights movement by Infiltrating the NRA is like disrupting America’s military defense capabilities by infiltrating the VFW.

We're the Only Ones Appreciative Enough

“It’s a good opportunity to thank those for following the law,” Chapel Hill Police Lt. Celisa Lehew said. [More]

Yeah, that's the ticket. We'll reward you for good behavior by using coercion and fear to pull you over you over. And no, of course you don't have a choice to not stop. Matter of fact, try it, and watch us go into full "want to make it home at the end of our shift" mode.

Say, you don't happen to have a dog in the car, do you...?

[Via Florida Guy]   

The Elefante in the Room

To date, no GOP candidate has explicitly connected mass immigration to restricted gun rights. [More]

That's because NRA and SAF/CRKBA have given them a pass by avoiding the issue, using the "single issue" excuse to keep grades inflated, and by promoting cheap labor über alles cheerleaders like Grover Norquist instead. It's nice to see that a message previously confined to a handful of us lonely and ignored voices in the wilderness is finally getting wider notice.

Adam Winkler and WaPo just handed us a gift. I wonder how long it will be before the people who have allowed this to go on for reasons of self-interest will start raising money off it...?

I Went to the Animal Fair

You might want some background music for this.

A former meerkat expert at London Zoo has been ordered to pay compensation to a monkey handler she attacked with a wine glass in a love spat over a llama-keeper. [More]

That's possibly the best lede ever.

Let's Make a Deal

Hillary's problems will be contained by FBI/DOJ, and the dirt she has on Obama will stay buried. [More]

We're the Only Ones Bound for Glory Enough

When those men arrived at the house, Cerna would perform oral sex on them through a hole in a wall and record the activity. The men believed they were receiving oral sex from a woman. [More]

Looks like we have a Russell Vanderwerf Award finalist. I wonder what the trophy should look like...?

[Via bondmen]

We're the Only Ones Unluxurious Enough

Florida City police spokesman Officer Ken Armenteros defended the officer’s actions. “We don’t have the luxury of hind sight,” Armenteros told WPLG. “We have to use the information that is given to us in a split second. So, the officer has to make that decision with the information that he has available.” [More]

Seems they could apply that rationalization to more than dogs.

And do.

[Via bondmen]

In a Nutshell

Yep, it pretty much boils down to "No. Your move," with a little bit of "I'm your Huckleberry" thrown in for good measure. [More]

[Via bondmen]

No More Waffling

A restaurant employee expressed gratitude for the customer’s action. “He saved us, that’s what he did.” [More]

So, Waffle House Corporate --  Got anything to say?

You could ask 'em.

I just did.

[Via Steve T] 

Captain's Log

• Kings of the Mountain
• Single Issue Suicide
• Notes

Flip These "Principles"

Senator Feinstein and her husband stand to make a fortune, estimated at between $950 million and $1.1 billion from these transactions. His company is the sole real estate agent on the sale! CRI will be making a minimum of 2% and as much as 6% commission on each and every sale. All of the properties that are being sold are all fully paid for. They were purchased with U.S. taxpayers dollars.  [More]

So if they'll no longer be post offices, does that mean DiFi is helping reduce the number of "gun free zones" as long as she profits...?

[Via Florida Guy]   

A Statistical Dilemma

The damn facts won't cooperate!!! [More]