Monday, November 19, 2018

With 'Science' Like This, Who Needs Superstition?

I am not suggesting causation.  I’m not even suggesting association. [More]
Of course you are. Why else introduce and present them prominently, and in tandem?

[Via Dr. N]

That's One Chamber per Stooge

Ocasio-Cortez wants to control '3 chambers of Congress' [More]
The whole spate?

And will that work for all 57 states?

Mystery to Me

Whistleblower Investigating Broward County Fraud Shot Himself Dead, But No Gun Found [More]
Even Yul is stumped.

[Via Jess]

Leaving the Nest

Judge: John Hinckley Can Move Out of His Mother's House [More]
The judge has to be sure he's completely trustworthy, right?

Let him move in with Jodie-- she supports the results of his handiwork.

[Via Dave Licht]

Let Me Guess: It's Not 'Lax American Gun Laws'

How Guns are Trafficked Below the Border [More]
Well we know what they'd like us to believe.

[Via Greg K]

Lest We Still Harbor Illusions of Intent

"Inappropriately favoring the accused"... [More]
Our guest lecturer, Gold Hat, explains:
Due process? We ain't got no due process. We don't need no due process. I don't have to show you any stinking due process!
[Via Michael G]

So Much for 'Commonsense Gun Safety Laws'

Former Prime Minister found GUILTY of genocide four decades after two million killed [More]
But...but...but they had "Licenses for guns, owners, ammunition & transactions, Photo ID with fingerprints, License inspected quarterly" and everything...

So why wouldn't they up the ante to "In Cambodia, civilians are not allowed to possess any firearms since 1999"?

[Via Jess]

Catalog of Canards


You know, a list of lies... [More]

They're what our enemies rely on.

[Via Felix B]

Then Stop Running with the Hares

And if hunters are going to defend themselves in the theater of political ideas, then they will have to begin by developing the moral confidence to say plainly and directly — even on Twitter — that they have no reason to apologize for what they do or for who they are. In that, they are not alone. [More]
They might garner more support if the loudmouth Fudds among them weren't so quick to throw those of us who own guns for a different reason under the bus.

[Via Michael G]

Treatment is Available

[T]he Ohio House voted by a 64 to 26 margin to pass HB 228, which seeks to bring Ohio self-defense law into the modern era. It is believed by advocates of this legal advance that the Senate version of the bill will pass that chamber easily, and with sufficient votes to overcome a promised veto by Ohio Governor John Kasich (R). [More]
Do you suffer from painful and embarrassing kAss-Itch®?

[Via Michael G]

Who Says We Can't Learn Anything from Other Cultures?

Tonight In Tijuana: Mexican Nationalists Rally Against Illegal Alien Caravan. What About American Nationalists, President Trump? [More]
They'd be called "vigilantes" and subject to enforcement measures the feds would not dare use against the invaders.  Nor would they just be released to disappear into society with no repercussions.

And it's for damn sure the Democrats wouldn't be demanding asylum from government persecution for them.

Not Very Neighborly


Neighbors say Littleton indoor shooting range would be too close to homes and schools [More]
I notice none of them are proposing a distance that would be "just right."

[Via cydl]

Nature's Laws

Crime Plummets After QuikTrip Stores Add Good Guys with Guns [More]
Next thing you'll be telling me hyenas prefer preying on defenseless herbivores rather than powerful carnivores.

[Via cydl]

We're NOT the Only Ones

The police chief of Republic, a tiny town in northeastern Washington, doesn’t think much of I-1639, the strict gun law state voters approved Nov. 6. Loren Culp won’t enforce it, and wants the City Council to pass an ordinance making Republic a “sanctuary city” against such laws. [More]
Wait a sec -- doesn't honoring your oath to the Constitution and refusing to obey unlawful orders get you on SPLC's "anti-government extremist/Hate Watch" list?

[Via Sam Adams 1776]

Those Who Make Peaceful Revolution Impossible...


For every action... [Watch]

[Via  An Hour of Wolves]

Sheltered, Are We?

Newsweek Reporter: Almost Everyone I’ve Ever Heard Of Who Owns An AR-15 Is A Mass Murderer [More]
Channeling our inner Pauline Kael...

"Authorized journalists" drawing on a wealth of experience -- is it any wonder I love them so?

[Via William T]

Certified Talking Point Practitioners

Spokane medical students learning how to talk to patients about gun safety [More]
Who's teaching them?

[Via bondmen]

We're the Only Ones Retired Enough

Illinois school district plans to hire retired cops as armed office workers [More]
Because if all this doesn't prove they're better qualified than other armed citizens, I don't know what will.

[Via bondmen]

We're the Only Ones Lacking and Uncoordinated Enough

Metro security study bemoans lack of police, coordination [More]
No doubt there's not enough money to do things properly. I mean, John Nations was only making $325K...

[Via bondmen]

Why Quibble Over Details?



You and I know Swallowell will stop at nothing to ban them all. [More]

[Via Neil W]