Wayne LaPierre that is. [Read]
Which puts deniers Faux Scarborough and David Plouffe waist-deep in...
Friday, February 15, 2013
WIL-SONNN!
Except if it means really challenging the federal government, forget it.As Attorney General, Wilson has defended the Constitution and the laws of this state even if it means challenging the federal government. [More]
An air-headed opinion.
F*****'s a Republican, and get this: He went to Francis Marion University.
And yes, since we're all, no doubt, curious, guns are banned there:
Possession or use of any type of firearm, fireworks, or other weapons by anyone on University-owned or -controlled property is prohibited.
Midnight Robbers
In this week's crime re-enactment, a well-planned home invasion by professional thieves fails when dad chooses not to become a victim.
"Stop the Threat" host James B. Towle and guests Rob Pincus, Michael Carrizales and Wes Doss weigh in on this incident and offer their expert comments in a lively discussion.
TONIGHT: Your Shooting Destination Night!
6 PM Pacific/9 PM Eastern
DirecTV 604/DISH Network 240 on the PURSUIT Channel: "Stop the Threat" all new episode "Midnight Robbers."
This Day in History: February 15
Brig. Gen. Francis Marion encountered Maj. Robert McLeroth bringing up supplies west of the Santee River. [More]
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Graphic Overkill
St. Valentine Day Massacre
On this day back in 1929, a gang war in Chicago resulted in the massacre of four reputed gang members and two of their accomplices in the infamous St. Valentine Day massacre. The fall out of this gangland slaughter was the 1934 National Firearms Act (NFA), which did not restrict the ownership of fully automatic weapons, the type used in the massacre, but created a tax evasion trap for such weapons and made ownership of popular guns like the Thompson machine gun cost prohibitive. This law was included in the Gun Control Act of 1968 and followed by the Firearm Owners Protection Act (more gun control veiled in a misleading title) that ensured only the most wealthy in our society can posses automatic weapons.
Today, as we sip champagne, nibble on chocolate and gaze into our lover’s eyes, we need to keep in mind how a murderous act by criminals 84-years ago today, resulted in only rich elitists being able to own machine guns in the name of public safety. Think of NFA as a St. Valentines Day card from your government that just “loves” to step on your civil rights.
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Zapata lawsuit charges government conspiracy and cover-up
Included in the list of answers the plaintiffs are seeking is the key question that has so far evaded investigators in determining a definitive answer for: “Who authorized the gunwalking? Where is/are he/she/they now? [More]Others are reporting on it. Today's Gun Rights Examiner report brings you an exclusive copy of the complaint itself, so you don't have to rely on their interpretation.
They're from Missouri
I guess they're just going to have to be shown. [Read]
UPDATE: Bluesgal sent me a link to the proposed civil war-starter. Shall we look at the domestic enemies behind this bit of subversive posturing?
There are email addresses at those links in case you'd like to send them your sincere regards.
UPDATE: Bluesgal sent me a link to the proposed civil war-starter. Shall we look at the domestic enemies behind this bit of subversive posturing?
There are email addresses at those links in case you'd like to send them your sincere regards.
We're the Only Ones Getting a Leg Up on Our Finals Enough
We're the Only Ones Inviting Enough
Cop Leaves Loaded AR-15 Semi-Automatic Rifle In Police Car Parked With Window Open [More]
And no one had a crow bar?
This reminds me of the tale of Dracula's cup.
[Via Jess, who says "CHECK THE HATE IN THAT LAST PARAGRAPH."]
The Sounds of Silence
Wyoming hunters could use silencers on firearms for all types of hunting under a bill that cleared the state House of Representatives on Wednesday. [More]Why should we need a bill? And does anyone think once the "sportsmen" have secured their place at the table they're going to clamor to invite the rest of us in, or more likely just go about enjoying their divide-and-conquer spoils and remain silent?
Oath Breakers for Citizen Disarmament
Colorado police chiefs group supports magazine ban, background checks [More]Well of course they do. And what does that say about them?
Can Dorner teach us anything about gun violence?
You betcha. But only those smart enough to learn. [Read]
Stand and Fight
NRA's latest video:
Also of note:
Wayne LaPierre will be responding the State of the Union address today at 4:15 CT/ 5:15 ET and we will be streaming live from NRA.org, NRA News, NRA Stand and Fight, NRA & NRA News Facebook and Cam & Company on Sportsman Channel.
No Hope
“It looks like I went straight from an A to an F,” Hope says. [More]
Yeah, well, Benedict Arnold went straight from a hero to a traitor.
What did you expect?
Nice to see NRA doing this, assuming it's not hyperbole -- I haven't seen the card and have no idea if his rating has actually been downgraded that much, if at all. Anybody have a copy?
If not, I'd like to know why. If so, I hope all proto-Quislings will take note.
The Stakes of the Debate
Just as President Obama was preparing to put gun violence squarely in the national political agenda with his address to Congress, a dramatic firefight broke out Tuesday in California that vividly illustrates the stakes of the debate. [More]See, they're trying to blame this anti-gun Obama-supporting multiple murderer on us.
Figures. USA Today is a Gannett paper.
[Via Michael G]
Open States: This Could Be Quite a Resource
Discover politics in your stateAnd they're hosting a webinar to teach you how to best use their site on Feb. 22.
Find your legislators
Review their votes
Search upcoming legislation
Track bill progress [More]
Here's more on the group behind it. I'm not sure if they have an unstated agenda yet, but if they want to hand me a chair to use in a bar fight, I'll take it.
[Via Andrea Shea King]
How Do You Know Charles Mainor is Lying?
He says stupid s*** like this:
“Whether it’s the streets of our New Jersey communities, a movie theater in Colorado or an elementary school in Connecticut, enough is enough is enough. No more talk. It’s time for action. The Assembly will show real leadership and do everything it can to better protect New Jersey residents by advancing a common sense plan to combat this scourge of gun violence that has touched us all so deeply.”
Damage Control
As usual, Fourth Estate Fifth Columnist George Skelton draws the exact wrong conclusion to mask the edginess and desperation the monopoly of violence freaks are feeling now that their vulnerabilities have been exposed for all to see. [Read]
The descent into madness would not be complete without reading the comment by "News-Comments at 6:15 AM February 14, 2013."
The descent into madness would not be complete without reading the comment by "News-Comments at 6:15 AM February 14, 2013."
A Ticking Time Bomb
“The literature suggests that having a gun in your home to protect your family is like bringing a time bomb into your house,” said Dr. Mark Rosenberg, an epidemiologist who helped establish the C.D.C.’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. “Instead of protecting you, it’s more likely to blow up.” [More]
And who, by declaring his intent to see them "dirty, deadly and banned" succeeded in getting funding pulled.
S'OK-- The Gray Lady will be happy to give the antis all the forum they want, and present it as straight news. An no, don't expect them to bring up higher suicide rates among "Only Ones" or in "gun-free" Japan. Or to compare the rates of criminals and substance abusers from, say, NRA members, just to see if it's really the gun that's to blame.
30 Days of Guns Saving Lives
Day 3. [Read]
This series really is a good idea. I hope you're following it and passing along the links.
This series really is a good idea. I hope you're following it and passing along the links.
Do We Enforce Our Gun Laws?
Charts and "a more nuanced view" notwithstanding, the antis claim the Brady Law has stopped a gazillion bad guys from buying guns, each one a felony. What's the fraudulent claim up to, 2 million now? [Read]
I'm sensitive to that because years back, "Only Ones" tried to intimidate me from asking why there weren't equivalent prosecutions and convictions if true, telling me I wasn't an "Authorized Journalist" so I had to shut up and not embarrass the nice anti-gun legislator in front of "legitimate media" that were there to help them publicize the event, not assess its presumptions.
Of more interest to me would be an article asking why we don't repeal the damn things.
I'm sensitive to that because years back, "Only Ones" tried to intimidate me from asking why there weren't equivalent prosecutions and convictions if true, telling me I wasn't an "Authorized Journalist" so I had to shut up and not embarrass the nice anti-gun legislator in front of "legitimate media" that were there to help them publicize the event, not assess its presumptions.
Of more interest to me would be an article asking why we don't repeal the damn things.
This Day in History: February 14
On February 14, 1781, American General Nathaniel Greene achieved one of the greatest victories of the American Revolution, not in battle but by succeeding in a maneuver remembered today as "The Crossing of the Dan." [More]
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
We're the Only Ones Letting Our Training Go to Our Heads Enough
It Depends on What the Meaning of the Word "Respecting" Is
And ignoring the meaning of the word "infringed." [Read]
I guess that's why Laurence H. Tribe is a Constitutional Law Professor at Harvard and we're not.
I wonder if he'll lead the "collections" teams...
[Via antigone]
I guess that's why Laurence H. Tribe is a Constitutional Law Professor at Harvard and we're not.
I wonder if he'll lead the "collections" teams...
[Via antigone]
We're the Only Ones Convicted Enough
It Deserves a Vote! - T Minus 3 - Assaulted II Update
Last night the president called for a vote on pending gun control legislation to rounds of applause. His emotional call to action is driven in part by the media’s push for more gun control. How much is this media push effecting opinions on gun control?Question: Has anybody here even been forwarding these appeals to others?
A Gallup poll asking, “Would you like to see gun laws in this country made more strict, less strict, or remain as they are?”, has been asked every year over the past twelve years. The results show that over the past year there have been some major opinion changes (see table below). The increases in “dissatisfied” and “no opinion” would suggest that the constant media attack on the 2nd Amendment is working. Other polls like CBS News Poll show even more support for stricter gun control laws including an assault weapons ban and magazine ban.
Now, I’m not going to argue about how these polls were conducted or the scientific credibility of them. I’m presenting them to show that unless films like ours are made, which will educate the general public on the history and importance of the 2nd Amendment, our elected officials will sacrifice our civil rights in the name public safety without even hesitating.
Your donation is a vote - a vote for upholding our civil rights. Give us the funds to finish this production and we will produce a film that will educate and change minds.
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Subway stabbing shows police protection is a legal myth
“Lozito says a grand-jury member later told him Howell admitted on the stand that he hid during the attack because he thought [the attacker] had a gun,” the Post reported. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner report notes not only will they require you to be disarmed, and not only don't they have a duty to protect you, but that they'll actually actually stand by and let you die if it means they might get hurt--and then claim credit for being the hero who saved the day.
[Via Harvey]
Armed American Radio continues rapid expansion and makes debut on Talk Stream Top 100.
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Host Mark Walters said, “This is a major accomplishment in only 3.5 years of national syndication as evidenced by the huge talk show names on the Talk Stream list. It reflects the power of the program as a voice for millions of gun owners who have chosen to carry a firearm for personal defense. Thank you to all of our great sponsors and to the millions of fans across the nation who continue to make Armed American Radio such a huge success.”
AAR now airs in hundreds of markets across America from Florida to Alaska every Sunday evening from 8-11pm ET, 5-8 pm PT. Armed American Radio is distributed by the Salem Radio Network.
Because Pulling a Gun Would Have Just Made the Situation More Dangerous
Right? [Read]
I have to say, I'm wondering why he didn't have a gun. Maybe it's just because Florida is generally considered pretty "gun friendly" compared to many other states, and my spider sense wants to find out more.
[Via Mama Liberty]
I have to say, I'm wondering why he didn't have a gun. Maybe it's just because Florida is generally considered pretty "gun friendly" compared to many other states, and my spider sense wants to find out more.
[Via Mama Liberty]
Free At Last! Free At Last!
Thank God Almighty I'm free of the damn thing at last! [Read]
Yeah, I looked up the "Commission" he "partnered with." Bunch of pinko environmentalcase "social justice" government über alles types.
I note he still has his hunting rifles. Someone ought to turn this animal murderer in to PETA.
[Via Jess]
Yeah, I looked up the "Commission" he "partnered with." Bunch of pinko environmentalcase "social justice" government über alles types.
I note he still has his hunting rifles. Someone ought to turn this animal murderer in to PETA.
[Via Jess]
Sound Advice
"About the only thing I can say that the victim could have done differently (is that) he could have fired sooner, he could have fired more often, and he could have used a better brand of ammunition," Mansfield said Monday at a news conference. [More]Well said.
[Via Mama Liberty]
A Damned Good Question
Why are Larry Cafero and John McKinney bailing on their constituents? [More]Because gun owners continue to reward RINOs with power in a slow political suicide ritual, and haven't come to grips that assuring a short term loss today can produce long-term behavior modifications on the part of their elected representatives -- if not out of principle then out of self-interest?
Burn, Baby, Burn
I'd originally just been sent a link to the first video in this story and wondered if someone may have been trying to spread disinformation by putting out audio from another incident and get people to run with that -- plus I think it's good to be cautious noting all the different and changed stories coming out of Newtown. But this seems to pretty much confirm the plan was to torch the guy, and so now we need to ask why, and how that fits in with approved police protocols, because if they can use it against one "suspect," we have to ask ourselves if that's all it should take. [More]
What's the threshold? A level of fear necessary to open fire on innocent newspaper delivery women?
One other point: I saw Mark Fuhrman on Hannity last night, and he made a good case that Dornan wasn't the highly-trained Rambo he and everyone else made him out to be, but acted instead like a rank amateur and a cornered animal. If that's the case, the cautionary tale becomes even stronger -- imagine if he had been. Imagine what several of such true operators could do.
And they'd be smart enough not to leave a public manifesto that would basically guarantee becoming identifiable manhunt targets.
What's the threshold? A level of fear necessary to open fire on innocent newspaper delivery women?
One other point: I saw Mark Fuhrman on Hannity last night, and he made a good case that Dornan wasn't the highly-trained Rambo he and everyone else made him out to be, but acted instead like a rank amateur and a cornered animal. If that's the case, the cautionary tale becomes even stronger -- imagine if he had been. Imagine what several of such true operators could do.
And they'd be smart enough not to leave a public manifesto that would basically guarantee becoming identifiable manhunt targets.
Another Modest Proposal
So, Mr. Smart Guy, how many hardened criminals or determined mass shooters will your plan deter? [Read]
This Day in History: February 13
But Your Excellency well knows our presents supplies [inserted: & reserves] of [struck: ordnance & stores for an ] of ordnance & stores are totally inadequate to the demands of an arduous operation – I have straind every nerve I [struck: have possessd of] [inserted: possess] public and private to obtain an ample supply of shot & shells [struck: articles] which are made in our own country to uncommon perfection but in vain contracts which have been made for those articles upon the [struck: inst] prospect of our instant exigence, have been suspended [inserted: or annihilated], as soon as that [inserted: particular] prospect [strike-out] [inserted: subsided.], And tho we have by these transitory exertions [struck: I was] obtaind a considerable quantity of those articls yet the is still great. [struck: The Contracts a cause] the greater part of the contracts which were made [struck:last year] were arrested by an order from the [3] board of War just as the furnaces began to work to the great detriment and even utter vain of some of the owners... [More]
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
‘Ghost’ Dorner provides cautionary tale as ‘black community’ seeks answers
And as for the ghost in the machine?This evening's Gun Rights Examiner column highlights a cautionary tale for monopoly of violence advocates, and wonders if Obama's State of the Union speech might get preempted by one of his biggest fans.
Is he dead? Or is he cornered? That damned elusive ex-cop Dorner… [More]
Today is the day - T Minus 4 - Assaulted II Update
Tonight is the State of the Union Address and we will hear the arguments for limiting 2nd Amendment rights in the name of public safety. We will hear statements that the conservative wing of our government must do the right thing and pass comprehensive gun control legislation. As Gene Hoffman of the CalGuns Foundation said at the close of the trailer, “It’s not about being a republican. It’s not about being a democrat. It’s about respecting the Bill of Rights.”
Help us finish this film to teach that the 2nd Amendment is a civil right and must be respected as such.
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Gun companies urged to join with rights activists against oppressive states
Advising that this means LaRue will no longer sell anything ordinary citizens can’t possess to the NYPD, the group identified the three companies that sell them firearms for duty carry, SIG, Smith & Wesson, and Glock, and is urging fellow rights advocates to contact these companies and ask them to adopt the same policy as LaRue. [More]This afternoon's Gun Rights Examiner report asks for your help preparing sauce for the gander.
The Truth Will Out
So has the manifest been either kept hidden all these years or falsified? [Read]
What this means, of course, is that conspiracies with top government involvement are real, and that evil bastards pulling strings have no compunctions about starting a profitable war in which millions upon millions will die, including their own countrymen.
Think about the evil that points to. Fortunately for us, it's just history, and stuff like that could never happen today.
And that's why we have to have a monopoly of violence!
What this means, of course, is that conspiracies with top government involvement are real, and that evil bastards pulling strings have no compunctions about starting a profitable war in which millions upon millions will die, including their own countrymen.
Think about the evil that points to. Fortunately for us, it's just history, and stuff like that could never happen today.
And that's why we have to have a monopoly of violence!
I Said, Doctor, Doctor, Mr. M.D., Can You Tell Me, What's Ailing Me?
He said, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah... [Read]
Because state-run health care is all you really need.
Because state-run health care is all you really need.
Where the US Went Wrong
Edwin Vieira on His New Book, The Sword and Sovereignty... [More]We mentioned this yesterday. This new link is an interview.
[Via Barry K]
H.R. 577: Veterans Second Amendment Protection Act
Constitution Watch has a summary and link. [Read]
I'm Just Wondering...
...what a customer would do if someone came up and ordered "Give me your jewelry" and then decided he wanted more... [Read]
I'm also wondering if all "raw materials" used are totally broken down so they no longer meet the legal definition of a "firearm," and so that no possession and transfer edicts are violated...
I'm also wondering if all "raw materials" used are totally broken down so they no longer meet the legal definition of a "firearm," and so that no possession and transfer edicts are violated...
An Unfair Fight...
...against unequal opponents. [Read and watch]
It's good to finally see a screen adaptation of a game that works and holds to the spirit of the original.
It's good to finally see a screen adaptation of a game that works and holds to the spirit of the original.
Unnecessary 'compromises' help anti-defense forces advance
Never surrender anything. Make the enemies of the right to keep and bear arms fight for every inch, because any beachhead you cede will be used to prosecute their next advance for more lethal laws.This morning's Gun Rights Examiner commentary warns that if you won't take the initiative to become a force multiplier to both fight preemptive surrender and go on the offense, expect to see more ground eroded out from under your feet by those who would presume to compromise your rights, and by those who enable them by not forcing the issue.
Go on offense. Make them be the ones who cede ground. [More]
This Day in History: February 12
I am informed, through a private channel, on which I have considerable reliance, that the enemy had landed five hundred troops under the command of a Major Craig, who were joined by a number of disaffected; that they had penetrated forty miles; that their aim appeared to be the magazine at Kingston, from which place they were about twenty miles distant. [More]
Monday, February 11, 2013
School ‘safety’ logo contest illustrates utter hypocrisy on gun imagery
But here’s the hypocrisy: Students are encouraged to depict guns if it is useful to an anti-gun agenda being promoted by the government. But if a student simply draws a gun, has a gun photo on a laptop, has a gun-shaped piece of paper, wears an “offensive” t-shirt or even points a finger, they’re likely to run afoul of the school’s “zero tolerance” policy and find themselves suspended. That makes actually having a toy gun extra-double bad. And if bubbles are involved, the “adults” in charge may just brand your five-year-old a “terrorist threat.” [More]This evening's Gun Rights Examiner entry looks at an effort at the government indoctrination camps Eric Holder might term "Brainwashing Jr."
Parents, don't let them do this to your precious children. And by all means, do have yours enter the contest.
‘Essential Liberty’ is a thriller with characters deserving of a deeper look
Overall it’s a good adventure story that actualizes some of the darker ambitions being put forth by those bent on citizen disarmament, and the coercive motives and methods Olive establishes, and the way “The List” could be used to prioritize targets for special “Collections” teams and cow others into compliance, give his narrative a feel of authenticity. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner review shares some impressions on a novel I recently read that forced me to look beyond some knee-jerk preconceptions.
Today's Five-Minute Activism Task
Sign the petition.
Mark Walters has been promoting this on "Armed American Radio." They're shooting for over a million.
I did.
You can too, and also tell your friends.
Mark Walters has been promoting this on "Armed American Radio." They're shooting for over a million.
I did.
All the News that's Fit to Slant
NBC will be featuring a week-long anti-gun crusade masked as "Authorized journalism". [Read]
These are the people who couldn't find Gunwalker if they sent a reporter to Phoenix.
These are the people who couldn't find Gunwalker if they sent a reporter to Phoenix.
ALERT – New Jersey Dems Launch All Out Attack on NJ Gun Owners – ALERT
Please plan on coming to Trenton Wednesday and Thursday...to attend hearings and voting sessions! [More]Yeah, I know, I know...
An Institute of Higher Learning
90%
Isn't that the same figure they used for U.S. guns and Mexican cartels? [Read]The Release Detail with links to the actual poll can be found here.
What they never seem to establish is what understanding the respondents actually have of the issue, and who told them what they "know."
Via RufX2, who notes:
The NRA, if it truly means to stand its ground against the real remaining issue coming out of the no-crisis-left-unused moment of Newtown, ‘universal background checks,’ needs to be more vocal as to why they should not be imposed on the individual citizen, or if so, how that would work to not result in recordation. Both of these approaches would serve to forestall the avalanche of the Bill of Rights amnesiacs and media encouraging of a generalized policy; one that they know, once enacted, will allow the unelected wonks to write the rules.
Unheard Voices
Convenient, that. Let your few supporters speak while the overwhelming/overflowing opposition is left standing in a line that stretches down the hall and stairs. [Read]
An Inconvenient Truth
Note how many in the post's comments will have none of it. So much for egalitarianism. [Read]
Five Days to Go
I know this post will reach thousands. Can they count on more than a handful? [Read]
I don't know what else to do. I've made literally dozens of appeals for this project and contributed myself.
Good grief, the minimum pledge is only $1.
I don't know what else to do. I've made literally dozens of appeals for this project and contributed myself.
Good grief, the minimum pledge is only $1.
Call For Emergency Patriot Support
From the Second Amendment Foundation:
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Let the Games Begin!
The new law would outlaw all semiautomatic weapons, criminalize anyone who has more than 500 rounds of ammo, and require a permit to buy ammunition in the future. California, which already has some of the strictest gun control laws in the country, is also looking at a proposal which would call for the immediate confiscation of 166,000 registered modern sporting rifles. [Read]
Yeah, well, good luck with that, seeing how just one guy can tie up and put those who would be attempting the confiscations into innocent bystander panic-shooting mode..
We looked at some videos here and here on this last week.
[Via WRSA]
As He Resolutely Wet His Finger and Stuck it Manfully in the Wind
At least he's not the "obliged" Donnie Harrison, but I note he didn't say anything about actively protecting the citizens either. [Read]
What the hell good is a sheriff who will just stand by and watch it happen?
What the hell good is a sheriff who will just stand by and watch it happen?
Principles of Business
I like the ones I see from LaRue Tactical, especially in this time when others are showing their true colors (yellow). [Read]
UPDATE: GRNC wants to get other manufacturers on the record. Also note Kevin Wilmeth's concerns in comments -- I'm going to have to leave it up to comment posters to hash this out as I just won't have any time today to delve into this. I'll try to moderate as quickly as I can get to things.
[Via Dave Licht]
UPDATE: GRNC wants to get other manufacturers on the record. Also note Kevin Wilmeth's concerns in comments -- I'm going to have to leave it up to comment posters to hash this out as I just won't have any time today to delve into this. I'll try to moderate as quickly as I can get to things.
[Via Dave Licht]
Offending Delicate Sensibilities
A Detroit gun shop has pulled its Osama bin Laden skeleton targets after an outcry by the the Council on American-Islamic Relations. [More]Here. Take your pick.
[Via Darrel W]
Meanwhile, Across the Pond in Piers Morgan Paradise...
Revitalization of the State Militias
With his newest book, The Sword and Sovereignty, Edwin Vieira, Jr., has given us a magisterial work that meticulously documents the history of the early American Militias and why similar units must be revitalized today if we are to adequately confront our disintegration as a society and restore the republic that the Founders gave us. [More]Oath Keepers presents a must-read review of what sounds like a must-read book.
Campus Answers to Gun Violence
Sorry, they don't include anything that would actually stop an armed attacker in his tracks. But if you think weeping with girls and putting on a play will help, Lee Pelton here is your guy. [Read]
An Imperfect Solution
“I’ll be working with them on what I like to call ‘peaceful fund-raising,’ ” Sprague said. “It’s not a perfect solution, that’s for sure, and I wish I could have done more.” [More]Seeing as how he defines "'the problem' in our society" as "scary Republicans and self-satisfied Blue Dog Democrats," one can only wonder what he thinks "a perfect solution" would be.
Gun Owners Can't Conceal Anger
Way to frame a headline to create an ominously emotional image in reader minds there, Philadelphia Daily News. [Read]
Framing the Terms
Christopher Jordan Dorner is an example of a 'law-abiding' gun owner who turns violent. [More]Yeah, this rogue ex-"Only One" is obviously our fault.
"So Long As"
“The state won’t have power to intervene on its own. Individuals are free to use alcohol as they see fit so long as both spouses agree to it...He estimates that Missouri alone will save over $180 million in the first year if the marriage rate improves by a mere 10 percent. [More]And we all know how much a marriage improves when the state is invited into it.
[Via Jess]
A Taxing Idea
One way to accomplish this goal is to establish a voluntary registration system for all privately owned firearms. Those who chose to register their guns would receive a card that would entitle them to purchase — tax free each year — as many bullets for each of their guns as any reasonable gun owner could use. Just show your card and a picture ID, and there would be no tax on bullets for your quota, which could easily be monitored by the same computer systems that verify the right to purchase a gun. No one would be required to register, but not doing so would make bullets much more expensive. Of course, criminals and others who are not permitted to own firearms would probably not apply for the discount, but if they did, knowing who owned a particular gun would help law enforcement track down those who illegally use them. And, for those who insisted on buying clips that held more than 10 rounds, the tax should be much higher. [More]And this guy's a law school dean.
You Went Full Feyerick
You never go full Feyerick. [Read]
It's not just the gun issue in which "Authorized Journalists" shine.
It's not just the gun issue in which "Authorized Journalists" shine.
Update to Marine Parade Rifle Column
I’d like to address some of the common objections appearing in comments to Saturday's GRE column.
My attention to this story came from an email list
run by and for Marines.
The rifles are NOT being carried in bolt open
position. The bolts have been removed.
You can tell because the operating rods are in the forward position.
The rifles in the 2009 inaugural, as shown in the
last slide show photo, did not have the bolts removed.
The issue of parade rifles carried by honor guards being
disabled in a different fashion under previous administrations, such as having
their firing pins removed, is not being argued here, although it should be—not that
it didn't happen, but that it does. But that’s
not the thrust of this article. Here’s what is:
Unlike in 2009, in the 2013 inaugural parade,
someone in authority made the decision to change that and order the Marines to march
with visibly disabled guns.
Sunday, February 10, 2013
Armed American Radio Tonight
Guest include Rob Pincus, Michael Martin, Trent Cooper of Crossbreed Holsters and Chris Juelich from Gander Mountain.
I'll be joining in for the 10 p.m. Roundtable along with George "Mad Ogre" Hill.
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