You know, "war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength"...?
According to Debbie Wasserman Schultz, voter organization and turnout is voter suppression.
For "progressives," every day is Opposite Day!
Friday, September 13, 2013
You Don't Kick a Man when He's Down?
Why the hell not? [More]
When will we have a better chance?
You don't want a fight, don't start one. If you do, don't expect your victim to give up until you've been stopped.
When will we have a better chance?
You don't want a fight, don't start one. If you do, don't expect your victim to give up until you've been stopped.
An Urgent Appeal
Jim Simpson needs our help. [More]
If you can't help financially, you can help by letting others know.
I know exactly where he is coming from.
People labor daily and yet there is no "demand" in "legitimate media" for anything that doesn't fit the narrative. Nor are there any Bloombergs or foundations stepping in to save the day.
Add a dose of "Profiles in Apathy," and I can't tell you how many projects I've seen fold over the years, and how many good people I've seen bear a burden until it just becomes too much, so they put it down and we all lose, especially those who have no clue as to what they just allowed to die from neglect.
How many people have helped out the Reese family? Or promoted "Assaulted" or "Infringed"? Or sent a voluntary subscription stipend over Sipsey Street way? Or even lifted a finger to share a link?
I know the happy few who do help can't do it all. But most do nothing, aside from leaving a comment expressing their opinion, and considering that their contribution to the cause.
If we end up losing this, our enemies won't be the only ones responsible.
If you can't help financially, you can help by letting others know.
I know exactly where he is coming from.
People labor daily and yet there is no "demand" in "legitimate media" for anything that doesn't fit the narrative. Nor are there any Bloombergs or foundations stepping in to save the day.
Add a dose of "Profiles in Apathy," and I can't tell you how many projects I've seen fold over the years, and how many good people I've seen bear a burden until it just becomes too much, so they put it down and we all lose, especially those who have no clue as to what they just allowed to die from neglect.
How many people have helped out the Reese family? Or promoted "Assaulted" or "Infringed"? Or sent a voluntary subscription stipend over Sipsey Street way? Or even lifted a finger to share a link?
I know the happy few who do help can't do it all. But most do nothing, aside from leaving a comment expressing their opinion, and considering that their contribution to the cause.
If we end up losing this, our enemies won't be the only ones responsible.
A "Dear John" Letter
Companies lay off thousands, then demand immigration reform for new labor [More]And here is everybody who signed it.
Meet Your Missouri Gun Rights Leaders!
Tom Dempsey is a passionate supporter of the 2nd Amendment to the United States Constitution. Tom has sponsored legislation allowing law-abiding citizens to obtain a license in order to carry a concealed weapon and ensuring Missourians have the freedom to protect themselves in their own home, resulting in an “A” rating from the National Rifle Association (NRA).And then there's this guy:
Ron Richard has been endorsed by … National Rifle Association of AmericaSo how come they did this?
Senate President Pro Tem Tom Dempsey and Majority Leader Ron Richard split from the rest of the GOP caucus that they lead to instead sustain Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon's veto.And will there be any repercussions?
Not unless Missouri gun owners want there to be badly enough to make them happen.
Yeah, I know, some will point to Montana and argue the measure never would have withstood legal challenge and that it was just symbolic. Even were that true, what does this betrayal symbolize? That we have just rolled over and accepted such corruption from the courts and perversion of founding intent, and that the Second and Tenth Amendments aren't worth fighting the feds on every step of the way...?
This Day in History: September 13
This was a dreadful day for Thomas Lindley as well as all families involved in the battle. Tragically, several families including the Lindley family were split on which side to fight. As a result of this, it pitted father against son, and brother against brother. [More]
Thursday, September 12, 2013
Legal stall continues in Holder Fast and Furious contempt case
That is hardly a surprise to those who have been following the case and remarking on its singular lack of progress. [More]This evening's Gun Rights Examiner report notes Einstein was right -- time really is relative to the observer. Holder's Corollary would have us believe: So is justice.
Well, Here's Something Else the Antis Can Claim Doesn't Matter
The Illinois Supreme Court, citing federal gun rights cases won by the Bellevue-based Second Amendment Foundation, today ruled unanimously that a section of state gun law violated the constitutional right to keep and bear arms, and affirmed that this right extends outside the home. [More]Workman has the details.
We're the Only Ones Expressing Love and Tolerance Enough
Mulberry's mayor, along with area elected officials, a sheriff's deputy and several Polk County residents have talked about the need to express love and tolerance for all faiths on Sept. 11. [More]And if you don't agree, we'll trump up some charges to arrest you on.
‘Lanza gun shop’ violations report confirms old news, misses real story
Funny, though, how the “new” report fails to address how The Hartford Courant was ready to hit "publish" the second the raid team hit the doors. Perhaps that's not newsworthy, nor is the fact that ATF only seems to use an "ongoing criminal investigations" excuse when they want to stonewall Congress, as opposed to when they want to get some publicity that portrays themselves as heroes of public safety? [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner report shows the difference between professional "Authorized Journalists/legitimate media/real reporters" and mere unworthy #justabloggers.
Color Me Surprised
Bloomberg group could target Washington, Oregon next [More]You know, reliable "progressive" stronghold blue states! That way, he and the media can pretend what he does has national significance.
These people are so desperate to save face after yesterday...
A Time-Tested Concept
Complex offers gun-free Jewish living... [More]
It's been done.
Figures it's in Colorado.
[Via John C]
It's been done.
Figures it's in Colorado.
[Via John C]
Giving Criminals the Finger
Don't bother, they'll help themselves. [More]
Didn't Arnhole show everyone how that could be done with a thumb some years back in "The 6th Day"?
Say, you know what would work even better?
A retina scanner!
Didn't Arnhole show everyone how that could be done with a thumb some years back in "The 6th Day"?
Say, you know what would work even better?
A retina scanner!
Baghdad Josh
In a very creditable Baghdad Bob impersonation, they are suddenly denying any lasting, widespread implications of Tuesday's electoral smackdown for "gun control. [More]Kurt gives another well-deserved smackdown.
This Day in History: September 12
This Loyalist raid was probably the most daring of the entire war, and has since been hailed as "the most brilliant exploit of any group of Loyalists in any state throughout the Revolution." [More]
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Commiefornia, Here I Come
The legislature also passed its first measures limiting gun ownership and cracking down on so-called “straw purchasers” of firearms. Another bill passed Tuesday would require gun owners to notify authorities of a missing or stolen weapon within a week. The legislature also approved measures to require gun owners to lock firearms when someone who isn’t allowed to possess a weapon is present, and to extend gun safety training requirements to owners of long guns. [More]Wait a minute...if I have to lock up a firearm when a prohibited person is present, does that mean I have to excuse myself to a criminal home invader and go lock up my gun?
It'll be interesting to see what Moonbeam will do with these.
God, I'm glad I left that rights forsaken place.
Stop the Threat: On the Run
In this week's crime reenactment: An evening is interrupted by a television news report with breaking news that a man has evaded the law and is on the run in the local area. Three citizens go hunting for the threat.
Hosted by James B. Towle with ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT Special Guests: Wes Doss William Duggan Chris Wolf
Watch on the PURSUIT Channel!
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Further Thoughts on the Recall
From Dave Workman... [More]
Also, Doug Rink sends this fun piece from Twitchy:
I was conversing with a colleague this morning, and noted "This has got to be making some sphincters tighten. Now if only the stupid Republican leadership would stop coming up with ways to disgust and infuriate their base..."
Also, Doug Rink sends this fun piece from Twitchy:
Colo. recall Senator said if she lost, Mayors Against Illegal Guns should fold upThen there's this, from our fine pals at The Denver Post: Time to move on? In your dreams, @$$h0!e$. We're just getting started, and that scares the hell out of you.
I was conversing with a colleague this morning, and noted "This has got to be making some sphincters tighten. Now if only the stupid Republican leadership would stop coming up with ways to disgust and infuriate their base..."
It's a Beginning
While all eyes are on Colorado, Kurt reminds us of some incremental gains in the heart of another evil empire. [More]
I know all aren't happy with this--I have one correspondent who has shared many objections with me over the way "our side" has proceeded and conceded. If I see someone come up with a viable plan that has any hope of succeeding within existing political and legal realities, I'll do what I can to promote it. In the mean time, the gains I see here represent progress over where things were before.
I know all aren't happy with this--I have one correspondent who has shared many objections with me over the way "our side" has proceeded and conceded. If I see someone come up with a viable plan that has any hope of succeeding within existing political and legal realities, I'll do what I can to promote it. In the mean time, the gains I see here represent progress over where things were before.
We're the Only Ones Standing By Enough
Tallahassee police ‘stand by’ practices that broke woman’s face in violent arrest video [More]An extreme makeover "Only Ones"-style...
[Via several of you]
Blast from the Past
Researching substantiating links for this morning's column turned up this old Chicago Tribune piece from 1994. Just look at this deceptive bull**** that David Roberti pulled in his desperate bid to cling to the power so he could advance even more citizen disarmament, and that staff writer Hugh Dellios and his editorial handlers passed off as ethical journalism:
This is from around the same era when a cop in a suit threatened to arrest me because I wasn't an "Authorized Journalist."
Instead, the former Senate president finds himself in the throes of a high-pitched election campaign this spring, waving an illegal Uzi machine gun and standing by while aides display how easily an AK47 automatic rifle can rip apart watermelons.Lie-spreading sacks.
This is from around the same era when a cop in a suit threatened to arrest me because I wasn't an "Authorized Journalist."
An Excellent Question
And we all know the answer. [More]
Which makes why you're bent on ceding ground in other areas all the more confounding.
Which makes why you're bent on ceding ground in other areas all the more confounding.
We're the Only Ones Insensate Enough
Witnesses said they saw Wagner in his car at a green light with his foot on the brake and passed out behind the wheel. [More]Hey, at least he wasn't driving!
I Took the One Less Traveled By
You gotta be f'n kiddin' me.
Look, I understand you people have to raise money, but this is just plain offensive on so many levels, not the least being what it reveals about how you think of your membership--and the problem is, based on results, you're probably not all that wrong about a critical mass of them.
As for those "vital NRA programs" this will support, does that include helping your "Only Ones" Division achieve its "one goal" in places like New York and California?
I got another ad just yesterday (no, not the dil...uh...wine club pitch) from my old buddy the Vulcan Chessmaster, where he actually said...well here, see for yourself:
No, you might lose yours, but some gun owners are pretty serious about hearts actually stopping beating before that will happen to them.
We get that you need money for outreach, education, growth, programs, politics and court. But enough with the breathless hyperbole that treats your members like idiot ATM machines. Have you considered approaching them like they're adults who value principles and sincerity, from whom you might be able to learn a thing or two?
As for those "vital NRA programs" this will support, does that include helping your "Only Ones" Division achieve its "one goal" in places like New York and California?
I got another ad just yesterday (no, not the dil...uh...wine club pitch) from my old buddy the Vulcan Chessmaster, where he actually said...well here, see for yourself:
We get that you need money for outreach, education, growth, programs, politics and court. But enough with the breathless hyperbole that treats your members like idiot ATM machines. Have you considered approaching them like they're adults who value principles and sincerity, from whom you might be able to learn a thing or two?
IQ? Sperm Count?
Take your balls and go home.
What a narcissist. What a tightly-wrapped headcase.
No wonder he doesn't trust others with guns.
Colorado recall shows power of grassroots in gun debate
"Victory springs from imparting excruciating political pain in unrelenting repetitive attacks on a single politician as an example to others," The Chicago Tribune quoted from a fundraising appeal by recall leader Russ Howard at the time. "We may not win a particular election, but our methods . . . (make) it exceedingly expensive, difficult and unpleasant for the target to remain in office." [More]This morning's Gun Rights Examiner report notes a newly-discovered power for gun owners that can be a political dynamics game-changer.
This Day in History: September 11
Cornwallis is informed that Clinton will arrive shortly with supplies and reinforcements. [More]
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Not all who can are distancing from states enacting anti-gun edicts
“We have only one goal in mind,” they elaborate, “to provide every law enforcement officer in the country with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to WIN a lethal encounter!” [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner report notes that when goals collide, it's time to choose a side. Wouldn't you agree, Mr. LaPierre?
We're the Only Ones in Denial Enough
Sheriff David is committing a crime each time he does this, each time he unlawfully denies someone a gun permit he could be put in prison. [More]What did Capt. Picard always say?
None So Blind
"What could possibly go wrong?" Jeff Smith, an assistant professor of politics and advocacy at The New School in New York, quipped in a Twitter post. [More]Oh, Jeff. You and your snarky quips! The thing is, something does have to go wrong first. If someone is behaving evilly or negligently in a way that endangers others, they should be stopped and there should be consequences.
If they're not, then what the hell business is it of yours? Or anyone's for that matter, including those who presume authority to issue permissions and enforce prior restraints.
You'd think a political advocacy "academic" would understand that, but yes, Jeff, we all understand, you're a doctrinaire "progressive" first and über alles.
[Via Mike H]
Breeding Will Tell
We aren’t going to have our kids someplace where there are firearms.” [More]If Dog and Beth aren't living manifestations of H.L. Mencken's truism, I don't know what...
[Via Dave L]
Armed American Radio Redux
Producers Peter Gould, Gary Theroux return to AAR to discuss progress on the film Infringed, Dr. John R. Lott stay for an entire hour, surprise call from GOA’s Larry Pratt, regulars David Codrea, George Hill, Charles Heller and more!
And as a cool addendum, Peter and Gary put together a video of their interview.
I hope you share it far and wide.
Along with this.
A Respectful Suggestion
I respectfully suggest that you adopt a similar policy of exercising prosecutorial discretion to defer enforcement against agricultural employers and workers. [More]Respectful to whom?
The Right Answers
E.W. Jackson, Republican nominee for lieutenant governor in Virginia has received the endorsement of the National Rifle Association (NRA) after receiving a rating of AQ for his “pro gun response on our candidate questionnaire.” [More]Do we get to see it?
Meanwhile, Over in Furious Mike Paradise
An attacker pummeled a bus passenger so hard he smashed the bones in his face after calling the victim a “cracker” in Manhattan – marking the second time in two days that people appeared to be randomly targeted in racial tirades against white people, authorities said. [More]Take it away, fellas...
[Via Florida Guy]
If It's Not Funny, Does That Mean Option Two Comes Into Play?
Lotta ignorance here, and not just the gun handling. [More]
Countdown to Confiscation
Flooding legislative offices with phone calls and written letters is particularly effective. [More]Really? In California? Where subversives like Leland Yee win office with pretty close to 80% landslides?
What should his constituents do?
And what's the workaround for other legislators like that, when there's a Democrat supermajority in both chambers?
If you're talking confiscation, what's the plan if those calls and letters end up not being particularly effective? Turn 'em all in, Mr. and Mrs. California?
To Hell and Back, with Susan Rice
Susan Rice addressed the well-heeled and connected globalists yesterday at the New America Foundation on why it's in American interests to risk all of this to initiate aggression against Syria. [More]
If you're not familiar with this group, you should be, and ought to check them out, including who they are (consummate insiders, including the Soros kid), who finances them (in part, you do), and what their agenda is (suffice it to say you owning machine guns is not high up on their priority list).
This was televised on CSPAN and I had it on in the background when I heard Rice say "I've been to my share of war zones."
I immediately wondered what kind of weapon she was carrying, whether she experienced life-threatening incoming, or, as Hillary Clinton described it when she lie...uh...misspoke about coming under sniper fire in Bosnia, "a minor blip" (What difference does it make?).
The nerve of these people.
If you're not familiar with this group, you should be, and ought to check them out, including who they are (consummate insiders, including the Soros kid), who finances them (in part, you do), and what their agenda is (suffice it to say you owning machine guns is not high up on their priority list).
This was televised on CSPAN and I had it on in the background when I heard Rice say "I've been to my share of war zones."
I immediately wondered what kind of weapon she was carrying, whether she experienced life-threatening incoming, or, as Hillary Clinton described it when she lie...uh...misspoke about coming under sniper fire in Bosnia, "a minor blip" (What difference does it make?).
The nerve of these people.
Monday, September 09, 2013
Proposed gun trust rule change posted for public comment
A notice of proposed rulemaking by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives was posted today in the Federal Register. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner report recommends holding fire on the comments--there's a link to some considerations when making them, plus a more complete discussion will happen on Sunday and there is plenty of time.
Hell Hath No Fury
George Zimmerman's estranged wife says he threatened her with gun [More]Meaning under Lautenberg, he can become a prohibited person for "domestic violence," which would serve the purposes of those seeking to kill him just fine.
I wonder if the fact that she has already been sentenced for perjury will be admissible if he ends up going to trial over this?
[Via Florida Guy]
UPDATE: Workman weighs in.
Non Sequitur! Error! Error! Must Sterilize!
Sipsey Street Exclusive: The "Executive Order" that wasn't an order. Garands banned? CMP going out of business? Not so fast. [More]Rats.
Now I'm going to have to fix this.
Here's where I got it from, and the way this was presented sure didn't help.
But I shouldn't have just jumped on board without verifying things for myself.
Now I suppose I'm going to have to execute my prime function and blow myself up.
Landing on His Feet
On Feb. 19, he, Mr. Kroloff and Dennis K. Burke, who served as Ms. Napolitano’s chief of staff when she was governor of Arizona and as her senior adviser at Homeland Security, filed incorporation papers in Arizona for the Global Security and Intelligence Studies (GSIS) program. [More]We should have known Gunwalker insider Dennis would be taken care if. Because after all, it's all "about relationships and friendships and the belief they have in each other," right?
UPDATE: "Ugly, many-scandaled head." Mike always did have a way with words.
[Via Roger C]
Why Do They Call it a "UN Working Group"...
...when it's the victims of citizen disarmament edicts who always do the slave labor...? [More]
The Right of the Only Ones to Keep and Bear Arms
Who's the contemptible moron who wrote this subversive tripe? [More]
As if that would have any bearing on a preexisting natural right.
Besides, there's one thing you never do.
But you go right ahead, Sparky, rewrite things to your heart's content. Now all you've got you do is enforce it.
I wonder if these Astroturfers were expecting the grassroots poll results?
As if that would have any bearing on a preexisting natural right.
Besides, there's one thing you never do.
But you go right ahead, Sparky, rewrite things to your heart's content. Now all you've got you do is enforce it.
I wonder if these Astroturfers were expecting the grassroots poll results?
Addendum
I know I couched everything in yesterday's column under the caveat that no one has a crystal ball, but the thought strikes that the piece would have benefited had I at least mentioned a potential for a false flag operation, resumption of the Cold War and a dilemma over creating new refugees, many of whom will undoubtedly end up here.
Sunday, September 08, 2013
Tonight on Armed American Radio
The program is broadcast from 8 to 11 p.m. Eastern. I'll be joining it in the third hour to talk about stuff I'm working on and whatever else comes up.
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Gun owners have vested interest in opposing U.S. Syrian intervention
Does anyone believe in such a scenario, bearing in mind the heavy hand we saw in Watertown, that a broadly-imposed martial law situation would leave gun owners unmolested? [More]Today’s Gun Rights Examiner report notes it depends on what the meaning of the term “limited strikes” is.
Friday, September 06, 2013
Foolish Jihadists
Interesting folks Barack wants us to shed blood for.
‘Pro-gun’ attorney general's actions match past words, not current ones
He’s so pro-gun he makes the NRA seem leftist by comparison? So why is he fighting to keep law-abiding legal aliens defenseless? [More]
Today’s Gun Rights Examiner report looks at yet another politician whose discretionary actions belie his words—not to mention his NRA rating.
His Statement was Met with Raucous Applause by Those Attending...
Win Fabulous Prizes
We're the Only Ones Reprehensible Enough
“This man engaged in sexual relations with an underage girl while on duty,” said Bruning. “Today’s sentence ensures he is held accountable for his reprehensible crime.” [More]And yet once more with that darn dating etiquette question...
The Monthly Caller
The Daily Caller picked up another one of my monthly GUNS Magazine pieces, the one I did about B. Todd Jones being confirmed. [More]
Thanks for the kind sentiment in "comments," Kurt. A crisp new $5 bill is on its way.
Thanks for the kind sentiment in "comments," Kurt. A crisp new $5 bill is on its way.
About Those "Outside Special Interests"
It's OK if they're anti-gun. [More]
It's just those meddling rights advocates we need to show "courage to stand up to," right, Chickenp ... uh ... Hickenlooper?
It's just those meddling rights advocates we need to show "courage to stand up to," right, Chickenp ... uh ... Hickenlooper?
We're the Only Ones Smuggling Enough
And not in a good Mike Vanderboegh kind of way... [More]
Yo -- "Authorized Journalist/Real Reporters" Shimon Prokupecz and Jonathan Dienst:
And they "purchased guns through the internet"...?
How?
Oh, and "Some of the assault rifles were military-grade"?
Explain?
Yo -- "Authorized Journalist/Real Reporters" Shimon Prokupecz and Jonathan Dienst:
...some capable of piercing buildings...Really? You guys really wrote that?
And they "purchased guns through the internet"...?
How?
Oh, and "Some of the assault rifles were military-grade"?
Explain?
But for a Moment Let’s Enter the Wingnut World
OK, but just for a moment. Any more than that will make my head spin. This loopy broad sounds like she actually believes her own line of manipulated statistics BS. [More]
A few incidents within a smaller population will yield a higher RATE than many incidents within a larger population. And we can further break things down in terms of neighborhoods and demographics and pesky things like legality and...
But if we're going to stick with homicide rates, and if the problem really is the guns, I wonder what we'd find if we sampled what is arguably the most heavily-armed civilian population on the planet...
That Mary Sanchez looks about like a humorless ogress, doesn't she? I can just picture her in a Mao suit, with that red star fatigue cap he wore...
A few incidents within a smaller population will yield a higher RATE than many incidents within a larger population. And we can further break things down in terms of neighborhoods and demographics and pesky things like legality and...
But if we're going to stick with homicide rates, and if the problem really is the guns, I wonder what we'd find if we sampled what is arguably the most heavily-armed civilian population on the planet...
That Mary Sanchez looks about like a humorless ogress, doesn't she? I can just picture her in a Mao suit, with that red star fatigue cap he wore...
What We Have Here is a Failure to Communicate
“But yes, that’s the beginning of the semester,” it said. “I’m always optimistic. By October, I’ll be wanting to get up to the top of the bell tower with a high powered rifle — with a good scope, and probably a gatling gun as well.” [More]I understand that the guy being an instructor and all makes such a post questionable, but this looks like hoplophobia writ large. I find it hard to believe this is not just hyperbole and dark humor, and could have easily been resolved as such just by talking to the guy.
I mean c'mon, do these people have any idea, first, how expensive it would be to acquire a Gatling gun and then what it would take to haul it to the top of a bell tower?
Yeah, OK, in today's era of everybody in academia being an hysterical wuss with the vapors, I see where posting this on Facebook was poor judgement, but my biggest beef with the guy is that a communications professor should have capitalized the "g" in Gatling.
What we have here seems more than a failure to communicate. What we have here is a chilling warning on what we can and cannot say on social media. It seems to me the bigger danger is having the state automatically respond by sending in men with guns, prepared to kill us if we cross an arbitrary threshold between joke and threat.
[Via bondmen]
A Path to [the] Citizenship
I guess if we call them "illegals," someone will take offense. [More]
How about "undocumented partisans"...?
How about "undocumented partisans"...?
Thursday, September 05, 2013
Precinct Project provides blueprint to ‘take back Republican Party’
The Liberty Prize will help Dan Schultz continue pursuing a quest he has persisted on, at times all alone. This new recognition will help build awareness so others can discover the remarkable blueprint he has created for those aspiring to “the most powerful office in the world,” complete with step-by-step instructions, links to “How to guides and information by state,” videos and more. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner report presents a novel alternative to complaining. It's called getting involved and working.
Just What IS Victoria's Secret?
Meanwhile, Over at the Gun Free School Zone
Oh, I'm sorry. Did the sign also say "No Knives"? [More]
Physician, Heal Thyself
Organized medicine’s decades-long campaign to have firearm-related fatalities considered as a public health rather than a criminal justice issue is not evidence-based. Its reliance on weak, even tainted evidence and spurious reasoning, and its attempts to suppress or discredit contrary evidence, is consistent with a political agenda of incremental civilian disarmament. [More]I wonder if Nature will issue a more complete correction this time...
[Via Sierra Gulf/Breitbart]
Campus Shooters
To the best of my knowledge, the only time the Garand was used in a domestic school shooting was when it was a service weapon deployed in the hands of the Ohio National Guard. [More]Ah, see? It's happened!
My Flip-Flop
I just signed my support to this.
Now I'm having second thoughts.
Maybe we want them tied up over there...
[Via Andrea Shea King]
Now I'm having second thoughts.
Maybe we want them tied up over there...
[Via Andrea Shea King]
Meanwhile, Over at the Vidkun Quisling Fan Club
NSSF continues to urge lawmakers and regulators alike to remember that there is a bipartisan solution advanced by the gun industry — strengthening our current background check system ... NSSF has committed itself to FixNICS. And we’re not alone – even Michael Bloomberg’s Mayors Against Illegal Guns actually agrees with us. [More]How telling. With friends like these...
So much for:
WE WON’T STAND FOR SCAPEGOATINGThere has been a "leadership" contingent eager since Day One after Newtown to come up with a sacrificial goat to give to government. We also saw an under-the-bus candidate search by manufacturers who have traditionally been eager to protect their interests and the hell with everyone else's. These are the ones apologists would have us keep quiet about when they urge us that we need to stand together -- as if the divisiveness is coming from the SNBI crowd. I'm sure Fairfax would have caved by now if not for our rude, strident voices...
NO NEW GUN LAWS
DENY SUCCESS TO MASS MURDERERS BY ABOLISHING PHONY ‘GUN-FREE’ VICTIM / KILLER ENABLING ZONES NOW
WORK WITH US OR WE WILL WORK TO RETIRE YOU
It's simple. You don't throw a scrap of flesh to circling jackals and think they'll go away. You don't give the enemy a beachhead from which they can launch their next assault deeper into the interior. And while Polyphemus may have promised to eat you last, eat you he most certainly will, particularly after you've served up the ones hardening a sharpened pole in the fire...
And the Crowd Went Wild
Kuzawa expressed his opinion on why guns should be allowed on city property, but Sharon Fairchild-Soucy, vice-president of Council, responded that she did not feel safe in a city that allows guns.Oberlin is one of those "progressive" college-dominated towns. They take pride in being an Underground Railroad stop, and even in being known as"the town that started the Civil War."
“I want my grandson to grow up in a town where guns are not necessary, and I think I have the right to live in a protected environment where guns are not a factor,” she said to a round of applause. [More]
There are plenty of photos of a plaque commemorating that, but for some reason it's difficult to find any of its reverse side, that says:
In 1859, Oberlin's African American lawyer and activist, John Mercer Langston recruited two of the town's prominent young men of color, John A. Copeland and Lewis Sheridan Leary into John Brown's band of twenty-one raiders. They attacked the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. Leary was killed during the unsuccessful attempt to bring about emancipation through a slave insurrection. Before his hanging in Charleston, Virginia on December 19, 1859, Copeland wrote to his family in Oberlin: "how dear brother could I die for a more noble cause?" Oberlinites memorialized these two martyrs and co-conspirator, Shields Green, with the only monument erected for any of the five African Americans who fought with John Brown. The monument stands in Oberlin's Martin Luther King Park.I wonder if ol' Sharon would have approved of these ...uh... insurrectionists fighting the violence monopoly for freedom -- with guns. I suppose I could always ask her -- if I gave a damn about this bleating ungulate's opinion.
[Via Neil W]
Not an Option
“States are required to take effective measures to review governmental, national and local policies, and to amend, rescind or nullify any laws and regulations which have the effect of creating or perpetuating racial discrimination wherever it exists,” said the Special Rapporteur on racism, Mutuma Ruteere. [More]Mutuma Ruteere. How many divisions has he got?
Hey, isn't that the same guy who emailed me about transferring $25,000,000 from his late finance minister father's account? Oh, wait, I was supposed to keep quiet about that.
[Via Neil W]
Good for Them
Nice to see NRA proactively recognizing that their "single issue" is affected by others. [More]
An amicus brief is appropriate here. What also would be appropriate is a bill to prevent and/or defund this, with the understanding that NRA grades would be affected.
And it would also be appropriate to extend that to other "tangential" issues.
UPDATE: Workman has more.
An amicus brief is appropriate here. What also would be appropriate is a bill to prevent and/or defund this, with the understanding that NRA grades would be affected.
And it would also be appropriate to extend that to other "tangential" issues.
UPDATE: Workman has more.
The Return of Captain Freedom
The legislation from Sen. Rod Wright, D-Inglewood, expands the state's gun-storage law to those who know or should know they are living with someone who is not allowed to possess a firearm. [More]All together now:
Thank you, Captain Freedom!
Playing Chicken
"He hath sent hither swarms of officers to harass our people..." [More]
Ah, more Intolerable Acts being tolerated, I see. For now.
Y'know, one of these days, these thrill-seeking punks are going to run into a driver who refuses to swerve. Maybe one of those men with nothing left to lose.
Ah, more Intolerable Acts being tolerated, I see. For now.
Y'know, one of these days, these thrill-seeking punks are going to run into a driver who refuses to swerve. Maybe one of those men with nothing left to lose.
This Day in History: September 5
On September 5, 1781, a French fleet of twenty-four ships of the line engaged a British fleet of nineteen ships of the line in the Battle off the Virginia Capes. The French fleet prevented the British fleet from relieving the besieged army of Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis, 2d Earl Cornwallis, at Yorktown, Virginia, leading to the eventual surrender of some 7,000 British troops to the combined American and French arms. [More]
Wednesday, September 04, 2013
Two from WRSA
A just war:
A nation of Dorners:
The fifth criterion is “last resort.” Every REASONABLE alternative must have been tried first, before resorting to war. Have the “less than war” alternatives have been exhausted? Have they even been tried? Jumping to war without trying less-lethal alternatives first would be unjust.If they can do it...
A nation of Dorners:
And he did it all with less than two magazines of ammo.I'll bet some people are hoping no one noticed that.
Winging It
Chicken wings cause smaller genitalia? [More]I know it's coming from PETA, but you've got to admit it would explain a lot...
Don't Be Alarmed
...because it's just a training exercise. [More]You know, to protect you.
Yeah, that's the ticket...
[Via Andrea Shea King]
Mindset to keep safe taught in ‘Lessons from Unarmed America’
As the title suggests, this is not a book about defensive gun uses. Rather, it’s a series of lessons, and that word is truly appropriate, where Walters relates dangerous situations that actual people found themselves in, leaving Pincus with the task of assessing what could have or should have happened had they made different choices. [More]This afternoon's Gun Rights Examiner column reviews a book that can help us prepare for some choices we'd rather not be forced to make.
Reese family attorneys may withdraw over compensation issues
Changing that dynamic does not appear likely, due in no small part to a virtual media blackout on the story, with the exception of limited reach niche readership efforts like this column and Tea Party Patriots of Luna County (which has done exceptional work fleshing out the details and back story of the case). Add to that a predisposition of gun owners, at least those who have even heard about this case, to talk about it but not really do much else, especially when it comes to informing their friends and adding a few dollars to the defense fund now and then. [More]
Today’s Gun Rights Examiner report notes we’d all better
pray we never need help.
On Nullification
Robert Levy has a NYT op-ed. [More]
Here's the thing about nullification. My friend Russ Howard responded to an article I wrote last month by sending me this observation:
Here's the thing about nullification. My friend Russ Howard responded to an article I wrote last month by sending me this observation:
As ______________ recently pointed out to me, our side should stop using "nullified", nullify, nullification, etc, which is clearly a loser with the public, and start using phrases like "fair trial", "righting wrongs", acquitting, clearing, honoring the oath, obeying the highest law of the land, law enforcement, etc. E.g., "Jury Nullification" is a loser. "Fair Trial", use of discretion to right injustice, etc, are winners.Of course some would tell us that's not our place to decide -- and that if the composition of the Supreme Court can change enough to shift just one vote, well, turn 'em all in, Mr. and Mrs. America...
The Sheriff did not "nullify the law". The arrest / prosecution / statutory law would've nullified the Constitution. He obeyed and honored the highest law of the land, and prevented a lesser law or act from nullifying it. He did his job and obeyed The Law. Anything contrary isn't law and doesn't need to be "nullified". He was even preventing illegal activity, ending an illegal arrest, which is his job. Law enforcement.
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