Oh, and looky here:
The victim did not resist and complied with all demands, police said, but the gunman still opened fire.Don't listen to Moms Demand Field Corn by giving them what they want. Give them what they deserve.
[Via William T]
Friday, January 03, 2014
Another Child Gun Death
Again, we shouldn't give a damn if this feral little savage is a minor. We should want to know what the dangers in our AOs are. [More]
Oh, and looky here:
[Via William T]
Oh, and looky here:
[Via William T]
Stop the Threat: Road Rage!
TONIGHT: Your Shooting Destination Night!
6 PM Pacific/9 PM Eastern
DirecTV 604/DISH Network 393 on the PURSUIT Channel
Stop the Threat all new episode Road Rage
In this week's crime re-enactment, a typical road rage incident, a driver in a car in heavy traffic is in a hurry to be somewhere. He begins to become pressured by the presence of other drivers and it turns into a hazardous situation. Stop the Threat host, James B. Towle, and guests Rob Pincus, Kelly Muir and Marc MacYoung weigh in on this incident and offer their expert comments in a lively discussion.
Operation American Spring
I was just sent the link to this website. It looks like it has quite a bit of interesting information. [More]
I Don't Wanna Grow Up, I'm a Thugs "я" Us Kid...
An Open Mind
Good for Detroit Police Chief James Craig. [More]
I need to keep an open mind, too. Maybe I misjudged him.
[Via several of you]
I need to keep an open mind, too. Maybe I misjudged him.
[Via several of you]
Casting the Mental Health Blanket Dragnet
...via "executive actions"... [More]
They no doubt took heart from these guys champing at the bit to give something up.
They no doubt took heart from these guys champing at the bit to give something up.
Forbes previews embedded gun chips in hands as developer courts Obama
Sorry, but the thought of PB having a negligent discharge while wearing his “Hercules” ring is almost funny. [More]Today’s Gun Rights Examiner report notes when it comes to gun safety, no amount of fancy subdermal RFID implants will ever replace good old-fashioned keeping your freaking booger hook off the danged bang switch. So there’s gotta be another reason behind these abominations...but what...?
My People are Destroyed for Lack of Knowledge
New 'assault weapon' poll gives new reason to be glad US is not a 'democracy' [More]Just to give you an idea on the reliability of "majority rule" as an indicator of knowledge, wisdom, and importance, a top "hot search" on Google Trends right now is "Aja Metoyer, Dwyane Wade Baby Mama: Also Damon Wayans Jr.'s Baby Mama!"
Tubes Empty...
[More]
...and, mission accomplished, the S.S. Sipsey heads for port as more shipping lanes for freedom convoys open...
He didn't exactly sink the Bismarck, but Horwitz, Gross, Sugarmann and Pinciaro do pretty much float the same ideology.
Hey, what the hell: Play this in the background while you're reading Mike's post.
This Day in History: January 3
Therefore as in all probability A Negociation for A Peace, will soon come about, I wish to Acquaint Your Excellency, that the preservation & support of all that most promising Western Circuit Depends upon the free navigation of this River. [More]
Thursday, January 02, 2014
This Should End Well
I don't suppose the irony of "illegal officers of the court" strikes anyone...? [More]
Survey SAYS
They lost me at "most voters." [More]
That's due in no small part to most voters not knowing what the hell an "assault weapon" is, thanks to a lying media that won't even correct their "mistakes" when told about them.
That's due in no small part to most voters not knowing what the hell an "assault weapon" is, thanks to a lying media that won't even correct their "mistakes" when told about them.
Sympathy for the Devil
Vanderboegh has none. [More]
Is still believe this is the most under-reported development facing gun owners in the coming year, at least as far as things we have knowledge of are concerned. The state groups are stressed to the limit as is. The way we beat Bloomberg et al is via grassroots, and that means the state groups need every gun owner to carry his or her share of the load.
Is still believe this is the most under-reported development facing gun owners in the coming year, at least as far as things we have knowledge of are concerned. The state groups are stressed to the limit as is. The way we beat Bloomberg et al is via grassroots, and that means the state groups need every gun owner to carry his or her share of the load.
FFL Guard Newsletter
The January issue is out. [More]
I've written before about my regulated industry procedures/audit background and why I think their services are important. If you're an FFL, I believe you owe it to yourself to find out more. If you're not, but you know some, and we all do, I believe you'll be doing them a favor by passing this on to them.
I've written before about my regulated industry procedures/audit background and why I think their services are important. If you're an FFL, I believe you owe it to yourself to find out more. If you're not, but you know some, and we all do, I believe you'll be doing them a favor by passing this on to them.
EXCLUSIVE: The Unconstitutional State
If CCDL had 10, 20, 100 times the committed membership, might the new laws have been stopped in their tracks? [More]My latest GUNS Magazine "Rights Watch" column is now online.
I Have a Better Idea
Let's throw out the professor. [More]
This is the same guy who wrote "The Embarrassing Second Amendment" several years back, where he clearly grokked it's an individual right. Maybe that's why he wants to redo the charter, as if that would have anything to do with the right.
[Via Michael G]
This is the same guy who wrote "The Embarrassing Second Amendment" several years back, where he clearly grokked it's an individual right. Maybe that's why he wants to redo the charter, as if that would have anything to do with the right.
[Via Michael G]
Speakling of Cretins and Creeps
And to prove something or other, gun-fondling blogger Mike Vanderboegh, the guy who whipped “Fast and Furious” into a national issue... [More]
Ha Ha! We're snarky progressives! How clever we are! Hundreds of dead Mexicans and a murdered Border Patrol agent, and we ridicule the guy who "whipped" that up!
And look who we admire instead.
Old Bloody Hands himself!
Man of the Year
It was the House Oversight Committee’s investigation of Operation Fast and Furious after the murder of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry in December 2010 that brought the details of this bizarre Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms program to light... [More]Oh, it was not either. They pretty much had to be publicly dragged into it, along with everybody else.
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
Magpul is making good on its pledge. [More]
As I've said before, I don't think it's just companies we should hold to the standard of not giving aid and comfort to those who would disarm us.
[Via bondmen]
As I've said before, I don't think it's just companies we should hold to the standard of not giving aid and comfort to those who would disarm us.
[Via bondmen]
"The Iraqis, Their Weapons And Gun Control"
Herschel's son Daniel gives a firsthand account that further shows Robert Bateman ain't anywhere near as good at his job as he brags he is. [More]
Portretul Luptatorului la Tinerete
Finally, a movie dedicated to the anti-communist armed resistance in Romania [More]
And here it is with English subtitles.
Whatever You Say, Hanna
Mistakes were Made
[A]n official with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives confirmed via e-mail to Examiner that the agency “has accepted responsibility for the mistakes made” in that investigation. [More]How?
Have they accepted responsibility for all the deaths?
And what about for all the intentional actions that were not mistakes?
UPDATE: Anthony Martin goes into this in depth.
NOT an Only One
WAR IS PEACE, FREEDOM IS SLAVERY, IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH
...and banning guns does not infringe... [More]
They Ban Horses, Don't They?
I wonder how much of an investment one of these horse cabs is, what it costs to buy, train, feed, house and insure the animals and maintain the rigs, what the city's take in annual licensing fees is, and what the people who have invested their lives in this are supposed to do now. I wonder how many of the horses will become dog food as soon as this is enacted. [More]
What I don't wonder about are the fascist animal Nazis behind this. Nor do I wonder that DeBlasio is one of them.
What an indicator of things to come. Right out of the starting gate, he has to let everyone know who is holding the reins that pull the bit between their teeth with one hand, while holding a whip in the other.
His subjects have exactly the government they deserve.
As do most of the people where you and I live.
What I don't wonder about are the fascist animal Nazis behind this. Nor do I wonder that DeBlasio is one of them.
What an indicator of things to come. Right out of the starting gate, he has to let everyone know who is holding the reins that pull the bit between their teeth with one hand, while holding a whip in the other.
His subjects have exactly the government they deserve.
As do most of the people where you and I live.
Connecticut Update
I've had it confirmed that the DESPP has a bulletin board where they allow business cards and ads to be posted, adding to the problematic nature of the cease and desist order.
I also can't help but notice this comment:
There was absolutely nothing to indicate Mr. Benedetto was being disruptive or distracting to people processing registrations inside the building by handing out cards to people waiting outside the building for their turn to interact. On the other hand, evidence for the type of world iron-fisted national socialist "progressives" have in mind for everyone is overwhelming.
I also can't help but notice this comment:
There was absolutely nothing to indicate Mr. Benedetto was being disruptive or distracting to people processing registrations inside the building by handing out cards to people waiting outside the building for their turn to interact. On the other hand, evidence for the type of world iron-fisted national socialist "progressives" have in mind for everyone is overwhelming.
This Day in History: January 2
As it has been always my earnest wish to pay every attention to the situation of Prisoners, and to facilitate their Exchange; I have only to repeat the Assurances I have already made You in my Correspondence on this Subject—that I am ready to send Commissioners properly Authorised by me to treat with those you shall Appoint for the accomplishment of so desireable a Purpose.[More]
Wednesday, January 01, 2014
New Years gun rights resolutions needed in 2014 to counter Bloomberg
As now freed-up ex-Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s resolution to establish well-funded, professional and coordinated lobbying groups in the states has been exposed (albeit pretty much ignored as yet), your committed resolve to be active at all levels in defending and promoting the right to keep and bear arms will be nothing less than critical in 2014. [More]Today’s Gun Rights Examiner report notes Bloomberg has made his resolution and is committed to keeping it. With a vengeance. Can you say the same? How?
The Light of Freedom
...just got a hell of a lot dimmer. [More]
Taking inspiration from Mike's "Toys for Totalitarians" campaign, guess what I'm going to do with burned-out fluorescent bulbs that need to be specially disposed because of mercury content ... the only question being if I decide to break them first...
Lightbulbs for Leninists? CFLs for Commies?
Speaking of bright ideas, a revered traditional iconic cartoon convention has now been rendered obsolete. This just doesn't work for me:
UPDATE: And speaking of cartoons, Bear reminds us it's been done.
UPDATE: Many retailers still have 'em and have not completely sold out their existing stock, so you may want to go out and get a few years' supply before the shelves are emptied, that is, assuming the grid will be up that long...
Taking inspiration from Mike's "Toys for Totalitarians" campaign, guess what I'm going to do with burned-out fluorescent bulbs that need to be specially disposed because of mercury content ... the only question being if I decide to break them first...
Lightbulbs for Leninists? CFLs for Commies?
Speaking of bright ideas, a revered traditional iconic cartoon convention has now been rendered obsolete. This just doesn't work for me:
UPDATE: Many retailers still have 'em and have not completely sold out their existing stock, so you may want to go out and get a few years' supply before the shelves are emptied, that is, assuming the grid will be up that long...
The March of Folly
The inmates are running the asylum. [More]
How very "progressive": child abuse, blue-nosed Puritanism, Gaia-worship, neo-Marxism, body-snatching...
Those inclined to participate in that last item may want to consider that their victims aren't the only ones who have blood to draw, albeit the reciprocity lesson may not happen right then and there.
I'm glad I left California. But Ohio is also increasingly manifesting bipolar electoral irrationality as the "progressive" political infection spreads. Soon, there will be no place of refuge, and the decision will need to be made to stand or be assimilated.
Anybody think these hive insects are interested in allowing us to peacefully co-exist?
How very "progressive": child abuse, blue-nosed Puritanism, Gaia-worship, neo-Marxism, body-snatching...
Those inclined to participate in that last item may want to consider that their victims aren't the only ones who have blood to draw, albeit the reciprocity lesson may not happen right then and there.
I'm glad I left California. But Ohio is also increasingly manifesting bipolar electoral irrationality as the "progressive" political infection spreads. Soon, there will be no place of refuge, and the decision will need to be made to stand or be assimilated.
Anybody think these hive insects are interested in allowing us to peacefully co-exist?
Resolved
Kurt's not only a CSGV-condemned insurrectionist, now he's setting out to be a "gun criminal," too! [More]
Wayne's not gonna like that!
Wayne's not gonna like that!
The Dustbin of History
We'll see. [More]
It all depends on who writes it, doesn't it?
For now, if you disagree with the editorial writer, note the contempt for you and all that you believe in.
The antis are not interested in a conversation or your definition of what's "reasonable" and "common sense." They intend to dictate and compel through coercion, and to have you crushed if you defy.
Anyone who "compromises" with such as these truly is ignoring history.
[Via Doug Rink]
It all depends on who writes it, doesn't it?
For now, if you disagree with the editorial writer, note the contempt for you and all that you believe in.
The antis are not interested in a conversation or your definition of what's "reasonable" and "common sense." They intend to dictate and compel through coercion, and to have you crushed if you defy.
Anyone who "compromises" with such as these truly is ignoring history.
[Via Doug Rink]
Is He?
Well, he's trying to be. [More]
And here's how he's doing it.
I'm surprised I'm one of the very few talking about it, as I think it's the most overlooked gun rights story of 2013 and sure to be a major factor in 2014. Why the gun groups haven't said anything yet is beyond me.
Prediction, and I don't make them lightly: This effort, once it gets chugging, will eclipse all the other anti-gun groups in terms of raw threat capability at all levels, as opposed to simple hand-wringing and noise-making we've come to expect from insignificant whiners like CSGV or the increasingly irrelevant Brady Campaign.
And here's how he's doing it.
I'm surprised I'm one of the very few talking about it, as I think it's the most overlooked gun rights story of 2013 and sure to be a major factor in 2014. Why the gun groups haven't said anything yet is beyond me.
Prediction, and I don't make them lightly: This effort, once it gets chugging, will eclipse all the other anti-gun groups in terms of raw threat capability at all levels, as opposed to simple hand-wringing and noise-making we've come to expect from insignificant whiners like CSGV or the increasingly irrelevant Brady Campaign.
We're the Only Ones All Steamed Up Enough
Prosecutors in the Prince George’s County State’s Attorney’s Office charge Tabron videotaped his stepdaughter in the bathroom as she was getting in and out of the shower, as well as in her bedroom as she was undressing. [More]Lanier's Legionnaires once more prove why they're just plain more trustworthy with ... everything ... than the rest of us.
[Via William T]
Street Life
ISP FOID Verification Goes Live
TO DETERMINE THE VALIDITY OF A FOID CARD AND RECEIVE A TRANSFER APPROVAL NUMBER, please enter the FOID card number and date of birth of the person (buyer/transferee) to whom you will be transferring the firearm. Valid FOID card numbers will be issued an approval number, which are to be retained for a period of 10 years. [More]Finally.
Although I like my way of doing transfers a lot better.
A Looney Reading List
“I wish he had sent me a New Yorker, the New Republic or the Atlantic,” Looney said when told he was the recipient of a high-capacity gun magazine. [More]The provincial clod just can't conceive that useful knowledge might exist outside his self-imposed ideological boundary limits, can he?
This is a follow-up to a piece mentioned earlier, as part of a Gaelic lesson.
Mike has lots more.
This Day in History: January 1
You must consider Sir, that the point now in dispute is of the utmost political importance to the future Union and Peace of this great Country. The State of Vermont, if acknowledged, will be the first new one admitted into the Confederacy, and if suffered to encroach upon the ancient established Boundaries of the adjacent ones, will serve as a precedent for others, which it may here after be expedient to sell off to make the same unjustifiable demands. [More]Happy New Year. We posted glimpses into 1781 last year. I'm going to be focusing on 1782 this year.
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
Police forbid Connecticut gun activist from ‘soliciting’ on DESPP grounds
“When I asked if I would be arrested if I continued, he told me ‘You could put it that way,’” Benedetto reported. [More]This evening’s Gun Rights Examiner Report asks why those who care nothing about the Second Amendment would be expected to revere the First.
The Gift That Keeps On Giving
Fast and Furious gun turns up after Mexican resort shootout. [More]
Looks like that Feliz Navidad wish came true...
[Via Doug Rink]
Looks like that Feliz Navidad wish came true...
[Via Doug Rink]
Bill Skretny Said It, I Believe It, That Settles It
And remember-- all the Supreme Court has to do for this to stand is...nothing. [More]
Brought to you by a "Republican" who quit the NRA because they're too extreme.
Brought to you by a "Republican" who quit the NRA because they're too extreme.
Meanwhile, Across the Pond in Piers Morgan Paradise...
Be ready for civil war or people sorting themselves out [More]Depending on who's behind it, that's about the only thing that could get me to change my answer to "Yes."
Oath Keepers welcome New Year with free viewing of ‘Molon Labe’
“As a special holiday gift, you can screen ‘Molon Labe’ for free,” the production company Matrix Entertainment’s website announces. [More]Today’s Gun Rights Examiner report invites you to watch a free film before the offer expires.
Captain's Blog
Two new ones from Herschel:
And yeah, I suspect he may be right about that ISP pressure. I suspect that myself.
And yeah, I suspect he may be right about that ISP pressure. I suspect that myself.
We're the Only Ones Disarming Enough
We're the Only Ones Disarmed Enough
Several of you have sent me this link over the past few days and I haven't done anything with it. [More]
While such a ruling is nuts, I'm trying to get some further information on this and want to be circumspect for now.
Rather than focus on his being armed on duty, which is absolutely an "Only Ones" illustration, we ought to be concerned for why he is barred from guns off duty, because such rationales could apply to all of us.
It's why, when some of our ostensible gun rights "leaders" champion facilitating mental health prohibitions, they ought to be pressured into fleshing out all the details. Let's start with a list of psychiatrists who are willing to put their name, license and malpractice insurability on the line to certify someone once forbidden is now OK to have whatever guns and however much ammo he wants.
Because without that, it's all words.
While such a ruling is nuts, I'm trying to get some further information on this and want to be circumspect for now.
Rather than focus on his being armed on duty, which is absolutely an "Only Ones" illustration, we ought to be concerned for why he is barred from guns off duty, because such rationales could apply to all of us.
It's why, when some of our ostensible gun rights "leaders" champion facilitating mental health prohibitions, they ought to be pressured into fleshing out all the details. Let's start with a list of psychiatrists who are willing to put their name, license and malpractice insurability on the line to certify someone once forbidden is now OK to have whatever guns and however much ammo he wants.
Because without that, it's all words.
The Safety Dance
Mothers Fed Up
OK, so what different choices are you prepared to make about the way you conduct your own lives? [More]
Or do you expect the government to force me to do something about them?
Or do you expect the government to force me to do something about them?
Interesting Platform for a Sheriff
I wonder if Paul Schraeder has a chance in hell. [Watch]
Here's what people in San Bernardino are facing.
And here's his campaign website where you can learn more.
Here's what people in San Bernardino are facing.
And here's his campaign website where you can learn more.
I Know You Are, But What Am I?
Talk about a paranoid loon! [More]
Sorry, Ann, it's not a "theory." It doesn't even qualify as a "hypothesis" since it's based on your delusions rather than observations.
There's a recurring troll in comments I've seen on other sites. I won't name him because what they crave is attention and acknowledgement, but you can't miss him.
I bring it up because he inadvertently shows how modern "progressives," who consider themselves so enlightened, aren't anywhere near as savvy as their hardcore commie forebears. Note the way he constantly denigrates rural Americans and Walmart shoppers (even though he apparently shops there himself), conflating them all with hicks and KKK members.
The Bolsheviks knew they'd never have the power to take over unless they instead exalted the peasants and the workers. So we should actually be grateful for idiots like self-designated Superiorboy here, who doesn't even know enough to mask his contempt.
And we should also never lose sight of the fact that with "progressives," every day is Opposite Day. Notwithstanding what they say they're about, which is invariably and always a lie, it is we "shall not be infringed" absolutists who are the true power-sharing egalitarians.
Sorry, Ann, it's not a "theory." It doesn't even qualify as a "hypothesis" since it's based on your delusions rather than observations.
There's a recurring troll in comments I've seen on other sites. I won't name him because what they crave is attention and acknowledgement, but you can't miss him.
I bring it up because he inadvertently shows how modern "progressives," who consider themselves so enlightened, aren't anywhere near as savvy as their hardcore commie forebears. Note the way he constantly denigrates rural Americans and Walmart shoppers (even though he apparently shops there himself), conflating them all with hicks and KKK members.
The Bolsheviks knew they'd never have the power to take over unless they instead exalted the peasants and the workers. So we should actually be grateful for idiots like self-designated Superiorboy here, who doesn't even know enough to mask his contempt.
And we should also never lose sight of the fact that with "progressives," every day is Opposite Day. Notwithstanding what they say they're about, which is invariably and always a lie, it is we "shall not be infringed" absolutists who are the true power-sharing egalitarians.
This Day in History: December 31
The General Court Martial whereof Major General Baron Steuben is President is to assemble on Wednesday next at ten ô clock AM. [More]
Monday, December 30, 2013
Illinois State Police and media continue to confound on new gun rules
With the past hostility of the ISP and establishment media, especially Chicago media, to the right to keep and bear arms, whether this indicates a coincidence or a resistance to providing information on guns to a public that wants it would seem a fair speculation. [More]Today’s Gun Rights Examiner report detects a lack of enthusiasm in complying with spirit and intent.
Almost Like It Was Set Up
It's tough to read this...
...without thinking how conveniently self-fulfilling it is...
Via Florida Guy]
...without thinking how conveniently self-fulfilling it is...
Via Florida Guy]
We're the Only Ones Probing Enough
One victim said that another officer put a gun to his head while Vagnini administered a choke hold, touched his scrotum and fingered his anus. Another man was probed so violently that he bled. [More]What wouldn't such a diseased creature do?
A Mugged Liberal
After reading this, I have a tough time giving a damn. [More]
My guess is, he will not have learned a thing, at least enough to change his ways.
On a positive note, it's nice to see all his fellow "progressives" who ridicule having a gun at Starbucks proven so thoroughly wrong.
[Via Florida Guy]
My guess is, he will not have learned a thing, at least enough to change his ways.
On a positive note, it's nice to see all his fellow "progressives" who ridicule having a gun at Starbucks proven so thoroughly wrong.
[Via Florida Guy]
An Academic Argument
When Jim Irvine of Buckeye Firearms Association joined the "Roundtable" on Armed American Radio last night, he talked about his group's efforts to arm teachers in Ohio.
I've been approached by another activist, a teacher from Pennsylvania who is trying to get similar legislation passed there.
I have to confess mixed feelings on this. I believe we all have a right to keep and bear arms and that "gun free zones" are not just wrong, they're evil. I oppose the idea of special classes of citizens being "granted privileges" -- just as I did when some in the gun community were stumping for nationwide carry for retired "Only Ones." You'll note that once they got their place at the table, the fact that the rest of us might like to pull up a seat but they were all taken was our problem. And, on a more fundamental level, I oppose "licensing" of a right.
I also have to acknowledge that under normal circumstances, the chances of getting existing legislation repealed so things become the way I want them is nonexistent. And this would save lives and provide a deterrent to something the antis would otherwise exploit to the detriment of us all.
Which practically guarantees the ones fighting this the loudest will be the education establishment...
I've been approached by another activist, a teacher from Pennsylvania who is trying to get similar legislation passed there.
I have to confess mixed feelings on this. I believe we all have a right to keep and bear arms and that "gun free zones" are not just wrong, they're evil. I oppose the idea of special classes of citizens being "granted privileges" -- just as I did when some in the gun community were stumping for nationwide carry for retired "Only Ones." You'll note that once they got their place at the table, the fact that the rest of us might like to pull up a seat but they were all taken was our problem. And, on a more fundamental level, I oppose "licensing" of a right.
I also have to acknowledge that under normal circumstances, the chances of getting existing legislation repealed so things become the way I want them is nonexistent. And this would save lives and provide a deterrent to something the antis would otherwise exploit to the detriment of us all.
Which practically guarantees the ones fighting this the loudest will be the education establishment...
Last Night on Armed American Radio
End of year re-cap with Armed American Radio Washington editor Neil McCabe, special analysis and commentary by David Codrea, George “The Mad Ogre” Hill, Buckeye Firearms Association’s Jim Irvine and AAR Board Op/Producer, Sean “Seanto” Young.
Cracking the Code
It goes something like predators prefer weaker prey, and only liars or fools deny the observable laws of Nature. [More]
#justatroll
Right, because exposing your utter and undeniable hypocrisy is "trolling."
Any other words you'd like to redefine? Like "common sense" and "gun safety"?
Here's something we must never forget when dealing with these creatures, and why I am so unforgiving of those ostensibly on "our side" who offer one-sided "compromises" in the unfounded, and frankly, stupid hopes that throwing a scrap of flesh to circling hyenas will satisfy them and persuade them to go away:
We're going to have to take one step at a time, and the first step is necessarily -- given the political realities -- going to be very modest. . . . [W]e'll have to start working again to strengthen that law, and then again to strengthen the next law, and maybe again and again. Right now, though, we'd be satisfied not with half a loaf but with a slice. Our ultimate goal -- total control of handguns in the United States -- is going to take time. . . . The first problem is to slow down the number of handguns being produced and sold in this country. The second problem is to get handguns registered. The final problem is to make possession of all handguns and all handgun ammunition-except for the military, police, licensed security guards, licensed sporting clubs, and licensed gun collectors-totally illegal.Anybody think that's changed, and that we're not one SCOTUS replacement away from having to deal with that possibility?
Richard Harris, A Reporter at Large: Handguns, New Yorker, July 26, 1976, at 53, 58 (quoting Pete Shields, founder of Handgun Control, Inc.) (boldface added, italics in original).
Nicely done, Kurt-- I can tell you got under her skin and you're living in her head rent-free with the desperate and pathetic way she tried to dismiss you. And nice "reasoned discourse," too, having her just block you like that -- the virtual equivalent of "La la la still not listening."
You're absolutely right. Being despised by the despicable brings a warm glow...
We're the Only Ones Luck of the Draw Enough
Instead of apologizing, one of the deputies told Guerrero, “You’re lucky I didn’t f--king shoot you.” [More]Nice of you to put the blame on the victim, Ozzie. It sounds like your trespassers are the ones who were lucky.
We're the Only Ones with the Situation Well in Hand Enough
Really? It took 15 of them from three counties? [More]
A Rat Is a Pig Is a Dog Is a Boy
One anti-vivisection activist responded on Facebook."You could die tomorrow. I wouldn't sacrifice my goldfish for you." Another commented: "If you had died as a child, no-one would have given a damn." [More]It's unhinged maniacs like these I love taunting with my Center for Biological Diversity souvenir.
This Day in History: December 30
Some time the last winter your Excellency was pleased to order a board of officers to revise the former report of the board of officers on the rank of the captains of the Massachusetts line, some of whom thought themselves injured. The board reported to your Excellency; but an approbation or disapprobation of the report, was never expressed—several of the captains remain very uneasy, and I believe there are very apparent grounds for some of them being so. [More]
Sunday, December 29, 2013
Organizing for Action contest rules show inconsistency of progressive principles
And how is someone supposed to prove they are citizens and/or lawful permanent legal residents, anyway? I thought the Obama’s DOJ said requiring proof of that disproportionately violated the civil rights of minorities. [More]Welcome to the [“progressive”] party, pal. Provided you can produce ID we don’t require of voters (because that would be racist!), and pass a Universal Background Check along with an ideological purity/party loyalty test.
And yeah, I know: What “principles”?
Saturday, December 28, 2013
Toby Keith restaurant hypocrisy leaves bad taste in gun owners’ mouths
It's instructive that five years after Keith wowed NRA members, he declared himself a supporter of “the most anti-gun president ever to occupy the Oval Office” in 2008 when he praised Barack Obama, calling him “the best Democratic candidate we've had since Bill Clinton,” and then honored Obama by performing at his 2009 Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo. [More]Today’s Gun Rights Examiner report notes there are a lot of self-enriching poseurs out there capitalizing on the gullible thinking they share their principles.
Friday, December 27, 2013
ATF whistleblower website decries disproportionate discrimination complaints
“How disturbing is this?” the CUATF moderator posting under the screen name “Doc Holiday” asked, relating that under “total number of pending EEOC complaints reported end of year 2012,” ATF had 1,362, more than 25 percent out of 4,770 employees, compared to less than one percent for both DEA and the FBI. [More]This afternoon’s Gun Rights Examiner report notes they went full B. Todd. You never go full B. Todd.
Illinois gun owners on hold for compliance instructions on private sales
Why the information is not available now, and what the reason is for waiting so long to inform the public have not been stated, but suspecting official indifference or even hostility to gun owner concerns would hardly be without precedent, especially since ISP appears to be doing bare minimum and no gun owner outreach is planned. [More]Today’s Gun Rights Examiner report notes grudging, in-your-face foot-dragging by insolent “public servants” who have been allowed to presume that you work for them. In short, they don’t care because they don’t have to.
Disappointing, But Hardly Unexpected
Take a good look. I'd estimate probably 97% will do what they're told and come up with all kinds of rationalizations for it. [More]
It's a terrible choice to force someone to make. Most will opt for the illusion of temporary safety, as opposed to mass civil disobedience. It's just the way things are.
The handful who defy are made more vulnerable. Of course, such radicals are generally chastised by the more pragmatic for making "us" all look bad anyway. Hey, if we don't like the law, we can work democratically to change it, right?
Get used to it, happy few.
[Via bondmen]
It's a terrible choice to force someone to make. Most will opt for the illusion of temporary safety, as opposed to mass civil disobedience. It's just the way things are.
The handful who defy are made more vulnerable. Of course, such radicals are generally chastised by the more pragmatic for making "us" all look bad anyway. Hey, if we don't like the law, we can work democratically to change it, right?
Get used to it, happy few.
[Via bondmen]
No Demand for Demanders
Liberal Commercial Talk Radio Disappears in NY, LA, SF in 2014 Only NPR is left. [More]That's no fair! Why, there oughtta be a law!
Funny...my friend Mark Walters keeps adding stations.
Target: Men
The Selling of Attention Deficit Disorder [More]"I wonder if overdiagnosis of ADD and unnecessary use or abuse of these drugs are non-spurious causative factors for shootings?" colleague RH asks.
"And how the 'progressive' public educational establishment is a driving force behind the War on Boys," I offer in return.
A Phishing Scam
I oughtta hook him up with Franky Samora.
I swear, the Stupid Party is doing it's best to totally blow the tremendous opportunities presented by overreaching "progressives."
Except they're pretty much all that way by design, aren't they?
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Póg Mo Thóin
While spreading Toys for Totalitarians cheer, Mike tells the governor of Maryland to...well, let this Irish fellow here explain to those of you who don't understand Gaelic:
I guess I shouldn't have referred to "spreading cheer" in relation to that. Anyway, now that we've got that out of the way, read Mike's missive.
And oh, look: An "Authorized Journalist" has noticed.
Glad to see at least one trying to catch up, although I did have to ask her what the hell she was talking about:
Mike also has some comments about her coverage.
UPDATE: Cuomo gets his. How do you say "Póg Mo Thóin" in Italian?
I guess I shouldn't have referred to "spreading cheer" in relation to that. Anyway, now that we've got that out of the way, read Mike's missive.
And oh, look: An "Authorized Journalist" has noticed.
Glad to see at least one trying to catch up, although I did have to ask her what the hell she was talking about:
UPDATE: Cuomo gets his. How do you say "Póg Mo Thóin" in Italian?
We're in the Money
High hats and Arrowed collars, white spats and lots of dollars
Spending every dime, for a wonderful time [More]
Spending every dime, for a wonderful time [More]
SAF is puttin' on the Ritz, courtesy of Mike McGinn and his Seattle elitists.
Not really. Every dime is needed to continue with groundbreaking legal actions and more. And this will come in handy.
This Day in History: December 27
Enclosed is an account of their present force in New York and its dependencies, handed to me by a person who I believe is well informed. [More]
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