Sean Penn owning guns after domestic violence plea raises legal questions

What Penn is even doing with guns in the first place is a mystery, if the reports are true that when partnered with Madonna, he tied her to a chair and beat her up with a baseball bat. The Lautenberg amendment prohibition on gun ownership applies to those convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence, and according to the New York Daily News, “Penn was also charged with felony domestic assault during his marriage to Madonna. He pleaded to a misdemeanor.” [More]

As usual, all the “real reporters” missed the real story. Today’s Gun Rights Examiner report asks how someone with a Lautenberg gun prohibition can have 65 guns to melt down in the first place. Perhaps it would make for a good Five Minute Activism project to ask @ATFHQ...

Sunday's Armed American Radio Program

I meant to post this earlier in the week but got sidetracked, and just now remembered:

Supreme Court case victor Dick Heller joins forces with Rasta Rock Opera musician Stevie Marco to educate kids and bring their message to AAR.  Famed economist, author and Fox News Contributor John R. Lott talks Obama executive orders, David Codrea and George “The Mad Ogre” Hill discuss current events.

• AAR 1-12 2014 Hour 3
• AAR 1-12-2014 Hour 2
• AAR 1-12-2014 Hour 1

The Golden Fudd Award

And the winner is... [More]

 I'm sorry...I realize the guy has made a turnaround, and I admit he has since used his voice and reach to do a lot of good -- but there's just something about this that makes me think... "Really?"

As an aside, anybody think Dick Metcalf will be perceptive enough to pick up on the blatant, can't miss 'em signals the gun establishment is sending him, or will he continue sleeping with the enemy...?

Rejecting the Premises

Attack! Attack! Attack! [More]

Don't cede a thing, language included. Especially language.


[Via James Simpson]

Tonight on ATSNTV's Shooting Destination Night/Stop the Threat: "The Apartment"

About to make some bad choices...

From American Trigger Sports Network Television:

Three college students cheer their team into victory at their apartment, fueled by beer and chips, when they hear a noise that alerts them to thieves trying to steal their car...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.

Watch on the PURSUIT Channel:
DISH Network: Channel 240 HUNT DirecTV: Channel 604 PRST
Wednesdays 2:00pm PST 5:00pm EST
Thursdays 10:00pm PST
Fridays 6:00pm PST/9:00pm EST
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And you can watch past episodes on ATSNTV's YouTube Channel.

The Devil its Due

Evidently a promo for an upcoming horror movie...[Watch]

On the surface it seems funny, but I wonder how people can presume to take liberties to do this to others, and what makes the production studio's risk management department so sure stunts like this won't trigger a heart attack or a physical reaction where someone being startled could injure themselves or others...

Maybe someone who suddenly leaped back can find a good ambulance chaser and claim whiplash...

The Kapo Eli Gat

And what right did they have to decide the fate of 50,000 others? [More] 

They weren't the ones deciding it.

I am unable to find the words to express my contempt for this...this thing.

The article is behind a paywall, but you don't want to reward Haaretz anyway. You can find all you need to know here.

UPDATE: Kurt let me know the original is available via Google cache.

[Via Dave Licht]

Claire on Metcalf

With a side-lesson on Machiavelli... [More]

One Question

How many of you guys would draw down on and arrest me if I let you know, in the course of a civil conversation, that I was carrying a concealed firearm and had neither a "permit" nor a badge? [Watch]

A Game of Inches

She never heard of the Tueller drill? [More]

So now do we need a measuring wheel, and to ask the assailant to hold up a moment while we roll off the distance?  And it's "thirty (30) feet of the threshold or nearest access of entry," so being on the porch doesn't cut it.

I'd like to see somebody give her a laser pointer (no, not that kind) and have her consistently spot 30 feet.

And I assume 29'11" would be cause for a world of legal hurt?

[Via Neil W]

The Fix is In

Everybody who thinks tyrants voluntarily cede power in the absence of a strong self-preservation interest, raise your hand... [More]

All SCOTUS ever has to do to keep bad edicts alive is...nothing.

Which means we either accept them and live under them or...what?

Any Way to Check This Out?

I had my own login an password, I would go to their site and enter a SN. Technically they weren't registering guns, they were recording transactions BUT along with the dealer who last sold the gun (and when) the purchaser's name popped up too. [More]

We're right to be skeptical, but I'd at least like to explore the possibility. Anyone have knowledge of this, and a way to validate it? 

I'd appreciate if the source for this got in touch with me: dcodrea@hotmail.com

[Via bondmen]

First-Person Shooters

I posted a link to Anthony Martin's latest column on Facebook about debunking common mass shooting myths, and some discussion ensued about the effects of video games. One person expressed uncertainty over dismissing them as a cause, and I replied:

My personal belief, not scientific, but just intuitive and based on what I see in life, is that gaming might be a catalyst for some--but anyone that close to the edge could be set off by anything, and attempts to regulate, control and ban would be as "successful" as "gun control"-- in other words, anyone who can't be trusted with a [gun, video game, matches, fill in the blank] can't be trusted without a custodian--and they need to leave the rest of us the hell alone until our actions prove ourselves a danger to ourselves or others.

He cited Lt. Col. Dave Grossman's work and the 2001 Stanford Study on Media Violence.  My response:

I've promoted Grossman's work and am aware he believes that, but he is offering an opinion, and his outstanding credentials in his field of expertise do not make him infallible in all. In re studies, I admit I have not competently analyzed the Stanford one, because I don't possess the specialized education to do a thorough job of it. My layman's understanding is that it artificially measured "aggression" (to include playground taunts) and did not separate TV viewing from video gaming in terms of causation. So is extended viewing and gaming the cause, or the fact that your parents (or parent) leave you unsupervised for so long? And what does that say about the example they set and the limits, expectations and standards they set, and behaviors their conduct induces and allows? So many other factors can have effects on the results. Plus, only one limited study hardly seems sufficient to declare certainty. I've seen enough"gun studies" to be wary of accepting any as the final word. Bottom line: I don't think anyone can take the population of gamers and come up with a sound and reliable prediction of what percentage will be caused, persuaded or motivated to commit homicide as a result, because it is so infinitesimally small as to have no statistically measurable validity, and parenting, economic and environmental factors have not been filtered out--and that goes for Stanford, too, which was done in 12 Bay area schools, meaning their subjects were overwhelmingly children of "progressives"--tell me THAT won't screw a kid up. I see no legitimate law that could be enacted here, but plenty of ways for those who would rule us to gin up concerns to exploit and further their control.

While it's just my opinion, I don't think I'm wrong, especially about the "law" part.

DiFi Does the Bump and Grind

And I do apologize for the imagery. 

After you've cauterized your eyeballs and flushed your brain with Clorox, you might want to head over to Kurt's and read what he has to say about her latest "poll dance"... [More]

Stroke of the Pen, Law of the Land

Kind'a cool. [More]

He can use it to continue his war on America, one that will not only hit the poor the hardest, as energy rates affect the cost of everything, but the ultimate plan is to swell the ranks of the dependent anyway...

Democracy in action!

Watch and marvel and consider the complicity and gutlessness of every politician who is not screaming for this subversive's impeachment and more.

Not that they could expect all those desperate job applicants to jeopardize their chances...

It's a Mystery to Me

"I don't know why you'd need a gun in a movie theater," said Bob Stock. [More]

 Well if you don't know, why the hell should anyone listen to you?

Also: Don't let the "legitimate news media" use this to scapegoat "Stand Your Ground."

[Via Michael G]

We're the Only Ones Aiding and Abetting Enough

McCallum used village police to protect drug dealing, rob rivals and steal goods, according to affidavits used for search warrants that helped break the case. The documents say he took kickbacks and looted village funds to the point that an auditor asked why there were no bank deposits for about a year. [More]

And that's why government needs to have a monopoly of violence!  Duh!

[Via bondmen]

We're the Only Ones Probing Enough

By the time his encounter with the officers ended the next day, Eckert had endured three enemas, two anal probes and a colonoscopy at Gila Regional Medical Center -- and authorities found no drugs. [More]

So have they all been charged with forcible sodomizing/rape/rape with a foreign object?

I do wonder how much outrage I would feel if the same thing happened to each and every perpetrator --on Pay-Per-View-- and sorry, but I keep coming up with "Not much."

We're the Only Ones Pleading Enough

Misdemeanor. And it was intentional. Cool. [More]

I wonder how David Olofson feels about that...

[Via Bruce W. Krafft]

This Day in History: January 15

It is now a notorious fact, that three parties have been expressly sent from Canada to take or put me to death. Captain Brownson, lately returned from Canada, a Mr. Shephard, of Tryon county, a Mr- Mott of Saratoga, and others who have made communications to the Commissioners for detecting conspiracies, all agree, that the British are determined to get me into their possession. [More]

I'm No Kim or Kanye Fan

But what did he do wrong? [More]

Bracken books available for free download tomorrow and Thursday

“I'm going to put the Enemies Trilogy on a Kindle ‘free run’ on Wednesday, January 15th,” Bracken announced to followers on Facebook. “The next day I'll free run my other two books. Pass the word to avid readers who might be short of bucks currently." [More] 

Today’s Gun Rights Examiner column reports on an offer we’ve seen before. If you haven’t taken advantage of it, now’s the time to do so. If you have, now’s the time to “pay it forward” and make it known to others.

Yeah, Well Good Luck with That

This act requires a parent or guardian to notify a school district, or the governing body of a private or charter school, that he or she owns a weapon within 30 days of enrolling the child in school or becoming the owner of a weapon. [More] 

Doctor?

Turnabout Being Fair Play 'n All...

What's her address, driver's license number and Social Security number? [More]

Because It's Never Enough

And it never will be. [More]

They want it all, they want it now and they want it delivered.

And if you oppose such "common sense gun safety laws," you're an extremist.

And no doubt a racist with a small penis who is responsible for Sandy Hook...

We're the Only Ones Acquitted Enough

“Where do we really find justice any more in our justice system?” the victim’s father, Ron Thomas, told reporters. “It has been proven right here today that they will get away with it. They will get away with it. [More] 

Believe it.  That's what a monopoly of violence is all about.

When selecting juries, the only ones who can make it through the elimination process are essentially the same ones who sign Mark Dice petitions.

Doh! A Deer. A Female Deer.

These people are dumber than Homer. [More]

And the ones who elect them are dumber still.

It figures many of the minds behind it feed at the academia trough.

[Via Michael G]

Stripped Down to the Basics

This is why banning good people from having guns in bars is another area we should never cede. [More]

I don't even mind if they drink. What I mind is if they endanger others and/or initiate violence, in which case, I insist on the ability to extricate me and mine from the situation.

Do you have guns and alcohol in your home?  I do.

If I wanted to, there is nothing to stop me from hitting up the Makers Mark while armed. Right now, as I type.

Except me.  If you don't like that, tough.

Everyone I know can be responsible in the presence of both.

[Via William T]

We're Number One!

You can help us keep it that way. [More]

Welcome to Toon Town

The real cartoons are the ones drawing these. [More]

Can't you just feel the seething, childish and impotent hatred?

What did Kurt say about being despised by the despicable...?

Oh, and "guys"? We're not laughing with you.

[Via Andrea Shea King]

Lone Survivor

Herschel and Daniel offer a tactical critique. [More]

I offer a visceral one.

Reverse Psychology?

I think that's gotta be it. I hope.  [More]

When Nikes are Outlawed...

Hey, I don't get it. These had a "sporting purpose"... [More]

We're the Only Ones Escorting Enough

Now you try getting a concealed carry permit in West Hollywood if you have to walk the streets at night with no police security detail. [More]

Don'tcha just love rich "progressives" who have theirs...

Or can afford not to?

Help with the Military Housing Shortage

Repeal the Third Amendment. [Watch]

Good grief.

Friend of the Devil

As previously reported by TheBlaze, the “logistics coordinator” also argued in court that “Operation Fast and Furious” was part of the agreement to finance and arm the cartel in exchange for valuable information that would help the government take down its rival cartels. [More] 

The devil you know...

Nice company they keep.

Actually, the first person I ever heard make that argument and specifically name the Sinaloas was Robert Farago, in a phone call with him years ago. I didn't jump on that bandwagon since I had nothing besides speculation to go on, and agreed it sounded like good speculation, but I had no confirmation from any sources.  So if this turns out to be the case, as far as I know, he's the one who first called it.

A Case of the Vapors

If this doesn't get ol' Josh to break out the bellows, nothing will... [More]

Ghost Story

Where hideous shrieking and moaning is coming from lost and evil spirits... [More]

Obviously Compensating for Something

The antis would rather he'd been beaten to death. [More]

Stupid Squared

I just don't have 1:48 to spend on the absurd premise--I will say, right off the bat the supposed intelligent debate expert trips on it right out of the starting gate with his assumption that the Second Amendment being repealed would have any bearing on the right, followed up with the ridiculous notion that the Supreme Court has ruled it's a given right. [More]

I wonder what the fools arguing outlived usefulness would do if someone came into the studio and started shooting...

No I don't.

I'm up to 2:09.  I just can't listen any more. Everything the moron in the tan suit has said so far in his debate setup has been painful to listen to: It's like he set out to spout utter nonsense.

If you have the patience to continue, don't let me stop you.  Me, I'm outta there.

[Via Cliff J]

CCDL Litigation Updates

Connecticut Citizens Defense League shares the latest, including:

Meet The Plaintiffs
Don’t forget tonight (January 14th) lead attorney Brian Stapleton and all of the plaintiffs in Shew v Malloy will be at our regular monthly meeting.

If you're a Constitution State gun owner and you're not helping in the fight in some tangible way, you are letting others carry a load you're all under. If you can't afford money, you can afford manpower. If you can't provide manpower you can provide brainpower.  If you can't provide brainpower, you're siding with the antis anyway, so get lost.

This Day in History: January 14

I have received information that a lurking party of the Enemy is sent out to intercept the mail between Philadelphia & the North River, the place they are to lay in wait for the Post is said to be between Pluckimen & Morristown. [More]

N.J. activist Colandro earns Gun Rights Examiner endorsement for NRA Board

Colandro has put himself on the line with his candid and honest responses. For guts alone he deserves a nod. Name one other candidate who has publicly given this much specific information and indicated a willingness and approachability to give more. For that reason, and because of my agreement with most of what he pledges, he has my support and endorsement, and will likely be the only candidate who does unless more choose to unequivocally and properly answer these questions. [More]

This evening’s Gun Rights Examiner report notes we can complain or we can work for change. If NRA members actually vetted their board candidates with the same level of scrutiny they do politicians, many of the reasons for complaining about the way the Association does things would go away.

ATF now promoting book it tried to kill

“ATF is again promoting my book and putting it on display within the walls of the ATF Headquarters building in Washington, D.C.,” Dobyns explained, providing the photos accompanying this column to prove it. “It is being used to promote ATF's achievements on a wall labeled ‘ATF Authors’." [More]

Today’s Gun Rights Examiner report notes a book burning at the book fair, and puzzles without success over how the two can be compatible.

We're the Only Ones Theatrical Enough

Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco identified the suspect as retired Tampa police officer Curtis Reeves, according to reports. [More]

I guess it's more direct than compaining to the management.

I found references to another Cobb theater near Tampa being posted"No Guns" and have put out a request to see if the same applies to the one in Wesley Chapel.

[Via several of you]

Today's Five-Minute Activism

Two columns dealing with a well-financed threat were published over the weekend that I'm asking readers to help spread the word on, because wider attention could not only embarrass a bitter enemy of the right to keep and bear arms, but actually bring his operations under investigation if enough attention can be called to them. I'm talking about Bloomberg.

It’s no surprise that the “mainstream media” has no interest in the information I've provided getting out of a niche readership, so that’s where regular readers come in. Please share the links to “DeBlasio conspicuously absent as Bloomberg still listed on MAIG site” and “MAIGdocuments suggest misuse of public funds, conflict with Brady Campaign” with like-minded colleagues and urge them to do the same.

Wouldn’t it be nice to force him to remain on the defensive, instead of leaving him unblocked to attack us at will?  Actually, if enough people get involved, perhaps answering for the results of an audit might end up occupying him full time.

Burlington Continues Stonewalling on Document Requests

We've discussed the goings-on in Vermont quite a bit here at WarOnGuns and at Gun Rights Examiner, and I keep getting more email updates that there's just not enough of me to keep up with, considering all the other stories demanding attention. So I thought it appropriate to remind readers this is an ongoing issue that should be of interest not just to Vermonters, but to all of us who need to be on guard against municipalities trying to enact patchwork quilt gun grabs, such as a stealth threat I recently exposed in Ohio.

My suggestion is to bookmark the Vermont Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs website and consult it on a regular basis--and if you're a Vermont gun owner to do your part to help them continue the fight. I'll be keeping an eye on things in case there are any big developments requiring special reporting, but for the most part, and to the relief of most, there's only one of me.

AP Coverage

Fast and Furious, that wasn't a story, but this, why, judging from the picture, a dozen or more people must have shown up!... [More]

"We understand that there are gun rights, but the increasing lethality of these weapons has got to stop," Ron Pinciaro, of Connecticut Against Gun Violence, said. 

Flesh that out for us, Ron. The firearms you hive insects want militarized police shock troops, deploying with true "weapons of war," to seize from your countrymen have been around for how many decades?

It's not enough they want to humiliate you and make you stand in line and set yourself up for confiscation.  They want it all and they will never stop, which makes NSSF's propensity for preemptive surrender to domestic enemies all the more baffling.

And the Fourth Estate Fifth Columnists are there to make sure any concessions are never even mentioned the next time the "gun lobby" is accused of being intractable.

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

This is an insightful observation pointing out an exploitable vulnerability.

Not that everyone is equipped to recognize it as such.

Kick-Started

Talk about exceeding expectations! [More]

Starship Troopers

NPR and CSGV go faux Heinlein: Evidently if you haven't put your Federal Service time in, you get no say. [More]

They conveniently overlook his contempt for collectivists and what is arguably his most famous quote.

Two from Anthony

• Doctors fight back against new role as gun control arbiters
• Conn. state police seek to question Vanderboegh in gun dispute

We're the Only Ones Colliding Enough

See, if we allow anyone besides trained police officers to carry guns, people will end up using them in minor fender benders... [More]

UPDATE: Guess who got arrested...

 [Via Dave Licht]

Another Rule Change

It's what they do when their side gets called on a foul. [More]

They're taking comments until Feb. 27. Talking points are suggested in the above-linked article.

Defiance

Don't expect to have someone represent you for that. [More]

And don't expect it to all be done through legislation.

[Via bondmen]

It's Just a SHOT Away

Workman is on the ground at SHOT Show and will be filing reports this week from there. [More]

So Much for that "Home Rule" the Antis are Always Whining About

The Gray Lady has her knickers in a wad over carry rules in Kansas... [More]

All They Need to Confiscate

You are required by law to return your firearm registration certificates... [Watch]

[Via Paul W. Davis]

The Voting Dead

Understand how the machinery works first, because if you start tampering with design features, you're gonna gum everything up and tick off the operators. [More]

[Via Michael G]

I'd Like to Go All Sally Field for a Moment...

I knew this went out as an Oath Keepers email earlier this month but hadn't seen anyone post it. Thanks, guys. [More]

Mission Accomplished!

What was the mission again...? [More]

Thank goodness none of that applies here, where government monopoly of violence supremacy is unquestioned because resistance would be futile!

This Day in History: January 13

We are I believe the only nation who suffer their people to carry on a commerce with the enemy in time of War. [More]

Tonight on Armed American Radio

Host Mark Walters welcomes Dick Heller, musician Stevie Marco, economist/author John R. Lott, George "Mad Ogre" Hill and yours truly.

The program broadcasts from 8 to 11 p.m. Eastern. Click here to find a station near you or to listen via live streaming. 

You can also watch the studio feed at Sean "Seanto" Young's IRF News.

MAIG documents suggest misuse of public funds, conflict with Brady Campaign

MAIG had not yet merged with MDA at the time the information requests were filed, and the question of whether city facilities, assets, personnel and clock time were used to work on the Moms’ group operations and activities, in addition to MAIG’s, merits being looked into. Such an audit should include as many other personnel as may have been involved, along with relevant phone records, emails and time reporting, if applicable. Of interest would be if political advocacy posts on social media coincided with working hours, suggested by a preliminary investigation. [More] 

Today’s Gun Rights Examiner report notes a billionaire helping finance his hobby on the public dime. As outrageous as that is, I have to admit seeing his hatchet man slapping around the head of the Brady Campaign is pretty darn funny.

DeBlasio conspicuously absent as Bloomberg still listed on MAIG site

That this has evidently not happened yet may just be a bit of payback, or, if his resentment for past attacks is strong enough, DeBlasio may wish to pursue an independent “gun control” agenda without giving any support to the Bloomberg efforts altogether. If that turns out to be the case, it would be a major embarrassment, not to mention a supreme irony, for Bloomberg to lose his flagship New York City at the same time he is expanding MAIG efforts into the states. [More]

Today’s Gun Rights Examiner report notes a personality clash between petty egotistical tyrants and does what it can to help egg on a full-blown feud.

"I'm Spartacus!"

I like this idea! [More]

The Eliot Ness Building

[More] 

The retro cable channel replays "The Untouchables" reruns late every weeknight and I've been watching them.  Audiences back then never asked "Why?"

Mike has some interesting commentary, including about the real Eliot Ness.

And yes, he has been the patron saint of ATF and of all the Jr. G-Men, too.

"ATF for Kids"... Good God.  Do they really pay someone to do a monthly "word search" puzzle, and doesn't that just scream for a parody where you can find the names of the kids listed here?

I just wish they'd bring back the drawing contest.

The Hunt for the SS Sipsey

[More]

My unsolicited two cents, since I haven't been asked, but my advice would be to rig for silent running...

This Day in History: January 11

[More]

We're the Only Ones Beat Me Daddy Eight to the Bar Enough

In a little honky-tonky village in Texas*...[More]

*

Gunny Ermey Lion Kill Evokes Visceral Reactions

...cowardly and cruel... sickening snaps... [More]

Y'know, that does work on the emotions. For instance, in me, it stimulates the urge to break out my Center for Biological Diversity gorilla hand ashtray and enjoy one of those cigars I get that are rolled from tobacco grown on slashed and burned rainforest land...

[Via Mack H]

Metcalf ‘death threats’ warrant official investigation

“Death threats poured in by email,” he writes.

Really? Actual “death threats”? And they “poured in”?

Each one of those would be a crime.

Have these “death threats” been reported to the authorities? Which ones?

If not, why not? [More]

Today’s Gun Rights Examiner advocates all death threats be taken seriously -- assuming we’re not just being subjected to agenda-driven “legitimate media” hyperbole...

We're the Only Ones Increasing in Numbers Enough

A fifth Omaha police officer has been fired over the controversial arrests of three brothers at a north Omaha home last year. [More]

How many more bad apples before the barrel becomes suspect...?

I remember posting on this video back when, and in utter disbelief that this many "resources" were used in the response.

[Via Gerald O]

We're the Only Ones Wounded Enough

...when a firearm carried by another officer discharged... [More]

I hate it when mine do that.

[Via William T]

We're the Only Ones Perp-Walking Enough

They do it because they can.  And because, based on that grin, they enjoy it. [More]

[Via William T]

What a Misleading Headline

He didn't open fire on them because they were "shoplifting suspects." [More]

Hey, notice any different treatment here, with, say this guy...?

We're the Only Ones Golden Parachuted Enough

I've been in the wrong line of work all my career. I never got a termination settlement like this from any of my past employers... [More]

[Via Jeffersonian]

Much Ado About Nothing?

“If my daughter had done this to a teacher, there would have been 180 days’ (suspension) regardless of the trouble she would have been in.” [More]

That's the thing to be upset about.

[Via William T]

Captain's Log

• Future Health Care In America: The Abyss Of Gun Rights 
• Notes

A Double-Standard?

Say it ain't so, although in Krispie's case, I can't get too worked up... [More]

"Almost Unimaginable"...

...that they refer to Fast and Furious as "flawed" and proceed from there. [More]

UPDATE: You hear me, Issa, Grassley and Johnny-come-Bob-Goodlattelately?

Evidently not.

[Via everrest]

Tonight on "Stop the Threat"

ATSNtv presents "Lunch Break Robbery." [Details]

Justice Delayed, Justice Denied

Jeff Knox does a superb job of weaving all of the complicated points and events into a comprehensive summary narrative that brings us up to date on the travesty that is the Reese case, and the injustices they are still facing. [More]

He's the only one talking about this* besides yours truly and the Tea Party Patriots of Luna County. Why do you suppose that is?

To give you an idea on "legitimate media/Authorized Journalist" priorities, if you do a Google news feed search for the term "Reese," you will learn all about actress Witherspoon's "bikini body" in story after story after story.

I guess that's why they're "real reporters," deserving of special Feinsteinian status and protections, and we're not.

*I am reminded Matt Bracken champions the Reese family on Facebook.

THIS Tool Again

LaTourettesyndrome was my congressman until he left for greener pastures. I wondered why he was so worthless until I figured out being so was part of his agenda. [More]

He was one of two "Republicans" (Scott Rigell being the other) to vote against the Eric Holder criminal contempt charge.

Mothers of Invention

Another group of demanding mother......s, inventing new ways to subvert freedom... [More]

Presidential Material

Per the guy who puts the "eh" in "Boner." [More]

This Day in History: January 10

[More]

A First in Connecticut

That he said he had no idea the new law was in effect makes my sympathy level go way down. [More]

If he was telling the truth, as opposed to just trying to minimize his consequences, it means he's been letting others carry the load.I'll have a tough time getting behind supporting him unless I can establish to my satisfaction that he was simply lying about that to protect himself.

Well, That Was Fast

The antis just got done telling us Bloomberg was standing down on guns. [More]

Gosh, if you can't believe them, who can you trust?

Expect much more, Evergreen State.

**it Happens

“I’m a gun owner. It happens,” she said Wednesday, adding that she was following safety precautions as she unloaded her Ruger 380 semi-automatic handgun. [More]

Yeah, it always goes "Bang!" when I do that, too.

Well, well, well: Looky here.

Now looky here.

I know: What difference does it make?

[Via William T]

2A Protection Bill in Florida

I was forwarded an email asking to share a link to urge gun rights/freedom activists to ask Florida legislators to support the Second Amendment Preservation Act. [More]

Per the Florida Tenth Amendment Center:

Gun Owners of America has thrown its weight behind the Florida Second Amendment Protection Act. The proposed legislation would prohibit any state cooperation with federal acts that violate the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. “No agency of this state, political subdivision of this state, or employee of an agency or political subdivision acting in his or her official capacity, or corporation providing services on behalf of this state or a political subdivision of this state shall enforce any federal act, law, order, rule, or regulation of the federal government of the United States regarding a personal firearm, firearm accessory, or ammunition within the limits of this State.”

They include links to the draft bill as well as an executive summary and talking points here, along with action items they need help with.

If you're a Florida gun owner, are you going to sit by and let some guy in Ohio do more to promote and advance this than you will?

[Via Andrea Shea King]

Oh, Herro

Great to see you again, Hans. [More]

So What's His Name?

Because as long as the government keeps the stuff illegal, related violent crime will be pervasive, and I want to see if the rich, famous and no doubt bodyguard-protected SOB who is helping to perpetuate all that is a mouthy anti-gunner... [More]

Demanding Moms let slip agenda to prohibit all gun sales, not just illegal ones

What’s clear from the outrage and disappointment is, contrary to what the name of Bloomberg’s front group implies, it’s not just illegal guns that are being attacked. All guns, and the means to lawfully obtain them, are targets. [More]

Today’s Gun Rights Examiner report shows, rhetoric about reasonableness and “gunsense” notwithstanding, screaming harridans will do what screaming harridans do.

DAFR Fights Dismissal of Challenge to CT Gun Law

Disabled Americans for Firearms Rights tells us in an update that the State presented oral arguments to have their case dismissed. [More] 

Kurt wrote about these folks and the issue of gun edicts being especially dangerous for the disabled a few weeks back.

You can learn more about the case here and here.

Giving Up, or Laying Low?

Remember what Obama did before the last election? [More]

This is tactical. The strategy here is to secure the power first. After that, they'll do what people with power do.

With a vengeance.

This Day in History: January 9

On January 9, 1782, Greene dispatched Brigadier General Anthony Wayne to Georgia with a regiment of dragoons. General Wayne conducted a war of attrition against the British defenders of Savannah. [More]

Don't Let the Door...

...hit'cha in the barrel shroud... [More]

Never Let a Good...

...crybaby go to waste. [More]

Stop the Threat Encore Presentation: Lunch Break

From American Trigger Sports Network:

This week's crime scene: An armed citizen makes a decision whether or not to stop a burglary in process at his favorite donut shop while on a lunch break. 

Hosted by James B. Towle with Special Guests: Kelly Muir, Rob Pincus, Steve Vandermolen 

Watch on the PURSUIT Channel! DISH Network: Channel 240 HUNT DirecTV: Channel 604 PRST

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