Because There's No Place Safer Than a Gun-Free Zone

Anita Sarkeesian has shown up for speaking engagements amidst terror threats before. But after learning that Utah State University was legally forbidden from restricting firearms at a Wednesday lecture over which she received a death threat, the nationally-known feminist writer and video game critic canceled her appearance. [More]

Oh no!  Now other Proziettes and their steer companions won't get to hear her bawl!

And we all know how dangerous those "Concealed Carry Killers" are, although, funny thing, the armed people Anita is OK having around are a lot more dangerous...

[Via Sweet Baboo]

BREAKING FAST AND FURIOUS NEWS!

...increased murders south of the border would draw attention to U.S. guns going into Mexico... [More]

You don't say!

This Day in History: October 15

[T]he Council were of opinion that an alteration in the mode of punishment would by no means be advisable at this juncture; but, at the same time, earnestly recommended that the proclamation before mentioned should be carried vigorously into execution, which, in their opinion, was very well calculated to put a stop to that iniquitous commerce. [More]

NRA’s ‘A-’ grade for Begich in Alaska Senate race endangers GOP takeover

To have any meaning at all, Begich’s vote for Sotomayor should have dropped his rating by a full letter grade, and I would argue for more than that. But compounding the effects of his betrayal with a vote for Kagan should have resulted in an example that all would have taken notice of. Degrading him to an “A-” after that is a transparently insincere joke. With that party über alles move, and by adding potentially mortal insult to critical injury, he should have been given an “F” for life. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner report notes the game-playing for motives unknown continues.

GRPC Audio

Charles Heller provided me with this recording of my and Dave Workman's media talk.

The whole thing is posted on his Liberty Watch Radio site, but "will probably only be up for about a month," so if you want copies, you'll need to right click and save the files.

Losing Ground

Despite billionaire bucks... [More]

The question is, will it lose enough ground?

Who would bet money that the measure will fail?

Too bad activist gun owners aren't taking it on themselves to work all-out to spread some easy-to-understand arguments that would be persuasive to any with open minds.  Too bad they're not lining up in droves to man phone banks, walk precincts and do everything they can to drag other gun owners to the polls.

If this ends the way I bet it will, I'd also bet there will be no shortage of angry comment posters who would otherwise not lift a finger, but who nonetheless will find time to share their "Molon labe!" bravado. And as a proven formula moves from state to state, lather, rinse, repeat.

Sorry, Sir Winston. My guess, based on who won't even do the easy stuff, is only a small percentage will fight even then.

A Real Reporter

Not the kind the Prozis have usurped the term for... [More]

Skewed Justice

Air Force Veteran and Firearms Expert Convicted of Manufacturing Weapons Speaks Out [More]

If this is the result of "a comedy of errors," one can only wonder who's laughing.

To Ban or Not to Ban...

Absent a total confiscation, making guns more difficult to buy–whatever the worth of such a policy–won’t materially impact suicide rates. [More]

Hey, if it saves one trol... uh, no...

One comedi... ahh, rats.

30,000 Japa... aw, forget it.

[Via Michael G]

Pillow Talk

Curtis Lovelace ... longtime prosecutor ... recently was charged with suffocating his first wife and mother of four on Valentine's Day in 2006 ... [More]

This being in IL, my first instinct was to see if he'd ever persecuted anyone on gun charges.  This story so dominates the search engines, it's just too time-consuming to keep looking.

[Via William T]

We're the Only Ones Kingly Enough

"You understand you're free to go and everything but you wouldn't have a problem with me looking through your car?" [More]

I would.

But how to tell him...?

[Via William T]

We're the Only Ones Misspeaking Enough

Jeez, buddy, you're not s'posed to tell him, you're just s'posed to do it. [More]

If they can do it to Teodulu, they can do it to you.

[Via danno]

Why Don't They Just Nuke Him?

"I wish people could understand how hard it is to find people in the woods." [More]

Yes. Me too.

[Via Florida Guy]   

Legislating from the Bench

Judge Donald Stephens’ decision in the GRNC lawsuit against posting the state fair against concealed carry can best be summarized in his own words: “If I can find a way to interpret the statutes to prohibit concealed handguns in the state fair, I will.” [More]

I'd be taking that remark to the Judicial Standards Commission.

We're the Only Ones Biting Enough

STOP F***ING MOVING! [More]

Yeah, what kind of noncompliant @$$hole screams and spasms when he's being mauled after we "accidentally" let slip the dogs of war against citizens?

[Via Florida Guy]   

Bloomberg Invading Florida

While you were sleeping last night, the anti-gun forces were wide awake and hard at work. [More]

Florida Carry has put out a call for help. If you're from Florida, you need to answer it.  If you're not from Florida, you could make today's Five-Minute Activism project spreading their plea by sharing their link, just like I'm doing here.

I was giving a speech recently, exhorting the attendees to roll up their sleeves and get involved, and someone from the crowd yelled "We all have jobs!"

Like that's an excuse. So do these guys:

We need your help! Florida Carry is all volunteer, and has no corporate sponsorship or institutional donors. It is only through membership dues and donations that we are able to fund the fight for your rights.

Come to think of it, so did the men at Lexington and Concord...

A Sad Day for Us All

Brenda Leyland was found dead in a hotel room earlier this month after being confronted by Sky News over her alleged trolling of Kate and Gerry McCann, whose three-year-old daughter went missing in Portugal in 2007. [More]

May you be an inspiration to more.  I know you've inspired me.  I'm going to stop calling  sadists-psychopaths / infiltrators-disruptors trolls and start calling them @Sweepyfaces.

That said, there's an actual danger here:

Last month a man was jailed for 18 weeks for what British prosecutors described as "a campaign of hatred" against a female lawmaker.

I don't know all the circumstances and if actionable threats were made, but that has the potential for much greater evil than any silly troll is capable of generating.  Besides, if handled right, they're useful and fun. I generally don't respond to them directly in comment threads, but the "best" ones, that is, the ones that best illustrate something that can be exploited, get special posts.

A "Progressive" Fiancee

What can I say? [More]

Except how come she's recognized as First Lady if they're not married yet?

And why does Kitzhaber trust her, and not gun owners?

Behold, a Pale Horse

And this begs the question, what happens when 1 or 2% of a city have died: who will go to work? People will self-quarantine at home and the economy will crash. And what about the police, fire fighters, EMTs, and hospital crews? What about the crews down at your local power plant, or food distribution center? Think they will all become Mother Teresas, martyring alongside the lepers for the greater good? Think they will not stay home? [More]

Matthew Bracken looks at how the Ebola situation could become another situation altogether...

This Day in History: October 14

I have enclosed the purport of intelligence which I yesterday recd from a Man who left N.Y. on friday last. This morning I was informed that the packet arrived on the Day he left N. York. [More]

Gun owners following Dick Morris ignore issues of principle and trust

“The public overwhelmingly supports a significant expansion in the FBI’s ability to investigate militia groups,” the polls-over-principles Morris wrote at the time to then-Chief of Staff Leon Panetta, as well as then-Deputy Chiefs of Staff Erskine Bowles and Harold Ickes. “If you and the Justice Department believe such an expansion would be in the public interest, I would recommend that we go ahead with it with a high profile announcement. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column notes a guy who's betrayed no shortage of people who have given him their trust and wonders why anyone would give it to him now -- especially principled conservatives.

How Can I Miss You If You Won't Go Away?

Roland, wassup?

I thought after acting like a third-grader by hurling parting insults and running away from people you called "cowards," you were calling it quits...?

So how come you still keep including me on your Twitter replies?

Thing is, I'm beginning to understand why he finds it so important to confirm a "progressive" surgeon general without further delay. Joycelyn Elders was no doubt instrumental in helping a developing Roland come to grips with his destiny.

Because No One Can Be Trusted

Except of course, "progressive" enforcers... [Watch]

The Incredible Shrinking Network

I know how they could improve their ratings. [More]

But no, that would require something they're incapable of.

The Age of Consent

I'd be OK with my kid signing a contract promising he wouldn't kill himself if the hive insect requiring it would sign one promising he or she would. [More]

PEW! PEW!

Good grief.

Prozis.

[Via Florida Guy]   

Meanwhile, Over in the Constitution-Free Zone

If you're a gun owner, Prozis hate you and will demonstrate how much every chance they get.  [Watch]

There are no accommodations you can make with these people.

Why would you want to?

[Via William T]

Captain's Log

• We're the Only Ones Doggone Enough
• There's Just No Reasoning with the Guy!
• Perhaps Not "the Most," but Certainly Up There
• The Walking Dead
• Notes

Pick Your Poison

JAMES COMEY, FBI DIRECTOR: I believe that Americans should be deeply skeptical of government power. You cannot trust people in power. The founders knew that. That's why they divided power among three branches, to set interest against interest. [More]

Yeah, right, come off like you're one of us and then lead us to three doors that each come wired with booby-traps. There's another alternative he conveniently doesn't mention, the ultimate check and balance that guarantees true power sharing when the other three collude to rule...

Sorry, but I look at this establishment enforcer posing as a civil libertarian with no small amount of skepticism, especially noting he's sharing his keep government bound in chains gospel with one of the favored RMVP (look it up) elites.

Sorry, Jimbo. Why don't you back that turnip truck up so we can climb back on and fall off properly this time?

Hack Attack or Na?

This message has popped up several times today.  I've seen it before.

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Naturally, I immediately changed my password.

The question becomes, is this simply a technical glitch with Blogger, or is malevolent intent at work? If it is, is it random criminal malevolent intent or is it agenda-driven beyond that?

Ah... it may be no big deal, although clearing cookies can result in a pain the neck with some bookmarked sites. That said, I'm creating this public record just in case it is a big deal, and if someone is doing something rotten under what others may assume is my identity.

Prozi Grassroots in Action

That's pretty pathetic, especially considering how hard they've been pushing for this wealth and power grab.

About a dozen environmentalcase loons marched past my house last week on a protest that no one paid attention to.

Maybe if they'd picked something doable, like stopping plate tectonics...

How to Be Free?

The "farm" comparison is absolutely insightful and right on, and deserves wider recognition. [Watch]

That said, just realizing you're in a cage doesn't make you free. If it did, I'd take a stroll through Central Park with an unregistered M16 and not encounter a problem in the world. How you "get there from here" remains hypothetical and untested against real world force intent on stamping out anything that might pose a threat to the ruling order.

I've had people in the past offer very smug dismissals of my efforts, telling me instead how easy it is to be free if I'd just embrace a different paradigm, be it returning to the Articles of Confederation, establishing a private contractual society (and I think the most promise for the next step lies there, but it needs to be done right), or, taking a different tack, insisting that we can defang admiralty courts that use gold-fringed flags if we only know the right incantations.

Isaac Newton noted if he had seen farther than others, it is because he stood on the shoulders of giants. Technology develops and advances under freedom. If freedom technology -- and we ought to think of  liberty safeguards in those terms -- is ever to advance beyond what the Founders envisioned, it will have a better chance of blossoming and growing if it starts from a plateau of relative freedom  -- one that offers more opportunities for experimentation and validation than more primitive, and thus oppressive, forms of "government."

You can't invent a car until someone invents a wagon. You can't invent a wagon unless someone invents a wheel.  

Waste Not, Want Not

Vanderboegh looks at the Rahm Emanuel connection between a Clinton-era scheme to register militias, as the architect of a gun ban, and later, with gunwalking. [More]

I hope no one is surprised that it wasn't out of a deep and abiding respect for civil liberties, but rather, one of keeping culpability from being exposed that induced Team Tyranny to drop the first plot.  My intent is to explore this from a different angle later today, focusing on the creepy little pervert who didn't want to.

We Are the Borg. You Will Be Assimilated.

Oregon Firearms Federation notes some comprehensive information gathering on all the wrong people.

For those who desperately want to know who has guns: Assume we all do. And behave yourself accordingly.

This Day in History: October 13

I have only to observe that unless some very decisive measures are adopted, the Lives & the Property of the Good Inhabitants in the Vicinity of these Lines cannot be protected. [More]

Armed American Radio Tonight

From host Mark Walters:

This weekend I take the Crossbreed Holster Studios west to Arizona! Three hours with special guest co-host Alan Korwin and a powerful Arizona'centric' guest lineup including competitive shooter and instructor Amber Kunau in the studio, the AZ Citizens Defense League and more!

As such, I'll be taking the night off.

Find a station near you or listen via live streaming via the AAR website.

Biden Hoping for Lightning to Strike Twice

I wonder who he's going to pick... [More]

Sign Ze Papers!

John Richardson did, although he also used a ... how do you say "nom de plume" in German...? [More]

I did, too.

Why don't we all?  Surely you know a genocidal tyrant who would be happy to lend his name to the citizen disarmament cause...?

Attorney seeks to overturn federal machine gun ban on constitutional grounds

“Now, my sights are set on ... the machine gun ban,” Stephen Stamboulieh announced on the GoFundme.com webpage he established to finance the legal challenge. “I don't believe this is constitutional in light of the Second Amendment to the Constitution. Likewise, the National Firearms Act (‘NFA’), which taxes the making and transferring of Title II weapons (machine guns, suppressors, short barrel rifles, short barrel shotguns, etc) is ripe to be attacked on Second Amendment grounds. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner report notes a lawsuit that's sure to generate plenty of controversy.  Any bets that some of the most vocal condemnations won't come from within the "gun advocacy" community?

Breaking Up is Hard to Do

[More]

Oh, Roland, I so wanted your approval...

I think Kurt has a saying to cover situations like this, not that mere platitudes will heal my broken heart...

Purple Haze All in My Brain

What can I say but "Good grief"? [More]

Where Have All the Heroes Gone?

Et tu, Waka Flocka Flame? [More]

Say it ain't so! Is there no one we can believe in anymore?

It's a Small World After All!

Y'know, I was just thinking the other day, we don't have enough Tanzanian diversity where I live... [More]

From the Jaws of Victory

Idiot here just made ousting Malloy a lot more problematic. [More]

No one I know was going to vote "for" Foley because they believed he was a 2A champ.  They just wanted to send Malloy packing, and the challenger looked like the most effective chair to use in that particular bar fight.

After this, good luck with that.

We Get Mail!

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Oh, look-- an anonymous insult! I'd better take this one seriously!

Although he must not be much of a genius if he can't figure out how to manage his subscriptions. Ah well, anything to be helpful.

Try this, genius.  Or may I call you Boy?:

1. Print out the last article.
2. Wad it up in a ball.
3. Shove it up your @$$.

Enjoy!

Who Thinks It's Just the Second Amendment Prozis Want to Eviscerate?

The Coalition to Stop Gun Violence wants Wicomico County Sheriff Mike Lewis' teaching certification to be revoked in the wake of several viral video comments on gun rights Lewis made this summer. [More]

So Schlitzie has started a petition!

And all the right people are signing it!  Funny thing though: Adolf tells me that when he did, the "Thank you!" page didn't give a total.

I can't for the life of me imagine why, especially with all that "viral" press this is getting...

This Day in History: October 18

The court after maturely considering the nature of the Crime, the evidence & prisoners defence do find him guilty of the first part of the charge in breach of Article 1st Section 6th of the Articles of war and do sentence him to suffer Death... [More]

Houses of the Unholy

Curious thing about these religious anti-gun “progressive” UN-types: The global citizen disarmament they espouse is precisely what so many governments have counted on to enact genocide against captive populations. Even more curious is how many of those regimes -- just like the modern “progressive” movement -- were hostile to religion, to the point of trying to wipe out those who practiced it. [More]

My latest JPFO Alert notes "progressives" worshiping at an altar that doesn't look like one belonging to any religion I want anything to do with...

Well, That Didn't Take Long...

[More]

I suppose I'll respond to this moron just to get a rise out of him, but in a bit--"Khartoum" in on TCM tonight, and that's more important than pulling wings off Prozi flies.

‘Progressives’ blaming NRA over Ebola spread diverting blame from themselves

The thing about Ebola, and as MSNBC also added into the mix, “the mysterious Enterovirus, which is infecting and contributing to the deaths of children in the U.S.,” is that the cases in this country appear directly attributable to “progressive” policies that refuse to make rational choices regarding who may enter from foreign lands. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner report notes if you want to identify the greatest public health hazard, look no further then the deadly disease of "progressivism."

Another Time, Another Place

By mutual agreement due to current circumstances, the on-air George Zimmerman discussion with Mark Walters on the October 19th Armed American Radio Show has been postponed. Further updates will be sent out as information becomes available. [More]

This was not to be, at least for now.

Yes, of course I know more, and no, of course I can't say, except to offer that this is due to legitimate reasons that I understand and support.

I would not rule it out in the future, but some things need to happen first.

I'm a #BleachSense Voter!

If it saves one life... [More]

The "Experts" Agree

At several points during the altercation, Leedom held the knife to her throat and head. It was during one of these instances that Leedom's wife fired the fatal shot. [More]

Now wait just a damn minute here.

The New York Times tells us:

In domestic violence situations, the risk of homicide for women increased eightfold when the abuser had access to firearms...

The Atlantic chimes in:

Having a Gun in the House Doesn't Make a Woman Safer

The Los Angeles Times agrees:

For women, guns in the home prove especially deadly

So who you gonna believe?

The Third Group

The third group involved ATF Industry Operations conducting inspections at Cleveland-area federal firearms licensees to ensure that dealers are selling firearms in accordance with federal law and regulations. [More]

So they weren't part of the problem?

And criminals don't obey gun laws?

Can't you guys at least get the dealers on some honest mistakes on forms, or maybe for not being able to read minds...?

[Via Sweet Baboo]

Come All Without, Come All Within

You'll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn. [Watch] 

I'd go so far as to label anyone behind this to be a domestic enemy.

No, I'm not interested in peace with such as those, because they will never allow it. There can be no agreeing to disagree. If they say that, it just means they're not ready to impose with force yet.

Somos Los Úniqos Burying Enough

43 Missing Students, a Mass Grave and a Suspect: Mexico’s Police [More]

Let's hear it for CSGV's "Monopoly of Violence"!

Hip-Hip-Olé!

[Via Jake S]

Must Be Close to the Target

Because the flak from comment trolls is getting thicker... [More]

Telling, how they are incapable of refuting a thing, and merely confirm everything they object to.

"Progressives" and Opposite Day -- the observation never fails.

I could use some help spreading the word on this.  There are plenty who would prefer it to remain contained.

Zen and the Art of Metabolic Maintenance

About 4:30 p.m. on Sept. 19, officers responded to reports of a woman screaming “Help me!” at Russell and Otis streets near the Berkeley Zen Center... [More]

She expected others to risk their lives against a knife-wielding feral predator with the strength of a male in his prime?  Would she have approved if they used a tool of some sort to ensure innocent human life was protected?

Would she have been picky and judgmental in retrospect had her rescuer not been wearing a uniform, and blasted the abomination to the hell he has earned?

I wish someone could have saved her. Based on the company she kept, I doubt it could have been someone from her circle.

Amazing, how many deluded "progressive" women are enraged by those who hold the belief that they should be the ones to make their own self-defense choices...

[Via Florida Guy]   

It's Not Just "Gun-Free School Zones"

School administrators are also idiots. [More]

Does that surprise anyone?

Opposite Day "progressives" say they want to stop school shootings, so they then do everything in their power to make them inevitable.

[Via bondmen]

Really?

This appears so outrageous and insupportable, my spider sense is tingling. [More]

My first inclination as a past HOA officer was to check the CC&Rs.  The only mention of firearms is prohibiting their discharge, and a rational reading of that would conclude that's for reasons other than self-defense.

The detailed explanation is problematic:

7.2. Discharge of firearms in the subdivision, except by properly appointed security officers and law enforcement officers acting in their official capacity, is prohibited. A Firearm is defined as anything capable of discharging a projectile to include but not be limited to, firearms, BB-guns, pellet guns and slingshots.

Well, screw them, but that wouldn't hold up in a DGU situation. It sounds like some idiot on the board or with the management company just dropped that in and didn't think things through. The point being, guns are not prohibited at Lakes of the Four Seasons within the homes, and there appear to be no restrictions on transporting or carrying them, not that any legitimate authority exists for them to do that.

As for the fired "seasonal employee," meaning he evidently did not live on LOHS premises, this whole story just sounds ... incomplete.  I'd love to see it fleshed out more, including reading a copy of the complaint and hearing the company's side. Without further information, I'm reserving judgment.

[Via Neil W]

Glad Someone Else Noticed

Bloomberg Gun Control Group’s Endorsements Are Incumbent-Heavy [More]

You don't say.

[Via Neil W]

Moms Demand Totalitarianism

"It would be wonderful if we were able to give this man all of the power that he needs to pass the things that he needs to pass." [More]

Oh Gwyneth, we could all learn so much from a "working mother" like you.

The Trouble with Harry

How did he get so rich? [More]

Easy.  Whoring.

You didn't really think he meant it when he told you what you wanted to hear, did you, Wayne? Those "Oh, God, YES!" screams were part of the paid performance. And if the Republicans manage to blow November, are you still going to let Chris get away with passing out the "I'll give you four words" prag talking point to sabotage good candidates?

Back to the video: I have mixed reactions.  The thug left himself wide open and it would be nice to drop him, but it would probably be more satisfying to file assault charges and a personal injury suit.

This Day in History: October 10

Lt Colbreath Quarter Master of the 2nd New York Regiment informs me that a suit is carrying on against him for a Trespass in taking Cattle which he impressed under your Excellencys Warrant... [More]

Bloomberg-Gates background check ploy first step to registration, confiscation

Whether enough gun owners get involved, and whether there is time to turn the I-594 tide remains to be seen. But another point worth raising is that elections aren't supposed to be about what super-wealthy special interests can buy. [More]

This evening's Gun Rights Examiner report notes it's up to how much each of us are willing to put into sharing the truth -- right now.

Wasted Away Again in Margaritaville

I know, wrong Buffett. [More]

Still, if she pulls it off, some people, me included, will claim there's a RINO to blame. And tell me these questions wouldn't stop her cold in a presidential debate.

Coming Soon to a Neighborhood Near You?

How will they know who's safest to approach? [More]

We're the Only Ones Fraternal Enough

A Superior Court judge found a suspended Woonsocket police officer guilty of abusing his 9-year-old half-sister by choking her and pulling her 30 feet by her ponytail after she refused to obey his commands. [More]

Hey, how can he expect US to respect his authoritah if she won't?

Besides, I can't tell you how many times I used to choke feral sons Uday and Qusay and drag them around by their hair.

We're the Only Ones Hot-Dogging It Enough

Sgt. Brett Harrison left the dog in a cruiser in the station parking lot from about 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., according to a statement from police Tuesday. The cruiser was off and the windows were closed... He received a two-week unpaid suspension and lost 40 hours of vacation. [More]

Guess what happens if you cause the death of a police dog in Ohio?

[Via Florida Guy]   

A Crying Shame

Yeah, wouldn't it be, though? [More]

I like this guy's style.

State of Emergency

Malloy exercises his authoritah to isolate Ebola. [More]

Here's the order.

Here's the statute section on quarantines/forced isolation.

If they seal off an area or take you in for observation, will they demand you disarm?

[Via Florida Guy]   

UPDATE: WarOnGuns Correspondent RH asks "Who's funnier, The Onion or MSNBC?"

Best Joke I've Heard All Day

Clearing the Gridlock

GRNC is calling for a tow. [More]

Somebody's gotta stop Troxler's Dodge from blocking avenues to the State Fair from travelers who want to go about their business unimpeded.

Size Matters?

MEN AND VIOLENCE: SIZING UP HOW MEN SIZE UP ONE ANOTHER [More]

So let me guess... we're compensating? Alpha dominance?  Baboon mounting? Amazing, what gets grant money these days, but I guess there's a ruling elite market to find ways to box up and dismiss traditional males as violent brutes.

Sure, size disparity can be a factor (although the toughest man I ever met and would have least liked to try was almost a foot shorter than me). Sure, human nature tends to magnify threats.  Sure, armoring up against an imminent potential foe can prime a battle-ready state of mind if flight isn't an option. My guess is, ivory tower academics who had a light bulb go off over that keen insight never had cause to put on protective gear before a contest.

Somebody needs to formalize this? Whatever. Seems like a cushy gig.

If anything, this makes the case for perception discipline, situational awareness and training. And for a bit of Alinsky Rule 5 ridicule, courtesy of Sgt. Nick Penis and his Brassball Battallion... By the way, comic nerd that I was, I always thought NatLamp was templating off Marvel's pre-Samuel L. Jackson Sgt. Nick Fury and his Howling Commandos, not DC's Sgt. Rock of Easy Company.

And back to the sizing up thing for a moment: Some of us are as polite and deferential to the smaller, the older, the weaker, as we are to the bigger and stronger. Offering respect in personal encounters with others is the default until it is shown not be be deserved.

[Via Sweet Baboo]

This Should End Well

And the pressure just turned up a notch... [More]

They're lucky it looks like rainy weather for the next few days.

Of Course They Knew

I won't be surprised to find they kept a lid on things to hush the liaison proclivities of their boss from being leaked out. [More]

Crazy Wingnut Wackos Want Guns in Schools!

The nerve of those people. [More]

DIY for PLs

Kurt's latest JPFO Alert notes how Luddites loathe technology. [More]

And yes, of course they also loathe doing things for yourself. What they would impose requires dependence. And obedience.  And ultimately, slave labor camps.

You know, the antithesis of DIY.

I love the Kos hissy-bitch quote Kurt called out.  It really shows they have no clue what true egalitarianism -- as opposed to organized theft disguised as mandated economic outcomes -- entails in terms of power-sharing.

Funny, how they call themselves "progressives."  Opposite Day, remember?

Progressive Luddites. That's pretty fittingly descriptive, and it really highlights the Orwellian contradiction these people live their lives (and try to live ours) by. I think I'm going to start calling them PLs.

When I'm not calling them something else...

The "Authorized Journalists" Behind the Misleading "Ban" Deception

It's not a "ban," you idiots. [More]

But you all know that. And if you don't, you have no business calling yourselves "reporters."

Judging from this PR profile masked as "news," you have no business doing that regardless.

This Day in History: October 9

However necessary my retirement from the service may be to the Reestablishment of my health, & support of a numerous family, I cannot without real concern and regret, (at this time especially,) quit a service in which I have from principle and the warmest attachment been engaged from the commencement of the War; But finding it utterly incompatible with my felicity to continue longer amongst a Sett of Officers, combined against me either thro’ envy or from an unjustifiable ardency for promotion, and with whom I can’t preserve that harmony which ever ought to Subsist Amongst Officers; I must request Your Excellency will be pleased to accept of my resignation, & likewise trust your Excellency will Afford me admission equally honorable, with the testimonials of Approbation I’ve here-to-fore received, for my Services. [More]

ABC acting as administration’s propaganda bureau on guns is the real scandal

Masking such advocacy as entertainment is reminiscent of something much more insidious. Subjecting audiences to propaganda to promote a government monopoly of violence and disenfranchise citizens from natural and civil rights is demonstrably manipulative and disrespectful of viewers. It’s also dishonest with advertisers, who signed on to sponsor entertainment, not to finance causes that undermine the rights of their customers. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner report notes the A-B-C's of a contemptible and scandalous public-private partnership.

Stop the Threat - "Facing the Tail"

From ATSNtv:

It's late and you're tired and you are driving home alone. You notice someone may be following you...or are they? You pull over, leave your vehicle and confront them. Right or wrong?

Be Safe... Be Trained... Be Alert.

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Alexander Apparatchik

Looks like Salon picked up and is spreading his lies. [More]

I guess that's less painful for him than what his boss spreads. Or maybe not. Figures a guy who willingly works for a viciously mean and erratic headcase would use the word "paranoia."

I already debunked much of what this Prozi fool had to say here, including noting he can't even get names right.  Earth to Alexander: Jeff wasn't there, you lazy hack. You lied about Halbrook. You missed so much, while doing your masters' bidding.

Meaning you just may be up for a Julius...

Also: Herschel weighs in.

We're the Only Ones Dealing Enough

Former deputy, alleged accomplices go on trial for weapons charges Monday [More]

I wonder how many people these guys put away on "illegal gun" charges over the years...

[Via John Comeau]

We're the Only Ones Serving You Right Enough

Cops Seize Car When Told to Get a Warrant, Tell Owner That’s What He Gets for “Exercising His Rights” [More]

Just a concerned observation based on some of the comments I see under this article: The Only One involved maybe ought to consider knocking this thug crap off and amending his ways, lest "Down the Hatch" become somebody's goal for more than just drinking.

[Via Neil W]

We're the Only Ones "Burn, Baby, Burn!" Enough

What, you expected indictments for following department protocol? [More]

Besides, they made it home safely at the end of their shift, didn't they? What the hell more do you want?

[Via Florida Guy]   

An Explosive Situation?

BATFU is taking comments on proposed "Homeland Security"-related rulemaking changes in re explosives licensing and permits. [More]

I'm not sure what's different and probably won't have time to analyze this, so it's being offered fyi in case anyone has the subject matter knowledge needed to knowledgeably and productively comment in the next 89 days. I'm told "The part affecting firearms dealers is 27 CFR 478; the rest affects explosives dealers, which may include black and smokeless powder dealers as well."

[Via Roger J]

We're the Fauxnly Ones Luring Enough

Police said the ruse did not work Saturday night because the 31-year-old woman asked to see someone in uniform. But authorities cautioned that the man, whose car was equipped with a rotating red dashboard light, did show a badge when he pulled over her vehicle. [More]

Everybody knows why it's important to be aware of these, right?

[Via Roger J]

Heard in Corvallis

Whether I'll need to change that to "Herd in Corvallis" remains to be seen. [More]

Meanwhile, Over in the Emerald City...

Looks like another fraudulent wizard's hot air balloon has floated down... [More]

Sgt. Q

Oh, but "it" could never happen here... [More]


[Via Florida Guy]   

Bound to Happen Sooner or Later

I guess with this level of situational obliviousness, he'd have been robbed if her were carrying concealed, too, but he might not have been targeted in the first place. [More]

Anti pile-on in 3...2...1...

And God, I love Authorized Journalists:

The weapon he used in the robbery was described as a black gun, possibly semi-automatic. The stolen gun is a black Walther brand, model P22.

Although to be fair, had the "real reporter" visited the official site, it doesn't specifically say, and s/he probably wouldn't have known by looking at it.

Seriously, s/he probably wouldn't.

[Via Florida Guy]   

For Whom The Daily Bell Tolls

In this case, James Jaeger. [More]

And in a good way.

Reese Update

Notice of Electronic Filing
The following transaction was entered on 10/7/2014 at 4:46 PM MDT and filed on 10/7/2014 
Case Name: USA v. Reese et al Case Number: 2:11-cr-02294-RB Filer: Document Number: 493(No document attached) 
Docket Text: NOTICE OF HEARING as to Rick Reese, Terri Reese, Ryin Reese: Sentencing set for 11/4/2014 at 01:30 PM in Las Cruces - 440 Guadalupe Courtroom (North Tower) before District Judge Robert C. Brack. (jac) 
[THIS IS A TEXT-ONLY ENTRY. THERE ARE NO DOCUMENTS ATTACHED.]

I see one of the attorneys has requested postponing it a day or two due to a schedule conflict.

You know about the Reese case, right?  And you've done what you could to help, at a bare minimum making up for deliberate media indifference by spreading the word over the past several years?

A Comedy of Errors

Timothy Arnold isn't laughing. [More]

We shouldn't, either.

There are some people who should be crying, though...

[Via bondmen]

Turnabout Being Fair Play 'n All...

You might want to ask your doctor if he has guns... [More]

[Via bondmen]

The Gift that Keeps on Giving

And the guns that keep on walking... [More]

Tell me again why government folks aren't in prison yet...?

[Via bondmen]

We're the Only Ones Night Day of Broken Glass Enough

That'll teach 'em to instantly obey! [More]

[Via Sweet Baboo]

Run, Luis, Run!

Please! [More]

Because, aside from GOA, the major gun groups are either afraid to touch the issue or in on the sell-out, and the voices of the few just aren't loud and far-reaching enough to wake most up.

Savage (masturb)Ation

Listen to the obnoxious carnival barker for yourself:

To anyone determined to argue that my article was based on a 2009 essay he wrote, so it's somehow no longer relevant, it's on you to show where he has repudiated his positions, apologized, and made an effort to correct the record and publicize it.

A gun-grabber is a  gun-grabber, and it doesn't matter if he's a big "but" (I'm a gun owner and believe in the Second Amendment but) gun-grabber. That's actually the worst kind. And this video demonstrates the powerhouse talk kapo also doesn't have a clue about delegated powers.

But it's OK -- the big boy "conservative" sites hawking this fraud's latest are generating thousands and thousands of comments and shares, completely drowning out the observation that the emperor has no clothes, so the Savage über alles crowd needn't worry.  I'm sure his new book will be a fantastic success.

Besides, it's not like the loyalties, the time, the effort or the money being diverted chasing a sterile bee queen could be put to better use...

[Via WRSA]

This Day in History: October 8

Altho’ the information contained in these Papers, when compared with the pacific Conduct of the Enemy in other Quarters, would appear improbable, yet as the Informants were of good Character and merit the fullest Credit, I have thought it my Duty to forward Copies to Lord Stirling and to order three Brigades of Militia to be held in readiness to take the field on the shortest Notice and to make this Communication to your Excellency. [More]