Is "alarmist" anything like "extremist"? [More]
You don't think the people responsible not being able to "immediately verify the authenticity of the slideshow" because of firewalls doesn't add more questions about forthrightness? Nobody has a smart phone or a tablet with a mobile hotspot, or a laptop they can take to a place with free Wi-Fi, like Fort Bragg's Callahan Athletic Center?
So instead we get this "There, there, don't worry your pretty little heads about it" dismissal? And aside from the pesky "alarmists," the rest of the media is fine passing on the talking points?
Say, here's an idea that could get more specific answers as to the totality of the planned operations: I wonder if they've filed an environmental impact statement...
Friday, March 27, 2015
A Fudd By Any Other Name?
Fine. If you want to proudly call yourself a Fudd, that’s between you and you. That doesn’t mean you get to unilaterally redefine commonly-understood terms. No one here disparages those who are rights defenders first who also hunt or sport-shoot, because most of us would be disparaging ourselves. Come up with a term for “sportsmen” who throw rights under the bus and support gun-grabbers as long as their hobbies get preferential treatment, and then get widely-understood acceptance of your new term, and maybe people will start using it.
Meanwhile, Inigo would like a word with you.
[More, from the WOG Fudd Files]
This Day in History: March 27
A motion was made by Mr. Bland 2ded. by Mr. Lee to go back to the first part of the report & instead of the words “levy” an impost of 5 PerCt. to substitute the word “collect” an impost &c. It was urged in favor of this motion that the first word imported a Legislative idea, & the latter an executive only, and consequently the latter might be less obnoxious to the States. [More]Who's levyin'? We're collectin'.
I hadn't realized Jojo Krako rejoinders were that old.
Mike reminds us of another date, and while not part of the original Revolutionary period this feature chronicles, it is nonetheless important to know about and then remember.
Thursday, March 26, 2015
Zimmerman statement coverage highlights media shallowness
The thing is, this was not Zimmerman’s first public statement. He appeared on the nationally-syndicated Armed American Radio program with host Mark Walters on December 14 of last year, in Hour Two of the program... [More]This evening's Gun Rights Examiner report notes what the media isn't telling you is sometimes intentional and sometimes just due to not knowing first thing about what they're trying to fake like they're authorities on. But they sure act like they know what the hell they're talking about, don't they?
Raging Debate
The ones exhibiting most of the rage are the ones who are frustrated because they want to control everyone and don't know how to handle those who say "No," except to demand the state employ a continuum of up-to-lethal force to bend the defiant to their will. Likewise, why would anyone debate a settled truth, that is, give equal time, acknowledgment and respect to those who are wrong and/or evil? [More]
Most don't quite know what to make of the new paradigm in gun rights advocacy, and that includes many ostensibly on "our side."
[Via cydl]
Most don't quite know what to make of the new paradigm in gun rights advocacy, and that includes many ostensibly on "our side."
[Via cydl]
And the Crowd Went Wild
[Via Florida Guy]
White Privilege on Parade
That is when the media and public officials gathered around Motley and congratulated him for his heroism. For saving the damsel in distress from a case of wicked racial violence.
Oh, yeah – that last part did not happen.
In fact, when police arrived, they arrested Motley for assault. Ditto for Gina Herring. [More]Any questions, racists?
[Via Michael G]
That's an Affront, Alright...
Calling the use of encrypted phones and computers a “huge problem” and an affront to the “rule of law,” Comey, painted an apocalyptic picture of the world if the communications technology isn’t banned. [More]I think he means an affront to the law of rulers...
You know what else we need, for even more vital security? Some way to tap into people's minds to know what they're thinking. You'd better believe this is under development and probably a lot farther along than those without clearances realize. Then we could all be plugged into a cloud, and keythoughts could trigger scrutiny...
Hey, if you don't have anything to hide...
[Via Florida Guy]
Giving Back to the Community
We are asking gun shops, Manufacturers, FFL licensees, and those businesses that sell complimentary lines of products or services to join with us and contribute... [More]There are some who don't do that much volume or who may have special considerations precluding full partnership, but who nonetheless ought to do something, and all of them need to actively recruit support from their customers. And that goes especially for the big volume merchants.
The ones who won't lift a finger, including the ones who support the Bloomberg initiative for reasons of agreement or gain, need to be singled out and made examples of. I would suggest Nevadans for State Gun Rights come up with some sort of decal or poster supporters can display, something that would have the same basic effect of sending the economic wrath of gun owners elsewhere as painting lamb's blood on door posts did at the first Passover...
Legislative Shoot-Out
Within the next 72 hours, gun owners should expect votes in the U.S. Senate on: * Outlawing ATF bullet bans * Concealed Carry Reciprocity * Prohibiting Senate anti-gun amendments. [More]You know what to do.
I keep meaning to compile a list of reps worth contacting, along with an easier way to contact them all, even if you don't live in their district or state, so that gun owners who don't want to waste their time amusing safe antis have alternatives. I have some ideas, but just haven't been able to find the time.
Securing the Blessings of Liberty, Totalitarian-Style
Federal regulations in the Land of the Free REQUIRE banks to file ‘suspicious activity reports’ or SARs on their customers. And it’s not optional. [More]Hold on, it's in here somewhere, I'll find it...
Meanwhile, ask to audit the fed's banker, and guess what? Lord knows we wouldn't want "political pressure" to influence any of that...
The Fifth "P"
Why don't you add "progressive pastors" to your list, Carlos, you stupid damned genocide-enabling Opposite Day "man of God"? [More]
Flower Power
In bloom or in boom? [More]Now no "In Bloomberg" wisecracks, please...
This reminds me of another gun/flower connection from a while back...
[Via Todd S]
Private transfer gun owner registration bill fast-tracked in Oregon
“The bill has a long list of co-sponsors including Val Hoyle who at one time seemed to be rational on this issue,” OFF continued. Concern there is especially relevant to gun owners, as many of them relied on her endorsement by the National Rifle Association, casting their votes and supporting her campaign accordingly under the assumption that she would support the Second Amendment. Further compounding the confusion going forward will be a "Legislator of the Year Award" given Hoyle earlier this week by the Oregon Outdoor Council. [More]Today's second Gun Rights Examiner report provides yet another in a long line of examples of Fudds throwing rights under the bus in order to advance their "sport."
Paving the Way?
I've seen that speculation. [More]
I don't think so. Jones was looking for a way out for some time, and Holder's imminent departure would only increase his vulnerability, plus, my sense of things is that negotiations with NFL would have probably preceded the ammo debacle.
So it's not like I want to publicly disagree with Kurt, but I've been asked before about this and the answer I've been giving is the one I just stated. Besides, I said something nice about him last week and still haven't received my dollar.
I don't think so. Jones was looking for a way out for some time, and Holder's imminent departure would only increase his vulnerability, plus, my sense of things is that negotiations with NFL would have probably preceded the ammo debacle.
So it's not like I want to publicly disagree with Kurt, but I've been asked before about this and the answer I've been giving is the one I just stated. Besides, I said something nice about him last week and still haven't received my dollar.
An Arsenal of Lies
Kurt takes on one of the big ones the antis are desperate to spread -- that there are really only a few gun owners with overflowing safes. [More]
Somebody ought to ask Bernie Horn about how college "gun control" clubs are getting more interested students than they can handle. Oh, wait...
Interesting "progressive" perspective, that if a group is a minority, you can deny them rights. Besides, if the minority is determined, do you really need more than, say, three percent...?
Somebody ought to ask Bernie Horn about how college "gun control" clubs are getting more interested students than they can handle. Oh, wait...
Interesting "progressive" perspective, that if a group is a minority, you can deny them rights. Besides, if the minority is determined, do you really need more than, say, three percent...?
Mainstream press confirms ATF's Jones going to NFL
“This is a joke, right?” retired agent Jay Dobyns asked incredulously... [More]This morning's Gun Rights Examiner report notes a curious assignment, expecting the guy who gave a pass to corruption and retaliated against whistleblowers to rein in NFL's thug population.
This Day in History: March 26
I need hardly tell you that the intelligence brought by the Washington diffused general pleasure here— We had long been in suspence with respect to the negotiations, & had received no other lights on that subject than those the speech of his Britannic Majesty & Mr Townshend’s Letters threw upon it— These were by no means Sufficient to dissipate all our apprehensions... [More]
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Hearing on government’s motion to dismiss machine gun case set for April
Oral arguments on the Justice Department’s motion to dismiss a case before the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas Dallas Division are set for April 23 Judge Barbara M. G. Lynn ordered Tuesday. Counsel was advised to convene in the Earle Cabell Federal Building in Dallas. [More]This evening's Gun Rights Examiner report notes the latest developments in a case that has the potential to overturn almost 30 years of insane federal law and open up a whole new market.
Inconvenient truths about Jones’ successor at ATF warrant investigation
Without bringing the original and subsequent work to wider attention -- and the press isn't about to -- most of the public will never hear about it, meaning the corruption, cover-up and stonewalling will continue as the “authorized journalists” run interference. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner report notes the new guy is a company man just as capable of going Full BTodd as the outgoing administration lackey.
When You're Hot You're Hot
Let's see critics of gas do this with charcoal. [More]
Although maybe I spoke too soon...
[Via Florida Guy]
Although maybe I spoke too soon...
[Via Florida Guy]
"U.S. Media AWOL"
Obama Accused of Obstructing Battle against Boko Haram to Promote Axelrod’s Nigerian Muslim Client [More]There are one of two ways we could treat this.
We could understand this is the type of investigative journalism the Fourth Estate Fifth Columnists have no interest in making known, and that it's therefore up to us to be force multipliers and share the link far and wide to help wake more people up to the domestic enemies posing as our leaders.
Or we could take the "progressive" approach: Smear the author as an Islamophobe who hates Obama because he's black...
Actually, there is a third way, one taken by far too many: We could just do nothing.
I know what I chose.
Crash and Burn
Mr. JONES AND Mr. BRANDON SERIOUSLY? This in and of itself should get you fired. A half million dollars for drones nobody can fly? Have you ever heard of a trial run? I bought a drone for $300 and got aerial video the first day. If this aint waste fraud and abuse what is? The tax payers are gonna love this. [More]Vince Cefalu notes some defective remote-controlled drones, and also some that came in a box.
It appears BATF-U's tendency to pull this crap will not stop with the director's departure. Still, the new guy deserves his own identity-- maybe somebody could come up with better lyrics:
Brandon!
B. Todd abandoned him
What do you do when you're Brandon
And you're out on a limb?
We're the Only Ones Privately Recording Enough
State legislators around the country are pushing to make it much harder for the public to obtain police officer body camera videos, undermining their promise as a tool people can use to hold law enforcement accountable. [More]Hey, gotta keep those costs down for that public we're serving and protecting the hell out of.
[Via Florida Guy]
A Blind Eye in the Hawkeye State
Senate leadership is purposely stalling this bill, they know they have to do something, but they know if they can put us off until the 11th hour they have a lot more leverage. If they can delay SF425 until the last minute they can bring forward a watered down version of the Omnibus Gun Bill and pass it before our side can mount any resistance. We've created a petition calling on the Senate leadership to Bring SF425 to a vote - AS IS! Please sign it and share it as soon as possible.
Meanwhile, Over at the Gun-Free Zone
Police say they have arrested two men in connection with February's shooting outside Frederick High School. 21-year-old Brandon Tyler and 19-year-old Chandler Davenport were both arrested and face charges related to the shooting. [More]What more proof do we need that you must be disarmed?
We're the Only Ones Making it Stick Enough
And They Say There Are No Stupid Questions
We're the Only Ones Making Sure Enough
We're the Only Ones #DrunkLivesMatter Enough
A Guy Walks into a Coutroom...
Prosecutor engaged in egregious misconduct, warranting dismissal with prejudice of all charges, by providing defense counsel with an edited transcript of defendant’s statement to police, adding fabricated language suggesting that defendant had committed a more serious crime than that to which he actually admitted. [More]But it's OK, because the prosecutor said a few years back it was all taken the wrong way.
Jeez, can't you people take a joke?
[Via Geordan]
As Found in Nature
You know, animals puffing themselves up to make the threat they want to convey appear larger than it really is...
Check out these animals.
[Via Jess]
Check out these animals.
[Via Jess]
Cry, the Betrayed Country
24-25 March 2015: GOSA, along with a number of pro-gun sporting and other bodies, will be attending the Firearms Summit in Parliament. Unfortunately it seems that we will be granted "observer" status only. The list of speakers should make it clear that they are out to get our guns (again). What does Danny Jordaan know about firearms, except that Senzo Meyiwa was murdered (hint: this is already illegal) by a yet-to-be-apprehended (see how well the law works?) criminal using a gun (again, already illegal). This is not about firearms, it's about control. [More]I'd comment further, but I've been told by the antis that I'm not qualified because I "clearly haven't been raped."
And GOSA would comment further, except they've been told by the antis in charge of the forum they won't be allowed to. Say, this monopoly of power business is all right! You can tell people what to do and when they can speak and everything...
From a GOSA press release, just in:
Firearm owners will be demonstrating outside Parliament at 13h30 today (Wednesday 25 March) in support of their representatives taking part in the Firearms Summit at Parliament.
According to Jeff Radebe “the main objective is to ensure that we reduce the ownership of arms in South Africa.”
The latest figures released by Statistics South Africa, clearly illustrate that firearms are used in only 1,7% of assault related deaths. This calculates to about 0,1734% of non-natural deaths, and roughly 0,01734% of all deaths nationally.
Of even greater interest is that of these assault related deaths, the top cause at 85,1% is ‘Sharp Object related’.
A ‘firearm control system’ initially costing R42 million, has turned into around R412 million. With possibly billions more tax payer Rands being squandered on a law that clearly has done nothing to curb crime, but which has rather disarmed law abiding citizens, one would think that the Civilian Secretariat for Police should conduct an audit of the Firearms Control Act immediately.
A Symbolic Victory
On the Fringe
The dispute has made Van Duyne a hero on fringe websites that fear an Islamic takeover of America. [More]Why would any crazy fringers think that?
Besides, it's not like The Dallas Morning News has an agenda or anything...
This Day in History: March 25
The greatest part of this sum had been anticipated and how our army could have been kept together for three months is utterly beyond my solution. [More]
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Saipan gun controls challenged to comply with current U.S. law
Setting aside the debate over American possessions and the right of self determination, as long as said territories fall under U.S. jurisdiction, consistency also demands full recognition and equal protection of rights. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner report notes the tendency of imperial powers to treat colonial subjects as less than citizens, that is, as less than human beings, is a relic from an exploitative past that deserves to be buried.
Speaking of Fourth Estate Fifth Columnists...
Yeah, It's a Real Mystery
Wonderful places, "progressive" strongholds. It's hardly any wonder most are stupid enough to "elect" the rulers they do...
When in Doubt, Heed the Demons
See, that's what conservatives need to do -- listen to atheist God-hating Bosheviks about how to appeal to Christians! [More]
I mean, would they lie...?
I mean, would they lie...?
We're the Only Ones Highly Rated Enough
Philadelphia Cops Shoot and Kill People at 6 Times the Rate of the NYPD [More]From the Monopoly of Violence Bolsheviks at Mother Jones...
Anybody know if Ramsey is still a "gun criminal"...?
Urgent Action in AZ
HB 2320 is scheduled for a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing at 2 PM on Tuesday, March 24. HB 2320 would exempt CCW permit holders from being disarmed when entering state and local government property unless every person entering is screened for weapons. [More]Forward to every AZ gun owner you know.
Coming Soon, to a Municipality Near You
One Ring to rule them all... [More]
[Via J3]
But they're not a standing army! Remember that the next time they refer to us mundanes as "civilians."
[Via Mack H]
[Via J3]
But they're not a standing army! Remember that the next time they refer to us mundanes as "civilians."
[Via Mack H]
Killing the Messenger
Gosh, that IS a "massive petition."
Heck, if Adolf wants Emily gone, who am I to argue?
Just Give Them What They Want
This is about the best outcome the antis could hope for-- not only does it give them a "gun violence" blood dance, there was no pesky DGU to challenge the narrative. [More]
If only we had universal background checks! If only they disarmed you and me.
Any guesses what would be happening if one factor had been reversed?
[Via Florida Guy]
If only we had universal background checks! If only they disarmed you and me.
Any guesses what would be happening if one factor had been reversed?
[Via Florida Guy]
Those Who Make Peaceful Revolution Impossible
Unfortunately, with all branches of the government, including the courts, stridently working to maintain its acquired powers, and the private sector marching in lockstep, there seems to be little to protect the American people from the fast-growing electronic surveillance state. [More]Yeah, that's the bottom line from all our traditional "leaders": You can't get there from here.
Heck of an admission, ain't it?
Hence the new paradigm, and their hostility to it, knowing their having been maneuvered into a dead end exposes their lack of any real solutions that will wrest power from totalitarian oppressors.
[Via Plug Nickel Times]
The End Justifies the Means?
Just ask Adam Reposa! [More]
The guy is a "badass attorney," huh?
That means an officer of the court was doing this, indifferent to the effects of inflaming racial tensions and the endangerment and harm he was causing to innocents?
Seems to me an ethics investigation is in order.
That and a mental evaluation.
[Via bondmen]
The guy is a "badass attorney," huh?
That means an officer of the court was doing this, indifferent to the effects of inflaming racial tensions and the endangerment and harm he was causing to innocents?
Seems to me an ethics investigation is in order.
That and a mental evaluation.
[Via bondmen]
Cost Analysis
Backlash
How dare anyone try to block our pathway to citizenship? [More]
Just when we're making such "progress"!
Just when we're making such "progress"!
A Monopoly of Power
No wonder they demand a monopoly of violence. [More]
Heres' the thing -- you forbid someone from keeping and bearing arms, you damn well had better assume a special relationship with attendant liability should that help to enable their harm.
Testified? That means he was under oath when he said that? And he hasn't been charged with perjury?
[Via several of you]
UPDATE: I am told I misread that section and took the statement out of context. Yes I did. I could say I need to slow down, but that doesn't cut it-- I apologize. for misreading that part. But I still think anyone who joins with Bloomberg to lobby against rights is what I said, assuming I didn't misread that part, too.
Heres' the thing -- you forbid someone from keeping and bearing arms, you damn well had better assume a special relationship with attendant liability should that help to enable their harm.
‘All this bill does is allow kids to bring guns to school,’” Fitzpatrick testified.
[Via several of you]
UPDATE: I am told I misread that section and took the statement out of context. Yes I did. I could say I need to slow down, but that doesn't cut it-- I apologize. for misreading that part. But I still think anyone who joins with Bloomberg to lobby against rights is what I said, assuming I didn't misread that part, too.
Power Addictocracy
Interventions don’t always work. The drunk often continues in self-destructive denial until he ends up in a gutter, emergency room, or morgue. [More]Some people can't be saved, and shouldn't be. Not that the other bar patrons and party guests are paragons of sober moderation.
Is there any dependency more destructive to everyone than an addiction to power?
Sometimes, all people can do is save themselves from those driven mad by their own demons.
Lock N Load
You can listen in -- and comment on the conversation -- here.
In Until the End
The sentence “we will not comply” is not temporary. It does not have an “if, then” clause. It does not mean “We will not comply until you make us understand that it’s The Law.” Initiative 594 is not constitutional, it is not just, and therefore it is not law. As such, We the People are not bound to follow it; in fact, it is our duty to resist it.
And resist it we will. [More]Welcome to the new paradigm.
The fundraising groups don't quite know what to do with these people, aside from joining with "progressives" by calling them "extremists." That's because those in it strictly for the liberty don't send out emails to lists asking for money, or selling merchandise, or offering gunprizes to induce people to do the right thing out of covetousness instead of principle, or sending "fax blasts" to stuff the pockets of the spammers, divert resources from the gullible who will then feel like they've done their part, and amuse corrupt legislators in safe districts.
They're not asking people to do anything, especially anything for themselves. They merely set the example of not doing something, in this case, obeying tyrannical edicts. There aren't enough enforcers if more would but realize that and resolve mass defiance is the best way to nullify. They're setting personal examples, regardless if others decide to join them or draw the blinds.
So aren't I just contradicting everything I've ever said about "Profiles in Apathy" and all my complaints about people not lifting a finger?
Hardly. This does not negate the need to do the hard work of electing principled representatives, funding worthy efforts, and getting involved at the grassroots level virtually and in meatspace. This comes after those have been tried and failed. Perhaps that's why some ostensibly on "our side" resent them so. And these people are lifting a lot more than a finger -- they are giving their all.
These are last-ditch efforts by men and women of resolve before the oppressors lash out in violence and fury. When that happens, we'll see how many who have not yet joined them -- whose sole contributions to "the cause" appear to be "Molon Labe" comments -- actually mean what they so casually (and anonymously) declare, and how many have done the requisite work of training and preparing so that they're as ready as they can be for the time of tribulation.
These are the efforts of brave Americans who understand the terrible risks they are assuming. When the merciless would-be masters decide "it's time," these are among the first people they'll conclude they must make examples of to cow other potential rebellious slaves.
More backstory:
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Feb 25, 2015 ... Washington State liberty activist Anthony Bosworth was arrested ... Anthony Bosworth - Facebook (Used with permission) ..... DavidCodrea.
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Mar 9, 2015 ... ... officials shaking his hand and telling liberty activist AnthonyBosworth they appreciated his leadership in keeping a Friday. ... David Codrea.
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Mar 6, 2015 ... Anthony Bosworth addresses the crowd as protesters defy the ban on federal grounds. Maria Bosworth .... David Codrea. Original photo ...
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Feb 27, 2015 ... Anthony Bosworth being arrested by federal police for exercising his rights. Maria Bosworth (YouTube screen capture) .... DavidCodrea.
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Feb 6, 2015 ... Activist and event coordinator Maria Bosworth has established a Facebook page to post ... Maria Bosworth's Twitter feed. ..... David Codrea.
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UPDATE: Mark of a Freeman calls our attention to this:
It's a mystery how Hollywood "progressives" can understand this and yet revert to being grasshopper supporters in real life.
This Day in History: March 24
I have taken the Liberty to Confine Nathan Barnum, said to be an Ensign in Col. Ludlow’s Regiment, now a Prisoner of War. [More]
Monday, March 23, 2015
The West Ivory Coast
The proponents of this bill say they want to save elephants. How in the world do you save an elephant by rendering valueless an item that has ivory that’s 99 years old in it? And what could they possibly be thinking by including “mammoths” in this legislation? Mammoths are, well…extinct. Really. It was in all the papers. [More]That's why they're called "progressives."
Sad News
Four Richmond, Virginia Men Killed in Friday Morning Crash ... The sheriff could not confirm, but did hear, that the four men were travelling to Detroit to participate in a gun walk. [More]Here was one of them.
More here.
[Via Mack H]
Spotting More than Shots:While Putting the "New" in New York
Is NYC’s new gunshot detection system recording private conversations? [More]Probably. After all, it picked up a man's voice in Oakland. I recall when the system had not yet been challenged in court because it was "not dead-on accurate," and how Boston cops had "called it a joke."
Matter of fact, why they're calling it "new" is a bit of a mislead, as we've been talking about it here for some years (and Vin Suprynowicz wrote about it before then, hence the arrow).
From one such post in 2008:
Let's do an experiment.
BANG BANG BANG
Now imagine how far away you could be in the two minutes "average time" Newark says it takes them to respond. And why on earth would we not believe a Newark police official?
"Currently ShotSpotter is deployed in more than 29 major U.S. cities," we are told.
Anyone got numbers to demonstrate a reduction in "gun violence" attributable to the system?
The word "fraud" comes to mind. But I guess when you're part of the problem, there's nothing to do but keep the con game going as long as you can find suckers to fall for it.It does keep the money coming in though, does it not?
[Via Felix B]
Do permits tread on the Second Amendment?
Oh, I dunno... would speech and worship permits tread on the First Amendment? [More]
How about permits protecting from cruel and unusual punishment, or (pick a right, any right)... ?
How about permits protecting from cruel and unusual punishment, or (pick a right, any right)... ?
Penn and Neeson flops show audiences shunning anti-gun ‘geri-action’ heroes
Unknown is what effect Penn and Neeson running their mouths off in the press and alienating millions of potential movie-going gun owners has had on the willingness to spend hard-earned dollars enriching privileged belittlers of freedom. Both have made no secret of their contempt for guns and gun ownership, with the former maligning them as “cowardly killing machines” and the latter calling for UK-style gun bans in the U.S. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner report notes enough may have caught on to these fraudulent stage props and decided there are other things they'd rather see than privileged statist hypocrites pretending to be champions of individual justice.
Talk About an Understatement
The report casts new doubts on whether Clinton was being entirely truthful... [More]Ya think?
There Oughtta Be a Law
Since 2008, the federal government has finalized over 2500 regulations. Those regulations required over 500 million hours of paperwork hours, and ring in to the tune of almost 734 billion dollars in total cost. [More]And then there's the burden we are forced to bear on top of paying for the bureaucrats.
Imagine how freedom would soar if...
Anyway, there's an online tool to help navigate through the Gordian knot, although Alexander's solution to that problem is looking more attractive every day.
[Via Michael G]
Hillar-Email
We're the Only Ones Privatized Enough
It has a potential the collectivist model do not. [More]
I would want to see what oversight policies are in place to make sure they know at all time who they're working for and only involve themselves when justified by a need to discourage life and property threats through presence, response and investigation.
[Via Florida Guy]
I would want to see what oversight policies are in place to make sure they know at all time who they're working for and only involve themselves when justified by a need to discourage life and property threats through presence, response and investigation.
[Via Florida Guy]
We're the Only Ones Not Indicative Enough
Police officer charged with holding gun to man's head ... "These actions are not indicative of the high standards we expect of our officers." [More]Yeah, why couldn't that one bad apple been more like the barrel?
[Via William T]
We're the Only Ones Limping Along Enough
We're the Only Ones Politically Incorrect Enough
In the text message exchanges, the former officers used racially derogatory terms to refer to people they encountered while on duty, included racially insensitive material from the film, "Django Unchained," and talked about getting drunk and "killing n*****," according to investigative documents. [More]Yeah, just what this country needs -- more idiot cops stoking race war embers.
They should have picked a more acceptable group to joke about shooting, like gun owners-- that would have guaranteed their bosses and their bosses would do nothing.
[Via Florida Guy]
A Primer on Street Gangs and How They Get Arms
You know what would fix this? Universal background checks for you and me. [More]
For Opposite day "progressives," that's only "common sense."
[Via Florida Guy]
For Opposite day "progressives," that's only "common sense."
[Via Florida Guy]
A Lager By Any Other Name
You know, joycamps ... and guess who will be having all the fun.As I have gotten older, I have decided we really need camps for adults,” she said to laughter ... I think we have a huge fun deficit in America. [More]
[Via Florida Guy]
A "Progressive" Defense
"While we don't endorse her views, we do defend her right to say them," Jellinek said in a statement posted on his Facebook page. [More]Yeah, and I'm sure you'd have said the same thing if one of your white pieces of meat had said she hated blacks, and gone on to claim she wanted to commit racial genocide using sorcery.
Playboy always has set the standard for "progressive" ethics.
The Company He Keeps
This Day in History: March 23
Congress have had too many unequivocal proofs of the Zeal—the attachment to—and important exertions of this young nobleman in the American Cause, to entertain a doubt of the propriety of his present absence... [More]
Sunday, March 22, 2015
Cities using work permit aliens to enforce gun edicts and laws against citizens
"[H]e worries about the security risks associated with allowing any immigrant with a work permit to become an officer, especially considering that the Obama administration has given hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants work permits." [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner report asks who needs blue helmets when our own cities are giving guns to foreign mercenaries...?
Is James Bond Above Cooper’s Rules?
I will say, the way this one spread surprised me. Invariably, stories I consider important, like ones I break and major media claims as theirs a day or more later, yield mediocre readership returns, and the ones that are just quick asides, that don’t require much research or validation of exclusive information, seem to be the ones that spread. I can’t figure it out.
I’m not going to give a synopsis to explain each of the following responses. If you’re interested, what prompted them is over in the Facebook thread.
Tier two cigar. But a 90-rated tier two.
Yes, I’m well aware that old Bond posters and most of Hollywood’s portrayal of gun handling was and remains abysmal. In the old days, most people didn't know better. And that doesn't mean we should stand by now and let known gun-grabbers, who call themselves “gun safety advocates” these days, set bad examples – or at least not have fun calling them on being hypocrites. The sad truth is, a certain percentage of idiots play monkey-see/monkey-do and try to pose like that – you can find no shortage of photos on the internet, and I’m calling the antis out for not encouraging their “progressive” friends in Hollywood to realize that by “demanding,” which is what they do best, that they not promote flagrant rules violations -- "for the children" and "if it saves one life." (One point not in the Facebook discussion, but raised in article comments, is that "we have bigger fish to fry." No one said "we" didn't. That doesn't mean pointing stuff like this out will cause a multi-tasking overload, unless walking and chewing gun are also a challenge.)
As for Bond being "Tier 1," as I recall from reading the books many years ago, the PPK was forced on him by M, and his preferred gun of choice was a jamming-prone Beretta .25. I don’t for a second have reason to believe that was a consideration of the photographer and publicists behind the poster (and that seems borne out by those previous Bond posters). As for the wider argument that operators are above safety rules that apply to us mundanes, I have no specific knowledge of that and would like to see some corroboration from an official source. I’m admittedly not qualified to argue with someone’s superior training, and think the best course to take in debates like this is to produce documentation that others can independently validate.
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