If only you and I didn't have guns, which we all know are what's really to blame... [More]
Speaking of "Straight Out of Compton," when I was living in SoCal I got assigned to jury duty there once. It's real interesting, having to park your car and then run the gauntlet past clusters of young worthies there to support feral as hell defendants, and knowing your next stop is through a metal detector, meaning you can't have any on you...
Glad to see the ones providing such inspiration are so well-protected...
Say, is that a picture of Sniff Dog in the linked article benefiting from armed "Only Ones"? The convicted "gun criminal" behind #ImUnloading?
Tuesday, August 11, 2015
Meanwhile, Over at the Most Favored Nation...
“There should be zero tolerance for such cases,” the newspaper added. [More]Hey, they sound just like our media!
See, I knew we'd find all kinds of things we share in common, if only we took the time to look...
Anti-Government Extremists Attack Obama's Foreign Policy
They're no doubt haters, too, and for that alone, they deserve being rounded up like that. [More]
That's what we need to do to all people who undermine "progressive" values.
Right?
That's what we need to do to all people who undermine "progressive" values.
Right?
What's in a URL?
Among other things, the original title of this piece, "Seattle City Council Advances Gun Violence Tax." [More]
Like the people committing it will be the ones paying for it...
Like the people committing it will be the ones paying for it...
Walking in Dignity
'She may have missed a few days pay, but to walk away with her dignity is likely far more important for Rosie in this situation.' [More]Obviously:
Rosie then declared that she was ‘done with this f****** show' and told the executives 'to kiss her a**' before storming out of the building and vowing never to return to 'this s***hole of a place!'It depends on what the meaning of the word "dignity" is. Either that, or for "progressives," every day is Opposite Day.
So many "show business" types have no clue what lottery winners they really are, especially with legions working lesser venues in comparative obscurity, who are just as good or better, but haven't known or blown the right people.
What's in a Name?
California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a law Monday that bans the word “alien” from the state’s labor laws. [More]Because, among other reasons stated, it's "un-American."
Every day is Opposite Day.
A Matter of (Virtual) Life and Death
The bit about hacked fraudulent "death certificates" is scary enough, but the thought of creating a supply of "burner identities" to be activated at a future date is at once both terrifying and intriguing. [More]
I'm surprised no one has green-lighted a movie script based on that premise -- maybe they have and I just don't know about it.
[Via Florida Guy]
I'm surprised no one has green-lighted a movie script based on that premise -- maybe they have and I just don't know about it.
[Via Florida Guy]
PULL!
How to Shoot Down a Drone [More]Right, in your neighborhood can be a bad idea, but in a controlled area, I can think of all kinds of fun and competitive games this could spawn.
Kind of like an expansion on Gnat shooting...
[Via Len Savage]
"Forward" and Unbalanced
Faux News veers even farther left under "leadership" of "progressive" heirs. [More]
ATF Denies Being an ‘Agency’ to Avoid FOIA Compliance Requirements
Bill Clinton's "It depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is" comes to mind...It looks like an agency, walks like an agency and quacks like an agency. It calls its field operatives “agents,” not “bureaucrats.” It’s an agency when it wants to be, when there’s something to gain, like an approved budget, or more power and prestige. When that’s perceived as a liability, when there’s something to hide, something to stonewall, something to lose, they all of a sudden become something else. [More]
A Special Assistant
A White House staffer was arrested Friday on charges of assault and reckless endangerment after allegedly threatening and shooting at a Capitol Hill police officer with whom she had been having sex, according to arrest records. Barvetta Singletary, a special assistant to the President and House legislative affairs liaison, has been placed on unpaid leave and had her access to the White House revoked, a White House spokesperson told CNN on Monday. [More]Isn't that special? Him being the "Only One" for her 'n all...
I guess I shouldn't laugh at people suffering from PCSD (Post-Coital Stress Disorder).
Say, seeing as how you and I bear no culpability for this incident, maybe they can use it to make the case for both expanding mental health "disabilities" and "smart" guns...
[Via William T]
Operation Big Sky Donations
All Proceeds will be kept separate from other Oath Keeper funds, will be managed by national staff, and will be used for gas money, travel expenses, food, and other logistics for the security volunteers who are assisting these miners. [More]Help if you can. Share this info if you can't.
Lord Obama Have Mercy
Plea deal given to man indicted in murder of Border Patrol agent Brian Terry [More]Some think this will help keep further Fast and Furious discovery under wraps.
Those people had better be careful, or they're gonna get pegged extremists and racists and haters.
What? We already are?
[Via Michael G]
What's the Holdup?
As of this writing on THOMAS:
It was announced on the 5th.
I know the wheels of government turn slowly 'n all, but with all the interest in understanding specifically what your bill will and won't do, Sen. Cornyn, why wasn't the text posted on your website upon announcement?
It was announced on the 5th.
I know the wheels of government turn slowly 'n all, but with all the interest in understanding specifically what your bill will and won't do, Sen. Cornyn, why wasn't the text posted on your website upon announcement?
Monday, August 10, 2015
Cornyn Mental Health Bill Promises Protection but Raises Concerns
OK, so what’s the trade-off “compromise”? Does that make it worth funding states to submit even more records to the feds? [More]Maybe instead of enforcing and “improving” existing Intolerable Acts, we ought to be focused on repealing the damned things.
Insult to Injury
Los Angeles moves forward with mandatory gun lock ordinance [More]They do these in-your-face hate gestures because they can.
[Via Florida Guy]
The Pathological Liar
[More]
Because New York Daily News Political Columnist Jon Baer has only our best interests at heart.
We're the Only Ones Racketeering Enough
After Mr. Wright became eligible for the return of his firearms, LAPD’s notorious Gun Unit and the City Attorney’s office put Mr. Wright through a five-year odyssey of illegal requirements to “prove” he owned the guns they seized from him in order to purportedly gain their return. While LAPD represented to Mr. Wright that his firearms would eventually be returned if he complied with LAPD’s unlawful requests for proof of ownership, the City Attorney’s office surreptitiously applied for an ex parte order to destroy the collection, and the LAPD then did so without any notice to Mr. Wright. [More]Police officers need to understand that when their usefulness is over, those they served will turn on them if it serves their purposes. They need to understand and conduct themselves accordingly.
[Via foo dog]
We're from the Government. We're Here to Help
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| EPA cleanup crew in action |
An 80-mile length of mustard-colored water -- laden with arsenic, lead, copper, aluminum and cadmium -- is working its way south toward New Mexico and Utah, following Wednesday's accidental release from the Gold King Mine, near Durango, when an EPA cleanup crew destabilized a dam of loose rock lodged in the mine. [More]And noting where they get their money from, guess who's going to pay for all this?
Much Ado About Nothing?
After issuing two alerts about Middle Eastern men approaching military families in Colorado and Wyoming and making suspicious statements, like, your husband is a U.S. interrogator; the FBI has decided their warnings contained no credible threats to military personnel or their families. [More]You mean this was an overreaction? And we can all go back to sleep now?
[Via cydl]
Operation Big Sky
The Pacific Patriot Network, under the leadership of the Oath Keepers, remains operational in the Lincoln, Montana area. We are committed to securing the mine site of George Kornec and Phil Nappo, owners of Intermountain Mining LLC, which was requested due to threats to their mining venture. There is a dispute between the actions taken by the United States Forest Service and the miners. Our goal has been and will continue to be to secure that area from threats until a legal action takes place within the court system. [More]Jeez, from the "progressive" reaction, you'd think somebody threw holy water on a demon or something. I guess they really aren't about egalitarian power sharing, are they?
Maybe They're Proposing Another Rule Change
Looks like Brandon is capable of going full B. Todd on his own...
Speaking of which, I guess it's time I updated my Fauxtoshop graphic...
[Via Mike]
Meanwhile, Over at the War on Women Part Three
ISIS executes 19 girls for refusing to have sex with fighters as UN envoy reveals how sex slaves are 'peddled like barrels of petrol' [More]Hey, anyone against "progressive" values is a hater.
Rose Mary Woods ... Paging Rose Mary Woods...
Cheryl Mills To Destroy Emails About Boss Hillary Clinton [More]That their behavior exhibits an assumption of immunity shows top-down criminal scum to be the rule rather than the exception.
Meanwhile, Over at the War on Women Redux
100% of female employment gains taken by foreigners since 2007 [More]So watch the indignant Oprahfied gaggle gush over any FOP ("Feminist" One-Pecenter) throwing out the "glass ceiling" sleight-of-mind buzz term, like they're ever going to get anywhere near it.
Voir Dire
This does not look to be a matter of exercising fully-informed jury rights -- the place for that was in reaching the verdict. [More]
This seems more like a matter of lying to keep from being disqualified as a juror -- assuming gross prosecutorial incompetence is not to blame. I can't believe -- in order to accept a juror -- the prosecutor didn't ask each one some unequivocal form of: "If a guilty verdict is reached in this capital case, will you be able to vote for the death penalty?"
Was that question asked? If it was, and if the juror answered "Yes," he or she lied under oath.
This seems more like a matter of lying to keep from being disqualified as a juror -- assuming gross prosecutorial incompetence is not to blame. I can't believe -- in order to accept a juror -- the prosecutor didn't ask each one some unequivocal form of: "If a guilty verdict is reached in this capital case, will you be able to vote for the death penalty?"
Was that question asked? If it was, and if the juror answered "Yes," he or she lied under oath.
Donald Trump’s Gun-Free Zones
The three they list as “gun-free zones” are all in Democrat-controlled bastions with histories of extremely restrictive gun laws: Chicago, Hawaii and Los Angeles. [More]Good luck even getting a "permit" in those last two places.
In terms of his hotels, the real test would be Las Vegas. I can't find any evidence the place is posted. If you know different, edumacate the rest of us.
What it looks like is the guy's continued rise in popularity, despite the best efforts of GOP lackeys at Faux News, is scaring the hell out of Establishment Democrats, too, so they're giving the smear campaign a boost -- kind of like the way Pelosi helps Boehner when the chips are down.
As I've shown many times, I'm no Trumpeter, but I am enjoying the hell out of the way this wild card who ignores their rules has got all the other phonies sputtering. And Erick Ericson, Red State and his Comment Nazi moderator just forfeited all credibility and relevance.
Here's a turnabout's-fair-play question for the other Republican candidates: If Trump is the nominee, will you support him?
Meanwhile, Over at the War on Women
"Progressives" are OK with them being beaten as long as certain rules are followed. [More]
And if you don't think that's fair, you're a hater.
And if you don't think that's fair, you're a hater.
Would You Mind Pulling Forward, Please?
The name of the person was not made available [More]
We are working to find out whose gun fired. Check back for updates. [More]Nothing yet. Jeez, why is this order taking so long?
And why am I thinking the delay of public information makes Officer Big Mac a more likely candidate than Hamburglar...?
Message for America
The lunatic used a toy gun? Then restrict real ones from the sane! [More]
For "our collective prosperity"!
"Professor" Ruth Ben-Ghiat said it, I believe it, that settles it!
[Via several of you]
For "our collective prosperity"!
"Professor" Ruth Ben-Ghiat said it, I believe it, that settles it!
[Via several of you]
The Toobin School of Elite Journalism
What do people prefer to be called? [More]Kind'a makes me wonder what he would call an assailant ramming a plunger handle up his bloody ... uh ... nose. Besides "Darling."
The Check is in the Mail
Or I should say the bill.
As of this writing on Monday morning, John Cornyn's bill to feed more mental health info into the federal gun ban system has not been posted by Congress.gov or the Library of Congress THOMAS legislative information site.
Nonetheless, the "thank you sir, may I have another?" masochist (you'd have to be) who works for "viciously mean" gun law flouter David Brock is already out there whining that too many fish will slip through the net.
As of this writing on Monday morning, John Cornyn's bill to feed more mental health info into the federal gun ban system has not been posted by Congress.gov or the Library of Congress THOMAS legislative information site.
Nonetheless, the "thank you sir, may I have another?" masochist (you'd have to be) who works for "viciously mean" gun law flouter David Brock is already out there whining that too many fish will slip through the net.
Friday, August 07, 2015
Los Angeles Magazine Ban Invites Ridicule, Defiance and Contempt
That was a major talking point at a rally outside City Hall featuring citizen disarmament advocates and publicity-seeking politicians behind the “We Don’t Trust You with Essentially the Same Technology Used in Pez Dispensers Act..” [More]Meet Princess High-Cap, sure to meet the disapproval of impotentates in Los Angeles city government.
Feed the Troll
Comment left under my latest TTAG piece:
Hopefully a full fledged “Gun-rights” terrorist nut bag will waltz into the NRA headquarters and blast up the place, then we might see.them change there tune and fight for a no sell registry.I look on "common sense gun safety advocates" like "Willy_Lunchmeat," who give us these little glimpses of what they're all about, as a gift.
Seller, Out Thyself
Just a few days before the universal gun owner registration bill kicks in, it appears that the Oregon State Police are planning on collecting data on sellers of guns, not just buyers. [More]You know who they can't require that of, right?
Now That You've Walked Out of Our First Performance, Here's Act Two
Except the legally-required fine print says "No Purchase Necessary," not that I expect anything but self interest über alles from rapping "architect" MC Rove:
He can't be beat because he's so white from his head to his feet.
Yeah, really.And there's something else the fine print says:
The Promotion is open only to U.S. citizens, or lawful permanent U.S. residents who are legal residents (green card holders) of the 50 United Sates, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia...So the ones cleaning up after them will need to wait a bit.
The Economist
An understandable impulse to self-defence is nevertheless mistaken [More]The unknown author is a real contender for a Cheshire Award ...
[Via cycjec]
About Last Night
More than anything else, a Thomas Pynchon quote comes to mind. Especially while watching the Luntz post-game wrap-up.
Anyone who's read my past assessments of him knows I'm no Trumpeter. But after watching last night's total and undisguised virtual assassination attempt by Megyn Kelly and Chris Wallace, and continued (and wholly unjustified) crowing by Liz Peek and other establishment media whores in their desperate attempts to manipulate public opinion, my low opinion of controlled opposition Faux News just sank even deeper.
These media conspirators-- what else would you call them? -- aren't really attacking The Donald -- he's just an avatar for people attracted to him because they're sick and tired of all the evil bullshit and don't know where to turn, but know it's not toward the RINOs. Those are the ones the elitists really have contempt for.
It looks from where I'm sitting, despite desperate attempts to convince everyone otherwise, like the hit job backfired and all the damage was from blowback. Look for the politics of personal destruction to go to the next level. And if that doesn't work, I won't be surprised to see things get even more personal.
Anyone who's read my past assessments of him knows I'm no Trumpeter. But after watching last night's total and undisguised virtual assassination attempt by Megyn Kelly and Chris Wallace, and continued (and wholly unjustified) crowing by Liz Peek and other establishment media whores in their desperate attempts to manipulate public opinion, my low opinion of controlled opposition Faux News just sank even deeper.
These media conspirators-- what else would you call them? -- aren't really attacking The Donald -- he's just an avatar for people attracted to him because they're sick and tired of all the evil bullshit and don't know where to turn, but know it's not toward the RINOs. Those are the ones the elitists really have contempt for.
It looks from where I'm sitting, despite desperate attempts to convince everyone otherwise, like the hit job backfired and all the damage was from blowback. Look for the politics of personal destruction to go to the next level. And if that doesn't work, I won't be surprised to see things get even more personal.
The Rest of the Story
A group of residents in northern Idaho lined up outside a U.S. Navy veteran's house on Thursday to protest claims that federal officials are planning on confiscating the man's weapons. [More]Oath Keepers were there. Once again taking point.
You know who the guy at the start of the video looks like? Anthony Bosworth. Who once again leads by example.
Thursday, August 06, 2015
Cornyn’s NRA-Backed Mental Health Bill Needs to Address Key Questions
It would help if we knew what protections equivalent to those provided in a jury trial that will provide. Specifically, will decisions rely on those who may have biases of their own, as can currently be the case, with ATF’s “clarifying the term ‘adjudicated as a mental defective’ to mean a determination by a court, board, commission or other lawful authority,” and with some states applying even broader “standards”? [More]Since when does throwing a scrap of flesh to a pack of circling jackals encourage them to do anything but close in for more? To expect otherwise is just crazy.
Speaking of Mad Men and GUNS...
My "Rights Watch" column, "Mad Men," notes how professional illusion creators spread anti-gun madness. The October 2015 (yeah, really) issue of GUNS Magazine is now on sale at newsstands everywhere except, probably, Madison Avenue.
We're the Only Ones Showering You with Attention Enough
Arizona cop illegally enters home, arrests naked woman: ‘I was in the shower! What is wrong with you? [More]There are eight million stories in the Naked City. This has been one of them.
With Friends Like These, Part Two
Everybody who's supportive or surprised, raise your right hoof. [More]
Wednesday, August 05, 2015
Defending the Defenders Redux
It's the Pits
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| Via Sean D Sorrentino from anonymous reader |
Same difference.
Grilling while unarmed... wait 'til I tell Mark and The Mad Ogre...
[Via Geordan]
UPDATE: Without missin' a beat here... that is funny.
UPDATE 3: Turns out this story is over a year old -- I got the tip via email and never thought to question the date.
The Cecil Act
Me, I prefer the Beany and Cecil act.
At least they weren't afraid to hunt -- or to tear along the dotted lion.
Not a Dime's Worth of Damn Difference
HILLARY CLINTON’S MEGA-DONORS ARE ALSO FUNDING JEB BUSH [More]But...but...but Jeb is PRO-GUN...
Yeah, right, until that pathway to citizenship he and the elites are paving no longer requires him to be. Not that the "single issue" sellouts will acknowledge that.
Defending the Defenders
“We will continue to guard recruiting and reserve centers,” Rhodes shot back in a clarifying update for those perceiving the policy letter had the force of law. “If we were to stand down and stop protecting the recruiters that would just put them back where they were—unarmed and defenseless.” [More]My latest GUNS Magazine "Rights Watch" column is now online.
The New Normal
Sex with robots to be 'the norm' in 50 years, expert claims [More]I don't doubt it, at least among "progressives." Still, you have to wonder what qualifies someone to claim the title of "expert" in this perversion.
There I go, being a robophobe/hater...
Maybe when Skynet wakes up, the sexbots will do some good.
A Broken Clock
Jimmy Carter Is Correct That the U.S. Is No Longer a Democracy [More]Yeah, but he's wrong about the part that it ever was.
We've all heard the saying about a broken clock being right twice a day -- leave it to that bumbler to only be right once.
No Link
Convenient. Especially the part about not commenting on existing investigations. [More]
Why the earlier reports said something different is left to the imagination.
Forgive me for not embracing a narrative the same agency that has stonewalled and lied from Day One just took several pressured days to come up with.
Why the earlier reports said something different is left to the imagination.
Forgive me for not embracing a narrative the same agency that has stonewalled and lied from Day One just took several pressured days to come up with.
Announcing: Security Operation – The White Hope Mine, MT
At the request of Intermountain Mining, owners of the White Hope Mine located in Lewis & Clark County Montana, Pacific Patriots Network, Oath Keepers and III%’s mission is to ensure the mining claim owners 4th & 5th Amendment Constitutional Right’s are not violated and to prevent further unlawful action by the United States Forest Service. [More]Keep an eye on this one, people...
We're the Only Ones Reasonably Expectant Enough
The Orange County Register reports that three officers who were suspended after the incident are trying to stop the Santa Ana Police Department from using the footage in its internal investigation. Among other things, their lawsuit argues that the officers thought they had disabled all of the security cameras at Sky High Holistic and therefore had a reasonable expectation of privacy. The cops complain that the dispensary never got their permission to record them as they searched the premises. [More]And:
A lawsuit, filed last week in Orange County Superior Court by three unidentified police officers and the Santa Ana Police Officers Association, seeks to prevent Santa Ana Police Department internal affairs investigators from using the video...Police unions: Is it any wonder we love them so?
Besides, violent armed criminals who break into your property, threaten to kill you, take you hostage and then steal your property have rights too!
Right, Santa Ana PO...uh...A...?
[Via William T]
Meanwhile, Across the Pond in Piers Morgan Paradise
Christian teachers who tell pupils that gay marriages is “wrong” should have anti-terror banning orders used against them, a Tory MP has argued. Mark Spencer has called on Extremism Disruption Orders (EDOs), which were introduced by the Government to crack down on hate preachers and terrorist propagandists, to be used to stop children being taught that same-sex marriage is a sin. [More]Boy, "conservative" sure is a relative term, isn't it?
But wait, he says, I didn't say they couldn't say that, I just said they couldn't teach that...
You know, Jojo Krako Disruption Orders...
And no. No I wouldn't.
Sherwood and Nottingham, eh...?
[Via Florida Guy]
Invasion of the Body Politic Snatchers
Top Immigration Agency Touts ‘Path To Citizenship’ As Means For Blunting Homegrown Terror [More]Yep-- just replace existing citizens with voting alien pod people.
We're the Only Ones Evaluating Enough
“Are you some kind of a constitutionalist crazy guy, or something like that?” [More]Crazy, man.
Yeah, I feel just great knowing the "authorities" are demanding even more power to use mental health justifications for additional citizen disarmament, especially seeing in their minds, the same criteria for suspicion of domestic terrorism apply.
And I love Mayor and Manager Weaselword having to "verify that appropriate protocols were followed."
Pulling a gun on a citizen is not an appropriate protocol. Still having a gun in hand while turning your back to the person it was pulled on is not appropriate protocol. If these two think it is, they're as crazy as their badged bully boy, who [SURPRISE!] is referred to in the CBS News story as "the unnamed officer," and who was only scared away because he realized being recorded involves personal consequences.
Tuesday, August 04, 2015
FBI Alert?
Public Intelligence has a good reputation for not going off half-cocked and spreading spurious or unvetted stuff. Still, it pays to be cautious, for instance, documents can be forged and the best of us can be fallible, so when the alert advised "Comments and queries may be addressed to the DENVER Division at 303-629-7171," I took 'em up on it.COLORADO, FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, WYOMING (U//FOUO) FBI Alert: Middle-Eastern Males Approaching Family Members of US Military Personnel [More]
The guy at the switchboard put me through to their media liaison, a special agent, actually, and her voice message advised if I wanted a timely answer, to send an email.
Fair enough. I prefer things documented anyway, so I wrote:
I am a member of the news media and a field editor for GUNS Magazine. I am attempting to determine the authenticity of the SIR presented at the Public Intelligence website: https://publicintelligence.net/fbi-middle-eastern-males/ As this is already making the rounds on the internet, and evidently on the verge of gaining wider notice, the FOUO notice no longer seems much of a deterrent. Can you confirm if it is authentic?And received back:
Thanks for reaching out. Unfortunately, we are unable to provide any information on the authenticity or contents of the document you sent. Our standard practice is to neither confirm nor deny investigations or comment on bulletins provided to law enforcement partners. Thank you,Reading between the lines...
If anybody knows anyone who received this alert in an LE capacity and I can validate that, tell them I offer the same source protection guarantees the Fast and Furious guys came to trust me 'n Mike over -- not that I'm holding my breath, but I gotta try.
Waco Biker Story Brings Out Misconceptions About Oath Keepers
Still, this is a “lemonade out of lemons” opportunity to educate a wider gun owner readership of the mission of Oath Keepers, as well as to provide real life examples of Oath Keepers making real contributions to advance freedom. [More]I guess being out there doing something is a pretty good way to become a target.
Media Challenges Waco Twin Peaks Gag Order As Questions About DA and Judge Emerge
That’s not the only questionable conduct on the part of both the court and the DA. For starters, again per NBC 5, Judge Johnson and prosecutor Abel Reyna, who requested the granted gag order, have enjoyed a longstanding personal and professional relationship. They’re former law partners, and Reyna contributed the maximum amount allowed by state law to the judge’s political campaign. [More]My latest TTAG offering notes a whole lotta coverin' up goin' on...
I'm going to be trying to pull some threads on this one.
We're the Only Ones Offering Parting Shots Enough
[A]n off-duty state trooper fired three shots from his personal gun as three teens fled his street in a car early Sunday morning... [More]You know, just like you and I could do, if WE lived in New Jersey. And had a badge.
That's a pretty nice house and neighborhood for a trooper's salary. Come to think of it, we know the kids' names and we even know the name of his neighbor from two doors down... I guess the reporter has his reasons for keeping the name of the guy squeezing off rounds in the cul-de-sac at 2 a.m. a secret...
Noting the town this happened in, I'm wondering if he yelled "THIS IS SPARTA!" while he fired...
[Via Harvey]
We're the Only Ones with Sporting Purposes Enough
The men came forward in March with the allegations that four deputies arranged and gambled on fights between Palikiko-Garcia and Harris at County Jail No. 4, located at the Hall of Justice. [More]WarOnGuns has uncovered footage of captors placing bets over prisoner objections.
[Via Florida Guy]
We're the Only Ones Botching Stings Enough
The FBI said they believe that Lumpkin bought the weapons for the felons, knowing that, under law, they were unable to buy firearms due to their felony convictions. [More]Noting the sterling examples set by our nation's law enforcement leadership and their "Authorized Journalist" PR teams, I prefer to think of this as a failed tracking attempt.
[Via Sweet Baboo]
Mass Shooting Study
"No matter how you cut it, there's no epidemic," he says. "This report should calm the fears that many people have that these numbers are out of control." [More]The Congressional Research Service report also notes:
[Q]uestions are often raised by the media, gun control advocates, and gun rights defenders, but seldom answered definitively and officially. Among those questions ... Did the shootings occur in designated “gun free zones”?If they're not answered "officially," why do you suppose that is?
[Via Richard Feldman]
We're the Only Ones Liable Enough
The Children's Crusade
The War on Boys continues. Time for some smuggling... [More]
I recall soon after I wrote this, Disneyland suddenly cleared its shelves, with no reported penalties assessed.
[Via Florida Guy]
Flying Tigers Grounded
Along with lions, rhinos, gazelles... [More]
Does this mean all meals will now be vegan?
I get it -- it's a corporate decision and it's their airline, plus it seems a perfect market opportunity for someone positioned to do charters for the well-heeled that can afford this kind of stuff in the first place. That said, I question how many travelers would turn their noses up at American, Delta and United if they had not made this ridiculous "progressive" gesture. Especially if they had to catch a flight, and even more especially if the seat price was right...
Hey, as long as the airlines will still transport "tissue"...
[Via Florida Guy]
Does this mean all meals will now be vegan?
I get it -- it's a corporate decision and it's their airline, plus it seems a perfect market opportunity for someone positioned to do charters for the well-heeled that can afford this kind of stuff in the first place. That said, I question how many travelers would turn their noses up at American, Delta and United if they had not made this ridiculous "progressive" gesture. Especially if they had to catch a flight, and even more especially if the seat price was right...
Hey, as long as the airlines will still transport "tissue"...
[Via Florida Guy]
I See the Bacon
But where's the "machine gun"? [More]
Pretty pathetic, when Rachel Maddow is the one pointing that out...
It kind of spoils the whole in-your-face, antis! humor thing when what you're doing comes off like shallowness and pandering, and it certainly doesn't help when you play right into Josh Sugarmann's hands:
Pretty pathetic, when Rachel Maddow is the one pointing that out...
It kind of spoils the whole in-your-face, antis! humor thing when what you're doing comes off like shallowness and pandering, and it certainly doesn't help when you play right into Josh Sugarmann's hands:
The weapons' menacing looks, coupled with the public's confusion over fully automatic machine guns versus semi-automatic assault weapons—anything that looks like a machine gun is assumed to be a machine gun—can only increase the chance of public support for restrictions on these weapons.
Trending Now
1. GOP advantage narrows... 2. Latinos, Asians vote Democrat. [More]And that's from 2012, before that "pathway to citizenship" was expanded by adding a diamond lane to accommodate groups, especially the ones that didn't pay a toll...
Good thing for us that how people vote has no effect on that "single issue."
Oh look: The shape of things to come!
"Keeping ArmS" Plural is OK, You Just Can't "Stockpile" 'em
Walter Eugene Litteral, 50, Christopher James Barker, 41, and Christopher Todd Campbell, 30, are accused of stockpiling guns and ammunition...[More]Say apologists for the monopoly of violence that's always ordering tons of guns for the alphabet agency du jour...
Looks like they picked themselves some low hanging fruit to bolster the narrative that homegrowners represent a scarier collective boogeyman than their imported headcutters...
Anyway, about that accusation: Anybody know what "law" prohibits that, and how anyone with a nice collection is not vulnerable?
There's plenty more to this story I'm sure we'll be finding out, including who these guys are, what they're really like, and how it is they were singled out for special attention. We've also seen in the past all kinds of accusations that didn't generate anywhere near the bang for the buck initial proclamations of triumph tried to lead us to believe, with first impressions being the lasting ones.
Monday, August 03, 2015
Fast and Furious Gun in Garland Latest in Long, Unending Line of Government-Enabled Crimes
The deaths we know about are merely the tip of the iceberg, because unless a gun is recovered at a crime scene – the intent of the ATF managers executing the plan – we have no way of knowing for sure what was the source of the weapon used. [More]Gunwalker-- the administration gift that keeps on killing...
Last Day for ITAR Comments
If it does go through, I hope to publicly defy it on a regular basis. [More]
This isn't protection of vital national security secrets. This is just stupid and tyrannical. They can't stop the signal and they can't stop all of us.
I will not comply.
It won'r be the first time I've practiced this form of civil disobedience.
Besides, as long as we're talking ITAR, isn't Fast and Furious back in the news again?
This isn't protection of vital national security secrets. This is just stupid and tyrannical. They can't stop the signal and they can't stop all of us.
I will not comply.
It won'r be the first time I've practiced this form of civil disobedience.
Besides, as long as we're talking ITAR, isn't Fast and Furious back in the news again?
A Real Man
[More]
Evidently, our good friends, the racist, sexist hive insects, are experts on "real men." This one needs to be dissected, but my work queue is already backing up -- it may take a couple days for me to get free to start cutting.
[Via Neil W]
Bullet Points
A more practical manner of reducing gun deaths is strict bullet control at least as serious as with driver’s licenses. Licenses of several levels like level one for limited # bullets for a 22. To own high capacity clips or clips for guns with more than one bullet at a time must have advanced level bullet certificates for mental health and from police every two years. To own high caliber bullets or clips with more than a few bullets you would have to have training similar to an officer. Licensees would also have to keep records of their bullets like pharmacists do with narcotics. How many they have, who they give or sell them to, how they were used (target practice, etc). [More]No.
Your move.
Meanwhile, Over at the Oligarchy.
And they're all concerned first and foremost with adherence to the Constitution and restoring abridged rights, right, as opposed to lowering their bottom lines and increasing their holdings and control...? [More]
But if a bunch of us small-timers pool our resources together under a common cause, why, that's outrageous. We need "campaign finance reform"! Unless, of course, you're a Democrat-favoring union...
But if a bunch of us small-timers pool our resources together under a common cause, why, that's outrageous. We need "campaign finance reform"! Unless, of course, you're a Democrat-favoring union...
A Common Thread
Aurora, Colo. Newtown, Conn. Charleston, S.C. Chattanooga, Tenn. Lafayette, La. What do they all have in common? [More]They were all "gun-free zones," right Bill?
Bill...?
Armed American Radio Redux
To Ourselves and Our Posterity
Detroit Council Working to Offer Municipal ID to Illegal Aliens, Homeless [More]Well, at least there's no doubt who Raquel Castaneda-Lopez is working for...
Besides, it's not like the city has any more pressing problems.
What's Holding Amazon Up?
So what the hell is this?
How's the guy going to become a leper, ostracized and banished by all, if you don't do your part in the name of "diversity"?
The Greater Threat
Despite public perception about the threat of extremists inspired by al-Qaida and the Islamic State, a new study shows that law enforcement officers are more concerned about the homegrown terrorist next door. [More]Translated: Oath-breaking enforcers quite properly view armed tyranny resisters as having more of a chance to hold them personally accountable than foreign invaders, which, by the way, their masters have let into the country as a way to accelerate the power grab.
Not that Judy L. Thomas and the Fourth Estate Fifth Columnists at The Kansas City Star (home of Yael T. Abouhalkah) will tell you that.
[Via bondmen]
Meanwhile, Over at the Temple of Gaia...
Cecil commands us from beyond the grave... [More]
I keep wanting to call him "Clarence." And I'd love to do a fake "hidden camera" video discussing the sale of hunted animal body parts, just to see outraged Prozis spewing death wishes.
Oh look! A gold-plated Cecilphone for well-meaning One Percenters! I gotta get in on this racket!
[Via Florida Guy]
What's in a Name?
Oh, I don't know, Rancid Prepuce. If you truly think enough of us are cowardly or unprincipled or dumb enough to play the Republicans über alles game no matter which establishment sellout you try to foist on us, then you tell me. [More]
Sign the Petition
But I don't want to be on any lists!
You think owning a gun and frequenting sites like this one hasn't already put you on several?
But I don't want to get junk email!
Assuming you as a citizen truly don't want to be informed by the White House of what they're up to, just "unsubscribe" if it bugs you.
But this will just create another class of "Only Ones"!
Not really, when you consider, because of their employment, the service members' rights have been diminished below those of the citizenry.
But this won't do any good!
If you mean the administration won't do the right thing, true enough. But if you signed it and then helped make this go viral, and it took in 10 or 100 times or more the number of sigs requested, who knows what effect increased public awareness and demand would have on Republican responsiveness to a political opportunity?
The fact is, in the time it takes to articulate an objection, this could have just been done already.
[Via Dave K]
Fiat Freaking Lux
Mike's recounting of his 45th anniversary high school reunion is a fine and fun read in the tradition of the better American humorists. [More]
Sunday, August 02, 2015
Tonight on Armed American Radio
Oh gosh, another Fast and Furious gun has been used in a crime of violence, making Project Gunwalker one of those rare government programs that works as intended. Who'da thunk it?
I'll be joining host Mark Walters and fellow guest George "Mad Ogre" Hill in Hour 3 tonight to talk about that and other RKBA-related topics. The program broadcasts from 8 to 11 Eastern. Click here to find a station near you or to listen via live streaming.
Saturday, August 01, 2015
Bloomberg-Affiliated Propagandists Asking Oregon Gun Shops For Help With Anti-Gun PSA
A Washington DC “Democrat media consulting firm” affiliated with Michael Bloomberg’s Mayors Against Illegal Guns (and a host of anti-gun politicians) is offering Oregon gun dealers $1,500 to allow them to film an on-location “public service announcement,” Oregon Firearms Federation announced Friday. The filmmakers need a gun store as a backdrop for an actor to tell viewers how “easy” it is to comply with form requirements . . . [More]The antis are doing what they do best: Faking things to manipulate people...
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