About That 'Single Issue'...

The NRA helped write California’s 1967 ban on openly carrying loaded firearms ...  Indeed, these past six years the NRA has been in Federal court arguing to uphold California’s Open Carry bans as well as arguing in support of California’s Gun-Free School Zone Act ... Five years ago, the NRA opposed attempts to overturn the Open Carry bans in Arkansas, Florida, Texas and Oklahoma and when a Federal appellate court in 2012 struck down an Illinois ban on carrying loaded and unloaded firearms, be they carried openly or concealed, the NRA lobbied the Illinois legislature to enact a new ban on openly carried firearms in 2013 and, ironically, lobbied the state to enact an onerous concealed carry permit requirement. [More]

I know Charles has gotten a lot of people furious with him in the past, and that SAF and Gura opposed one of his lawsuits. At the time, I was doing that Scottsdale area radio show and tried to get him on the program, and maybe even host a debate with his detractors, but couldn't get it to happen.

For purposes of this post, I'm not all that interested in hearing how he's a gadfly, or any stirring apologia for compromises. What I'm primarily interested in from this is whether or not his statements can be proven.

Don't Be So Coy

See if you can follow along, because I end up lost:

McAuliffe (D) vetoed bills that would have given domestic-violence victims under protective orders the temporary right to carry concealed weapons without applying for permits or getting training.

then:

“Governor McAuliffe applies one standard to bills like these,” Coy wrote in an email. “If they make Virginia safer, he signs them. If they do not, he vetoes them.”

then:

McAuliffe signed identical House and Senate bills to allow the state’s judges and prosecutors to carry concealed weapons without having to undergo the normal permit-application and training process. 

Because judges and prosecutors have powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men?

The only way to explain the seemingly illogical paradox is that special people get special "Only Ones" privileges. That and McAwful and his pet regurgitating vomit-lapper are demonstrable liars.

[Via Mack H]

Integrity

What we do when we think no one will find out is what separates those who have it from those who don't. [Watch]

It's instructive, watching the guilty ones get hostile.

[Via Florida Guy]   

'How's Mike?'

I've been asked that a lot since my last update.

I'm in touch with his family. I'm told he went to the hospital yesterday and that he will call me.

If and as he can. Anything else would not be helpful or considerate. He knows we're concerned.

If and when I know something I can share, I will.

The War on Whites

Brought to you by the Republican establishment and its neocon cheerleaders.

Not that Democrats and unions don't share in the blame...

[Via Florida Guy]   

#WOLM

You know, White Officials' Lives Matter. [More]

What? The same "courtesy" would not be extended to us mundanes?  Hey, it's not like the Founders... oh, wait, never mind...

Yeah, but still, you know how unreasonable some people can be toward BART officials...

[Via Keith B]

Dishonorable Discharge

The three-year-old family friend was sitting on Robinson's lap when he allegedly went to move a gun that was in a holster on his waistband because it was uncomfortable. That's when the gun discharged, firing one bullet into both legs of the young victim. [More]

All by its own self, apparently.

I can't tell you how many times that's happened to me. Tell me we shouldn't be able to sue the manufacturer!

[Via William T]

Shelter from the Storm

PANICKED ELITE BUYING BOMB-PROOF LUXURY SURVIVAL BUNKERS TO ESCAPE CIVIL UNREST, DISASTERS [More]

Which brings us to a persistent question...

Nice digs. We'll keep the trophy wives around for a while...

Word

This comment merits much wider dissemination. [More]

The Mental Militia Update

Including Montana tour dates... [More]

Warm Regards

That's almost funny:

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Must Be On Crack

Harvard professor Robert Rotberg is now citing Cracked as an authoritative source on firearms... [More]

If you think about the insanity of citizen disarmament and a monopoly of violence, it only makes sense.

If you have time, further discussion on the calculated Lexington insult is here:

And if you missed it, my Oath Keepers article gives the Cliffs Notes version on what this is about.

Take a Number

Thanks to S.B. 273, Texans may now file complaints about signs posted that illegally prohibit licensed carriers from bringing their guns on government property. So far, nearly 60 complaints have been lodged, and are under investigation by the Texas Attorney General’s Office. [More]

The Demanding Moms make their views known...

[Via Standing Liberty]

"Comments are Disabled for this Video"

Brought to you by people who prefer a Queen with the unchallengeable power to command "Off with their heads!"

Pretty slick production values there. The finest AstroTurf money can buy.

The Primary Flaw

The primary flaw in the entire Directive is the lack of punishment for any government official(s) who break the law or do not follow the Directive.  [More]

No, that's not "the primary flaw." But things are so screwed up that you're reduced to calling clarification of infringements "a step in the right direction," you're dependent on an advocacy model rendered effectively impotent by a tyranny of the majority, and that model will brook no competition from the "I will not comply" new paradigm. Which means the wheels will keep spinning and the Intolerable Acts will continue.

Back By Popular Demand

Rachel Dolezal plans to write a book [More]

It's been done.

We're the Only Ones Reaching Out and Touching Someone Enough

Anyone involved in a car crash in New York may soon have to submit not just blood-alcohol content but a cellphone to police at the scene, or else risk losing his or her license. [More]

Brought to you by the same totalitarian lobby that wants your guns.

[Via Bluesgal]

Lexington Resolution Redux

AmmoLand reposted my Oath Keepers piece on the old commie trying to empty his Depends on John Parker's grave. [More]

Authorized Fact Checkers

The number of crime guns in New York from Vermont is so small that it could even be attributed to one or two bad actors. Using the per capita measure of trafficked guns originating from Vermont is as pointless as counting guns trafficked per 100,000 head of cattle. [More]

Welcome to the party, pals. What took you so long?

Politifact Gun Suicide ‘Truth-O-Meter’ Needs Independent Calibration

So much for the impartiality and credibility of the people Politifact is relying on to coax its Truth-O-Meter to register in the green. Which means, in the absence of expert analysis from researchers without a long history of self-interest-advancing citizen disarmament advocacy, those of us who are not statisticians must rely on that thing Mark and Gabby claim to represent, “common sense.” [More]

When it comes to guns, if you can’t believe the Politifact Truth-O-Meter, the Brady Campaign, Mark and Gabby, and a gaggle of anti-gun academics and researchers, who can you believe?

[Via Mack H]

Moms Against Legal Recourse

[More]

They want government to break the law and for you to have to take it.

Happy Fort Sumter Day

[More]

Disregard Mike's counsel at our peril.

[Via Michael G]

The Social Network

A new study suggests there is a growing market in the illegal trade of guns and weapons in Libya via social media sites, in particular Facebook. [More]

I must be doing something wrong-- I haven't gotten a single offer...

[Via Florida Guy]   

A New Code Term

"Cautious Politicians..." [More]

Dang, and I was just getting used to "teen," but OK, if that's what "progressive leaders" want...

If Trump or Cruz had participated in a skit like this, the resulting protests could very well turn deadly.

True Believers

Sounds like a fresh crop of IOIs with attitude... [More]

To be determined-- will we see a lot more?

[Via Neil W]

Any Knife in a Smackdown

“Even being punched five times before does not justify the use of deadly force,” Upchurch said. “He did not have a weapon.” [More]

In fact, he did. Which makes vlla sella more than justifiable. Provided what happened was truly defensive.

This Megan Upchurch character sounds like she could benefit from a few life lessons. The question then would be if she's honest enough to apply them.

Topically semi-related: Elder feral son Udayand I find this stupidly entertaining.

[Via William T]

We're the Only Ones Young at Heart Enough

Child porn-collecting FBI partner on track to dodge jail [More]

I don't know what everybody's so upset about -- give it a few years, and we'll find a way to destroy some more Christian bakers for being intolerant...

Besides, haven't we already established that -- at least for amorous-minded Only Ones -- the quality of mercy is not strained?

[Via Jess]

The New Inquisition

Burn, heretics!!! [More]

How that will factor into the carbon emissions equation is a matter for greater minds than ours. Hey, if anyone knows climate science, it's a political science professor.

I wonder if he could help me with this vibration rattle I hear when accelerating my car. That and give me expert advice on how to safely store my guns...

Here's the muscle the good poli-sci prof lacks. And WarOnGuns Correspondent Laocoön shows how it all ties back to something else some would rather we stopped harping on:

Good thing "Republicans" are in the majority in congress and will not aggravate this ... for now.  Bad enough without congress piling on.  With the NRA having passive-aggressively collaborated for the confirmation of Sotomayor & Kagan, Scalia gone, and wussy RINOs already ovulating for Comrade Hussein's nominee, if the AGs get verdicts they may be upheld.

That's the current situation.  Soon, within 20 years, thanks to the NRA's passive-aggressive collaboration with Norquist-Bloomberg crowd's takeover and cultural terraforming of the USA through overimmigration, invasion-occupation, and the related anchor-Democrat, anchor-Sharia breeding programs, the Ds will have permanent supermajority control of all branches of the federal government and of a supermajority of the states.

Given the unassimilable deluge, 3rd-world immigrants, invaders, and anchor babies will continue to lean overwhelmingly Democrat and anti-gun - as they have since Kennedy's 1965 Immigration Act Trojan Horse and Reagan's amnesty - despite any NRA reacharound, appeasement, and preemptive surrender efforts.  All the NRA can do is try to mitigate and slow the destruction wrought by the subversion of its own Norquisling board and staff.  The "good" news is that the coming Kabuki battles will enable the beltway vampires who control the NRA to con more members out of vast sums of money, adding to the nearly $400 million a year already squandered in outrageous salaries, sweetheart contracts, and donations to anti-gun, squish, and "cheap labor" RINO candidates.

The "single issue" cannot exist in a vacuum.

'Our Principles'

[More]

Yeah, that pretty much says it all.

On the other hand, Team Trump acting all surprised makes me wonder if they were blindsided because they actually didn't understand how the varied state party delegate processes work, which calls the performance of his advisers into question.  As for those suggesting a third party or write-in run should the convention go as it is being manipulated  -- I'd like to see someone flesh out what electoral votes outside of the Repubs and Dems would look like -- the likely scenario.

One thing that surprises me is seeing complaints from people who in other circumstances would be reminding us that we're not a democracy but a republic. Another thing is how few seem to know that.

I wish my crystal ball was working, but the damn thing is on the fritz again. Assuming Hillary doesn't get prosecuted, I saw a poll report the other day that makes me believe most of the electorate will deserve whatever fate befalls them, and then some.  Unfortunately, guess who gets dragged down with them...

Lock N Load

I'll be joining host Bill Frady this evening at 7 Eastern to talk about whatever he wants to throw at me. Those so inclined can listen and chat at the program site.

Lexington Resolution on Militia-Suitable Firearms Looks like a Calculated Insult

The prohibition enthusiast responsible is “town resident Robert Rotberg, the founding director of Harvard Kennedy School’s Program on Intrastate Conflict and president emeritus of the World Peace Foundation.” Rotberg is a career globalist (and failed candidate for selectman himself), evidently intent on proving the truism that for “progressives” every day is Opposite Day – how else would one explain someone from Lexington who thinks it’s a peace-promoting idea for government to disarm citizens in a town that prides itself on a statue of Captain John Parker? [More]

It's a similar compulsion to desecrating a shrine...

Too Little Too Late

NRA Reaches Out to Pro-Gun Latinos With National Video Ad Campaign [More]

Right.  And how much of a fraction of a percentage point can they authoritatively project this will sway that "Nearly 80 percent of Latinos - the fastest-growing demographic in the country - [who] favor gun control over gun rights"...?

Ah well, at least it will give the headline surfers and "single issue" excuse makers something to further muddy the waters with...

Besides -- add this to Grover's vapers and Uber drivers, and I think Alfred stated it best:

Oath Breaker of the Year Award

Florida "Only Ones" pay tribute ... [More]

As long as gun owners continue rewarding "Republicans" like de la Portilla, the party will have no incentive to offer someone who actually merits support.

Better to give the seat to a damn Dem for a cycle.  And yeah, the guy has a lock on the Cuban vote, but if gun voters everywhere had been doing that all along instead of confirming impotence with the "lesser of two evils" excuse, the party would make 2A fidelity a requirement.

[Via Mike M]

UPDATE: See, when they don't have to, they don't care:

You Mean "Second Responders"?

Tennesseans Petition to Allow First Responders to Carry [More]

You mean the folks who arrive after the first responders have responded?

And what's this "allow"...?

Opposite Day in Nevada

The Bloomberg machine calls grassroots activists "frauds," and criticizes "NRA" spending. [More]

I Know You Are, But What Am I?

So what does that make you, Chris Murphy, a neo-totalitarian? [More]

And yes, you are on a different planet.

More Terror Down Under

New rapid-fire shotguns, that can fire eight rounds in eight seconds, have sparked fear among gun control experts. [More]

One-thousand one, one-thousand two, one-thousand three, one-thousand four, one-thousand five, one-thousand six, one-thousand seven, one-thousand eight...

That's what it takes to scare their "experts"? Really?

Better not tell 'em about single-actions:

[Via Florida Guy]   

Who Couldn't See That Coming?

Justice Dept. fails to turn over all Fast and Furious docs [More]

Sure, Gomer, go ahead.

Projects Updates

From the Mental Militia... [More]

Focused on the Wrong Thing

An Ohio man who's lost a son and two other teenage relatives to shootings is participating in public efforts to protest gun violence. [More]

All he's going to do by following Oppose Day "progressives" is enable more of it.

[Via Mike M]

DRGO Updates

There's much new stuff, including an amicus curiae brief, recovered Congressional testimony transcripts, a 3-part "How We're Taught About Guns" series and more....

You can eliminate the middleman (that would be me in this instance) and get all the information firsthand simply by doing this.

The Terror Down Under

I guess even requiring the "law-abiding" to register guns isn't enough to stanch the bleating. [More]

It will never be enough for those who demand all.

[Via Mike M]

Shooting Up

All I can figure is this guy was high. [More]

[Via Mike M]

Sometimes, All You Have Left is Sarcasm

WarOnGuns Correspondent Carlos Perdue provides the only response possible to a bad case of confirmation bias. [More]

To Name But a Few

Bob Iger, Rupert Murdock, Michael Bloomberg and Bill Marriott... [More]

Thanks goodness this has nothing to do with that "single issue."

Catch and Release

Border Patrol ordered to release illegals ‘still soaking wet’ from Rio Grande, union says [More]

What kind of xenophobic racist could possibly object?

Brought to You By the Letter "I"

Sesame Street unveiled a fresh face Thursday: a hijab-wearing Afghani Muppet named Zari who will teach kids about “girl empowerment, social and emotional wellbeing.” [More]

Who better to learn it from?

As long as we're on that subject:

It's a big club and you ain't in it.

Elder Statesman

And I confess, maybe it's just a sign of old age... [More]

Then again, maybe it's a sign of a realization.

You Kiss Your Mother with That Mouth?

Evidently so. [More]

True, it's in Piers Morgan Paradise, but it'll be here soon enough.

Let the marriages and successful lawsuits against Christian bakers commence. That is, until the coming Caliphate the Prozis demand tolerance for starts setting things... uh ...straight.

As Long as We Have No Say in the Matter...

You don't, you know, and "progressives" like that just fine... [More]

‘There’s Classified, And Then There’s Classified’

You know, it depends upon what the meaning of the word "is" is... [More]

Think that would work for you and me?

Capture the Flag

Forget whether you agree with his chosen candidate or not. Consider the principle. [More]

Doesn't Everyone?

Why The FBI Director Puts Tape Over His Webcam [More]

What information does he have that we don't?

Great Wall of Separation

Horror as China tears down THOUSANDS of crucifixes in crude bid to eradicate Christianity [More]

Gosh, they're just like L.A. "progressives"...

In more ways than one.

Yeah, What I Just Said

Republican Party insiders in the state will select 27 delegates to the national convention on Saturday, and Trump is assured to be nearly shut out of support, according to interviews with a dozen party leaders and officials involved in the delegate selection process. [More]

I have a bad feeling about this.

First Impressions Matter

Perception becomes reality:
This is all disaffected
Republicans see.

The Colorado Republican Party's decision last summer to jettison a presidential poll at its caucus on Tuesday looks worse with every passing day. [More]

It's not hard to imagine the Denver Post editorial staff high-fiving as the GOP "leadership" self-destructs.

It doesn't matter if there are esoteric inside baseball rationales or if varied arcane Democrat caucus rules do their share of deck-stacking the media is happy to overlook. All that matters is what the average, frustrated, Republican-leaning voter walks away thinking, that everything is being changed without his influence and against his will -- to the benefit of those who know how to pull the right strings and push the right buttons -- and that he has been rendered voiceless.

Donald Trump is wrong about riots from his supporters, at least in the "traditional" sense of opportunistic masses running wild in the streets with TVs and toilet paper. I don't see the type of people concerned with the issues he's taken the lead on being that type, certainly not to loot and burn, no matter how much they're conflated with violent "extremists" and painted as bigger domestic threats than Islamists bent on forcing submission.

That said, a quote from a Democrat icon comes to mind.

Congratulations, Dead Elephant Party. You are more to blame than overt domestic enemies, because you snookered the desperate into having a hope you never intended to fulfill.

Sure, Democrats Have Blacks and Hispanics, But We Have a Shot at Uber Drivers and Vapers!

Grover Norquist proves how delusional and deceptive his arguments are. [More]

Whether this imaginary "coalition" proves resentful enough to make a difference in November or not isn't even the point -- the "pathway to citizenship" he and Bloomberg and the cheap labor über alles Republicans are paving and adding speed lanes to will more than take care of elections after that.

WarOnGuns correspondent Carlos Perdue has posted two highly relevant comments so far  -- and since I can't seem to make individual comment links work, I'm going to copy and paste them here:

Carlos Perdue
4/9/2016 8:14 PM EDT
Groveler al Nor'Qu'ist's Saudi pals are the ones directly responsible for the destruction of all those jobs in America's oil shale drilling patch.

and

Carlos Perdue
4/9/2016 7:13 PM EDT [Edited]
OMG. More delusional, deceptive nonsense from Bloomberg collaborator and islamophile quisling, Grover al Nor'Qu'ist (proper Arabic spelling of Norquist; please be sensitive). 

Bloomberg and his gun-grabbing billionaire pals don't spend hundreds of millions of dollars for amnesty and open immigration to ensure "cheap labor" for Bloomberg's news operation. He's doing it to lock down his long-term gun ban strategy: The permanent cultural and political terraforming of the USA.  

Grover al Nor'Qu'ist openly collaborates with Bloomberg's strategy to overrun our country and overwhelm the relatively conservative native-born citizenry's voting control with fast-breeding legal and illegal immigrants and their offspring, who will continue to lean overwhelmingly Democrat and anti-gun as they have increasingly since "Republicans" went along with Kennedy's 1965 Trojan Horse Immigration Act, since Reagan's and subsequent de facto and de jure amnesties, and since the gross dereliction and subversion by every president after Eisenhower of our most critical national defenses -- our own borders and immigration controls. 

Unless the invasion-occupation-takeover of the USA is halted and reversed, anchor baby citizenship for the children of non-citizens abolished, and legal immigration slashed back to the kind of pleasant, beneficial, non-suicidal trickle we enjoyed from the 1920s under Coolidge through the 1950s under Eisenhower, then within 20 years thanks to the immigration Nor'Qu'islings, the Democrats will have permanent supermajority control of all branches of both the federal government and a supermajority of the states. 

The vast majority of U.S. population growth since 1965 is due to government-sponsored over-immigration and invasion-occupation. The interest groups al Nor'Qu'ist cites are not in the same order of magnitude and will not even vaguely make up for the damage done by al Nor'Qu'ist's subversive immigration policies.

City of Angels

A federal judge in California has ruled that including a small Christian cross on the official seal of Los Angeles County is unconstitutional, siding with civil liberties advocates. [More]

My, how very Opposite Day "progressive" of the Bill Clinton appointee.

Me, I object to calling the place "The Angels."  That discriminates against those of us who call them spirit guides or Valkyries or Houris, or even those who call them demons...

Matter of fact, the example of the Taliban/Buddhist statue "flap," as adopted by those intent on going after Confederate monuments, makes it clear the entire mission system is emblematic of white privilege, patriarchy, religious bigotry, oppression and genocide, and it offends the hell out of people who live to have the hell offended out of them. If they're not going to be destroyed outright, we at least need to convert some to give equal shrift to Baal and Cthulu, as well as apportion a few as "bathhouses"...

The Devil's Invention

Meaning, I guess this Brit want them reserved for the devil's minions, and I suspect he'll get his wish-- at least over there. [More]

Faux News Health

Because nothing says "gun safety" like a bunch of antis haranguing you to turn it into a club! [More]

"Lead author Dr. Katherine Freundlich," eh?  I don't suppose she'd like to fill out a form explaining her qualifications and what she's prepared to do about it should her advice not work out...?

White House Still Claiming Second Amendment a ‘Given’ Right

This isn’t subject to interpretation and spin, which means the evil b******s are demonstrable liars, defrauding Americans out of their rights and usurping powers they have no claim to. Plainly, because there’s no other way to put this and remain faithful to the truth, that makes them tyrants and domestic enemies, and if you think about it, presumptuous blasphemers. [More]

The One from whom all blessings flow…? The guy sure has a high opinion of himself.

Voyage to See What's on the Bottom

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What with the hours I work and demands on time I don't write about here, I generally finish up late and turn on the tube to just veg out for a bit before sleep.  Right now I'm catching up on "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea," which I used to watch back in the Sixties.

Feral sons Uday and Qusay think it's a hoot that we had shows like that taking place in the "future" years of 1970s and 80s. "Voyage" actually had some thoughtful episodes, especially in the black and white era before much of it devolved into cheesy special effects and hokey monsters, like much of the -- face it -- dreck Irwin Allen produced.

Long story short, I found a Richard Basehart commemorative site that has posted another fond memory, back from the days when I was a Mad Magazine regular, their "Voyage to See What's on the Bottom" parody.  You'll probably either think it's childishly stupid or funny.  If you're like me, you'll think it's both, and enjoy it all the more because of that.

I don't know what "netiquette" is for a link that appears to go to a directory instead of a content page, so I'm not going to make this link hot. If you want to see more, copy and paste it into your address bar.

http://www.richardbasehart.com/images/vttbots/mad/

"Storefront Stick-up"

A victim of opportunity, this store owner has his hands full when he is confronted by an armed robber as he is unlocking the door. The robber demands "Give me the bag!" What happens next is the subject of this weeks' episode. [More]

Tonight on "Stop the Threat"...

Mass Hysteria

Newtown schools chief: Teachers will never carry guns in town schools [More]

Or I should  say, Conn. hysteria, which is pretty much the same thing.

I note teacher Jason Adams didn't actually do anything threatening, so this appears to be pure hoplophobia gone viral. I suspect he's probably been doing it for a while and got careless with concealment. Another teacher saw it and reported him. And an armed "Only One" reminded him of why they're called that.

The guy is screwed. Good luck with a 2A defense. That presupposes courts exist to secure the Blessings of Liberty. Just like the other branches of government, right?

I have some feelers out to learn more -- if you have something to add, feel free to comment.

Item last -- I've seen a "friendly fire" tendency to pile on the guy, and will only ask this -- has anyone ever felt compelled to carry when and where the "law" said you couldn't?

[Via Sweet Baboo]

We're the Only Ones All TOR Up Enough

[W]hen Seattle police showed up at David Robinson's home shortly after 6 a.m. last Wednesday, he figured he had little choice but to let them in and hand over all his computer passwords. [More]

There's always a choice.  But some are more costly than others.

And there's always a weakest link.

Anybody think you're safe out there...?

[Via Michael G]

Deep in the Heart of Texas

Veterans Summit on April 10... [More]

It's Firearms Friday!

I'll be joining Michael Dukes again at 11:20 or so Eastern to talk gun sales, Hillary and Bernie, and whatever else we can get to. [Listen]

For the Children

If there's a bigger cliché than politicians kissing babies, I don't know what... Saw this one, sans the Fauxtoshop reboot, over at Hillary's FB page. It creeped me out about as much as when Saddam got all touchy with the child of British hostages, except in this case, a worshiper happily brought the offering.

Feel the Bern Yet?

[More]

Not unless he comes and tries to take them he hasn't.

When those who do start to realize that unanticipated personal costs may accrue, we'll see how long their resolve lasts.

We're Number Two!

Coming soon to a Caliphate near you, and probably already firmly established in certain enclaves... [More]

ATF Trace Data Refutes Hillary’s Reported Vermont Gun Claim

With a reported claim like that, and with the blame being placed on what “progressives” refer to as “lax gun laws,” a fact check is in order.  And to do that, we can consult ATF’s firearms trace data report for New York... [More]

As usual, she's lying. Again.

How You Can Help

I've been asked why I don't have a tip jar and take contributions. I never ask that for myself. Aside from not wanting to feel beholden or to see the same handful doing all the donating, it shouldn't be necessary. What I do ask is pretty simple, and hardly seems unfair:

IF (and only if) you get value from a piece and think others may as well, share the link. If you have a comment you'd like to make about my article, make it on the website where it appears instead of just under my announcement about it here.  If you're on social media, "like" and especially "share" the link on Facebook or tweet/retweet it on Twitter.

Basically, if you come across something you think helps advance your interests, spend one minute letting others know about it -- because traffic is the only way those sites have to measure bang for the buck (and no, unlike with Examiner, I do not get page view compensation). If you want to go the extra minute, send column links to larger media outlets and urge them to check out the work.

I don't want your money. But if you're a regular here, you keep returning for a reason. I would appreciate if you let your friends and colleagues know why.

A Blank Slate?

[N]either of them tells us anything about Garland's views of the Second Amendment. [More]

He needs hearings to do that?

Is there some law keeping him from being interviewed...? Forget future cases, he can't talk principles? Or is that "just not done"...?

Right, the guy is a Chi-Town Obama nominee and we're not supposed to make any assumptions based on a totality of circumstances.

Yes, Fletcher? You had something of relevance you wanted to express to Prof. Winkler?

[Via Michael G]

The Surge

Interesting terminology.  [More]

To be followed by "Shock and Awe."

That's why all the soothing quotes...

No Surprise That Administration’s ‘Second Chance’ Excludes Gun Rights

"Tigers are vicious flesh eaters. This one had been vicious all of his life, and the first thing he would think of when he gets out of his cage is to tear some person to shreds." [More]

Why let tigers out of cages if they're still dangerous?  And if they're not, why rip out their teeth and claws?

Good Fences Make Good Neighbors?

In all seriousness, gunwriter friends David Codrea, Dave Workman, Kurt Hofmann, and maybe Howard Nemerov have, I believe, all written on how 'enterprising' folks have done much the same thing to exploit naive 'gun-buyback' programs here domestically. [More]

The very first time I ever addressed the subject, actually:

Y'see, with no questions being asked, a new outlet for selling stolen property with impunity (and a new incentive for stealing it in the first place) has been created. And who's the fence? Why, the police, of course! 

It just seemed kind of obvious.

[Via Jake S]

How Stupid, Indeed?

How stupid do you have to be to believe that's what's being claimed?

Foot Fetish

Shoes? What shoes? [More]

Actually, I think they're ridiculous.

No matter who accessorizes with them.

“Imagine A World Without Whiteness”

Opposite Day "progressives" instruct us on racism... [More]

Making the Grade

Oregon Firearms Federation rates political candidates. [More]

More Alike Than You Might Think

I got to see up close the mechanisms that allow people who celebrate homosexuals to find common cause with those who, when the law allows, happily sever their heads. [More]

They both want the same thing -- it all. After the useful idiots have served their purpose, "There can only be one" will come into play.

[Via bondmen]

And Now for Something Completely Different

Virtual reality 'sex suit' lets men experience realistic intercourse all on their own [More]

Perverse. Pathetic. Sad. Lost.

What is wrong with people?

Is No Space Safe Any More?

On Monday, students at Indiana University Bloomington mistook a priest for a Ku Klux Klan member, taking to social media to express their fear of the alleged Klansman, who they claimed was carrying a whip, and dressed in “white robes.” [More]

But if you take appearance-based cautions, you're intolerant and racist.

Connect the Dots

"DAPA would deem over four million unlawfully present aliens as 'lawfully present' and eligible for work authorization," says the Texas brief. "And 'lawful presence' is an immigration classification established by Congress that is necessary for valuable benefits, such as Medicare and Social Security." [More]

And here's an amicus curiae, initiated on the taxpayer's dime, by Bill de Blasio and Eric Garcetti (with a special guest appearance by Mike "Der" Feuer), and mayor/city groups that otherwise scream "Home Rule!" whenever its their ox getting gored. It "justifies" its case by citing skewed economics -- that is, economics that spread specialized "benefits" happy talk without factoring in total costs. And guess who the authority they cite to make their case is.

Yup, the Grover/Bloomberg Alliance.

But by all means -- listen to the "single issue" apologists and keep him on the board.  After all, what could this possibly have to do with the Bylaws mandate "To protect and defend the Constitution of the United States [and] [t]o promote public safety, law and order, and the national defense…"?

Ain't that right, Ted?

It's all connected.  Nobody thought Obama could "fundamentally transform America" all by his own self, did they?

Fish Tale

Thinks he's a Merman, eh? [More]

It's been done.

My, How Irrelevant

I guess the LP is content to be something with no chance that no one will take seriously. [More]

The Jewel in Bloomberg's Crown

That would be Arizona. If he can turn voters in that state, he'll feel unstoppable. Conversely, blocking him will halt his forward momentum. [More]

Here's how you can help.  Before where you live gets lined up in Bloomberg's sights.

'Gun Enthusiast' Has Big 'But'

Gun enthusiast and concealed carry permit holder Jay Duechting said he supports the Second Amendment, but Coody’s law goes too far. “Let’s really think about this for a second folks,” Duechting said. “Do you really want people to be carrying an open weapon and you don’t know who they are? Everyone here (at American Armory and Tactical) has been trained and gone through background checks. Why would you want to go back to wild west days? I thought we had become more evolved since then.“You might have some people who are mentally unstable out there carrying. Why would we want that? Or someone could go buy a weapon without any training whatsoever. Why would we want that?” [More]

Yeah, because we've never heard "wild west" before. Yeah,I know it never happens but it might.

I understand kAss-itch also works on douche sting...

[Via Jeffersonian]

One Step Forward, 10 Steps Back

Gun Rights Groups Shift Attention To Latinos To Boost Membership [More]

Expect the poll numbers to shift away from anti-gun Democrats any decade now...

Through a Glass Darkly

That’s the focus of the Chicago Theological Seminary’s new program and video produced to bring naive whites into the “white privilege” progressive mindset – that white folks in America enjoy a system of special perks not afforded to everyone else, and that system is hopelessly stacked against minorities. [More]

"Progressive theologians" -- talk about an Opposite Day oxymoron.

Besides, Eddie Murphy did it better.

[Via Florida Guy]   

Death of a Hater

Realize, of course, that demanding we have no differences is just another way of suppressing individuality... [More]

[Via Keith B]

Should Christians Just Die?

To be pro-life means we place the highest value on every human life, not on only some.  [More]

Yeah, what's wrong with you infidels, anyway?

I'm perfectly happy to let useful idiot Rob Schenck sacrifice himself. But when he makes himself a tool of atheist totalitarians, when that enables enforceable-at-gunpoint monopoly of violence edicts, and when that ensnares me and mine, he assumes domestic enemy status.

[Via Mike M]

What's 9 Million Hours Among Friends?

ATF is updating the 4473. [More]

Hey, it's not like your time has any value:*

5 An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: An estimated 18,275,240 respondents will take 30 minutes to complete the form. 

Maybe it's another April Fools joke:

Laff-a-minute, those guys:

*UPDATE: I'm reminded the current version (pg. 6, "Paperwork Reduction Act Notice)) says "30 minutes' as well. Maybe that's just reflective of "progressive" bureaucratic Opposite Day "efficiency."

See You Later, Alligator

The two men saw the gator from about 20 feet away, at which point Lightsey shot it as it came out of the water. [More]

What do you suppose the outcome would have been had it been left up to the monopoly of violence cultists at the New York Daily News? Aside from them squealing and calling for men to bring guns to take care of the danger?

[Via Florida Guy]   

Yeah, About Those Lives that Matter...

Forget it Jake. It's Chi-Town. [More]

The Heartbreak of RNCitis

Do you suffer from Rancid Prepuce? [More]

kAss-itch® cures all kinds of embarrassing ailments.

Patients may experience worsening of and/or the emergence of suicidal political ideation and behavior. Do not take kAss-itch® if you are pregnant, non-pregnant, male, female, and are capable of grasping basic cause and effect. If these symptoms appear, seek treatment immediately.

Beyond Misinformation

There are a lot of twists and turns in the rabbit hole and it's easy to get lost. [More]

As with so many other incidents, I don't know what to believe -- and doesn't that just say it all?

You Can't Have Your Cake and Eat It Too

I view the link to the public housing voucher as a very weak rationale whose aim is to thwart the lessors’ property rights.

and

Whoever enters that property or leases it knowingly assumes whatever risks accompany such a ban. [More]

Unless you're forced to accept the vouchers, you're knowingly assuming whatever conditions accompany such transactions.

[Via Keith B]

Citizens vs Civilians

Colorado's Republican-led Senate has advanced a bill to allow military members who are at least 18 years old to obtain concealed carry gun permits. [More]

Hey, I read that book...

[Via cydl]