BREAKING NEWS!

JEWEL COLLECTORS AT INCREASED RISK OF HEISTS! [More]

Hey, the same principle applies.

So opportunistic thieves go after property where they think they can find it? And victimize the easiest marks? Who knew?

And the case against storing guns in vehicles is due to mandates that you can't keep your gun with you? Well, gee, there's an easy solution for that.

I see Bloomberg (that's who The Trace is a mouthpiece for) just can't stop making the case against minority gun ownership, but in this case, I find one claim credible:

The new study also found that non-white gun owners were at nearly three times the risk of having a firearm stolen  though the authors noted that non-whites as a population are more often victims of burglaries and robberies in general. 

What I don't see given even passing thought is how many of those gun "owners" are actually just gun possessors, and how the numbers are driven by people associated in some way with criminals?

That and how many guns have been "repurposed" from negligent Only Ones...?

Giving Freedom the Finger

Still, the findings raise troubling questions about the effectiveness of fingerprint security on smartphones. [More]

Or "smart guns"...

Why Do I Envision Larry, Curly and Moe in Lab Coats?

Harvard Researchers Are Preparing to Geoengineer the Atmosphere [More]

Now wait just a damn minute here: If a "progressive" federal judge can require an environmental impact statement just for carrying concealed in national parks...

Of course, I'm still waiting for someone to make that case for cultural terraforming effects on power generation, resource depletion and waste disposal...

Xenophiles

Migrants are being sold at open slave markets in Libya [More]

On the plus side, no Swedes have been raped.

Say, isn't that the place Barack and Hillary lent their magic liberation touch to?

Occam's Razor

Republicans had to make an extraordinary 11th-hour investment—including robocalls by Mr. Trump—to hang on to a seat in a deep-red district that Mr. Trump had won in 2016 by 27 points... [More]

Come on; it wasn't exactly a squeaker:

In the end, Estes prevailed with 53 percent to Thompson’s 45 percent. Libertarian candidate Chris Rockhold drew about 2 percent of the vote.

And the answer for why it wasn't a total rout may be simpler than "newly energized liberals," who despite "record efforts" failed to overcome a nice guy who isn't exactly famous for being electrifying:

Burdett A. Loomis, a political science professor at Kansas University, said that in a normal year Mr. Estes wins, but predicted it will be a low turnout affair and that Democrats will have more enthusiasm. “He’s an unexciting candidate,” Mr. Loomis said, alluding to Mr. Estes. “Honestly, he’s a stiff.”

As for the starry-eyed new evangelist in Atlanta that the story in the first link profiles, her One Percenter "man of the people" candidate (backed by the guy who leads House floor sit-ins demanding a state monopoly of violence and the guy who thinks Guam is going to tip over), if he does win, it will have less to do with an indignant galvanized snowflake juggernaut, and more to do with premeditated cultural terraforming (and, based on out-of-state donations, no small amount of Yankee carpetbagging).

Gun-Grabbers Purposely Vague when Exploiting Latest School Shooting

Note what it didn’t say? What additional laws they want. They’re intentionally vague because they know they can offer no specifics, especially when you consider the murders happened in a “gun-free zone” in “top-rated” California. And they’re not ready to take off the mask and admit what they really want is a total state monopoly of violence. [More]

The purpose of the blood dance is to gin up "feelings" of helplessness and fear in the useful idiots, to build momentum for the next "gain" toward the goal.

Destructive Effects of Being Stoneyed

"Guns have unfortunately inundated some of our neighborhoods particularly neighborhoods that are experiencing deep poverty,” Stoney said. “Don’t you think one gun a month is enough for one year for one individual? I think so.” [More]

No. Besides, it's not your place to make that call. Who the hell do you think you are?

You've never actually done anything outside of "government," have you? I mean aside from covering up your fellow Democrats' slashing Republican tires to tamper with get out the vote efforts by lying to the police about it, which raises the question: Are you a prohibited person, and if not, why not?

As for blaming your constituents' lack of self-control on anything other than the predictable degeneracy that is a predictable common result of politically-enginered dependency, bull. You're obviously still a liar.

[Via Mack H]

Lock N Load

I'll be talking with Bill Frady again at 7 p.m. Eastern about my YouTube and other recent articles and whatever else he wants to  bring up.

Go to "Listen and chat live"to join in.

UPDATE: Show just got called off due to tech issues--playing rebroadcast

We're the Only Ones 'Bing Bing Binnng! Ricochet Rabbit!' Enough

Watch as trained professional Brian Pounds (left in the POLICE sweatshirt) plays with a .22 and surprises himself with a shot, which banks nicely off the cinderblock wall and strikes fellow trained professional Rick Treadwell (seated far right, in POLICE sweatshirt) in the hand. [More]

Misdemeanor reckless conduct with a firearm? Seems to me that would have applied before "the gun accidentally went off." Nothing for reckless endangerment or criminal negligence?

Nice of the victim (the one who was actually hit, anyway) to say he didn't want charges filed.  Think he'd do it for you and me, or is that just professional courtesy?

[Via Neil W]

An Honest Mistake

Ruth Bader Ginsburg confuses Lindsey Graham for a woman [More]

Must be something about the uniform he puts on...

Welcome Home

Civilian Marksmanship Program May Receive 86,000 M1 Garand Rifles from the Philippines [More]

I got mine through them, back in '95 or so when they were still run by the Army.

[Via Jess]

Down the Hatch

He is all over me to run again. [More]

That must have been a different swamp that needed draining.

I mean, why would anyone who got elected on promises of serious "immigration reform" want to change this?

The Fountainhead

The new age of Ayn Rand: how she won over Trump and Silicon Valley [More]

I'm still waiting for the influence to show through shrinking, less-intrusive government and more freedom. Somehow, Paul Ryan does not impress me as much of a faithful disciple.

[Via L. Neil Smith]

Breaking the Logjam

If there’s anything gun control advocates and Second Amendment supporters can agree on, it’s that 10 years after the Virginia Tech shooting, most gun legislation introduced in the commonwealth goes nowhere. [More]

Give it a few years:

But an influx of new people, mainly Latinos, Asian-Americans and college-educated voters moving to the Washington, D.C., suburbs, Richmond and the eastern shore, have fundamentally reshaped the state politically over the last two decades. And in 2008, Virginia voted for a Democrat — Barack Obama — for the first time in 44 years.

Good thing for us those first two categories have nothing to do with that "single issue." Just ask Grover, NRA, SAF, practically every state "gun rights" group, and any of the popular "gunbloggers."

[Via Mack H]

We're the Only Ones Feuding Enough

Conn., N.J. State Police Get Into Facebook Feud [More]

Oh gosh, who do I root for?

[Via William T]

Captain's Log

• The right tools for the job?
• Gra$$root$
• Release your inner Crusader
• TheirTube

Only One Thing Left to See

If he means it... [More]

Or if this will become a Supreme Irony...

Mengele... Paging Dr. Mengele...

The EPA's Secret Human Experiment Regime [More]

So when will they be brought up on crimes against humanity charges?  Never?

[Via Michael G]

A Better Question

Why does The Kansas City Star editorial board think signs will keep evil people bent on murder from bringing guns in? [More]

[Via bondmen]

Meanwhile, Across the Pond in Piers Morgan Paradise

DOG SEX RAP Pensioner, 64, filmed having sex with three dogs at ‘bestiality party’ is spared jail because she did not think it was illegal -- Carol Bowditch, 64, was caught 'engaging in vaginal and oral sex' with a St Bernard, a black Labrador and an Alsatian [More]

Hey, whatever happened to tolerance and diversity? Not to mention ABC/Disney Family Values?

The "refugees" are gonna have a field day with these people.

Now Watch Me Youuu (Crank dat Soulja Boy)

Rapper Soulja Boy narrowly avoids jail time for weapons possession... but plea deal means he can't even touch a TOY GUN [More]

That shouldn't be a problem, considering the political agenda he supported:

[More]

At least no one can accuse the lottery-winning mental defective of being, you know, consistent.

Speaking of mental defectives:

Thanks, Opposite Day "progressives." And here I thought he was just illiterate.

Gra$$root$ Activi$m

Everytown for Gun Safety, funded by Michael Bloomberg, plans to spend more than $25 million in an attempt to stop what’s known as “concealed carry reciprocity” from becoming law.  [More]

No worries. He's protected. Everywhere.

Coming Soon to a Caliphate Near You

Chechnya opens world's first concentration camp for homosexuals since Hitler's in the 1930s where campaigners say gay men are being tortured with electric shocks and beaten to death [More]

They're definitely gonna need a bigger brochure.

A Murder of Crows

A parliament of owls, a gaggle of geese...

What word would you use to describe a gathering of "progressives"?

I was thinking of "sewer," but am open to nominations.

Conspiracy Theory?

The arrest of a black Charlottean for a planned out hate crime credited to “white America” has turned a Charlotte arson case into fuel for roiling conspiracy theories on social media. [More]

Is all this "theoretical"?

If "we" are really so "racist," why is it necessary to keep doing this?

And if you want to now who's really behind any related conspiracy, why not see who profits by ginning up the accusations that "we" are.  Right, BLM, Jesse and Al?  Right, Antifa and Democrats/"progressives"? Right, Morris?

[Via several of you]

We're the Only Ones Intimidating Enough

 ‘Looks like an ISIS video’: People are conflicted about this sheriff’s heroin PSA [More]

Col. Cooper shares his thoughts:

I have been criticized by referring to our federal masked men as “ninja” … Let us reflect upon the fact that a man who covers his face shows reason to be ashamed of what he is doing. A man who takes it upon himself to shed blood while concealing his identity is a revolting perversion of the warrior ethic. It has long been my conviction that a masked man with a gun is a target. I see no reason to change that view.

[Via several of you]

EXTRA! BREAKING NEWS!

SUSAN RICE IS A LIAR! [More]

She's In with the In Crowd

Peggy Noonan Wins 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary [More]

Small wonder!

If there are voices within the GOP that are for some part or parts of gun reform it would be good for them—and for the party—to come forward now. I love the Second Amendment and I’m not kidding, but I have to say tens of millions of assault weapons in the hands of gangbangers and unstable young men couldn’t be what the Founders had in mind.

Spoken like a true Brady/Bloomberg Republican!

Why So Syrian?

Was the casus belli a false flag event? Was Putin a secret partner? Was the strike the result of neocon manipulation, or was it kabuki, meant to make China consider a new paradigm of consequences for its actions? Was it both? Will Trump's enemies use the fact that he proceeded without a declaration of war to draw up articles of impeachment? Or will they not dare touch that one because ... when was the last declared war again...?

And why is it so hard to believe anything we hear about this whole bloody mess we're being pushed and dragged into from our "leaders" and from our "free press"?

Chicago Homicides Demonstrate the Only Result of ‘Gun Control’ is Citizen Disarmament

When was the last time a “warm day” turned you homicidal?

Is there a connection between people abdicating increased responsibility for their lives to the state, and the enabling of bad behaviors such surrender makes inevitable? Is “freedom” without responsibility even possible? How much more “progressive” experimentation do we need to see play out in America’s cities before it becomes permissible to identify the real elephant in the room, that rampant violent crime within urban demographics is an indicator of populations most directly affected by and responsive to a continuing history of destructive control policies? [More]

“If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don’t have to worry about answers.”

Forget it Jake, it's Chi-Town.

The Only 'Legal' Option

"Hold each other, that's all we can do," said a parent who spoke to NBC4. "I'm probably going to cry like a baby. I don't care, I just want to hug my child." [More]

And that will stop exactly nothing, which is how the gun-grabbers, who would rather see you and your child slaughtered than you being armed, demand it.

Sure, Niccolo, now's as good a time to repeat it as any.

[Via Bluesgal]

Opposite Day Crime Control

Horrific Murder Case Puts Milwaukee’s Progressive Failures in Spotlight [More]

Doesn't quite live up to the promise of membership, does it?

[Via Michael G]

TFA Bill Status Report for April 7 and Calendar for Week of April 10

[More]

[Via Ron W]

He Who Laughs Last

Judge Openly LAUGHS At Bundy Ranch Defendants Rights [More]

It's especially revealing of character when those in power believe themselves to be secure in it.

For right now, she's got no reason to believe otherwise. If that changes, we'll see if the humor is maintained.

[Via Florida Guy]   

HB 6200 – Show Your Papers Dead in Judiciary

The law is clear: if you are not reasonably suspected of breaking the law, you cannot be detained and searched. [More]

A list of oath-breaking traitors who maintain otherwise is included, and that's always good to know. Whether they can be unseated as urged is a different matter. Case in point, the first name on the list looks pretty safe just based on how the district votes. You could run a toaster with a "D" after its name and I doubt results would change much.

Ain't no subsitute for being able to deliver. I'd be looking for a weak link or two and then focusing resources. That, of course, assumes the Republican challenger isn't a backstabbing stool sample like JohnMcKinney proved to be.

Highway to the Danger Zone

Out along the edges

Always where I burn to be

The further on the edge

The hotter the intensity

[More]

Arizona Gun Bill Tracker

AzCDL updates... [More]

We're the Only Ones Musophobic Enough

Florida police officer flees from mouse in CCTV footage [More]

On the plus side, it wasn't his magazine that he emptied.

[Via Steve T] 

Joseph Jakubowski: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

A massive manhunt is underway for a Janesville, Wisconsin man who is accused of sending Donald Trump a 161-page anti-government and anti-religious manifesto as well as threatening school shootings and harm to public officals. What’s adding extra alarm: Joseph Jakubowski, 32, is armed with at least 16 weapons, police say, including assault rifles. [More]

You really only need 3 fast facts:

1. He's a "progressive."
2. He's a "prohibited person."
3. Background checks and other gun owner controls would have had absolutely no effect.

[Via TheFakePundit]

Designated Apparatchik

For those unfamiliar with Kiefer Sutherland’s new role as President Tom Kirkman, he seems to have done a complete 180 from his days as 24’s Jack Bauer. [More]

What, you mean like the time ol' Queefer here sought absolution from an imam?

These people are stage props and they're more than happy to lend their "talents" to abet latter day Leni Riefenstahls in the spreading of  "ABC Family Values."

[Via Michael G]

We're the Only Ones Throttling Enough

CMPD officer arrested for strangling, assaulting girlfriend, authorities say [More]

I guess a "hands-on" job does make you more trustworthy...

[Via TheFakePundit]

Coming Soon, to a Caliphate Near You

Shock Report: Police Do Nothing as Muslim Gang Attacks Australian Couple, Stomps Crucifix, Yells ‘F*** Jesus [More]

That probably explains why the Aussies are so eager to share the enlightened diversity.

[Via Michael G]

Kelly's Heroes Revisited

Tank collector shocked to find £2million gold bullion hidden in the fuel compartment of his £30,000 vehicle [More]

I think Crapgame would approve.

[Via Florida Guy]   

We're the Only Ones with Buyer's Remorse Enough

Police officer pays 15-year-old girl for sex and later robs her at gunpoint [More]

How much wood could a Chukwuemeka chuck...?

[Via Jeet]

Teach Your Children Well

Father Kills Son in Shootout Over Who Would Walk Dog: Police [More]

I can't tell you how many times something similar has almost sent me and feral sons Uday and Qusay on a course of no return.

If this doesn't validate Snuffy's contention it's the guns, nothing will.

Still, I'm in a bit of a quandary: How do I update my law to accomodate people who can't be trusted with dogs?

Yul is absolutely no help.

And forget it Jake...

[Via Neil W]

On This We Can All Agree?

Liberals and conservatives alike should cheer the court’s decision. Empowering law enforcement to curtail the Fourth Amendment makes no one safer, even when it’s done in the name of controlling gun violence. And allowing officers to target gun owners without suspicion of wrongdoing puts us all at greater risk of harassment, discrimination, and brutality. [More]

That's pretty surprising coming from Slate.

Unsurprisingly, some of indignant "progressive" comment posters don't see it that way, and appear to be trapped in a cognitive dissonance / non sequitur corner of their own making.

[Via Michael G]

Branstad Expected to Sign HF517 this Week

We’ve cleared all the legislative hurdles. Passed all the subcommittees, committees and floor votes. Now the biggest pro-Second Amendment bill in the history of our state is one signature away from being law. [More]

Those are extremely serious charges Rep. Matt Windchitl makes in the video this alert links to. I've been aware of severe friction betweeen IGO and IFC, and the back-and-forth allegations in the past, but I'm a distant observer and not immersed enough to assess things at the detail level.

Feel free to add knowledge in comments.

A Potential Workaround

As we told you in a previous alert, gun bills are now moving in both houses. [More]

I think Sen. Boquist here is failing to see the full potential his repeal proposal if his main reason is "it's outdated."

[Via Steve T] 

Coming Soon, to a Caucus Near You

Photos and video from the caucus show Somalis yelling and screaming and breaking out in pushing and shoving matches. Some photos show blood on the gymnasium floor. [More]

WarOnGuns has obtained exclusive footage:

This is interesting:

"Workers"?

Isn't failure to use gloves and other protective gear to clean up hazardous medical wastes a violation of all kinds of Democrat-spearheaded federal and state workplace safety mandates? And how were the towels disposed of? So does that make this evidence of violations that must be addressed and enforced, not only to equitably assess fines, but to ensure proper training is implemented to prevent a recurrence?

I think I'll ask.

What is it about "progressives" and blood-handling in violation of the law?

UPDATE -- well that was fast! Think anything will come of it?

And the Lee Paige Award Goes To...

An NRA employee accidentally shot himself at the organization’s headquarters, police say [More]

That's pretty damned inexcusable.

It's Almost Liike You Could Predict This would Happen or Something

But demographic changes are brewing. Growing minority communities and transplants from other regions have made Atlanta's suburbs increasingly competitive for Democrats. [More]

Good thing none of this has anything to do with that "single issue."

Are YouTube Restrictions Targeted on Conservative and Gun Channels?

So the questions become are the rules evenly applied, or can discrimination be shown. And how does that tie in with what is happening with the other social media giants? [More]

Are YouTube and social media giants Facebook and Twitter discriminating against conservatives and gun owners? And if so, what can be done about it?

Mayors for Illegal Bums

A 46-year-old Kent man sued Seattle Mayor Ed Murray on Thursday, claiming Murray “raped and molested him” over several years, beginning in 1986 when the man was a 15-year-old high-school dropout. [More]

Need you even ask?

[Via Mack H]

So as Not to Offend Sensitivities

Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye expressed concern last month that immigration enforcement at California courthouses may be scaring off court users and asked that federal officials treat courts as a “sensitive location” such as a church or school. [More]

So gee, Judge Democrat: Will you also urge enforcers not "stalk" gun owners at "sensitive locations"?

[Via Geordan]

'Illegitimate Justice!' Cries to Begin in 3...2...1...

Judge Neil M. Gorsuch was confirmed by the Senate on Friday to become the 113th justice of the Supreme Court [More]

I've already expressed my concerns, so all I have left to say is best expressed by Capt. Mallory:

You're in it now, up to your neck! 

Likely Competitors?

[More]

You know, for the art contest...?

[Via CDT]

Treasure of the Sierra Madres Demandan Acción

Gun seizure bill reminds Nevada legislator of Tom Cruise movie [More]

It reminds me more of a Humphrey Bogart movie:

Due process? We ain't got no due process. We don't need no due process. I don't have to show you any stinking due process. 

[Via Jeffersonian]

Not Exactly 'In Common Use at the Time'

When homemade Rube Goldberg contraptions are outlawed... [More]

What a nutjob.  Still, it shows you can't stop the signal.

[Via Neil W]

We're the Only Ones Cardiac Arresting Enough

Missouri sheriff charged with assault of 77-year-old woman who suffered heart attack [More]

But don't worry-- it won't affect his ability to do the job.

[Via bondmen]

We're the Only Ones Charged Enough

Four St. Louis police officers charged with felonies for allegedly stealing overtime pay [More]

Wondered when that was gonna happen... and what other reports they may have lied on...

[Via bondmen]

Cultural Assisted Suicide: A Primer

Voting from the rooftops...

UPDATE: They're gonna need a bigger brochure.

Pfleger Gun Turn-In Raises Legality and Safety Questions

His involvement of St. Sabina Catholic Church in advocating for anti-gun legislation (and even involving himself in partisan politics) have earned him rebukes from the Church and even a suspension, but they’ve been afraid to replace him, fearing too many parishioners who place a collectivist “social justice” agenda over religion would follow him out the door. And so far, he’s managed to skate by without official scrutiny of his church’s tax exempt status. [More]

Snuffy is still going full Pfleger. Never go full Pfleger.

We're the Only Ones Cutting Short Enough

The Louisiana law enforcement officer found guilty of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a 6-year-old boy with autism has been sentenced to 40 years in prison. [More]

He "feared" the guy was going to back up?  It didn't actually happen?

[Via Bluesgal]

Too Many Chiefs

Navajo Nation considers implementing gun registration [More]

Shotguns and rifles? And if there were "automatic guns," wouldn't the CLEO have already signed off on them?

Just which criminals are tribal elders hoping to control?

[Via Bluesgal]

Inspired by His Passion

Muslim Teen Accepted to Stanford After Writing #BlackLivesMatter 100 Times on Application [More]

Assuming the date of his "tweet" has no significance, I haven't been this inspired since Ahmed the Clock Boy.

If that's what it takes to "win," maybe an art contestant can write #ShallNotBeInfringed 100 times on his submission...?

[Via Michael G]

A Taxing Proposition

FAIR Files Formal Exhaustive Complaint with the IRS: SPLC Violated Its Tax Exempt Status Repeatedly in the Last Election Cycle Alleges FAIR [More]

VLLA SELLA 'n all that...

[Via several of you]

More than 'Reputation' is at 'Risk'

But one thing is clear: Those who prize America’s Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms, or who simply appreciate the many benefits of owning firearms, are no longer welcomed within the group’s ranks. [More]

Like I said last time we talked about this:

Keep being stupid, fellas.

[Via Michael G]

'The Founders Could Have Never Imagined'

But it is not true that repeating arms, which can fire multiple times without reloading, were unimagined in 1791. To the contrary, repeating arms long predate the 1606 founding of the first English colony in America. As of 1791, repeating arms were available but expensive. [More]

You have to wonder how many who claim the contrary are actually clueless vs. how many know they're liars out to gin up ignorant indignation.

But they keep bringing it up anyway.

[Via Mack H]

Attention Arizonans

Please contact Governor Ducey and urge him to sign SB 1344. [More]

Come on. We're talking a few seconds here...

Rule of Thumb

I guess Amy ruined the old system for them.

Looks like guns aren't the only things she -- and her apologists -- are delusional about.

Fancy That

During the attack, the couple said the woman said she was "sick of fancy white people." [More]

Leave it to our good friends the "Authorized Journalists" to refer to this as a "possible hate crime."

[Via Florida Guy]   

Enquiring Minds Want to Know

It's worth asking why the "mommies" and the NC Sheriff's Association are so interested in maintaining the Jim Crow-era pistol purchase permitting system... [More]

I guess -- as long as you don't expect an honest answer out of them.

You Can But You Can't

The new law goes into effect immediately, BUT DO NOT CARRY outside your vehicle in Georgia until the Georgia Attorney General shows Virginia permits as being honored on his website.  (The Georgia Attorney General is similar to our own Attorney General when it comes to guns and reciprocity. And, like our Attorney General, the Georgia General Assembly has just put him in his place.) [More]

What, you mean the guy who was chief of staff for this "staunch defender of the Second Amendment" and appointed as AG by this " steadfast support[er] of the Second Amendment" is against the right of the people to bear arms...?

So I guess the "shall not be infringed" part is also off the table with him?

What the hell did he actually promise to do when he took that oath?

[Via Keith B]

Congressional Art Contest Chance for ‘Young Guns’ to Honor Second Amendment

Why not encourage young people who have been raised to value the importance of the Second Amendment to enter the contest, potentially educate some of their peers, and show that a counter exists to indoctrinated “snowflakes”? Why not urge students to submit art promoting the right of the people to keep and bear arms? [More]

Have you raised any high school students who understand the relationship between the right to keep and bear arms and their freedom after you're gone, and who are willing to help counter the control-enabling propaganda of their indoctrinated peers?

'Militia Terrorism'

Creates crime of militia terrorism. Punishes by maximum of five years’ imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both. [More]

Firearms Policy Coalition explains.

Those proposing this certainly seem confident their enforcers can make it work. But it sure doesn't make it attractive for those facing such charges to just give up.

I was getting ready to post this and saw a tangentially-related email from WarOnGuns Correspondent Mack H on how some in the conservative mainstream have declared we're in a civil war.

I've been referring to it as a "cold civil war" for years. Looks like the Prozis are bent on heating it up.

If they succeed, I'm not sure they'll be as personally unaffected as they appear to believe.  There are people who have reached the Kennedy conclusion and aren't inclined to just roll over for in-their-faces ultimatums.

Sign of the Times

[More]

That's pretty funny. They ought to auction it.

Incidentally, Leo Carrillo was an interesting guy. I'm catching up with old Cisco Kid episodes on Hulu before I fall asleep, so I thought I'd look him up. I also hadn't realized Duncan Renaldo was a soul brother.

[Via Steve T] 

Not So Young Turk -- But the Ambition is the Same

“Do you represent the NRA?” asked Representative Gerald Connelly, a Virginia Democrat, his voice rising. “Or do you represent the American people at the ATF? Turk began to answer, but Connelly cut him off. “I represent victims from Virginia Tech,” Connelly said, referencing a 2007 mass shooting at the university. “We buried 6 young people. And I couldn’t explain to them why an ATF … representative might think that legalizing silencers might be a good idea.” [More]

And suppressors had exactly what to do with that, moron?

Aside from the fact that Connelly is a phonily self-righteous career stool sample whose idiotic subversion of 2A all but guarantees future Virginia Techs, I find two other points of interest here:

• Turk showed up this time.
• I can't quite figure if he's teaming up with AD Brandon to wag tails and lick the new master's hand, or if he's playing this solo, and if offering concessions is calculated to either propel him from Number Two to Number One -- or to keep him from being caught up in a purge.

UPDATE: Oops.

Not Exactly in Sync with Sun Tzu

All this has become something of a preoccupation for the 53-year-old Mr. Haidt. A longtime liberal—he ran a gun-control group as an undergraduate at Yale—he admits he “had never encountered conservative ideas” until his mid-40s.  [More]

Those who would tear down that on which they're completely ignorant are basically mindless vandals, which pretty much tracks with conclusions by those who have made efforts to understand the enemy.

At least when I engaged in directed destruction of knowledge, I had the basic awareness to know what I was doing, and to rue my role.

[Via Mack H]

Trying to Please the New Master

ATF vows to help Jeff Sessions reduce gun crimes [More]

You can start, "Acting Director" Brandon, by spilling everything you know and giving up names on Gunwalker.

If you're still out of jail, we can discuss how you're going to atone for abetting stonewalling.

In Strawman Use at the Time

Bear arms, eh? OK, now try selling it without observing any regulations, professional liars.

You'd think with all that AstroTurf money, a high-powered ad agency and plenty of free media publicity this piece of crap would have received more than 7,000 views over the past week:

So much for "grassroots" demand. Take advantage of "thumbs down" and commenting before they decide the overwhelming sentiment necessitates removal.

"A native of Germany," eh? Looks like he's got a bit of an industry reputation and then some...

Kiss THAT Job Goodbye

New Orleans police say an Uber driver has shot and wounded one of two men he told authorities had tried to carjack him. [More]

Who's the boss here, anyway? Doesn't this insubordinate realize his "employers" would prefer to see him murdered than armed?

Silver Lining

Holbert and several others including Amy Stephens, the former Republican legislator who led opposition to the bill in 2010 — said the state should not be able to know if people are buying from sites that could raise eyebrows, such as gun-sales websites or sites for cross-dressers. [More]

The again, maybe this bill failing and the law going into effect will wake some people up about those Democrats they have enabled.

[Via cydl]

Rights-Free Zones

"Concealed carry reciprocity is an attack on local law enforcement, and an attack on local laws ... The same laws that apply to rural areas should not apply to urban areas with millions of people and thousands of police." [More]

Absolutely! It's not like there's a "supreme Law of the Land" or anything. Besides, what did Dear Leader say about Chicago and Cheyenne?

So out with free speech. And being secure in your person and effects. And how can you self-incriminate if you're not doing anything wrong?

Ditto with "cruel and unusual punishment." And equal protection. And due process...

Oh, and while we're tightening the iron grip on OUR home, we're also coming after yours. You didn't think protestations over "home rule" meant anything besides ruling all homes, did you?

Vance and "Der" Feuer. Figures.

[Via Bluesgal]

When Life Hands You Don Lemons

Bite the hand! [More]

Couldn't happen to a more deserving "progressive" bunch.

We're the Only Ones Disarmed Enough

Harold Jordan, a senior policy advocate for the ACLU of Pennsylvania, penned an op-ed for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Thursday, which was reposted on the ACLU’s main website Friday, that said cops stationed at Pittsburgh city schools should be forced to continue working without sidearms. [More]

True, Harold Jordan is a special kind of subversive idiot, but my main concern is with such restrictions applying to me. Still, all you "us vs. themmers," what have I been telling you about Polyphemus all these years?

[Via Michael G]