Duel of the Questionnaire Answerers

Former tea party darling Sharron Angle filed her bid to unseat U.S. Rep. Mark Amodei in June’s Republican primary... [More]

They both answered my questionnaire back when they were vying for the Republican Senate nomination in a race NRA ultimately cheesed out on, enabling Democrat Harry Reid to return to power. Even though Angle got the higher grade.

Here was my post at the time on Amodei, and here were his answers.

Here's what Angle told me.

They both had good answers. Frankly, with Amodei's, I'd expect his real world record to earn better than a "B" from GOA. And his poor Numbers USA score tells me he's not being very forward thinking on long term consequences.

Oh, the Humanity!

A review? This needs to be the last time the district uses gun sales as a fundraising vehicle. Never again. [More]

Why? Because you un-American pussies say so?

[Via Mack H]

You'll Never Know Unless You Try

[What could?]

A Real Downer

Australian diplomat whose tip prompted FBI’s Russia-probe has tie to Clintons [More]

Of course he does.

Dicking with Dick's Redux

Oregon: 20-Year-Old Sues Dick’s Sporting Goods for Refusing to Sell Rifle [More]

Ha!

Teeing with the Enemy

Wahlberg, Rock to Play in Legends of Golf Skins Match [More]

Anti-gun prohibited person Pokey Poke?

Fraternizing with guys who sell these and these?

Somebody shanked that shot.

[Via Hayden]

You Mean She Stole More than His Heart?

Nashville Mayor Megan Barry Resigns After Pleading Guilty To Theft [More]

Now who's going to lead the city on not trusting citizens?

The question now: Is Cuckboy still in denial?

The Surge

And doesn't the "Acquí" sign just say it all? [More]

¿Si?

¿No hay problema?

Yeah, this is a judgment on Trump, alright.

A Work in 'Progress'

The country’s murder rate remains low, by American standards... [More]

Give it time.

[Via Michael G]

So Long and Thanks for the A+ Rating

THIS IS OUR LAST CHANCE TO STOP SB 7026 FROM GOING TO THE GOVERNOR, WHO THREATENS LINE ITEM VETO OF PRO-GUN PROVISIONS!!! [More]

Sounds like a governor problem.

What'sYour Best Defense Against a Rock-Throwing Mob Again?

California students turn violent during anti-gun rally [More]

Because nothing says Opposite Day "progressive" social order like rule of ignorant, feral brutes.

NRA Cover for Trump Unconvincing in Light of Its Own Support for Infringements

What Cox is doing is reining Trump back in, getting him to “walk back” preemptive surrender-signaling and stick to NRA talking points. The thing is, those points bear very little relationship to “shall not be infringed,” and in fact represent “gun control” no matter how Fairfax wants to parse it and pretend otherwise. [More]

That's the problem when you green-light some infringements and the guy starts  thinking "compromises" must be OK and goes off script.

We're the Only Ones Securing the Perimeter Enough

Capt. Jan Jordan, commander of BSO’s Parkland district, gave the order, the log shows, identifying her by her police call sign. [More]

So naturally everyone has formed a protective perimeter around her.

[Via Jess]

If Not Us, Who?

CONSERVATIVES MUST DEFEND THE SECOND AMENDMENT [More]

Thank you Captain Obvious. Still, all in all it's a pretty good statement and worthy of being shared.

My main concern is the claim at the end that "enforcing existing laws as they relate to addressing troubled individuals might have prevented the Parkland tragedy, and can likely prevent others." If such individuals are known and proven to be dangers to others after being afforded full due process, allowing them to stalk freely among us is irresponsibly dangerous.

I'm always suspicious of efforts like this because too often they've turned out to be fronts for the RNC, giving the rubes the rah-rah they want to hear and then including backstabbing RINOs in divvying up the take. If that's the case here, I don't see it.

And I also see they recognize the dangers of "amnesty," unlike the Lairds of Fairfax.

Speaking of which, I notice no one from NRA signed on to this. Why the hell not?

If I had to bet, I'd say the conclusion that "teachers who want to be trained to possess firearms in the classroom should be given the support to do so" scared Wayne and Chris away.

[Via Felix B]

For the Children

If we miss 'em in the womb or the "gun-free school zones," our fallback position is the needle. [More]

It's the "progressive" thing to do.

Plus think of the trendsetter potential.

[Via Michael G]

The Lady Doth Protest Too Much, Methinks

After Democrats settled down, Del. Joseph Lindsey (D-Norfolk) told the House that “today, I have been offended as I can never recall since being a part of this body. And I have seen many of my colleagues emotionally shaken and bothered..." [More]

Good. To paraphrase Rhett Butler, you should be offended, shaken and bothered, and often, and by someone who knows how.

You don't think good Americans who will have their lives destroyed for defying your tyrannical disarmament edicts will be emotionally shaken, you piece of sh!+ traitor?

By the way -- good speech. I posted a copy to my Facebook feed over the weekend.

[Via Mack H]

Jose Can You See?

"I feel proud, but I still have not understood what happened today: how they have all managed to be heard. We will see if they can help the welfare of all, "said his father Jose Gonzalez, who arrived from Cuba to New York in 1968. [More]

Didn't learn a f***ing thing, did you, Jose? Why are you here again?

Why don't you get back on the raft, take that "birthright" creature you inflicted on the rest of us with you and see how they welcome you back, you goddamned subversive ingrate?

Can We All Get Along?

'Kill all white people'... [More]

Gee, sounds like Trump's rhetoric of hate is inspiring meatspace repercussions again, the damned racist.

Tell me this doesn't point to a critical need for "commonsense gun safety laws."

The Shape of Things to Come

California Dems’ hard-left turn could be the whole party’s future [More]

Count on it.

And in a fitting bit of karma, count on more and more cultural terraforming old guard enablers with names like "Feinstein" being replaced by young Turks with names like "de León."

Who thinks it's because of anything other than the obvious?

Just an Observation

What an agenda-pushing piece of crap "Nightline"anchor David Wright is. [More]

And what a perfect response for someone who realizes her function is to be an entertainer to give. The kids'll be happy to know we won't need to boycott the museum.

Holder and Hogg Counting on Student Bloodbath to Do What Fast and Furious Could Not

We have an old subversive and a young one in training. And the kid is supposed to be sacrosanct and immune from criticism, giving the insiders backing him a pass from having their own motives questioned too closely. Proving their power to punish those who aren’t afraid to cross the self-serving boundaries they would impose, “progressive” social media monopolists are deleting the accounts of those who dare question his credibility.  [More]

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. This time with a new crop of useful idiots.

Eat Flaming Death, Fascist Media Pigs*

Oscars Drop to All-Time Low [More]

Ha. I watched Mel Gibson in "Hamlet" last night -- been wanting to see that version since it came out and I really liked it.

And as for the piscophilia-promoting reboot of Creature from the Black Lagoon that won "Best Picture," Jimmy puts it in proper perspective:

*

Yeah? So?

Report: Parkland Shooter Did Not Use High-Capacity Magazines [More]

Who thinks that matters to the ones who want it all?

[Via Florida Guy]   

The Way Things Ought to Be

"What should we think of a gentleman, who, upon hiring a waiting-man, should say to him—'my friend, please to take notice, before we come together, that I shall always claim the liberty of eating when and what I please, of fishing and hunting upon my own ground, of keeping as many horses and hounds as I can maintain, and of speaking and writing my sentiments upon all subjects.' A servant must be a fool, who would not suppose such a master to be a madman... Let these truths sink deep into our hearts: that the people are the masters of their rulers and that rulers are the servants of the people..." [More]

Looks like the servant is no fool and the master is quite mad...

The Male Dixie Chick

Tim McGraw Tweets Support for Dick's, Walmart's New Gun Policy [More]

Gee, what a surprise.

Infiltrate and take over American institutions, you know, like the NFL, Congress...

It's what Master-approved-and-rewarded Cultural Marxists do.

Say, maybe we can get Toby Keith to sing for us again...

Survey SAYS...

Poll: 82% Of Dems Favor Banning All Semiautomatic Weapons, Evenly Split On Banning All Guns [More]

But no one's talking about taking away your guns, you paranoids.

[Via Dave Licht]

It's Not That She's Really This Ignorant

[More]

It's that she knows her useful idiot followers are.

#NotMyGovernor

John Kasich tells Congress 'don't ask permission' on gun control or Dreamers bills [More]

He can't run for governor again after this term, so options to make him feel the contempt are limited.  If he ever runs for office again, any gun owner who votes for him deserves the same regard.

Pioneer Valley Gunkapos Association

An Illinois gun show bans AR-15 sales ...[More]

F*** them. And if you knew and went anyway, f*** you.

A More Inclusive Man than I Am

When one of my liberal friends asks me why I don’t support gun control or the buzz phrase “assault weapons ban,” my answer is simple; “I don’t support, nor do I wish to perpetuate, archaic and racist laws from the 1700’s.” [More]

Me, I discriminate. I don't have any "liberal friends."

Funny, That...

[More]

A Classic Example

This bill is a classic example of a fundamentally good bill destroyed by countless amendments. [More]

So we give you crumbs if you surrender a right?

This is what happens when you let Republiquislings get away with betrayals. Zero tolerance may hurt in the short run, but it's the only way to drive the point home.

My suggestion-- and don't waste your time on Democrats -- is to send them a picture of Audie Murphy with the question "What the f*** is wrong with you?"

Anti-Government Militia Hate Group Smears in 3...2...1...

Oath Keepers Webinar Monday March 5, 2018 8PM CST Police Experts on Improving School Safety [More]

Oh, look, something else for snotty, ignorant and contemptible leftists to make fun of.

I'll ask if the last one will be posted to YouTube. I thought it would be there by now.

My Kind of Town

Proposed task force aims to curb shootings at funerals [More]

Yeah, that's what we need: A task force.

Forget it Jake, it's Chi-Town.

Goddamn blood-on-their-hands white racist NRA members! You know this is their fault for selling all those guns.

Fortunately, Illinois Republicans are on the ball!

Teach Your Children Well

Locke said he was called to Perry’s office later that day, where he said his bag was searched. He was placed on administrative leave and ordered to undergo a physical and psychiatric evaluation. [More]

Replete with student snitches turning you in for crimethink.

Coming soon to a Ministry of Truth near you.

[Via Felix B]

Captain's Log

• Resistance is ludicrous? 
• We're the Only Ones power-drunk enough
• Nothing to hide?
• The best of both worlds
• Childhood's end
• Cognitive dissonance

Time is Running Out

New show, huh?

Will Wayne let you call for arming teachers, or will he pull you back like he did Sandy?

Any chance you'll be allowed to explore all matters threatening that "single issue"? Before our time is up?

[Via Jess]

A 'Moderate' Illinois Republican

What is it with gun-grabbing pieces of Illinois Republican crap?

The latest to side squarely with Team Totalitarian is House Minority Leader Jim Durkin, who, like a true oath-breaker and traitor is the "Republican" driving force behind a proposed magazine ban.

Gov. Bruce Rauner is facing pressures of his own with new citizen disarmament measures including redundant state licensing of dealers and "rais[ing] the minimum age from 18 to 21 to buy an assault rifle ... a measure to ban the sale of bump stocks and other modifications and another which requires a 72-hour 'cooling off' period on assault rifle sales."

Years back Republican strategist Lee Atwater was reputed to have asked "Who else are they going to vote for?" meaning the GOP could basically do whatever they wanted and gun owners would eat whatever sh!+ they slopped in front of them. My advice (from years of observing the odious Mark Kirk) has been to reject that and teach the object lesson that betrayal will not be rewarded, but will be punished -- every time. The only way to change things is to force gunquislings out. Take the hit now so that next time the Party won't dare offer a dud. Do, it, make it known you are doing it, and let everyone know afterward that you did it. And make sure they know why. That is, if you're serious about sending the right message and getting an acceptable candidate next time around.

As we all know, no one listens to me, at least not in numbers big enough to make a difference, so we are where we are, with the "only" options being to write the governor and ask him "Please," to write Durkin and appeal to whatever motivates him, and to write to other Republican legislators and do the same.

I wouldn't waste my time writing any "safe seat"Democrats," unless the object is to give their staffers a laugh.

If you're an Illinois gun owner, I shouldn't have to give you this link. You should also know how to connect with your "representatives" via their social media accounts. Pessimistically, because of experience after experience, my guess is this guy from Ohio just did more with this post on a Sunday morning than 90% of Illinois gun owners will for the rest of the year.

Don't backtalk me on that, prove me wrong.

A Brilliant Defense!

Bam. That’s it in a nutshell — this is why founders saw fit to put in place a Second Amendment. It wasn’t a right to hunt they were defending; it was a God-given right to protect one’s self and one’s family from harm. And specifically: from harm from the government.[More]

Yeah, and why would "civilians need access to military weapons" to do that?

Brilliant!

So is The Washington Times really unaware of that, or more likely, are we being treated to Swamp apologia? It sure looks like that worked with most of the comment posters.

Me, I'm with Fletcher on this:

Arizona Bill Tracker

Legislation AzCDL is following... [More]

Nothing Like an Informed Opinion...

Talk about "deeply flawed" arguments.  That and an oxymoronic last name. [More]

What are Glenn's qualifications to authoritatively instruct us again?

I wonder how much use he'd be if the "opportunity" to personally test the superiority of his "theories" arose -- or if the object is to render men who aren't contemptible and disgraceful as childishly helpless as he would be.

[Via Michael G]

So It's Not 'the Guns'?

One in 20 Ohioans have concealed carry permit, new report shows [More]

And no "blood on the streets" over "Dodge City" "fender benders"...?

If peaceable armed Ohioans -- you know, the ones the LIARS at VPC smear as "Concealed Carry Killers" -- were the problem, we'd know it.

When the Stars Come Out

Stars to Wear Anti-Gun-Violence Pin at Oscars, Sources Say - The pins are being distributed by Michael Bloomberg's advocacy group. [More]

I wonder how many hired guns will be protecting their superior lives from a Skip Coolzip scenario.

Between the absence of that or "ISIS" taking advantage of such opportunities, you gotta wonder how much of the fear is intended to justify increasing the power disparity -- and how many times something that does go down is no surprise.

Come Into My Parlor, Said the Spider to the Fly

An FOI request has revealed 'anonymous' browser Tor is funded by US government agencies [More]

But don't worry -- if you're not doing anything we disapprove of, you've got absolutely nothing to worry about.

There Oughtta Be a Law

I just received a jury summons. I'll try to get out of it on financial hardship grounds, because if I don't produce I don't get paid. But the thought -- or rather, the memory -- strikes:

When I was living in SoCal I got assigned to jury duty in Compton once. It's real interesting, having to park your car and then run the gantlet past clusters of face-tatted young "affiliates" of feral as hell defendants, and knowing your next stop is through a metal detector, meaning you can't have anything on you...

We know police have no duty to protect us, that is, they incur no liability should they fail to do so unless a legally-defined "special relationship" exists. If we're compelled under force of state arms to be be somewhere, and if compliance puts us at heightened risk and severely curtails our defensive options, why shouldn't such a relationship be mandated by law?

I'd love to see a legislator propose a law saying if you are subpoenaed and required to go somewhere, that those doing the compelling will be required to provide protection to, during and from the dragooning and on the hook for damages if they blow it.  If nothing else, it would be fun to see all the anti-gun poltiwhores and "Only Ones" who say you can't protect yourself blow a gasket saying they're not going to do it either.

We're the Only Ones Off-Roster Enough

Many of the firearms Gourdikian is believed to have sold are classified as “off-roster,” meaning they can not be purchased by the general public in California. Police officers, however, are exempt, and while its not illegal to sell an off-roster firearm to another individual, officers can run into trouble if they’re using their exemption to flip the weapons for a profit. [More]

What?

Privileges and immunities for one group that are "crimes" for everyone else result in corruption?

Oh go on.

Next you'll be telling me LEOSA beneficiaries would be happy to see me arrested for carrying where they can and I "can't."

And Another One Bites the Dust

“Lockton Affinity has notified the NRA that it will discontinue providing brokerage services for NRA-endorsed insurance programs under the terms of its contract,” Lockton said in a tweet. [More]

In a way, there's a certain schadenfreude to all this.

Maybe it's time to get back to core mission?  Except for the Lairds of Fairfax, that typically means secretly treating with Longshanks and leaving the patriots to bleed out on the field...

[Via Matthew L]

A 'Dear Dick's' Letter

Dick’s Employee Pens Epic Resignation Letter in Response to New Firearms Policies [More]

Good for him.  I respect a man who will quit a gig rather than compromise principles.

But again, this story and those linking to it on places like Breitbart and Weaselzippers don't even mention the bigger picture.

WTF, guys? You're leaving money on the table.

[Via Keith B]

We're the Only Ones Quantity Over Quality Enough

According to the police report released Tuesday night, seven officers fired 65 shots. The suspect fired two shots. That's a total of 67 shots and nobody was hit. [More]

A line from Cat Ballou comes to mind.

[Via William T]

Yeah? So?

Oath Keepers’ Dave Codrea says Dick’s Sporting Goods is “abandoning their brothers-in-arms on the battlefield in a time of dire need and leaving them to stand or fall while the cowardly profiteers who want the benefits of gun owner business without the rigors or risks slink away.” [More]

What of it?

And point of order...

You Can't Fire in a Crowded Theater

A North Carolina woman is jailed on multiple felony charges after she allegedly opened fire in a movie theater during a dispute over assigned seats at a screening of “Black Panther,” according to police and court records. Investigators allege that Shameka Latrice Lynch, 30, squabbled with other moviegoers around 11:45 PM Friday at a crowded AMC theater in Greenville. [More]

But...but...but...

I am glad my deeper fears have not been actualized, but I still think I'll pass, and not just on Panther...

And That, Benny, Tells Us All We Need to Know About You

[More]

I'd ask "How about a free America?" but any coward who submits to the yoke so easily would be useless at producing one.

Ditto for "Ricky," who gave it an "up" vote.

Stop Missing the Bigger Picture on @Dicks

I've gotten several solicitation emails from "gun rights groups" decrying Dick's latest noisemaking. Every one of them missed the key point: Dick's is calling on lawmakers to pass new edicts.

It's not just a matter of it being "their business decision." They are actively the enemy trying to get the government to disarm me, you, our Posterity...

From the company “media statement”:

If the object is to urge members to boycott, don't just tell half the story, and the weak half at that.

A Tale. Told by an Idiot

[More]

It's "full of sound and fury. Signifying nothing."

For now.

Flaking Out Again

[More]

The goddamn turncoat is also sponsoring the Senate version of the "bump stock" ban, which I don't have a link for yet, but the House version is being offered by oozing Republican mangina Brian Fitzpatrick from Pennsylvania.

I believe the Swamp will risk the middterms by taking the fire out of constituent bellies and blame it on those who wanted to drain it, as if the hardline agenda is what's being rejected

There May Be Some Changes 'Round Here

A couple other outlets have approached me about writing for them. I'm looking into it to see if it can work out. If so, I'll be doing a less "tip" blogging and more article writing/promotion.

We'll see.

Now THAT's a Commitment to Anti-Gun Activism!

''He was against having guns in school. He was one of the teachers organizing students here to keep teachers from having guns." [Watch]

From the very end of the clip, starting @2:06...

Maybe another anti could go on a shooting spree to show how much blood we have on our hands and why his gun should be banned.

That'll teach us.

[Seen at Wirecutter's]

Raising Rifle-Buying Age to 21 Would Disarm American Heroes and Spit on Founding Intent

An interesting article over at Firearms News notes Audie Murphy would have been deemed “too young” to be trusted with a rifle at the time his legendary heroics earned him recognition as the most decorated combat soldier of WWII.  It goes on to imagine a gun store clerk telling not just him, but “our young combat heroes, veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan, who may have lost limbs and fought for our freedom, that they have no Second Amendment freedom because they are not 21 years old.” [More]

Could anything be more offensive and absurd?

NRA Board Ballot

I've been asked by multiple readers if there is a name or names I endorse for this year's election.

No, unless one of them answers my questionnaire, none can make a difference, as every one of them ignores the amnesty/pathway to citizenship danger. Otherwise, they're all just rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.

Last year I endorsed StephenStamboulieh, but he's not on the ballot this year.

Why don't I solicit some responses? Not enough of me and not enough historic interest in such columns to push other priorities aside. This started out (and still is) for political candidates and I've made it clear over the years this is intended to be a tool for activists to use -- if they want to.

I recently did have a back-and-forth over this with one current political candidate, and he appears to have reconsidered going forward.

You find a candidate who wants to go on record and I'll link to his specifics -- or lack thereof.

Taking a Powder

Actually, taking a break -- a quick one, from writing my latest GUNS Magazine "Rights Watch" column (deadline today, so I'm hustling) -- to make one quick observation:

The lunatic who sent white powder to Donald Trump. Jr...?

Check out his Facebook page while it's still up -- he's a big fan of the Young Anti-Gun Communist League. Not really much of a surprise.

I guess when you know you can't be trusted with corn starch, realizing others may actually be able to exercise responsibility as adult human beings and not need to be controlled is probably pretty enraging.

On the plus side, his to-date empty dance card ought to be filling right up.

OK, back to work...

And still won't be ready for tips, probably 'til Monday.

DSM Shares Preference for Chinese Communist Propaganda over Bill of Rights

We could do this all day, but let’s stipulate that even knowing how the government and the “news” puppets it controls censor out information embarrassing to the regime, your chances of getting shot on the South Side of Chicago are greater than meeting a similar fate in Beijing. That said, if you’re more interested in your chances of getting crushed to death by government tanks or mowed down by machineguns, or bayoneted as you beg for your life with your body then burned and your blood hosed down the drain, then have Yu Ning’s masters got some human rights examples for you! [More]

Who better to template “progressive” U.S. efforts on than proven experts in both centralized “human rights” and the benefits of an unarmed citizenry?

There's a Word for That

Trump: 'Take the guns first, go through due process second' [More]

That's called "tyranny." No prominent Democrat would be allowed to get away with saying that without enraging every gun owner rights advocate out there.

You don't have enough enemies who want to see you impeached and even imprisoned?

I strongly suggest you rethink what you just blurted out and then explain yourself in detail and apologize for misspeaking, because if that wasn't just running your mouth before thinking it through, you've just put yourself on equal footing with the worst of them.

Due process as an afterthought, Mr. President? How about if we have Mueller do that with you?

Dicking with Dick's

I just had a thought on my Dick's Sporting Goods piece. I'm not a lawyer, so bear with me on this.

If they refuse to sell rifles to citizens under 21 where it is lawful to do so, how is that not challengeable in court? Protected classes included things like race, sex, religion, "orientation" and age, right? They couldn't refuse to sell you a rifle because you're a minority or a woman or Muslim or a gay, could they?

Any lawyers out there care to share your expertise, or maybe just cut to the chase and find plaintiffs to initiate a class action lawsuit?

UPDATE: Prof. Volokh says "Depends..."

Dick’s Leads the Way on Divide-and-Conquer Defeatism

Besides, Dick’s has gone beyond just controlling its own business. They’ve joined forces with the gun-grabbers to try and control ours. [More]

Why give aid and comfort to a sniveling pseudo-capitalist rope-seller that has gone out of its way to attack our rights when there are plenty of patriotic American businesses deserving of our patronage?

From the Fine Folks Who Prefer Murdered Children Over Lawfully-Armed Citizens

In Oath Keepers Webinar, Student Gun Control Activists Are ‘The Enemy’ [More]

I'm glad I didn't talk to her when she solicited comments from me. She's clearly an apparatchik with no regard for understanding readily findable reality and truth ("militia group ... anti-government" ) or context.

And goddamn right. Anyone who wants to disarm the American people is an enemy. Be interesting to see what all those smug superior beings would be prepared to do if a need to defend themselves ever arose.

And keep those comments classy, progtards.  I especially like the one making fun of me for having pneumonia.

One School Shooting Killed Hundreds Despite Gun-Grabber Wish List of Edicts in Place

Now think what the emotion-driven antis, vampire politicians and the DSM would do if a school massacre on that scale were to take place in the United States, especially on the heels of Marjory Stoneman Douglas. [More]

The same people who want to disarm us are the very ones setting up all the necessary conditions for an American Beslan.

Readiness Review

Still recovering. For the balance of the week I'm going to work on article announcements and commitments, plus do a few blog posts. But I'm still not ready to give tips the attention they deserve and comment mod will be even slower than usual.

And the Fix Is In

Couldn't get four to agree to hear the obvious, huh? [More]

Good thing this has absolutely nothing to do with that "single issue."

Isn't that right, everyone with a voice who represents himself as "pro-gun" and has deliberately stayed silent on this?

State of Disunion – Besieged on All Sides: Outline for My Portion of Tonight’s Webinar

Oath Keepers will be hosting a webinar tonight on “The Florida School Shooting and How to Counter Renewed Efforts to Disarm Us.” I’ll be joining author Matt Bracken and Stewart Rhodes tonight at 9 Eastern. These are the topics I intend to cover, presented here to give those undecided on participating an idea of information to be shared, and to keep things organized so that webinar attendees can follow along. [More]

I hope you can join us.

Slow Going Ahead

After a week of a steadily worsening cough to the point that I'd have to fight blacking out (along with plenty of other symptoms), I bit the bullet and went to urgent care yesterday in the hopes of scoring some antibiotics and prescription cough syrup. They checked me into their emergency wing, hooked me up to an IV and ran a battery of tests, including EKG and x-rays.

Pneumonia.  They wanted to transfer me to the hospital. I persuaded them to release me and let me self-monitor at home with the promise that if conditions worsen I won't be stupid, so here I am with those antibiotics and that prescription cough syrup I went in for in the first place. There's a whole story about U.S. health care costs, including malpractice-driven overcautiousness in here.

Bottom line -- Drained and struggling to focus though I may be, I've got over a hundred emails waiting for me, most with tip links. I'm not going to get to most of them. And just because I don't do much blogging on weekends doesn't mean there isn't plenty going on behind the scenes. This weekend there wasn't, and I'm in a hole.

My goal today is to prep for tonight's Oath Keepers webinar (register here) and to get another AmmoLand article done, and to do another article for each by month's end, at which point my GUNS Magazine "Rights Watch" column deadline hits. All without overtaxing myself and getting plenty of rest and fluids.

So if you're one of those who took the time to find a story of interest and send me the link, thank you. Just please understand if I can't get to it and if my priorities over the next few days preclude many tip responses.

Raising Rifle-Buying Age to 21 Leads to Inconvenient Truth

But what these examples of past freedoms enjoyed by young people throughout our history prove beyond any doubt is that we, who they furiously demand to disarm, could be trusted with guns when we were young, as could those who raised us. [More]

Republicans either need to stop being useful idiots or else admit the false “conservative” wing is — and has been all along — a controlled opposition con job.

They Don't Even Pretend to Be Objective

Here's definitive proof that a good guy with a gun doesn't always stop a bad guy with a gun [More]

No one said they "always" would. Especially if they're cowardly the "Only Ones" CNN is stumping for.

Florida Action

The candidates who came to us as Florida Gun Owners during the primaries have now become lawmakers. Those lawmakers are now being pressured in to selling us out. [More]

If you're an active Florida gun owner rights advocate, you know who is best to approach. If you're not and you don't, whose responsibility is it to fix that without delay?

People Who Live in Glass Houses

So you're saying misery loves company? [More]

Not that I believe any claim they make. Note they don't say "who"?

[Via Roger J]

Think of the Good We Could Do if We Put that on Pay-per-View

“As a non-black person of color, my place here is not to speak for my black family members…My place here is as an accomplice, to throw my body into the twin, heartless gears of white supremacy and anti-black racism that run this city and university — to force them to grind to a halt.” [More]

Damn. Get rid of the belly-bar safety shutoff and I used to have just the mill for that in the old pharm rubber department I used to be foreman of back in the late Seventies. Alas -- a Democrat-dominated union strike where  we supes got office workers up to 98% efficiency within a week convinced management to move operations to a clima más amigable...

At least the town now has a Fin Feather Fur.

[Via Michael G]

Sticking with What Works

GUN CONTROL IDIOT, JERRY BROWN, SIGNS BILL MAKING IT ILLEGAL TO STOP A SCHOOL SHOOTING WITH A GUN [More]

Idiot? I dunno-- I think he knows exactly what he's doing by further ensuring utter reactionary helplessness. A couple more, especially if they're high-profile events, and watch all politicians suddenly "see the light." 

Mission accomplished! At least in the headlines.

On the positive side. I'd expect Wayne and Chris probably have pretty good retirement packages.

[Via Michael G]

Be Careful Who You Get in Bed With

Gov. Greitens indicted for felony invasion of privacy stemming from affair [More]

Thanks goodness the Lairds of Fairfax left themselves an out...

[Via Steve T] 

Enforce Existing Intolerable Acts?

I have an idea: Trump should propose legislation that exactly replicates existing gun laws. [More]

I have a better idea: REPEAL existing gun laws.

It'll never happen? Politically, probably no.

[Via Michael G]

Bravo

I for one am SICK TO DEATH of fake news outlets pretending this is about a rifle- its not. [More]

Read the entire thread.

Now share it.


[Via Florida Guy]   

The Controlled Opposition

CPAC: Where Everyone Thinks Trump Supporters Are Nazis [More]

Surely we've all known for years it was a Swampfest...?

[Via Mack H]

Rebecca Moron

“Hi. Suddenly there is a Confederate flag flying in front of a house in my Greenwood neighborhood. It is at the north-east corner of 92nd and Palatine, just a block west of 92nd and Greenwood Ave N. I would love to know what this ‘means’… but of course don’t want to knock on their door. Maybe others in the area are flying the flag? Maybe it’s a story? Thank you.” [More]

And if it were?

As for being so specific about location, that's not the kind of personal location information that should be volunteered by the thoughtless Seattle Times. It took all of 90 seconds to get a street view and an apartment number. They've not only endangered you, they've endangered the innocent neighbors you felt compelled to snitch on, hoping someone else would do the confrontation.

Who better to heed then "progressive journalists" clueless about all self-protection considerations -- or just uncaring?

[Via Mack H]

And Best of All, You Get NOTHING!

Republicans would be wise to let that reciprocity provision die and send a clean Fix-NICS bill to the Senate. The House can throw in a ban on so-called bump stocks, which let an AR-15 rifle fire more rapidly.  [More]

Do we know how to horse-trade or what?

[Via Mack H]

It Depends Upon What the Meaning of the Term 'Right Thing' Is

President Trump, during a meeting with teachers and law enforcement officials, said he is not in a battle with the National Rifle Association (NRA) and indicated the organization just wants “to do the right thing.” [More]

Translation: Oh sure, they'll make some noise for public consumption. But they've signaled behind closed doors they've got his back.

[Via Wynn A] 

So Much for Staying Anonymous

A 36-year-old man was arrested after police and SWAT officers were called to the Peninsula Beverly Hills Hotel Thursday morning to investigate a report of a man being held hostage — a claim that investigators later determined to be bogus. [More]

Does this mean he won't get the reward money?

[Via Jess]

Let's All Go to the Movies!

Right. Pay for the privilege of subjecting ourselves to a couple hours in a "gun-free zone" while  Natalie Portman leads a team of "assault rifle"-bearing womyn warriors. [More]

That would be this Natalie Portman.

[Via bondmen]

Commientious Objector

I will never have a gun in the classroom, and if required to, I would resign. [More]

That would probably be a good thing.

That's because, along with being an excuse-making sniveler, you're a social studies ("social justice") indoctrinator and a liar.  And we see that talking point being played out on cue by others in the hive.

No one is "required" to carry a gun.  The Founders put in a militia duty exemption for those "conscientiously scrupulous against bearing arms."

What you want to do is impose your choice on everyone, that is, to take away the choice of those who would exercise their fundamental rights under force of state arms.

[Via bondmen]

Forgetting His Place

Burglary victim scolded for ‘Dead or Alive’ wanted poster [More]

Who does this guy think he is? The New Black Panther Party?

[Via bondmen]

BREAKING NEWS!!!

USING WEAPONS CAN CAUSE CATASTROPHIC TISSUE DAMAGE!!! [More] 

And rifles can be more powerful than handguns!

And if a lowly .223 will do that, just think about larger calibers!

So who better would we want to have exclusive use of those than Master?

Ol' Dr. Heather sure looks like she'd be a lot of help in a "gun-free zone" attack, doesn't she?

[Via Dave Licht]

So-Called ‘Conservatives’ Need to Stop Offering Gun-Grabbers Concessions

I guess it’s no surprise to see NRO offering a sop, as if that will satisfy those who’ve made it clear they want it all. National Review founder William F. Buckley didn’t really get the “shall not be infringed” thing either, on either prior restraints or on militia-suitable arms. And sorry, but David French's is not a “conservative” voice I want representing gun owner interests if the extent of his judgment is to throw the circling pack of Democrat jackals a scrap of flesh. Nor is Ben Shapiro's. [More]

I wish Sealab Bizarro would "help" someone else.

It's Called 'Free Enterprise' for a Reason

[More]

Fine, gutless idiots. It'll hurt you worse than it does me:

You're not my only option.

We're the Only Ones Taking Care of Number One Enough

Broward Sheriff Scott Israel said Thursday the school resource officer stationed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas was suspended without pay after he learned the deputy never went into the building when the shooting began. Broward Sheriff's Office [More]

Hey, he wanted to make it home at the end of his shift. Kind'a like Columbine.

And who better to heed on disarming people who would go in than Scott Israel?