One Time Too Many

Detroit resident Darrell Standberry doesn't navigate streets of the Motor City without his licensed handgun, and it already has saved his life once. [More]

Billionaire Michael Bloomberg, with the finest armed bodyguards money can buy, wishes it hadn't.

Death Wish

Even though I consider Mike a brother, I have pretty much stayed out of the ongoing virtual battles with  Kerodin for the same reason I let men settle their own fights. But, as I will in real life, I do get involved when someone else jumps in, at which point, friends enter the fray.

That's why I was not going to give a link to the latest on SSI, that is, until this comment showed up:

Y'know, Sparky, what we all intuitively know has been pretty well corroborated: internet trolls are sadists and psychopaths. Further documentation shows many are infiltrators and disruptors serving the agenda of enemies. Look at you, hoping a person struggling with cancer goes terminal.  What a demented and despicable loser you are -- that and a coward, for doing it anonymously.

As we're known by the company we keep, it certainly does not reflect well for those on the side of the argument you purport to ally yourself with. Were I part of that faction, I would repudiate and condemn you, and if I knew, let everyone else know who you are and publicly disassociate myself from you.

The only positive out of this is that no one so twisted in hatred can possibly be happy and whole, and have love in his life. Which means you know that you're a contemptible loser, and have to live with it and seethe in it. No wonder you rage so against those who do not share your self-imposed defects.

When Mike dies, as we all will, good men will mourn his passing and continue to benefit from his legacy. When you go, of the few who are even aware of it, the prevailing sentiment will no doubt be "Who cares? The guy was a real asshole."

Dismissal of Post-1986 Machine Gun Ban Challenge Appealed

A Notice of Appeal was filed Tuesday in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division, by plaintiff Jay Aubrey Isaac Hollis in his complaint against Attorney General Loretta Lynch and ATF Acting Director Thomas E. Brandon. The original Hollis v. Holder/Jones lawsuit, since renamed to reflect top level personnel changes, sought relief against the de facto ban on the transfer or possession of a machine gun manufactured after May 19, 1986. The appeal is necessary to keep the case going forward after the court issued an August 7 opinion and order siding with the government and dismissing the case. [More]

What? He followed the documented rules as articulated by ATF? Well that was his first mistake...

We're the Only Ones Extorting Enough

'Buy these or I take your car': Secret video shows officer pressuring driver during traffic stop to support police fundraiser [More]

Are there moral or legal reasons why a highwayman should not be instantly repelled using the necessary escalation of force, up to and including lethal?

We Must Lock Up Guns!

For the children!

What?

Teenager protects twin brothers with father's rifle after break-in attempt

Yes, Shannon? You had something more to say?

[Via Jefferson S]

It Takes One to Know One

Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl’s defense attorney is firing back after Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump called the soldier a “dirty, rotten traitor.” [More]

Says the mouthpiece with the King George III avatar...

When Assault Ducks Are Outlawed

Animal rights activist beaten with duck in Spain [More]

Talk about a feel-good headline!

You know what would go good with that?

Some assault sauerkraut.

Easy Defiance

U.S. Embassy in Moscow Defies Anti-Gay Law With 'I Am Michael' Screening [More]

You know what would be a REALLY bold move?

Doing it here and here.

Which means they won't, because, well, just look at who's running things.

On the plus side, I guess that means somebody's going to pay to see the film -- albeit with tax plunder.

The Go-To Guys

Indiana enlists NRA to train Guard on firearms [More]  

Gee, how come they didn't ask one of those "commonsense gun safety" groups instead?

Stop the Threat

Walking to his car at night, a man is approached by a robber demanding cash. When the victim says he has none, the robber demands that they drive to the local bank ATM to withdraw cash. The man complies and waits for an opportunity. [More]

Friday Night on THE PURSUIT CHANNEL...

Arm Yourself

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Turnabout's Fair Play

OK, Rancid Prepuce, let's reverse this:  While your establishment lickspittles are out there doing their utmost to marginalize the guy and insult him and his supporters, will you put out a call requiring all GOP candidates to pledge backing Trump if he wins the nomination? Assuming you aren't furiously working on disqualifying him? [More]

It just ain't workin' out for you guys, is it?  Every time you perceive a disastrous "gotcha," his numbers go up along with contempt for you "moderate" weasels. Maybe after years of being taken for granted, abused and betrayed, the base is enjoying being the ones dishing it out for a change.

There are Talkers...

...and there are doers. [More]

And curiously enough, it's generally the talkers badmouthing the doers, not the other way around...

So I Said "Vince, You Need That Like You Need a Hole in the Head!"

Hillary does stand-up. [More]

Isn't this What They Call a "Mulligan" in Golf?

Such a ruling would afford the ATF to once again classify the item as a silencer – devices that are heavily regulated – and provide a better argument to support such a decision. [More]

So there's a problem with the way their tyrannical diktat was worded? Better go back and do a rewrite...

[Via everrest]

A Regal Approach

Regal Cinemas Will Check Moviegoers’ Bags in Wake of Theater Shootings [More]

They'll only do it to the ones who value trivial entertainment over their personal sovereignty... I wonder who the corporate idiot is that came up with this bright idea.

Funny, Regal isn't listed as a likely survivor. Nothing like alienating millions of potential patrons when you're in a highly competitive market environment.

Do you think Regal will accept responsibility for the outcome of this imposition, and sign one of these, just to show us how much they really care about our safety, as opposed to covering their perceived liability exposure?

UNARMED PATRON PROTECTION CONTRACT

[___________________________] agrees

that a special relationship exists with

[____________________________] while

on our premises. Because we have required

him/her to be unarmed, we hereby agree

to assume responsibility for his/her personal safety

and protection, and admit liability

should we fail in this duty.

[_____________________________]

Signature/Title/Date

We could always ask...

Professional Women

Really? Has re-framing the terms really come to this? [More]

I may just start using it whenever the opportunity arises...

And didn't the whole "Gentle Giant" social cluster**** also start over a sense of entitlement to convenience store cigars?

Keyes to the Kingdom

On that account, secure borders and the lawful regulation of movement and immigration across them are not selfish aims we pursue only to serve ourselves. [More]

Yeah, you forgot about our posterity. Check the preamble.  Your goals aren't there.

For we are bound, by our vocation as a nation, to lift up that “lamp beside the golden door,” on behalf of decent human beings...

Bound by what, as defined by you?  Got an article or a section number for that? If you're going to impose obligations on us -- on me -- I need to know the scope of the sacrifice you require of me and of my children.

And a morality-based admissions policy...? What's the bar? What will the likely political results be? Got a litmus test for "decency," one that won't be revised for party advantage, challenged in courts, held up for years and guaranteed to do nothing but stall things until it's too late?

Again, I still have doubts about Trump and his motives, but they sure beat the politically-appointed diplomat's "plan," and without much greater elaboration, his "solution" appears naive, unworkable and ultimately suicidal.

And sorry, if citing Ronald Reagan doesn't impress me all that much...

World at a Glance

The map sure tells us a lot, doesn't it?  [More]

And not just about Ashley Madison.

Home Improvement

"This is about putting our house in order"... [More]

This country need to do that.  Starting with the foundation.

And that doesn't mean send a truck down to Home Depot to pick up undocumented day laborers...