We're the Only Ones Explosive Enough

 ...a judge asked a police constable if he knew how grenades worked. [More]

He did.

[Via Steve T] 

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?