Scuttle Mark Kirk: It's Past Time for an Example

Way past time.

Bear with me while I connect some dots.

Western Rifle Shooters Association analyzes the new federal "assault weapons" ban bill.

Note the Orwellian purpose these liars use: "To reinstate the Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act."

The head liar behind this tyranny is "Republican" Mark Kirk. We've met this piece of...work before.

45superman tells us about bearding the lyin..uh...lion in his den--or at least his apologists.

The chief apologist is your typical obnoxious RINO who calls himself "Team America"--fitting for someone who sounds like a wooden-headed marionette. Per this great patriot:

I myself own a Baretta92 with several high capacity clips. I also support concealed carry - for me - not sure about the rest of the yahoos out there (but that's another debate).

But do I really NEED my Baretta to carry 15 bullets instead of 10? I think I'd be OK without the extra firepower.

Do we NEED guns that can shoot right through a policeman's vest?

Do we NEED .50 caliber rifles that can take down a plane?

Rambo might say yes, but Mark Kirk says no, and I happen to agree with him.

Go read the post and the comments. Get good and mad at these devoid-of-all-principle aparatchiks. Then give 45s some backup and let these weasels know what you think of them.

Here's the thing: If you're a gun owner and live in District 10, you can continue to cede the GOP to the Big Tent Bolsheviks--or you can send a wider message that what worked in District 10 can be applied in every district in the land.

It's amazing what behavior modifications a little judicious human sacrifice can produce--even people who aren't true believers will fall in line if for no other reason than self-preservation.

There is another choice, you know. And for those soulless cowards over at Team Amerika for Gungrabbing Traitors, who say this will just ensure a win for Dan Seals, who will then take all our guns, well--y'all are WarOnGuns regulars. You know what to say to that.

This is the perfect candidate to make an example of--he's just been downgraded from "Lean R" to "Toss Up," so he's vulnerable--and in a close race, it doesn't take much at all to tip the scales.

"But if Mark Kirk loses, you'll lose all your guns, not just the ones we want to ban!" they bleat, like we haven't heard that one before.

What's that Tweety Bird line? "He don't know me vewy well, do he?"

Newsflash: I won't lose any rights unless I surrender them or they are stripped from me by overwhelming force. Besides which, the decision to surrender or not is mine.

Let the Team Amerika comments sink in and ask yourself if you really want to let that gaggle of party hacks dictate the terms under which they will surrender your rights...

Which would you rather see scuttled? Your political voice or tyrant wannabe Mark Kirk's bid for ever more coercive power?

Up, Up and AWAYYY!

With U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk's victory one of the few bright spots for Republicans in a Democratic sweep across the country, the Illinois GOP establishment is looking to the Highland Park Naval Reserve officer for leadership on a statewide ticket.

Former Gov. Jim Edgar today said Kirk would be a good candidate for Barack Obama's Senate seat come 2010 and state Sen. Kirk Dillard, a Hinsdale Republican himself looking at a statewide bid, also pointed to Kirk for that spot on the ballot.

What I want you to do is read this.

Then I want you to look at these.

Then I want you to ask yourself why no one else in the district got involved to oust this guy, and how republican gun owners there chose party over principle. Their apathy, ignorance, and moral cowardice helped ensure this bit of treason would be inflicted on the land.

Thanks, guys. Way to hold the front line. And now he's primed to do even more damage.

Sure, Seals was an anti. But he wasn't a leader, like Kirk. If you don't punish and make examples out of turncoats, if you reward them instead, that's what you're going to get.

A blind person could see this. Assuming he's not self-blinded.

Jer...uh...KirkWatch

We've been following the latest treachery in the form of an "assault weapon" ban by Republican Mark Kirk. Here are some new observations:

Sean says it's about registration, and we know where that leads to. You're not wrong, Sean, that's one of the results.

What do you do if you're a "moderate republican" who attacks gun owners and they give you the response you deserve? Go crying to your democrat friends about the mean old "right wing gun zealots/loonies."


What a political genius you are, Mark Kirk, as is your sycophant, Team America. What better way to win a toss-up race than poking a stick into this hornet's nest--and keeping it up?

Speaking of T&A, "Anonymous" posted a comment (at June 22, 2008 2:45 AM) showing us how to recognize techniques used to manipulate an argument--which is all some have left to them when the truth isn't on their side. Funny how that always seems to be the case with control nazis and their mantra-chanting drones.

Craptain Kirk

Republican Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk, facing a fight for his political survival, has withdrawn his support for Donald Trump’s presidential bid ... Kirk earlier had said he would support the presumptive GOP presidential nominee.  In May, he told CNN Trump might help his re-election effort.  [More]

So he's an opportunistic oath-breaker. Does that really surprise anyone?

He's sold us out on guns, immigration, the Supreme Court...

So what if a Democrat who's just as bad wins his seat? What the hell difference does it make, "Kirk Captains" [gag]?

At least if he's sent packing, the Republicans will be put on notice that there are certain minimal standards they're expected to adhere to. There's a lot to be said about the beneficial effects on others by making an example out of those who have unforgivably failed.

And an embedded enemy will have been expelled.

In This Paper's Opinion

Offering the first significant gun legislation since the U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling on the District of Columbia v. Heller, (the landmark case outlining the legality of gun laws) Representative Carolyn McCarthy (NY-4) has introduced a commonsense bill that tightens the criminal background check system by requiring background checks for all gun store employees and dealers.

Hey...wait a minute...that sounds word-for word like McCarthy's own statement...so much for hard-hitting independent watchdogging over at the Three Village Times.

I guess what this bill is about is--because there's a federal law against prohibited persons having guns--there needs to be another federal law prohibiting prohibited persons from having guns. And I suppose if that doesn't work, we can just keep adding layers of prohibition. Hey, when you're in public/private partnership with the "news" media, it doesn't have to make sense--they'll run interference for you and make it look like you know what you're doing.

Oh, and there's also a "fire sale loophole," just in case a dealer exterminated by BATFU for "willful violations"--you know, stuff like paperwork errors--wants to avoid complete financial ruin. This will make sure the boot continues crushing until the last bit of ooze is ground into the dirt. Because, you know, governments are instituted among men to secure the blessings of liberty...

I almost missed this part:

Thanks to Representatives McCarthy and Kirk, there are now bills introduced in Congress to fix these problems...

That would be Mark Kirk.

You'll recall I pointed out how Kirk was vulnerable, and how gun owners could deny him that critical few percentage points to unseat him--as an object lesson to other turncoat republicans. Well, it looks like the one principled alternative is no more.

It's telling when non-"extremists" spread the meme that we "radicals" have given up on working within the system, when in fact, political options are introduced and they ignore them. So now 10th District voters can justify to themselves how pulling the lever for Gungrabber R is a lesser of two evils choice than Gungrabber D, and anything else will be a wasted vote.

The one question I've never seen answered: How far down this path of failure are we supposed to allow ourselves to be led?

[Via Buzz]

Why Illinois 10th District Gun Owners Should Vote Third Party*

Recently, Congressman Mark Kirk from Illinois 10th District introduced a bill to create a “Secure Social Security Card”. This new card is clearly a run around to the state’s opposition to Real ID and we must do all in our power to prevent it from becoming law.

This Kirk character is a real piece of work. He's an anti-gun extremist and an enemy of just about any core conservative belief you could name--in short, the essence of "moderate republicans" who have taken center ring in "The Big Tent." I mean, the guy's endorsed by the Brady Campaign, for the love of...

Illinois gun owners, why put up with it? Who cares if his "democrat opponent" is also an evil gungrabbing collectivist? You need to teach the GOP the object lesson that betrayal will not be rewarded, but will be properly punished. There is no "lesser of two evils" rationale to use as an excuse here. Aside from the "R" he campaigns under, the guy's a democrat Fifth Columnist.

The only way to change this is to force Kirk out. That means, as odious as the prospect is, helping Dan Seals beat him.

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 party a message and getting an acceptable candidate next time around.

[Via Less]

*UPDATE: I'd originally said "Democrat," but 45Superman gives a superior alternative in "Comments."

It Beggars Belief

It doesn't make any sense to me. Great successes have been won in defending the Second Amendment recently but the fight isn't over. Obama and the Democrats might be in power soon- and Republicans Kirk and his Republican co-sponsors Castle, Ferguson and Shays have put forward anti-gun legislation. It beggars belief.

Not once you come to accept the fact that you're being bare-ass naked in the town square conned.

Our friend from across the pond, Cryptic Subterranean, gives us his perspective from the UK on scuttling the miserable Mark Kirk. This guy supports American Constitutionalism more than most gun owners I know--by a long shot. That such as he still exists over there is a cause for hope.

And by the way--I put yesterday's post up in a rush. I'll get to the other 3 GOP stooges, Castle, Ferguson and Shays next week.

The Enemy Within

In the wake of the tragedy at Sandy Hook, Republican Sens. Pat Toomey and Mark Kirk broke from the gun lobby and supported a bill to help prevent felons, domestic abusers and the dangerously mentally ill from obtaining firearms at gun shows and online. This week, they are earning our organization's endorsement. [More]

I've been after that Kirk subversive for years, to no avail.  "Republicans" still enabling him with aid and comfort merit special contempt. And ditto for Toomey. I would rather see both seats go to virulent anti-gun Democrats in order to expel the far more dangerous enemies within the gates.

This is why you should never donate directly to the RNC.

[Via Jess]

Kirk to Illegal Enterprise

Looks like an old nemesis just incurred The Wrath of Kurt. [Read]

In the mirror universe, Mark Kirk is pro-gun and has an Evil Spock beard.

Kirk's Fate in Doubt

But that may not be enough in a year where home-state presidential nominee Barack Obama is generating huge Democratic enthusiasm at the top of the ticket.

Good. Mark Kirk deserves to go down in flames. And then pointed and laughed at as he skulks away.

Except aside from this blog, I've seen little interest on the part of district gun owners to punish him. So if they don't care, it's tough for me to--except to note that their apathy and refusal is what guarantees that Republicans can always feed them a nice steaming pile of "who else you gonna vote for?" with confidence.

And then their apologists can berate people of principle for voting their conscience, and accuse them of wasting their votes and enabling enemy victory.

Meet the Traitors

Illinois Republican lawmakers, including Reps. Aaron Schock, Adam Kinzinger, Bob Dold, Sen. Mark Kirk, and Gov. Bruce Rauner talk about the need for comprehensive immigration reform. [More]

That's code talk for giving illegal aliens the vote.

We already knew that Dold and Kirk were domestic enemies.

Schock wasn't hard to figure out, either. Kinzinger is a double-talking weasel. And Rauner doesn't take his oath past politically-motivated photo ops for Fudds.

Were I one of their constituents, I would work to defeat them all, even if it meant an anti-gun Democrat won. Otherwise, the party will rightly conclude it can dump whatever droppings it wants on your plate and you will have no choice but to lap it up, which gives them absolutely no incentive to work for us, instead of the other way around.

I challenge Illinois gun owners to organize and take one of them out as an example to the others.

Perhaps Unsurprisingly

Perhaps unsurprisingly, his popularity with black voters has been hovering in the single digits. [More]

You're right. But that reflects more on those who are like you than on anyone else.

What a profoundly dishonest piece this is, meaning typically "progressive."

Say Trump became a Mark Kirk on guns.  He'd still be unacceptable due to his immigration stance, so he'd need to change that too. And that wouldn't cut it either, because then he'd need to jettison all the rest of his conservative baggage and become a racist wealth redistributionist, in other words, become a Democrat.

"HuffPost’s Ferguson Fellow" is everything that's wrong with the plantation types too many blacks are influenced by -- instead of people who can help them get their heads right, like Tj, who sounds disconcertingly candid as hell, but who you can tell talks like that out of love and pride.

[Via Roger J]

An Elected Republican

Gualtieri is an elected Republican... [More]

Yeah, so are Lee Baca and Tom Ridge.


So is Mark Kirk.

So was John Chaffee.

Any gun owner who donates to national or state Republican party entities is helping them help these.

If you're going to support a politician, only do it on an individual basis.

I'm King of the World!

Sure you are, you domestic enemy son of a bitch. [More]

Arnhole would like to tell you something, Pete, and this time, he speaks for me.

New York gun owners who vote for this creep because of the lame excuse a Democrat will be even worse deserve every chain they wear. There's nothing worse than a traitor on "your side."

Any gun owner who donates to the Republican party, as opposed to individual candidates who have actually earned support, deserves similar chains, because they help elect traitors like this animal, and the contemptible Mark Kirk.

[Via Mike H]

NRA lets down TX (and all) gun owners with Chet Edwards endorsement

I expressed concerns over NRA characterizing Edwards as "a strong and consistent voice for freedom and for defending the rights of Texas gun owners, hunters and sportsmen" almost two years ago. If you look at the man's record, he's been neither. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at another sellout endorsement even the "single issue" excuse doesn't work for.

Also find out why Elena Kagan is good for you (Harry Reid said it, I believe it, that settles it!) and why gungrabbing RINO Mark Kirk wants to be your new pal.

Then tune in to today's Trigger Sports Live! for a discussion on extremists--you know, folks like...uh...you.

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The Mark Kirk Wave

Yep.

It figures.

Still Crazy After All These Years

Bush Would Have Endorsed Obama [Read]

The "Vote Freedom First" President? This is my shocked face.

Tangentially related, it looks like that wretched gungrabber Mark Kirk is joining the self-styled "Mod Squad."

Doug Bandow once wrote:

There are no more useless creatures than centrist Republicans.

On one level I agree.  On another, I think some understand and exploit their usefulness quite well, and I don't just mean as idiots.

An Illinois Republican

The measure would require a 3-year prison sentence for illegally packing a loaded gun. [More]

Because "the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed" obviously means prior restraints and licenses are the order of the day.

Any gun owner who voted for Mark Kirk out of fear of Democrats is as culpable for this as the most ardent anti-gunner.

It's Not Enough

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It'll never be enough.

What did I tell you? Specifically?

I won't be surprised if this ends up showing the futility of "universal background checks," but is then turned around and used as the executive order "justification" for a "terror watch list" gun ban.

Hell, "Republicans" Peter King and Mark Kirk would be so excited to support that they'd pee themselves.

Come to think of it, what with this being an election year, Obama being a lame duck with nothing to lose, the Republicans in general being gutless frauds, and the federal courts being ruled by appointed-for-a-reason Nazgûl, how long would it take to unwind an executive order forbidding FBI employees from completing NICS reports involving "assault weapons"?

Roster of Shame

Lamar Alexander (R-TN) Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) John Barrasso (R-WY) Roy Blunt (R-MO) John Boozman (R-AR) Richard Burr (R-NC) Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) Jeff Chiesa (R-NJ) Dan Coats (R-IN) Tom Coburn (R-OK) Thad Cochran (R-MS) Susan Collins (R-ME) Bob Corker (R-TN) John Cornyn (R-TX) Lindsey Graham (R-SC) John Hoeven (R-ND) John Isakson (R-GA) Mike Johanns (R-NE) Ron Johnson (R-WI) Mark Kirk (R-IL) John McCain (R-AZ) Mitch McConnell (R-KY) Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) John Thune (R-SD) Roger Wicker (R-MS) [More]

Thing is, they won't feel it unless you make 'em.