A "Progressive" Prerequisite

Take this, gutless NRA cowards — you can have a gun, once you understand the pain of being shot. [More]

Funny-- no response yet. And I so wanted to take responsibility for urban thugs.

This D. Watkins character is quite the moron: On the one hand, he thinks police "are out of control," and on the other, by restricting citizen firearms ownership, he's ensuring they're the "Only Ones" with guns.  I guess a grasp of basic logic isn't a requirement for being a liberal arts "professor." Or for having articles accepted by Salon.

Say, when D. here was making a living as a self-admitted drug dealer, I wonder how many lives were ended by the people he supported and enabled...?

Meanwhile, Over at the Racial Slur Database

Right-wing rage monkey Michelle Malkin... [More]

You forgot the "tailless" modifier, Salon.

[Via Mack H]

I Don't Disagree

Some individuals are heroes, some individuals aren't. Some deserve our gratitude, some don't. [More]

Case in point, before he shot up the place, if one ran into Maj. Hasan at an airport, there are some who would walk up, thank him for his service, buy him a cup of coffee, or even give up their first class seat. And it's not like we aren't all aware of other embedded bad actors, and that goes double for civilian "Only Ones."

While some "conservatives" are feigning outrage over this Salon piece, I find it hopeful to see someone with collectivist sympathies resisting the tendency to view a group comprised of individuals as a homogeneous collective.

Alexander Apparatchik

Looks like Salon picked up and is spreading his lies. [More]

I guess that's less painful for him than what his boss spreads. Or maybe not. Figures a guy who willingly works for a viciously mean and erratic headcase would use the word "paranoia."

I already debunked much of what this Prozi fool had to say here, including noting he can't even get names right.  Earth to Alexander: Jeff wasn't there, you lazy hack. You lied about Halbrook. You missed so much, while doing your masters' bidding.

Meaning you just may be up for a Julius...

Also: Herschel weighs in.

Support Your Local Only Ones

Brought to you by Salon, premiere champions of a state monopoly of violence. [More]

The Gun Nut Terror

Seriously, Rick Perlstein?  You feel terrorized? [More]

Have you considered that the problem might be with you?

And with Salon?

Killing the Messenger

Gayle Trotter has made herself a target of those who would rather see her raped and strangled than armed. [Read] 

See?

When both The New York Times and The Washington Post are out there blaring the same talking points, you just know her message scares the hell out of the powers that be.

And the thing is, their arguments are the same old stale, discredited ones, dusted off for this latest character assassination/disinformation campaign. Note they make no attempt to separate women living in criminal environments from the general population. Note also they limit DGUs to when a gun is "fired" for their comparison, as opposed to the mere presentation that can break off an attack with no further action needed. What that does is penalizes good armed citizens for not being the bloodthirsty trouble-seekers they paint us to be.

UPDATE: Naturally, Salon piles on. Hey Katie McDonough--let's say hypothetically a male (I don't honor such types by calling them "men") is getting ready to do whatever the hell he wants to you, and there's no one around to save you. What would you do? And Slate...

And Campus Progress ("young people working together for progressive change")

Say, this meme is getting quite the workout from those "women's' rights" champions.  It's almost like the so-called "feminist" movement actually hates women...

Gun control laws useless at stopping Wisconsin spa shooter

“As part of the order, Haughton was prohibited from owning a firearm,” the CBS Crimesider report confirms, citing Brookfield Police Chief Dan Tushaus, who “declined to elaborate on the circumstances of whether Haughton had surrendered any weapons prior to Sunday's salon rampage.” [More]

This morning's Gun Rights Examiner report notes paper makes fine targets and sometimes it ensures them.

Blinding Us with "Science"

The Centers for Disease Control funds research into the causes of death in the United States, including firearms — or at least it used to. In 1996, after various studies funded by the agency found that guns can be dangerous, the gun lobby mobilized to punish the agency. [More] 

No, now tell the truth, Alex Sitz-Bath, although I realize that's hard for Salon writers. We, that is, "the gun lobby," appropriately acted defensively to protect ourselves from financing abusive bureaucrats who telegraphed their propaganda agenda and goals for all to see:

Dr. Mark Rosenberg, Director of the CDC's National Center for Injury Control and Prevention (NCIPC) in 1994 told The Washington Post: "We need to revolutionize the way we look at guns, like what we did with cigarettes. Now it [sic] is dirty, deadly, and banned." 

Is there some reason you didn't see fit to mention such an inconvenient truths that doesn't fit your narrative, Alex? Probably the same one that has you identifying yourself as a "political reporter" instead of a Ministry of Truth functionary...?

We're the Only Ones Jeepers, Creepers, Where'd We Get Those Peepers Enough

An Edwardsville police officer is accused of peeping at women in a Glen Carbon tanning salon. [More]

And the city administrator's name is Dickmann...


[Via Kurt Di...uh...Hofmann]

We're the Only Ones Styled Enough

A tough-as-nails off-duty NYPD cop yesterday foiled an armed heist while she was getting her hair done at a Brooklyn salon -- trading bullets with a wildly firing thug in a spectacular shootout, sources said. [More]

Guess what would have happened had an Only One not been on premises?

And guess what would have happened had a non-"Only One" been equipped for self-defense, and the "tough-as-nails off-duty NYPD cop found out about it?

If you're not one of the state elites, die.  We can then use that to further justify more control.


Fortunately, Mayor Bloomberg remains unharmed.  Meanwhile, the "Authorized Journalists" at the Post have another cop worship story to keep the meme going, and judging by all the useful idiot comments to their story, it's going stronger than ever in Furious Mike Paradise.

Repeal the Second Amendment

NOTE: The article I am responding to is actually about a year old, but I didn't see it then and think it merits comment.

Fifteen unambiguous words are all that would be required to quell the American-as-apple-pie cycle of gun violence that has now tearfully enshrined Virginia Tech in the record book of mass murder. Here are the 15 words that would deliver a mortal wound to our bang-bang culture of death: "The second article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed."

Thanks, Walter.

"Men" like you remove the need to debate those who ridicule gun owners for being paranoid over "slippery slopes."

You get the same answer I gave Sallie Tisdale (another Salon subversive).

And the same one Mike Vanderboegh gave "Homer Simpson's Dumber Brother."

Bring it on, Walter.

Oh, but I forget--you're merely the cheerleader. You expect men who don't wear these to do your fighting and dying for you.

Sucks to be you, Walter--and you obviously know it. Why else would you demand the state render better men than you equally unmanly?

[Via SaMael]

The Path of Least Resistance

A 41-year-old man stormed a beauty salon and bludgeoned four grandmothers with a hammer, fracturing one's skull, before making off with less than $90, police said...The women, aged 56 to 76, did not resist but were beaten anyway...

So take a tip from Detective Kevin Coffey:

You've heard it before and now here it is again: Never resist if you are the victim of a robbery. Do exactly as you are told to do in order to minimize your chances of being injured and to speed the departure of your assailant before he gets other ideas. The assailant, in most cases, doesn't want to hang around much longer than you want him to...

He must know better than us, because:

Kevin is the media's favorite expert on travel safety and related topics. Most likely you recognize him from appearances on Oprah, 20/20, CNN, CNBC, MSNBC, The Travel Channel, Court TV, The Today Show or countless other broadcasts. He is regularly quoted in the written press, including: USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune, Fortune, Inc., as well as in many trade publications.

No surprise this guy is the darling of the "authorized journalists," is it?

Too bad those grandmothers didn't heed his advice, though, because they did have access to "(HAIRSPRAY, KEYS, PURSE) as a weapon," but in fairness to media favorite Kevin, this wasn't a rape prevention situation. Still, why wouldn't he advise free people to train themselves to deploy the most effective means of personal defense known?

After all, he carries a sidearm.

Oh but I forget...he's an "Only One"...