Dumb Idea

Gun Legislation & Politics in New York warns us about an assembly bill to require "smart guns."

Tags: gun control, smart guns

A Prometheus Award Nomination For The Black Arrow

From "The Libertarian":

Vin Suprynowicz's The Black Arrow has been nominated for the Libertarian Futurist Society's 2006 Prometheus Award, honoring the best libertarian novel of 2005. The Black Arrow is one of nine books nominated for the award this year. (The deadline for nominations is February 15th.)

The Black Arrow, Vin's first novel, peers 30 years ahead into our future to predict the havoc and hazards caused by government run amok -- when people who've grown fed up with brutality and tyranny are finally willing to fight to take back their freedom. Themes in The Black Arrow are often eerily and sometimes tragically reminiscent of recent headlines. Vin's long and energetic career as a noted (or notorious?) libertarian journalist has stocked his impressive literary arsenal with an endless supply of factual outrages to draw from. Characters and scenes in The Black Arrow ring true, especially to readers of Vin's previous books, Send In the Waco Killers and The Ballad of Carl Drega.

I really enjoyed this book and believe you will, too.

If Only California Had a Waiting Period...

Police say the 41-year-old Singler then ran outside the store and shot himself. Investigators say Singler apparently brought ammunition for the weapon with him.

The planets must be going through a phase or something--first the judge, then Uncle Hiccup and now this...

You Couldn't Just Try Breathing Into a Paper Bag?

A Colombian man who tried to startle his nephew from a bout of the hiccups by pointing a gun at him, accidentally pulled the trigger and killed him.

Sounds like we need to disarm you and me to keep tragedies like this from ever happening again.

You Could'a Been a Contender...

"You could be a leader in the community," Greenspan said. "All those guns that's why Desmond is gone now, because of all those guns."

Good Lord.

It had nothing to do with character or intent or action, did it, judge?

Idiot.

Tags: gun

Questions Alito SHOULD Have Been Asked

Howard Phillips distills things down to the essentials...

Which means these are precisely the questions the parasites in power dare not publicly ask. Better to distract with bangs and clangs and smoke and mirrors than get down to the core fundamentals of why their positions were created in the first place...

[Thanks to Skip]

If You Can't Beat 'em, Lie

A bill (HB1) expanding the circumstances in which deadly force may be used in self-defense is pending in the Alabama Legislature...One opponent is Arthur Hayhoe, executive director of the Florida Coalition to Stop Gun Violence. He told the Times the Alabama bill could cause trouble if passed "I call it the 'right-to-commit-murder' bill."

And I call that a damned lie, Arthur.

How does the gene pool produce these wretched creatures?

Tags: gun

Gun Club Attacked By Parasites

Directors of the Twin City Rod & Gun Club were shocked in December when notified their nonprofit organization had to pay a state sales tax on memberships and fees.

The bureaucrats [Sean--note the spelling :)] just keep sticking us, don't they? That's because they believe they won't have to endure any personal consequences.

Tags: gun control, tax

Gun Grabber Martin Gets His Butt Handed To Him

CANADIAN voters have rebuked Prime Minister Paul Martin and his centre-left Liberal Party, tossing them out after 13 years in power.

The new leader, Stephen Harper, the head of the Conservative Party, will be one of Canada's youngest prime ministers when he is sworn in later this week. He is 46.

Harper is marginally better, in that he's not calling for a handgun ban and wants to shut down Canada's absurd gun registry boondoggle, but he still endorses mandatory sentences for illegal possession and employs the gun law enforcement rhetoric of...umm...these guys.

Tags: gun control, Canada

Cert Denied in Seegars

See bottom of pg. 7:

05-365 SEEGARS, SANDRA, ET AL. V. GONZALES, ATT'Y GEN., ET AL. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. The Chief Justice took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.

[Via Triggerfinger]

We're the Only Ones Forceful Enough...

Between 1998 and 2002, when he was fired, Brown committed oral copulation, sodomy and other lewd acts on the boys, using force on more than 30 occasions...

Officer Friendly, I presume...?

Tags: police

Us vs Them

Kirk has some thoughts on the gulf between government and the governed.

Tags: government

Barrett to Arnold: I'll Be Back!

Jed tells us how Barrett's Model 99 rifle is an "in your face!" to those who banned the .50 BMG.

So look for outrage and calls for a necked down ban to put these upstarts in their place.

Tags: rifle

One Last Thing

Finally, as a lifelong National Rifle Association member, I can assure you the organization is scrupulous in explaining and encouraging strict compliance with our myriad gun laws...

Yeah.

We know.

Tags: gun, NRA

The Irresponsible Second Amendment

Military-style assault weapons of the kind wielded by Henry have been showing up in increasing numbers since Congress and President Bush allowed federal ban on the guns to expire in late 2004. They did the bidding of the National Rifle Association, and it's all but certain that innocent blood will be spilled because of the blind irresponsibility of the NRA and its agents in Washington.

This is why the Brady Campaign doesn't need to have that many members--the media does its job for them.

UPDATE: Tell me great minds don't think alike...

Tags: gun control, NRA, Second Amendment

Boy's Gun Shoots Van Nuys Girl In Face

All by its own self, judging by the headline...

Tags: gun

We're the Only Ones Holy Enough...

The Vatican representative called upon the United Nations to consider the possibility of negotiating a legally binding instrument on the international arms trade, based on the principles of international law, and in particular on the question of human rights and humanitarian law.

I don't suppose the Vatican representative would like to make sure his own house is in order first?

I don't see Pope Benedict ordering his Swiss Guards to disarm...

Tags: gun control, Vatican

A Novel Legal Theory

The suit alleged that Youth's death stemmed from slipshod training and a dangerous "always armed/always on duty" policy.

Yes. We all know it's much safer to be defenseless.

Tags: gun, police

On a Personal Note...

Just in case anyone besides me is interested in...umm...me, I decided to put a face to a name, and also tell you how to pronounce that name. I know I get preconceptions about people based on what I imagine they must be like, so I hope the grim reality doesn't alienate anyone.

First, my name is pronounced Ko'dree-yuh, with a long "o" and the accent on the first syllable. Kinda like "Gloria" ...

This picture is me and youngest son Qusay, taken around 5 years ago. I don't have a lot of pictures of me, because I'm always taking pictures of the monster and brother Uday, instead. I think I'm imitating Yul Brynner singing "Shall We Dance" from The King and I here, and the poor kid is too young to be embarrassed.

And finally, just in case anyone cares what I sound like, you can click here for my first (and last) attempt at audioblogging. When I hear myself, I can't believe that's what I really sound like, and vow to never speak again.

Anyway, this is me. I hope no one is overly disappointed.

What Have You Got to Hide?

I don't care personally if some governmental agency listens to our family's phone calls 24 hours a day, seven days a week. We have nothing to hide. The surveillors may expire from boredom, but that would be their problem.--Pat Boone

The only individuals whose privacy would have been infringed by the bill would have been the privacy of people with something to hide from the police - people who arm themselves and then become a threat to public safety.--Brady Campaign

That's quite a difference in philosophy between "conservative" and "liberal," wouldn't you say?