Saturday, December 01, 2012
This is Not Hollywood
Mike H shares his misadventures trying to get his stolen gun back. [More]
Me, I'd name names. Light has an amazingly antiseptic effect sometimes.
I'd also fire a lawyer who didn't return my calls. This seems like an amazingly straightforward case to resolve -- if the FFL can provide proof of sale by serial number, and Mike says they re-sent it after they initially faxed the wrong one, what's to argue?
I wonder if it would be a good idea to sic the ATF on them, tell them this particular officer took his gun, he's proven it's his, it still won't be returned, and he now now fears this guns has been stolen by that officer and wants that suspicion investigated...?
Me, I'd name names. Light has an amazingly antiseptic effect sometimes.
I'd also fire a lawyer who didn't return my calls. This seems like an amazingly straightforward case to resolve -- if the FFL can provide proof of sale by serial number, and Mike says they re-sent it after they initially faxed the wrong one, what's to argue?
I wonder if it would be a good idea to sic the ATF on them, tell them this particular officer took his gun, he's proven it's his, it still won't be returned, and he now now fears this guns has been stolen by that officer and wants that suspicion investigated...?
We're the Only Ones Elitist and Ignorant Horses HindquartersEnough
Just give 'em what they want? What if what they want is us, you moron? [Read]
This Day in History: December 1
Greene instructed the two officers, General Edward Stevens, a Virginia militia officer and Colonel Edward Carrington to “explore carefully the River, the Depth of the Water, the Current and the Rocks, and every other Obstruction that will impede the Business of Transportation.” Greene also ordered one of the men to take a “horse and ride across the Country…to the upper Saura Town, and report the Distance and Condition of the Roads.” [More]
Friday, November 30, 2012
We're the Only Ones Rear-Ended Enough
Bring It On, You Moron
Can you imagine being stupid or racist enough to vote for this addled...thing? [Read]
Has Guam tipped over yet?
Has Guam tipped over yet?
In a Crossbow-Free Zone?
Earlier, Casper College spokesman Rich Fujita said the incident involved a crossbow or another similar weapon, Fujita said. [More]And now they may be changing it to a "sharp-edged weapon"...?
But what about the rules...?
City attorney’s comments spotlight how California gun laws endanger citizens
Here you have a municipal legal official admitting murders are on the rise, criminals are running rampant, a dwindling police force is powerless to prevent it, and the same city and county authorities who have only approved 2,800 people out of over 2 million residents in an area of over 20,000 square miles won’t give their permission to carry the means of defense unless you can satisfy them that your “cause” is “good.” [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner report looks at a place that's morally, as well as fiscally bankrupt.
Innocent Until Proven Guilty
DEFENSIVE USE OF FIREARMS: Revised and Updated
From Stephen P. Wenger:
If you have been waiting to purchase autographed copies of my book – for yourself or as gifts – a new shipment arrived yesterday and I'm ready to ship again. Fairly detailed instructions for either purchase with a mailed check or online are posted at the link below. Particularly if the copies are to be use as gifts, don't forget to include the name(s) for the inscription. Feel free to add any appropriate comments, such as “from your friend...” and/or a date other than the one of the actual purchase. If you make your purchase online, you should find ample room for that in the box for the name. Just make sure, if purchasing more than one copy, that it is clear what is to be inscribed in each one. Again, thanks for your support – the small revenue from purchases directly from me helps support both the website and these mailings. (If you are unfamiliar with the book, scroll upward on the linked page.)That would be this linked page...
Not Our Job
Meanwhile, Across the Pond in Sarah Brady Paradise...
Lord Justice Leveson has condemned decades of "outrageous" behaviour by newspapers as he urged the Government to set up a new media watchdog underpinned by legislation. [More]
You know, "Authorized Journalists." Or over there I think they spell it with an "s" instead of a "z."
We're the Only Ones First-Responding Enough
A 43-year-old state trooper has been charged with larceny, accused of stealing jewelry and cash from the victim of a fatal motorcycle crash on Route 15 in Fairfield ... [More]I was wondering where the third leg of that spate I'd talked about the other day went...
The Cattle are Lowing
Meat-eaters "easily cheat, lie, forget promises and commit sex crimes," an Indian school textbook for 11 and 12-year-olds writes. [More]I guess an herbivore would tend to think unkindly, if you can call cud regurgitation thinking.
Me, I agree with A no. 1: "You can be a meat eater, kid."
And speaking of A1, tonight's steak night. I need to go get some good mushrooms for that.
Day of Rage
'Author Korwin disavows e-mail scare under his byline'
Veteran Arizona gun rights advocate Alan Korwin, author of several gun law books and a prolific writer, is scrambling to distance himself from what appears to be a rather cleverly concocted fraud that takes something he wrote almost four years ago and makes it look like some brand new sinister scheme he has uncovered. [More]I got an email from Alan the other day about this and was going to write something about it, but Dave Workman beat me to it.
Those of us who keep abreast of such things had our spider senses tingling when the old gun list with the fake front end first appeared, and resisted weighing in until we could verify things--a good rule of thumb I've repeated time and again: Unless an email comes with a link to a credible source, treat it as suspect, particularly if the sender doesn't seem to know what "BCC" is and the last line urges you to "SEND THIS TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW!"
Which hasn't kept those who don't keep abreast of such things from rendering snotty, ignorant judgments. I've been relatively silent about the "prags" in recent years, because the flame wars are a distraction, and I figure I'll do my thing and they can do theirs. But this comment demands an apology, and an honorable man would give it, meaning don't expect one anytime soon:
countertop Says:He's more credible than you. And a better man.
November 28th, 2012 at 8:15 am
As credible as the lists author. Or the first “gun rights” group he lists at the end.
I have no problem with bloggers who wish to remain anonymous due to political repercussions to their real lives--some of them can make valuable contributions, and it's not exactly like it isn't a time-honored American tradition. But when they use that anonymity to disparage and insult people who work under their own name, that's just plain cowardly, despicable, and revealing of character, or lack thereof.
Speaking of characters, last time I crossed paths with this Fairfax über alles pole-smoker, the "fairly well-connected lobbyist [and] former trial attorney" recommended that I be sued (which shows how incompetent he is, how he has no understanding of the Bill of Rights and is indicative of why we're in the mess we are with boobs like him having access to politicians) and ended up promising to issue a rebuttal--which he never delivered on.
If you want to reply, "Countertop," you worm, you don't get anonymity here. You lost that privilege when you sniped at a good man from the shadows like the ... what did Vanderboegh call you? ... like the "swinging cod" that you are. Post under your real name and I'll be happy to publicly slap you around like you deserve.
My bet is, if you choose to reply at all, you'll only do it from a safe haven and prove my point.
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