It can't. [Read]

And they say there are no stupid questions.

Lies, Damned Lies, and Academic Studies

On average, there are more than three gun dealers for every mile of the 1,970-mile border between the countries. [More]

Yeah, they're all lined up right on the border.

Manipulate much?

I'm confident someone with statistical bona fides and the time to take this apart will be able to find all kinds of other unwarranted conclusions they want us to infer, along with outright misdirection. 

 

Intolerable Acts

Lawmakers eye new taxes on guns, ammo in latest wave of legislation [More]

Of course they do. Look at where they're from.

Except I'd call them "lawbreakers."

Slow and Infuriating

Anybody surprised? [Read]

Campus gun ban had no deterrent effect on UCF shooting

“The University of Central Florida prohibits the possession, use, or storage of weapons on property owned or controlled by the University of Central Florida, including in a vehicle brought onto university property, on one’s person, or in one’s office or residence hall,” UCF Policy 3-119, “Weapons on University Property and at University Events” states unequivocally. [More] 

Today's Gun Rights Examiner report notes some college students dodged a bullet (several actually, along with some bombs) by pure luck, and had things gone down differently, the only thing campus policy would have done is helped ensure success to their attacker.

Armed American Radio

Here's the archived program from Sunday night:

• 3-17-2013 Hour 1
• 3-17-2013 Hour 2
• 3-17-2013 Hour 3

Mark brought up the topic if where we're heading in the last segment of the third hour I wish we'd had more time to discuss and debate. I don't share the same optimism and faith in rank-and-file law enforcement as some of my fellow Roundtable participants.

Obey or Be Destroyed Orders Await Signature

Gov. John Hickenlooper will sign three Democratic gun control proposals into law this week, including the controversial ban on high-capacity magazines that has outraged gun owners threatening a recall effort against the governor and ballot measures to reverse the ban. [Read]

Yeah? So what are you Coloradans going to do in the interim? And what are you going to do if you lose at the polls?

And what about the rest of us?

[Via cydl]

We're the Only Ones First Responding Enough

A Port St. Lucie police officer was fired after an internal affairs investigation determined he had sex while on duty in October with a woman he met during a burglary call, according to recently released records and a police spokesman. [More]

Is this some kind of bust?

This Day in History: March 19

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Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

Well, here's one way to get your daughter suspended...[More]

[Via Randy J]

Bloomberg coalition mayor under investigation for ‘gun crime’

While allegations that Schiliro waved three handguns around, put one to his head saying he didn’t want to live any more, and made a hostage threat may be difficult to prove beyond a reasonable doubt, the accusation that he fired his gun into the floor is substantially supported by police removing from the premises “a spent projectile, a section of wood with two holes [and] three 9mm bullets.” [More] 

Today's Gun Rights Examiner report spotlights yet another official projectionist who doesn't trust US with guns.

Gun Violence and the ‘War On Drugs’

We need to have an open, objective dialogue about this unwinnable war, and discuss public policy options and implications. [More] 

Paul Gallant, Sherry Gallant, Alan J. Chwick, and Joanne D. Eisen have put out an important new paper.

Note all the calls for "a national conversation" we've seen to date have to do with making those of us who have nothing to do with this more vulnerable to both sides profiting from the status quo.

Make no mistake--this is what made Fast and Furious possible.  This is what makes MRAPs on our streets, and militarized police and no-knock dynamic entries inevitable.

A Simple Word

"Assault." [More]

I can't tell you how pleasantly surprised I am to see this appear on a mainstream news site.

As for the AP Stylebook, well, it's not like them having an agenda should surprise anyone.

[Via Harvey]

More "Legitimate Media"

The "Authorized Journalists" at MSNBC... [Read]

For All You "Potential Defendants"

Dynamic entry is typically used on high risk situations...

And what would those be?

When we know there's some armed individuals in there...

Gosh, I certainly don't know anyone like that.

Do you?

More...

Here's, here's a game even more challenging than "Where's Waldo":  Find a report on "Project Red Tidings" from our ever-dependable government watchdog "legitimate media"...

But It Gets Even Better Still

And I'm quite sure Gov. Shicklgruber knows exactly what it will do.

[Via cydl]

Two Can Play that Game

There's this. [Read]

And there's this.

A Dilemma Revisited

Joaquin Jackson... [Read]

Some of us have been beating that drum for a while.

So naturally, he's still the darling of the Nominating Committee.

In terms of cleansing the board, there's really only one way.

But I just don't see it happening.

I Want to Show You Something

It's my shocked face. [Read]

That's What It's All About

Confiscation. [Read]

Dan Gifford clears all the smoke out.