Not Until July?

Starting July first, a gun worn in plain sight, in a holster is no longer a concealed weapon. [More]

I'm trying to figure out why they need to wait until July to accept reality.

Of Course You Realize This Means...

...what, exactly? [Read]

And if any choose to defy these, will the "enforce existing gun laws" crowd condemn them, and accuse them of making us all look bad, chastising that if we don't like the law, we should work to change it?

[Via cydl]

Basic Training

Pulse 02DA is offering training materials for first-time gun owners. I have not had time to review their program, nor will I, but I thought I'd put the link out there and let you be the ones to decide if this will be something the new gun owners in your life will find helpful. [More]

Aimin' to Misbehave

Who's up for "a little armed civil disobedience"? [Read]

Come Visit Our New Location!

The old page is no longer active. John Longenecker's "CPR Corollary" is now posted here.

In the Line of Duty?

There’s a plaque at the Chicago Police Memorial for officers who have died in the line of duty. It reads: “It is not how they died that made them heroes. It is how they lived.” [More]

That's kind of an ironic observation, all things considered.

The point here is not to pile on or add to anyone's grief, thus no traditional "Only Ones" title--but it is to reiterate that there are those (like Chicago police officials) who would disarm the rest of us and leave guns solely in the hands of the police, using "gun suicides,"among other factors, as a "public health" justification.  It's incumbent on them to explain why they aren't first and foremost demanding that a group that is significantly more at risk than the general population be addressed first.

[Via bondmen]

We're the Only Ones Expired Enough

Part of a police officer's job is to carrying a gun, but now more than 20 officers in Quincy are off the job after a surprise inspection found they had expired gun permits.

The news stunned lot of people and some Quincy residents are outraged that 15 patrol officers and six supervisors are now on paid leave. [More]

Who do these guys think they are?

Heather Fong?

And then there's this:

Some departments allow officers to carry guns "on the badge," meaning they don't need a permit. The badge itself gives them the right to carry the gun.  

So it is the magic amulet that makes them so much better than you and me... thank goodness their grip on the public purse is strong enough to guarantee they still get paid for doing nothing as a result of their own lazy negligence! 

[Via Florida Guy]

Speaking of Impotence...

I don’t have the words to describe the cowardice of Congress or the depravity of the gun lobby, which conspired to kill the assault-weapons ban. I can’t explain the apparent impotence of President Obama who vowed to “use whatever power this office holds” to convert the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School into commonsense common good. [More]

Indignant little hissy-fitter, isn't he?

Stamp your feet now, Ron. You and Mike Lupica.

Anti-gun males. Ain't they a scream?

The Logical Question

Authorities in central Mexico say a clash between security forces and gunmen armed with AR-15 rifles and grenades left 10 assailants dead. [More]

Well...?  Were any?


Oh, and where'd they get the grenades?

[Via Jess]

University Of Central Florida Scare Reminds Us Why...

...Al Krulick has no place weighing in on matters where his only qualifications are ignorance and prejudice. [Read]

By Hook of By Crook, We Will

White House on assault weapons ban: ‘We’re going to find the votes’ [More] 

I wonder how many of those efforts have gone back down under the radar.  

And how far they'll go.

This Day in History: March 20

[More]

Photo of trained child with gun prompts police visit to N.J. home

That’s why this particular young person is fortunate to have parents who care about his safety and happiness enough to give him age-appropriate training, and importantly, age-appropriate trust. And he’s especially fortunate to be raised in a home where the parents understand and will not surrender their rights in the face of intimidating authorities demanding otherwise. [More]

This evening's Gun Rights Examiner looks at a place where the Orwellian maxim "Ignorance is strength" is official policy when it comes to educating young people about guns.  You know, New Jersey.

Southern Sense

I'm going to be doing the Southern Sense podcast today at 2 p.m. Eastern (actually 2:15 -- they start the program with a tribute to fallen heroes).

We'll be talking Gunwalker and whatever else is happening gun-related in the news.

Click here to listen.  They also have a call-in number for those who want to interact.

Surprise, Surprise, Surprise!

For years, the NRA and the American Right have played games with some imprecise wording in the Second Amendment, which was always about a state’s right to have a well-regulated militia, but now those games are distorting U.S. foreign policy, too, says ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar.  [More]

Oh, gee. A career statist trough-feeder embraces collectivism. And globalism. And control.

Gomer?

[Via John B]

Complete Post of FBI Terrorist Watchlist Pamphlets

This looks like one heckuvva resource. [More]

Wish I had time to do a parody poster.

[Via Florida Guy]

We're the Only Ones with Fighting Spirit Enough

Two Braddock officers suspended after they fight at police station [More] 

Just the kind of level heads that prove they're more trustworthy to go about armed than you and I are...

[Via Kevin Starrett]

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."