Excuse for firing clerk over gun defense reeks of corporate double-talk

“At Nouria Energy, our employees are our most cherished assets,” they unctuously proclaim on their website home page. “Their safety and the safety of our customers is priority number one.” 

Somehow, the immortal line spoken by John Vernon in “The Outlaw Josey Wales” comes to mind. [More]

This afternoon’s Gun Rights Examiner report notes gutless corporate management sure makes those gas station stores convenient – for predators.

Supreme Court gun case decisions highlight uncertainty of outcomes

Why the court rejected the Woollard case, and what they will ultimately decide in Abramski remain unknown. [More]

Today’s Gun Rights Examiner report notes a court that understands full well where power grows from.

The Mothers of Invention

Kurt looks at some of those mothers and their stupid invention... [More]

Have You Done This Yet?

And/or have you told people about it? [More]

Illegitimi Non Carborundum

I don't have an hour-and-a-half to watch this right now, so can't endorse it from personal experience. I'm trusting based on my source that it will prove worth the time investment. [Watch]

[Via bondmen]

Good Samaritan

American Trigger Sports Network presents "Stop the Threat":

In this week's crime reenactment: In an age where there are often too few good samaritans, becoming one costs one man his life.

Hosted by James B. Towle with Special Guests: Wes Doss, Kathy Jackson, Rob Pincus

Watch on the PURSUIT Channel!
DISH Network: Channel 393 HUNT
DirecTV: Channel 604 PRST
Wednesdays 2:00pm PST 5:00pm EST
Thursdays 10:00pm PST
Fridays 6:00pm PST/9:00pm EST
Fridays 1:00am EST

You can also catch past "Stop the Threat" episodes and other programs on ATSNtv's You Tube channel.

Also note a special regional announcement:

Shenandoah Telecommunications Company is now featuring American Trigger Sports Network's premiere series "Stop the Threat" on Alive TV, Channel 15 available in HD Cable to 100% of Economy/Basic subscribers in the Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland coverage areas. Wednesdays and Saturdays 9:30 PM Eastern beginning October 16, 2013. Please visit www.ATSN.tv for episode line-up.

Deserving of Neither

More disturbing than the predictable push to eliminate privacy rights is the public’s utter acquiescence in the face of the growing police state. [More]

Liberty nor safety, that is.

[Via Florida Guy]

Occam's Razor

If a power is not listed, then the federal government does NOT have that power. [More]

At least not lawfully and morally.  But practically, they have whatever power over us we allow them to assume.

We're the Only Ones Insulted Enough

Well, I never...[More]

Welcome to the party, pals.

Support Grows for U.N. Arms Treaty?

Not from anybody who matters, it doesn't. [More]

We're the Only Ones Fingered Enough

Police Director Michael Mordaga has called for a national fingerprinting system to screen gun buyers...[More]

Here's mine, you stupid fascist. Guess which one it is? 

We're the Only Ones Just Joking Enough

Justice Department officials said the photo was included as a joke and that they were unaware it was viewed as offensive by agents. [More]

What's the matter, can't you take a joke?

Jeez, some people have absolutely no sense of humor.

Defeat Garden

Oh, I see, Michelle's garden "fell victim." Dysfunctional rot at the White House can't be  blamed on its caretakers.  [More]

Ed makes an excellent point. Seeing as how she has no Constitutional duties, how many dishes has the First Housewife washed since the administration began furloughing "non-essential workers"? How many toilets has she scrubbed?

At least we know what's "essential".

This Day in History: October 16

On October 16, Cornwalis made a desperate attempt to break out by sending some of his troops across the bay in small boats. A gale-force wind, however, scuttled that plan. [More]

Bloomberg tied to German move to occupy New Jersey ‘smart gun’ market

As for the company’s move to terminate ownership of non-disabled guns in New Jersey and then branch outward to the rest of the Republic, Stephen Teret from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the founding director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research, who has been working on “smart gun” technology for 30 years, was happy to weigh in. [More]

Today’s Gun Rights Examiner report notes shrewd profiteers behind the “smart gun” conspiracy. 

Moms Press Staples for a Gun Ban

Just when you thought it was safe to buy office supplies, a small group of misguided moms is demanding that peaceful and law-abiding gun owners render themselves defenseless before they peruse the aisles for toner cartridges and mechanical pencils. “Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America,” or more accurately, “Moms Demand Gun Bans,” is insisting that the office supply chain, Staples, post its stores against the legal carry of firearms. [More]

That's part of the Bloomberg network, of course.  So naturally they describe themselves as a "grassroots movement," which makes me think of nothing so much as what  there's plenty of at the local dog park...

In re Staples, remind 'em of this and the 40 stores they closed earlier this year, and ask if they'd really like to staple things shut with gun owners.

Honor Guards Needed

Apply within. [More]

The Truth About British Crime Rates

Joanne Eisen, Paul Gallant, Alan J. Chwick & Sherry Gallant note the numbers don't add up. [More]

Orders We Will Not Obey

Sure looks like it... [More]

[Via Florida Guy]

We're the Only Ones Winging it Wildly Enough

An off-duty Richland County sheriff's deputy is in hot water after allegedly assaulting a woman, handcuffing her and slamming her head into a table at a Columbia restaurant on Monday. [More]

So naturally, Sheriff Leon says his boy was well within his powers.

He was, too. Look where this happened. Who could resist?

[Via bondmen]