Not Cooperating with the Narrative

Armed Robbers Chased Off By Sharpshooter [More]

I think Marilyn had better have a talk with Mary Ann, who does, after all, tell everyone she's an "expert."

[Via Mack H]

STOP THE MADNESS OF BABIES AND GUNS!!!!

Did an "adult" really write this? [More]

We're the Only Ones Open Enough

Florida sheriffs oppose open-carry legislation [More]

Seems I recall someone addressing this phenomenon of the help forgetting their place before... ah, here it is. Funny, that post concerned uppity Florida "Only Ones," too.

From "One of the People," Philadelphia Federal Gazette, July 2, 1789:

"What should we think of a gentleman, who, upon hiring a waiting-man, should say to him—'my friend, please to take notice, before we come together, that I shall always claim the liberty of eating when and what I please, of fishing and hunting upon my own ground, of keeping as many horses and hounds as I can maintain, and of speaking and writing my sentiments upon all subjects.' A servant must be a fool, who would not suppose such a master to be a madman... Let these truths sink deep into our hearts: that the people are the masters of their rulers and that rulers are the servants of the people..."

Anybody think bodyguards dictate to the "progressive" elites what they may or may not do?

[Via Florida Guy]   

Jesse Gets My Standard Response

No. [More]

Your move.

We're the Only Ones Shooting First and Asking Questions Later

Naturally, the "Authorized Journalists" couldn't resist an "OK Corral" headline. [More]

Interesting Juxtaposition of Drudge Headlines Here...

But I LOVE Him... And Otherwise, I'll Be ALONE...

Hear the one about the battered woman who kept going back to her abusive boyfriend...? [More]

You're right. It is an offensive joke.

[Via Michael G]

Agenda "Journalism" at Its Finest

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I rest my case.

Here's their "retraction"-- they don't sound very sorry, passing the buck and the blame down like that. Think it'll get anywhere near as many eyeballs?

[Via Michael D]

UPDATE

It's All Academic

An evidence professor at IU Law has apologized after she faked an angry intruder in order to prove that eyewitness testimony is not always trustworthy. People called 911 and hid under desks, and rumor has it at least one student left through the emergency exit. [More]

Pulling stupid stunts like this may partially explain why the Opposite Day "progressive" intellectual leadership doesn't want guns on campus.

The Crux of the Matter

Ackerman McQueen, an Oklahoma public relations firm, has run the NRA’s confrontational publicity campaigns and driven many of its political victories for more than 30 years. In that time, the firm has forged a symbiotic relationship that has kept LaPierre unchallenged in power and Ackerman McQueen in lucrative contracts. [More]

Everything else is incidental. I'm trying to track down and validate info that Wayne just got a nice six-figure raise. Realistically, I'll probably have to wait for the 2015 Form 990 to come out to verify that.

In the mean time, here's the latest available on where the money goes.

Curious-- I hadn't realized $25M was being funneled to InfoCision in Akron for membership processing and solicitation. With that kind of revenue boost for the local economy, one that used to be nothing but booming due to all the tire companies that have since moved production jobs to lands of cheaper labor, you'd think there'd be some incentive to get the political establishment to distance itself from Bloomberg -- or at least take "weapons" off the InfoCision Stadium "prohibited items" list.

Commonsense Gun Safety Law Wish List Fulfillment

Police in New Jersey say an elderly man shot and killed his mother at an assisted living facility Sunday afternoon before turning the gun on himself. [More]

I don't get it  -- if he did everything "right," he was permitted and licensed to own a handgun, the "authorities" had records of all transfers of the firearm since its initial retail sale, and he had one of those "very limited issue" carry permits.

And WTF is this 62 = "elderly" crap? That strikes me as a potentially dangerous meme to be putting in the public mind, especially at the dawn of the age of death panels.

Rotten to the Common Core

Common Core backers are sneaking a social and political agenda into nationalized curriculum, say critics, who now have new ammo in a writing lesson plan for teachers that they say gives a slanted perspective of the gun debate. [More]

Yep. See for yourself.

Oh, look who champions Common Core!

A Pro-Traditional Marriage Candidate You Can Count On

With all the "progressive" squabbling going on over DOMA intent, they sure are missing the main point.  That's because they know Hillary was flat-out lying about it for political power reasons and approve that tactic. Plus, they know that even if the useful idiots are given direct evidence Hillary was lying to them, they'll still vote for her because ... well, because they're useful idiots.

Obama Follower Kills Four, Injures Dozens More

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UPDATE:

Commonsense and Responsible Car Safety Solutions

'Drunk' woman, 25, arrested after plowing her car at high speed into the Oklahoma State University homecoming parade crowd, killing three people and hospitalizing 22 [More]

That does it. I'm writing my representatives and demanding we start licensing drivers and registering cars.

How many more must die?

Kids Say the Darndest Thing

In response to the stories, concerns, patterns, struggles, and confusion we have seen in our workshops over the years, we have distilled our work around race and racism into a 40 hour web-course--designed for white people--entitled “Dismantling Racism from the Inside Out.”  [More]

For "progressives," every day is Opposite Day.

How is designing a course specifically for white people because it assumes they have special deficiencies not racist?  Perhaps some representatives for La Raza or Nation of Islam would care to weigh in?

Ah well, I guess useful idiots conned into donating to and spending time on this nonsense will have fewer resources with which to do any actual damage.

Move Along

Nothing to see here. [More]

And now for some real news...

‘Former’ Drug Dealer Wants ‘Gutless … Coward’ Gun Owners Shot

Presumably he only thinks white gun owners should be shot, because while he didn’t come right out and say so, were his “standard” to be applied as a condition of gun ownership for blacks, particularly if the cop doing the shooting were white, something tells me he wouldn’t approve. [More]

Who wants to be this moron's huckleberry? Mind if he brings some friends from the Salon editorial staff along to help him...?

Summer Folly

Two young teens, bored, with nothing going on during summer break, decide to break into a house "to see what it's like". What they didn't expect was that someone was home. [More]

Tonight on "Stop the Threat."

A 'Progressive' Self-Defense 'Expert'

Mary Anne Franks, another self-defense expert, urged lawmaker to reject the legislation. Franks is a law professor at the University of Miami who specializes in self-defense law and is also an instructor in Krav Maga, a Israeli form of hand-to-hand self-defense.

"Guns are highly effective in committing crimes. They are rarely effective in preventing them,” Franks said. [More]

What a dolt[ress?]. What kind of "expert" presumes to issue sweeping one-size-fits-all pronouncements to anticipate all situations?

I wonder how many actual real world knockdown-dragout fights against enraged males "expert" Mary Anne has won. And what a woman who does not have her physical capabilities is supposed to do.

Whenever these idiots bring up superior "Only Ones" powers and abilities, the immediate rejoinder ought to be to get them to define qualification / requalification standards for police -- how often, number of rounds that must be fired in what time period, minimum scores to pass, how many do-overs they get, and how soon those who fail get to try again.

I know people who  do more in a weekend than some cops do all year.

[Via Michael G]