The Exploration of SPACE

Explained in down-to-earth terms... [More]

State of Emergency

What better time for Opposite Day "progressives" to have made obtaining the means of defense illegal? [More]

Meaning they're going to fight to keep it that way.  For public safety, you see.

That said, anyone who waits until streets and stores are likely to be closed has a lesson or two in preparedness they may learn, assuming they make it through to the other side. It reminds me of a woman I know, who will not "allow" guns in her home (disregard for a moment what she's prepared to do about it should someone bring one in anyway.) She has a relative who owns several, and she believes if the situation ever gets really serious, her husband can borrow one from him (assuming the relative is willing, someone can make it across town and back with the goods, that they can even figure out how to load whatever they end up with, and have been spared more than a handful of rounds to load it with.)

What better time to learn how to use a gun, and to develop the proper knowledge, skills, discipline and mindset, than at the very last minute, when determined enemies are advancing on your position?

[Via cydl]

How She Should Appear

Assuming that she should appear... [More]

I guess considering they're Federal Reserve notes, what difference does it make?

[Via Florida Guy]   

So Much for an Amicable Divorce

In 1861, Texans voted to secede and join the Confederacy during the Civil War. When the war was over, the Supreme Court decided — in a case that involved none other than Texas, albeit on the non-secession side — that states can’t secede unilaterally and any attempt to do so will be “absolutely null.” [More]

So "irreconcilable differences" and even outright abuse don't matter? If you try to leave us we'll stalk you, and capture, you, and punish you and bring you back because we belong together for ever and always...?

How creepy and intolerable is that?

Making a #Hashtag of Things

I have no idea what this is supposed to prove. [More]

Near as I can figure, we may need to have a national conversation on common sense hashtag safety laws...

A Human Rights Violation

I wonder if his coffee was as cold as his victims' remains. [More]

[Via Michael G]

Talk About Brazen!

This was a brazen act by individuals who obviously had no fear of being met with any opposition from the people who work in or patronize an environment where firearms are banned by federal law. [More]

Thanks for nothing, Supreme Court. What do we feed you people for again?

You know what else is brazen?

"Pro-gun Democrat" Jon Tester making sure post offices stay "gun  free" and getting an "A" rating and NRA endorsement plus NSSF's "Legislator of the Year" award for "protecting gun rights."

'Wrong House'

Three thugs target what they think is a "Drug House" for a robbery/theft. Inside, a family is getting ready for bed when the door bursts open and the robbers are confronted with the wife and a small child. Quick action prevents a tragedy. [More]

This week on "Stop the Threat"...

We're the Only Ones New Dealing Enough

He said he told Circuit Judge Michael Mullen that a first-time offender would get the same deal ... [More]

Perhaps a first time offender who hasn't been entrusted and authorized to enforce such laws against others...

[Via bondmen]

Now Recruiting for the SSIgnal Corps

Sipsey Street is now on Facebook. I know many look down on and have have resisted joining "social media," and if you can only envision using it for that, good call. If you see its utility as a communications tool to share information allies need to know, not participating cedes an important beachhead those hostile to your principles already use to great advantage.

No one else, certainly not the media or the rice bowl issue groups, is going to spread the word except those who get value from it. If you do, just being a consumer is not enough. Be a force multiplier because it serves your purposes and because it's needed.

UPDATE: It'd help if I included the link.

Will Norquist’s Immigration Stance Make Hillary’s Gun Tax a Reality?

But what can’t be overlooked is that immigration policies championed by Americans for Tax Reform’s president Grover Norquist can make new gun taxes a reality within a decade or two, and forget Hillary’s measly 25%.  He’s enabling the potential to go full Mariana. [More]

What does Grover think Hillary will do about guns and taxes once he helps her get the votes she needs through “amnesty” for untold millions?

Flying Flag over Capitol Sends Message of Defiance to Gun-Grabbers

I asked for the flag to be flown on April 19 with the notation: “In tribute to the Citizen Patriots of Lexington and Concord who resisted confiscation of their armaments on this date in 1775, and in continued defiance of all who would infringe on the Right of the People to keep and bear arms.” [More]

It doesn't hurt to remind these people how their positions of privilege came to be in the first place.

No Charge

911 caller won't be charged in Ohio Wal-Mart police shooting [More]

That's what happens when the bulk of your "knowledge" comes from "gun safety advocates."

[Via Geordan]

We're the Only Ones Prematurely Discharging Enough

A San Francisco sheriff’s deputy accidentally discharged a non-duty weapon, a "baby Glock," inside the Hall of Justice on Wednesday morning, apparently while trying to demonstrate the proper use of the weapon to a colleague. [More]

In fairness, I've yet to find  "a 22-caliber 'baby' Glock" that's worth a damn...

I once had a reporterette get all snotty on me for "getting all technical" and expecting easily-obtainable subject matter accuracy from a professional journalist. I just spent a few minutes trying to locate that old post, but don't even remember what year it was.

[Via Steve A]

Domestic Enemies -- Opposite Day 'Progressive-Style'

Yeah, how dare sheriffs embrace the Constitution and law enforcement personnel consider themselves "peace officers"?  And what about those anti-government extremists who believe their oath to the Constitution takes precedence over orders? [More]

Thanks for setting us straight, George Soros and the Center for Public Integrity! NBC couldn't have boosted this without you!

We're the Only Ones Kosher Enough

NYPD cops pocketed cash bribes to “expedite” pistol permits for members of the Orthodox Jewish community — and a Boro Park Shomrim patrol leader offered another officer a near $1 million payday to keep the scheme going, the feds charged Monday. [More]

Such a deal!

[Via Steve T] 

It's Not Like Environmentalism is a Fanatical Religion or Anything

That is why Australia has to have such strong biosecurity laws... [More]

Yep -- bring in your lap dogs and become the star of a hostage video.

Say, how's "progressive" Australia on other things getting in, you know, like refugees...?

Hey, gotta protect that biosecurity...

We're the Only Ones Feeling No Pain Enough

 An off-duty Houston police officer cleared in a 2011 fatal shooting outside a bar was considered "legally intoxicated" by his department when he opened fire on two unarmed men ... But the conclusions in the report ... were never presented to the grand jury that cleared Coronado because courts have ruled that internal police investigations cannot be used against officers in criminal cases. [More]

So what options for justice are left ...?

[Via Neil W]

Ice Cube on Guns

I can see where the concept might appeal to some. [More]

Oh, you mean this moron...

We're the Only Ones Situationally Aware Enough

Those sources say a Sergeant later told officers in the room that they had secretly ordered the officer to unload his weapon and then pretend to fire on his colleague as part of a “training exercise” on situational awareness. The officer then pulled the trigger of the unloaded weapon while pointing it at the head of an officer until it audibly clicked, the sources say. [More]

And here I've been dismissing the notion of superior police training all these years...

UPDATE: Herschel share his thoughts.