Let's Talk Numbers

Why doesn't anyone challenge these people when they start talking about guns and gun violence? Where are the homicides, what are the circumstances surrounding those homicides? Who used the gun? Where did they get it? Should they have been in possession? Anyway, check out the current field of candidates for the Democratic nomination for President and think about those questions while you read about the fight Cory Booker says he's going to bring to the NRA if he becomes president. Go Read It

They Can't Trust Themselves...

...So how can they trust you? Symbolic of the geniuses that Second Amendment loving Americans are up against, here we have an anti-gunner threatening to shoot others (if they owned a gun). There seems to be a lot of this kind of thinking going around. Anecdotal opinion on my part, of course. But, I think their tune would change if they actually did become gun owners. Go Read It.

Not a Part of The Solution

Mocking the idea that maybe there's a solution that we haven't thought of yet. Nice. Go Read It

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Gary Lewis, a senior director of media relations at OSU, told The Daily Caller via email that the “unique, special-purpose vehicle is a replacement” for the “police fleet.” He called the armored jalopy “an all-hazard, all-purpose, public safety-response vehicle” with “obviously enhanced capabilities.”

Go read it. 

Huffington Post Says

That the Mississippi Open Carry Law is causing confusion. I say Huffpo is causing the confusion.

Confusion over Mississippi's concealed weapons carry laws prompted legislators to address the issue. The law was unclear about whether or not a person carrying a concealed weapon was in violation of the law if the weapon was accidentally exposed to view. House Bill 2 clarifies the issue, stating a gun can be partially exposed if it is in a proper holster, and can be carried openly without a permit.Some have argued that Mississippi was already an open carry gun state and that the law is causing confusion.

So really, the new law just brings open cary back up to top of mind for the residents of the state. No confusion there. 

Go read it (if you care).

U-Turn! Or Maybe Just Kinda Veering Off a Little

Hey Bub, we goofed. We know we're supposed to do things a certain way, but if we do it like that people will get wise and won't let us continue to do it the way we want. So, we'll keep doing it like this (which is to say, poorly) and just back a few things up, but only a little. Connecticut just can't get it right.

In response to the December murders of 20 school children and six educators at a Newtown elementary school, the legislature passed a bill in early April containing a number of new gun control restrictions. The bill was drafted by lawmakers from both parties through a special committee process which took place outside the traditional legislative process.

Critics of the law have filed lawsuits seeking to have it declared unconstitutional. Some opponents have alleged that portions of the new law are too vague for residents, gun shop owners, and firearms manufacturers to apply.

When will people--read that "the voting public"--learn? Go read it.

Well, That Wasn't Very Smart

Butt dial 9-1-1 as you discuss your crime spree. Not smart at all.
Go read it.

Just Plain Ol' Dumb

There's no other explanation for this except stupidity.

As part of a continued effort to enrich the movie-going experience of its patrons, Capital 8 Theaters in Jefferson City, Missouri, sent a fake gunman into a screening of the film ‘Iron Man 3′ last weekend because, you know, what’s more thrilling to a captivated audience situated in a dark environment than a man decked out in full tactical gear, toting what appears to be a modified M4?

Yikes. There's a whole lot of "could've gone wrong" right there. Go read it.

Inflamed Emotions Aside

Who won?

A Nashville gun-control activist said a Tennessee pro-gun group timed its gun-giveaway to fly in the face of President Barack Obama's gun-control efforts.

Hmmm, wouldn't be the first occasion a group looked at timing and won't be the last. Linda McFadyen-Ketchum needs to untwist her knickers and get over it.

Go read it.

What If We Dealt With Reality

instead of a bunch of hypothetical hogwash? Seriously, does John Cassidy at The New Yorker have nothing better to do than carry the water of gun haters?

Here’s a little mental experiment. Imagine, for a moment, that the Tsarnaev brothers, instead of packing a couple of pressure cookers loaded with nails and explosives into their backpacks a week ago Monday, had stuffed inside their coats two assault rifles—Bushmaster AR-15s, say, of the type that Adam Lanza used in Newtown. What would have been different?

Let's use our imagination to ty to tip the scales back to the way we want things, i.e. "I take your legally owned property away from you and make you as helpless as a little kitten, like me. That will make us all feel better, won't it?" 

John Cassidy, you can trot along home with all the other pantywaists. I want to be able to protect myself and my family. If the bad guys can still get the guns you so fear guns via illegal means, don't make me a criminal by attempting to legislate my rights away. Go read it.

Ah, Youth - Or, Are You Smarter Than an 8th Grader?

I remember being young and defiant. I certainly hope I'm at least somewhat defiant anyway.
By now I'm sure most folks have seen the story about 8th grader Jared Marcum in West Virginia who was arrested for "almost inciting a riot." That "almost riot" came because Jared decided to debate an NRA shirt with a teacher who decided he didn't like the shirt. Well, Jared went back at school after his arrest and suspension and the brilliant young man came out of his corner swinging and wore the same shirt again. Well-played young sir, well played.
It shouldn't matter which side of the gun control argument a person is on, this one should be easy. There are no rules in the school's dress code to enforce here. Jared's shirt was fully within the code. He chose to stand his ground rather than automatically bend a knee to some pantywaist on a power trip.
I'm scoring this one Right-headed Student 1, Wrong-headed Teacher 0. Or maybe that should be Hope For Our Future 1, Too Little Brainpower to Debate an 8th Grader Zero 0.

So You Do Want Registration

Another instance of blathering on about how gun control would have helped, but then the argument really doesn't support the idea. There are already laws on the books that make gun possession by the Boston Marathon Bombers illegal. What they did was illegal. They decided to become criminals and no whining about the NRA is going to change the fact that more gun laws would not have done anything to have stopped them. Mr. Earl Ofari Hutchisonn needs to listen to the facts of his own story.

Boston bomber suspects Tamerlan Tsarnaev and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev reportedly horded a small arsenal of guns. They were semi-automatic weapons. They did not have to go through a background check or have a permit. Authorities will now be forced to spend countless hours and personnel trying to track down exactly how, when and where they got their guns. They could have easily have gotten them over the Internet, at a gun show, or just simply bought them from an individual seller on the street or anywhere else.

Authorities will investigate. It's what they do. Registration or not, they would have to chase paper. Hutchinson is calling for an electronic database of gun owners to speed up the process. Not going to happen. Ever. What difference does it make now after the fact? Go read it.

I Hate Guns

and I'm a Wall Street Analyst hack who needs to make nice with my employer, Michael Bloomberg. So, I tried to tie two semi-relatable things together, but couldn't really get it done in the end.

What with the terrorist attack in Boston, the deadly explosion at a fertilizer plant in Texas and the inane vote against gun control in the U.S. Senate, you may have missed the news late last week about Stephen Feinberg. The reclusive co-founder of the buyout firm Cerberus Capital Management LP is attempting one of his most daring and ill- conceived deals of all time: trying to buy Freedom Group Inc., one of the world’s largest gun manufacturers, from his own company.

Go read it.

Not According to Plan

for the robber anyway.

The man with the CHL was shot in the arm and the hand by the robber, but the robber was shot multiple times in the chest.

It's important to remember shot placement.

Go read it.

Weasel

Headline reads, "JOE SCARBOROUGH: On Gun Control, Republicans Are Putting 'Rapists' Rights Over Parents' Rights'"
There's a prime example of being out-of-touch with the reality of the situation and counting on folks to just read headlines. Why do I even read these stories? Ridiculous.  Go read it.

Wow. Just Wow.

Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO): "I will tell you these are ammunition, they’re bullets, so the people who have those now they’re going to shoot them, so if you ban them in the future, the number of these high capacity magazines is going to decrease dramatically over time because the bullets will have been shot and there won’t be any more available." 

Found here at Sipsey Street.
Then the follow-up from her mouthpiece:

“The Congresswoman has been working on a high-capacity assault magazine ban for years, and has been deeply involved in the issue; she simply misspoke in referring to ‘magazines’ when she should have referred to ‘clips,’ which cannot be reused because they don’t have a feeding mechanism,”

So, I guess he doesn't undertand that clips are reusable, too? Oh, that's right, they don't know anything about guns, but they want to ban them anyway. Wow.

Dear Senator Feinstein

or should I say Senator Whinestein?

"A fear has set in that if they vote for the bill they won't be re-elected. It's that plain, it's that simple," Feinstein said during an appearance before the Commonwealth Club. "My view is they shouldn't go up to the Senate if they are unwilling to stand up and vote."

If a Senator's constituency supported gun control the Senator would vote for it. If a Senator feels that there are enough single-issue voters that can be reminded at the appropriate time to vote against and unseat them, them maybe said Senators should not be following the herd over the cliff. Go read it.

But This is a Quiet Neighborhood

The break-in sent shock waves through the community, which one 44-year resident described to Fox News as safe and relatively crime-free.

It turns out okay, though. Go read it.

Who Needs a Rolling Pin?

”it’s not something you expect on a Sunday morning. You’re headed out for church and you just hear a man calling for you from across the street who’s been shot. You certainly don’t see that everyday.”  

Go read it.

Hold It Right There Mister

Evidently the background check process isn't so easy. Mark Kelly will have to find somewhere else to attempt to make his lame point. Go read it.