Or, “Introduction to tyranny, disguised as populism, and aided by state propaganda”. Reuters: Unburdened by re-election worries and empowered by law to act without Congress, U.S. President Barack Obama could take action to improve background checks on gun buyers, ban certain gun imports and bolster oversight of dealers. Prospects for gun control legislation intensified in the wake of the school massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, as more pro-gun rights lawmakers said

3 State Department officials resign, a recuperating Hillary never testifies, Americans are Islamophobes, etc. Now, can we please stop wasting time worrying about what the President did or didn’t know and did or didn’t do? That’s just racist. And besides, we have weapons of war we need taken off the street. For the children. (h/t sdferr)

Speaker Boehner has now signaled that he’s willing to consider gun control, raise taxes on “the rich”, and allow the President’s spending spree to continue with no cuts in sight. Doesn’t that make the leadership of the Republican Party in the House, you know, Democrats?

From the Media Research Center: If Dianne Feinstein grants herself the right to self protection, how on earth can she justify denying you your right to do the same. For Feinstein, an “assault weapon” is merely a weapon that cosmetically looks frightening to her. That is, her ban is (and was) nothing but a ban on aesthetics. And that’s because the general mechanism used by “assault weapons” to fire bullets

Turns out the gunman was a felon, “convicted of second-degree homicide and unlawful possession of a weapon in Middlesex County, N.J., in 1975,” who “has been involved in numerous verbal altercations with neighbors, resulting in an order of protection being issued against him.” The upshot being, he wasn’t allowed to possess a firearm.  Meaning this never happened. Because, you know, there are laws. — Although to be fair, next time

Some gun control importuning is more equal than others, I guess. Sharyl Attkisson, CBS News: Another weapon from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agency’s controversial Operation Fast and Furious was recently recovered at a Mexican crime scene, CBS News has learned. Congressional investigators say the crime scene was likely where a recent shootout took place between reported Sinaloa drug cartel members and the Mexican military, in

Compare & contrast: FoxNews:   “Robert Bork, former Supreme Court nominee, dies” LA Times:  “Robert Bork, failed Supreme Court nominee, dies at age 85” It’s who they are.  It’s what they do. RIP, Judge Bork.  And be thankful that where you’re going you won’t be running into Ted Kennedy.  Though you might want to give Mary Jo Kopechne a big hug. (h/t Darleen)

To those who have offered support for the announced attempt by Obama and the Congress to go full out for gun control — be they unprincipled and timid Republicans, liberty-snatching and opportunistic leftists, or even just mostly apolitical adults who’ve become so Oprahfied that they think with their syrupy hearts, that is, like children — here is your chance to venture out of your consensus circle and actually defend your