Granted, it was with blanks, but how come none of the public was aware of these exercises? And why are the police so “vague”? ____________ Looks like something similar was conducted in April 2011, though without any reports of gunfire. But also without any public notification. WTF?

Priceless.  No, really. The response, of course, is predictable.  And every bit as priceless — though for a different reason:  it reveals the extent to which cowards will go to turn their cowardice into an outraged virtue.  Thus, if you peel away the sanctimony, you get to the heart of  cowardly “anti-violence” wishcasting, laid sadly bare:  if you can’t be trusted to lie to us about how safe we are,

David Mamet, on liberty and gun control.  Happily, he hits many of the same points I’ve hit over the past several weeks — which I note as “happily” because it makes me feel smart and urbane to be on the side of the estimable Mr Mamet.  That, and it suggests that somewhere down the road I might be able to write a really cool screenplay about some elaborate con, and

Asked and answered, sweetie.   h/t geoff B

You’ll note that it can come in a suit and wear hair gel just as easily as it can show up wearing a big mustache and military fatigues then pose on a balcony opening onto a public square.  Politico, “Rahm Emanuel presses banks on guns”: Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, moving to take a lead role in the gun control debate, is turning up the pressure on banks that do business

Of course.  Because you can’t have “equality” until you have homogeneity.  And to reach that you need social engineers and political masterminds to set up a system whereby that is encouraged and enforced — regardless of the ancillary effects, which in this case has to do with something so trivial as creating the best conditions for combat effectiveness and military victory. CNS News: Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the

  Here’s what I’ll tell Sen Feinstein and all the Democrats and Republicans who support any cosmetic bans on weaponry or any bans on my capacity to carry ammunition useful to that weaponry:  if you disarm us, I and millions like me will make it our mission to bring you down to the same level. Because all you are is a servant of the People.  Which position doesn’t place you

Washington Times: In a case freighted with major constitutional implications, a federal appeals court on Friday overturned President Obama’s controversial recess appointments from last year, ruling he abused his powers and acted when the Senate was not actually in a recess. The three-judge panel’s ruling is a major blow to Mr. Obama. The judges ruled that the appointments Mr. Obama made to the National Labor Relations Board are illegal, and

Courtesy Doug Ross. Looks like lawfully owned “assault weapons” purchased pre-ban are excluded, but there’s no pre-ban stamp for high-cap mags.  No more to be sold, period.  The black market will love them some of that.  Also, police and retired police are exempt.  Which begs the question, why not retired military?  Why not security guards or retired security guards?  Are retired gangstas exempt, too?  For the fairness? Too, there’s no

Demon machines!   Thankfully, my SCAR — along with all my magazines that hold over 10 rounds — fell into the drink before the evil things turned me into a sudden, shame-filled felon.  So.  Phew!