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
December 19, 2012
“Barber shop conversation in Wentzville about Connecticut shootings ends with shots fired at customer”
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
December 19, 2012
“Fast and Furious gun found at Mexican crime scene”
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
December 19, 2012
The contemptible “civility” of the progressive mind
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)
December 19, 2012
An open call to gun-control advocates and gun supporters
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
December 19, 2012
Gender studies professor: mass shooting caused by “frustrated white male privilege.” [Darleen Click]
So declares Pasadena City College’s Hugo Schwyzer Pasadena City College professor of history and gender studies Hugo Schwyzer tells National Review Online that he believes many crimes, dating back to John Hinckley’s attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan, are caused in part by “frustrated white male privilege.” In recent years, according to Schwyzer, mass murders have increasingly been committed by “white males from bucolic suburban settings” who may be experiencing a
December 18, 2012
“Gun Owners, Segregationists, and Jim Sleeper”
You a gun enthusiast? Because if so, that makes you just like a segregationist, according to Yale lecturer in political science Jim Sleeper. The irony being that it was Democrat segregationists in the south who introduced gun control in the first place in order to keep weapons out of the hands of blacks (the Klan was quite fond of this legal maneuvering, for instance) — just as it is today’s
December 18, 2012
“President Obama to push assault weapons ban in second term”
Being re-elected gives him flexibility, you see. And you can never let a crisis go to waste. The Hill: President Obama will “actively support” efforts by Democrats to reinstate a federal ban on assault weapons next year, the White House announced on Tuesday. Press secretary Jay Carney said the president would back Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) when she introduces legislation at the opening of the next Congress to ban certain
December 18, 2012
“Boehner’s House Has Increased Debt $18,944 Per Household”
Pragmatism. Now get your asses in line, Hobbits. The adults are compromising here.
December 18, 2012
“Rhode Island prof demands NRA chief’s ‘head on a stick'”
Of course, it’s one thing to demand a person’s head be placed on a stick, and another to go out, subdue that person, and then lop his head off — particularly when you’re dealing with someone you know is probably packing. My advice to the good professor, should he really wish to complete his savagery against a fellow citizen: bring a bigger gun than the one you’re likely to face.