The right of the citizens to bear arms in defense of themselves and the State …
John Richardson notes and amended complaint by Ack-Mac in their suit with NRA. What a mess this whole thing is. And John is right. We’ll be the ones paying the price. If there’s one thing I’ve learned in my involvement with non-profit management, the following things are priorities, in order: Keep grifters away from money. … Continue reading “The Continuing Daytime Soap Opera”
Diana DeGette (D-CO) is busy joining Bob Costas, because clearly what House Democrats need in the middle of fiscal cliff negotiations is to refocus the Costas firestorm on them. She’s joined here by Ed Perlmutter (D-CO) who goes farther and notes: “Unfortunately, it’s tragedies like [the Kansas City shooting] that brings people’s attention back to … Continue reading “More Politicians Using Coffins as Soapboxes”
Hillary is starting to feel the Bern ahead of the California primary, with some polls showing Sanders pulling ahead. I’m cheering for Bernie. I worry he might actually be harder to beat in the general election than Hillary, but I think we have to worry less about the Joe Biden switcheroo if Bernie can take … Continue reading “Bloomberg Piles on the Hillary Train to Save Her”
It looks like New York has their own Babette Josephs in their Assembly, but his name is Al Stirpe. It’s not just that Stirpe is anti-gun and voted for the SAFE Act, he also gets pissed off when constituents don’t think the same way he does. When they dare think they can petition his government … Continue reading “Looking Down on the Little People”
I may have been perusing a few gift ideas for Sebastian when I happened upon some gunnie goodness that I thought was worth sharing for any of you who have stockings to stuff or gifts to give to fellow fans of the Second Amendment. Perhaps you know someone in need of something practical like soap … Continue reading “Cyber Monday Shopping for Gun Nuts”
Megan McArdle had an amusing observation about the Greek Government putting their bailout deal to the people: If EU economic policy were a soap opera–and apparently, it is–Greece would be the sultry, irresponsible beauty in a tumultuous love-hate relationship with rigid, authoritarian Germany. Â Obviously after years of tumultuous breakups and teary reunions, this is the … Continue reading “Megan McArdle on the Greek Referendum”
I was reading an article about a cat hoarder (these seem to happen about once every few months in this area) from the newspaper of record where I grew up, and I was amused at the sad lack of editorial oversight: Shelter workers and volunteers spent much of Wednesday afternoon vaccinating and bathing the cats, … Continue reading “Do Newspapers Even Hire Editors Anymore?”
Japete is a bit incredulous we think so. I know I said it was time for me to disengage from Common Gunsense, but it’s too much to resist. She’s trying to rewrite history. We’re all well aware of the Brady Campaigns past, and their support of an effective ban on handguns. She points out that … Continue reading “Want to Ban My Guns?”
By now it’s an old formula, pro-gun people find an anti-gun blog, pro-gun people engage anti-gun blog, anti-gun blog heavily moderates comments in an attempt to shift debate away from topics they’d rather not address. Common Gunsense has not completely shut down comments, but she’s also pretty clearly not interested in debate, only parroting the talking … Continue reading “Reasoned DiscorseTM Part MDCCCXLVII”
More Americans have negative associations with the word “militia” than the word “socialism.” And it’s not like socialism is a popular idea among Americans. I doubt this matters to most militia leaders, except maybe the ones who are getting better at public relations, but it would seem that for a vast majority of Americans, preaching … Continue reading “Militias Less Popular than Socialism”
