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Has Alan Gottlieb Bugged My Phone?

It was a few weeks ago, when we heard about Bloomberg taking gun control on the road, I mentioned to Bitter on the way home from work that a gun rights group ought to hire a billboard truck to follow Bloomberg’s around with a counter message. We even went so far as to suggest that SAF would be the ideal group to do this kind of thing.

Well, looks like that’s happening now. It’s an obvious countermeasure, so I’m glad to see them doing it. The second part of the idea was hiring two trucks just in case Bloomberg’s driver is good at losing a tail.

I also think SAF needs its own dirigible to fly over the skies of Manhattan, taunting Mayor Bloomberg. I’m mostly kidding about that one, but our movement could use an air force, don’t you think?

Hat Tip to Cemetery

“Veto” the Second Amendment

A Mexican reporter asked Obama why he doesn’t just veto the Second Amendment.Â What’s surprising is the answer:

â€œWell, the Second Amendment in this country is part of our Constitution, and the president of the United States is bound by our Constitution. So I believe in the Second Amendment. It does provide for Americans the right to bear arms for their protection, for their safety, for hunting, for a wide range of uses. That does not mean that we cannot constrain gun-runners from shipping guns into Mexico. And so we believe that we can shape an enforcement strategy that slows the flow of guns into Mexico, while at the same time preserving our Constitution.â€

Has anyone trolled Monster.com lately to see if the Brady people have their resume’s out yet? I would if I were them. The writing is on the walls, folks. Not that I believe this issue is going away, but the form it’s going to take heading into the future will not be the Brady model.

Permits Up in Luzerne County

More evidence the gun control organizations have been disastrously wrong on who’s been buying guns since Hope and Change came to the land:

Joe Lasecki, owner of Nimrod Haven in Hanover Township, said he notices more people purchasing guns for protection, often first-time handgun buyers.

Lots of people keep saying it’s because the crime is up. Crime is actually been going down. Â I don’t think crime is the driver here, I think the driver is people believing things are going to get worse. Much worse. I’m not sure they are wrong.

Million Dollar Garage

Marko and Miguel have their picks for what they’d fill a million dollar garage with. I’m boringly practical when it comes to automobiles, so even with a million bucks I’d doubt I’d drive something much different than I have now. Though I’d probably get leather seats. No, if I had a princely sum to spend on transportation, I’d getÂ one of these:

And no doubt many are fans of the Ford Mustang,Â but I’d rather have a Mustang made by Cessna:

Both of these, of course, are the Priuses (Prii?) of turbojet powered aircraft. Larger business jets will suck down jet-A like it’s going out of style. Regardless, the fuel economy on either aircraft would put your Ford Earthf**ker to shame. If the automobile is f**king the earth, private jets rape and pillages the earth, then murder its family.

Sadly, personal jets don’t quite have the hippy tear inducing effect as the automobile, because plenty of wealthy leftists fly in them, and this has never been about saving the earth. It’s been about saving your average dumb American from himself. Once average dumb Americans, who clearly need to be re-educated by their betters, start buying their own jets, you can bet the hippy tears will start flowing for mother Gaia, and planes will be just as bad as the automobile. I look forward to that day.

Jesse Jackson Jr.’s Constitution

He believes the following should be in the Constitution:

The right to a home.
The right to medical care.
The right to a decent education.

One wonders how that works. If you have a right to this things that means other people are obligated to provide it for you, and if I have an obligation against my will to provide you with something, I would be what you’d call, at least in some part, a slave.

When Life Resembles Monty Python

Apparently a Professor at Northwestern decided to teach a class about sexuality with a demonstration.

CBS on Gunwalker Scandal

Now there’s a face to the whistleblower:

Next Castle Doctrine Moves

My goodness, it’s such a refreshing change to see a little action on our Castle Doctrine bill here. This week, we cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee hurdle. Next week, according to this update from Rep. Seth Grove, we’ll move it in the House.

HB 40 – Castle Doctrine has been sunshined for a a vote this Monday in the House Judiciary Committee! I am a proud cosponsor of this legislation and look forward to my colleagues of the Judiciary to pass it out of committee.

On the Senate side, we may also see a floor vote next week. Considering how many months we waited between hearings and votes last session, this is unbelievably fast. But, don’t let up. As we learned last year, there can be any number of unpleasant surprises waiting for us. Until Tom Corbett’s signature is dry, we should keep our eyes open.

LA’s Police Chief Signing on to Back HR308

John Richardson notices something about LA’s Police Chief, that makes this move relatively unsurprising. Police chiefs are politicians more than cops. It’s utterly ridiculous and supremely hypocritical to argue magazines that hold more than ten rounds are “clips transform a gun into a weapon of mass death,” and then out of the other side of your mouth argue for your officers to be exempted from the ban.

Quote of the Day

From the “Can’t have a reasonable conversation file,” courtesy of Dennis Henigan:

Ultimately, this is not just a campus safety issue. It also is an issue involving the core values served by institutions of higher education. It is difficult to imagine anything more destructive to an environment of academic freedom â€“ in which controversial issues can be passionately debated free of fear and intimidation â€“ than students or professors â€œstrappedâ€ as they participate in those debates.

Because, you know, armed people just can’t have a passionate debate without someone pulling out a gun and shooting the place up. This is what these people think about you. How can anyone possibly believe they are fine with the right to bear arms?