Ninth Stage

You need not wonder why.
Kellerman’s numbers may have changed, but so have his terms.
The original (and debunked) quote was, “a gun owner is 43 times more likely to kill a family member than an intruder.” The new and improved quote is, “guns kept in the home were 12 times more likely to be involved [...]

So, those who think the Supreme Court got it 180 degrees wrong, I guess the following would finally guarantee the people a right to arms:
A well regulated people, being necessary to the security of a Police State, the right of the government to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
Right?  If not, you were [...]

In Cowboy Blob’s caption/photoshop contest this week.  Oops!  Way to go self, ya probably jinxed it.

Its as if many of today’s politicians read Atlas Shrugged when they were young and decided to dedicate their lives to becoming the villains.
- madmax

It’s worse than I’d hoped (pdf) but better than I’d feared.
Meanwhile, Radly Balko pees in the party pool.
UPDATE: Then Radly Balko faults the NRA for not pushing Heller from the start while saying, at the link above, “I’m having a hard time getting too excited about today’s decision.”

No to Lisbon Treaty, no to EU bureaucrats!
Via Dodgeblogium.

I hope, for the artist’s sake, that he has an FFL.  And ran a NICS on his buyers.  And observed CA’s 10 day waiting period before transferring his blinged up rifles.

Among the most accurate descriptions of a weapon I’ve read in the media in a long time.
Pendleton said several shots were fired from a semi-automatic AK-47-type . . .
And then they blow it completely.
. . . assault rifle inside the house and several more were fired on the outside.
Folks, folks, folks.  Semi-automatic rifles are [...]

I had always thought that great civilizations went out with a bang or at least with barbarian hordes providing a convenient delineation between civilization and post. While Britain is going down under a horde alright, the horde is not barbarian, at least not in the common sense. And it isn’t a foreign culture [...]

for President.

“But we cannot, and will not, abandon the values of our most valuable and precious republican base. I speak of course of the NRA. <clunk clank-clunk chunk zip-chunk>”
Via Kevin Baker.

Patrick Lockyer, a British born retiree living in Jacksonville, asserts, two times,
Fort Myers is more dangerous than London you idiots. Brits call violent crime ‘purse snatching’. Totally different planet and species reading your stuff. Jax had 150 shootings just a last year.

Ignoring the name calling, we have the assertion that Fort Meyers, Florida, is more [...]

There are basically two types of crimes. One is the type where you take something from someone else. The other type is a thought crime, usually starting with the thought: I’m a free man why would it be prohibited?
MORE thought (less crime) on the subject.

You have to be pretty smart to dismiss a point by point refutation of your argument with a simple “nu-uhh”. I guess just about as smart as an M.D.
Via Uncle.

Obecalp,
Obecalp,
When your sick
Your pocket it scalps.

God helps those who help themselves. Government helps the rest, who don’t.
- Anonymous

So, I guess my Tennessee concealed carry permit is now recognized there too.
UPDATE: The NPR link used to quote the governer as saying, “We’re just trying to respect the laws of other states and other governments,” (just as I heard on the radio). It has since changed as you can see from this [...]

John Webber, now 70, used to use a brass mug given him by his grandfather as a target for practice with his air-gun. Turns out it’s not brass, but gold, and dates back to 400 B.C.
The Persian mug is expected to sell, at auction, for around a million bucks.

If Kevin can do this with a brand new rifle, why couldn’t Lon Horiuchi hit what he was aiming for with his business rifle?  Oh wait, he did.

that Clayton Cramer does not win the primary against incumbent Corder. I wish it were otherwise and it may be that the morning light surprises me. I hope so.

Ever wonder why the self selected political class in the western world wants you disarmed, even from knives? It’s so when they tell you to spread your cheeks, the only possible answer can be how wide?
Every adult should be forced(*) to use a ‘carbon ration card’ when they pay for petrol, airline tickets or [...]