Category: General Blog

First Do Harm?

St. Louis pediatrician explains how to talk with your kids about mass violence … “This might be going online and finding organizations that promote school safety, that promote sensible gun legislation that promote things that will make kids feel that they’re doing something to prevent this ever happening again,” he said. [More]

Convince them you’re a pu$$y who can do nothing to protect them?

Goats have kids. I called mine cubs.

[Via bondmen]

Getting the Lead Out

Oahu’s only public shooting range closed indefinitely as probe into possible lead contamination begins – The city confirmed nine of 10 staff members at the shooting complex who were tested have lead levels above the normal range. Two additional staff members declined to get tested. [More]

Define “above the normal range.” Why bring in a military berm, and what does “right next to” really mean?

Forgive me for suspecting anti-gun environmentalcase chicanery at work.

[Via bondmen]

We’re the Only Ones Victorious Enough

Nearly a dozen guns taken off Austin streets in Gun Surrender Program [More]

That’s pathetic when you can’t just say “11” and have to blow it up by one.

Nice of the moronic “Only Ones” functionary to admit “buybacks don’t work.”

Besides, “surrender” makes them sound so much more awe-inspiring. And it’s closer to what government has in mind anyway.

[Via Jess]

If I Had a Hammer

Can we take a moment to appreciate how the “YOU DONT NEED A GUN TO STOP A HOME INVASION” folks literally had a home invader wrestle their own hammer off them to use against them. [More]

You’ll forgive me if I automatically don’t stipulate that he was a “home invader.”

[Via Henry Bowman]

UPDATE

See, why are there questions?

[Via bondmen]

Conversion ‘Therapy’

Rand says ATF should consider using its authority to reclassify certain types of firearms that are easily converted into fully automatic weapons, similar to what they did in the 1980s with the KG-9 and the MAC-10. Lots of firearms besides Glocks also are “readily convertible” into machine guns by using tools to reconfigure them or adding parts, she said. [More]

Like VPC has been signaling everyone since 1988:

The weapons’ menacing looks, coupled with the public’s confusion over fully automatic machine guns versus semi-automatic assault weapons—anything that looks like a machine gun is assumed to be a machine gun—can only increase the chance of public support for restrictions on these weapons.

Anybody out there still foolish enough to believe the bump stock ban was about bump stocks?

[Via Jess]

Delay of Game

A perfect storm of personal issues, needed meat space work, and commitments to publishers means blogging here will have to wait.

I see dozens of emails were sent in over the weekend. I’ll get to reading and reacting to those when I can.

Please hold off on loading me up with more.

This is Intentional

Police told Fox Los Angeles they cannot do anything about the situation unless someone is blocking a sidewalk, active driveway or business. [More]

No property taxes, no permits– the city could shut this parasite down in a heartbeat on those and on health and safety violations if it wanted to.

The question here is why doesn’t it want to?

Return I Will to Old Brazil

Brazilian president-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva calls for ‘peace and unity’ after beating far-Right rival Jair Bolsonaro in knife-edge election that split the nation after millions cast their votes… but will the ‘Trump of the Tropics’ concede defeat? [More]

More to the point, will Brazilians who know better turn in their guns?

UPDATE

There may be more truth to that “Trump of the Tropics” reference than “progressives” care to admit.

[Via Michael G]

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