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A Confederacy of Dunces

Six lieutenant governors from across the country joined gun violence prevention advocates Tuesday to share their stories and offer solutions at a policy discussion event. The Democratic Lieutenant Governors Association hosted the gun violence prevention policy summit, which was the first event of its kind. The DLGA partnered with the gun violence prevention advocacy groups Everytown for Gun Safety, March for Our Lives and Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, as well as the labor union American Federation of Teachers, for the event. [More]

Basically, these impotent “geniuses” want to disarm you and do nothing that will give a predator pause.

I got distracted by the guy who looks like he pees sitting down– are weird socks some kind of recognition signaling with these characters?

[Via Jess]

So Much for ‘Crime Gun Intelligence’

“The flow of crime guns to those people. How are they being armed? Many of them are felons, people who the law says can’t have weapons yet there finding them anyway.” [More]

So the guy in charge admits what he’s doing isn’t working and his solution is to do more of it…?

And marvel at the way professional “Authorized Journalists” are not only subject matter ignorant but grade-schoolers with their stock-in-trade, the English language.

So much for the “tenants” of journalism…

[Via Jess]

Gunwalker 2.0

ATF Employee Caught Gun Running to Mexico [More]

This is the topic I was thinking of writing up in detail.

I do have a quibble:

The Mexican Government makes the bold claim that 70% of all guns used in crimes were smuggled into Mexico from the United States.

That used to be the claim the antis all made, but they started at “95 to 100 percent.” Now the DSM is more properly qualifying things by saying:

Nearly 70% of TRACED [emphasis added] firearms used to commit crimes and seized in Mexico come from the United States, according to ATF.

So instead of being a flat-out lie, it’s now an insidious lie of omission, because they don’t then inform:

No specific numbers on how many of those guns “recovered in Mexico and traced back to the United States” were, in fact, military purchases, but the State Department cables indicate a portion of the fewer than 12 percent of the traceable weapons actually came from the United States in gun shop/individual type purchases. Remember, that’s not 12 percent of the tens of thousands of weapons recovered – it’s only 12 percent of the weapons recovered that were traceable. It’s nowhere near the 12 percent figure that has been misquoted and used as evidence of the United State’s “horrific” problem of illegal gun sales.

Now, tell us more about the drunks…

Dumber Than a Bag of Hammers

The man, who has only been identified as a 28-year-old from Redwood, then attempted to rob the gun store owner by swiping a firearm while wielding a hammer, according to witness statements to police. The gun store owner, who has not been named, grabbed a gun and fired two rounds at the suspected robber. [More]

That’s one way to commit suicide.

Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss

Republicans exude optimism as fourth speaker candidate heads to the House floor [More]

Mike Johnson:

…has introduced the Fix the Immigration Loopholes Act in order “to protect minors and asylum seekers, while reducing fraud at the southern border.”

You know, future Democrat voters.

Good thing this has nothing to do with that “single issue.” And I have that on good authority.

Won’t get fooled again…?

Living Large

We went to a local restaurant’s grand opening over the weekend and they had cars like this on display to set the mood. Me, I was wondering why I had to park the 2015 Sonic a couple of blocks away.

We were in the middle of the lotus root and Peking duck when the Mrs. nudged me and said “There’s that famous reporter guy over there, the Al Capone’s vault guy…”

I looked over and sure enough, seated with some well-heeled types at the end of a table a few down from ours was none other than Geraldo, who seemed to be having a good time and was, for the most part, not overly bothered by occasional patrons recognizing him and begging for selfies.

I made her squirm a bit when I threatened to walk over and show him a selfie I’d posted some years back.

We’re the Only Ones Seizing Enough

‘Didn’t State Who He Was’: Federal Drug Agents Seize Millions from Passengers at Atlanta Airport While Posing as Regular Travelers In Plainclothes In ‘Cold Consent Encounters’ [More]

There are armed gangs and there are authorized armed gangs.

Always Think Forfeiture!

You’d have to be a psychopath to do this to people for a living.

[Via Michael G]

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