America’s Pastime?

Last Friday night at Camden Yards, the Baltimore Orioles had a Tupac Shakur bobblehead night. You remember Tupac? The notorious “gangsta” rapper who was killed in a 1996 drive-by in Las Vegas? Yes, that Tupac, whose life involved gangs, guns, killing, and hard time for sexual abuse. So much for family-friendly nights at the old ballpark. Wholesomeness doesn’t put butts in seats like honoring a dead thug — not in gang-plagued Baltimore, anyway. [More]

At what point are people who go for this sort of manipulation going to realize they’re being used, and by whom?

Oh, look: He donates to Chuck Schumer!

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Carlyle Group. Figures.

[Via bondmen]

We’re the Only Ones Disarmed Enough

Sheriff Jim DeWees said he canceled his deputies’ participation because the Orioles would not allow them to carry their guns during the event. “I think the decision is just blatantly ignorant,” DeWees said, expressing his frustration with the Orioles’ policy, which he believes puts his deputies at risk. [More]

A meme comes to mind.

I’ve written about public disarmament at sporting and other mass public venues plenty of times, and there’s one discussion I’d like to hear some thoughts on, specifically, observing Cooper’s rule about what’s behind your target.

[Via Jess]