Isn't it ironic?

My administration is the only thing between you and the pitchforks.

So if the bankers don't do what you say they'll have a lynch mob on their doorstep?

We need more sheepdogs

14 dead and four critically injured in Binghamton, New York shooting

I understand the shooter had two handguns, a knife, and lots of ammunition. I was away from the internet today. What I know about this is mostly what I heard on the television and radio. What it apparently boils down to is a disgruntled asshole who recently lost his job decided to take it out on the innocent. The shooter's cowardice was apparent by his choice of targets and the fact that he took his life rather than face the consequences of his actions.

On the tube we got the usual talking heads. At least President Obama didn't use the incident as an opportunity to push an agenda. Vice President Biden on the other hand couldn't resist. He told a crowd of civil rights activists

that Americans must find a way to prevent the kind of bloodshed that erupted in Binghamton.".

I agree, but I suspect our approach would be somewhat different.

Biden, I sure would argue we need more restrictions on private ownership of firearms. Me, I think we need more sheepdogs. We need people armed and willing to put themselves in front of the wolves to defend the sheep. And I don't mean only cops. The sheepdogs are anyone willing to step up and put their lives at risk to defend another. We need to get past this suicidal idea that we as individuals have no responsibility to provide for our own defense, and that the police will do it for us. That what leads to mass shootings like Binghamton and Carthage. We need more sheepdogs.

Another WTF moment..

...brought to you by the TSA. This ought to disturb anyone with an interest in liberty. That is, unless you're one of the just submit crowd.



From the The Agitator

Don't think we're not keeping score, brother

The President Is 'Keeping Score'

I'd expect no less.

Heather Alexander: March of Cambreath

This is another one I read about in one of John Ringo's novels. Ignore the video. Just listen to the music. It puts me in the right frame of mind when I read that gun control trash. Oh and if you like Celtic music go check out Heather Alexander's other stuff.

Winterborn - Subway to Sally Remix

I kept looking and finally found a copy online. This is my favorite version of the Cruxshadows' Winterborn. Hope you enjoy it.

I honestly couldn't tell ya what the post was about, but this image is priceless.















Thanks to Tam

Mexico and US Government Weapons Exports

David Codrea over at his National Gun Rights Examiner provides input as to whether US Government weapons exports have anything to do with the violence in Mexico. I thinks that's a damn clear YES, but that wouldn't help the push to renew the AWB would it?

Here's another piece on the same subject here.

LIE: 90 percent of the weapons used to commit crimes in Mexico come from the United States.

A major news outlet, FoxNews, finally calls a lie a lie.

There's just one problem with the 90 percent "statistic" and it's a big one:

It's just not true.

In fact, it's not even close. The fact is, only 17 percent of guns found at Mexican crime scenes have been traced to the U.S.

Now lets see if any of the other outlets have any integrity.

H/T to Firehand.

Winterborn by the Cruxshadows

I blame John Ringo for getting me hooked on the Cruxshadows. Odd looking? Yes, but I like this song.

Valerie Bertinelli

Valerie Bertinelli at 48. A moment of silence.......YES!

A snowball's chance...

...in hell.

The GOP's Alternative Budget.

For what it's worth, it's got my vote.

A Win for State's Rights?

From Blind Old Dog

White House forced to acknowledge states' rights

Cop Attackers & Their Weapons

New Findings from the FBI about Cop Attackers & Their Weapons
H/T to Firehand

I'd been thinking about writing this for a bit. The article above and the recent shootings in Carthage NC have provided motivation. In North Carolina the state requires police trainees undergo sixty hours [which includes classroom time] of firearms training during Basic Law Enforcement Training. After graduation they have to undergo six hours of in-service annually. This includes day and night qualification on a 50 round course with their duty weapon. A 25 round day combat course and qualification with any long guns carried. Deputies also have to complete a 25 round night combat course. Four hours of the in-service are a use of force class. Some departments require more hands on training but most just do the minimum. Some departments allow access to the range and provide ammunition for practice. Most don't. Of those departments that do, most officers don't take advantage of it. The only time most officers remove their duty weapon from their holster is during the annual training. I'm sure the standards vary from state to state but I'd be surprised if they vary much. This is the level of skill with which most officers walk into any violent incident that might require the use of deadly force. Justin Garner, the Carthage Police officer, who took down the Nursing Home shooter was the exception to the rule.

A new Niven Pournelle novel

Inferno a novel by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle was published in 1976. I must have read it shortly after its release and thought it was a hell of a ride. A science fiction writer dies and wakes up in hell but its a far cry from Dante's version. Why should anyone care about a thirty-two year old book? If you haven't read it you should, and, more importantly, they have finally written a sequel. Escape from Hell came out in February.