ABC ran an anti-gun special tonight.

Having seen the sort of journalism muckraking crap Diane Sawyer practices in regard to firearms ownership, I didn't watch it. Dana Loesch did.

H/T to Instapundit.

The word is negligent.

Columbus Officer Accidentally Shoots Gun At Police Headquarters

Now that's funny.

Successor.

Yup

This is what stupid laws look like…

Colion Noir & Dom Raso: China

What the morning brought

The State of the Union

Makes as much sense as what the Prez has to say and a bit more honest. Now back to work.

Some Moms Demanding Action went to Staples...

Moms visited the Madison, TN, Staples today, to ask their corporate office to go gun-free nation-wide. The manager told us she carries at all times. Just so you know.

Now that had to hurt.

BWAHAHAHAHA.

Do you get that feeling that the GOP...

...is once again going to prove themselves "the stupid party".

Why Gun Owners Should Oppose 8 Million New Anti-gun Voters

Don’t Do It

I'm of the opinion that if you enter the country illegally you haven't earned shit but a one way ticket back to the border you crossed. I understand how that isn't practical. I do. I also understand that if the Democrats are pushing for something it is not in the best interest of the Right and last I heard the GOP is still leaning Right. If y'all can't see that then you are "the stupid party".

Billy Johnson: Disarming

Nothing to see here. We're making it all up.

IRS attack on Tea Party urged

Riiiiight.

Thumb to nose, wiggle fingers

Looks like if they want 'em they're gonna have to come and take them. Molon Labe.

Starting?

This Is Starting to Look Like a Pattern of Political Moves and Prosecutions

UPDATE: THIS Was Caused by a Video

Just torpedo the damn thing...

...and call it a training exercise.

...and he can say this with a straight face.

As we have long said, this Office and the FBI take a zero tolerance approach to corruption of the electoral process. - U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara

Amazing.

What's a straw purchase?

The Supreme Court will let us know in June.

...but are you going to stop Law Enforcement sales?

SMITH & WESSON TO END MOST CA SALES DUE TO MICROSTAMPING REGULATION

Well? 'Case otherwise, you're just giving the prohibitionists what they want.

[UPDATED: 1/18/2014]

One hundred and fifty-nine years ago today...

...John Moses Browning was born. He passed on in 1926 one hundred and twenty-eight gun patents later. If you are a gun owner most likely you have something he designed or that's descended from what he thought up. Be thankful. I am.

That explains so much.

Billy Johnson: Declining Gun Ownership

Cool Story

Empathy Test

H/T to Claire.

Colion Noir: Martin Luther King Jr.

Got my vote there, buddy.

Of course, we all fall into that category at times.

Too much on my mind...

...so blogging will be intermittent 'til further notice.

In the Line of Fire, the Sequal.

...and every damn one of them should be...

...kicked out on there Establishment Republican asses.

17 GOP Senators Vote To Fund ObamaCare

A picture lookin' for a caption.

Off the Reading Pile

Alien Taste - Wen Spencer
Tainted Trail - Wen Spencer
Bitter Waters - Wen Spencer
Dog Warrior - Wen Spencer
The Kill List - Frederick Forsyth

The Spencer books are her Ukiah Oregon series. I read them back to back. that should give you some clue as to how good I thought they were. Ms. Spencer a fifth would be nice.

Forsyth is always a good read, but maybe just not quite up to his usual with this one. Still, it is worth reading.

Target Shooting in America

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Snatched from over at John's.

Bill Whittle: Mailing It In

YAWN!

MILLER: Harvey Weinstein and Meryl Streep new movie to make NRA ‘wish they weren’t alive’

The other thing Weinstein ought to pay attention to is the effectiveness of left leaning progressive message movies. If the measure of effectiveness is earnings then, not so much.

Why yes, it is.

Now THAT's Funny!

Well, I guess we'll see whether Gabby and Mark...

...can buy enough votes in the 2014 mid-terms to make a difference.

Mark Kelly: We’ve got eyes on 2014 races

For some reason, I'm not quaking in fear.

Something to consider...

...when you cross State lines.

Jackson: Gun owner unarmed, unwelcome in Maryland

The fix is in.

Criminal Charges Not Expected in IRS Probe

It was all a misunderstanding you see, and this we know before the investigation is even complete. The fix was always in.

[UPDATED: 1/20/2014, the cartoon.]

I can and do...

"It's absolutely crazy it would rise to this level over somebody just texting in a movie theater," Charles Cummings, a Vietnam veteran who was watching the movie at the time of the shooting, told MyFoxTampaBay.com. "I can't believe people would bring a gun to a movie."

...because some crazy dude might try to shoot me over a cell phone text.

Retired cop arrested in fatal Florida theater shooting

H/T to Uncle

If you can't say nothin' nice...

"It" did fire...

...after Rep. Leslie Combs of Kentucky pulled the trigger. Rep. Combs, the gun can't fire itself.

Ky. lawmaker's gun fires in Capitol office

I'm pretty sure there was a finger involved here...

...somehow, so this discharge would be negligent rather than accidental. The corrections officer was allegedly cleaning his sidearm in a Medical Center parking lot? Seriously? The smell of horse shit is in the air.

Corrections officer wounded in accidental firearm discharge

H/T to David.

The best government money can buy...

Carolyn McCarthy retiring...

...at the end of this term. Good riddance.

More Gun Control from Obama

See a Shrink, Lose Your Guns!

Notice of Rulemaking on Background Checks

This is the Obama Administration. Think worse case scenario, and start calling your representatives.

Image Dump

Maybe just another example of it but...

...the New York Times credibility fell victim to their politics long before Benghazi.

Kindle #5

I'm now on Kindle #5. That's five in about three years. My first Kindle fell off the arm of the couch. That's about a two foot drop. It was less than two months old so Amazon replaced it. Kindle #2 lasted until last October. It slipped off the top of a box I was carrying while descending a flight of stairs. That was maybe a three foot drop. Screen broke. I bought another one at full price then a friend sold me his old one for twenty bucks. I stashed the new one as a spare and used the older one. That one got run over by several cars. Never forget tablets on top of your car. That one was my fault. Number 4 went last week. I tripped and dropped it. Screen broke. I got it's replacement in the mail today. Amazon covered it.

Now this post isn't really intended to bitch about the quality of the Kindle though I do wish they were a bit lot sturdier. I carry mine with me damn near everywhere. Accidents are bound to happen, and no, I'm not a klutz. Also Amazon has been great about replacing those under warranty [two]. Customer Service is top notch, but this gets old. I had a leather covers for the tablet. Obviously, they weren't been up to the task. I went looking for a hard case and I can't find one for the standard Kindle. As many of these things as have been sold you'd think the market was there. So any non smart-ass suggestions?

A win and in...

...Chicago no less.

Federal judge rules Chicago ban on handgun sales unconstitutional

Right about now Rahm Emanuel and our glorious President are wondering how that dude slipped through the cracks.

The gun you "need"...

...is the gun you have.

H/T to Uncle.

Wow, just...wow.

Ready ... aim ... point ... talk

That kinda speaks for itself dudn'tit.

H/T to David.

Ummmmm...

Remington Announces New R-51 Pistol

It excites me more than Glock's new releases and it looks like I might even be able to afford it.

There are mental giants among us...

...but these two ain't even close.

Police: Collingdale gun shop owner foils attempted robbery by two teens

Bill Whittle: Into the River!

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

U.S. Coast Guard Icebreaker to the Rescue

...of the Russian ship and Chinese Icebreaker trapped in the Antarctic ice. The icing is that the ship was full of researchers hoping to find evidence in support of Global Warming. The icing on top of that is that we get to pull the Russians' and Chineses' collective asses out of the ...fire. Now THAT'S funny.

H/T to Borepatch.

So, is the science settled?

An examination of the effects of concealed weapons laws and assault weapons bans on state-level murder rates

Wouldn't matter if it were The prohibitionists ignore that which does not support their agenda.

H/T to Sebastian.

In Okalahoma City...

...a dumb shit with a gun tried to jack a car which morphed into an attempted armed robbery of a hair salon which got his ass kicked. The ass kickers then stripped him naked and locked him out of the salon while they called the police. Now that's funny.

Because I can

The grandchild at nine months.

Soon to be known as the SSRNYC

From over at The Volokh Conspiracy...

Do Pistol Grips Make Semi-Automatic Rifles More Dangerous, Because They “Aid Shooters when ‘Spray Firing’ from the Hip”?

The short answer is "no". Eugene Volkh gives you the long answer in the article. A longer answer to a related question is "the judge is an idiot."

I'm pretty sure there was a finger involved here.

Ellen Cole, the wife of Newtown Police Sgt. John Cole, told state police her husband's service handgun "just went off" in the midst of a dispute they were having at the Interlaken Inn in Salisbury Nov 16.

Happy New Year

What this new year holds for us, only God knows.