So you support background checks?

“We’re not trying to stop background checks,” Gottlieb said. “We’re taking action against a poorly-written and unconstitutionally vague measure that criminalizes activities that are perfectly legal anywhere else in the country, thus striking at the very heart of a constitutionally-protected, fundamental civil right.”

Not good. Mr. Gottlieb, how 'bout you guys stick to litigation.

SAF challenges Washington State gun control initiative 594

The grounds are vagueness. Good.

Now that's interesting.

Teen wounded in accidental shooting at gun range

"The cartridge did not properly load into the rifle's chamber, but instead, lodged sideways in the ejection port with enough force that the bullet was discharged. When a full cartridge or spent casing gets lodged in the ejection port, it is commonly referred to as a stovepipe," the statement said.

I'd really like to see the final report on this one.

Yep

It's what they do...

...lie*.

State NAACP President Rev. William Barber noted at the ceremony that a police officer is killed in the line of duty every 58 hours. While he called it “wrong,” he also claimed a black man is killed every 28 hours by an “officer or vigilante.”

*mislead using bullshit statistics and studies. Same damn thing.

Whatever

Actress Julianne Moore: Stop School Shootings by Donating to Gun Control

Julianne who?

But I didn't know it was loaded.

Should have...

Man accidentally shoots self outside hunting store

...the man had thought the firearm was not loaded.

...AND kept his finger off the trigger AND kept the muzzle in a safe direction.

H/T to The Duck.

Bad guys are given a generous choice by homeowner...

...and choose wrong. Two get shot dead.

Homeowner With a Gun Warns Armed Intruders Not to Take Another Step Toward Him. They Refuse — and It Turns Out to Be Their Final Mistake.

Number three likely still running.

Yep

Bad guy breaks into a house through a window...

...and is confronted by the armed homeowner. The bad guy charges the homeowner and receives one round center mass for his trouble. The bad guy is now a "good" bad guy.

As "arsenals" go this dude was a piker.

NY Police Find Arsenal of Weapons at Home of Man Accused of Plotting to Kill Cops

TWO guns.

An arsenal?

By definition...OK, but seriously guys?

If you don't put your finger on the trigger and pull...

...those pesky firearms don't fire.

Woman Accidentally Shoots Herself While Unloading Firearm in Middlefield

It's also a good idea to know the local laws when you venture into one of the People's Republics or better yet just stay the f%&k away.

The Interview

I don't think there is a Seth Rogen movies I've gotten past the thirty minute mark on. The Interview isn't any different. Maybe all the funny stuff was after I stopped watching, but I doubt it. If the North Koreans wanted to get revenge on the USA they'd have just stepped back and let SONY release it as planned. The only reason to spend money on this film is to give the finger to Kim Jong-un. I'm not sure that's worth the price.

Woman answers knock at front door...

...and bad guy forces way into house, puts gun to woman's neck, and gets shot. He didn't realize she'd answered the door with her pistol in hand. He didn't live to learn from that mistake. She was unharmed.

Homeowner kills suspect during attempted home invasion

Merry Christmas

Jonah Hex #34. Art by Dan Spiegle.

Alison Krauss, Yo-Yo Ma - The Wexford Carol

I love Alison Krauss's music. I'd not heard this before. Beautiful.

H/T to Borepatch.

It's not a new theory.

Video: WH Science advisor says man made global warming saving us from another ice age

I remember reading about it in Fallen Angels by Pournelle, Niven, and Flynn.

It's what they do.

Lie.

When Moms Demand followers call them on a lie…

This one is so blatant not ever their own can stomach it.

Those environmental groups* suing the EPA...

...in an attempt to force them to regulate leaf ammo have once again been told by the Federal Courts to pound sand.

*wackos

Blood Dancing

Moms Demand: the NRA killed NYPD Officers.

...because if we had universal backgrounds checks the evil git who murdered the NYPD officers wouldn't have been able to obtain a firearm since he was a convicted felon. Seriously? Ya ever get the feeling that if Shannon Watts added two and two together she'd get eleventy million?

Colion Noir: How I-594 Will Destroy Itself

Son, if you didn't feel safe in MY house before your stole my gun...

...what makes you think you're going to feel any safer after I find out?

Just saying...

Bad guy kicks in homeowner's front door...

...and gets shot. The homeowner and fiance were unharmed. That's what I call a happy ending.

Bill Whittle: We're Number Two!

It's what they do.

HuffPo: Change Poll Questions so Gun Control Wins

If you can't win fairly, stack the deck.

Things are going to get "interesting" in NYC...

'ASSASSINATED': 2 NYPD cops gunned down while sitting in patrol car

...and not in a good way.

Bill Whittle: Stories Liberals Tell: How Conservatives Can Win Back the Country

Paper vs. Bullets

Hours after the 40-year-old mother had obtained the order on Monday, the man she'd feared the most - Stephen Rozniakowski, an enraged Delaware County cop with a history of harassment - grabbed a gun, strapped on a bulletproof vest, kicked down the door to her Glenolden home, ran up the stairs and shot her, authorities said.

Shot her dead and wounded her daughter. Her husband, a part-time cop, was able to get to his weapon, return fire and critically wound the shooter.

Protective orders protect no one. They make a piss poor bullet proof vest.

Never let a "crisis" go to waste.

President Obama says we need more regulation of the internet because SONY pissed off the North Koreans. Yeah, that's good. Let's show those communist pricks we mean business by becoming more like 'em.

A job well done.

In North Carolina, an attempt at home invasion went bad when a 14 year old shot one of two house breakers to death as he attempted to force his way into the house through a rear window. The 14 year old was staying with his grandmother when he heard the stupid gits trying to break in. He got his grandfather's pistol, gave fair warning, then fired three times. The second subject was taken into custody by the police.

I am sorry the 14 year old had to take a life, but it was work well done.

Fortunately, she had a back-up plan

So, in Indiana this guy violated a protective order. The possessor of said order ventilated him with a handgun. He didn't die. Better luck next time.

About what you'd expect.

ASLGVP boasts having 200 members from all 50 states but the group will not release a list of their membership, due to a fear of “political backlash.” So, outside of the eight members that participated in the inaugural press conference, no one knows who is or is not a member of this group. We are not witnessing a “Profiles in Courage” moment here.

So basically they're afraid their constituents will discover they joined an pro gun control group and kick 'em to the curb.

Cowards.

H/T to Uncle.

Yeah...pretty much

There are two types of people in the Ferguson debate. Racists, and people who understand Brown was a thug attempting murder. - Michael Z. Williamson

Yep

New comic on the sidebar.

Phil Foglio's Girl Genius.

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All by Diana Gabaldon and all enjoyable reads. All are recommended highly.

Plan "A"

Apparently, even teachers get caught up in this zero tolerance...

...insanity.

OMG! A Prop Rifle! In a School! OMG!

An eight grade teacher used a prop rifle to illustrate a history lesson. As a result she has been reassigned. Where to? Probably to a reeducation camp somewhere.

It's what they do.

Lie.

“AT,” “NEAR,” WHATEVER: CNN, Other Media Manufactures School Shooting In Portland, Oregon

A gang related drive by on the sidewalk outside an "alternative" High School becomes a "school shooting" to further the gun control agenda.

Cartoon of the Day

Bill Whittle: The New Barbarism

Liar, Liar...

Anti-gun groups: Even their names are lies

The truth is not in them.

The Stupid Party

The F%#king Stupid Party

CROmnibus: The $1 Trillion Betrayal

Flush from an unprecedented nationwide GOP victory in this November’s elections, House and Senate GOP leadership determined that their essential first course of action should be to snatch defeat from its jaws. They have brought forth a spending bill for 2015 that gives President Obama almost everything he wants, while disenfranchising the very voters who delivered the GOP victory.

Apparently, it wasn't just the Democrats that misread the last election's results.

He should've gone first.

Court documents say both men were at a party when Saye suggested trying Russian roulette after a game of beer pong. Authorities said Saye put a handgun, loaded with five rounds, to White’s head and pulled the trigger, killing him. Court documents say other party-goers warned Saye that a semi-automatic pistol would not work for the game.

Definitely from the shallow end of the gene pool.

Tam has some pointed comments. Go Read 'em.

It's what they do.

Lie.

USA TODAY Regurgitates Everytown’s School Shooting Lies

Bloomberg, Watts, and the Everymoms threaten Kroger's profits...

...and said profits INCREASE by 21%.

Seventy-three years ago today...

...the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor.


The USS Arizona after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

Bill Whittle: Obama's Black Skin Privilege

...but you're perfectly OK with idiots without a gun...

...such as yourself.

I’m not anti-gun, I’m anti-idiot

Bill Whittle: Lights Out! How We Could Lose Everything

Quote of the Day

Government is simply a word for the things we decide to do together. Like choke men to death over rules governing the sale of cigarettes. - Charles C. W.Cooke

You can't make this s#*t up.

I suspect there was a finger involved.

The officer's.

The department said officer Bill McMaham was taking his personal, off-duty weapon out of his police cruiser when the gun went off shortly after 6 a.m. Monday. The .40-caliber round shot into his thigh.

Yep

Pot meet Kettle

That would be The Seattle Times. They have a problem with the NRA steeping in to influence the Washington Legislature to blunt some of 594's provisions. Ya see the NRA is out of state and needs to mind their own business despite having membership living in Washington. Funny they didn't have a problem when Michael Bloomberg, Shannon Watts, Gabby Giffords and Mark Kelly were butting in.

Hypocrites. Like that's news.