I'll take LaPierre's "paranoia" over Bloomberg's dishonesty...

...any day.

Francis Wilkinson, Bloomberg View: No one can spin panic, paranoia like NRA’s Wayne LaPierre

Vote for Grass Roots North Carolina [BUMPED AGAIN]

When the Brady Bunch decided to sue Lucky Gunner they didn't expect to lose and they didn't expect the presiding judge to award Luck Gunner $111,971.10 as a partial reimbursement for their legal fees. They aren't sure when, or if, they'll ever see the money but they have decided to donate whatever they get to groups that support and defend the Second Amendment. It is not winner take all. the money will be distributed proportionally. My point, Grass Roots North Carolina is on the list. They are the leading gun rights organization in North Carolina and could use the support. Go vote for them here.

UPDATE: Changed the Title.

This will be entertaining.

I'm not talking about the movie, though I'm sure I'll enjoy it. I'm talking about the Left's reaction to it. The trash talking has already begun, and it doesn't even come out until January.

Vox Publishes 1,500-Word Review of ’13 Hours’ Trailer (and Gets It Wrong)

This is gonna be fun.

A bad guy breaks into a church...

...and gets shot by the Pastor. He told him to stop. I guess he shoulda. The burglar was wounded and will survive. While waiting for the cops the Pastor lead the bad guy in prayer. Huh. Good work sir.

Police: Pastor shoots intruder at Baytown church

Who do we thank for this?

Another NRA Defeat: North Carolina Moms Successfully Defend Handgun Background Check Requirement From Gun Lobby-Backed Repeal Effort

That distinction would go to these 34 Republicans. They can claim their vote was a law and order vote. they voted to strip the permit repeal from the bill at the behest of the North Carolina Sheriff's Association, but their actions gave bragging rights to Bloomberg and his minions. They stabbed the people who helped put them in office in the back. We need to remember these people in the next election cycle. We need to send every damn one of them home.

Marilyn Avila
Hugh Blackwell
James L. Boles
William Brawley
Rob Bryan
N. Leo Daughtry
Ted Davis Jr.
Josh Dobson
John Faircloth
John A. Fraley
Bryan R. Holloway
D. Craig Horn
Julia C. Howard
Pat B. Hurley
Frank Iler
Charles Jeter
Linda P. Johnson
Donny Lambeth
James H. Langdon Jr.
Chris Malone
Pat McElraft
Chuck McGrady
Allen McNeill
Gary Pendleton
Dennis Riddell
George S. Robinson
Stephen Ross
Paul Stam (Chair)
Sarah StevensPaul Tine
Rena W. Turner
Harry Warren
Sam Watford
Lee Zachary

H/T to John.

When are these people going to jail?

Newly recovered Lois Lerner email shows IRS tried to cover up tea party targeting

I want to say when a GOP Attorney General takes office. but the GOP has given me no reason to trust them anymore than I trust the DEMS. Sooooo....never.

Colion Noir: Gun Control & The Louisiana Movie Theater Shooting

Seventy-five years ago today....

What’s Up, Doc? It’s Bugs Bunny’s 75th Birthday

Merrie Melodies - A Wild Hare (1940) by Cartoonzof2006

I'll worry about global warming...

...when the people pushing it act like they do.

Hillary Clinton Launches Global Warming Push, Then Gets Caught on Video in Conspicuous Act

It comes down to rules for us and rules for them.

Recently Read.

The Lion's Gate: On the Front Lines of the Six Day War by Stephen Pressfield

I haven't been a big reader of nonfiction lately. I noticed Pressfield's The Lion's Gate the other day and picked it up. It's an oral [sorta]history of the Six Day War and it is excellent. I loved his Gates of Fire but hadn't been able to get past the first couple of chapters or any thing else he had written. This I knocked out in a couple of days. Highly recommended.

The Girl of Hrusch Avenue: A Powder Mage Short Story by Brian McClellan

I've had this for a while, as well as his novels, but hadn't gotten around to them. This was good enough that I'm now well into the first novel. I'll let you know how it works out.

Pixels by Patrick Jean

The Adam Sandler film of the same name is based on this short film. The Sandler version isn't bad either. It isn't a great movies but it is good fun.

Put him in the general prison population.

“Trooper of the Year” Good Cop Sexually Assaults a 4-Yr-Old Girl Multiple Times, “Cries” When He is Sentenced

He should be spending the rest of his life in prison. He violated the community's trust, but more important he sexually assaulted a four year old. He assaulted a four year old and got a $5000 fine and four years in jail. I've been told on more than one occasion that police are held to a higher standard, and no one is above the law. Prove it. Hold him to a higher standard.

H/T to Claire.

Well...there ya go.

Yes.

Do you think people should be allowed to carry guns in public?

MSNBC has a poll. Go vote, and make an anti cry.

We're #19...still.

Best States for Gun Owners 2015

Is it a victory if the store was already doing...

...what you're demanding they do? Only if you run with the EveryMoms.

MDA Claiming False Victories

Voting Guide

That can't be.

Arctic global warming research expedition put on hold – Too much ice

Now that's funny.

H/T to Stranger.

Overkill

Pacific Palisades Neighborhood Evacuated After Live Ammo Reportedly Found

Just firearms and ammunition? Seems like a bit of overkill to me, but, of course, it's California.

More detail on the arms here. Still seems like overkill.

Hold on a second there...

Military leaders are in part hamstrung by a 19th century law that bars the federal government from using the military for law enforcement purposes.

Except we aren't arming them to act as law enforcement but to defend themselves in case of attack. The Posse Comitatus Act doesn't apply, but paranoid as I am about the Obama Administration, I can see them using this as an excuse to repeal under their "never let a crisis go to waste" approach to government.

Recently Read

Ascendance: A Dave Hooper Novel by John Birmingham

Wow, that was a quick read. Every bit as good as the others, and hopefully not the last in the series.

Truth

“What’s next,” he wondered. “Will they take away someone’s right to vote, claiming they’re not competent?”

Only if they are conservative Republicans.

There'll be blood in the streets...

Most armed service members are not trained to neutralize active shooters, and putting more loaded guns in their hands creates its own risks.

That bit of wisdom comes from Bloomberg's online anti-gun propaganda website. You wanna know the level of training you need to stop an active shooter? Aim your weapon at him, be sure of your target, and shoot the fucker. If the shooter is already shooting the people around you, it is that simple. The training and experience our service members have will certainly suffice.

The antis constantly make their blood in the streets argument. It constantly fails.

H/T to Sebastian.

Cartoons

We may not be at war with Radical Islam, but they are damn well at war with us.

The answer depends on your viewpoint of the Second. For my part, I think it a crime that citizens under military authority aren't allowed to exercise their Second Amendment rights. Had they, we might have fewer dead Marines.

Makes piss poor ballistic armor don't it.

More back door gun control.

'Cuz he knows he damn well can't get it through Congress.

Obama looks to ban Social Security recipients from owning guns

Ant-Man [2015]

With Marvel flicks you get good actors, good writing and plot, good special effects. Good get your money's worth. There's a lot to be said for that. What you don't really get is anything new or innovative. The question is do you care? Not really. My daughter and I had a good time, and I suspect, so will you.

What Gun Free Zones get you.

Four Marines Killed in Attacks on Chattanooga Military Centers

Bill Whittle: Defense Debacle: Should Conservatives Cut Military Spending???

It's what they do.

Except...

Yet Another Chicago Resident Defies Gun Ban, Shooting a Home Invader!

No Shots Fired: Home Intruders Decide Not to Stick Around After Seeing Their ‘Victim’ Holding an AR-15

Resident shoots man who broke into home: Renter says suspect threatened him with machete

Except in these three instances possession of a firearm did make the owner safer, and these are just three of the estimated 2.5 million annual [1993] defensive gun uses. It should also be noted that David Hemenway Ph.D, the author, of the study has been rehashing the same old claims for some time and each time Gary Kleck Ph.D. refutes them. No surprise here. The antis have never let fact get in the way of the party lie.

Recently Read

Spheres of Influence by Ryk Spoor.

Very well written with a feel of classic Science Fiction. This is a sequel to his Grand Central Arena, and they need to be read in order.

Seriously?

A undocumented, illegal immigrant, Mexican National, guy, whom the local authorities refused to turn over to ICE for one more deportation [five previous], takes a firearm, stolen from a Federal Agent, and murders a young lady at San Fransisco's Pier 14. San Fransisco's response? More. Gun. Control.

Ya know? That's f****d-up however you read it.

Yup.

I don’t care about the Confederate flag or the Confederacy, but I do care about millions of Southerners being smeared, dead American soldiers who died defending their homes being attacked, and the disgusting, un-American attempts to purge history. If you’re okay with trying to smear and humiliate so many good and decent people just because they live in the South, then you can kiss my white southern ass.

It's what they do...

Washington Post Lies Again About Background Checks

As stated previously, NICS worked as designed. Bureaucrats in the FBI dropped the ball and people in Charleston died. Don't hold your breath waiting for the Washington Post to admit that.

If it ain't broke...

The NICS worked as designed in the case of the murdering twit down in Charlston. It was the bureaucrats failing to do their jobs that let said murdering twit get his gun, but that's too simple for Bloomberg's minions.

Everytown Statement On FBI News That Charleston Shooter's Background Check Was Incomplete

They want to fix what isn't broken by making it more onerous for the law abiding.

H/T to Sebastian.

It's what they do.

Lie...oh yeah, and blame the NRA for everything.

Gun Control Groups Lie About Non-Existent Background Check "Loophole," Blame NRA Instead of FBI Screw Up on Charleston Killer

Recently Read

Terms of Enlistment by Marko Kloos

I tried reading this sometime back and just couldn't get into it. Day before yesterday I picked it up again and couldn't put it down. Go figure. Highly recommended.

Crickets

Obama’s silence on Kathryn Steinle killing is deafening

Be sure of your target and what lies beyond it.

A man from Springfield who fired a shotgun at a vehicle following an argument now faces charges after his shot hit an uninvolved bystander in his yard a block away.

In [Formerly] Great Britain

Father-of-two 'in wrong place at wrong time' is killed in 'drive-by' shooting outside North London bakery that also left woman fighting for her life

...but, but, but, how's this possible in gun free Great Britain? Same way it'll be possible here i the U. S. if the prohibitionists get their way. Only the victims will be disarmed.

Floating Along the Milky Way

Climate Change

Fallacies do not cease to be fallacies because they become fashions. - G. K. Chesterton

...and then there were six.

Gov. Paul LePage signs constitutional carry into law in Maine.

Fixed it for you...

The victim in his 20s was hanging out with friends and "playing with a gun" at Jeremy Henwood Memorial Park -- a park named after an SDPD officer gunned down in the line of duty in 2011 -- when he pulled the trigger and the weapon discharged and wounded his ankle around 1:45 p.m.

The real reason the Left hates...

...the 'Dukes of Hazzard'.

The Dukes were Southern ‘good ol’ boys,’ economically disadvantaged and disarmed by a corrupt state that deprived them of firearms. Yet. they stood up to, and repeatedly defeated, a greedy and corrupt state authority (Boss Hogg) who manipulated Law Enforcement (Sheriff Roscoe Coltrane) into an instrument of oppression against his opponents.

Sanctuary

Fatal shooting in San Francisco ignites immigration policy debate

A couple of days late...

One Hundred and Eight years ago today...

...the greatest science fiction writer of all time was born.

There's good science fiction out there, but he's still my favorite. Just saying...

Bill Whittle: Pin the Tale on the Donkey: Democrats' Horrible Racist Past

Two-Fisted Tales #35

Art by Jack Davis.

I may have posted this some time in the past. Don't remember, it just seemed like a good time to put it up again, and here's a thought. Do you have any idea just how much of our cultural heritage might go down the memory hole to please these activists with a hard on for Lee's battle flag? I can't even count the art, movies, comics, television, books that feature characters and images from the Civil War. Companies are pulling Civil War video games because they have images of the Stars and Bars. This is just stupid. Enough.

Yup.

Happy Independence Day!

Now you can sit around and discuss Obamacare as Dear Leader has requested, or you can contemplate the bit by bit destruction of those freedoms by the Executive and Judicial branches. Better yet, just go out with the family and enjoy the day. That's what I'm going to do.

Sometimes the lies are so far off the mark...

...that your allies in the media are forced to school you on them. Case in point...

Gun-Grabbing Senator Chris Murphy Gets Hammered For Lying About Guns

Odd, that?

After reading the unfortunate bigoted opinion on Judge Thomas, I was informed that George Takei (Mr. Zulu) is a Liberal Democrat and I was surprised. I mean, yes, the guy was not a Republican and certainly is a Liberal, but I cannot fathom the idea that he would actually vote for the party that sent him to a concentration camp.

Sulu was my favorite character in the original Star Trek series, but I knew very little about the actor himself. Apparently he's gone full bore moon bat.

It's what they do....

...lie, lie, lie.

Bloomberg's Everytown Falsely Claims Credit Belonging to Gun Industry For Improvement in Background Check System

Two home invaders in Las Vegas ply their trade...

...and get shot.

Gun-Toting Home Invaders Bust Down Doors, Go for Mom’s Purse. But Her Son Is Much Better Armed.

...and then there were two.

I have another granddaughter born yesterday at 10:38p. Pics to follow. Going to bed now.

[UPDATE]

Grrl Power

Reason for posting is first panel, but this is a fun comic. It's now on the sidebar.

In that Lucky Gunner v. Brady lawsuit...

...there was a question as to who would actually have to pay that $111,000 in legal fees: the Brady Bunch or their patsies.

A federal judge has ordered that the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence pay the legal fees of an online ammunition dealer it sued for the Aurora movie theater shooting.

This is called justice.

We all know where this is going.

Russia is going to review whether or not it was legal for the Soviet Union to recognize the Baltic states as independent nearly 25 years ago, according to a report by Interfax.

...And then they can review whether Stalin's occupation of the Baltic States in 1939 and installation of pro-Soviet governments was legal... right? Didn't think so.

Now that's embarrassing.

Antarctic sea ice has grown to a record large extent for a second straight year, baffling scientists seeking to understand why this ice is expanding rather than shrinking in a warming world.

Maybe 'cuz the science isn't settled and it's not as clear cut as they want people to believe 'cuz their science is politics by a different name. No prob. They'll find some way to explain it that supports their agenda, excuse me, science.

H/T to Wheelgun.