Didn’t they used to call Jerry Brown “Governor Moonbeam?” That must be why he’s telling the media he has three guns like it’s no big deal. Apparently this constitutes a “small arsenal,” to the LA Times. Congratulations Brady and CSGV folks, you’ve even lost the hippies. Polish your resumes up guys, I don’t think you’re in a line of business that’s going to have much luck to move forward.
Month: April 2011
Glenn Beck Leaving Fox?
I was introduced to Glenn Beck the same way Uncle was. I watched his show once. Beck has always struck me as a drama queen. I’ve never been able to stand conservative news shows or talk radio. The only commentator out there on radio or TV worth listening to, in my opinion, is Cam Edwards.
Copyright Troll Smackdown
Righthaven’s motion for extension denied. They have to respond to the defendants motion to dismiss. The federal judge in question, John Kane of the District of Colorado, doesn’t seem very amused with the Righthaven business model. Good.
I See the Canadian Left is Just as Silly on Guns
So many things wrong with this statement:
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff has promised a St. Catharines woman whose daughter was killed in 1996 with a stolen handgun that his party plans to simplify the gun registry will not weaken it.
OK, so the woman’s daughter was killed with a stolen gun, which I feel we are safe in assuming the daughters murderer did not then go register with police, so to make her feel better I will propose that we streamline the process for rural farmers to register their long guns, which naturally can’t possibly be stolen and used in murders. Because if we streamline the process, maybe then murderers with stolen long guns will go register them with police, giving us the opportunity to catch them.
What I want to know is if this made the woman feel better. I’m betting it did. I’m also betting the woman in question is still grieving, and is a few sandwiches short of a picnic on this issue because of that. Grieving people should not be the basis of public policy, and this is why.
Campus Carry in PA
This employee over at Point Park University seems to think it would be just awful if we were to pass campus carry in Pennsylvania, as other states are currently debating. Hate to tell you prof, but there’s no such crime as carrying a firearm on a university campus in Pennsylvania, provided you have an LTC. The worst that can happen is the school can ask you to leave (permanently, if you’re a student). This issue has not been pressing in this Commonwealth, because unlike the other states where this is being debated, carry on college campuses isn’t criminalized. If we were to have such a bill here, it would only be a matter of disallowing state funded universities from having such a policy prohibiting guns on campus.
Revolvers Don’t Use Casings
I know caseless ammo is something people have tried developing for years, but according to Homeland Security Newswire, it’s already fact.
Parody Through Caricature
I have to hand it to whoever created this blog. It was hard to tell at first whether it was real. But I’m fairly certain it’s parodying our opponents by use of caricature. How else do you explain a gem like this?
It’s come to my attention that gun owners belong to the NRA and are Tea Party Insurrectionists Extremist Gunophile Fetishists. It’s also notable that they will often give up their families, careers, and even their life to have “Wild West†type shootouts over minor disputes such as parking spots or to compensate for some other shortcoming. Again, this is not personal conjecture but consensus among the public as verified in the Comments sections of several web sites. That’s not to say that they don’t favor common sense civilian disarmament polices such as the prohibition of AK-47 Assault Weapons since they can now safely be considered Weapons of Mass Destruction, and have no civilian use, or the reasonable ban of Glock brand machine pistols since they have no militia use and therefore, are not protected by the Second Amendment.
It would be funnier if it was more of a caricature, though. Unfortunately, it’s not really much of one. I think if the folks over CSGV were to see this site, they’d be regular readers.
The Crazy Things People Carry
A guy in Pennsylvania is getting his LTC yanked and facing charges after he accidentally left his North American Arms .22 mini revolver in a nursing home. A staff woman found it, thought it was a toy, and sent a round into the wall. What’s even more surprising than the fact that he was carrying what I think is a novelty gun, is the fact that after losing it, he didn’t do anything to try to find it. If I lost a gun I’d be panicked.
The article notes he’s been charged with “reckless enlargement.” I guess we can’t have people out there enlarging things with reckless abandon.
McCarthy, Lautenberg Editorialize for Magazine Ban
Over at the Huffington Post, the dynamic duo of gun hating have teamed up to demand we ban mass murder magazines now.
Happy to Disappoint
Daley isn’t too pleased with the concealed carry bill:
“Do you want guns at your neighborhood festival or block party? Or in a park, like the one we’re here today? CTA buses or trains? Do you want students with concealed weapons walking around every college campus in the state?”
Why yes. Yes I do. Because I’m pro-choice.
UPDATE: Probably not going to happen now, but this bill does a little better every year.