Cool but scary at the same time. With video.

Technology: Stop it before it kills someone!!!

If you weren’t paying attention, then you didn’t notice all the racism. See, we’re not a post racism society*. Part of the reason is that everyone sits around with their racist decoder rings looking for racism. Even when it may or may not be there. But accusations of racism these days are rather like car alarms. You hear both so much that you don’t even pay attention to the noise anymore. A few examples:

If you call Barack Chirac Obama an elitist, you’re a racist! Seriously?

Bill Hobbs did a post reminding Barack Tiberius Obama who is boss was. That boss quite clearly from the link meant the people. Then ZOMFG it’s a slave reference!

And ZOMFG! someone called Barack Gwen Stefani Obama a boy! But, you say I call people boy sometimes and I don’t mean nothing racist by it. I looked at my wife last night and said ‘that boy ain’t right’ and he was a white dude trying to push a rope. Doesn’t matter because Boy, in that context, is a racist remark, period. We don’t have to give you a reason, it just is! Dammit. And this is great:

The GOP clearly intends to yell “n*gger, n*gger” or “b*tch, b*tch” for the entire campaign in a desperate attempt to divert attention away from the complete mess they have made of the country.

Not really since the Dems are doing it for the GOP. I mean, I keep reading lefty blogs that say if you don’t vote for Hillsy, it’s ’cause you’re a misogynist. And if you don’t vote for Barack a² + b² = c² Obama, it’s ’cause you’re a racist.

In other news, years of pandering to identity politics is biting the Dems on the ass.

* Note: there really is real racism but none of this is it.

I often wonder how some people can look themselves in the mirror. One of those people is Janet Reno. In her case, it might be a bit harder since she always sees Ernest Borgnine looking back at her.

But, buck up little camper, at least you weren’t set on fire.

Let’s make it more illegaler. That’ll show ’em!

So, from my referral logs last night, I learn that the anti-gun Democratic Leadership Council’s shill group diguised as a pro-gun group American Hunters And Shooters Association has endorsed Barack Machine Wash Warm Obama for President. Gasp! Swoon! Of course they did. That’s what they were created for.

Update: A reminder from Sebastian:

Let’s remember how Obama supports the shooting community again:

• Advocating that handguns be banned
• Advocating a comprehensive ban on all semi-automatic firearms
• Sponsoring legislation that makes it harder to get a license to possess a firearm, which is required under Illinois law.
• Voting against a measure as US Senator that prevents firearms manufacturers being sued out of existence because their products can be used by criminals.
• Banning any ammunition that could be used in an “assault weapon” which would include many sporting cartridges.
• Banning all firearms sale within five miles of a school or park, meaning there would be very few places in the United States where guns could be sold.

Yesterday was the one year anniversary of the VT tragedy. The Brady Campaign used the opportunity to beg for money. Of course, on the day of the shooting, they had a donate button complete with new graphics before the bodies were cold.

And it seems the Brady Campaign’s political stunt on the anniversary was not well-received.

And for whatever reason, the Brady Camp is trying to associate the non-existent gun show loophole with VT?

Or murder training?

“As far as I am concerned, the laws are valid and we will act as if this whole conversation with the D.A. just didn’t take place,” Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey said.

Source.

We bloggers have been talking about this for a while. But the pilot whose firearm discharged likely due to TSA policy has made CNN:

David Codrea, that is.

Here’s his bit for the NYT.

Gunny’s is apparently open for business. And their website is much improved. So says an email I received.

To want a gun.

Trust me, it will happen.

On big brother:

You know, I’ve gotta tell ya’ll – with every city, town, and slightly populated area with an intersection making kissy-faces at Redflex, my rebellious streak has gotten worn down. Let’s face it. Robo-Smokey is the unstoppable wave of the future.

RedBlueAmerica looks at the candidates and guns.

A good read on how one woman became a gun person.

Philly DA says their recent gun laws are on their face, illegal acts. Well, arrest the perpetrators.

Update: NRA pursuing a restraining order.

PGP on Hillsy and Barack Cheryl Tiegs Obama pandering to gun owners:

It’s like watching two Klansmen argue over which one likes minorities more.

Heh.

Is that a synonym for factually deficient?

Apparently, MSNBC won’t run the Mayors Against Guns ad because it’s controversial:

“How could the network call something controversial that all three candidates agree about,” he said. “All three cands have called for the gun-show loophole to be closed.”

Because we’ have to admit all three candidates are ignorant on the issue. I think McCain has since recanted, not sure though. Sales at gun shows are subject to the same federal regulations as sales not at gun shows.

Jay has more.

And did you know that Oliver Willis was still around? I didn’t. I guess at some point everyone stopped making fun of him and so I wasn’t exposed to his special brand of stupid anymore.

When losing, claim you’re winning.

The story so far: CavArms sold polymer lower receivers for AR-15s. The receivers were injection molded off site. CavArms reached an agreement and got an approval letter from BATF stating that the method of off site production was OK! ATF randomly changes it’s mind without telling anyone (like they do a lot) Then, they raid CavArms.

Now, the latest:

ATF has initiated Civil Asset Forfeiture for all of the firearms seized in the raid. The list includes firearms that belong to employees, customers, and were here on consignment. We are not going to let them take it all unchallenged, we have retained counsel specializing in asset forfeiture and will be talking with them this week. We will update with more information as it becomes available.
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In Civil Asset Forfeiture, the Government sues the property, and you have to respond as a claimant proving you have a legal right to it. That is the jist of it….google it and you will find a lot of stuff.

The way this stuff works is NOT how they tell you it works in high school civics class. I keep reading posts from people about “well the way things are supposed to be is…!” Well it’s not. The way things are supposed to be and the way they actually are, are two different things.
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In Criminal Forfeiture, yes and you have to be convicted. In Civil Forfeiture you have to prove your innocence, or the innocence of the property as not being used in the commission of crimes, etc.

Tam on the religious weirdos in Texas: The seriously outgunned (by a ratio of several hundred to zero) religious weirdos in the facility, which has been downgraded from “compound” to “ranch” to “retreat”, claimed they were terrified that they were going to be attacked. And given the track record (no pun intended) of mechanized law enforcement against nut-fudge religious types in Texas, can you really blame them?

I’m just glad no one was set on fire.

Lions in Chicago? Of course, you can’t have a gun to shoot them either.

Woke up today and my internets were broken. Upgraded to WP2.5. Me no likey interface.

Heh.

Jimmy Naifeh (the speaker who kills Tennessee’s pro gun bills) is up for re-election. Meet his opponent, Rory Bricco. He’s quite pro-gun.

Small and odd guns.

Some guy named Cliff Lyon is spamming the pro-gun blogs and linking to his post at One Utah in which he takes Alan Korwin to task for asserting:

Guns save hundreds of thousands of lives a year.

Says Cliff: This is the beauty of the internet. Unsupportable public comments and the people who make them can be taken to task and a permanent record established.

Well, I’m not Alan Korwin (and you could ask Alan on his blog) so I don’t know to what he was referring. However, it could have been a number of sources. He may have referenced the Department of Justice (about 700K); Gary Kleck at the University of Florida (2.5M) ; John Lott; or the Bureau of Justice Statistics National Crime Victimization Survey. Pick one.

Lyle welcomes 8 to it.

Les Jones is flashlight blogging: A Maglite is a gateway drug to a serious flashlight addiction. Surefires, Streamlights and Fenixes are the hard stuff. I’ve got one of each now and I’m still looking for the perfect light.

Heh.

Howard Nemerov has a must read on the bias against guns in the press, particularly the press being All AK-47 All The Time!