So, someone sees that you can buy ammo at Wal-Mart. They don’t like seeing said perfectly lawful activity. So, they call their councilmonkey:
Cook said he checked a pawn shop on Shirley Lane and found ammunition available.
Wow. Someone selling ammo. Amazing!
The shocking thing is that this occurred in Alabama.
Lots of background on the case here. I noted that one of the directors resigned and cited he did not think case could be won. I got an interesting email this weekend from William Akins. Here’s the text:
To the moderator of Say Uncle. Sorry, I do not know your name.
Please let me know when the registration to join Say Uncle will be back online.
I am the inventor and patent owner of the Akins Accelerator, chairman of the board of Akins Group Inc and the majority voting authority of the corporation since the recent resignation of one of our directors. . Recently Tom Bowers, one of Akins Group Inc’s directors resigned. Following his resignation Mr Bowers posted some unfortunate and ill advised public personal opinion comments on his privately owned website of subguns.com that he believed a court battle against the illegal BATFE 2006-02 ruling could not be won based upon the fact that he believed Akins Group Inc did not have the funds for such a suit. He did not base his opinions upon the fact that the case was without merit, only that he believed Akins Group Inc did not have the sufficient funds. Mr Bowers is certainly entitled to his opinion. However, since his resignation Mr Bowers’ opinions are not the opinions nor the official position of the board of directors of Akins Group Inc.
It is the official position of the board of directors of Akins Group Inc that the efforts to overturn the illegal BATFE ruling will go on. All that has occurred here is that a director of the corporation has resigned and is being replaced.
The battle against this BATFE abuse of power and violation of federal firearms law is actually only just beginning now that a major obstacle is gone that had hindered any actual effective action. I have alway been of the belief that those who would trade liberty for comfort deserve neither.
I would like to join your Say Uncle site as soon as registration is available and set the record straight for the public’s knowledge since posters at your site are incorrectly informed and are making incorrect assumptions and statements concerning Akins Group Inc when they have no idea what the true facts are.
I am in the unique position as the new majority voting authority of Akins Group Inc to know those facts and correctly inform the public in so far as I can in the best interests of the corporation.
I can assure you and the public that Akins Group Inc will continue its efforts to overturn this illegal ruling, and if at some future time Akins Group Inc runs completely out of funds, then I will continue the battle myself as the patent owner and an individual. I will do so whether I receive any help from pro firearm, civil liberty and freedom organizations (none forthcoming so far) or not. I will do so whether a civil case is filed or whether my last remaining future option is civil disobedience with my very freedom and liberty at stake.
At this time Akins Group Inc and myself are actively seeking a law firm to file a large damage suit against the BATFE on a contingency basis. I have firms I am looking into and I would welcome any contact from firms interested in taking this large multi million dollar damage case. They may contact me via my e mail address of…. Akins_Bill – at – yahoo.com
Feel free to post this at your Say Uncle site since I am unable to with your registration feature currently down. I would appreciate it if you would.
Sincerely,
William L. Akins
Note (and I told him this): I don’t really do registration here any more. And comments shut off after a post is seven days old to reduce spam.
So, a teacher in Sudan let her class name a teddy bear. They named it Muhammad. For this, she was charged with blasphemy and initially sentenced to get lashes and some jail time. Now, that’s bad enough. But it gets better. On the way to work, I heard some British official say that he felt the punishment was too severe. Err, no. The fact that in some backwoods shithole, blasphemy is still a crime that warrants beating someone is severe. And, the calm locals in the Sudan, say that the punishment isn’t severe enough and want her executed.
This is why I can’t take multi-culti hooey seriously. There is simply no way at all that I can respect this in any form. And so much for tolerance because I can’t tolerate it either.
Some smarty pants decided to sell a teddy bear named Muhammad on EBay. Ebay, no doubt fearing for their lives, pulled the listing. You know, like Comedy Central did with South Park.
In honor of that, I declare today Name Your Blog Muhammad Day.
Update: Yeah, that was kinda dickish. I mean the graphic.
So, Paul Helmke of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Ownership yammers on about the mythology of the militia clause of the second amendment. He gets thrashed, of course, so he decides to repeat himself. Because, you know, if no one believes you the first time, repeating the same lie might help. Anyway, I’d ordinarily address his foolishness but Sebastian already did. Twice.
So, some guy said something really stupid on a blog comment section. He gets arrested for it. Ya know, free speech includes the right to say stupid things.
Update: what he said.
Good:
An animal shelter board today refused to recommend changes in Knoxville and Knox County ordinances that would treat pit bull dogs different from other breeds.
Ten members of the board of directors for the Young-Williams Animal Shelter met for more than two hours today to review possible recommended changes in ordinances concerning dogs to city and county legislative bodies. While the board unanimously agreed that the city and county ordinances concerning dogs should be similar, they rejected the concept of a breed specific regulation.
You’ll recall a bit back The Plain Dealer decided to reveal the names of carry permit holders. Well, thanks to them, that info now cannot be copied or duplicated by journalists. Good job, guys. A victory for the first and second amendment!
How redneck am I?
Well, dinner just consisted of collard greens with chicken and dumplings.
And go Vols! Never thought I’d see 4th and 36!
Update: Despite my encouragement, the Vols did not go. And, at Kohl’s today, UT clothing was 50% off. Ouch.
No, not here. But here. Does the Second Amendment give individuals the right to bear arms? Out of 13K votes, the good guys are winning with 98%
Sebastian says Paul doesn’t know guns. I dunno. It looks like a Saiga to me which would make it a Kalashnikov type rifle. Regardless, it’s not a weapon covered by the various assault weapons bans. The shooter is also from California, which as the assault weapons poor ol’ Paul wants so desperately.
And, to round if off, thirdpower hits Paul where it hurts:
How many candidates, leading, trailing, or otherwise, are begging the Brady Campaign, or any anti-gun group for that matter, for their endorsement?
They don’t need support when they can just invent it on the internet.
* No double entendre intended.
Update: Turns out, the rifle is a Kel-Tec SU16, which is not an AK variant. That info came from Jay Fox himself who emailed Sebastian.
A video of a guy bumpfiring a GLOCK
I’m thinking, and gun folks help me out here, but wouldn’t adding the board, which is imitating a stock, make the weapon a short barreled rifle?
Meanwhile, here’s another video showing bumpfiring a GLOCK with a stick.
Gunstar1, noticing a post on anti-gun astroturf, emails:
I saw your post from the 27th about Joyce’s Wounded in America website and it reminded me to go do another antigun website search. In addition to “Wounded” I found 2 new Joyce related websites..
Hoosiers Concerned about Gun Violence Indiana based group which is a part of the FSA
Come Together Auction fundraising website for the FSA
I also found a new astro-turf from the Brady Bunch
God not Guns which seems to be to recruit churches to the anti-gun mission.
As usual the full list of turf groups is at Georgia Packing.
Ahab notices that is the issue the antis are pushing this week. And the media play along happily repeating misinformation:
Background checks, however, aren’t necessary for firearms purchases made at gun shows or from a private seller, which, according to estimates, account for about half of the guns sold in the United States each year.
Outright lie in bold. Sales at gun shows are subject to the same laws that sales not at gun shows are.
Layers of editorial oversight!
Paul Helmke of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Ownership has a nonsensical screed on the youtube debate videos:
In last night’s Republican YouTube debate, a questioner submitted this video of himself shooting what looks like an AK-type semi-automatic assault rifle at a target in the desert. In less than two seconds, self-identified NRA Life Member Jay Fox fires off six rounds. (Check the timing of the video yourself.)
Looks to me like Jay Fox was shooting a Saiga. Said Saiga was, of course, not covered by the ban on weapons that look like assault weapons. And Mr. Fox, you’ll note, was not spray-firing his bullet hose from the hip. Paul gets us warmed up and continues:
Then, after he slings his rifle over his shoulder, he asks a question to the candidates for President: “What is your opinion of gun control?” After this, someone off-camera tosses him what looks like a 12-gauge pump shotgun. Then he quips, “And don’t worry” – as he pumps the slide, cha-chick – “you can answer how ever you like.”
The crowd roared with laughter. The candidates laughed too.
Of course, they’re not pants-shitting ninnies. Then he goes on about VA Tech, number of murders per day, and plays the emotional card about how you should talk to survivors of gun violence. Notice once again that the anti-gunners conflate a guy engaging in a lawful activity with gun violence.
But, Mr. Helmke, here’s the real question: How many people did Mr. Jay Fox kill yesterday or in his whole life? I’m guessing none.
Meanwhile, our favorite astroturf blog has it’s knickers in a twist too.
Greatest name for a local blog ever: The sunsphere is not a wigshop
Awesome. For those who may not get it.
Via MKS.
You’ll recall the hubbub in the news about how the Miami-Dade police were getting semi-auto rifles due to a shooting of a police officer involving a suspect with a semi-auto rifle? Well, seems that’s not the case:
Umm, guys, if you really expect us to believe the police weren’t carrying those rifles yet then, it would probably help if you, oh, I don’t know, didn’t show footage of the police carrying them..
He has the pic to prove it.
And why it’s a bad idea. Seems that, in Canada, the powers that be may start home safety inspections of gun owners. And they know where to look because weapons are registered.
David wants people to contact their state Attorney General’s office and find out where they stand on Heller. And he wants to track it. His map is pessimistic as there are already a few state AGs supporting Heller.
You can contact Tennessee’s Attorney General here.
You’ll recall that no pro-gun people in Seattle were invited to attend a gun violence summit. After all, even though we pro-gun folks oppose gun violence, we still don’t oppose gun ownership and that’s what this shindig is about. Well, turns out some folks in the area are calling out the kangaroo court.
Hello muddah, hello faddah,
Here I am at Camp Bogata.
Camp is very entertaining,
All my faith in communism has been waning
Smelly hippies, in the commune
Hate the fact that dad’s a tycoon
Now, I should have picked a winner
The proletariat now have me cooking dinner
Tam on CNN’s coverage of Thompson:
Hey, did you know that the reporter was carefully selected beforehand and provided with a script?
Seems, for some reason, I’ve done a poll every day this week. Not sure why. What say you?
I bet if I tried to take a gun on an airplane, they’d presume I did it intentionally.
You notice how the Joyce Foundation Funded astroturf blogs never have comments nor do they want any input? That same lesson The Brady Camp learned? Turns out, they don’t want feedback in real life either:
Preventing gun crimes will be the focus of a summit Monday that is expected to draw dozens of police officers and civic leaders from around the state to Seattle.
Mayor Greg Nickels, along with Harborview Medical Center’s Injury and Research Prevention Center, is hosting the conference in an effort to draw up better strategies to reduce violent crime and stop criminals from obtaining firearms.
It’s expected to draw about 150 people, including police, prosecutors, church leaders and school officials. During the one-day conference at the Bell Harbor International Conference Center, they’ll hear from experts who will share how efforts elsewhere have worked.
Great. Let’s have that chat. Oh, wait:
Gun rights advocates were deliberately not invited to this event, which is “Invitation Only.”
The attendees list is a veritable cornucopia of astroturf:
The Joyce Foundation, a Chicago-based non-profit that advocates for more restrictive gun-control laws, provided grant money to pay for the conference.
Other speakers include: Garen Wintemute, a professor of emergency medicine at the University of California-Davis; Police Chief Scott Knight of Chaska, Minn., who is chairman of the International Association of Chiefs of Police firearms committee; and Nina Vinik, legal director for the Legal Community Against Violence.
I think that’s the first time so much astroturf was seen outside a stadium.
Remember, I do this to entertain me, not you.
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