PGP puts that quote in perspective:

DC Mayor and avowed gun grabber saying outloud the most taboo of gun controller deep-dark-secrets: that gun control doesn’t make any sense and will not work at the local jurisdiction level.

Pull.

Apparently, not so good.

I’ve been tagged to answer three questions. And it’s all about me. So, here’s the questions:

1. My: You’ve heard the saying “I’d give my right arm for…”. So, what would you give your right arm for?

2. Me: What’s one word that describes how you want people to see you?

3. Meme: If you could be any blogger, which blogger would you be… and why?

And here are my answers:

1. World peace. Yeah, it’s corny. But, honestly, that or a cure for all disease, poverty, etc. would be about the only thing I’d give my right arm for. I mean, I use it all the time, so it better be worth it. And my sacrifice may as well benefit everyone.

2. I had a conversation with Joe Huffman and Kevin at the Gun Blogger Rendezvous in Reno about personality types of bloggers. It seems that there’s a certain type of personality per some test that occurs in less than one percent of the population. However, about 30% of bloggers fit that personality type according to data at Tim Lambert’s. I don’t recall taking a test but my personality type, per Kevin, fits it. And I don’t know what it’s called and I’m too busy to look it up (more on that later) and would rather spend this bit of free time blogging than googling. I don’t know that I fit that type but, from my psychology and counseling days, I do know a few things about me. And these things fit the type that Kevin described to me. Two characteristics that I have are that a) my self-esteem is unusually high and b) I have a very low need for the approval of others. In short, I don’t generally care what most people think about me. I’m not sure but I think that personality type is known as prick.

3. Billy Watson. Oh, and that link is not safe for work. No, I kid. I’m quite content being myself, thanks.

And, if you blog, consider yourself tagged. I’ve also been tagged by another meme but I haven’t gotten to it because that one is, like, work. And I’ve been busy. How busy? Well, and no offense to beavers, but either:

1) busier than a three-legged dog trying to take a piss on a frozen lake

or

2) busier than a one-legged man in an ass-kicking contest

Both analogies involve legs. And one was stolen from Tom.

Update: Thanks to Phelps, I found it:

Introverted iNtuitive Thinking Judging

To outsiders, INTJs may appear to project an aura of “definiteness”, of self-confidence. This self-confidence, sometimes mistaken for simple arrogance by the less decisive, is actually of a very specific rather than a general nature; its source lies in the specialized knowledge systems that most INTJs start building at an early age. When it comes to their own areas of expertise — and INTJs can have several — they will be able to tell you almost immediately whether or not they can help you, and if so, how. INTJs know what they know, and perhaps still more importantly, they know what they don’t know.

See, prick.

Chuck:

I’m sure it’s just me, but there just seems like there’s something wrong with law enforcement financially benefiting from enforcing the law.

It’s not just you. Letting the officers keep their loot is a bad, bad idea. Almost as bad as revenue sharing with the companies that make traffic cameras. Now, there’s motivation to be less than, err, forthright.

I tell you, global warming and smoking seem to cause everything.

They’re both also the leading cause of ass-hattery.

Publicola’s blog turns four.

Tam turns that times 10.

In California, power is about to get even more unaffordable.

Mr. Campfield, it seems there’s another way to get rid of the tax on food instead of ill-conceived platitudes designed to garner publicity. Seems the state of Tennessee makes too much bling:

So, for the 12 months of Fiscal year 05-06 and the first 5 months of 06-07, $461 million more in Revenue has been collected than was originally appropriated.

…and not one dime has been returned to taxpayers in the form of a lower food tax.

On the British isles, some folks really hate traffic cameras. So, they set them on fire. Never fear, big government has a solution: put in cameras to watch the cameras. Then they’ll put in cameras to watch the cameras that are watching the cameras.

But do you have something a bit smaller?

A target that tells you what corrections to make based on where your bullet lands.

For airport use.

Looks like there’s a gun control bill in the works:

This bad Bill expands upon the unconstitutional Lautenberg misdemeanor gun ban [922 (g)(9)]. This gun ban, passed as an amendment to a 1996 omnibus spending bill and signed into law by none other than President Clinton, was first introduced by leading anti-gun Senators Frank Lautenberg, Dianne Feinstein, and your favorite and mine, Ted Kennedy.

DC Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D):

“We have one of the highest homicide rates in the country but at the same time have the strictest [gun] law,” Fenty said, joining other urban chief executives at the bipartisan summit on the issue yesterday on Capitol Hill. “Local jurisdictions just can’t solve the problem. You need to have the federal government have one standard for dealing with illegal guns.”. . . .

This pearl of wisdom came from the mayors against gun summit. They admit their plan doesn’t work. And advocate doing it harder.

Sweet Mac-10.

Sailorcourt has a report from the Bloomberg protest rally:

I’m home from the “Prosecute Bloomberg” rally. It was an interesting experience. In some ways the rally was very successful, in other ways not so much.

He has photos.

Via bitter, the Brady Bunch doesn’t seem to like Glenn Reynolds:

These sobering statistics came back to me when I read Glenn Reynolds’ disturbing op-ed encouraging government mandates that people have guns in their homes. I was angry and alarmed that some might take these proposals, and the flawed statistics on which they rely, seriously.

Flawed statistics? Have you read your own material?

By the way, The Brady Campaign To Prevent Gun Ownership Blog is now allowing comments. So far, all the comments come from pro-gunners.

Heh.

In Tijuana, the police were issued slingshots after having their guns taken in a corruption probe. No, really.

An interesting picture from New Orleans.

Well sign me up:

Southern firearms dealers are raffling off free guns to raise money to fight a lawsuit by New York City.

The unusual fundraiser — officially called the “Bloomberg Gun Giveaway” — is organized by the Virginia Citizens Defense League, a gun owner rights group, and firearms shops.

Well, I’ll take some tickets. This bit is funny:

“These are sick people,” Mayor Bloomberg said. “And if they think that this is funny, I don’t think that the parents or the spouses or the children of those that get killed with illegal guns would find that very entertaining.”

But, Mr. Bloomberg, this is a legal gun. I know for you there is no difference. The gun is a Para Ordnance .45 caliber automatic handgun worth about $1,000. More:

“Instead of dealing with his problem of criminals in New York [Bloomberg] wants to blame everyone else outside of New York,” Hill said.

The shop is:

Bob Moates Sport Shop Inc.
10418 Hull St., Midlothian VA 23112, United States
(804)276-2293, USA (804)276-2332 fax,

Send them a check, if you’re so inclined.

Up next, the mayors want to make more guns illegal:

None of the mayors at the news conference mentioned federal legislation other than the Tiahrt Amendment. Most notably, not one word was spoken about the federal assault weapons ban, which the Democratic Congress passed in 1993 and the Republican Congress allowed to expire a decade later.

Mayors are interested in renewing the ban, but the Tiahrt Amendment is a higher priority, Brown said.

Since they are attacking illegal guns, it makes perfect sense to have more guns made illegal. The ban on weapons that look like assault weapons is basically pointless. See here and here.

Is it just me or is it that every time a Clinton is involved in a national election, the Rodham goes away?

Heavily taxing things creates a black market. News at 11.

Jack McElroy is having quite the discussion on his blog “The Upfront Page” at the Knoxville News Sentinel. A charge was made by local GOP Chairman Brian Hornback that Mr. McElroy has a conflict of interest because he serves on “all kinds of boards of non-profits”. If you have ever read Mr. Hornback’s writing you know it quickly devolves into partisan politics.

Mr. Hornback writes, “From what I understand Jack “Conflicted” McElroy appeared on Inside Tennessee and said that the replacement of term-limited incumbents isn’t about party building. So, if you are Jack “Conflicted” McElroy it is about party building. Party building the Democrat Party and tearing down the Republican Party. The question for Editor McElroy is: How is that position on the Democrat Board going for you?”

To Mr. McElroy’s credit he addresses the larger issue of whether the Editor of the News Sentinel should sit on various boards and asks his readers for their viewpoints. What happens is an eighteen post free for all with several commenters including the pseudonymous writer “50 Cents Wasted” and even the appearance of Mike Cohen to make the required charged of, “Also, Mr. Cents, folks would pay more attention to you if you signed your name. It’s awfully easy to trash folks when you can shield your own identity.” Even Cynthia Moxley drops in to clarify, “FYI. I’m not the only Moxley in town. All you have to do is turn on the radio to know that. And that is not me who posted to this site on Jan. 20.”

This is not only an interesting read but asks some important questions about the role of Editor and Publisher of a daily newspaper in a mid-market town like Knoxville. Conflict of Interest is a Knoxville tradition. Some might say a Religion. It is a positive step to see the Editor of the News Sentinel consider whether it is time to make some changes.

Give it a read.

The kids continue their record long streak of passing colds around to each other and other kids. Sigh. A while back, someone asked me:

How much do you spend on daycare?

I told them. But I have to rescind the comment and say to take that number and add about $180 per month to it for the increase in doctor’s visits, prescription medication, and other stuff you have to buy because you basically send your children to a den of plague every day. But, no worries. I mean, they either get exposed to this stuff at daycare or in kindergarten. So, get it over with sooner rather than later.

In other news, this morning I was preparing The Second to go to daycare. He looks at me and says mamamamamamama. I said to him No, I’m dadadadadadada. Can you say dadadadadadada. He smiles real big and says dadadadadadada.

Junior said dadadadadadada first and The Second said mamamamamamama first.

Tam:

and what’s gonna happen to the finger-wagging, lecturing, “Lesser Of Two Evils” voters if this election comes down to McCain v. Edwards or Clinton v. Giuliani, and there is no lesser evil? Are we justified in voting third party then? Or should we just say “screw it”, and stay home?

Nylarthotep wonders why the ATF is dragging its feet investigating. He also addressess parts of the summit.

Jeff notes Bloomy is threatening Congress.

More as I get it.

bitter has it.

David Hardy has the ruling:

The 9th Circuit has upheld ATF’s requirement that certain dealers (those with 10 more trace requests and some other details) to report used firearms sales directly to it.