In addition to being violently angry, this person cannot read. Of course, if I looked like this, I’d probably be angry too. Update: I wonder how this gal(?) will react when tomorrow the Brady Campaign releases a presser that dances in the blood of the dead? Think we’ll see the same righteous indignation (and fabulous […]

Sebastian has a bit on Reasoned Discoursetm: I think the reason for the vitriol is that we have unwittingly hit on a nerve. The LA Times article presented gun owners in a human light. For those who have their identities wrapped up in who they are not, which is ignorant, paranoid, rednecks compensating for some […]

This time, they’re bringing in the God squad! I hopped over there to check out the reasoned discoursetm. This post on the idolatry of the gun is amusing. It’s not amusing because of all the bearing false witness with statements like representatives refuse to regulate guns as consumer products, which I guess is like sinning […]

Now, with twice the propaganda and ten times the Reasoned Discoursetm!

Someone call Eric Zorn a Waaahmbulance: I’ve written several posts and column items recently on the issue of gun control — the most recent one asking for ideas from both sides about compromises that gun-rights people and gun-ban people might be able to live with. And each time it has struck me how tiny, uninspired […]

I saw via GLN that there are two new anti-gun blogs: Mondays With Mike and Bullet Counter Points, both affiliated with the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence (they originally formed to ban handguns). When I saw them, I thought to myself: Self, Reasoned Discoursetm is about to break out. […]

Looks like some Reasoned Discoursetm is breaking out over at Paul Helmke’s HuffPo blog. It’s a trend! You’ll recall the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Ownership’s original Helmke blog shut down comments because there was no better source for pro-gun information than the Brady Blog itself.

Bryan Miller brings the usual appeals to emotion, ad hominem, and jokes about testosterone. And, of course, he makes stuff up. Bryan makes a lot of hysterical assertions, such as: For pro-gunners it’s about arming everyone to the teeth. Err, no. See, the tactic of the antis is generally to assign a position to pro-gunners […]

I had somehow missed this: To be quite honest, the majority of the response I got to my first blog on gun control was negative and angry, and it got me down quite a bit. But, the majority of the arguments I saw were also better, more thought out, and much more educated than the […]

Seems a police officer was killed on the third anniversary of the expiration of the ban on weapons that look like assault weapons. Cue dancing in the blood of the dead: Miami-Dade Police Sergeant Jose Somohano was killed with an AK-47 three years to the day after the Federal Assault Weapons ban expired. Today, he […]

Two bloggers have agreed to slug it out. Pro-gun Kevin v. Anti-gun jhupp. Update: I love this from comments at jhupp’s: I don’t have any optimism about the possibility of real debate with the gun advocates, but I admire you for trying. So, what kind of spices do you put on words when you’re about […]

Laura Washington thinks that, since we’re winning, anti-gunners should get active on the internet since begging isn’t working. She says: To defeat the gun lobby, gun-control activists need to get out of late-night local cable and embrace the Internet They’ve tried. And they can’t stand the heat (google up reasoned discoursetm or search my archives). […]

See what happens when there’s actual reasoned discourse and not Reasoned Discoursetm?

Clint in comments at Snow Flakes In Hell regarding the blog’s author Sebastian: After reading the various cross-links, I felt I should comment as a more or less passive observer of the 2nd Amendment battles. I was hoping to come up with a profound statement to summarize the conflict Sebastian has brought to the spotlight […]

Bitter discusses writing letters to the editor. And leave some of that crazy gun nut talk out. You don’t want to scare the white people. And, also, those Protest Easy Guns folks are gearing up for their protests in various cities. I’ve linked their schedule. And so have the folks at ar15.com. And I have […]

Laura Washington: It looks like the petulant, gun-toting NRA stalwarts have won the first round. I smell Reasoned Discoursetm coming! Last time, I used this space to ask where you stand on the issue of gun control. A torrent of e-mails later, it’s clear: Gun-control advocates were outgunned, four to one. The gun lovers were […]

Over at Bryan Miller’s blog, reader dwlawson translates Reasoned Discoursetm into English: What they say ==> What they mean Dialogue = => you listen to us Spew ==> facts and statistics Dangerously Extreme ==> passionate and committed No time or inclination ==> unable to respond Sensible Gun Laws ==> gun bans Good Gun Laws ==> […]

Reasoned DiscourseTM will soon be a gunblogger meme along with PSH. Update: BTW, pro-gunners meet pants-shitter. This is funny: As anyone who has spent five minutes browsing it knows, the Internet is filled with people who cannot be bothered with facts, who know almost nothing, and yet who insist on throwing their lack of knowledge […]

Robb Allen points out that our friend Robyn Ringler is twisting up logic like tornado through a trailer park: Twelve babies have died in America so far this year by [heat stroke] in a parent’s car. Distraction, inattention, the simple fact of being human can result in the most tragic, devastating consequences. We can all […]

Cam Edwards points out a new anti-gun blog. I’m half tempted to put up a blog called “Why Was This Criminal Roaming the Streets?”. It would appear that this blog has not yet been introduced to Paul Helmke’s “reasoned discourse”. In other words, comments are open. Be nice! UPDATE: Thirdpower mentions in the comments: Actually, […]

I intentionally closed comments as a joke in this post. However, I accidentally closed them on one post. Not sure how. And you can comment there now, if you like. I was wondering why all you people were emailing me with comments and thought now, why didn’t they just comment. So, if you ever see […]

This past Sunday, the family went to my parents’ house. Junior and I were playing in the pool. There was this giant inflatable alligator that is about eight feet long and Junior loves to ride it. My folks also had those little weighted stick things that you throw in the pool, they sink, and you […]

More reasoned discourse from Bryan Miller of Ceasefire New Jersey: But, I have to laugh at how indignant you boys get when anyone calls some semiautomatics ‘assault weapons.’ Guys, it’s just a name – for a particularly dangerous type of weapon, mind you – but just a name. You show how obsessed you are when […]

But reasoned discourse has started with Bryan Miller. He seems to think that Michael Sullivan (head of ATF) is an evil Bushite. Not only does he suffer from hoplophobia, he seems to have a case of moonbattery. I think the cure for the latter involves foil, two layers with the shiny side out.

So, Macca was found to be a Brady Board Member. You can read about it here. Well, I should be clear. A lot of circumstantial evidence indicated who Macca likely was. And I’m torn between revealing that evidence or not. (ETA: reveal evidence not identity) Sure, I could (with Sebastian’s permission) state how but then […]

Here’s the site. Seems it may be down for the count. So, here’s some thoughts on that. What I do know: They started a blog. Most of their commentators are pro-gun. And the pro-gun side was handily winning the debate over there because the two anti-gun commentators were retarded. They made some BS post about […]

Some suggestions. My fave: Paul’s “Reasoned Discourse” series will be replaced with “Would you mother-f%^ing gun nuts stop correcting me already?“

They’re gonna have some changes. One of those is, apparently, to shut off comments. I’m guessing that’s because there is no better source for pro-gun information than the Brady Blog itself. And, of course, the pro-gun comments outnumber the anti-gun comments by a ginormous margin. And the trackbacks usually make them look like idiots. Update: […]

Paul “reasoned discourse” Helmke: Based on a handwritten legal opinion issued last week by a Judge in Winnebago County, Illinois, the state of Illinois could now allow 10-month old children who get FOID cards to keep 9mm pistols in their baby carriages as long as the holster covers the gun and the ammo clip is […]

How did the ATF trace these weapons? I mean, since you’re telling people they can’t, it must be *cough* true. So, it never happened, right? And while we’re at it, who are these police against the Tiahrt amendment? After all, the largest police organization in the country is firmly for it. But let Paul grasp […]