- Oh yeah. Absolutely nothing could go wrong with this “smart” gun. And I’m sure there’s just lots and lots of
consumer bureaucrat demand. (H/T PT)
- Question finally answered: Is Ted Nugent an interestingly loud-mouthed a**hole? Or just a loud-mouthed a**hole? (Hey, Ted. That’s how genocides get justified.)
- But it would have been perfectly okay — and the truth, too! — to call Obama and his minions lying creepazoid tyrant wannabes who, among other things are getting even creepazoidier in their cravings to control speech and the press. Yep, that would be just a-okay and probably even a service to the nation, the world, and every individual on the planet.
- Free firestarter samples. Get ’em while they last (if you don’t mind ending up on the company’s mailing list, of course). (Tip o’ hat to H)
- AmericanMercenary’s pantry test with Augason Farms foods has concluded. Results mixed. Worthwhile report. (H/T JB)
- Calling all Girl Scouts! Want to break cookie-selling records? Well what better place could there be to set up shop? It’s a natural.
Ted Nugent? He’s still alive? He stopped being relevant when he stopped playing Rock and Roll.
Really? Nugent opened his yap and something outrageous came out? Shocking.
And according to this dumbass article, brave GOP politicians are racing to denounce the clown as if that will get them some positive press. Sheesh.
Nugent has had a few entertainingly good things to say about gun rights, though his actions aren’t always quite so heartwarming. But why is it supposed to be some sort of epiphany that he’s a sleezy idiot? He’s been around since the sixties, and he’s always been a sleezy idiot.
Oh Claire….so paranoid. OF COURSE the makers of the ‘smart gun’ have ensured that the link between gun and wristwatch can not be tampered with.
Or sleazy. Whichever.
OF COURSE the makers of the ‘smart gun’ have ensured that the link between gun and wristwatch can not be tampered with.
Well, except in a good cause. I’m sure we all agree that Officer Safety is Paramount.
And OF COURSE the public servants who serve and protect will be solely armed with these wonderful new firearms. Right? RIGHT?
Right, Joel. It’s not about safety… it’s about control.
No such thing as a smart or dumb machine… only smart or dumb people using them. Which, of course, is irrelevant to the folks who bring us the “smart gun.”
And the Brady folks will be marketing a smart-gun jammer in 5…4…3…
Get back to me when the California governor’s security detail carries them.
The government wants to control speech and the press? Unpossible. Sure, they’re trying to control guns, and the IRS is going after conservative organizations, and you can keep your health plan if they like it, and they’re stashing your emails, and…
But the press? No! Freedom of the Press is a Right! They wouldn’t mess with our important rights. That’s just a slippery slope argument.
Right, Claire? Or did you intentionally make the next link about free firestarters?
And OF COURSE the public servants who serve and protect will be solely armed with these wonderful new firearms. Right? RIGHT?
Rule of Thumb: Any “gun safety” law that exempts military or law enforcement isn’t about safety.
“Or did you intentionally make the next link about free firestarters?”
LOL! Not sure whether I should say it was total coincidence (the truth) or plead the Fifth.
I find it interesting that they’re selling a handgun which requires a wristwatch to operate, but they’re selling the watch separately.
I’m pretty well set on redundancy in the starting fires department. Er, should I admit that in public? Still, can’t knock free — and the advantage of using COTSE is I can block them once I have the goods. Nah. I won’t do that.
And say what you want about Terrible Ted, Stranglehold is one of the greatest rock anthems of all time. Of. All. Time.
Completely off-topic, You will laugh at this, almost guaranteed, especially if you’re a writer. Well, I sure did.
Wasn’t Sleezy one of the Seven Dweebs?
LarryA, the FCC has decided they want to station govt reps in news rooms of the major network shows to make sure they are getting the news right. Freedom of the Press, just left the building.
I dunno….seems to me this thing with the FCC….could be a red herring. I wonder if something esle is happening behind the scenes that Odumbo and his cronies are planning and have NO wish to be found out. That left hand can be damm sneaky! As for Nugent….I believe in calling a spade a spade. I don’t care if it is the Pope, the President, or Christ himsel !!!
Regarding red herrings, it’s just so hard to tell, as Curt says. They’re probably all over the place. I try to stay aware, but I admit I don’t have Patrick Henry’s burning desire to know everything. http://libertyonline.hypermall.com/henry-liberty.html
I have to agree with Rand Paul that Ted Nugent absolutely should not have made that comment (BTW, what’s wrong with being sleazy?). Apologies don’t fit his character, so none are forthcoming. His comment was factually wrong, as Obama clearly has human genes, 100% if one does not believe in alien (the outer space type) insemination, so he can’t be “subhuman.” Although when viewed from a moral perspective, he might well be considered subcanine 🙂
I just listened to Stranglehold, which brought back a memory. Long ago in a strip mall parking lot, I heard a car engine idling. I looked around and saw a very ratty rough-idling Firebird with either straight pipes or blown mufflers. The driver was quite scruffy, wore a T-shirt, needed a shave, and probably also a haircut. He was steering with one wrist and looking out the window. Then I realized the loud music blaring out from way overdriven speakers was “Cat Scratch Fever.” It was one of those magic moments of a slice of Americana that I remember as if it were yesterday. Thanks, Ted.
It’s almost looking like a race to see if they can knock out the 1st or the 2nd Amendment first. Our free press currently is rated right between Romania and Haiti, so there’s room to fall further. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/feb/13/bruce-barack-obama-the-mrs-fletcher-of-politics/
That girl scout and her mother are very, very smart.
About that “smart” gun. How close does the watch have to be? Because right-handed people generally wear their watch on their left wrist.
LarryA, the FCC has decided…
Sorry. Forgot the [sarc] tag.
Ted did modify his comments. I guess he had to. And I don’t blame him for qualifying his apology. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/feb/21/ted-nugent-apologizes-street-fighter-terminology-o/
Shel, that entirely depends on your definition of “human.” Nuggie just seems to have a different one than yours. 🙂 I do agree on the “subcanine,” however.
But then, there isn’t any real difference between one statist, collectivist tyrant and another. The essential fact is the intention to control/ own others, regardless of words or tactics. Aggression is aggression, and comparing minor details and personalities usually only obscures that.
It’s irrelevant if he’s a “Kenyan” tyrant, or a “black” tyrant, or any other kind of tyrant. The sad thing is that so many truly believe that he or anyone actually has a legitimate authority to control (own) others. The good thing is that the number of people who believe that seems to be shrinking fast.
Just as a demonstration /trial run, let’s make it mandatory that all badge carriers have to carry these things for a year or six. heh.
Hey, just to be different, I think that “smart” gun is a good idea. For one thing, any free market would supply such things (there’s definitely a market for a gun only YOU can shoot). For another, it does add another layer of safety to a tool that can be dangerous; not everybody follows Cooper’s four rules. Most important, it could bring new gun buyers into the fold, because it negates the “take your gun away from you and shoot you with it” argument, and makes kid access to the gun less of a problem.
Sure, it is not perfect, but the market will perfect it in time.
As to being able to be shut off by the authorities, yeah it’s an issue, but my guess is that most people in the market for such a gun won’t be the kind to shoot cops anyway.
Perhaps some jurisdiction will ban guns that aren’t “smart”? Yeah, some might. But there is no way any government is going to make people turn the “dumb” guns in, and any such technology would be easy to defeat if someone was worried about authorities neutering his gun.
Bottom line, the plusses outweigh the minuses.
Hasn’t anyone here read “The Black Arrow” by Vin Suprynowicz?
RFID is alive and well in this gun, and could be managed quite nicely from a data control base much like that set up by authorities in “The Black Arrow.” I don’t think any “good” could outweigh the bad when that situation is brought into existence.
Just as vehicles can be controlled by authorities and forced to stop when being chased, so this gun could be controlled, not just by the wristwatch, but by a database far removed from the wearer. Homeland Security, anyone?
The company in Germany (I would expect Germans to invent/endorse this ― old Prussians never die!), the firearms store in California, or other “smart” gun enthusiasts around this country are tunnel-visioned about getting the “bad guys” and ― like politicians who never see the unintentional consequences of their laws ― cannot see what the next step in this gun might be. RFIDs in every gun/watch could be controlled by databases, and it might take several years before another Snowden would alert us to it.
In the meantime, the guns are being tracked. And counted. Names and fingerprints are being collected. And ― if the watch can control the gun, who’s to say what “orders” it will be embedded with next, without our knowledge? And God knows what-all medical data can be amassed from the watch on your wrist. Or medications applied through the skin. This is a step before embedded RFID, and it’s ironic ― unless you don’t believe in coincidence ― that it’s put into guns.
I’m not being paranoid here, but am able to see ahead to *intentional* consequences in the future. If there’s something good being invented, you can bet TPTB will be looking at it with an evil eye.
Any gun can do the job it was designed to do ― which makes an RFID gun unnecessary.
Paul, none of the features of the “smart gun” will improve safety of any kind, to anyone. Just add a few new problems, most likely, even without the ability for cops to “turn it off.” First, any complication to a mechanical device increases the chances of failure to perform – all too often at a critical moment. Second, even if you have this “feature,” someone who takes it away from you will be – or will know he needs to be – within 10 feet and can still shoot you with it. Seems wise just not to allow anyone to grab one in the first place. The only actual safety on a gun (or anything else) is the blob between the ears of the person holding it, as we all know.
Now, I have no problem with this or any new technology, actually, Anyone who wants to spend $2,000. for a .22 pistol that may or may not function when it counts… well, go for it. The problem is not the technology, of course, but the attempt to force it on people. With the 3D printer thing, however, I suspect that ship sailed a while ago.
Well, if I get a vote I would include the adjective “interesting” in relation to Ted Nugent. He does occasionally have something moderately interesting to say, and he can always be counted upon to say it in the most provocative possible manner. I don’t care if someone finds him “offensive” (no one has a right not to be offended, and what you choose to take offense at says more about you than the speaker), but in this case I would say that his comment was not helpful and would have been better left unsaid. It diverted attention from the substance of the remark (dead-on) to those few ill-chosen words. Not too surprising from Ted Nugent who, as everyone knows, has a tendency to decouple his mouth from whatever remains of his brain, but as I said, unhelpful.
[Hasn’t anyone here read “The Black Arrow” by Vin Suprynowicz?]
Growing up I read the Robert Louis Stevenson version. Does that count?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Black_Arrow:_A_Tale_of_the_Two_Roses
“Growing up I read the Robert Louis Stevenson version. Does that count?”
Nope… I read that too. There are some parallels in the two stories, but for this gun issue, they’re not even close.