On Monday I did something I shouldn’t have. It’s been gnawing at me all week. Monday morning, first thing after booting up my computer and before I even had a sip of tea, I clicked on a link. Yes, the same thing most of us do hundreds, if not thousands, of times per week. You’d think by now the brain would be numbed to any creepiness that might be hiding behind any link. But no. This particular link was to an anti-gun thread on a forum I used to (until that moment) visit daily. The forum generally has nothing to…
Category: Guns and Gun Rights
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The Corleone family on Wall Street. 🙂 Gobsmacking. Yet somehow utterly unsurprising: vials of smallpox just stashed away, unrecorded, unremarked, and forgotten in government facility. Another marvelous cautionary tale from MamaLiberty. Officer Friendly strikes again. (Via Say Uncle) Elephant tears (of joy). I don’t know how true the part about the tears is, but the story is still … liberating. (H/T Jim B in comments)
This week’s video of two pathetic gangsta wannabes trying to rob a jewelry store inspired me to doggerel poetry. Over at JPFO, I celebrate several notable acts of self-defense (and defense of others) from the last several years. There were so many to choose from the only trouble was winnowing them down.
I thought the Hobby Lobby decision was the right one. I also think the owners of Hobby Lobby appear to be flaming hypocrites on the subject of contraception. Right from the moment of legalization, Washington state authorities have treated cannabis use with gentle good humor. The latest: a series of ads about things that it’s now legal — but not necessarily smart — to do while stoned. One-armed man fined for riding bike with only one handbrake. It might be no surprise the Microsoft security people just broke a chunk of the Internet The surprise (to me at least) is…
Dog just hanging out in its own backyard. Cops canvassing neighborhood for a lost toddler (who turns out to be snoozing in his own family basement). Guess what cop does? Yeah. Again. But once again, the dog’s dad is on a take-no-prisoners quest for justice. (H/T furrydoc) Okay, let’s have some better dog stories. Including this happy cop and “vicious” pit bull story via naturegirl. And how about … dog returns wedding ring missing for five years. New study warns against trying to cheer some folks up. Yeah, I can see that, for sure. Sometimes you just need validation and…
Fellow BHM blogger Massad Ayoob asks whether Joseph Wilcox did the right thing, and provokes an interesting discussion. Is anybody surprised by the latest creepiness from F*c*b**k? And why do so many people not get that when the service is free, you’re not the customer; you’re the product? Kevin D. Williamson: Politics pays. …and ushers in the the Age of Oligarchy. Hornady — bless its bullet-shaped little heart — has style. When Amish get rich. The Supremes side (narrowly) with religious liberty over Obamacare.
Here are three longish reads to keep you busy just in case you don’t have anything better to do this summer Sunday: “Secrets of the Creative Brain.” Ninety-nine things that make people happy. The article itself is short. Following the links will take you down various informational rabbit holes. After several decades of increasingly warlike violence against Americans, the ACLU finally takes serious note (pdf). (H/T RL) —– Bonus read (to cheer you up after the ACLU report): My latest at JPFO, “What We Owe Ourselves Alone.” That one comes with a hat tip to MJR, whose comment here the…
I guess this has been around a while, but I just saw it: David Codrea’s Physician Liability Form. Print this out and hand it to any boundary-violating doctor who tries to poke into your gun ownership! I found that via Kurt Hofmann who delivers a hearty smackdown to Mike the anti-gun “Gun Guy.” Anti-gun Mike’s latest BS is that the doesn’t think disabled people should be “allowed” to defend themselves. Speaking of people who want to determine what’s good for you, the push to data-mine more of our health info is getting stronger and creepier. Larry Page of the increasingly…
The man Jeff Cooper called one of the top firearms trainers in the world has died. He was my fellow writer at S.W.A.T., and he held the coveted last-page ground with his talent and wisdom. He was such a humble man that he didn’t even have his own Wikipedia page (and when you consider how many lesser people, like me, have Wikipedia pages, that’s saying something). Thanks to Rich Lucibella and Tam for the word. The world is a poorer place today than it was on Monday.
Bloomberg’s (now-former) head anti-gun honcho blames victim disarmament failures on Obamacare and Edward Snowden. And admits that none of his efforts could have stopped a mass shooting, in any case. It seems that shooting helpless dogs is no longer enough. It’s apparently more good, sadistic fun to cut their throats. Can you even imagine? (Via David Codrea) Ten tricks to make your life better today. (James Altucher does this stuff better than anybody.) “I Love My Guns.” JPFO reprints a “recent classic” from MamaLiberty. Nice going, Susan. Somehow these two go eerily well together. It’s terrifying how much information Google…