Maybe petitioning to have him deported without due process is too much, but it’s overdoing it for us to demand that the Department of Agriculture see whether CNN got a got a 526 permit before bringing Morgan here. It’s required before importing foreign insect pests.
David Hardy – Piers Morgan gets owned, again
January 13, 2013
[I have nothing else to add that I haven’t said already. –B]
Here’s my question: In his entire entourage of uncritical nuthuggers, was there not one single person willing to play Smithers to Yeager’s Mr. Burns? Nobody to say "Uh, sir, maybe going on camera all bug-eyed and threatening to kill people isn’t such a good idea when bug-eyed people have been running around killing people."
And no matter how much you don’t want him on your team, he is on your team anyway. He is getting so much attention at HuffPo and DailyKos because to them, he confirms every stereotype they have of gun owners the way Limbaugh listeners think that all Democrat voters are dreadlocked hippies in #OCCUPY_DRUM_CIRCLE. James Yeager has sent the entire gun rights movement downrange with a camera.
Tam – The Honey boo boo of the firearms industry.
January 13th, 2013
[Honestly right now we are our own worst enemies. As Tam rightfully points out the media is hunting for the craziest of the bunch to bring forward and put front and center as being representative of all of us. The way they need to run this fight is to make us look inhuman and they’ve been working at it for years.
Please, for the love of god, think before you speak and if you see that you need to play Smithers to a Mr. Burns, freaking do so! –B]
If you know someone sitting this one out because they think the anti-gun groups don’t matter, slap them silly. We’re not facing the anti-gun groups, we’re facing the White House and the whole Obama coalition, and if you think that doesn’t matter, just ask Mitt Romney whether he agrees with you.
Sebastian – Why This is Serious
January 10th, 2013
[Like Sebastian I’m nervous. I keep hearing from more and more people who they’re “voting with their wallet” to indicate their opinion. Well that’s all well and good but it doesn’t really help where the real fight is. Currently I’m working on creating a kiosk for the local gun shop so people can contact their representatives right there.
Form letters should be avoided I know, and I will help anyone who asks write a letter. I have been meaning to post my letter but keep forgetting. I will however post a copy of TMW’s because honestly it was much better and probably considerably more effective, it’s also what I have a copy of handy.
Honorable xxxxxxxx,
The tragedy at Sandy Hook elementary school has sparked new proposed legislation regarding firearms. Currently many throughout the country are riding on emotion and crying for something, anything, to be done. Even if ultimately what is done would have no bearing on what happened.
The actions of that lone monster belong to him and him alone. His actions should not affect the law-abiding gun owners in this country. The calls for “gun control”, a new “assault weapons ban”, and “magazine ban” stem from an emotional reaction to the tragedy. The emotional response is placing blame on the law abiding instead of the deranged individual who is actually responsible.
If any new gun control is passed, it will not only affect the able-bodied law-abiding gun owners, but the disabled as well. As a disabled woman, it is very discriminating to me and others like me. A new assault weapons ban, as well as a magazine ban, will risk my life as I will have no other effective means to defend myself.
The AR-15 is by far the easiest and most comfortable rifle for me to shoot and operate with my disability which limits function of my dominate hand. Many of the features being attacked are what make that rifle functional for myself and others who are disabled like me. Having an adjustable stock merely allows the rifle to properly fit the user. A pistol grip allows my disabled hand to form a more natural angle and operate the rifle. The rail system allows me to attach things to aid in supporting the rifle with my functional arm.
Yet legislation being brought to the floor wants to strip me of a tool that allows me to level the playing field with men stronger and fully able-bodied; a tool that actually allows me to enjoy hunting with my husband since I can properly use and employ it. Currently due to a work related injury to my other hand the AR-15 is the only firearm I can operate safely.
Further my defensive pistol, which is much less comfortable to operate, would be rendered much less useful as well. Magazine restrictions stand to require me to have to reload and work considerably harder to keep the weapon in the fight. Instead of focusing on stopping the threat I will have to focus more on worrying about running out of ammo. This magazine restriction will not stop an able-bodied attacker, it will not even slow them down, it will however slow me down.
Why must I be disarmed and rendered less able because of the actions of a lone mad man? Why are technological advances that benefit women and the disabled being thrown under the bus? Why do you support the disenfranchisement of disabled women?
I implore you, respect and defend the rights of gun owners and in so doing respect and defend the rights of disabled women to have a choice in what their most effective means of self-defense is.
Thank you,
TMW
Now this was a targeted letter sent to the two Senators, both of whom support gun control. We sent this over a week ago, we still haven’t gotten a response from either Senator. There was a modified version that was sent to the more gun friendly representatives.
I will say I was quite pleased with one of my state representatives. He actually sent a reply the Saturday after we sent it. The good news on that one is he’s evidently been hearing from all over his district to head off new gun control.
On that same front, I will say I do have some good news for Sebastian if he’s reading this. There are many people I know of who also were just consistently on the bench who are now moving to become active in the political fight. Hopefully we can keep the momentum and keep growing.
If you haven’t contacted your representatives yet, do so now. -TMM]
Eventually, we need to move away from the notion that owning and operating a vehicle is a right and entitlement, and limit it to people with a proven, bona fide professional need. There are plenty of trains and buses for normal people. This is how most civilized nations are moving and is not a violation of your right to travel.
Michael Z. Williamson – WE NEED TO REGULATE CARS THE WAY WE REGULATE GUNS
January 9th, 2013
[I’m amazed at the number of people I’ve seen screaming about the fact we regulate cars and not guns. Mr. Williamson does a fantastic job ripping that misconception down piece by piece. Seriously, go read the whole thing.
In the back of my head I wanted to laugh but couldn’t because I knew of the exact regulations he was referring to, every last one of them. The other side of this debate though will insist over and over that none of those things actually exist, even if you cite the exact law. That end quote though I find a perfect closure. If you think we need to get rid of guns in the name of public safety, motorized vehicles need to go too. -B ]
h/t Robb.
If the government were running the telephone system we’d still be making calls like Green Acres.
Anonymous – With Regards to Smart Phones
January 7th, 2012
[Joe’s post here will illustrate why I fell over laughing as I thought of it this morning. -B]
I felt that in my balls.
Unknown
For full context:
[Yeah, that was awesome and I’m sure he did. Funny story about that…
For you see, when I was about 4 years old my dad took me to an airshow. This the day after I broke my ankle by repeatedly doing something stupid. It was probably about the 10th time that I broke it but I digress.
You see it wasn’t a major break, didn’t swell up, I could still walk on it, it just hurt. So when my dad took me to the airshow the next day I just rode around on his shoulders everywhere. None of us knew it was broken until the next day when I had X-rays because it wasn’t getting better.
At some point during the day, I’m sitting on my dads shoulders and I point to the horizon. Coming in just above the deck are two A-6’s hauling ass like there’s no tomorrow. The go directly over us so close I could swear I could touch them. If you’ve never seen a jet do a flyby it is loud and you can feel that through your whole body.
So there I am, sitting on my fathers shoulders, A-6’s are hauling ass over head and I am a small boy with no verbal filter. Does anyone want to guess what kind of statement I made? Anyone? Bueller?
I said the following once the jets were far enough away:
Daddy, that made my penis tingle!
Before my dad even has a chance to erupt into laughter, the woman standing in front of him turns around and gives this nasty glare and says, “Sir, are you going to correct your son?”
To why my dad then replies along the lines of, “Why? It’s the correct response for the son of a naval flight officer, and that boy knows what he likes!”
Yeah, I hated that story growing up… It was one of my dad’s favorites, I have since begun to appreciate it and understand why. ~sigh~ –B]
Putting aside the pie in the sky impracticality of this, I like to point out to these people that we already had a world without guns; it was called the Middle Ages. It was a peaceful utopia where the lion lay down with the lamb… any time it wanted to, and the lamb just shut up and took it, if the lamb knew what was good for it.
Tamara – Imagine there’s no stupid; it’s easy if you try…
January 4th, 2013
[Yup, that’s about right, but remember for some reason we’re exempt from the laws of nature now days. Lets not forget the gun is civilization. Tim over at GunNuts also did a nice post on this same topic.
Currently I don’t have much else to add. -B]
Gun control pushers have even less shame than typical rapists. A repulsed rapist doesn’t start whining: “OK, so I can’t rape you now, but how about just dropping your pants? I won’t penetrate you now, but you can’t refuse a reasonable compromise! How about just an inch, no more than two, honest.” Taking away defenses and property of innocent people is a molestation and should be treated as such.
Oleg Volk : The ethics of gun control
December 30, 2012
[I have heard of no better analogy than the one Oleg gives there. –B]
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