A Dixie Carpetbagger

Via the Scalawag, Judge Napolitano, the Cato Institute and Dr. Lott on the MacDonald case. 

Via Robb, a great Gura quote: “Justice Sotomayor, States may have grown accustomed to violating the rights of American citizens, but that does not bootstrap those violations into something that is constitutional”

Jay, Weer’d, Linoge and Miguel respond to Sebastian.  Miguel makes the point that: “McDonald is not just a “case” or an argument or a amicus curiae. Mr. McDonald is a human being which was denied the tools for defensing himself in a violent neighborhood.”

This is correct.  However, there are two quotes that lay out how I feel about this– “… as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise” (Luke 6:31– the “Golden Rule”) and “[y]our enemy is never a villain in his own eyes. Keep this in mind; it may offer a way to make him your friend. If not, you can [eliminate] him without hate — and quickly.”  (Bob Heinlein)

Put simply, the Bradys think that they’re right.  The pro-rights groups (and the majority of Americans) disagree.  We’ll win eventually, and people like this woman will become discredited and objects of scorn.

To lighten the mood, and play you out with music, Laurel’s take on the McDonald case.  Please secure your beverage…

Logic versus penis jokes.  (Hey, at least it gave Robb an excuse to use this image… secure your beverages before clicking.)

Also, gunnies will recognize that sometimes the hill you happen to be on isn’t the one you need to defend.  The antis don’t.  As one commenter points out, Starbucks has allowed CCW holders and OC citizens into their establishments… and nothing has happened.  Not to mention that a majority of Americans think that no more gun control legislation is needed.

This little spat not only makes the antis look a little overzealous, it makes it easy to point out that their predictions of doom never come true.

Via Sebastian, a quote from Abby Spangler (founder of Protest Easy Guns) regarding the whole Starbucks open carry scuffle:

And to Starbucks corporate management: How’s it feel to be kissing up to guys carrying guns drinking your coffee? FEEL GOOD? Wouldn’t you rather be kissing up to the women of America? FEEL OUR HEAT at Saturday’s Starbucks protest.

1) Starbucks isn’t “kissing up to guys carrying guns,” they’re following state law.

2) Time and again, the pro-gun side proves to outnumber the antis by huge margins (like 170 to 1, for instance), so Starbucks is probably enjoying a nice sales boost right now (seriously, ever known a gunnie who didn’t like coffee?).

3) Since I am pro-gun, I can kiss up to women like these and these, and maybe these ladies, too.  No offense, Mrs. Spangler, but I’d rather feel their heat.

Robb got an email from the owner of Ghillie Suit Resource and decided to pass on the word.  Seeing as I’ve come very close to ordering some of their products (curse my lack of spare time to use them), I’ve decided to spread the word, too.

One of the commenters at Robb’s pointed out an unusual use of Ghillie suits.  Very cool.  Not the music… the suits.

Side note: the name of this post comes from a Call Of Duty 4 level, which involves a crazy Scottish SAS Captain, one of the most engaging game experiences ever designed, and extensive use of your ghillie suit.

Finally, the evil Big Gun Companies are sending out those wheelbarrows full of cash!  Maybe I’ll get mine soon– I’ve been shilling spreading the word for a while now…

Imagine what you could buy with all that money… like a few items off the dollar menu at your local McWhata King, or half a book of stamps.

(H/T Uncle)

Assuming one gun each.  Also assuming each NICS check passed , each check was for only one gun, and discounting all private transfers in states that allow their residents to be adults (or as I call them, Free America).  I would assume that 99+% of these checks resulted in a gun sale, due to the fact that most people with felony records don’t go to gun stores to buy guns.

The article also states that if each NICS check resulted in one sale, and each owner purchased 1,000 rounds of ammo, that would mean 14 billion rounds of ammo sold in 2009.  That’s discounting existing gun owners who didn’t buy new guns in 2009.  Kinda puts the ammo shortage into perspective, doesn’t it?

Now, for some fun with the numbers.  Assume that each NICS check resulted in one gun sale, each new gun owner bought 1,000 rounds of ammo, and that the average overall length of the cartridges used was 1 1/2″.  This means that if you were to place the ammo bullet to primer, the length would be… (works calculator) that can’t be right… (does calculations again) sweet mother of pearl…

331, 439.39 miles.  That’s equivalent to the distance to Luna at perigee and halfway back.  No wonder I can’t find .380 ammo…

(H/T Cocked and Loaded)

Watch and enjoy.

As far as a response, give me a second, I think I have it around here somewhere… okay, here it is.

I actually didn’t watch the whole thing.  I felt my mind going, so I decided to save myself and shut the window.  Also, I doubt the scope on a Galil is as high as they show it… that looks to be even higher than a scope mounted on the carry handle of an AR.

The best part is the comments… for once, decent comments on a YouTube video.  You know, any second, I expect to see four odd horses come over the horizon…

(H/T War on Guns)

… today is PSH Day!  Guns in national parks!  Snow in Florida!  Dogs and cats living together!  MASS HYSTERIA!

I just have to point out the first line in the Sun-Sentinel article: “Just what we need — maybe a submachine gun while people are trying to get a look at bison or deer in Yellowstone.”

I thought it was the gun owners who watched too much Red Dawn…  I mean, what are we going to do, LARP Red Dawn, with the tourists playing the Communists?  Will guns in national parks lead to CCW holders running around Yellowstone like Able Team on steroids?  Will there be blood in the streets streams?

Or has the anti-gun lobby simply begun to grasp at their last straws?  First, it was “blood in the streets,” which never happened.  Then it was “vigilante justice,” which never happened.  Now it’s “SMGs in Yellowstone, run for your lives,” which… well, I’m gonna go out on a limb here and say it’s never gonna happen.

SMGs aren’t that concealable, after all.

Via Tam, The Leader finds out what the Masada will cost. (My reaction was similar.)

Via ENDO, he finds out about the new Glock. What happens in Vegas…

You know, these videos are addicting. Maybe it’s Hitler screaming like a little girl?

I could swear I had stuff lined up for yesterday and today… hmm… can I blame this on Fluffy?

In the meantime, enjoy: