Daley Cries "No Maas'

So w/ flagging polls, ridicule from the media, losses in the courts and the Olympics, King Dick "feels it's the right time" to step down.

As SIH notes, none of the potential replacements which my dead grandma will vote for will be any good on firearm rights but one thing they won't have is the level of influence Daley had.

Truncating History

Gun control advocates have a documented history of shortening quotes to take them completely out of their original context, often turning them from a pro-gun claim into an anti-gun one. Usually when they do, I learn a little something new and add a new cite to my library.

Today was no exception. In a discussion on gun control in the 'Wild West', another troll cutnpasted an article from the now near defunct Gun Guys w/ this:

It was the late 1870s, the height of the mythic Wild West, and W.N. Morphy, editor of the Ford County Globe, pondered the presence of guns on Dodge City streets.

“An honest man attending to his own business doesn’t require the constant companionship of a six-shooter to make him feel easy and safe,” he opined on March 5, 1878, referencing a local ban on concealed guns. Indeed, “there is something rotten with a man’s conscience,” he continued, if he must walk the streets with a weapon.

Pretty straightforward, right? This guy opposed the carrying of firearms. But reader and commenter Odin's Eye located the complete statement:

"Some of the "boys"(1) in direct violation of City ordinances, carry firearms on our streets, without being called to account for the same. They do it in such an open manner, that it don't (sic) seem possible that our City officers are ignorant of this fact.

There must be some reason for it. What is it? Is it because they belong to the "gang"(1), or because they intend to harm none but anti-gang men? An honest man attending to his own business, doesn't require the constant companionship of a six-shooter, to make him feel easy and safe. We think there is something rotten with a man's conscience when he parades the streets with an exposed six-shooter, knowing he is violating the law with impunity, simply because he is a friend of the mashal or policeman." -- Ford County Globe, 5 March 1878, as related in "Why the West Was Wild: A Contemporary Look at the Antics of Some Highly Publicized Kansas Cowtown Personalities ", Nyle H. Miller, 2003, p 297

Well now that changes the whole meaning, doesn't it? He's not opposing the carrying of firearms necessarily but more the Good Old Boy system in place in most corrupt towns and cities during the era of the likes of Boss Tweed.

Why do they feel the need to do this? Because as has been shown over and over, history opposes gun control. They know this so have to try and re-invent it in their own image. Thankfully, in today's electronic age, it's harder for them to spread their bullcrap message w/o being called on it.

More Chicago Gun Restrictions...

So what is Daley's latest little hissy on guns?

Why, instead of mailing the 'Firearm Disposition Form', the registration office is now requiring people to physically go to the office to obtain and fill it out.

I'ld bet Alderman Mell gets his own copy though.

BWAHAHA!!!

Detroit’s Channel 7 reports that the Reverend’s(Jackson) Caddy Escalade SUV was stolen and stripped of its wheels while he was in town last weekend with the UAW’s militant President Bob King leading the “Jobs, Justice, and Peace” march promoting government-funded green jobs.

Read that again: Jackson’s Caddy SUV was stripped while he was in town promoting green jobs.

The photo is priceless.

1975 v Today

Authorized Journalist Bruce Lowry opines that things were better back in 1975:

"In 1975, we didn't have this problem," Glenn Brown, Paterson's police director and a lifelong resident, told the Herald News. "We didn't have the number of shootings that you have today.

He goes on.

And we certainly didn't have the number of guns."

Those guns help feed a perception of violence in a city that could be, and should be, known for so much more...

Still, the prevalence of guns is the game-changer, the difference, if you will, between life and death.

Yep. It's the NRA's fault again. Nevermind that in 1975 we also didn't have the NJ Assault Weapon Ban, Background checks or many other 'reasonable common sense laws. '

The VPC et al ramble on endlessly (falsely) that the firearm industry is dying and there are LESS firearm owners than there were in 1975 than now. But guns are the 'game changer'?

Oh wait, I apologize. I missed a word in the above quote.

"In 1975, we didn't have this gang problem,

Hmm.

Maybe it has more to do w/ those gangs and parents not bothering to raise their children w/ any decency or common-sense?

Naw. That would just be pointing fingers.

Let's keep them on their heels.

"Asked why the M1s pose a threat, the State Department spokesman referred questions to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. ATF representatives said they would look into the question Monday afternoon, but on Wednesday they referred questions to the Justice Department. DOJ spokesman Dean Boyd referred questions back to the State Department."

"The White House referred questions on the issue to the Pentagon, which referred questions to the U.S. Embassy in South Korea, which deferred back to the State Department."

No rest, no retreat.

We're still winning.

Secretary of Education and ardent anti, Arne Duncan refuses to answer question from the Brady Campaign about the "gun-show loop hole."

Loving it.

Give Us This Day Our Daily Bigot

I've heard over and over in academia that one is supposed to respect different beliefs and cultures and that this is a goal to teach students in higher education. Apparently Dr. Jonathan David Farley didn't get that memo. Here's some of his choicer comments on firearm owners:

“Every NRA-type would have shot Huey Newton on sight.”

“The problem is, the NRA-types are more like the Serb aggressors than the Bosnians.”

“Except the NRA-types are the ones opposing mosques, so your logic fails.”

Another cute trick is referring to southern states as 'The Confederacy'.

He's also been living under a rock for the last few years:

“What well-regulated militia do you belong to?”

“How does one use free speech to deprive people of their right to join a well-regulated militia?”

A walking talking example of a Gun Bigot. He may be a wiz at math but his numbers don't add up.

Gun Owners Against Violence Blog Returns

With McDonald v Chicago officially ended, the litigants are once again free to express their opinions w/o worry that it will effect the case and Colleen Lawson has done so.

She is restarting her blog "Gun Owners Against Violence" with a planned launch date of today, Sep. 1.

I remember the original incarnation of this site and it will be well worth your time to check it out. Especially once everything is up and running.