Weekend Wildlife

Lots of healthy looking does this week.

And this one buck. I wish the picture would have been clearer.
The photos of the snowfall just look cool.
More does in light snow.
SQUIRREL!!!
I hate squirrels.

Repeal the 26th Amendment?

MSNBC did a nice hit piece on the teen suing to expand his 2A rights. They interviewed CSGO mouthpiece Ladd Everitt who stated that, outside of the personal attacks, his opposition to this is that is has been proven that 18-20 year olds aren't developed mentally enough to handle firearm ownership. He moved the goalposts when it was brought up that they can serve in the military since they receive training and are supervised.

So since there is no training or supervision for voting, why should people not developed mentally be able to determine how the nation is run? Obviously this is just a recipe for disaster.

If the BC Says it's 'Balanced'

It had to be a POS hit piece.

And I was right. Every buzz phrase and stereotype was present, right out of the Joyce Funded EIC playbook, to make gun owners look like fanatic fools just aching to start a shooting war w/ the gov't.

'crackpots', 'unusual ideas', 'cagey', 'vigilantes'. These are the terms Paul Helmke considers a 'even-handed' portrayal of firearm advocates.

Even these bits are in the minority nowadays as shows like 'Top Shot' are presented and firearm companies are advertising on television.

And gun control slides even further into irrelevancy.

ISP Can't Get It's Act Together On Crime Reporting

It's already December of 2010 and the Illinois State Police (ISP) have yet to issue its Uniform Crime Report (UCR) for 2009.

The ISP's been in non-compliance w/ FBI UCR standards for years limiting the ability to measure crime rates in comparison to other states, cities and regions in most categories. So even though they've spent the last 2 years plus trying to get their act together, it comes as no surprise that it became and remains one big cluster although there's lots of finger pointing going on.

And that prevents me from continuing my Illinois crime comparisons showing just how ineffectual Chicago's gun laws have been in preventing crimes.

I'm so glad my state police are so efficient.

Blasphemy

Apparently Peter Jackson of "Lord of the Rings" movie fame has now gone beyond minor tweaks to rewriting.

I was thrilled to hear that filming for the long delayed "Hobbit" movie was going to finally start in Feb. '11. That was until I read that he's adding in characters from LOTR, not present in the original book, most likely to add some 'sexiness' content.

Crap.

Rahm Emanual Touting Gun Control 'Accomplishments'

In his bid to replace King Dick, Rahm Emanual uses victims of crime to push for laws restricting guns even though the criminals were already breaking numerous federal, state and local laws.

In May of 2007, a 16-year-old gang member opened fire on a CTA bus. Blair, also 16, dove in front of a classmate to shield her from the gunfire and was killed....

“Soon, Chicago will choose a new mayor,” Nance-Holt says in the ad. “I want someone with a strong record of fighting crime and gun violence. As President Clinton’s point man on crime, Rahm Emanuel put 100,000 more police officers on the streets, including hundreds more here in Chicago.”

Rahm, as Chief of Staff of the Obama White House, has publicly stated that you should "Never want a serious crisis to go to waste" and has regularly endorsed ending due process.

Update: From another article he admits he's going to do everything he can to keep handguns defacto banned:

Emanuel said he hasn't ruled out taking advantage of loopholes that might allow him flexibility on the city's handgun ban. Again, he wouldn't offer details, but said: "I'm not happy with the (U.S. Supreme) Court's decision, but I'm not going to sit on my hands either."

What is Considered 'Common Gun Sense"

While Japete/Joan Peterson 'moderates' pro-gun opinions in an almost random fashion, this pearl of wisdom is considered a quality post apparently:

BantheNRA said...

Great.

Another wanna be hero for the gun lobby. Last thing we need is more children being exposed to the evils of 2A extremism.

These extremists won't be happy till ever nutjob is armed to the teeth. But in the end, we all know it's all about gun manufacturer's profits. Their machines are oiled with the blood of victims.

So Joan, since you consider MikeW to be representative of the entire NRA, can we then assume this is representative of the BC and your Joyce group?

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Coincidental Obsessions

W/ Josh Horwitz's latest post on Huffpo(just like Henigan ), they show just how far they will go in their fanatical goal to stalk and demonize individuals. They got screencaps of D'Cruz's entire FB page and put it into PDF form. Most likely done by Josh's lead puppet Ladd Everitt, the CSGO Comm Director who believes the 2A is 'nonsense'.

And their staunchest defender on the blog, one Grits Jr., who denies being Josh but has access to CSGV passwords and is EVERYWHERE Josh is, claims to have read the entire thing and agrees wholeheartedly w/ the attacks.

Hmm. I wonder why?

All Potential Criminals

The Brady Campaign really needs to reign in its leadership when they go off script. As Bitter notes and numerous of us have shown over and over again, Joan Peterson of the BC is a clueless wonder who is shooting her groups in the foot w/ every post she makes.

We also get to add BC California coordinator Karen Arntzen who believes all firearm owners should be treated as potential criminals.

Yep. Guilty until proven innocent. That's the world of gun control.