ARPA(NET) Reasoned Discourse-ing Already

The new 'American Rifle & Pistol Assoc. is going to be busy beavers if they delete all the opposition they're receiving.  I put up one post on FB w/ a link to TBFKASIH and it got deleted and I'm blocked, along w/ most of the early comments and links to other sites that have shown the facts about this group.  

Astroturf is hard.

Out of all their 'likes', they have a whopping one person posting in defense of them. Not w/ anything resembling 'conversation' of course, but instead insults and distractions. Real similar IMO, in tone and style to the writing of the 'interview' and just 'happens' to be a web/app designer.

Hmmmm.

Update:  Full out 'Reasoned Discourse' is in effect.  In a wordy, buzzphrase ridden post,(seriously? deliberative dialogue? Authentic deliberation? wtf is that?)  they basically say that their 'membership focused' group will delete any comments critical of their agenda. Whatever that agenda happens to be.  They've already deleted a bunch of comments on that post alone:

If you click on it, the only comment left at the time was that one. All the others were gone.

Manchin Officially Bought & Paid For

Yep, the failed Manchin/Toomey bill would be such a boon to firearm owners that anti-gun (pro-control) NYC Bloomberg is backing him w/ fundraisers.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the gun control movement’s most active and affluent advocate, will host a fundraiser at his Manhattan home later this month for Sen. Joe Manchin, according to an invitation for the event obtained by BuzzFeed.
Manchin, a Democrat from Republican-leaning West Virginia, led the Senate’s push for a bill to expand background checks on private gun sales earlier this year in the wake of the mass shooting last December in Newtown, Conn. Manchin’s bill, co-sponsored by Republican Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania, failed despite backing from the White House and Bloomberg’s own group, Mayor’s Against Illegal Guns.

So how much of that money raised will be cancelled out because it's being provided by New York? 

Stupid Vandals

Guy calls up GSL claiming he shot up one of their signs... doesn't use caller ID blocker. 

So, last night as I’m just about finished grilling a steak and potatoes for dinner, I get a call from a snarky gentleman who took time out from his Independence Day to call me and show his ass.
Here’s the email I sent to GSL’s Board last night....

GoogleFu takes over. Go read the rest.

Chicago Style Fireworks

Not even two days of the '4th of July Weekend' and we've seen this:

With the long Fourth of July weekend not even half over, the toll from violence in Chicago stood at 8 dead and more than 30 wounded this morning, including two little boys, 5 and 7, seriously hurt while at parks with their families.

How could this happen. There's no Concealed Carry.  All guns in Chicago are licensed and registered. 'Assault Weapons' are banned. 'High Capacity Magazines' are banned. Murder is illegal.

Obviously a fabricated news story. 

Astroturf Damage Control

So the new 'NRA Alternative'  American Rifle & Pistol Assoc (ARPANET), started by a bunch of people who admit they have no clue what they're doing and are (allegedly) former supporters of a bunch of anti-gun groups including MAIG and Mom's Demand Lovin', have already realized they're in deep. 

Confessions of a Former MAIG Supporter

July 4, 2013

An Interview with Mr. Peter Vogt, Chairman of The American Rifle and Pistol Association, Inc. (R+P)

Basically he tries to be 'internet savvy', dismissing the evidence out of hand and claiming his support was basically because he didn't know better and was distraught over Sandy Hook. 

Problem is, he sounds about as sincere as a car salesman. He still continues to use anti-gun lingo like 'illegal gun' and asking 'who can be against those?  Boy.  Sounds just like how Bloomie started MAIG.

Personally, I think he's just as much FOS as was brought to light. He may not be under the employ of the anti-gun groups but he's certainly walking arm in arm w/ them.  Just like AHSA and AGS before.

July 4th: What Are We Celebrating?

Independence? Freedom? 200+ years ago, we fought a war over taxes, non-representation, and abuses by the Gov't to create a nation of 'Laws, not men'.

Today we have a Government that is supporting terrorist regimes across the globe, and not even regimes that support us in return.

We pay higher taxes and fees as individuals than practically any time in history while the Government is pursuing policies to intentionally drive costs of staples (energy, food, etc) even higher and forcing us to rely on unsafe and inefficient alternatives like GMO's and 'green' energy.

These same government employees (from the president down through the alphabet agencies) spend hundreds of millions on vacations and waste while proclaiming that taxes/fees need to be raised, cutting services in retribution when they're not.

The alphabet agencies spy on everything we do and everywhere we go from our computers to our driving habits. Political opponents are specifically targeted for investigations and tax abuse.

The police, those who are supposed to protect us, have no obligation to do so (as per the courts) and are committing more and more abuses against the citizenry while being held above the law themselves, facing no consequences through 'internal investigations'.

Our so called representatives not only ignore, but openly mock opposition to their personal agendas while forcing unpopular laws through in midnight sessions and w/o public input.Those who oppose their agendas are denounced as terrorists and racists.

There are more laws and restrictions on us than ever before, everything from how much soda we can drink to what color we can paint our house to how high our grass can grow. 

Billionaires like Bloomberg and Soros buy elections and use their money to manipulate the system for their own ends.

This is all going on while the majority of Americans are blissfully ignorant (thanks to compliant media), sitting on their couches watching American Idol and eating fast food. 

This is not the America that our Forefathers imagined when they risked their lives to fight the most powerful regime in the world at the time. They would be embarrassed as to how soft and compliant we've become.

We can do better. 

Whatever Happened To.....?

Bloomie's Magical Mortuary Bus Tour? 

Anybody seen or heard anything in the news lately? It's kind of dropped off the radar.  Guess they want to keep it as quiet as they can.

UM Militia Rocker/Tab Patches are GO!!!!

Just to make Ladd Everitt's job a little easier.  

Just got them in and they are sweet. 3 1/4" x 1 1/2" rocker/tab style patches w/ VELCRO backing.

Rockers will be $5 ea or 3+ for $4 ea. Same as the traditional DOOT wear patches.  Ordering information here.

Bacon Brat

Yum.

Quinn's 'Amendatory' Veto

Basically rewriting it into a 'May Issue'/No Carry bill.

State Senate Democrats basically tell him to stuff it.

Other Senators tell him to pound sand as well. 

Rep Phelps has filed a motion to override the veto. 

Illinois State Rifle Assoc. Responds to Quinn.

And Bloomie endorses Daley for Gov. 

So now we get to see the usual political games as they balance their dislike for firearms vs their dislike of Quinn and the 'amendatory veto' concept.

From ILGunLobby:   

Let us Remember that the Court case was brought by a woman who was beat almost to death by one of Gov. Quinn's parolees. . .

Found On A Police Range

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