O-Day +76: Stimulating the Economy?

By threatening 90,000 tech jobs?

So prop up and/or take over failing businesses that haven't been able to keep up with modern society by spending hundreds of billions of dollars we don't have but at the same time push to make the defense of this nation stagnant while hostile nations across the globe are working feverishly to catch up and surpass us and put tens of thousands of additional workers out of their jobs.

We are so screwed.

Pointing Fingers...

The blame game continues....

911 worker didn't warn Pittsburgh police of guns

PITTSBURGH – The mother of a man charged with killing three Pittsburgh police officers told a 911 dispatcher he had weapons, but the dispatcher didn't relay that information to officers, the official in charge of county dispatchers told a newspaper.

Inexperienced 911 operator
possible prohibited person
'ebil gun lobby'
neo-nazi

Wonder when they'll start looking at the clothes he wore.

The United Kingdom has officially sunk below the seas

UK launches massive, one-year program to archive every email

The data retention rules require the archival of all email traffic (the identities of the sender and receiver, but not the contents of the messages), records of VOIP telephone calls (traditional phone calls are already monitored), and information about every website visited by any computer user in the country. The rules are being pushed down "across the board to even the smallest company," as every ISP large or small will be required to collect and store the data. That data will then be accessible -- to fight "crime and terrorism," of course -- by "hundreds of public bodies" to investigate whatever crimes they see fit.

Good for them. They've gotten what they've asked for.

I'm sure it will all go swimmingly for them. What could possibly go wrong w/ a program like this? If it saves just one child it's all worth it.

Right?

Contradicting their own point.

Paul Helmke on the recent tragedy in PA:

an assault-weapon wielding man shooting 'hundreds of shots' who apparently believed the gun lobby propaganda that an Obama gun ban would lead to his 'rights being infringed upon.'

So what does Paul recommend?

At the very least, require Brady background checks for all gun sales; restrict military-style assault weapons to the military and law enforcement and help law enforcement crack down on corrupt gun sellers.

So we shouldn't believe the 'propaganda' about the Obama Administration wanting to ban guns and the Brady Campaign being a 'gun ban' organization but we should support the Brady Campaign in calling for the Obama Administration to ban guns.

Yep.

2A Blogger Bash Drawing

Attendees of the 2A Blogger Bash in Phoenix will have a little extra bonus for their troubles. Days of Our Trailers in coordination w/ 2ABB is holding a drawing will be held this year for free DOOT-wear including the TWO NEW PATCHES that will be debuted at the convention.

1st Prize: A complete set of Patches, Stickers, and a Lapel Pin.

2nd Prize: A complete set of Patches

3rd Prize: A pair of the new DOOT patches.

The drawing will be held either during the "Happy Hour" Friday night w/ Michael Bane or Saturday Morning in the Media Room. Details on that are still being worked out.

Hope to see you there and good luck.

Personalized Firearms?

Sure. I'll trust them.

Digital fingerprint door lock defeated by photocopied 'print

And one wonders why the police are exempt from such requirements.

A Day Late and a Dollar Short.

Paul Helmke repeats the 90% lie.

Really Paul. Try and keep up.

Or is he just sticking w/ the 'repeat a lie often enough' principle?

What he said then and what he says now...

Tom Diaz during the Congressional hearings on Mexico, calling for stricter regulation of US firearms:

US and Mexican officials report that, based on ATF tracing data, the cartels get between 90 percent and 95 percent of their firearms from the United States.

Yet when that number is revealed to a complete fabrication his tune changes:

But Tom Diaz, senior policy analyst at the Violence Policy Center, called the "90 percent" issue a red herring and said that it should not detract from the effort to stop gun trafficking into Mexico.

So it went from "US is supplying guns so we need to tighten the laws" to "It doesn't matter where the guns come from, we need to tighten the laws".

There is no integrity in the gun control movement.

And another news source blatantly lies..

The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives recently reported that up to 95 percent of guns seized at scenes of drug violence in Mexico can be traced to U.S. commercial sources.

Odd, that's not what the BATFE is saying at all.

So are they ignorant or lying?

Can't win for losing 2

John Rosenthal thought he could go after a target that had fewer supporters. Bottled water.

Apparently he doesn't tell the truth about that topic either as Nestle Inc. chimes in to slap him around a bit.

Guess those unpaid interns aren't doing very good research.

Oh Please Oh Please Oh Please....

Indictment in Blagojevich case coming later today

Please let me come back from class tonight and see this headline:

I came back from class and saw this headline:

Blago Indicted

There IS a higher power.

CHICAGO – Ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich and five others were indicted Thursday on charges of scheming to auction off President Barack Obama's vacant U.S. Senate seat, pressuring a congressman for campaign money and lying to FBI agents. The 19-count indictment alleges Blagojevich and his aides discussed the possibility he could get a Cabinet post in the new president's administration, substantial fundraising assistance or a high-paying job in exchange for the Senate seat.

And remember. Blago was endorsed by the Brady Campaign in 2006. While he was under investigation.

Fox News calls out the Mexico Gun Myth

"Not every weapon seized in Mexico has a serial number on it that would make it traceable, and the U.S. effort to trace weapons really only extends to weapons that have been in the U.S. market," Matt Allen, special agent of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), told FOX News.

In 2007-2008, according to ATF Special Agent William Newell, Mexico submitted 11,000 guns to the ATF for tracing. Close to 6,000 were successfully traced -- and of those, 90 percent -- 5,114 to be exact, according to testimony in Congress by William Hoover -- were found to have come from the U.S.

But in those same two years, according to the Mexican government, 29,000 guns were recovered at crime scenes.

In other words, 68 percent of the guns that were recovered were never submitted for tracing. And when you weed out the roughly 6,000 guns that could not be traced from the remaining 32 percent, it means 83 percent of the guns found at crime scenes in Mexico could not be traced to the U.S.

Not like it really matters. We'll keep hearing the 90% canard no matter how many times it's debunked.

Can't win for losing..

Another anti-gun bill in Illinois goes down.

SPRINGFIELD -- An effort to limit the number of guns people can buy has failed again in the Illinois House.

The measure would have capped gun purchases at one a month, although the state police would have been authorized to grant exemptions.

The bill failed 54-61.

The flames from these bills keep me warm at night. To many more and Algore is going to condemn the Il Legislature for causing more global warming.

Were you called? Redux

Anti gun groups claim that polls show 70% of NRA members wanting legislation closing the mythical 'gun show loophole' and 90% of the populace in general.

However a poll conducted of 150 actual NRA members and 75 non-NRA member firearm owners show opposition to these measures at 100%.

Individuals like Jenny Bishop of the Illinois (nowhere near) Million Mom March likes to use the numbers showing support for gun bans. Actual support for gun control doesn't fit the reality. Just a few weeks ago, 5,000 plus firearm owners showed up at the state capitol. Anti-gun groups can't even get numbers like that at the nations capitol, or nationwide for that matter. Of course the media will always tout their numbers over the reality.

Potential Problems

Went to my Friendly Local Gun Shop (FLGS) to pick up some pieces/parts. While I was there, he received a call from a guy bidding on an AR-15 on one of the online auction sites. Since this guy was from Kali, the FLGS was getting together all the bureaucratic requirements in order to ship something there. I looked at the gun in question and stated that there was no way it was legal under the CA AWB (flash supressor, collapsable stock, pistol grip, etc). He replied that he thought so too but that the CA DOJ, when he contacted them, hadn't made any issues about anything but the magazine release which would be modified at the CA shop.

So he called the shop through which the sale would be going through. They stated that no, the gun in its current configuration wasn't CA legal and several pieces would need to be removed or changed in order for it to be legally shipped/sold there.

So what is up w/ the CA DOJ? Do they not know their own requirements?

Is the dealer incorrect in his statements?

Is the potential buyer just not aware of CA laws? Is he trying to get away w/ having a CA banned firearm by going through an outside dealer? Is he a plant?

What I do know is that this is going to cause headaches for all involved.

Update: D from Calguns says it would be legal w/ the modified magazine.

Selling out for $3000?

The Brady Campaign/MMM thinks so. They believe Il State Rep. Washington voted 'present' on HB 48, the bill banning private firearm sales, because he was given $3k by a pro-gun union.

If only politicians came so came so cheap.

Of course they're also naive enough to think:

When an elected official gives his word, it should mean something.

Proof positive these people aren't living in the real world.


SIH is glad that they can also exhibit signs of cannibalism. What's even funnier is that they're focusing on attacking him when, even had he voted in favor of the bill, it still wouldn't have passed.

Update: Ms. Bishop, head of the Il Mommies is getting her @ss beat in comments. Farcical hypotheticals, debunked Brady talking points, distortion of facts, emotional arguments, the works.

Chicago Gun Ban in Action

Convicted felon brings loaded gun into bond court

In an embarrassing security breach, a convicted felon arrested on a drug charge was able to bring a hidden loaded gun into the Cook County Jail complex -- and into his bond hearing -- before later dumping it at a jail laundry room, prosecutors said today.

Ellison has told investigators that the gun, a .380 semi-automatic with one bullet in the chamber, was tied to a string and "dangling'' inside his shorts near his groin, a source said. The Cook County sheriff's office apparently missed finding the gun in a pat down and when he sneaked away from the metal detector and body scanning machine at the jail, a source said.

I'm sorry but this is so amazingly stupid it's funny.

Convicted felon.
Armed Security.
Metal Detectors.
Multiple Pat Downs.

Yep. "Tough Gun Laws" are really effective

Paul Helmke needs a lesson in Basic Math

Gun control activists say they are baffled by the sway the gun lobby has over Congress. They argue the NRA no longer dictates election outcomes and that the group inflates its own importance.

Here Paul. Let me help you:

4,000,000 > 50,000

Do you understand now?

Probably not.

More at SIH.

Realfacts vs Goodfacts

According to ATF’s Tracing Center, 90 percent of the firearms about which ATF receives information are traceable to the United States.
-David Ogden, Deputy Attorney General

Compare that to the statements made by the anti-rights lobby and regurgitated by the media.

Can we see a significant difference boys and girls?

What wonderful news to come home to.

Man Fatally Stabs Sister, Decapitates 5-Year-Old On Birthday

8 Dead, 3 Injured in North Carolina Nursing Home Shooting

Just the way to top off a weekend of crappy sales.