Probably my favorite RHCP song, but I always felt it would sound better with a female vocalist.
What do you think?
So Joan is going on a screed again about carry permit holders.
Starting September 1st, Texas permit holders need many fewer hours of actual hands-on training with an actual gun to get an actual permit to carry an actual loaded gun in public places….Listen up everybody. If this change brings in more business while sending novices out on our streets with loaded guns, it is, as I have said before, a cynical move to make us less safe, not more safe. We can’t afford to have novices floundering in public with a loaded gun….So that’s it in a nutshell. This is not about public safety at all. This is about the corporate gun lobby’s promoting business and the purchase of more guns. This is about people not being able to stay awake for a 10 hour class. This is about protecting yourself from the government. This is about what some people claim is an unrestricted right to do whatever they please with their guns. This is about making sure the “good guys” get their guns and permits. What nearby states have looser requirements for getting a permit to carry, by the way, just out of curiosity? Arizona requires no training. Oklahoma allows Open Carry but this article talks about New Mexico and Nevada requiring no permits to carry. And so this is really about “dumbing down” towards the least restrictive laws to carry guns instead of thinking about public safety. It’s got to be more convenient not to sit through training or even get any training at all. And the number of gun deaths in these neighboring states? Texas=11/100,000. Arizona= 18/100,000. New Mexico= 16.6/100,000. Oklahoma=13.1/100,000. Nevada= 17.3/100,000. Louisiana=19.5/100,000. And then how about, say, California where laws are much more strict? Gun deaths=9.8/100,000. So far, Texas has fewer gun deaths than most other nearby states. So it makes perfect sense to emulate those states, right? And if this law passed in Texas, you can bet that the corporate gun lobby will be bringing it to a state near you.
So there’s her problem. More states are relaxing or outright dropping their carry permit laws, and her response is “Gun Death”.
Let’s double-check that with the bullshit detector. Oh when we step away from the arbitrary “Gun Death” rate and just go by people killed by any means illegally suddenly the numbers go all over the place.
Further look at that bottom, we have Hawaii, but then just above New Hampshire and Vermont. Further Her beloved California is LESS safe than Texas…which is the opposite she claims.
Really we can play all sorts of number games here. Just look at no-permit needed Wyoming and Alaska and where they fall compared to various anti-gun capital ships.
Still this is why they cling to “Gun Death” and why I spend so much time taking it away from them.
Some good reads from other blogs.
First up Miguel exposes the hypocrisy and open bigotry of CSGV. Really they hate civilian gun ownership, and are all for an armed State because those will be the people to round up and potentially kill us freedom-loving gunnies.
At least in their perverse fantasy world.
And Rick again talking about WHY there is such a difference between US and UK Murder rates. Its all in how they present the numbers.
Good Stuff!
Remember permits save lives!!!
A woman with a suspended driver’s license turned herself in Thursday for the hit-and-run crash that put a Lewis and Clark College student in the hospital.
Henry Schmidt, 20, was riding his bicycle home from work at 12:50 a.m. Aug. 16 when he got a flat tire. He was then hit by a car near the intersection of Southwest Barbur Boulevard and Capitol Highway. Police said the driver kept going.
A bus driver found the man in the road, pulled over and called 911. Two passengers on the bus called the man’s parents from his cell phone at the scene.
He’s lucky to be alive, but thank goodness we license drivers, so when we take the licenses away criminals stop driving!!!
H/T Archer
Weird!
I have an Ishapore 2A Rifle in 7.62x51mm NATO, and I find it to be a very cool gun for my collection it is one of the poorest examples of the Enfield Rifle family.
Still very interesting that the Indians would convert a large-capacity (.303 Rifles held 10 rounds, 7.62 Rifles held 12) repeating rifle and convert it to a single-shot shotgun. Further VERY interesting to see the Indian Brass-Cased shotshells they had.
Also he notes that Indians are still using these shotguns. Further Indian police are still using the 7.62x51mm 2A and 2A1 Rifles as “Patrol Rifles”, and in fact under-trained Indian police were heavily outgunned in the Mumbai Terrorist attack against the AKM Wielding Pakistanis.
As useless and clunky as it is, I’d buy one in a heartbeat. Further I don’t have a single shotgun in .410, and I might not even bother buying shells, I’d just HAVE it.
Yep, I saw the same things with the doctors I know every time insurance prices rise, or malpractice suits becomes even more onerous. They just quit. Now we’re looking at politics taking away many of the things that draw good, smart people into becoming doctors.
How many Doctors will remain post-Obamacare? Further how many college grads will be at all interested in entering medical school and doing the grueling residencies so they too can become doctors when this is the end result?
You gotta love how much unabashed hatred the “Progressives” have against George Zimmerman. Case and Point, Joan Peterson:
Can we talk about George Zimmerman after he was acquitted of the murder of Trayvon Martin? There was a lot of celebration by those on the right who thought Zimmerman did the right thing and was just acting in “self defense”. He stood his ground against a young black teen walking in the neighborhood doing nothing wrong. So Zimmerman was just exercising his rights, right?
Let’s look at how this “law abiding” citizen has conducted himself since his acquittal.
Well minus the “Assaulting a total stranger” thing, and if we want to get all puritanical, using illegal drugs. Personally I don’t care that Martin was a habitual marijuana user. His “Thug Culture” ties, and love for violence is a bigger concern, but I’m playing by Joan’s rules. Let’s look at the “Crimes” of George Zimmerman:
He got his gun and his permit to carry a loaded gun around in public again even though we all know he shot a young man to death.
He was found by a judge and jury of his peers to have committed no crimes. Yeah, “not guilty” happens to directly translate to NOT GUILTY. I’m not sure which word Joan is having trouble with, the “not”, or the “guilty” one.
He was caught lying about rescuing some people in a likely false car accident in order to generate sympathy for him.
A hair-brained conspiracy theory about as well supported as Israel blowing up the world trade center with a controlled demolition, and the Pentagon being struck by cruise missiles. Joan has spoken multiple times about Zimmerman alleged faking a car accident and subsequent rescue…along with an alleged conspiracy from a cabal of Florida Peace Officers, I wonder if she’s concerned about the giant prison under the Denver Airport
He visited a gun manufacturer.
Oh the horror! I suspect his photo-op Joan links netted him some free guns. If I was Kel-Tec that’s EXACTLY what I would do. Feel however you do about the shooting of Trayvon Martin, this case is a prime example that Kel-Tec firearms, which have a reputation of dubious quality, actually work how they are supposed to. Its hard to argue with a real-world story.
He was caught speeding in Texas with a gun in his glove compartment.
OH THE HORROR!!!! He is licensed to carry, and carrying guns in this fashion is 100% legal. Further he’s had multiple documented death threats against him. So the only “Naughty” thing is exceeding the posted speed limit. Also I think we all are aware of how some small towns enforce their speed limits. Further the officer did not cite Zimmerman for any crimes or violations.
He was caught speeding again today.
Yep, this time he got a ticket. Good, maybe he’ll watch his speed from now on.
He wants the state of Florida to pay for his defense costs.
Given the number of professionals who openly stated that there were no grounds to charge him, as well as the VERY dubious, and ineffectual case the state made against him, yes. Not only is George Zimmerman not-guilty of murdering Trayvon Martin, Florida is GUILTY of filing frivolous charges against Mr. Zimmerman, and they should be punished for that.
So these are the folks exemplifying the Stand Your Ground laws and poster children for the corporate gun lobby. This stupid and dangerous behavior is what our American gun culture is all about. This is the America we have. Is this the America we want or deserve? Raise your hand if you think George Zimmerman has or had any common sense concerning guns or just about anything for that matter.
So two speeding citations and visiting a gun factory is “proof” of all of this?
He is perfectly clueless and narcissistic enough to carry on with his life as if nothing has happened. He took the life of another human being. Exhibiting an ounce of sensitivity, modesty, some understanding of his situation, and a modicum of restraint would serve him better. Instead his “in your face”and arrogant behavior is thumbing his nose at the world. And these are the folks we allow to carry loaded guns around in public. Enough is enough. It’s time for a change.
Oh yeah anybody sane can CLEARLY see that. WOW! Joan like her friends as CSGV simply want Zimmerman MURDERED! And not because he defended his life, but because he has a gun and a carry permit and in the Anti-Gun mind that is a capital offense.
Prosecutors say a Minnesota woman beat her boyfriend to death, wrapped his body in plastic and hid it in a freezer because he was trying to break up with her…A criminal complaint says the 29-year-old Wheeler told investigators the man had taken the bus back to Chicago. Detectives say when they searched the couple’s house Aug. 21, they found bloody carpet under Wheeler’s mattress. Blood spatter led them to the garage where they found the body in the freezer.
Why would ANYBODY break up with such a great girlfriend?
No gun, no “Gun Death”
However you feel about the horrible buisness in Syria, many of you might not understand how Sarin works. Sci Show explains:
The one thing I’ll point out is that survivors of Sarin might fully recover, it still can leave victims horribly disabled. A Japanese friend of mine lent me a book he was reading about the Aum Subway attack in Tokyo and many of the stories were about survivors who were horribly disabled from near-fatal exposure to the Sarin used in the attack.
I don’t have the book anymore, but I believe it was this one. You can buy it here.
