Mr Harsanyi poses and excellent question ...

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... too bad specifics are NOT what gun controllers want you to know:

Since he’s brought it up twice now, it’s fair to ask: What part of the Australian plan does Obama believe we should implement here in the United States? Surely he doesn’t believe the legislative effort now sitting in Washington is enough. What is enough?

 Because if he were to actually be specific in something he thinks would help, the jig would be up.

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Vox grins from afar ...

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... at the bed the police have made for themselves:

US police love to dress up and play soldier, but apparently they have forgotten that an important aspect of being a soldier concerns the other side shooting back:

It is sad what it will take to cure the disease ...

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Aaron's monthly opportunity ...

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... to win shooty goodness.

Seriously, he's got links to so much stuff, nobody enters anymore!

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Any help is appreciated.

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Erik and Sabra Onstott are bloggers, and have needs. I don't know them personally but Breda and Alan do, and if they vouch for the Onstotts then I know that it's legit.

Go to the donation page and read about their troubles and donate as you are led to. s a prayer at the least.

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This had got to be ...

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... one of the worst reasons to elect a senator:

“I guess Mississippi doesn't want Federal money anymore,” revolving-door K Streeter John Feehery posted on Twitter last week.

This in response to MI voters expressing a preference that doesn't suit lobbyists. The GOP can't die as a party soon enough.

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It's unconfirmed ...

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... but some are reporting a CC citizen stopped a mass shooting:

An armed concealed carry civilian stepped in and shot of the gunmen.  The two shooters, a man and a woman, then went behind the store and killed themselves.  Police believe it was a suicide pact.

Some have reported that the CC'er is the individual shot and killed in front of the Walmart, other news is reporting that the female suspect shot the male and then killed herself.

It's sad that the gun issue has both sides so polarized that we're all trying to get some mileage out of tragedy.

Prayers for the families.

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I posed this question to my wife ...

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... and I'll pose it to you: Should 18 year-olds have to certify their franchise by passing the same citizenship test that legal immigrants do?

And I realize that there would have to be a constitutional amendment to make this happen. But given how ignorant younger people are (just watch any random Jaywalkng segment) you have to wonder if we might not want them to be able to vote until they can show some knowledge about what the fuck's going on.

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I have a question.

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I've been watching all of the hand-wringing and panty-wetting being done on our side about the Chipotle and other incidents, and I keep hearing that open carry is subjected to gun grabs. One particular individual even made the statement that there are "numerous instances within the last few years.".

Now I asked for cites, since there have been 'numerous' instances and so should be relatively easy to document. And trying to give the benefit of the doubt, I ask you, gentle reader, how many is 'numerous' and over how many years would you allow these instances to have happened.

Because said individual gave me three (and arguably only two).

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Hero ...

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... or deserter?

The Army will investigate charges that rescued Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl deserted his post in Afghanistan, Joint Chiefs Chairman Martin Dempsey said Tuesday.

“When he is able to provide them, we’ll learn the facts. Like any American, he is innocent until proven guilty,” Dempsey said in a post to his Facebook page. “Our Army’s leaders will not look away from misconduct if it occurred.” …

Dempsey later said that his conduct is separate from the efforts to return him and I think this is an important distinction.

It's obvious that the actual terms of the exchange leave something to be desired but I can't fault anyone trying to get US military personnel out of harm's way, no matter how much of a shitbird they may be.

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Good thing there wasn't a gun involved ...

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... someone might have gotten hurt:

An act of retribution may have provoked a woman to brutally attack a third grader inside an Oakland elementary school bathroom, police say.

Police say Diame walked onto the campus during recess armed with a hammer and pulled a 9-year-old girl aside.

I've always wondered where in Lowes you find 'burglary tools'; now I know.

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It seems as if some on our side ...

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... just cant keep quiet.

This is from Salty Dad on Facebook. He's former LE, shoots pretty good and apparently has jumped on the bandwagon against open carry advocates.

I have a question: Does MDA, CSGV, Brady and Bloomberg not get enough exposure to fuck us in the ass without our side publically and loudly throwing gasoline on the fire? I mean, there are no shortage of examples of MDA flat out lying about ... everything ... and the best we can do is forward the news articles around in our echo chamber and bitch and moan on our podcasts and tell Facebook just how pissed we are that MDA lies, just so our non-gunny friends can roll their eyes one more time.

Does no one remember Bob Filner, the disgraced mayor in CA? Woman after woman came out and detailed his disgusting sexual habits, but you never heard a Democrat say an unflattering thing about him, even as he was resigning. Anything negative that was said to him by the Left was said in private.

Do we know that Filner was a putz? Yes ... but the media kept up the drumbeat from his supporters that he was really  good man, a misunderstood man.

But just let one of our own do something that some don't think is particularly helpful and you can't stop the voices talking about how stupid it was, and how bad it makes us look. Even when the event was planned ... and had the permission of the restaurant ... and all the photos that are soooo offensive were posed (the one fellow being a new member of the organization) ... and after no one (including police officers that were in the restaurant) paid no attention to the demonstrators, or called 911.

Sometimes it makes me sick to be on this side, as quickly as some of us turn on the others.

 Does anyone remember how many big-name bloggers denounced George Zimmerman as soon as his story went national? I can think of two right off the top of my head and it wasn't 3 weeks before they were eating crow once the facts started coming out.

Way too many of us are far too willing to conform to other's ideas of how we should comport ourselves, especially when we personally don't like the behavior. Kinda like the FUDDs who complain about anything that isn't a Remington 700 or Benelli shotgun or Colt Python. Can't we do better?

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I'm sorry about the free ice cream ...

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... the machine's not broken, I've just been trying to take care of end-of-school year stuff, dance recitals and the like.

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