Subject:  Veto SB 2600

Apparently emboldened by the mass thievery going on at the national level, I see our Florida legislature has taken the policies of our Dear Leader to heart and started grabbing for cash with both greedy little hands.  I am referring, of course, to SB 2600 in which $6 million dollars from the Division of Licensing Concealed Weapons and Firearm Trust Fund has been raided in a move that would make Vikings, Mongols and Tuskens quite proud. 

I am the kind of voter who insists on research, and ordinarily I would quadruple-check anything disseminated by the NRA, however, I am most irritatingly required to rely on the their report of this misappropriation due to the myfloridahouse.gov website’s pitiful coding, which prompts me to download the ASP file that should instead be displaying the full text of the bill. 

I sincerely hope this isn’t by design.  That’s the sort of thing that could cause people to start filing lawsuits.

As a Citizen of this country, as a CCW holder in the state of Florida, I urge you to put an end to this foolishness.  Line-item veto this misappropriation, line-item veto the threat to our state’s education budget if their trust fund theft is circumvented, and shine the light of publicity on the cockroaches that conceived the entire scheme.  Prove to us that you’re different, that you’re not the typical politician, that you deserve your Governorship and a future Senate seat.

Those who know me can tell you I am the Very Last One to subscribe to a conspiracy theory, in fact am much more likely to sneer, throw a bottle at your head, and/or possibly call in an air strike on your position should you admit to being quite so gullible.

However.  

All these gun-related incidents this year seem designed to stir up irrational fears in the sheeple out there, so as to perhaps make it easier for those fucking thieves in D.C. to move ahead with registration and/or an outright ban.  

It’s enough to make a girl get out the metal file, I tell you.

Told you I’d eventually lose interest…   But this bitch needs her kick in the ass.

A professor in Connecticut reported one of her students to the police after he gave a class presentation on why students and teachers should be allowed to carry concealed weapons on campus. Now, free speech activists say the professor’s actions are what really need to be investigated.

Last October, John Wahlberg and two classmates at Central Connecticut State University gave an oral presentation for a communications class taught by Professor Paula Anderson. The assignment was to discuss a “relevant issue in the media,” and the students presented their view that the death toll in the April 2007 Virginia Tech shooting massacre would have been lower if professors and students had been carrying guns.

That night, police called Wahlberg, a 23-year-old senior, and asked him to come to the station. When he arrived, they they read off a list of firearms that were registered in his name and asked where he kept them. Guns are strictly prohibited on the CCSU campus and residence halls, but Wahlberg says he lives 20 miles off-campus and keeps his gun collection locked up in a safe. No further action was taken by police or administrators.

Makes you just want to catch her in a dark hallway and yell BOO, doesn’t it.  Stupid cow.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again…

“Upon arrival, Fort Bend County deputies found an unidentified male lying in the street, the victim of an apparent fatal gunshot wound.”

The sheriff’s office didn’t name the homeowner or reveal details of the shooting incident.

But the law enforcement source familiar with the investigation said the dead man and one or more companions had approached the homeowner’s house and tried to enter, because one of his children was having a party there.

But the dead man and his companions were told to leave, and initially did so, the law enforcement source said. But then they came back.

“One of them approached the man” who owned the house “and threatened him.”

Both the homeowner and the alleged gang member were armed with handguns, the source said. At least one shot was fired, and the man who tried to crash the party was killed.

…the average sleazebag who will accost you, or kick in your front door, doesn’t spend a lot of time at the range.

Dear Gun Ban Afficionados:

Here’s some fucking perspective for you.

Hugs and Really Wet Tongue Kisses,

LG

(Via Maggie’s Farm)

You hear about citizens exercising their Second Amendment rights all the time (my primary source of said entertainment is here), but it’s rarely that you get to see them play out in full-color, high-def thanks to a proactive citizen’s investment in home security cameras.

Amazing video of an attempted home invasion in Tucson. Investigators say the victim fought back by shooting at a group of armed men trying to break into his house. This all happened Thursday afternoon near Cardinal and Irvington on the southwest side.

The is video from a surveillance system overlooking the driveway of the victim’s home. It shows the suspects pull up in a car and jump out. One of the would-be home invaders fires a shot as he runs into the garage. Within seconds several more shots ring out. Investigators say those came from the man inside the home.

Let’s see if we can get the video to embed…

All I have to say is “nice grouping.”

I sincerely hate quoting WND – they’re about three steps down from the National Enquirer in my book – but they’ve got a point here, as corroborated by the Miami Examiner:

U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Ill., is hoping to pass a firearm-licensing bill that will significantly rewrite gun-ownership laws in America.

Among the more controversial provisions of the bill are requirements that all handgun owners submit to the federal government a photo, thumb print and mental heath records. Further, the bill would order the attorney general to establish a database of every handgun sale, transfer and owner’s address in America.

Um, no.  Not just “no” but “come to my house and try and make me.”  

The bill claims its purpose is “to protect the public against the unreasonable risk of injury and death associated with the unrecorded sale or transfer of firearms to criminals and youth.”

Are you seriously that naive?  Or just criminally fucking stupid?  

Oh wait, I’m asking that of an Elected Official, so the correct answer is C: All of the above.

Ok, one more post…  

Mister Liberty Girl works in Plant City, exactly where this motherfucker is currently mowing down friends, neighbors and cop cars with a (media-approved) “AK-47 type assault rifle.”  The police have dusted off the APC, and the M-16s, and have basically blockaded access to the major Interstate artery that runs through town and are hunting down this prick with dogs.

So, THAT’S fun.  

While MLG and co-workers are outside their building watching the helis circle, he asks his boss if anyone minds him getting his Glock out of his locked glove compartment.  The response was, “if you do you aren’t coming back in this building.”

Commentary on that to come.

UPDATE:  Holed up in a house four blocks from your office?  Babe, you think they’d mind if you just sat in your car WITH YOUR GUN for a bit?

By show of hands, who thinks the impetus for this article has more to do with the author’s NFL fandom than an actual grasp of the Constitution, legal system, and/or logic?

New York Giants star receiver Plaxico Burress is facing a mandatory 3½ years in prison and the end of his football career. His crime? Not having a license, which New York City never would have issued him, for the exercise of his constitutional right to bear arms.

To be sure, Mr. Burress got caught because of what appears to have been stupid and irresponsible behavior connected with the handgun. But he does not face prison for shooting himself. His impending mandatory sentence highlights the unfairness and unconstitutionality of New York City’s draconian gun laws.

Feel a tiny tear trickle down your cheek at the thought of a football player – traditionally the most over-priveleged group in modern society – losing his “career” due to his inability to grasp the fact that laws apply to EVERYONE, not just the “little people.”  

More quotes from this piece the WSJ is very careful to place under the OPINION section are surely in order…

It appears that he put the unholstered gun in the waistband of his sweatpants, and when it slipped, he grabbed for it, accidentally hitting the trigger. To make matters worse, according to press accounts, he was seen drinking and may have been consuming alcohol — which all firearms safety training (including the class he would have been required to take for his Florida permit) absolutely forbids for people handling guns. And of course Mr. Burress’s handgun should have been holstered to prevent unintentional movement of the trigger. Fortunately, his negligent discharge did not harm anyone else.

Anyone who has ever concealed carried is right now saying, “Jesus Fucking Christ On A Monkey!” at the image of someone carring a gun WITHOUT a holster, in the waistband of SWEATPANTS.  I mean, godDAMN, even Glocks are fairly heavy, and not wearing a belt to keep the pants up, and secure the holster, officially means you’re too fucking stupid to carry the thing, licensed or not.

Mr. Burress’s behavior was bad. However, Mr. Burress is not facing prosecution for carelessness, but simply for carrying a weapon. This is unjust and perhaps unconstitutional. 

Oh joy, another half-asser who fancies himself a Constitutional Scholar.  The basis for this idiotic comment is D.C. v. Heller, which as you all know, overturned D.C.’s fuckstupid handgun ban, thereby disappointing many nascent fascists.  However, the “logic” applied is, well, nonexistent:

The Heller decision did not say that requiring a license to carry a gun was unconstitutional. But in New York State, nonresidents cannot even apply for the licenses to possess or carry a handgun. Unlike most other states, New York refuses to honor carry permits issued by sister states. Most observers believe that the Supreme Court will eventually make state and local governments obey the Second Amendment. If it does, New York’s discrimination against nonresidents will probably be ruled unconstitutional.

Bloody hell.  You know, I am absolutely in favor of every law-abiding citizen having the means to protect themselves, and I’m super excited about it being done by a sexy piece of hardware capable of throwing a projectile in excess of 800 feet per second, but things still work exactly like they used to – if you don’t like a law, GET IT CHANGED, either by voting out the clownshoes wot proposed it, or petitioning the like-minded to call for a popular vote to overturn it.  You can’t just stomp your widdle foot and say, “not fair!” and expect things to Harry Potter themselves around to just the way you like them.  

Yes, NY’s lack of reciprocation for the properly-licensed sucks, but you can’t just IGNORE it and expect to walk, regardless of how many touchdowns you score.   You ain’t special, son.

*Yes, that was indeed a Dallas Cowboy slam, kthx.