I want you guys to get ready to dig in your pockets and under the couch’s cushions, one of the sweetest and hardest-working people for the Second Amendment is in trouble. Paul Lathrop from the Polite Society Podcast.

Here is what his wife posted just a while ago in Facebook:

Human Rights Advocate Paul Lathrop needs your help.

Paul is a longtime advocate of the people’s right to self-defense. He is the author of the popular Podcast “Polite Society”. Paul is about as “salt of the earth” as you can get. A truck driver and driving instructor by trade, he and his loving wife Susan are two of the finest people on the planet.

Paul Lathrop is a good guy, loyal and loving husband and a true fighter for our Second Amendment Rights. It pains me that some jackass would have the need to satisfy his half-inflated ego by calling the cops on him, but I have seen this type of behavior before.

There is the email address to send via PayPal. As soon as the GoFundMe page is up and running, I will let you guys know.

And of course, pass the word around. We need to make jackasses understand that if they come at any of us, they will raise a motherloving legion against them

“Can I say oy vey?” He replied. “I sincerely apologize for my irresponsible re-posting of such a nasty and offensive meme. In my rush between songwriting jams and musical recording frenzy, all I saw was the images of people dedicated to disarm us, I made no connection whatsoever to any religious affiliation. Everyone knows deep down that at 67 years of age I didn’t suddenly become anti-Semitic. That’s patently ridiculous, and those who rushed to such a mistaken condemning judgement should re-examine the system by which such equally irresponsible knee-jerk judgments are made.”

And you know what? Given his decades of commitment to freedom for every single person, regardless of race, color, or anything else, alarm bells should have gone off when Ted posted something so out of character. I was surprised to hear that no one, other than the Zelman Partisans (and one regional writer who put us in touch with Nugent), had made an attempt to contact him about the issue, and I asked him how he felt about supposed Second Amendment allies not bothering to contact him and clear the air.

Source: The Nuge – read before you judge | The Zelman Partisans

And I do believe Ted is not Anti Semitic. Hell, I like the guy just alone in the principle that he lives and eats a more organic life than one million Whole Food customers (and without the ‘namaste’ crap.)

But he knows he is under the magnifying glass and being careless led to his Zumbo moment. He committed the mortal sin we can barely afford to commit.

Never give the Opposition ammo they can use against the cause.

The Opposition’s mistakes get buried my the Media. Ours get amplified by ten orders of magnitude. Not fair says you? Shucks… That is our warfare, Skippy.

My only recommendation to The Nuge is to use the same care he has for the crafting of his music to what he publishes in Social Media. Other than that, the damage is done. Let’s move on.

 

I see from your plates that you’re from New Jersey.  Welcome to Florida, and it’s different here.

Source: The Abode of McThag: Positive Outcome

I know you need a smile today, go read the rest. 😀

Some nameless comedian decided to pick up a bit part in an independent film as a drug dealer’s bodyguard.  He had an Airsoft gun as a prop.  He is now in jail on gun charges.

Why?

Because New Jersey, that’s why.

(You gotta f**king problem with that!?  Whatcha looking at!?  You need me to come over there and knock you upside the head?)

I’m of two minds on this.

On the one hand, it is absolutely ridiculous.  An Airsoft gun is not a firearm.  He wasn’t using it in a threatening way to commit a crime.  So what benefit is it to the peace and tranquility of New Jersey to prosecute this guy and put him in jail?

On the other hand, every egregious and capricious anti-gun act by a state like New Jersey like this, highlights just how completely unreasonable gun laws are in states like New Jersey.  The state has become Reductio ad absurdum unto itself.  Hopefully it will begin to dawn on the good people of the petroleum refining and distribution garden state that there government is not there to help them, and they are more likely to be arrested for a toy than be protected from some law abiding citizen and his gun.

Not from The Onion.

Kentucky Rep. Mary Lou Marzian, [highlight2]a democrat[/highlight2], told the Courier-Journal she has a very specific reason for the increased regulation.”I want to protect these men from themselves.” said Marzian. And Marzian’s proposal gets even more restrictive.HB 396 says that only married men would be able to legally obtain Viagra and once acquired, the man would have to issue a sworn statement on a Bible that he is only using the drug for erectile dysfunction when having sex with his current spouse

Source: Lawmaker wants Viagra users to get wife’s permission first
Bless her little heart. Am I wrong to suspect Rep. Marzian has had “difficulties” with her relationships? Feel free to add the obligatory jokes but try to keep them somewhat clean.

The story is that an individual set up a meeting via Craiglist (I know) to buy sneakers from another. The buyer turned out to be an armed robber.

I am bringing this up because I have seen the video in a couple of “News websites” with titles like “He Ripped Armed Robber’s Arm Off With His SUV. Now He’s Facing Attempted Murder” as if it was some great injustice being made against the driver.

The driver effed up. Plain and Simple.

The robber was done and gone, the particular event for which Self defense could have been used was over. The driver turned around, aimed and used the van as a weapon, his life was not in immediate danger not anybody else’s. He cannot claim self-defense. Maybe he could try temporary insanity but the chances are about 95% against getting an acquittal.

He is going to prison.

Don’t let your Ego and your Emotions dictate your tactics and behavior.