The latest CSGV meme is about kids and guns:

I have bad news for this lot: many states already have some sort of law regarding the improper storage of a firearm, allowing kids access to guns without a supervision and adults can even be charged with reckless endangerment or similar crimes for the death of a child.We had this discussion before and that is why the laws are in the books right now but there is a reason why they are seldom applied: It is political suicide.

You are a cop and get a call of shots fired in a house. You arrive and find out that the 4 year old boy managed to get his hands on an improperly stored gun and shot himself to death accidentally. Parents are going crazy with anguish, probably wailing and crying watching the lifeless body of what used to be their most precious possession. And while witnessing all this pain, Are you gonna put the handcuff the parents, throw them in the back of a patrol car and take them to jail? I don’t know a cop yet that is that frigging heartless.

Now imagine that the D.A. gets his undies in a knot and orders the parents to be arrested, the community backlash is gonna be so big he can pretty much start boxing his office belongings because he is on his way out of the job. Even the most liberal newspaper will ask for his head on a pike before the day is over. After that, the law is pretty much useless because it cannot be enforced equally.

The solution is simple: true firearms education. I know the Antis hate it, but the Eddie Eagle program has been a success since its inception. Anti Gun politics hate Eddie Eagle so bad they started a campaign in the late 1990s that bashed it and compared it with the now infamous Joe Camel cartoon. The most ridiculous day of this campaign was when in one issue of the Miami Herald, they had a front page article almost lynching Eddie Eagle, but also another article of a girl that found a gun in a communal backyard, had all the friends leave the area and called the police and adults to come secure the gun, sounds familiar?. Somehow that little contradiction was not caught by the editors and many of us had to laugh at the “negligent discharge” that the paper had on its front page. I called the Herald asking if the girl had gone through the Eddie Eagle program since what she did sounded remarkably similar, but I could not get a straight answer. 25 million kids have received the classes, learned that guns are not toys and know what to do when finding a gun

So CSGV, you want a law? OK, simple: Make it a Federal Law that no dumb politician interferes with the Eddie Eagle program. We won’t even ask for Federal Funds, we the NRA Members will pay for it, but get the Anti Gunners out of the way and let us do the righteous job.

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Two words: Ashley Judd. Not enough? OK, She is an Ex-CIA operative who for the past 10 years has been a regular Mom, joined the PTA and helped with the scouts. Her son goes to Europe and gets kidnapped, Momma Bear instincts come to play and death follows.

It is Popcorn & Soda TV for sure but, who cares? It is Ashley Judd kicking ass (great fight scenes. They will give you bruises by just watching) and who will stop at nothing to get her son back. I already read some critics bemoaning the lack of pathos or introspection from the character and assorted other feel-good-New-Age bull. Regular moms do not go all sensitive support group type when their children are in danger, they get nasty, mean and will tear you to pieces.

But the show has great obstacles. It will run against American Idol, Community and 30 Rock plus Basketball games. If it attracts enough Non-BBall fans who cannot tolerate smarmy comedies, maybe it will be moved to a better time slot.  At least we have 10 episodes to watch if they do not cancel it before its due.

Did I mention it has Ashley Judd in it?

The Family and Personal Protection Act is one long sucker and with some overbearing requirements. From what I read (and I am not a lawyer) it is trying to mix Shall Issue with May Issue but favoring Shall Issue strongly. Illinois Resident will need a FOID card to get their permits, it makes the data obtained private, It requires a minimum of four hours of training by a certified firearms instructor (NRA Instructor heavily mentioned which should make Antis go crazy) and a whole lot of other stuff.

I think the complexity of this bill is to simply calm down the worries of the Chicago Gang and other nannies afraid of “Wild West Shootouts” and “Blood On The Streets.”  Still not a bad compromise and if history is any indicator, if it ever becomes the law, it will be modified within 5 years in favor of Gun Owners.

If you have 10 to 15 minutes, you can read the text of the bill and if you feel like it, leave your opinions in the comments section.

Let’s hope it becomes law, warts and all.

A fantastic and useful creation of Brian Ritchie. Brian also was the creator of this Mr. Spock Logical Deduction Poster.

The Trayvon Martin Case is rapidly developing into a crap clubhouse sandwich. White Neighborhood Watch member shoots unarmed Black teen and all hell breaks loose before final determination is over.

With all the hysteria going around, I don’t really know if George Zimmerman is guilty or not of illegally shooting and killing Trayvon Martin, that is for the Prosecution to charge and the court and a jury to decide. But pretty much the case has been tried and Zimmerman is toast according to the Media and the interest groups. There is even a Black Militant Group that wants to “arrest” Zimmerman and deliver him to the Feds. But if their website is any indication, they will probably get lost somewhere in I-4 and end up in Yeehaw Junction.

The antis are having a field day with the case. From promoting the old Wil Wild West BS to call for the repeal of the Expansion of the Castle Doctrine laws, they are attacking like piranhas.

So, would you like to be in George Zimmerman’s shoes right about now? I bet you don’t. Imagine yourself facing a trial not because for what you might have done did but for purely political reasons, your name vilified by every media outlet out there plus becoming the target of a bunch of loonies. Not a happy way to live your life, is it?

And before you say “Well, he screwed up because (fill the blank) so he has it coming.” let me remind you that you do not control the narrative, the Media does so even if you happen to be involved in a “Good Shooting” you may be treated the same as Zimmerman. Let’s face it, the Media is interested in selling news, not finding the truth. And if it is an organization like the Miami Herald that is trying to find out where to get money for the next payroll, they will do whatever is necessary to sell even if it means going Jerry Springer on your ass and play the Race Card.

So, you really wanna have a Clint Eastwood moment?

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