Our friends at the Cult Coalition to Stop Gun Rights Violence on the death of Jim Brady.

I have to admit I did not see this one coming:

Huh? Brady was Press Secretary and not Secret Service.  He took a bullet for being in the wrong place at the wrong time unfortunately.  But it continues:

They will feed off their own…

A man who was carrying an air rifle in an Ohio Wal-Mart told the police officers that fatally shot him that the gun was “not real,” according to a family member.

John Crawford was shot by police Tuesday evening at a Beavercreek store. The Ohio attorney general’s office announced Thursday that he was merely carrying a brand of air rifle that Wal-Mart sells.

Another shopper, 37-year-old Angela Williams, collapsed and died as she scrambled to get away after police fired at Crawford.

The shooting occurred after police responded to 911 calls about a man carrying a rifle. In one of those calls, which was released by police, a Wal-Mart shopper told emergency dispatchers that it looked like the man — later identified as Crawford — was trying to load the rifle and that he had pointed it at two children

via Cops Kill Man In Wal-Mart Carrying An Air Rifle | The Daily Caller.

Some are saying this is a case of SWATing and I was not in communion with the idea till I heard the partially released 911 call. Either the caller is too stupid to be afraid or …. I don’t know what to tell you but there is something not quite right somewhere.

I expect this one to be swept under the rug with a hearty apology and a cash settlement.

UPDATE: From WHIO about the 911 call.

One 911 call released by Beavercreek police was from Ronald Ritchie of Riverside, who was inside Walmart. He told dispatchers at 8:21 p.m. Tuesday that he saw a man “walking around with a gun in the store.”

Ritchie, an ex-Marine, said the man was pointing a black rifle at people near the pet section and that “he’s loading it right now.” Later, he said, “He looked like he was trying to load it, I don’t know.” He then added, “He just pointed it at two children.”

I found a video review of the air rifle in question (Crosman MK-177) and much to my surprise, the magazine part of the rifle is decorative and cannot be removed.  It uses some small black pellet holder/magazine that gets loaded in a totally different fashion than your regular semi auto rifle.

The Vad Vibe counter is about to peg on this one.

The death of James Brady — President Ronald Reagan’s press secretary who was wounded in the attempt on Reagan’s life in March 1981 — was a homicide, the medical examiner for the Northern District of Virginia ruled Friday.
The medical examiner said Brady died as a result of the grievous injuries he suffered 33 years ago, which means that gunman John Hinckley Jr. could be charged with Brady’s murder.

via James Brady’s Death Was a Homicide, Medical Examiner Rules | NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth.

I had the idea that there was a limit of time you could apply a murder rap to somebody when the victim did not die within a reasonable time frame. Don’t ask me why, but a year keeps popping in my head. 33 years seems to be a tad of an exaggeration.

The medical examiner’s ruling has the potential to open the door to federal murder charges against Hinckley, who is now a mental patient at St. Elizabeth’s hospital in suburban Washington, said NBC News Justice Correspondent Pete Williams on News4.

Nobody would be trying to use his death as political fundraising and PR strategy, would they?  Tap-dancing on your own dead seems rather tackier than usual.

They are trying to sell T-Shirts to get some funds to either keep going or somebody needs a little vacation:

The funny part is that they are not setting their goals too high, only 250 shirts as (I imagine) initial run. Does that mean the thousands upon thousands of “followers” they keep saying they have do not exist or that they are too stingy?

And the message is just too predictable and too moronic to even take it seriously:

In order to pass life-saving gun reforms at the federal and state level, we must break the stranglehold that the National Rifle Association has over our legislatures. CSGV has led the way in this effort by systematically exposing the extremism and malfeasance of NRA leaders who regularly promote racism, misogyny, homophobia, anti-immigrant animus, religious bigotry, anti-environmentalism, and insurrectionism. Put simply, they are not fit for polite company.

Holy shit! We are officially guilty of creating Global Warming too? I need to check y shoe size again to see what kind of carbon footprint I leave from by clubbed baby seal boots.

Via OldNFO I find out that AmericanSnipers.org is raffling a sweet boomstick to help Chris Kyle’s widow. Yes, it has to do with that imbecile so go ahead and get a couple of tickets (or more) as they are $10 a pop. Here is what you may win:

McMillan Tac .338 Lapua Magnum Package w/Scope
GA Precision MK13 .300 WinMag Rifle
Larue Tactical PredatOBR 7.62 Rifle Larue Tactical PredatOBR 5.56 Rifle
SIG Sauer MK25 P226 9mm Pistol
William W. Harsey Fixed Blade Knife
Strider Knives Custom Folding Knife
Specter Gear Plate Carrier/Nylon Kit
Hornady Ammunition

Already bought my tickets.