My North Carolina concealed carry permit, for example, was recognized yesterday as being valid in 36 states, which just so happened to be the number of states in which gay marriage was legal yesterday. But 14 states did not recognize my concealed carry permit yesterday. Today they must.Using the same “due process clause” argument as the Supreme Court just applied to gay marriage, my concealed carry permit must now be recognized as valid in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Source: Bearing ArmsSCOTUS Ruling On Same-Sex Marriage Mandates Nationwide Concealed Carry Reciprocity – Bearing Arms

I was going to write about the same subject, but Bob does a rather nice job.

Source: Grrl Power – Grrl Power #330 – Action zeroing the needle

Heh!

But remember, there are no new shooters and specially no female shooters joining the Gun Culture….

We are Mainstream. Suck it up.

Hat Tip to Mark W.

Peter Grant calls Jim Davis a raconteur and I hate myself for not coming up with the adjective myself. The Grey Man- Changes is the third installment of the Cronin Family saga and another tale well delivered. Life is not stagnant, it moves on, sometimes is good and sometimes is deadly. Jim focuses more on the new generation but smartly does not relegate Old Man Cronin to a less than primary role: He is still the head honcho, but the new blood that will carry the tradition is expanding including family and the non-blood related family.

He who stands with me…

I hate to sound too cryptic, but I hate giving even a hint of a spoiler. The book continues on the Curtis tradition of a good tale and you won’t be disappointed. Available in both Kindle and Dead Tree so you have no excuse. Get it.

If the SPLC (Southern Poverty Law Center) was honest, or did any basic research, they would know that during the introduction to every event the Shoot Boss (a veteran instructor who runs the event) tells attendees specifically that Appleseed is NOT a militia, and has no ties to militia groups. He or she politely tell folks that if that is what they are expecting, that we’ll be happy to refund their fees and send them on their way.

Appleseed is “militia-based” by only the most tortured definition. The extent of our involvement with militias is talking about the various Massachusetts militia units that came together on April 19, 1775 to fight British regulars in the first running battle of the American Revolution from Lexington, to Concord, and back to Boston.

The SPLC is also patently lying when it claims, that Appleseed urges “every citizen to own an AR-15 assault rifle.” Appleseed is platform agnostic, but the only rifle type it actually recommends are semi-automatic, magazine fed .22LR rifles.

Source: Bearing ArmsSPLC Attempts To Smear Appleseed Project – Bearing Arms

Must be a Clinton running for President that the chant of Militia is back again and getting louder. Soon we will hear once again about the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy trying to sink her and her husband and his girlfriend du jour.

Go check our the article. I am expecting that Southern Poverty Law Center will soon be publishing the list of Republicans that are alleged to own slaves and fly the Southern Flag any day now.

“Those of us who want to live, shop, go to school and worship in gun-free spaces also have rights,” Molyneux said. “In what way is ‘freedom’ advanced by telling the owner of a bar or restaurant they cannot ban handguns in their own place of business, as many states now do? Today, it is the NRA that is the enemy of freedom, by seeking to impose its values on everyone else.

”The nation could ring out with the new slogans of liberty: “Not in my house.” “Not in our school.” “Not in my bar.” “Not in our church.” We’d be defending one of our most sacred rights: The right not to bear arms.

Source: How America can free itself from guns – The Washington Post

Call me silly, but Charleston’s Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal church was a “gun-free space” same as Columbine and Sandy Hook. And nobody is trying to stop you or punish you for not bearing arms, you can do that already without any problems…. Unless you are in a “gun-free space” and having visit by a deranged bipedal predator looking for victims. Other than that, you are golden and feel free to engage in that right.

The stupid….it hurts.

But it hit close to home. I would actually say this was a good session compared to some doozies I had.

And this one here is our bible…

Not only that, but there were no riots, no civil unrest, no epithets spewed or rocks thrown (looking at you, Baltimore and NYC). Just a bunch of people, black and white, mourning a tragedy together, and trying to find some healing and understanding in the aftermath.Together. Right here in the heart of white-supremacist, toothless, cousin-humping Dixie. Apparently we still have a lot to learn about race relations from our more enlightened neighbors to the north. Except that they’re not quite the lessons those neighbors envisioned.

Source: Thoughts On The Charleston Shooter – Ambulance Driver Files

And that is all you need to know.

From I could gather in Twitter, the Usual Suspects went to Charleston or were thinking of going to raise hell in the name of whatever is their brand of political BS. Apparently they got the message that it would not be tolerated. The Intelligentsia will still get some political piasters out of the killing but it won’t be the return they expected.

To all Race Baiters and assorted Race Haters: Bless your little hearts.