Demonstrating once again we Gunnies like to have fun, the top post for 2015 with 23,564 hits is:

Moms Demand Action: AR 15 Facts (A guide)

And we came darned close to the million views: 947,772 was the count just now.

Best referrer was Facebook followed by Say Uncle and Instapundit showing a strong third even though they are a recent addition. Hell, my Web Host loses its mind every time we get instapundited and the traffic spikes like crazy.

And seriously, a much grateful thanks to the top “commentators” for the year according to WordPress:.

Jim, you should be writing your books, damn it!

I also want to thank J. Kb. for agreeing to leave his thoughts in my blog. Other than creating this site, inviting him to share with everybody what he feels about issues has been a great plus. I needed a serious writer anyway, I was more like the comics and gossip section of a paper and he is Page A2 and editorial.

And to everybody who took time out of their lives to stop and read the blog this year, our most sincere Thank You.

Now go have fun today if you are not working. If you are, be safe because you know the moron factor gets multiplied until at least 3 am.

See you guys in 2016.

28 out of the top 30 ‘murder capitals’ – and all of the top 24 – have mayors who belong to the Democratic Party.  They say that correlation is not causation, and in general I agree:  but that degree of correlation between the dominant political party in each city, and the crime rate in each city, is hard to explain away, IMHO.  Draw your own conclusions

Source: Bayou Renaissance Man: Correlating cities’ murder rates with political party dominance

Not saying a thing….

I followed the news of the San Barnardino shooting terrorist attack.  As I understand what happened, two radicalized Islamist Jihadis, Mr. Farook and his wife, planned and executed a massacre in support of ISIS.  Mr. Farook’s neighbor, Mr. Marques, bought the guns used in the attack, in clear violation of federal law.  Mr. Marques was also radicalized and a Jihadi, and he had planned with Mr. Farook and his wife, a different attack which they did not carry out.  To me, this was a clear cut case of radical Islamic terrorism.

To other people, it seems, terrorism had nothing to do with San Bernardino.  It was the guns that were at fault.  Of course, because it’s the gun’s fault, we must ban the guns.  That is the usual train of thought that leads to gun control proposals after an incident like that.

It’s something that we in the gun community have faced before.

At the time of this post, some 917 people have decided to up the ante.  It’s not just the guns.  It’s the pictures of guns, and magazine articles about guns, and advertisements for guns.  They need to go because… moral outrage.

A writer for the Willamette Week published an op-ed criticizing Cabela’s for an flyer advertising $150 off the price of an S&W M&P 15 Sport.  Somebody elese started a Change.org petition to get the grocery store chain Albertson’s (which just so happens to be owned by Cerberus Capital) to stop selling gun magazines.  That petition has some 916 signatures.

What is the logic behind this?  Well, the ad and magazines depict the brand and/or type of gun used in the San Bernardino.

I cannot wrap my mind around the craven, milquetoast, spinelessness that it takes wittiness evil and say “ISIS- SCHMISIS, the real problem is print media about guns.”  Forget terrorism.  Forget radical Islamic ideology.  Forget the use of social media by ISIS to recruit people.  Nope.  The greatest threat to America is hobbyists who like to read about their hobbies and stores that like to advertise sales to their clientele.  If we can only get rid of the magazines and advertisements, we will have peace in our time.

Not going to do 2015 in review. If you follow the blog, you are up to speed and I figure there will be more than one blog out there that will do an excellent job. No sense in wasting time.

What do I see coming? Our different Opposition groups will try consolidate into one solid block and probably fail as too many egos are involved. They are doing test runs now sharing some of the same messages in Social Media and I expect that will increase, but there is only so much space inside the rubber room to be shared with so many egomaniacs. Ladd and Bloomberg hugging and smiling? only for the cameras. Shannon Watts will continue to do her role as dutiful P.R. Nebenfrau of Everytown/Moms Demand rather than the queen she was a couple of years ago. MDA seemed to lost traction at the second half of the year.

The Old Media is due for a shake up. Even though we saw an amazing level of BS and vitriol coming out on the second half of the year, it is interesting to notice that pro Second Amendment articles and Op Eds were also being published. It is still far from equal time/space, but having seen articles criticizing the wisdom of Gun Free Zones and challenging the tactics of moving goalposts (Mass Shootings as example) means that at least some outlets are figuring out that their consumers are not lock-stepping with the old “conventional wisdom.”

At the Federal level, congress shouldn’t be an issue, but I have my doubts now with Speaker Paul Ryan. President Obama’s last year will be dedicated to his legacy and he will not waste political ammo on something he can’t win. If immigration and Obamacare still remain in the front burners, other than some executive orders to make nuisance of himself will be all that can be accomplished.

At state level we just saw what happened in Virginia with Reciprocity, expect a couple of more states trying the same and maybe one doing it. This could backfire gravely for the Opposition if it leads to a clean bill of National Reciprocity. I would like to see more Acceptance than Reciprocity from the States: If you have a CWP, you are golden in my state and it does not matter that your home state does not return the favor. But the idea that Bloomberg would anally emanate fire-hardened clay cuboids at the thought that rednecks from Texas and weirdos from Florida would be walking the streets of Manhattan packing  guns is too good to pass.

Don’t ask me about the courts. I think we are in a moment where some judges refuse to apply both Heller and McDonald simply because they can gum up the works and SCOTUS is giving the image that they are done with Second Amendment Issue for a while.

Unfortunately, I also see a coming year where unrest (civil and otherwise) will be prominent due to the drop of Law Enforcement getting hands-on crime. Nowadays is called the Ferguson Effect although a former LEO referred it as he knew it back in his patrolling days F.I.D.O. (Fuck It, Drive On). Some cities already have felt the spike in crime and simply put, cops will not risk their lives or careers if every time some thugh starts screaming “police brutality!” a mob comes out herded by a bunch of lawyers and politicians to seek the heads of men in blue.  Remember, police has no duty to protect, it is up to you to be the First Responder.

The year will begin badly for the Gun Control crowd. As of now, Texas is officially Open Carry and there is a good chance that Florida will follow suit before too long. It is also an election year and politicians in the chopping block will soon start paying attention to the races. That means two things are at play: Who can deliver cash and who can deliver votes. One thing is for sure: we cannot afford to be silent. Be a nag to your representatives, contact them, leave messages, let them know how you feel and specially how you are your circle will vote.

And one last thing: The discourse from the Opposition will become even more nasty. Expect to be called everything in the book including Child Molester. Do not reply in kind. Be smart about it, don’t be baited into responses that can be misused. The more you keep your wits, the more they will become incensed and say all kinds of idiotic things we can use against them. Our job is not to convince the fanatical that their views are wrong but to show the Undecided who is the serious and mature side of the argument. The Opposition’s minions can only go for the “penis compensation” bit so many times before even the most distracted of people get tired of the repetition. By the same token, responses like “Fuck you! That is why! It is my right!” play right in the Tactical Curmudgeon SWAT Forum but not so much in the real world. Don’t be a dick, make that your basic guideline for any discussion.

Expect the Opposition to SWAT you. I wish I could say that people like CSGV have reconsidered their attitudes, but frankly I think we are going to see an increase in SAWTting cases. CSGV in particular has been invaded by the Social Justice Warriors and they hate you and cops; getting both sides to shoot and kill each other is the perfect Birthday/Easter/Christmas gift. Texas, you are going to be a particular target for at least the first three months.

I am done playing Carnac the Magnificent. Enjoy the new Year.

The annual report of the Venezuelan Observatory of Violence said that a total of 27,875 people died violently this year.
AFP
DECEMBER 28, 2015 – 7:58 PM
Venezuela closed 2015 with a rate of 90 violent deaths per 100,000 inhabitants, a historical figure that would make him the most violent country in the world without war, said Monday the Venezuelan Observatory of Violence (OVV).

Source: Venezuela reached record homicides in 2015

Not one single firearm has been sold to civilians in Venezuela since 2012. Gun control is so tight that even spear guns must be registered and a permit acquired for its use. Those who are lucky to be allowed to have a gun bought prior the cessation of sales, needs to have it registered, secured and only allowed 50 rounds of ammunition a year.

There are plenty more Gun Control regulations that I won’t get into, but what was promised to be a sure-fire method to control violence has proven to be its biggest fuel. And still some believe the same plan will actually work here.

The experiment is over: Gun Control is a failure.

Went in my CP by sheer luck and found this cute message:

Something did apparently happen at 4 am while I was all tucked in bed. You’d think that an email or a phone call would be issued as they have done in the past, but I got bupkis.

And this happened just now, not 5 minutes after I clipped the above image:

Hopefully this will not disturb normal operations much because trying to get help this time of the year is, shall we say, challenging.

Be back soon.

Lo and behold the top donor to his campaign for Attorney General was none other than Independence USA PAC. They gave $1,292,417 of in-kind donations to his campaign

When you owe your elected position to Michael Bloomberg, when he says jump, you say how high. Evidently now was the time that Bloomberg said jump and jump is what Herring did in response.

Source: No Lawyers – Only Guns and Money

We need our own Bloomberg. Imagine the ability to buy the same amount of air time and the backing of millions of gun owners doing grunt work.