My brain hurts. At least she is not blonde.
Everyday, No Days Off bring us this sad video from Esquire Magazine. The image is a capture of the video and to look at it gives any half assed gun enthusiast a major OMFG headache.
After ingesting a couple of Excedrin and ignoring the obvious stupidity, I checked the video once more and noticed the nice gun sweeps that the beautiful woman from ATF does to herself drawing the “Glock & Wesson”….
And then reholstering it.
And one has to wonder who was her firearms instructor. Could it be…
Nah! It would be too damn easy.
The enemy is more than one kind.
After the McDonald v. Chicago SCOTUS decision, I caught an Alan Gottlieb interview in a podcast or a radio show where he admonished about the dangers of people inundating the courts with silly lawsuits based both on Heller and McDonald. He also warned us about the possible misuses by defense lawyers on both cases and the unintended consequences. One already popped out: U.S. v. Yancey.
Mathew Yancey was arrested and charged with possession of firearm as an unlawful user of marijuana. He pleaded guilty, was convicted but appealed saying that it violated his the Second Amendment Rights as interpreted in District of Columbia v. Heller.
The United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, heard the appeal and affirmed the conviction. And in the decision, the judges added this little tidbit of interpretation.
We have already concluded, based on our understanding of Heller and McDonald, that some categorical firearms bans are permissible.
I have not finished digesting the whole decision, but that sentence alone made my day go a bit sour. I am not a lawyer no matter how many times I stayed at the Holiday Inn, but my reading of this is not good and I think the legal consequences may come back to haunt us.
If so, to the pot smoking idiot, I wish to express my hope that the nightly colon exams courtesy of his fellow inmates while he reconsiders the virtues of being a stoner.
Peeve: Pistol Packin’
When I took English 101 in college (frightening experience for somebody who recently finished ESOL) one of the things I got chided about was how often I used cliches on my assignments. The teacher kindly explained that overused expressions are an easy way out but that they detracted from my work. The only thing I could tell him was that they were not cliches but rather fresh expressions for a foreigner like me. He understood my position but still kicked my butt and I had to thank him for that.
That brings me to the most hated (by me) derogatory cliche used by media against any gun owner: Pistol Packing or its even more insulting Pistol Packin’. Do notice it is not Pistol Packing but Pistol Packin‘ as if we were missing a front tooth as to enhance the notion that people who carry guns are somehow crossbred retards.
How is it that deciding to be responsible for your own safety became a topic of derision by the “enlightened” ones is beyond me. Then again this is America and if it is your choice to be an Useless Unarmed Idiot, you do have that right. And I do hope I don’t have to read your sob story on how a gang of miscreants used you as a ATM/Punching Bag/Sex Toy and ask me to feel sorry for you.
Pretty please…with bullet on top.
From Everyday, No Days Off Gun Blog brings this very polite note.
Now that is a neighborhood business.. whatever they sell. 🙂