NBC Priorities

On the Today Show this morning, the coverage was breathless about the cover-up and destruction of evidence in a major case. Hard drives being wiped by powerful figures got two whole minutes of coverage, and the reporter is anxious to see Justice get done.

Was this story about Fast and Furious? Of course not. It was about Nicolette Sheridan's firing from Desperate Housewives.

NBC continues their solidarity with this administration in abetting the cover-up of Fast and Furious. Shame.

Newbius

Broken

Super Tuesday 2012

Will the Wookiee win Virginia? I hope so, if only as a protest vote against Mittens. Tune in to the national feeds at 7:01PM to find out. I know of at least two people who voted for Dr. Paul...

QOTD: Judge Benson Everett Legg

"A citizen may not be required to offer a good and substantial reason why he should be permitted to exercise his rights. The right‘s existence is all the reason he needs."

Judge Benson Everett Legg, in the case of Woollard v. Sheridan.

The opinion grants the Motion for Summary Judgment to Plaintiff Woollard, and denies the State of Maryland's claim. Score one victory for the Second Amendment Foundation, and Maryland Shall Issue (at the District Court level, too!).

Tournament tomorrow

Shooting sports of a different kind: Disc Golf. Like regular golf, only cooler. Anyway, this will be my first Singles tournament since I started playing the sport last summer. I doubt I will place, but it should be fun. Weather forecast is mid-60's with severe thunderstorms likely in the morning. I love a good challenge!

Contrasts

Predator.

Prey.

Understand the differences. Know your role, play your part. Use the environment to your advantage...watch for those who do the same. Be aware.

Emulate the wolf...or the sheep. Your choice.

Newbius

Happy Birthday Melissa!

An amazing young woman, out on the front lines doing the Lord's work, is having a birthday today. Please join me in wishing Melissa at Psalm 19 a happy day.

Newbius

Posting update

Still here, nothing to say. Watching the slow-motion train wreck of the American Political Process has me shaking my head in disbelief at the crassness and venality of it all. What ever happened to the Statesmen? Where did they go?

Starbucks Buycott

Yesterday, my local Starbucks had at least two armed customers purchasing coffee-type stuff. I asked the 'Barista' if she had seen a drop in activity. She got a puzzled look on her face and said "No, if anything it is a little busier than normal for a Tuesday". Anecdotal, I know, but mark it as a data point.

Oh, and nobody got shot over parking spaces. The tables and couches were all full, and nobody got shot over table space. Nobody had a gunfight over the last blueberry scone, either. It is almost as if the Joyce Foundation front groups like the Brady bunch are lying about gun owners...

Newbius

Happy Valentines Day

...to Mrs. Newbius. My best friend, my strongest supporter, my Love. You rescued me when I was lost, shone light into my darkness, and made me whole.

I love you more than words can express.

Word for the day

Idiotlogue: Someone completely invested in, and devoted to, ideas that are stupid. See: Marxist Socialist, "99%er". Illustration: Barack Hussein Obama

Now what?

Disclaimer: I fully support Emily Miller in her quest to expose the outrageous process for legally acquiring a firearm in the District if Criminals. That said...

I keep hearing from the Brady's and their ilk that "guns are different". That a little infringement on GUNS should be accepted because $GUNS CAN KILL, and $Guns are different, and gun owners are just looking for arguments to settle permanently. Politicians lap this up because it furthers their goal of aggrandizing more power unto themselves. Makes for good copy and good video to be seen on the side of $PROTECTING THE CHILDREN. But, what now? DC is on their way to One First (SCOTUS) again over their registration process. The DC resident still has no way to BEAR, since KEEP only applies "in the home". And the criminals ignore the laws anyway...

Councilman Mendelson's condescending display of willful ignorance about "market forces" preventing more FFLs in town, and the "lack of desire to acquire guns based on the miniscule number of registrations" since Heller, was so galling I almost broke my TV in anger. He knows damned good and well that the reason there aren't any more FFLs is because DC's zoning makes it IMPOSSIBLE to open a store. And, the registration process is so expensive and onerous as to dissuade all but the most dedicated (and financially well-off) from completing the process. There is a reason why Charles Sykes' office is at MPD. Just ask Alan Gura.

As for the anti-rights crowd trashing Emily Miller? I bet if you asked them to support outlawing abortion, they would recoil in horror at the affront to their Liberal sensibilities. If DC mandated that a woman go through every step that Emily Miller went through in order to obtain an abortion, there would be marches on city hall daily (all covered gleefully by a complicit media) until the laws were changed. A woman has the "constitutional right" (nowhere enumerated) to kill her unborn baby, but has to jump through the hoops Emily Miller jumped through to acquire a firearm (which IS enumerated in the Constitution)? Give me a break.

Emily Miller, a petite woman, is no match for a thug intent on doing her harm. She wants to acquire the means to protect herself, and equalize her odds against said thug, and the Powers That Be block her at every turn. Shameful.

Councilman Mendelson, you should go back to Emily Miller's articles documenting her journey through your morass of red tape. Every time you see the word Gun or Firearm, I want you to substitute the word ABORTION. Every time you see some class, certificate, mandate, or registration hoop, I want you to substitute Abortion Class, Abortion Certificate, Abortion Registration (with renewal every 3 years). I want you to make the young woman get schooled in some guy's basement about Abortions. I want you to require abortion clinic visits prior to allowing a procedure be done. I want you to make the person prove that they know abortion laws. I want you to ensure that the city's zoning laws make it as easy to open an abortion clinic as it now is to open a gun store. Lastly, I want you to have to openly answer for your role in molding "market forces" to make abortions as easy to acquire in DC as guns currently are.

After all, Abortions kill more people in the United States every year than guns do. We should regulate them at least as diligently. Right? Do it for the children.

Newbius

QOTD: Commenter GS650G

In the post at TTAG HERE:

The soft bigotry of class warfare and snobbish superiority. I bet she has a nice liberal arts degree from a progressive women’s university on her wall, right next to a picture of her cat

Not that I like quoting TTAG, but that comment is GOLD and accurately describes the "anti's" that I run across in real life.

Super Bowl Xxxwhatever review

Game: Meh.

Half-time with prancing 50-something lip-syncing 20 year old tunes: Meh.

Commercials featuring recycled B-list stars and under-dressed Silicon Valleys: Meh.

Manufactured drama featuring thinly-disguised Obama Campaign adverts pretending to display the supremacy of Union Manufacturing Jobs in the burned-out sectors of once-great Detroit: Pawn Stars was more exciting.

I don't know why I bothered. Cupcake Wars had more competition, excitement, and suspense about the outcome. At least the M&Ms looked good...

Newbius

Disc Golf Tourney today

Played a Doubles tournament today at 2 nearby courses. My first tournament, and we placed 'in the money'. It was a good day's exercise, and I got to meet some really nice people. I think this is a pretty good second hobby. And, discs are cheaper than ammunition. :D

Newbius

War on some drugs

I wonder if the War on (some) drugs is in violation of the 21st Amendment?

If you made an 'intoxicating liquor' using extracts of, let's say, cocaine, cannibus, opiates, etc., would they be protected?

Just asking...not advocating.

Stories

Had a wonderful evening with OldNFO. Good times. One of the things that we discussed was how much of our history, our heritage, is being lost because the stories aren't being told. If you have a family member who is of the "Greatest Generation", please get them to tell their story.

To them, it may not be anything important. To them, their life is just what they did to get by. To us, it is a touch-point of a time and a people who were more important in shaping the world as we know it than anybody realizes. Their stories, their histories, need to be captured. Lest we forget who we are as a people, a nation, an ideal.

Pax,

Newbius

DC Area Blogshoot

The Miller is hosting a blogshoot at the NRA Range in February. Go over to his place and RSVP. If you are local to me, we might be able to carpool if required.

I plan on going, The Good Lord willing (and the creek don't rise).

Good times.

QOTD-Don Challis

Don Challis, chief of police at the College of William and Mary, traveled to Richmond Wednesday to express his opposition to a proposed bill prohibiting colleges from banning weapons on campus. Challis said he doubted that in a Virginia Tech sort of emergency, “a person who rarely, if ever, shoots a weapon is going to be any kind of positive factor.” (Source: WaPo)

You mean, like the Campus Police officers on the scene? Or, maybe, the Blacksburg Police Department? Or, maybe, the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office?

If these departments are anything like the average department in the nation, the officers might shoot 100-200 rounds per year during annual re-qualification.

200 rounds.

My friends would call that a good warm-up at the range. Every one of my friends who has a carry permit practices regularly, and expends several hundred rounds per session.

I know a few LEO's, too. They don't practice often. Mostly, their gun is part of their uniform. A symbol of authority. The answer of last resort.

Final thought, Chief Challis: When seconds count, how many minutes away are you? Would you rather have unarmed people facing an active shooter, or would you rather that the shooter was rendered inactive before you had a tragedy on your hands?

Based on your response above, it sounds like you would rather have an active shooter. It would give you a chance to get your face on TV after all. Might help your law enforcement career, too. Make sure that they spell your name right.

To all the simpering, self-satisfied asshats of both political parties trying to gainsay and bargain away my God-given rights, I have one word for you:

"NO"

Also, I am more interested in defending my position than you are in advancing yours.

Any questions?

QOTD-Glenn Beck

Heard today on his show (while setting up the sponsor spot for GoldLine):

Diversification: If you have all of your wealth in your 401(k), you're in trouble. If you have all of your wealth in Gold, you're in trouble. If you have all of your wealth in Lead, Brass, and Steel...well, you're probably OK. You need to diversify...

Quoted for truth.

Virginia Republican Primary

So, I have this dilemma. The Virginia Primary is coming up in a little while and there are only two candidates on the (R) Slate. The Wookie and the "Generic Republican".

Since I passionately believe that Pres__ent ObeyMe is fundamentally opposed to everything good and right and Constitutional in America, and polls show that he would lose against a generic Republican, the ballot cast should be obvious. Right?

Which is why I think I will vote for the Wookie.

You do what you want. I am not endorsing anybody. My favorite candidate isn't running. But I will tell you that I have no love for people who believe that regulation is necessary, and by extension endorses regulators over Liberty.

Anybody but Obama. Anybody but O'Romney. They are two sides of the same progressive coin.

It is time to sweep the halls of power clean of their Augean effluence.

Pax,

Newbius

Barron Barnett nails it

THIS, in spades. Go read the whole thing.

Newbius

Piling on

It seems that Mr. Paul Helinski, of GunsAmerica.com (no link), has stepped in it. Badly. On top of being an elitist moron who doesn't understand grass roots, he doubled down on the stupid by basically trashing those of us who do Second Amendment blogging as a hobby. "Hobby" means we do it for fun and are likely passionate about it.

We may not have retail sites. We may not have T&E pipelines that we fellated someone to fill. But, we have passion for what we do, and we have friends.

I have used GunsAmerica.com to purchase a lower for my rifle build. It was painless, and the transfer to my local FFL was easily accomplished. But, it was no easier than GunBroker.com to use. And, GunBroker isn't trying to piss me off with aspersions cast in my general direction due to my low readership.

So, Mr. Helinski, allow me to bid your company adieu. You are no better than your competition, and I can choose whom I wish to associate with. Sadly, you are no longer a part of that group.

Warmest regards,

Newbius

(H/T to Jennifer, Sean, SayUncle, Alan, Thirdpower, Linoge, DirtCrashr, WizardPC, Tam, Carteach0, and ZerCool for pointing out the douche-baggery. It is a shame that nobody reads you guys...)

What time is it?

The Doomsday Clock advanced one minute, due to "the threat of global warming, nuclear proliferation, and global unrest". Whoop-de-do. Saddle up the Drama Llama so we can get taken for a ride.

The real Doomsday Clock is not found on some socialist-progressive website decrying the effects of Fascism masquerading as Capitalism. The real Doomsday is the day when no Liberty-loving individuals left in the USA are willing to call out the regimes and apparatchiks destroying our country. How close to that time are we?

I have nothing left to say right now, except: Keep watching and listening. Keep your powder dry. Keep your loved ones close to you. Keep your cool.

Pax,

Newbius

Thought for the day, A Girl and her gun

Please go read A Girl and Her Gun today. Then, think about what she says.

There are stark differences between those who are in-power (or who seek it), and those who empower. My experience with the gun community, and especially the gun blogging community, is that they are folks who want to empower you, and not gain power over you.

They are friends (even the ones I haven't yet met).

Pax,

Newbius

No Candlelight Vigil here.

Sorry folks. I am not lighting candles for the "victims of gun violence", no matter how well-intentioned the PR campaign-for-relevance is. I have two "victims of gun violence" in my own family and at least one friend too, and I am not playing the game of "blame the tool, not the wielder". The Brady Campaign can suck it.

My son was not mugged by a gun. He was mugged by a mugger who used a gun. My friend was not robbed by a gun, he was robbed by a robber who armed himself with a gun. My uncle died from a gunshot wound, and the gun did not fire itself.

I carry a gun. Daily. Not because I have something to prove, because I don't. I carry a gun daily because it is the most effective tool for self defense that I own. My wife now owns one of her very own, too.

The Brady Campaign would tell you that my wife would be better off in an encounter with a mugger, rapist, or murderer if she just gave them whatever they wanted. Just lie back and think of England, or some-such rot. Nonsense. Why should we acquiesce to the predators in our society? Why should we allow our finest and fairest to be victimized, just so some milquetoast, namby-pamby, progressive policy wonks can feel better about themselves? Screw that. I am done playing their games.

In honor of those who have sacrificed everything, so that we can have our Liberty, here is a tribute. To our Fighting men and women of the military, and to those freedom fighters everywhere in the world striving to keep the flame of Liberty alive, I salute you. I stand ready to join you at the call.

Maybe my wife will even let me borrow her gun... :)

Pax,

Newbius