Tag: Guns

Gun Violence With A Little Humor?

It is my two days away from the mind numbing BS of the media……

The title may be a bit misleading…..there is NOTHING humorous about the amount of gun violence that is occurring in this country…..but there are some reports that make you simile whether you want to or not…….this stpry is one of them, at least for me,…….I have seen this sort of thing in the movies and in cartoons but i cannot ever remember hearing it happening in real life……that is….until now…….

According to WMAZ Channel 13, the man was parked at a gas station and was attempting to put away the .45 caliber pistol when it discharged, striking him in the groin.

The man immediately drove to a friend’s house. According to police, the victim dropped his pants to find that he had shot himself in the penis and that the bullet had exited his body through the buttocks. As he disrobed, the spent round fell to the floor.

The victim was driven to the Coliseum Northside hospital by a friend, then transferred to the Medical Center of Central Georgia.

Death and Taxes reported in January of 2013 that at least five American men have shot off their penises since 2010.

I’m sorry…….shooting oneself in the penis is just funny……

Shoot The Moon

I cannot leave the weekend without posting a piece on morons.

Idiots and their guns are a reality that we just must live with in today’s society…..you know we have all heard the weird stories of what some people will do with their trusty firearms at their sides…..but you know there are some that are just too good to pass up….they deserve a post of their own……..

George Bailey tried to lasso the moon, but an Arizona man apparently wanted to shoot it. Cameron Frank Read, 39, allegedly fired several rounds through the window of a residence after talking about seeing Halley’s Comet on Friday, according to his girlfriend and her teen son, reports KTVK. They ran from the Prescott Valley home, hearing more shots as they did so. Officers arrived after she called to report the shots, and the fact that Read was still armed. Read admitted to police that his intention was to shoot the moon, not harm anyone, the Daily Courier added. Another thing he reportedly admitted doing before setting his sights on space: smoking pot.

A rep for the Prescott Valley Police Department says Read initially refused to leave the house, which he reportedly damaged before police coaxed him outside. He then resisted arrest and had to be taken into custody by force. What one gets for shooting at the moon? An inside look at Yavapai County Jail, one count each of unlawful discharge of a firearm and resisting arrest, and two counts of endangerment—all felonies—among other charges.

Yeah, this dude is a stable member of society……I know I am old….but in my day the term “shoot the moon” had a whole different meaning……

Can’t Fix Stupid!

It is the weekend and the professor is getting some much needed relaxation……I have spent a solid week of researching the Ukraine and what it could mean in the near future to the US.  This post is a gun post….but before the assumption starts flying about my opinion on the 2nd amendment…this post is NOT, I repeat NOT about my opinion on the 2nd…..I am posting it to illustrate the stupidity of some people……ergo…..YOU CAN’T FIX STUPID!

A Michigan man was trying to show his girlfriend how safe his guns were on Sunday, and ended up killing himself in the process. The 36-year-old man’s girlfriend told police that after a day of drinking, he was demonstrating how to use his handguns. To drive home how safe they were when not loaded, he put each of his three guns to his head and pulled the trigger—safely, the first two times. But the third gun apparently was loaded, and the Independence Township man was killed by a bullet to the head. The unnamed man’s death has been ruled a suicide, reports the Oakland Press. Late last month saw another gun-safety-themed accident with less tragic results: A Florida man who had just left a firearms safety class pulled over to look at his new handgun in Boynton Beach. He removed the magazine, but apparently did not remove the bullet from the chamber; Eric Morkert managed to shoot himself in the leg while he was manipulating the slide, reports WPBF. His injury was treated at a local hospital.

Sorry but there is a need to fix stupid….an impossible task……..about all we can say is….”stupid is as stupid does”!

Finally, Some Bi-Partisanship?

There has been a serious lack of compromise or as we politicos like to call it, bi-partisanship…….only on a few, very few, occasions has there been anything resembling the tactic….especially in these days of douche bags confronting douche bags……but finally….as the current congressional session nears its end there has been a welcome respite from the dueling talking points and these people agreed on something…….but is it as good as it sounds?

(Newser) – The good news is that the House yesterday passed in bipartisan fashion a 10-year extension of a law that requires guns to include metal parts, writes Eleanor Clift at the Daily Beast. In theory, then, the measure makes it a lot tougher to smuggle weapons through the metal detectors of, say, an airport or courtroom. The bad news, though, is that the original law is antiquated and fails to take into account advances in 3D technology that make it possible to print an all-plastic gun. Yes, the law requires metal parts, but it has a loophole: It doesn’t require that those parts to be permanently attached to the gun.

“Someone could easily insert a small metal pin to align with the law, remove it as necessary to pass through security, and still have a fully functioning weapon to carry onto a plane,” writes Clift. The measure now moves to the Senate, where Chuck Schumer wants to close that loophole. But he’s up against time—the original law expires Monday—and the political logistics of gun-control politics. It seems most likely that the Senate only will be able to pass the House extension as-is. “It would be nice if laws could keep up with the times, but leaving well enough alone may well be the price of victory on guns for this Congress,” writes Clift. Click for her full column.

Regardless of where you may stand on the 2nd amendment thing…..there is NO room for an undetectable gun in our society…….how will all this end up?  Who will piss the most on this bill?  Your thoughts are appreciated.

One Last Gun Post (Hopefully)

The time is nearing for the Senate to take up the newest piece of crap on guns…….I was hoping to move on from this issue and ficus on more pressing things…..they will not let me…..

The big deal now is the Manchin/Toomey bill or the Toomey/Manchin bill depending on whether you want the lib or the conserv listed first….anyway few people debating this in the media are giving real facts about the piece, they instead want to debate the merits of such a piece of work…..

Let me help you understand what this bill will do and want not………thanx to Talking Points Memo for the breakdown….

The Gaps It Closes

The legislation closes the so-called gun show loophole by requiring an FBI background check for all firearm sales conducted at a gun show. It requires a criminal check for all commercial gun transactions, including listings posted in a newspaper or on the Internet. It expands an existing law that only requires background checks for licensed dealers, letting unlicensed dealers sell firearms without background checks in accordance with state and local laws.

Gun control supporters are also pleased that the bill ensures record-keeping by the seller on transactions, akin to those already required on background checks that are mandatory. The dealer would need to keep a record of the sales he or she conducts in the event that police need to trace a weapon used to commit a crime.

“I think it does cover a lot of new additional sales and that’s important,” said Horwitz. “The good part about this bill is it has a really strong record-keeping requirement. It extends the requirements in current law for background checks, which we thought was really important.”

The Manchin-Toomey bill gives the FBI 48 hours to block a transaction at a gun show due to a red flag in a buyer’s background, with the aim of reducing that to 24 hours in four years. Current law gives the FBI 72 hours to block a sale from a licensed dealer. If the sale goes through, the FBI would have 24 hours to destroy the data on the buyer. Contrary to a popular myth from pro-gun activists, the bill would in no way create a national gun registry.

The Gaps It Leaves Open

The crucial exemption that worries gun control supporters is that background checks would not be required for private, non-commercial sales or transfers between family and friends. In other words, if two people meet and one decides to sell his gun to the other, he can do so without a background check as long as the sale wasn’t initially advertised.

“The bill covers only purchasers who buy at a gun show or via some kind of advertised sale,” said Jim Jacobs, a law professor and gun control expert at New York University. “It doesn’t require every secondary purchaser to be background checked.”

That same exemption weakens the gun show requirement. A buyer and seller who meet at a gun show can potentially — and legally — make the transaction afterward outside the event without a background check.

“There’s nothing in the law that prevents someone from going to a gun show, finding the gun he likes, then meeting the seller off-site to complete the sale without a background check,” said Adam Winkler, a law professor at UCLA and gun law expert.

“You can simply go to the McDonalds or Starbucks across the street and make the transaction,” said Horwitz.

The Manchin-Toomey legislation beefs up gun rights in other areas. It seeks to make it easier for gun dealers to advertise and sell their firearms across state lines, and protects sellers from lawsuits if the buyer passes a background check but later uses the gun in a crime. And to quell right-wing concerns, the bill includes a penalty of 15 years in prison for any federal officer who seeks to use data to create a gun registry.

Read over all that again and then explain to me where this was anything but a colossal waste of time….where will this help make our children safer?

If it passes the Senate it will crap out in the House…..beyond that it is an illustration of our Congress….toothless and impotent.

Welcome to the world of cowards!

Selling Crap!

Just when I thought it was safe for me to move beyond this sham of a debate….something always happens to draw me back…….

December of 2012 saw the deaths of 20 children and 6 adults because of a whacko with an assault weapon……..immediately the calls went out from the Left…..control guns….and immediately the screams of gun confiscation went up from the Right……and the NRA went on its massive fear program to turn anything substantive into a fear of total gun confiscation….the government is coming for your guns…..

Let me reiterate something I have been saying for years in response to the crap the NRA and its lackeys are selling….there is no one coming for your goddam guns!  Can you hear me now?

The NRA is selling you a load of crap!  They know and you know it!  And yet you allow these overpaid lobbyists for the firearm industry continue to make your mind up for you……..why?  One question I would like an answer to, please…..just what has happened in reality that leads you to believe the smoldering pile of crap fed you by the NRA?

Now the selling of crap comes from the media……in the beginning they were all over the control thinmg and now they are selling the toothless piece of crap known as ‘background’ checks….watch the news and then think back to the days following Sandy Hook……notice anything?

Back in the 90’s when there was a push for the elimination of assault weapons the NRA tried to oppose it by championing background checks and yet today it is taboo…..why is that?  Personally, I think that the check things is still an NRA issue and by opposing everything including the checks they will get the toothless law they originally wanted……background checks.  Every time you buy into this false argument you are illustrating just how mentally challenged you are…….

As far as the registration of your firearms goes……..something that the NRA and others (too numerous to mention) are still screaming about the government does not need a list of the guns and who owns them……are you fuckers high?

Ever heard about a PD ballistics match?  Where do you think that info comes from when asked?  Now, have you ever bought a gun from a retail outlet?  Ever heard of ATF form #4473?  In case you forgot….it is the form you fill out when purchasing a gun…..it has your name, address, type of gun, serial number and maker….and guess what…it is on file……got the….On File!

How many times must I go over this before it sinks in to the thick skulls?

One more time (for effect)……There is NO one coming for your goddamn guns!

Now we have a couple of senators that have a proposal on background checks and they are being portrayed as the saviors of a gun violence bill…..it is a proposal people…..that does not mean a damn thing, one way or another only that they will talk some more….and we know how that usually goes, huh?

Just in case you have not been watching……

(Newser) – The push for gun control is poised to take one tiny step forward today, as it appears the Senate has the votes to get a debate off the ground. The Hill expects today’s action to set off a weeks-long debate. But despite a bipartisan compromise on background checks, don’t expect smooth sailing:

  • The NRA came out with a statement last night saying it is “unequivocally opposed” to the Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act of 2013, and specifically called out the “misguided ‘compromise’ proposal drafted by Senators Joe Manchin, Pat Toomey, and Chuck Schumer,” reports the Huffington Post.
  • The public is “far ahead” of politicians on gun control, said VP Joe Biden in a Morning Joe appearance today, per Politico. “You saw it in immigration, marriage issues, you’re seeing it now. The public has moved to a different place.”
  • Case in point: 91% of military veterans support background checks, according to a survey by one liberal group, reports Politico. Vets also support banning high-capacity ammunition magazines (61%), and 58% favor banning assault-style weapons.
  • If debate does indeed get off the ground today, it’ll be just the third time “in a generation” that a meaty gun measure has hit the floor, reports the Los Angeles Times. It spoke with Senate officials who say gun rights advocates plan to take a similar tack as last time: Stretch out the debate on amendments, particularly ones that would broaden gun owners’ rights; hope Democrats running next year in conservative states back them; then hope so many of those amendments pass that gun control advocates sour on the bill.

There is more on the new feel of bi-partisanship……the MSM is doing all they can to promote this new found cooperation…..it is a con!

(Newser) – Washington elites are no doubt applauding Joe Manchin and Pat Toomey for attempting to forge a gun control deal. That such tense negotiations are necessary, even though most Americans and at least 51 senators support comprehensive background checks, “isn’t considered particularly distressing or embarrassing,” observes Alex Pareene at Salon. And if it is, the media has a ready villain: extremists, such as that dastardly Rand Paul. Moderate John McCain recently expressed bewilderment about Paul’s tactics, saying, “The purpose of the United States Senate is to debate and to vote.”

If that’s true “McCain has a bit of explaining to do,” Pareene argues, because he’s twice helped defeat filibuster reform. Contrary to popular belief, the Senate has always been polarized. What’s changed is the abuse of the silent filibuster, which has made “an already undemocratic body even more undemocratic.” If gun control fails, it won’t be because of Paul’s crew. It’ll be “because people like John McCain have worked quite hard to protect their rights to halt any legislation they please whenever they want for any reason.” Click for Pareene’s full column.

My grandfather had a saying that pretty much covers this whole debate…..’Common sense is like deodorant…..those that need it never use it”……..

We can stop pretending…..nothing of substance will ever be passed……just a pile of crap they sell to the voter.

It’s Madness!

The news gets sillier by the day.

Just when I thought it was safe to return to the news……BAM!  There are so many issues that would mean a better life for Americans and we are still playing the gun card……why?

It seems to get silly by the day…..let me reiterate…….There is NO one coming for your guns!  Not today…..not tomorrow……with that said there is still so much conserv crap going on that it is difficult to keep a sane eye on the developments…….I believe this is the second such “LAW” to be enacted……..

Newser) – As lawmakers in Connecticut unveiled tough new gun control measures, a small city in northern Georgia was speeding in the opposite direction. The Family Protection Ordinance that was approved unanimously by the city council in Nelson, population 1,300, makes gun ownership mandatory for all heads of household, the AP reports. The ordinance, however, makes exemptions for convicted felons, people with certain disabilities—and anybody who objects to gun ownership.

The councilman who sponsored the measure says he believes it will make the city safer, even with the exemptions. “I likened it to a security sign that people put up in their front yards. Some people have security systems, some people don’t, but they put those signs up,” he says. “I really felt like this ordinance was a security sign for our city. Basically it was a deterrent ordinance to tell potential criminals they might want to go on down the road a little bit.Newser) – As lawmakers in Connecticut unveiled tough new gun control measures, a small city in northern Georgia was speeding in the opposite direction. The Family Protection Ordinance that was approved unanimously by the city council in Nelson, population 1,300, makes gun ownership mandatory for all heads of household, the AP reports. The ordinance, however, makes exemptions for convicted felons, people with certain disabilities—and anybody who objects to gun ownership.

I heard an interview with a councilwoman who said…..”this does not mean that someone will come to the house and demand to see your gun and if you do not have one there would be a cost”  And then she said…..”ownership is purely optional”……….NO matter how many times one reads this……it is just silly.

I thought….why enact a law to mandate gun ownership if it was going to be optional?  And then I remembered………” According to the council’s agenda, the ordinance is also a move to block “any future attempt by the federal government to confiscate personal firearms.”

All so much bovine fecal matter………