My RedState post on gun control and magical thinking is up.
Sorry: could have sworn that I had put these up already. Anyway: here. Short version: the Democrats have only themselves to thank for Americans deciding that maybe assault weapons aren’t so bad, after...
View ArticleHouse Democrats concede 2016 election!
Mind you, they did so in code: “Following a string of recent mass shootings, Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I.) is looking to renew the assault weapons ban that was originally signed by former President...
View ArticleIt’s almost a shame that this Democratic national gun buyback scheme is DOA.
Charles W Cooke has worked out how useful such things (in this particular case, a 125% reimbursement of market value) are with admirable speed: “Were I so minded, I’d just use the money on the debit...
View ArticleTweet of the Day, The Gun Control Executive Order Nothingburger edition.
This describes today’s gun control ‘announcement’ pretty well, I think: Long story short: Obama's plan to close the alleged gun show loophole isn't to close it. It's just to tell people it's kinda...
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Annnnd here’s my RedState post on the NYDN’s hidden code message.
Found here. Short version? Well, look. I’m telling you: there’s a hostage situation going on over there.
View ArticleDon’t forget! CNN’s and Barack Obama’s ersatz town hall on guns is on tonight!
I mention this not because I plan to watch it, because I won’t; nor because I expect any of you plan to watch it, because I doubt that many of you will. I mention it because maybe some day somebody...
View ArticleTweet of the Day, And We Thought That The Age Of Miracles Had Passed edition.
You know who’s looking at this Tweet, and grinning? This could be the end for the Webb campaign. https://t.co/AZvXnFDE7b pic.twitter.com/92bLNXkeur — James Taranto (@jamestaranto) January 8, 2016 A...
View ArticleDid ANYBODY actually watch that town hall thing?
Even the NRA apparently checked out, much to the President’s barely-throttled fury: “The National Rifle Association sees no reason to participate in a public relations spectacle orchestrated by the...
View ArticleUPDATE: No, NOBODY watched that CNN/Obama town hall on guns. (With an apology!)
It didn’t even win its time slot (note: there is an ever-so-slightly esoteric debate as to whether that statement is true). Total viewership was 2.4 million, which is great news for CNN and no-so-great...
View ArticleQuote of the Day, I Don’t Think Black Gun Owners Should Give Them Up, Either...
The bolded part is simply good, self-evident sense: African-Americans are disproportionately affected by gun violence, and many black leaders are among the most vocal advocates of gun control. But...
View ArticleTweet of the Day, Even Chelsea Clinton Can’t Quite Believe That Hillary Will...
Can’t say I blame her. Chelsea Clinton calls Bernie 'President Sanders' in awkward slip | WATCH: https://t.co/MxCon342ne pic.twitter.com/AVLeOxQV9X — The Hill (@thehill) February 5, 2016 Also, buried...
View ArticleTweet of the Day, Dear Lord But I Somehow Knew This About Hillary Clinton...
To wit: she has never cracked the cover of the Constitution, apparently. um, ok. Clinton (2:19 mark): “There’s also a Constitutional right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”...
View ArticleBloomberg spends $2.2 million of antigun money to do ABSOLUTELY NOTHING in...
Reuters doesn’t exactly elide that: but neither does it really push too much the minor detail that the two seats that Mike Bloomberg poured his money into replaced a retiring Democrat and Republican...
View ArticleChuck Schumer wants to charge up the gun-control hill again.
Via @RobertBluey: I swear to God, they never learn. One of the Senate’s top Democrats has promised to renew a push to pass sweeping gun control legislation in 2016. At an event sponsored by the Brady...
View ArticleMy RedState piece on a proposed gun-control government shutdown is up.
Found here. Short version: somebody suggested that the Democrats shut down the government over gun control. …No, it wasn’t one of our deep-cover agents, either.
View ArticleShocker*: Senate uninterested in limiting self-defense in response to...
Seriously, Democrats? Seriously? “Several gun control measures failed in the Senate Thursday afternoon, just one day after a mass shooting in California left 14 people dead and more than 20 injured.”...
View ArticleTweet of the Day, This Is A Truth edition.
Bless their hearts: Two things happen whenever Democrats talk about gun control: more people buy guns, fewer elected Democrats have jobs https://t.co/m5t6EzjgRK — Sean Davis (@seanmdav) December 4,...
View ArticleTweet of the Day, ‘Radical Islamist Terrorism’ Is Perfectly Explicable,...
But apparently, not to the New York Times. Worth noting this, from the first NYT editorial on San Bernardino. https://t.co/nxOWRODAbf pic.twitter.com/loBJfD5UHB — James Taranto (@jamestaranto) December...
View ArticleMartin O’Malley confirms that he won’t be the VICE Presidential candidate,...
This is classic O’Malley. To wit: the pontification of a man so desperate to be seen as relevant that he is willing to douse himself in flammable stupid, then strike a match. In response to NYT...
View ArticleIn which I reproduce a Tweet for posterity.
A sufficient number people reacted to this Tweet that I thought that I might as well repeat it here: Today, @ewerickson discovered how to trigger in the Left the same emotional reaction that normal...
View ArticleYeah, I’m gonna be live-tweeting the speech, apparently.
I don’t really know why; oh, wait, I do. I fully expect President Barack Obama to tell the world tonight that he’s actually a king, and that the Constitution is a mere scrap of parchment. Well. He’ll...
View ArticleMy fortunately not-prescient RedState post on tonight’s speech is up.
Found here. Short version: …eh, Barack Obama wimped out and didn’t promise any Executive Orders overturning the 2nd Amendment. Guess that means we won’t have to arrest a chunk of the federal government...
View ArticleNever trust the ACLU. NEVER trust the ACLU. NEVER TRUST THE ACLU.
I mean, geez, this is too raw even for Buzzfeed: “The American Civil Liberties Union is taking no position on legislation that would bar people from buying guns if they are on the federal government’s...
View ArticleMy RedState post on Dan Malloy’s gun-hating executive order is up.
Found here. Short version: Democratic governor Dan Malloy apparently wants to have the next Connecticut gubernatorial election be competitive. …Um, thanks?
View ArticleDemocrats demand the return of subsidized liberal propaganda programs.
Gee, it doesn’t sound quite so reasonable when I put it that way, huh? House Democrats are adding a controversial new demand to the government funding talks: ending a 19-year old ban on gun violence...
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