Froth Slosh B'Gosh

Horrific

Right-wing fascist nut job admirer of Trump kills 49 people in New Zealand because of religion.  Thanks Fox News!

The Tree of Liberty Must Be Refreshed From Time To Time With The Blood Of Children

Here we go again.

Y'all Queda On Ice

The hatriot takeover of bird sanctuary is OVER!  Got to hand it to the FBI, they really handled this well.  I was pissed early on when the authorities didn't move immediatly on the seditionists, but they played it brilliantly.  The "militia movement" was exposed for the bunch of dead-end idiot losers that they are, and all but one was taken into custody.  Sadly, Tarpman decided to reach for a weapon, and is no longer with us.  He did not choose well.

The cherry on top is the arrest of welfare rancher Cliven Bundy.  Given his age and the charges he's facing, he'll likely spend the rest of his idiot life in federal prison if convicted.

I was worried at the end that David Fry was going to choose suicide, but he finally saw the light and surrendered without incident.  That young man needs some serious mental health treatment, IMHO.  I'm sure when all is said and done, more indictments and more charges will follow.  Wouldn't be at all suprised if some RICO charges are laid down as well.

Today is a good day the rule of law.  The seditionists are safely locked away, hopefully for a very, very long time.

 

 

Three Years

I can't type anything better than what Tbogg typed, so go read it.

Many of those kids were the same age the Frothling is now.

Yahoos "Guarding" The Military

What could possibly go wrong?

Christopher A. Reed, 28, of Lancaster, was charged with discharging a firearm in the city limits, and was issued a summons to appear in Fairfield County Municipal Court on Tuesday, according to the police incident report.

Reed told police that he was holding his rifle outside the recruitment center when someone asked if he could take a look at it. Reed agreed, and while he was trying to clear the ammunition from the weapon, he accidentally fired one shot into the asphalt pavement.

Nevr mind failing Gun Safety 101 by discharging a weapon he was trying to clear (and its not the first time its happened to him either) but how is he supposed to "protect" the recruiting center after surrendering his weapon to someone who wanted to "see" it?

Woman Shoots Self In Head

Twenty-six year old Becca Campbell died from a gunshot wound to the head while exercising her Second Amendment rights.

The sources told CNN that the victim was involved in a car accident. Campbell's 33-year-old boyfriend, who was not identified, was driving the car and told investigators that Campbell began waving a gun around and joking that the couple were ready for Ferguson, the sources said.

The boyfriend said he rear-ended another car while ducking to avoid the gun, which then discharged and struck Campbell in the head, the sources said. The victim later died at a hospital.

The boyfriend told police that the couple purchased the gun because they feared unrest that may arise from a grand jury decision in the fatal shooting of unarmed black teen Michael Brown by a white police officer, the sources said.

Gotta wonder if this woman would still be alive if it weren't for the media frenzy.

Just Another Day In The US

Sadly, its becoming routine.  And I'm still trying to figure out how to tell the difference between a good guy with a gun, and a bad guy with a gun.

 

 

How's That Amendment Working Out For You?

First off, its terrible that a man lost his life to violence.

Secondly, the man was surrounded by firearms, and was unable to defend himself.

Being armed isn't a deterrent to violence when the bad guy gets the drop on you.

 

ANOTHER School Shooting

Here we go again.  This time in Denver.

I own guns.  I have no problem with responsible people owning guns.  Mine are unloaded in a locked closet and the ammunition is kept separately. But I have no clue, given recent court decisions on how to keep guns out of the hands of people who shouldn't have guns.

BTW, I really don't like the phrase "responsible gun owner," because its like "no true Scotsman."  A gun owner is deemed responsible until the moment he does something irresponsible.

Just Another Day In America

As of Sunday, we still don't know what caused Paul Anthony Ciancia to target TSA employees at LAX, but again we have the intersection of someone who may be suffering from mental illness and high powered weaponry.  I've seen reports that he had 100 rounds of .223 ammunition on him, and he could have killed far more people than he did. 

We're so desensetized to random violence that the only time it bubbles up to the national conciousness is when something like this happens.  There are, on average, about 27 gun deaths per day in this country, and that doesn't include suicides.

Frankly, given our laws, lobbying and political climate, I don't know what can be done.  There should be a way to keep these firearms out of the hands of the mentally ill while not infringing on well established citizen rights, but how long will this madness go on?