The Daily Caller is reporting that Dianne Feinstein’s D.C. home caught fire late Monday afternoon, closing down the street for part of the day as the fire department worked to contain the flames. The fire was extinguished without any injuries, but it was unclear whether there was much damage to the $6.3 million 1930s-era Washington D.C. home. There was no comment from Feinstein’s staff about the incident, but needless to say there’s a pool running right now over whether she blames the fire on gun rights supporters or opponents of her pro-NSA wiretapping policies. Because we all know that personal responsibility isn’t exactly in her wheelhouse.
Too bad spontaneous combustion isn’t on the list!
Pretty good bet the fire didn’t start in the bedroom.
Libturd. F your change.
I haven’t left the house all day!
I thought the libturds believed the pen was mightier than the sword?
Her net worth in 2003 was about $26 million, making her the 5th wealthiest senator at the time. By 2005 her net worth was estimated around $99 million. Senators must make a lot of money (either that or she’s doing a ton of moonlighting using her BA in History somewhere)! Who knows what she’s worth now, but I’m sure she could just buy another multi-million dollar house.
More to the point: 1) how much time does she spend in California, and 2) isn’t it obvious just how immensely she is removed from the realities of the ordinary existences of her constituents in her home state?
We need to ban assault matches.
Gee whiz, Senator: Did Hansel and Gretel trick you into the oven again?
I always figured a house would fall on her. Perhaps her and other Marxists in government are trying to convert assets into insurance claims because they know what they’re doing to the nation’s economy and the future of private property ownership under the Central Committee.
She blames the gun.
I’ll admit that it galled me when me they played Taps at the funeral. I’ve not served in the military, so I thought maybe my reaction might have been an overreaction. It seems as though that those who have served are also put off by the whole thing.
Surprised there’s honor amongst molesters and those who’d make a 2 year old in a wheel chair crawl across the floor.
Thank you all for sharing these stories. They touched this ole Airman, Sailor, Soldier (yep, I was in all 3) deeply.
I realize a lot of you guys aren’t into conspiracy theories, but they are swirling around this airport shooting. It is always hard to verify some of the claims put forward, but there are some very strange images circulating that call into question whether this event even occurred.
Specifically there is a helicopter video of what appears to be TSA agents pushing a “man” in a cart or swivel chair with the leg dragging at an impossible angle, making it appear to be a dummy. Then there is an alleged photo of the shooter after being taken out, which also appears to not be a real person.
There are also photos of a TSA agent laughing and joking with no blood on him, then suddenly he seems to have been shoot in the thigh, the implication from the sequence of the photos being that his injuries were indeed staged. Later in the series, he appears to be cheering, with blood all over him.
All of this stuff seemed to come from raw coverage. The only thing I really questioned was the photo of the shooter, everything else was of journalistic quality and clearly from the media. The photo of the shooter shows him covered in blood with an AR on the floor, but his arm looks “flattened” (like there is nothing in his sleeve) under his body. It is all very strange.
I wonder if they saved her ammo stash?
Excerpt:
“Incidentally, this apparently was another example of a “law-abiding” citizen going berserk with his firearm — further punching holes in the gun worshipers’ argument that all gun control does is harass law-abiding citizens.
Problem is, too many citizens are law-abiding until they aren’t anymore. And at that point, they shouldn’t be slinking around with a high-capacity, semiautomatic. Like Ciancia was.”
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And there you have it…
Based on that logic the next step is to impose the death penalty on everyone because they have the potential of murdering. Problem solved.
I do not like the TSA, feel they’re a wasted effort. But they’re not scooping people off the streets and strip searching them for entertainment. If you encounter the TSA it’s because you volunteered to stand in their lines and submit to their rules. Not only volunteered, but paid for the fun by purchasing an airline ticket.
If you hate the TSA and what it stands for, then don’t trravel by air.
Did Watts actually watch the video? the protesters were polite, and at 3:07ish the female officer said she agreed with what they were doing. I think she was just trying to do her job as she was trained to do it. Whether she knew she was “exceeding her authority” or not, a police officer is trained to push the boundaries. Hey you can always ask, and in the end when they refused politely she backed down. And said she agreed with the protest.
Oooh! I love this particular argument!
Why have laws if the criminals are going do criminal things? We already have laws that make those things criminal or you wouldn’t be identifying them as criminal activities. The debate is why are you suggesting we add *more* laws on top of something that is already illegal? Which additional law is going to be the one the criminals comply with?
I am sure glad we have someone who can straw man talk for us “gun lobby” people.
Well he is right about one thing, killings can be reduced. One of the best ways to accomplish that goal is to stop hindering the good guys with laws that don’t affect the bad guys.
The only way to reduce gun deaths is to ban all guns. Background checks, and magazine capacity reduction will do absolutely nothing. Just train a little more on reloads.
I recognize that banning all guns will reduce “gun deaths”, but it won’t stop murder in most cases, crime will also go up, home invasions will increase dramatically, especially in the suburbs and border cities. The people will also lose all hope of fighting against a tyrannical government in the future(100, 200 300 years from now).
Yesterday, North Korea brought in thousands of people against their will to watch executions throughout their country. The people’s crimes???? Watching bootlegged south korean movies and owning bibles. The north koreans fight freedom right at the source, by crushing any means of hope, any outside influence of even thinking about freedom, equality, and uprising.
Will America, ever go that far??? No, we have way to many checks and balances in our government to prevent that. What our government will do to control it’s people is over regulate. Make seemingly normal things seem bad and turn people into criminals for small crimes, not being able to pay fines etc….. They can still scare people by making laws that have people walking on eggshells. They can make it so intimidating to own a gun, that people won’t want to. They’ll be too afraid of screwing something up, missing their paperwork, not paying a fee etc… Not to mention tax the crap out of ammo and firearms that only the wealthy can afford them. That’s how they’ll do it, that’s how they’ll get rid of firearms in america.
Reichstag fire??
Nothing like Due Process…………
$6.3 million 1930s-era Washington D.C. home.
Nice to see her afford such a crib as a representative of her area. Sure helps to have hubby make so much money on the sweetheart deals she funnels to him.
Nancy has her beat, making millions on Visa stock after she helped them get regs passed they benefited from.
Man those are some sloppy looking troops. Bags or rags. Plenty of fatties. Is the tall guy a scout looking in the distance or is he trying to mimic a salute? Pathetic looking. Sloppy troops – sloppy work.
Wasnt prohibition the child of a bunch of know-nothing “moms” trying to parent the nation?
This woman has clearly been brainwashed my Lifetime movies.
I wonder if she had fire extinguishers…or believes that only Firemen should have Assault Fire Extinguishers.
I can’t say I’m upset by this news. She’s scum and it’s nice to see bad things happen to bad people…
Apparently, Metcalf thinks his firing is somehow tied to 1st Amendment infringements. Let’s highlight how much he actually doesn’t know about the Amendments in the same month, shall we? The Bill of Rights talk about how GOVERNMENT is restrained, not private business. Free speech is free, but it can have consequences. He didn’t understand what “well-regulated” meant (good working order) and then went on to write an article that it meant regulation (or codification). Then, he makes a response and puts it out in the open, apparently not understanding the 1A. Are we seriously supposed to even entertain an apology from this guy when he so obviously “doesn’t get it”?
http://www.theoutdoorwire.com/features/228229
His personal feelings on getting canned:
“How do I feel about that? Disappointed. If a respected editor can be forced to resign and a controversial writer’s voice be shut down by a one-sided social-media and internet outcry, virtually overnight, simply because they dared to open a discussion or ask questions about a politically sensitive issue . . . then I fear for the future of our industry, and for our Cause. Do not 2nd Amendment adherents also believe in Freedom of Speech? Do Americans now fear open and honest discussion of different opinions about important Constitutional issues? Do voices from cyberspace now control how and why business decisions are made?”
Sure we believe in Freedom of Speech. But, no one prevented you from speaking and summarily looking like a 2A noob when talking about “regulation” and “well-regulated” as if they were synonymous. What do I fear? Ignorant or misinformed voting public. You, Mr. Metcalf, have contributed to that ignorant and misinformed voting public. You are as much the enemy, as the enemy itself. Instead of trying to rationalize or justify his position, he should have taken the responsibility and quietly slipped away, perhaps to come out of hiding after serving the appropriate penance, down the road. But no, he wants to make excuses or provide “reasons” for his ignorance. I’d like to think that we are a people of personal accountability and responsibility.
I once gotten shot by a hunters’ child who was randomly shooting things with his .22LR rifle while I was out in the bush hiking and exploring places. It was half my fault for going off the trail (I did locate an awesome little pond though.)
Thankfully it ended in a couple of stitches and broken flesh, however I was very quick to educate both the father and the child about knowing what, exactly, you are shooting at before you shoot.. and to know exactly where it is legal to shoot, because where they were it was quite improper. I wasn’t too angry though because this, ultimately, was my fault for being the curious creature I am and wandering off the path.
Sure. Several times.
Seriously sprained an ankle whilst packing a mountain goat down the side of a mountain. That was a whole lot of “not fun.”
Got cut up and bruised while falling down the sides of mountains into rockpiles while chukar hunting.
Hypothermia from getting soaked in blizzards.
Drunkenness.
How does she afford a 6 million dollar home on a Senators pay?
Secondly, I thought she was the Senator from California, not D.C. Does it bother Californians that she does not even reside in their own state?
Florida still has a state preemption law. So if the county board passes the ordinance the they’re braking state law.
Does anyone want to take one for the team and donate? Then you can request financials from the charity; they are legally bound to provide them to donors.
Then we’d really see what’s going on. They have a nice McMansion… if you’re into that sort of thing.
I think the banning of pro-2A comments is deliberate strategy. Part of the “Gun Control” line is that gun owners and 2A advocates are dangerous, scary people; thus, no polite, reasoned, normal people are allowed to comment in favor of guns and the 2nd Amendment because it would ruin their carefully set up “othering” of gun owners & advocates.
Nothing to contribute here other than to say that John is my favorite media person. Dan Mitchell is equally right-minded, but he doesn’t get anywhere near the press John gets.