https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHjhA5t47i8
The Obama administration is taking some serious incoming fire. There’s the administration’s failure to anticipate, respond to or admit its shortcomings regarding the September 11th terrorist attack on our embassy in Benghazi, Libya; the IRS’ jihad against conservative-minded groups, and now the Justice Department’s trawling of some 100 Associated Press journalists’ phone records. I guess the crony capitalism kerfuffle surrounding loans to the “clean energy” epic fail known as Solyndra and the heinous gun running under Operation Fast and Furious weren’t enough to capture the mainstream’s media’s attention. But now that the AP’s in the crosshairs, it’s bro’s before ho’s. Obama’s Nixonian scandals have suddenly knocked gun control off the map. So is that it for the Big O and civilian disarmament? Or will the next atrocity push all those scandals to one side and restart the federal “debate” over guns?
This makes my Star PD 45 look so Cutting Edge”, and don’t even get me started on my Charter Arms Bulldog 44!
BTW how long after the S&W M-29 and the Ruger Redhawk did Colt come out w/a 44mag?
Nope, and it never will be.
Would that it were so.
Personally, I think it’s never going to go away until we start seeing:
o more statesmen, less politicians;
o the return to a culture of personal responsibility; and
o a general improvement to public education.
In other words, it’ll take at least a generation, likely more. But there is hope.
The Sword of Damocles hangs yet over us .Because the mass media remains our enemy,we are but one mass shooting away from a sequel to the fun times of December 2012.As Ella Fitzgerald once crooned,its all just a little bit of history repeating.
I find it a troubling prospect that if justice is done and Obama is impeached,Biden will be in charge of the Executive branch.That may arguably be a greater threat to the future of this nation then Obamas continued presence in the Oval Office.
Voted for him twice, although I don’t have a lot of love, he’s definitely NOT liberal enough.
The Benghazi thing is a joke. Last time I checked 4 people died on foreign soil. Bush allowed 3,000 people to die on OUR soil. Then invaded a foreign country for no reason and got another 4,000 service people killed. And cost about 10 trillion when it’s over. For nothing. Doesn’t even compare. Notice Bush doesn’t leave the country, EVER???? Wonder why???
My IQ went down 4 points reading that.
Are you not aware that Bush is no longer President of the United States?
I’m surprised he hasn’t been blaming Regan or Teddy Roosevelt.
Wilson, Johnson, Carter were BAD. Roosevelts and Lincoln were flawed but great ( NOT among the 5 worst ever….you silly rabbit).
Keep fluking that chicken. Your boyking is an utter failure and a criminal. How proud you Oturds must be.
Its all Bush’s fault. Standard fallback position.
That or they accuse you of being a FoxNews fanboy. Lol
Wow. So much stupid, so well condensed. The argument is not the Bush was a good president, it is about the scandals and mismanagement of the current administration.
Bush fucked up. The Republicans (and Democrats, to be fair) did a shitty job of keeping him honest and fulfilling their oversight role. That is a completely separate issue to Benghazi.
The one issue where the Obama administration gets fawning, bootlicking praise from the media is on gun control.
As more and more scandals pop up (and there’s a couple waiting in the wings down to the EPA, who would like to be as feared as the IRS), the Obama administration knows that if they double down on gun control, they can “regain the narrative” (or whatever idiotic phrasing they’re using this week) of the news cycle.
This. He’s got to beat whatever drum he thinks will draw attention away from his abuses of power and dereliction of duty. However, the effect of these pushes will wane.
Obama MUST disarm America if he hopes to destroy this nation, and he does dearly desire that destruction
No idea what will happen. The mass media and government are the last groups to recognize that the American people want to move past the gun debate and focus on the numerous problems in America. The obsession with pushing their gun agenda (and other issues most people can’t relate to) by the mass media and government are a contributing reason why many Americans are turning to other news sources (blogs and micro media) and away from believing in the American government and the modern political system.
I’m sure these scandals aren’t anything another Mass Shooting or Terrorist Bombing can’t fix!
“So is that it for the Big O and civilian disarmament?”
Robert, I’d like to introduce you to this thing in American politics known as a “liberal progressive”.
Obama probably has the next shooting already planned…
I have never seen so much crying over this. Damn people, grow up. There are other options and stop your whining.
$650 is reasonable compared to the Mustang’s two offshoots now on the market, the Sig Sauer P238 and new Kimber CDP Micro Mustang clone. These pistols aren’t really in the same class as the Ruger, S&W Bodyguard, or Kel-Tec polymer pocket pistols in the same caliber and with the deliberately ‘old-school’ single-action mechanism and 1911 style controls I don’t think may customers actually cross-shop these two groups either, at least I really didn’t when I purchased the Sig P238. The all-metal construction was a primary selling point for me and I think that similar thoughts may leave the Mustang XSP, and its odd mixture of ‘old-school’ ergonomics/manual safety and decidedly ‘new-school’ polymer construction without much of the mini-.380 market.
Please note that what I said above is not a knock against the Ruger in the least, it is a capable pistol, just my own thoughts since I personally found it easier to adapt to the ‘miniature 1911’ style, especially considering situations when I would be carrying my Government Model with the P238 as backup and wanted similar controls between the two to assist muscle memory. However, I found out the expensive way that all of these pocket pistols are not really suitable as primary defense/carry guns – this is not due to the .380 cartridge (having made leaps and bounds in effectiveness especially in the comparatively heavy 102gr Remington GS load) but rather the short sight radius, recoil control, and mediocre triggers that all pistols in this class share. My P238 spent time at the Sig Sauer custom shop and benefited from a few Cylinder and Slide parts with only moderate trigger improvement, and I realized I had spent $1250 building a backup gun. It remains true that any gun is better than no gun, but if you must carry only one the P238 – and by extension all the Mustang variants – strays a little to far towards ‘comfortable’ rather than ‘comforting’ for me.
My Kahr P380 was about the same price. Worth every penny. My theory is: save up and buy the best stuff. I don’t know if this one is the best stuff but if it is I wouldn’t let the price stop me.
Personally, I think (and it’s not original) Benghazi was a gun/weapons running operation with some very unsavory players the intended recipients. I believe this is why we are getting a waterfall of scandals too outrageous to ignore, thus diluting the attention paid to the Embassy coverup and keeping the House frantic just to keep up. A tell tale sign was Di F’n Fi deflecting the 32 reference to Hillary in an initial hearing. The bitch was secretary of state, who the hell should be mentioned? This fineseien is an enemy of sovereignty, liberty, and freedom. The misery Californian experiences is well deserved because they keep this witch and others like Waters and Boxer in power. Sorry, I’m sure there’s some nice folks caught up there, but that’s how I feel.
I think so too. The information that’s coming out of this now just reeks of company intervention. The irony is, Obama’s getting the most flak over it, but I think he was really just the SOB on duty for this one. I think that Hillary, Dave, and Eric were the real paid-off guilty parties here.
Gun control is probably his best hope to get back in the good graces of the MSM…
As it turns out, this works both ways. On top of hammering the stories about the IRS harassment of conservative advocacy groups and the AP subpoena, they’ve also posted an eight-page story about how the Feds have been giving wind farms a pass on killing protected bird species. I think the Obama administration is about to find out you don’t p*ss in the media’s cornflakes.
I cringe whenever he uses that bogus 90% statistic. why has nobody publicly called him out on that?
Gun control is about as dead as Obamacare was several times.
They’re going to keep pushing, no matter what it costs them. Furthermore, these scandals are great for exposing why government bureaucracies are untrustworthy, and reflect poorly on the administration, but they don’t directly implicate the office of the Presidency. He can still advocate – especially once the AP gets over its huff. All Obama has to do is send a bouquet of flowers and tell the Associated Press that they are each still his Special Girl and they’ll tearfully tell him they never doubted it in the first place.
Is there anyway to ducktape sapi plates to it? I work a high risk security job at a mall an I need extra protection at a reasonable price.
Classic reference, Gecko 45.
Well, I’d certainly like to think they are going to be perhaps, pre-occupied? However, you can bank on the fact the gun grabbers will be back out in force immediately following the next tragedy. It’s important for us to never relent. We should be able to take our rights for granted, but with this administration it would appear that nothing is sacred.
I have a Telor Tactical ankle holster and it is very comfortable. Instead of neoprene or leather Telor uses materials that allow air flow, so my leg is not as sweaty as with the other ones I’ve tried. I got mine on http://www.telortactical.com
I hate to sound racist but poor black people in New Orleans are just on their own. 20 dead white kids from rich liberal families make much better headlines. Sorry if this sounds crass or bigoted, but I am calling it the way I see it.
Hey Randy, we do have real teeth. “Firearms are the Americans liberty teeth….” G. Washington.
They’re silent for the same reason the rest of the media has let this story disappear, there’s nothing that can be politically leveraged here – a black, ‘known’, criminal gangbanger shoots up a mostly black crowd in a poor section of a rather poor city. No one cares. Change it to rich, white suburban kid shoots up 4th of July parade in upper middle class-ville and now we’ve got a story with legs.
Illustrating Chicago’s Murders, Homicides, Violence and Idiocy at heyjackass.com
W.H. don’t give the media hungry “cereal” killers any ideas, they are already coocoo for coco puffs!
“MAIG Silent” sounds like paradise on Earth.
Give the vultures time to circle. That sad lot will use this as a selling point for background checks. Something along the lines of how criminally inclined people will be denied yadda yadda…
http://www.wdsu.com/news/local-news/new-orleans/manhunt-for-mothers-day-shooting-suspect-underway/-/9853400/20138696/-/ge242s/-/index.html
The man sought in connection with the Mother’s Day shooting that injured 19 people during a second line in the Seventh Ward is believed to be involved in a gang and gang activity, New Orleans Police Department Superintendent Ronal Serpas said at a news conference Tuesday.
I will not use it or buy from anybody that does use it.
If this insane parent wasn’t stopped, he could have taught his children how to mold assault pop-tarts.
Going to a “park” and playing with a rubber pellet gun is pretty dumb, and I wouldn’t do it, but how is that endangering the welfare of a child? And possession of an illegal BB gun? Honestly, NY is full of p*ssies. I think the Michigan militia could conquer the state…
The dad should have been more aware of the current political
environment and did something stupid. That said, those do
gooder moms seem very proactive with the neighbor-hood
watch thing and, to paraphrase, they wouldn’t take things lying
down. Let’s band together and get them to move to Brownsville
or Clinton Hill and get them to work their busybody magic.
I think gun control is definitely on the back burner… but even AFTER President Obama leaves office, you know it’s going to be one of those issues that is just one mass shooting away from coming back up.
Especially if reports are correct that Bloomberg still has presidential aspirations. UGH.
All of them is good, practice more in shooting range, i prefer shooting .45 because of its stopping power.
More practice is better and shoot like Todd Jarrett.
thanks
I own firearms, adult airguns, and a very realistic looking airsoft Thompson submachine gun. I live in town, so I only shoot the airsoft in the privacy of my backyard. Anytime I transport any of my guns, I place them in a case. I don’t want to alarm anybody. Obviously, after this fool started shooting, it became apparent it was a toy. That doesn’t excuse his recklessness or his lack of concern for others. He makes the rest of us look bad. We don’t need anymore bad p.r.
I knew this would happen. Leftists only care when white kids are shot. Black on black crime is an accepted part of life to the average leftist. It’s the bigotry of low expectations.
I’m going to enjoy watching that smug bastard fall further into lame duckery. His whole 2nd term went up in smoke in the short span of five months. It will only get worst for Obama after Republicans gain seats in the Senate in 2014. The IRS scandal combined with Obamacare taking affect in 2014 might give Republicans a majority in the Senate. The idea of Democrats taking back the House is laughable. Even the left-leaning Nate Silver and his 538 blog gives the Democrats little hope for a victory in 2014.
For that much I can get a Glock 26 with more capacity, a more powerful round and still have enough cash left over to buy a …box…of 9mm. Assuming it can be found.
The real winner in this marketplace will be a reliable, concealable handgun that shoots otherwise-orphan calibers that are still available. Like .45 Long Colt, .41 Magnum, 10mm Auto and the 4.6x30mm that for some reason was present in ludicrous quantities at my local Academy a few weeks ago. Seriously, 19 boxes of a caliber that no weapon sold to civilians uses sitting on the shelf at Academy while they limit you to a single BOX of 50 .22LR at a time…when they have it. I think the ammo company just threw those in for S&Gs, hard to believe anyone at Academy would have just snapped those up.
This is why I’ll go with a “real” Bushmaster rifle and buy from Windham Weaponry.
“I work closely with the owner and operator of a local small business. Our business is completely unrelated to the firearms community. However, both myself and my employer are avid sportsmen, hunters, and law abiding citizens. We legally carry personal firearms concealed at all times in order to protect ourselves, our families, our customers, and other civilians. Armed citizens, either police officers or not, carry weapons on a day to day basis to protect you. We put our lives on the line every day to keep you and your loved ones safe. And we will continue to do just that. But your decision to restrict the flow of money related to firearms makes our job, the defense of other unarmed civilians, more difficult.
Ironically, your barring of firearms or ammunition related sales is the perfect representation of why gun control measures do not work to keep us any safer. You as a company have absolutely no control whatsoever on what your product is used for. You are not present at point of sale, and the only people who will be affected by your blanket ban on the processing of these sales are people who follow the rules anyway. Customers who don’t care about your terms of service will continue to use their square product to buy and sell firearms and ammunition. Exactly the same way that criminals who could care less about our laws will continue to harm citizens with weapons, regardless of what gun control measures are passed. Because criminals DO NOT CARE about the law.
The only persons affected by your blanket ban are the good guys, the civilian sheepdogs, that are out among you willing to do what you are unwilling to do: use force in the name of justice to protect you and your loved ones. Your motivations for this are more than likely the ties your CEO has to a potential run for the mayor of New York, or your upcoming IPO than any actual moral stance on the issue of responsible civilian gun ownership.
Although we process few transactions through your system, my business will no longer, in any way, shape, or form, use or accept your product for any financial service, ever again. We will speak to our customers, and inform them of your attack on our rights as American citizens. We will speak to our friends and families, and persuade them away from your product. Our business and thousands of others like us may only be individually a few dollars to you, but together, we will boycott your product, and we will affect your bottom line.
I would close with a plea for you to reconsider, but in today’s political climate, it wouldn’t matter: regardless of your choices, we will never choose square again.
Jacob —–”
just sent to square.
Eh. Check out Dorsey’s Wikipedia page, and the answer why is obvious: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/87/Twitter_Town_Hall-Dorsey_Obama.png
The guy has a very punchable face.
I had a friend in High School whose Mother didn’t let him possess, play, look at, etc. toy guns or real guns. After we graduated in June, 1966, Bennie went out and joined the Marine Corps. Did ground combat in VietNam. Came back and did the full tour with the Kansas City, Missouri, police department and retired.
So much for keeping toy guns away from your kid.
KR and chuck, some people are just Wheel men. Revolvers are easier to use (especially for beginners) and will go bang when you pull the trigger. If you pull the trigger on a dummy round, you just pull the trigger again for the next.
I have a Kahr P40, Kel-tec 3AT and PF9, among other guns, so I know of the advantages you mention regarding the semiauto.
Maybe the best thing to do is carry both a semi and a revolver.
But which would be the primary, and which would be the backup?
What I don’t get is why is a crappy 3d printed gun an issue in the States when there are so many places you can just go buy a reliable pistol with the important parts machined from steel?
If your state has restrictive laws, it not to far to travel.
Irresponsible Toy Gun Owner of The Day?
So when he says he’s going to spend HIS money, he means NYC’s money… good to know.
Looks like the IRS did the same thing when Bush was in office: http://www.salon.com/2013/05/14/when_the_irs_targeted_liberals/singleton/
Liberals are just people that haven’t been mugged yet.