“In the future, your gun will talk to you — and it’ll be kind of an asshole.” – Rob Bricken in Talking guns, cars with wings and living A/Cs? Welcome to Ballistic [at io9.com]
“In the future, your gun will talk to you — and it’ll be kind of an asshole.” – Rob Bricken in Talking guns, cars with wings and living A/Cs? Welcome to Ballistic [at io9.com]
![By Larry Keane President Joe Biden traveled to New York City for a media event to try and show America he’s doing something about rampant crime. Instead, he blamed the Second Amendment and lawful gun owners, said nothing about holding criminals to account and repeated the same tired lies about the firearm industry he keeps at the ready – lies “fact-checked” as being false each time he’s previously recited them. It makes no difference to the president. He’s not even trying anymore. To President Biden and national gun control groups the problem is always the gun and the law-abiding members of the industry. It’s never the criminal. Blaming the ‘Resistance’ President Biden was joined by U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and Democratic New York City Mayor Eric Adams for a “Gun Violence Strategies Partnership” meeting to talk about how to solve the crime surge, particularly those involving firearms. Instead of real solutions, the focus devolved into blaming law-abiding gun owners and again pushing a gun control agenda. “Enough is enough,” President Biden said. “Because we know we can do things about this, but for the resistance, we’re getting from some sectors of the government and the Congress and the state legislatures, and the organizational structures out there.” That “resistance” the president spoke of is the American people. Over the past two years they’ve become fed up with police defunding policies and soft-on-crime prosecutors, like Manhattan’s Democratic District Attorney Alvin Bragg. They’ve invested in their own safety. The “resistance” is the 21 million lawful gun buyers in 2020, including more than 8.4 million first-time buyers, and the 18.5 million gun buyers in 2021, with more than 5.4 million first-timers. The ”resistance” has backstopped Congress from passing federal gun control that don’t address crime. It also stopped President Biden’s nominations of paid gun control lobbyist David Chipman to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and banking activist Saule Omarova as Comptroller of the Currency because not even all U.S. Senate Democrats could support them. They would have turned those agencies into bludgeons to hammer the firearm industry to achieve a special interest, gun control agenda. Favorite Falsehoods The president turned his aim from lawful gun owners towards the firearm industry and repeated a lie he’s rehearsed several times before. “Imagine had we had a liabil… [sic] they’re the only industry in America that is exempted from being able to be sued by the public. Only one,” the president protested. “Why the gun manufacturers?… It’s got to end. They’ve got to be held responsible for the things they do that are irresponsible.” He repeated the claim for emphasis. “And I find that outrageous.” This is flatly false. The president knows by now, or his speechwriters do and they don’t bother with the facts. CNN, Politicfact and Washington Post have all checked President Biden on his remark, including after he said it in the White House Rose Garden. CNN cleanly rebuked it. “This is false. Gun manufacturers are not entirely exempt from being sued, nor are they only industry with some liability protections.” Politifact rated it “false.” Washington Post wasn’t kinder, saying, “Biden is wrong to claim the gun industry is totally immune.” The firearm industry has liability protections under the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA), bipartisan legislation enacted under former President George W. Bush. The firearm industry cannot be held liable when unaffiliated third-parties, in this case criminals, misuse a legal, lawfully sold product. It’s fundamental tort law and is similar to an individual attempting to hold Ford and Budweiser responsible for drunk driving deaths. The law was passed in direct response to lawsuits filed against the industry by control groups and municipalities like the city of New York and the state of New York. These type of lawsuit continue to be filed, now even by foreign governments represented by the same gun control group, the Brady Center. Colonial-Era Error President Biden continued to ignore facts on the Second Amendment and its history. He even erred when speaking about the Revolution-era days and why the right to keep and bear arms was so sacrosanct. “When the amendment was passed, it didn’t say anybody could own a gun and any kind of gun and any kind of weapon,” President Biden remarked. “You couldn’t buy a cannon, and when – the – when this, uh, this amendment was passed.” It did, and does, say the right of the People “shall not be infringed.” Even The Washington Post was brutal in their assignment of “Four Pinocchio’s” to this statement. “Biden has already been fact-checked on this claim — and it’s been deemed false. We have no idea where he conjured up this notion about a ban on cannon ownership in the early days of the Republic, but he needs to stop making this claim.” In fact, the Constitution of early America – before the Bill of Rights, and Second Amendment, was even ratified – granted and encouraged “special waivers” to American merchants and sailors, “allowing private individuals to act as pirates on behalf of the United States against countries engaged in war with it.” Americans given waivers and who owned warships obviously also obtained cannons for use in battle. In fact, it is still perfectly legal to buy a cannon today. It is the presidents’ fundamental misunderstanding and blatant lying about the Second Amendment that informs his gun control agenda and misguided approach to solving the crime problem. Millions of law-abiding Americans took ownership of their Second Amendment rights to protect themselves, understanding the president won’t. Instead of mangling the meaning of the right and pushing for more gun control on law-abiding Americans, the president should keep it simple. Take on the criminals and punish them for breaking the law.](https://cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/download-26-218x150.jpeg "Mainstream Media Lies to Cover for Kamala")
If my guns talked to me, they’d probably be saying “Shoot us!!!!” “Why don’t you shoot us as much as you used to? 🙁 damn ammo shortage
My guns would be saying “Fire us”. Shooting them would be dangerous, all those ricochets 🙂
Let’s keep talking guns in the cartoons, couldn’t stand to be laughed at by my own gun if I missed.
Why not talking firearms? hell we have talking politicians.
The talking politicians are a lot more dangerous than any talking gun could be.
This …. is the pinnacle of “Smart Gun” evolution.
I’m reminded of Phil Foglio’s “Buck Godot” comic, in which a character (The Pistol Packin’ Polaris Packrat) has two talking laser pistols, “Smith”, and “Wesson”….
Oh great, Im kind of an @&&hole. Maybe we will cancel eachother out.
Likely too nerdy for most here, but in the old game “Baldur’s Gate II” there was a secret talking sword called Lilarcor that would chide you relentlessly in the voice of an obnoxious frat boyish voice if you weren’t killing or hacking at people with it.
. . . Let me tell you, after an hour of hearing that, I can say talking guns are a bad idea.
Borderlands 2 has talking guns. One of them nags you constantly about being a terrible person (when you reload, it screaches, “AT LEAST YOU AREN’T KILLING PEOPLE FOR A WHILE”). Another loves when you shoot (“RAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT”).
Funny, but definitely grate after awhile.
Yup, I remember those, they were pretty funny but most of them have crappy stats anyways so I just switched to something else before I got tired of listening to them.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stormbringer
Blue Oyster Cult
Black Blade
I’ve got this feeling my luck is none too good.
This sword here at my side don’t act the way it should.
Keeps calling me its master, I feel like its slave.
Hurling me faster and faster, to an early early grave.
etc. etc. ad nauseum
Talking guns? No way. If I want a steely little loudmouth to break my b@lls, I’ll get married.
Talking guns eh? Jeez, I hope not. Are any of my guns girls and will they talk? I really hope not.
NY rapper Nas already wrote a rap about a talking gun in 1996 called “I Gave You Power” where he aptly observed that the life of being an object that is used by everyone sucks.
http://rapgenius.com/Nas-i-gave-you-power-lyrics
Yeah, I bet if guns could talk, they’d be pretty damn grouchy. Or yeah, a-holes.
WHAT’S UP WITH THIS CHEAP AMMO?
STOP CLEANING ME AGAIN!
HOW COME YOU NEVER TAKE ME OUT ANYMORE?
GET YOUR HANDS OFF MY WOOD… GRIPS.
Mine would taunt me constantly.
“You call that a group?” “My grandma could shoot better than that, and I don’t even HAVE a grandma!” “Aim for the CENTER of the target, Hawkeye!” “William Tell you ain’t.” “How bout you sell me to someone who KNOWS WHAT THE HELL THEY’RE DOING?”
“Butch’s GUN is a very powerful, but clearly psychotic, living weapon — it can talk, make decisions, and move on its own. It’s addicted to a number of illicit substances, including Butch’s adrenalin. The Gun is full of bad ideas.”
Hmmmmm. I wonder what the author’s views are on guns In Real Life?
Having a S&W model 29 that could rattle off Dirty Harry
quips would make it all worth it.
It wouldnt be too bad, They could have different personalities.
Glock = Street smart ghetto person(talks in slang and things like that)
AK = Drunken russian stereotype motivating its user for the glory of Motherland
AR = wannabe operator/mall ninja
M1A and Garand = Drill sergeant
SMLE = stereotypical english accent and wording ( I.E :”Lets have at it old chap!”)
S&W = would make Dirty Harry quips,puns and speeches
Anything belt fed = Typical grunt who shouts: ” Get some! Get some!” while firing
Any expensive bolt action sniper rifle = cold English accent
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