Gun 2010 The Film

Safe to say this won't be a romantic comedy. 50 Cent filmed the movie with Val Kilmer last year and had this to say about the film, "It's one of my biggest accomplishments, obviously. I wrote, produced it and I'm actually acting in the project. So this is exciting for me."

I watched it last night and enjoyed it immensely. The entire story revolves around the gun dealer's desire to "step up to the next level." What was that?  Well, that's when he would meet and begin distributing guns directly for a big-time gun manufacturer played by John Larroquette.

This goes even further than the Josh Horwitz (and my) belief that gun manufacturers plan their sales strategies around the fact that a certain percentage of their product will end up in the criminal world.  In this film the gun makers actually participate actively in that process.

Since art follows life, I believe it's true.  What about you?  What do you think?

Please leave a comment.

Wayne's World - Crazy as Ever

Looking into his crystal ball, he had this the say:

Should President Barack Obama secure a second term as president it will “break the back of the Second Amendment” and excise the right to bear arms from the Constitution, the NRA’s Wayne LaPierre tells Newsmax.TV.

Forgetting about the Patriot Act and the indefinite detention of American citizens and the secret wiretaps, he had this to say:

“I spent 30 years looking around corners spotting threat and not being spun and the fact the NRA has done that is why we still have our freedoms the way we do today. They could have all been lost like England, Canada and Australia.”

and this jingoistic nonsense:

--That gun ownership was at an all-time high “because Americans love their freedom. It’s one of the great benefits of American freedom, that law abiding people in this country can protect themselves. It’s one of the strengths of our country.”

--That “the Second Amendment is a metaphor for freedom. You’re not free if you can’t protect yourself.”

What do you think about Wayne? Is he still crazy after all these years, or what?

Please leave a comment.

Guns on Campus to Prevent Rape

via Packing Pretty



My comment over there:

She's a brave young woman and a wonderful spokesperson for you cause.  She is however mistaken. Although she did admit she asks herself the big question, what would have been different had she been armed, and that it keeps her up at night, the entire video was based on the presumption which she stated clearly at the end, that having a gun would have saved her.

That's wrong. In that kind of attack, it's very unlikely that a gun would help. But by preparing for that very unlikely event by carrying day in and day out, the chances that the gun will be misused someday are far greater.  Sometimes the misuse of a gun is as devastating as what happened to her.

The gun is not the answer to this. Parking in a better location, better campus security both video and personal, longer sentences for violent offenders, etc., these are the answers.

What's your opinion? Are the pro-gun women mistaken to think they're safer carrying a gun?  Isn't this the same mentality that drives the concealed carry movement in general?

Some of our commenters are fond of pointing out that the violent criminals are the problem not the guns. But now they say the violent criminals are not the problem it's the lack of a gun.  Is there some double-talk going on here?

What do you think?  Please leave a comment.

More on Medical Marijuana and Gun Ownership

This came in by e-mail. What do you think he's saying and what's your response to it?

I refuse to join blog sites as I know it will consume more of my time, yet as I am doing research, I have stumbled across your blog and feel the intrinsic need to voice my opinion.

You have voiced your opinion on drug laws prohibiting gun usage and thus your view that a medical marijuana user should not be permitted to own or use a firearm.

If this is incorrect, please forgive my misperception.

The Gun Control Act bans "unlawful users" of controlled substances from possessing a firearm, and marijuana is a schedule I substance which does not grant lawful use as there is no federally accepted medical benefit. Well, unless you are using marijuana through a FDA study, which has not occurred in my research in about 20 or more years, or if you are one of the FOUR-ish remaining federal marijuana patients. Sadly, I digress, but my point is simple.

COCAINE AND OPIUM are Schedule II drugs which is defined as having a medically accepted purpose. This means that lawfully, an individual may be a medically prescribed cocaine or opium user and still maintain full gun ownership protection, while state licensed medical marijuana users do not.

Protecting the security of society must always be the focal point of liberty restricting legislation, but be sure that you understand the full reaching grasp of this legislation before you educate readers.

Bumpersticker Gun Nut Words of Stupidity and Violent Gun Culture Philosophy

The Gun Nuts expect us to trust them when they tell us how much they believe in not using deadly force if it can be avoided ---- except they appear to be almost drooling with eagerness when they comment on a situation where they could use their fetish object.  It rings hollow.  Here's why.

I saw a few of these bumper stickers today on  actual vehicles in my neighborhood.
Just to give you a few examples of how widespread the sentiment is.

There are more.  Many many many more versions.

So, WHY is it do you think that WE are less than persuaded when YOUtry to assure us how serious you are about not using lethal force if you can avoid it.

You can avoid it easily.  Don't use your gun INSTEAD of a cell phone or an alarm system or pepper spray or a stun gun or surveillance equipment or any of the many other possibilities INSTEAD of gun violence.

And don't exalt that gun culture of violence by advocating or yourself using one of these, or anything like it. It is as much your lack of condemnation as it is your glorying in this kind of violence which makes your assurances so very unconvincing.  Gun culture: long on guns, short on culture.

The Definitive Answer to the 2.5 Million DGU Nonsense

The Propaganda Professor put it all together.

All told, these facts shoot a big gaping hole in one of the gun culture’s prime tenets: that guns are used in self-defense more often they are used to commit crimes – some even claim ten times as often or more! In the Phoenix sample, however, the score was 78 to 3 in favor of the Offense. Granted, these were actual shootings and most defenders don’t open fire – but neither do most offenders. While there are only a few hundred confirmed DGUs per year, there are at least 400,000 gun crimes per year.

The rest of the article is wonderful. He even gave us a mention.

At least one blogger out there is making an effort to chronicle the destructive use of firearms, both intentional and accidental – there are thousands of accidental gun deaths and injuries every year, but I’ve yet to hear of a gun accidentally preventing a death or injury. He seems to be waging a war of anecdotes with the gunsters, but it’s not much of a war. Despite their persistent claims of vastly superior firepower, he’s been blowing their asses out of the water.

How do you like that? Please leave a comment.

Captain Beefheart Festival 2011-2012 - The 2nd Night of the Living Van Vliet

Thanks to Microdot for the title of the Festival.



Well I was born in the desert came on up from New Orleans
Came up on a tornado sunlight in the sky
I went around all day with the moon sticking in my eye

Hey hey hey all you young girls wherever you're at
I got a brand new Cadillac I got a Ferrari too
Sure 'nuff baby sure 'nuff 'n yes I do

Got the time to teach ya' now, bet you'll learn some too
Got the time to teach ya' now, bet you'll learn some too
Sure 'nuff baby sure 'nuff 'n yes I do

Hey hey hey all you young girls whatever you do
Hey hey hey all you young girls whatever you do
Well come on by and see me I'll make it worth it to you

.....with me and I'll ..with me and you
Sleep with me and I'll sleep with me and you
Stick with me and I'll stick with me and you