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Penigma is my newest favorite.

New Trajectory is my newest Oregon friend.

Opinione is a great source of political commentary especially about the Military Industrial Complex.

Preaching to the Choir is where I go for all my legal advice.

It Dawned on Me is just good stuff.

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Colorado Police Shooting Justified

Absolutely.  This is the way it should be done. The guy was drunk and suicidal, firing a .45 all over the place.  A police marksman shot him in the ass, they disarmed him and took him away. Now, what's so hard about that? Here's the story in the Coloradoan.

Officer Carrie Wills fired one shot from a patrol rifle at James Scheu Jr., 49, who had fired numerous .45-caliber handgun rounds into the air and properties near his residence in the 3000 block of Longhorn Court. 

Scheu survived the shooting to his buttocks and was taken to Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland. He was discharged Jan. 30. No officers or other civilians were injured.

I wonder if this was Officer Carrie Wills' doing, or if the whole Fort Collins Police Department deserves congratulations. What do you think?

Please leave a comment.

Courtroom Shooting in Alabama

Here's the gist of it.  A guy on crutches with a broken hip is sentenced to jail and freaks out. The judge pulls a gun on him but that doesn't work. Next, thing ya know, a police officer shoots him twice.  Here's the story.

Now I realize a good bash in the head with a crutch can hurt, but was lethal force really necessary. (Can you call it lethal force if the guy accidentally lives?)

What's your opinion?  But before you start, ask yourself this. Why do I (the commenter) keep defending the police in shootings when I really have serious concerns about police brutality and government oppression of all kinds?  Could it be that, as a gun owner, I want to reserve the right to misuse my own gun if the opportunity ever arises, you know, killing goblins and all that good shit? Why else wouldn't I denounce this continual, daily police violence to the high heavens?

It's a mystery to me.  Please leave a comment.

All Gun Owners are Misogynists

David Letterman is a silly guy who uses silly jokes to amuse silly people.  This is one the gun owners just love, being misogynists and all. I found it on the Winston Dorian's blog.

You can read it over there if you want, but you already know what we're talking about.  Gun owners, some of whom are rabid racists, would never consider telling a "nigger joke," but they'll just yuck it up over these female put-downs.  Something's wrong with that.

What do you think?  Please leave a comment.

President Reagan's Birthday

image created by Mike Licht, NotionsCapital.com.

What was Reagan's chief legacy? "It was tax cuts for the rich and budget policies that tripled the Federal deficit as well as financial deregulation that paved the hellish road to our current economic situation."


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In Minnesota Guns are Bad News for Women

Dog Gone of the wonderful site Penigma, I presume having never seen my original post Guns and Women, in which I coined the now popular expression, guns are bad news for women, sent me this fascinating article.

TRYING TO LEAVE: In 2010, 67 percent of the homicides occurred after the victims had left or were attempting to leave their abuser.

PREVIOUS THREATS: At least 40 percent of the victims in 2010 had experienced prior abuse, and in at least three instances, the women had experienced threats to kill.

WEAPON OF CHOICE: In 2010, nine of 15 intimate-partner homicides were committed with firearms.

Of course this was all covered in The Famous 10% too.

What's your opinion? Please leave a comment.