Thursday, August 06, 2015

Cornyn’s NRA-Backed Mental Health Bill Needs to Address Key Questions


It would help if we knew what protections equivalent to those provided in a jury trial that will provide. Specifically, will decisions rely on those who may have biases of their own, as can currently be the case, with ATF’s “clarifying the term ‘adjudicated as a mental defective’ to mean a determination by a court, board, commission or other lawful authority,” and with some states applying even broader “standards”? [More]
Since when does throwing a scrap of flesh to a pack of circling jackals encourage them to do anything but close in for more? To expect otherwise is just crazy.

Speaking of Mad Men and GUNS...


My "Rights Watch" column, "Mad Men," notes how professional illusion creators spread anti-gun madness. The October 2015 (yeah, really) issue of GUNS Magazine is now on sale at newsstands everywhere except, probably, Madison Avenue.

We're the Only Ones Learning from the Best Enough

I see a Lee Paige Scholarship in this young padawan's future... [More]

[Via Harvey]

We're the Only Ones Showering You with Attention Enough

Arizona cop illegally enters home, arrests naked woman: ‘I was in the shower! What is wrong with you? [More]
There are eight million stories in the Naked City. This has been one of them.

Think of the Possibilities!

Yeah, let's mandate RF-activated "smart guns"! [More]

With Friends Like These, Part Two

Everybody who's supportive or surprised, raise your right hoof. [More]

With Friends Like These

Kurt spotlights the latest NSSF preemptive surrender. [More]