When it comes to "immigration reform" this piece hits too close to home to actually be funny.

Posted by: Open Blogger at 03:46 PM | Comments (376)
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It's nothing but it's better than a four hour old thread. So there's that.

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We were negotiating an armistice.

Men bled in the cold of winter, their blood freezing on their wounds. And after winter, the sweltering heat of a Korean summer.

It's a truce now.. sixty years later.

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The Zimmerman Trial

This case should serve as a cautionary tale for concealed carry practitioners.

First, the media insists on referring to Martin as "unarmed", while glossing over the danger Zimmerman's own gun presented to him in a close-quarters confrontation like the one he was involved in. If you carry, the last thing you want to have happen is to become involved in a scuffle.

Second, it can be extremely painful to be a law-abiding citizen in today's media environment. Around 500 murders have happened in Chicago while the Zimmerman fiasco has been going on, yet there's no attendant media circus. And we all know why ... it's largely black-on-black crime, so the race hustlers can't get a foothold.

And of course the media hates concealed carry, stand-your-ground laws (which had nothing to do with this case) and other elements that were present here so much that they coined the term "white Hispanic" and turned Obama-voting Hispanic Zimmerman into a lily white, NRA-supporting GOPer for the purpose of the pushing their narrative. I've said from the beginning that if he were named Jorge Zapata, he'd have never been charged.

As a lily white, NRA-supporting GOPer, this has not gone unnoticed by me.

Andrew Branca, who's been tweeting and blogging the case at Legal Insurrection, is the author of a book called The Law of Self Defense. It's pretty pricey, but I plan on picking up a copy once they get their Kindle version released, because it's a hell of a lot cheaper than attorney's fees, etc., in the event that you find yourself in a situation similar to Zimmerman's. I'll review it in an upcoming gun thread. [Update: Kindle version released]

The Guns of John Moses Browning

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Tagging Gun Owners

There's an app for that, I guess.

A new Android app asks users to expose the home addresses of gun owners they deem “potentially unsafe” -- and share that information with the world.

Whatever. Knock yourselves out, lefties, but here's what you're really doing:

Gun Of The Week

(answer below)

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I sure thought the Zimmerman jury would bow to pressure from the mob. They didn't, and good on 'em.

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Ryan Davis passed away on the 4th, almost a week after he got married. He was half the reason why I liked Giant Bomb, he always seemed genuine with the mindset of "wait, we get paid to cover videogames?".

My list of gaming journalists that don't make me want to murder small children has now shrunk to 4. more...

Posted by: Gang of Gaming Morons! at 09:20 AM | Comments (78)
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Here we go.

They never asked a specific question to follow up on their earlier one.

Not Guilty.

That's a wrap.

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Good morning morons and moronettes and welcome to the the award-winning AoSHQ's Sunday Morning Book Thread.

Personal Recommendations

OK, so I picked up Sabrina Chase's new book last week, a collection of short stories entitled The Bureau of Substandards Annual Report. The BoS is a secret government administrative agency that deals with the occasional paranormal incursions, both sentient and not-so-sentient, into our space-time continuum. Think Men in Black, only without so much Tommy Lee Jones. And a lot more bureaucracy. The loosely-connected stories are humorous and whimsical and very entertaining.

Ms. Chase also e-mailed to inform me of another venue for indie/self-published authors to plug their books:

Thought the Horde might be interested (especially author Morons). PJ Media is starting up a "Book Plug Friday" post for indie writers, hosted by Sarah Hoyt and Charlie Martin. Authors are invited to send a short plug for their books (one plug per book).
http://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/2013/07/12/book-plug-friday/

It is still getting fully spun up, but the plan is to have book covers too as well as the text blurb, and maybe even a dedicated email address for submissions.

Thanks!

So there you are.

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Posted by: Open Blogger at 07:26 AM | Comments (156)
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Everyone is in FREAK OUT WHAT DOES IT MEAN MODE? because the Zimmerman jury sent a note to the judge saying, "“May we please have clarification on instructions regarding manslaughter?”

Everyone thinks that means Murder 2 is off the table.

Beyond that, everyone is talking out their ass.

The definition of justified homicide is part of the Manslaughter instruction (pdf).

Sounds like everyone agrees the reply will be something like, "Um, what the hell do you want to know?"

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While we're waiting for the result, let's see where the smartest people in the blogosphere stand ...

Of course this is, like the prosecution's theory of the case, completely non-scientific.

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