Update and Bumped: NBC News via Instapundit:

…But law enforcement officials told NBC News they believed he arrived packing only the shotgun, which he bought last week from a gun dealer in Lorton, Va., about 20 miles from Washington.

Hmm, reported by Instapundit, this seems to have been scrubbed from the report: The officials also said Alexis obtained the assault rifle used in the shooting from a gun safe on the naval base. There’s where he may have also obtained a handgun, according to authorities.  That would mean more crimes attributable to Alexis – and no background check required or used.

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We do not know why evil people do bad things to innocents.  We do not know what lurks in their hearts or in their twisted souls that allows them to harm others for what seems to be random or unknown reasons.  Our hearts and prayers go out to the families affected by this evil man’s decision to put himself and his emotions / reasons before that of the peoples’ lives he took and those he hurt.  Nothing will or can bring them back – may God comfort you in only ways that He can.

Sad to say, the usual suspects already are up in arms (pun intended) about another shooting incident.  US Senator Diane Feinstein (CA-gungrabber), never one to consider that EVIL is the source of this and not a hunk of metal and plastic, said today:

“This is one more event to add to the litany of massacres that occur when a deranged person or grievance killer is able to obtain multiple weapons — including a military-style assault rifle — and kill many people in a short amount of time. When will enough be enough?” asked Feinstein. “Congress must stop shirking its responsibility and resume a thoughtful debate on gun violence in this country. We must do more to stop this endless loss of life.”

The California Democrat is one of the Senate’s leading advocates for further gun control measures at the federal level, including an assault weapons ban.

That is true, but not strictly true;

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Democrats claim that the state can and will protect you.  That you do not need to protect yourself.  It is a legislative priority of theirs, disarming you.  What does that tell us about Democrats?

Every time the Progressives, Democrats, Liberals, remark, mock, or complain about the private and lawful ownership of any tool to defend your own person or property, they announce to the world that you cannot be trusted to protect yourself.   They find you incompetent, unworthy of your own defense against anyone who would do you harm.  They even write laws to punish you for daring to defend yourself or your property; to dissuade you from considering it.

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How dumb are progressives?  They are so dumb that they will promote the Democrat parties lie about how they are keeping the government out of your bedroom while writing and forcing through legislation that will require doctors to inventory your sex life as part of ObamaCare.

‘Are you sexually active? If so, with one partner, multiple partners or same-sex partners?”

Be ready to answer those questions and more the next time you go to the doctor, whether it’s the dermatologist or the cardiologist and no matter if the questions are unrelated to why you’re seeking medical help. And you can thank the Obama health law.

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Rather than mere head count, officials say they are scrutinizing what capacity physicians have to accept new patients… “Does the doctor have room for one more patient or 40 patients? It’s about available seats,” Lee said. “We want to make sure every network has enough doctors.”

Translation: if The State believes that certain doctors are “slacking off” (betcha they accuse them of wanting to make the Government look bad, or be unpatriotic, or wanting to hurt other patients, or some such nonsense), I bet that the docs are gonna get a visit (“Er, nice practice youse got here – pity if something were to happen to it”).

What if the doctor doesn’t WANT to take more patients – that they happy with their income the way it is and wish to not work harder but rather enjoy life?  Or will this be the Progressive way: we must take from others (in this case, the doctors’ time) to give to others – the epitome of Tyranny?  And what would future docs think of this?  I was waiting for this to happen – I knew that just legislating that 50 million more people by government fiat was going to be a disaster.  What we are seeing here in NH with Anthem’s “narrow network” was just the first BIG disclosure that the Federal Nationalization of Healthcare (aka, Obamacare) was going to be in trouble.  While here in NH, those that believe that Citizens should be able to choose their docs have been trying to slow this down, CA has gone whole hog in getting Obamacare implemented (emphasis mine, reformatted)…

…and running into the EXACT same problem – Kiss your Doc goodby because they may not be in that “skinny network’!

Sidenote: Glad to see that NH CongressCritter Annie Kuster is just dandy with this notion, dontcha know!

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“And Huot just spit on him in an insipid attack on the credibility of a true Patriot.”

A gentle Patriot passed away a few days ago – Laconia’s Honorable Bob Kingsbury:

Ret. Lt. Col. Robert P. Kingsbury, 87, died September 7, 2013 at Maple Leaf Health Care Center following a brief illness.  He was born in Decatur, IL. on May 5, 1926, the son of Paul C. and Irene Rose (Garon) Kingsbury.

He was a graduate of Cleveland East Technical High School in 1944 and earned his BS degree from the University of Maryland in 1950. He proudly served active duty in the U.S. Army from 1944-1946 and 1951-1953 and then active Reserves from 1953-1979, retiring from the military in 1979 as a Lieutenant Colonel. During his military career, he was awarded the Purple Heart and Presidents 100 for his legendary marksmanship. Prior to his civilian retirement, he worked in manufacturing sales for BF Goodrich and Ethyl Corporation. He was a long-time resident of Laconia after moving to NH in 1975. Family members include 4 daughters and 3 grandsons.

From 2010 to 2012, he served as a State Representative from Belknap County…

Of course, as Grokster Steve already pointed out, “The New Democrat Party’s version of Civility” came out in Full Monty (in the worse possible meaning of the phrase).  But like a bad infomercial (“WAIT!  There’s MORE!), local Democrats decided to pile on even in death as their politics knows no boundaries (even to the afterlife – even though most polls show their belief levels are, well, not much).  To wit (the witless and apparently the heartless) retired Judge and NH State Rep David Huot  decided to enter Stage Left with an outrageous Letter to the Editor upon Bob’s death:

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An audacious band of citizen militias battling a brutal drug cartel in the hills of central Mexico is becoming increasingly well-armed and coordinated in an attempt to end years of violence, extortion and humiliation.

What began as a few scattered self-defense groups has spread in recent months to dozens of towns across Michoacan, a volatile state gripped by the cultlike Knights Templar, a drug gang known for taxing locals on everything from cows to tortillas and executing those who do not comply.

Gun laws are FAR stricter in Mexico than they are here in the US – many calibers are restricted to the military or law enforcement (.380, .22, 9mm  are permitted with some other exceptions, so are shotguns > 25″), Federal Government highly restricts the sale and purchase of private arms, legal open carry is illegal except by Government permission, private sales are prohibited, and guns are sold in government regulated shops only.  While there is the idea of gun ownership in the Mexican Constitution, it is not like that of the US one.

The army deployed to the area in May, but the soldiers are mostly manning checkpoints. Instead, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto is facing the awkward fact that a group of scrappy locals appears to be chasing the gangsters away, something that federal security forces have not managed in a decade.

The Mexican drugs cartels have been around for a long time – mostly due to the demand here in the States and the money drug users can spend for it.  During all that time, 10s of thousands of Mexicans have died in this drug war – and their Government has been all but powerless to protect its citizens from its ravages.  Ordinary citizens, law enforcement, journalists, military, elected officials – all types of folks have been gunned down or made to “disappear” for being threats to the cartels’ profits or turf.  The State has been powerless to protect its citizens even if Piers Morgan, Diane Feinstein, and now FORMER Colorado State Senator Angela Giron have argued otherwise (and Colorado voters decided to disarm her legislatively).

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