Tag: vox hoplophobus

Easter Tomfoolery With Guns

September 26, 2018March 31, 2013

by Rick Olson

“I’ve had great success being a total idiot.” —Jerry Lewis

tom·fool·er·y (Noun) Foolish or silly behavior. Synonyms: foolery – silliness – foolishness – buffoonery.

Yesterday, four individuals stopped their vehicle along Interstate 93 North, near the 293/93 fork, parked, unloaded some guns and proceeded to engage in target practice along side the highway, along the area of 1793 Bodwell Road. As Police responded, they discovered the targets had been erected in such a manner that the direction of bullets fired was toward the interstate…where cars…with people were traveling North.

Buffalo Wild Wings Refuses Service to Police Officers…Because They were Armed

September 26, 2018March 28, 2013

by Rick Olson

Nonsense is so good only because common sense is so limited. —George Santayana

Welcome to the UK! no, just kidding…actually, one might have thought this joint was in the UK. This food chain would not serve armed Police Officers.

MANASSAS, VA — Eight police officers were refused service at Buffalo Wild Wings on Wednesday, apparently because they had their weapons displayed. As Reported in the Thin Blue line, Eight Prince William County Police officers on duty, but in plain clothes, walked into the Buffalo Wild Wings located near Wellington Road and Market Street, but were refused service by an employee who

Mark Kelly’s ‘Assault Weapon’ Purchase Rescinded By Dealer

September 26, 2018March 26, 2013

by Rick Olson

“A truth that’s told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.” — William Blake

So Easy to purchase an AR-15? Not for this Astronaut

Fox News Reported today that Diamondback Police Supply determined that it was in the company’s best interest to terminate this transaction prior to Kelly’s returning to the store to take possession of the rifle.

Fox News says, Store Owner Doug MacKinlay said in a facebook post, “While I support and respect Mark Kelly’s 2nd Amendment rights to purchase, possess, and use firearms in a safe and responsible manner, his recent statements to the media made it clear that his intent in purchasing the Sig Sauer M400

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Misnomers

September 26, 2018January 31, 2013

by Rick Olson

“Life is tough, but it’s tougher when you’re stupid.” —John Wayne

As·sault

/ê sôlt/ (Verb) To make a physical attack on. ex. “She assaulted that child!”

(Noun) A physical attack. ex. “His imprisonment for an assault on the film director”; A series of “sexual assaults”.

Weap·on

/´wepên/ (Noun) A thing designed or used for

New England College Will Not Defend Their Data in Assault Weapons Ban Poll

September 26, 2018January 27, 2013

by Rick Olson

“There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.” —Benjamin Disraeli

On Friday the Union Leader (John Distaso)reported that New England Colleges’ Dr. Ben Tafoya conducted a poll of 656 “registered voters” showing that 72 percent of Granite Staters support an assault weapons ban and 88 percent favored “universal background checks”.

According to the UL story, the poll conducted on January 21 and 22 asked two direct questions:

(Should) “assault weapons” should be banned; and “Do you support the idea of universal background checks for gun purchases?”

The Absurdity of ‘Gun Free Zones’

September 26, 2018January 24, 2013

by Rick Olson

“Mountains will go into labour, and a silly little mouse will be born.” —Horace

Just How Shrill Can You Be, Kathy Sullivan?

September 26, 2018January 24, 2013

by Rick Olson

“Never argue with a fool – people may not notice the difference.” —Mark Twain

Kathy Sullivan may have topped Tuesday in the Union Leader where she writes, “The NRA stirs up fears by not telling the truth.”

She starts off by calling the NRA’s response to the Newtown Massacre, “ridiculous,” despite the fact that prior to the tragedy upwards of 10,000 schools had armed Security.

They Don’t Want To Take Our Guns Away?

September 26, 2018January 14, 2013

by Rick Olson

“VOX HOPLOPHOBUS”

Journal News Gun Permit Map May Be Reaping Results

September 26, 2018January 14, 2013

by Rick Olson

“There is one other business where the customer is always wrong and that’s the media.” —Rush Limbaugh

In the wake of the Journal News Publishing names and addresses of Gun owners, providing an interactive map, White Plains Police Department report that one of those published gun owners had a break-in Saturday night while the homeowner was away.

Westchester Rockland Newsday reported yesterday that at least two burglars broke into a home on Davis Avenue at 9:30 p.m. Saturday but were unsuccessful in an

Of Hand Wringing Hoplophobes, and Hollow Points

September 26, 2018January 9, 2013

by Rick Olson

“Freedom isn’t for wimps.” —Neal Boortz

On Sunday, January 6, The Nashua Telegraph featured a, Letter to the Editor from Andrew Mazer of Hollis. Ordinarily, letters like Mazer’s are piss-poor subject matter for any edifying blog. But painfully, the nation is rife with Middle-aged sensitive new-aged progressive guys like Andy Mazer. We use to call them, “Whiners,” or, “Wimps.” Now they are called something else. Pick whatever “PC” label that doesn’t piss anyone off. Just don’t call them wimps because you will have to go to PC rehab.

Mazer takes issues with a statistic