Actor Jay Mohr Blames Boston Bombing On Gun Culture

Here's one for the "stupid actor" category.

Jay Mohr (Jay who?) actor/comedian of "Jerry Maguire" fame responded to the Boston Marathon tragedy on his Twitter feed with:

“What bothers me most about today is that we’re getting used 2 it. ENOUGH. 2nd amendment must go. Violence has 2 stop. Culture MUST change."

Uh, what does an IED have to do with the gun debate? A pressure cooker stuffed with bomb making material is not the same thing as a gun.  Yes, I agree this culture of violence must stop, but it has nothing to do with the Second Amendment.

Apparently, he received a lot of flak for his weet, and responded to the criticism with follow-up tweets:

“Newtown tragedy was gun violence. Where are u maniacs coming from. I’m just stating that its so sad we’re getting used to watching it on tv.”

Ya, Jay, Newton was gun violence, Boston was not. Dylan Quick stabbed a bunch of people at a Texas college with a knife. Point being that if someone is intent on harming others, there are many ways of doing that besides guns.

Not wanting to be blamed for politicizing, he wrote:

“No politics here at all." “Just sick of watching bloodshed on tv. It’s become reality tv and we’re becoming numb. Amazed at pro gun responses”

Yeah, it's politics.  Had it been another gun massacre, maybe he'd have a point, but it wasn't.  This has nothing to do with the Second Amendment, and all to do with the evil that exists in this world.

Source: Daily Caller

Georgia Town To Require Families To Own Guns

A small town in Georgia, with just one police officer to its name, is set to force all heads of households to own a gun. The Family Protection Act will require families to "maintain a firearm, together with ammunition." Of course there will be exceptions: people who object on religious grounds and convicted felons.  This should be a 2nd Amendment and gun advocate's dream, but being forced to own one turns the issue into 'big government', as resident Lamar Kellett put it, after officials said they would not enforce it:

"Why have an ordinance if you're not going to enforce it? What's the point? This is big government at its worst. Government mandating what a free individual can and will have in his home."

Lamar has no problems with gun ownership, just being told he has to own one.

Since the town is situated in two counties and the one police officer only works his 8 hour day, the other 16 hours leave the town vulnerable. Per Councilman Duane Cronic:

"When he's not here we rely on county sheriffs--however it takes a while for them to get here."

Kennesaw, Georgia has had that law on the books since 1982, though it has not been enforced. According to Kennesaw police, around half the town owns guns. A gun ownership law was also passed in Virgin, Utah in 2000, again not enforced, although 95% of the population there were gun owners prior to the law passing.

It would be interesting to note what the crime statistics are in those towns, and how it will effect Nelson, Georgia.

H/T: Newser

Bloggers Retaliate- Post Addresses of Staff Of Paper That Published Gun Owners Map

The latest issue to polarize this country is the right to bear arms. Gun control has always been a bone of contention for the American people, but more so since the recent spate of mass murders left movie-goers in Aurora and 20 young ones in Sandy Hook dead. Yes, it's an issue that has many people angered, on both sides, but what New York's The Journal News did by publishing an interactive map along with the names AND addresses of gun owners in Westchester and Rockland counties was unconscionable.  The newspaper has effectively made every single resident in both counties a target for criminals: they now know which houses they can steal from to add to their arsenal of weapons, and the ones which will make easy targets with no guns for protection.

But back to the Journal News: piss off enough people and someone is going to retaliate, which is what a former Connecticut attorney and blogger Christopher Fountain did. Fountain published on his blog the names, addresses and phone numbers of all 50 employees of The Journal news including the publisher  Janet Hasson, including a Google Maps shot of her house:

I don’t know whether the Journal’s publisher Janet Hasson is a permit holder herself, but here’s how to find her to ask..

Another blogger, Robert Cox, published an interactive Google Map of his own pinpointing where some of the employees live, along with some email addresses and other personal information.

Whether you believe two wrongs don't make a right, as one commenter on Fountain's blog pointed out, this is what happens when you push the envelope too far to further your agenda. The News Journal should never have published those names and addresses. Now all these people, including the News Journal staff, will be potential targets for all the criminals and crazies in the world.

Rapper Ice-T Defends Right To Bear Arms- "The Last Form Of Defense Against Tyranny"

You might think rapper/actor Ice-T (Law and Order: SVU) was a Republican, but is he?  Probably not, but his defense of gun ownership might make you think twice. In an interview with British Channel 4 News anchor Krishnan Guru-Murthy, he defended the right to bear arms- which is not a very liberal stance.

 He was there to discuss a documentary he produced about rapping when the Aurora Batman massacre news emerged. Guru-Murthy decided to ask Ice-T why he is such a defender of gun rights, and this is a loose transcript of that conversation.

Ice-T: Well, I'd give up my gun when everybody else does. Doesn't that make sense? Doesn't that make sense. If there were guns here, would you want to be the only person without one?

Krishnan Guru-Murthy: So do you carry guns routinely at home? I mean, you have a gun at home?

Ice-T: Yeah, it's legal in the United States. It's part of our Constitution. You know, the right to bear arms is because that's the last form of defense against tyranny. Not to hunt. It's to protect yourself from the police.

Anchor: And do you see any link between that and these sorts of incidents?

Ice-T: No. Nah. Not really. You know what I'm saying, if somebody wants to kill people, you know, they don't need a gun to do it.

Anchor: It makes it easier though, doesn't it?

Ice-T: Not really. You can strap explosives on your body, they do that all the time.

Anchor: So when there's the inevitable backlash of the anti-gun lobby as a result of this incident, as there always is?

Ice-T: Well, that's not going to change anything.

Anchor: it's not going to change anything.

Ice-T: Nah. The United States is based on guns, you know. Like [inaudible] says, you''ll never have justice on stolen land. So, it's not gonna change.