Ladd's new strategy

For the last two days, Ladd Everitt, as well as about half a dozen fellow travelers have been spamming the hell out of the Starbucks facebook page.  Unsurprisingly, each of their posts draws resonses form 20-30 different individuals, as well as even more people simply dropping by to encourage the coffee giant to stick to selling coffee and not trampling peoples basic rights.  Ladd has been getting more and more strident, and occasionally when someone in reply says something mean he grabs a screencap and either posts it on the CSGV FB page or he tweets it.

He just posted his cell number.  On the Starbucks FB page.

He is begging for someone to call him and say something mean or threatening, or that could be twisted to sound mean or threatening.

I've been wondering why the CSGV bigwig would be punching down for such a long time, and this is the only thing that makes sense.  Given their propensity for taking anyone trolling to be an activist (check their note on Abby Spangler-sumdood named "steamingpoopfart" left a nasty comment to Abby and he's now a gun rights activist.)

I have no doubt that in the event that no one obliges him, he'll have an intern call and say mean things.

UPDATE:  Right on cue...

Keep this in mind

HR822, the national concealed carry reciprocity bill has passed the house and will possibly get a senate vote this year.  If this happens you can count on all manner of lies, obfuscation and general pants shitting hysteria.

It's almost assured that a hit piece written by Michael Luo for the NYT will be cited incessantly.  It goes without saying the "article" is fraught with falsehoods, but fear not.

Sean Sorrentino, working with NC state legislator Grass Roots North Carolina president Paul Valone, has managed to paint Luo into a corner and effectively refute Luo's piece. (Thanks Sean)

Remember this post when this comes up for debate.

Tweaking Their Noses

Earlier I referenced the notion of using the anti-rights social media to tweak their noses by going to articles they link and mentioning in the comments how the article was found.  It's possible that this is juvenile and ineffective, but it is my opinion that the way to keep moving public opinion in our direction is to juxtapose the truth with their lies.  By linking back to their social media sites, at worst it will have no effect.  At best, it will force them to adjust what they are doing.  Somewhere in  middle, it will hopefully cause Ladd Everitt a bit of heartburn-assuming that is he even bothers himself with a fourth stringer "insurrectionist" from the practice squad such as myself.

To that end here are a few more:  Head over and follow suit if you're so inclined.

PEG linked this one:  http://www.azcentral.com/members/Blog/EJMontini/154519

CSGV linked this one:  http://www.aurorasentinel.com/opinion/op_perrycols/article_95454434-47a0-11e1-8cbe-0019bb2963f4.html?success=9  (I see Sean Sorrentino has already been there as well.)

A thought on Reasoned Discourse

We all know that groups like CSGV and the Brady Campaign (but I repeat myself) will stifle any dissent in any forum over which they have editorial control.  How does one get the truth to sit in juxtaposition to their lies when they simply scrub anything they object to?  One way is to follow their Facebook pages, which will link to various news articles that allow comments while not letting them have editorial control.

Just make sure that when you go to the linked news story to leave a comment that you mention how you found the article.  We can make everything they link to a painful, public reminder of their journey to history's ashheap.  If it gets bad enough, they may stop linking to stories altogether, or perhaps only linking to stories that allow for no comment.  Either way, it's a win.

I've done two here and here.

Women and Guns

Just a few quick thoughts:

1)  There is nothing inherently masculine or unfeminine about shooting.  Please encourage the women in your life to try shooting.  They may find an activity that they enjoy and that could prove very useful.  To that end, there is a new annual event that I wholeheartedly support and endorse.  It's national Take Your Daughter to the Range Day.  Deets here.  If I had a daughter that this was appropriate for, I'd surely be taking here.  The blogger linked to is a fairly new female shooter and has some excellent thoughts on firearms, defense and being a female shooter.

2)  The best gun for a woman is the one she likes to shoot.  Unless she's planing on carting about inside of, or operating with her lady bits, her plumbing is perfectly irrelevant.  Women have sufficient strength, intelligence and mechanical aptitude to operate and maintain any modern duty pistol or revolver.  Breda (sadly no longer blogging but has an excellent archive) has gone to great lengths over this.

3)  Manufacturers-talk to the ladies to find out what they want.  Don't just slap a pink grip on something, call it "Lady Blastomatic" and feel like you've successfully reached out.  Miguel has some thoughts here.

Starbucks Buycott

Sebastian over at "Shall Not be Questioned" has deets on a buycott prompted by the latest rehashed gun ban org calling for a boycott because Sbux refuses to deny carriers of firearms a cup of coffee.  Anyone wanting to stand up to these bullies is encouraged to buy a coffee or three on Valentine's Day this year.

Barron suggests tipping w/ a $2 bill with a note attached explaining why-I concur.