Liberty is an inherently offensive lifestyle. Living in a free society guarantees that each one of us will see our most cherished principles and beliefs questioned and in some cases mocked. That psychic discomfort is the price we pay for basic civic peace. It's worth it. It's a pragmatic principle. Defend everyone else's rights, because if you don't there is no one to defend yours. -- MaxedOutMama

I don't just want gun rights... I want individual liberty, a culture of self-reliance....I want the whole bloody thing. -- Kim du Toit

The most glaring example of the cognitive dissonance on the left is the concept that human beings are inherently good, yet at the same time cannot be trusted with any kind of weapon, unless the magic fairy dust of government authority gets sprinkled upon them.-- Moshe Ben-David

The cult of the left believes that it is engaged in a great apocalyptic battle with corporations and industrialists for the ownership of the unthinking masses. Its acolytes see themselves as the individuals who have been "liberated" to think for themselves. They make choices. You however are just a member of the unthinking masses. You are not really a person, but only respond to the agendas of your corporate overlords. If you eat too much, it's because corporations make you eat. If you kill, it's because corporations encourage you to buy guns. You are not an individual. You are a social problem. -- Sultan Knish

All politics in this country now is just dress rehearsal for civil war. -- Billy Beck

Friday, August 18, 2006

And, Since I'm Linking Rather Than Writing...


David Hardy has exposed yet another Joyce Foundation sock-puppet, "The Legal Community Against Guns Violence."

As David says, "And, as might be expected, a search of Legal Comm. Against Violence's own website reveals... not one mention of who are their officers, directors, or how many members they have. In fact, no names at all."

Take a look at where Joyce Foundation money goes.

But I bet "The Legal Community Against Violence" produces opinions and op-eds using citations from sources such as the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research, and Professor Saul Cornell among others, holding them up as paragons of impartiality.

See also the Geek with a .45's discussion of the Joyce Foundation's spreading tenticles.

Edited to add:

A little digging and here's some things I found:

The Board President for LCAV is Owen J. Clements - Chief of Special Litigation for the San Francisco City Attorney's Office! Doubtless he was one of the proponents of San Francisco's ill-advised handgun ban.

The Executive Director is Robyn Thomas, whose previous position was director of the Tikkun Community in Berzerkely, so it's probably safe to say that she is a raging socialist, at least. The previous Executive Director, Sue Ann Schiff, resigned in June - after San Francisco's gun ban was overturned. Apparently Mrs. Schiff is also Jewish (I assume Ms. Thomas is, since Tikkun is a Jewish organization formed to oppose Israel's policies with regard to Palestine.) I have a hard time understanding members of the Jewish faith who don't grasp the concept of "never again." What Mrs. Schiff, Ms. Thomas, and Mr. Clements all advocate is, essentially, surrender. Surrender to criminals, surrender to terrorists.

I do not grok.

Say Uncle has more, and a link to a "report" by the organization. As Uncle says, the Legal Community Against Violence, like the Violence Policy Center, is "apparently only against guns and not the violence."

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