VA Dems: You're Treading on Dangerous Ground

Gun confiscation plans might sound great in your NoVA bourgie enclaves, but you're sharing a state with both the Appalachian and the Southern sub-cultures, neither of which is going to take kindly to any unconstitutional attempt to seize people's private property.

Also? You don't know how the VANG works - at all. Nor do you know who's actually serving in the VANG (or in law enforcement, for that matter). Like I said a couple months ago when it was Beto threatening to take our guns:

"Your soldiers won't obey. Most of those folks - thanks to their professional knowledge of firearms and general contact with our fallen reality - tend to be passionate about gun rights. They also tend to be patriotic as hell. They're not going to accept orders that flagrantly violate the Constitution; they took an oath, in fact, not to do such a thing."

But thanks to your threats, you wannabe despots, this right here is the current mood of all liberty-loving Virginians (click the jump for the memery):

Come and Get 'Em, You Cowards

Bill's sentiment in this video is my current mood.

I own one handgun -- and I was okay with that. Was, that is, until professional idiot Beto O'Rourke threatened to take away everyone's AR-15's. Now I'm seriously considering asking for an AR-15 for Christmas just to spite anyone stupid enough to call that silly Barbie gun a "weapon of war."

Also? Your confiscation schemes aren't going to work. Your soldiers won't obey. Most of those folks - thanks to their professional knowledge of firearms and general contact with our fallen reality - tend to be passionate about gun rights. They also tend to be patriotic as hell. They're not going to accept orders that flagrantly violate the Constitution; they took an oath, in fact, not to do such a thing.

And civilian gun owners? We'll resist too. We'll be peaceful at first. The stats on unfortunate boating accidents will increase. But if you do send the troops, we'll shoot back -- not because we're inherently violent, but because we set great store by taking responsibility for our own self-defense.

We're not selfish assholes who'll sacrifice kids' lives just to keep our toys. Actually, the exact opposite is the case. We want to keep our "toys" to safeguard the people closest to us. We see a world in which violence is ineradicable and the authorities are often out of reach. And for your information? This world happens to be the real one. Sorry, cupcakes, but history has taught us that no one - no one - can depend solely on the state for his own protection. Logistically, even the most competent, most well-intentioned government officials can't react quickly enough in many life-threatening situations -- which leaves it to the rest of us to pick up the slack.

And here's how I see it personally as a disabled 40-year-old woman: If I have a gun, a dude who's looking a bit rapey will have to approach me through a hail of bullets. If you take my gun away? The rape will be completed before the cops get there. Excuse my language, but fuck that. I don't want to be left helpless and vulnerable; I want to have control over my own fate. Any true feminist should consider that desire perfectly reasonable and right.

Bottom line at the end: The only way you aspiring tyrants are getting our guns is if you pry them from our cold, dead hands. But sure, give it a try. Demonstrate to your fellow American citizens - and to the world - what despicable creatures you really are.

Picture Perfect Privilege

This week, a certain popular artist in the fandom - and I won't name names - tweeted a snooty series of remarks stating that he'd be willing to give up his guns because "I care about lives more than my hobby" and "I have a cell phone for my self defense." Like many of my friends, I was deeply insulted by said statements. But after my blood stopped boiling, I realized suddenly what this gentleman had accidentally revealed: He is amazingly privileged.

Yes, I do believe privilege is real. Mind you, I think SJW leftists get it all wrong when they talk about "white privilege" as if that applies equally to both poor whites in Appalachia and rich whites in corporate boardrooms. Privilege, as I've noted before, is multidimensional and dependent on context, and there are absolutely situations in our society today in which, for example, a black woman can enjoy privileges that a white man cannot.

That being said, our wayward artist is a picture perfect illustration of what privilege is. He apparently lives in an area of the world that is so unbelievably safe that he's never had to contemplate using his guns for self defense. Evidently, he also lives in an area of the world in which he doesn't have to depend on his guns to put food on the table or defend his livestock from wild animals. He also seems 100% confident that, should he be victimized by a criminal, he can call 911 and wait on the police to arrive without suffering serious injury -- perhaps because he is male and able-bodied.

I, sir, do not live in that world.

In college, I was walking back from the mall one day when this guy approached me on the sidewalk and started groping me. This was before my rheumatoid arthritis became severe, but all the same: I was 5'2", maybe 95 pounds soaking wet, and unarmed. What might've happened if the man hadn't stopped when I told him to back off and had instead attempted to rape me? Could I have held him off until the cops arrived? Are you fucking kidding me?

Nowadays, my chances are even worse -- which is why I'm taking a course this summer and getting a gun. Because I can't run or fight with my fists. Because a gun will allow me to level the playing field.

It must be nice, sir, to have such bottomless faith in the police and in your own strength that you feel comfortable depending on a cell phone to protect your life and your bodily integrity. It must be nice to live in such a secure and cushioned bubble that you can consider a gun a mere plaything. But those of us who live outside that bubble don't have that luxury. We are not selfish hobbyists putting our toys before human lives. We treasure our gun rights precisely because we care about human lives more than anything else -- and our experiences have taught us that guns are indispensable tools that can be used to shield those lives from harm.

My Response to Obama's Gun Speech -- In Memes

(Because I don't think the speech in question merited a serious reply.)

So yesterday, Obama was all:

My reaction?

It was pure cry-bully showmanship. After all:

Bottom line? We mustn't let emotional manipulation obscure this simple truth: