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Typical liberal elitist.

All things to all people…

“A persona carved in stone.”

A giant has passed. He will be greatly missed. R.I.P.
The trailer from the majestic Ben Hur:

Charlton Heston’s 1989 speech to the NRA in three parts:

The Heston family statement:
“To his loving friends, colleagues and fans, we appreciate your heartfelt prayers and support. Charlton Heston was seen by the world as larger than life. He was known [...]

Border security is a two-way problem.

Accidental discharge, right through the foot.

Shall not be infringed.

Better late than never.

Be prepared.

Another campus massacre.

Fired up.

“It’s like committing hari-kari.”

Reader Neil sends this story from the Rochester (NY) Democrat and Chronicle about a business owner facing felony charges after shooting out the tire of a would-be robber:
Above all, John O’Connor said, he regrets pulling the trigger.
The Vietnam veteran and small-town councilman, who often packs a shotgun, said he had caught dozens of burglars over [...]

Jeanne Assam’s heroism remains.

“There was a courageous staff member who probably saved many lives here today.”

The right to bear arms.

Arms and the law.

Gun rights and wrongs.

Counter-protesting the race hustlers.

The Democrat governor of Illinois does a Jesse Jackson.

A D.C. deputy mayor is robbed at gunpoint. How much more of a wake-up call do they need?

Another newspaper targets law-abiding concealed handgun permit owners. Time to fight back again.

The state of Kansas agrees.

Lawrence O’Donnell’s gun ignorance was on full display on The McLaughlin Group.
Carolyn McCarthy showed hers last week.
And more on Yale’s anti-gun idiocy from Inside Higher Ed:
It was six hours before opening night. Sarah Holdren, director of a Yale student production, had just entered the theater for a routine pre-performance errand when the man who runs [...]

Straight-shooting Glenn Reynolds lays it out.
Update: The killer’s video messages…sent to NBC at 9:01am Monday.
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Related: Many writers who have weighed in on self-defense and concealed carry restrictions in the wake of the VTech massacre have come under attack. John Derbyshire is taking heat. Talk radio is under attack. And here is an unsurprising reaction to [...]

My column this week:
There’s no polite way or time to say it: American college and universities have become coddle industries. Big Nanny administrators oversee speech codes, segregrated dorms, politically correct academic departments, and designated “safe spaces” to protect students selectively from hurtful (conservative) opinions—while allowing mob rule for approved leftist positions (textbook case: Columbia University’s [...]

The NYTimes has already posted its lead editorial for tomorrow. Not that you need to read it to know what they’ve already concluded:
Yesterday’s mass shooting at Virginia Tech — the worst in American history — is another horrifying reminder that some of the gravest dangers Americans face come from killers at home armed with guns [...]

***updated: 7:45pm Eastern press conference…law enforcement says it has a “preliminary ID on the shooter”…but they are not prepared to disclose the identity yet…”following up on leads”…”two weapons recovered”…not identifying yet…no one in custody…there is one person of interest who is still of interest…separate from the dead gunman…the person of interest knows one of the [...]

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All the latest. (Update: Cell-phone video added, Bush video, more eyewitness reports, and questions about campus management of the crisis)
Virginia bloggers tracking the story here.
Audio of Virginia Tech President Charles Steger’s comments here.
Reader Brian writes:
I am a Virginia Tech alumni and have been following the VT shootings on my blog. Something not [...]

Read this.
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Did you read it yet? This story is so flabbergasting, I’m going to walk you through it here to ensure you don’t miss it. There’s no clearer illustration of just how unreality-based and ignorant the Left is in this country.

Here is the Navy Cross citation for Danny P. Dietz, Gunner’s Mate Second Class, United [...]