I click on the Spectator link and get...

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I am reminded of the saying that a neo-conservative is a liberal who was mugged. I hope that he recovers, and that the experience causes him to rethink a few things. ;)

Bob, clean up on aisle 2

That was quick, thanks :)

It's not possible, there are no gun dealers in DC.

I, too, will offer my prayers for a speedy recovery for Brian.

However, the more cynical part of me wonders how long before some lefty claims that this is because of the Heller decision knocking down DC's gun ban?

You can bet the thugs just obtained they're weapons 'legally' in D.C. Liberals can start becoming part of the solution or continue to be the problem.

Outside the beltway has a post indicating he'll be alright. Though I'll believe it if he survives the hospital infection. :-) I'll clog the connection with a few prayers, too.

The Spectator notes his spleen was removed and suggest the severity of that loss, but I know someone who lost it in an accident when 8 and has never had an issue in over forty years. Here's hoping he has the same post-loss experience.

Thanks for pointing it out to me, CY.

But...but HOW can this BE???!!! Guns are outlawed in D.C.! This just ISN'T possible, as the guy who shot him would have had to break the law to have the gun in the FIRST place! The guy would have had to commit a crime to have it.

Oh YEAH, the guy who shot Beutler was a mugger and ALREADY committed crimes!

If Beutler recovers, MAYBE he'll learn the lesson that if you make having a gun a crime, only the criminals will HAVE guns.

I hope all ends well for him, and will say a prayer. But I wonder if he wished that he had a gun when he was mugged, or if he wished there were more gun laws?

I guess we will find out in a few days how he reacts and if he learns his lesson. Perhaps this is a liberal intelligence test. See how he does.

Strange, a leading liberal blogger who hasnt put a post up in a month and a half? Hummmm

May Brian have a speedy recovery and a steady aim after he buys some protection, goes to school and learns how to protect himself, his family and his property.

Washington DC, is not safe even for esteemed liberal Senators in SUV's with expense account gasoline.

Who, me worry?

Grey Fox, I don't know why you would be reminded of that, because you invented it. "Neo_Conservative" is a term invented by liberals to describe Jews who became hawks after 9/11. They aren't quite conservatives (hence the NEO), but not quite under the multi-culti suicide spell of the rest of the Jews and Liberals.

That being said, I hope his attacker was a member of the Preferred Minority (tm), as so to really cause him some angst.

Perhaps he can write us an essay on how gun control saved his life.

Sorry guys, liberals cause high crime rates and encourage victimhood. I cannot muster much sympathy.

Smarty,
Maybe it is "conservative," not "neo-conservative." The basic saying is an old one, however. I am not old enough to have invented it. Bill Buckley might have...

You are right, sorry I freaked out. Liberals constantly work at twisting the language, and it ticks me off when they sucker people into their "new" meanings.

Hope he recovers with no complications. Too bad the Supreme Court took too long to offer him the option of saving his own life.