Wednesday, June 06, 2007

BREAKING NEWS: BATFU ASKING TO KILL RED'S

On Wednesday June 6, 2007; the BATFE has submitted a letter to Judge Edward Lodge requesting the termination of the preliminary injunction that was granted to Red’s Trading Post on April 30th by Judge Lodge.

Per Ryan Horsley via email:
As predicted the ATF is asking for a termination of our injunction, this would prohibit us from buying or selling ANY GUNS!

This is nothing less than the premeditated assassination of a family business, the motives being vendetta and intimidation. Look at the allegations and ask yourself how any reasonable person could construe any concern to public safety.

And remember, folks, this fascist enterprise was originally conceived as a revenue agency. Seems we've wandered pretty far afield from the original treasonous rationale.

Weapon Bazaar in Gaza


More proof that the terrorists get their guns from American gun shows!!!

I told ya so...

[Via Dennis Walker]

Thugs Helping Thugs

This is who the City of Los Angeles gave $1.5 million to, for the purpose of fighting "gun crime.

High-Powered Hysteria

There were two suspects in a white sedan who apparently fired the shots. They were driving alongside the victim's car on Martin Luther King Drive. They fired at least 10 rounds, police say, into the car with a high-powered handgun.

My source says it was one of these, so if that proves true, expect great political hay (and more pfodder for Pfleger) to be made, in spite of the ammo that can perform all those miracles of destruction being reserved for "The Only Ones."

[Via HZ]

Honoring Dad

Liberty Belles say forget the tie...

Red's New Blog and a Q&A

Ryan Horsley has created a new blog to provide updates on his case.

Head on over and check it out.

Then bookmark it.

Then ask every pro-gun blogger you frequent to add Red's to their blogroll.

I had the following email exchange with Ryan about his case, and he OK'd my posting his response. It really illustrates the petty hoops BATFU is forcing him to jump through--knowing that if he trips on one, they have another "willful violation" to take to the judge so that they can close down this family business and then find another host to attach their parasitic mandibles to:
DC: Ryan, a possible tack to mention to your attorney the next time you
speak:

Other industries subject to govt regulation have clear audit expectations and clear guidelines for the auditors to follow. In your case, this seems arbitrary and capricious--especially reporting you to the judge instead of just noting on their form they want something in alpha order and making sure you put things that way.

Are their audit standards and criteria in writing, along with clearly defined penalties for violations?

If not, a strong case could conceivably be made the rules are too vague to enforce and they are singling you out on things they give others a pass on--can they demonstrate they have required the same black and white criteria from everyone else? If not, this is subjective and you're not being afforded equality under the law.

Another question: are ALL of their audit procedures, forms and checklists available to you, so you can use them to ensure compliance?

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RH: The problem is that when the Judge wrote the injunction, he had stated: "The Court finds that the continued oversight by the ATF via the above conditions will adequately address the need to protect the public safety. However, if these terms prove to be unworkable to the parties, the Court would be willing to entertain a joint stipulation addressing procedures for oversight during the pendency of judicial review. If the parties do not submit a joint stipulation, the terms the Court has outlined herein shall be binding. The Court urges Red’s to be vigilant and meticulous in complying with these terms, as failure to do so will result in a termination of the injunction. If this occurs, the revocation of Red’s license will become effective immediately and Red’s will no longer be able to engage in any firearms activity for which a valid license is required, including selling any remaining firearms in inventory during the pendency of the judicial review."

So that is why they were digging so hard, so to shut us down entirely. The problem is that until the Court Process...anything goes. Because DIO Van Loan uses his "When justice so requires" statement, which means he makes up the rules until the Judge rules otherwise.

There are no audit procedures, there are former ATF agents that will teach seminars (for profit of course) and tell you what they will look for GENERALLY! They will constantly send you to "the books" for all of the answers, when you question where they came up with it. At this point they are not trying to win the case they are trying to bankrupt us.

They wouldn't let you have a checklist, we have asked for this before or some guidance as to what they were looking for. In fact in the 2005 audit, the Agent used the same switch the ATF advised in a recent seminar. Dealers were getting used to the "Y" or "N" and other petty traps they were using so they started using the Poster, Pamphlet and Free trigger lock violations.

Church/State Separation Group Pfollowing Up on Pfleger

Thank you for bringing this to our attention. I've forwarded your e-mail to the staffer who handles these claims with a note to follow up immediately.

Armed and Safe shows that Americans United for Separation of Church and State has all the evidence they need to apply the same standards to Snuffy Pfleger that they do to anti-Mormon evangelists--if they want to.

This is going to fade away unless the pressure gets turned up--if you would like to see Pfleger's use of his 501(c)(3) to stump for specific citizen disarmament legislation investigated, please take a moment--right now--to email americansunited@au.org and ask them if they intend to follow their stated principles, or if they only go after "traditional values" targets and leave the left-leaning ones alone.

KABA Needs Help

Bills to pay, projects to launch...

Florida Counties Suspend Due Process

Prosecutors in Palm Beach County are taking steps to join other South Florida counties in forcing people charged with violent crimes to surrender their concealed weapon licenses...Miami-Dade County prosecutors announced last week, as did Broward on Tuesday, that they are filing motions with the courts to require that people charged with felonies and violent misdemeanors give up their licenses to carry guns.

Yeah, Lord knows we've never heard of ex-lovers trying to get revenge. Besides, if they hadn't done anything, they wouldn't be in trouble, right?

We're the Only Ones Jeepers, Creepers, Where'd You Get Those Peepers Enough

The head of Charleston County's detectives has been arrested after neighbors told police he was on a roof, staring into the bedroom window of an adjoining home, authorities said...

A neighbor called police Thursday and said she saw Hammet get on the roof of his townhouse, scamper across to an adjoining townhouse and peer inside the bedroom window of a 24-year-old woman for about five minutes...
Maybe he was following up on an anonymous ti... uh, tip.

We're the Only Ones Fake Enough

"By invoking a fear of violence and the authority of a badge and uniform, he manipulated these people," prosecutor Thomas Spota said. "They had no reason to doubt his ability to follow through on his threats or challenge what they logically interpreted as the legal authority of a law enforcement officer."

I'd say once he started unzipping his pants, that was a pretty strong clue he'd exceeded any legal authority...and it seems he was a natural predator, selecting only the weak, the weak-minded and the young.

But we've all been conditioned by the state since toddlerhood to accept police as special authority figures who issue commands we had better follow, a concept reinforced by experience and/or the news just about every day of our lives.

Hopefully, "The Only Ones" Files help to break through some of that conditioning, so we can apply a more critical eye to our law enforcement interactions, and be informed and on guard to deal with situations where lines of legality and propriety are crossed.

Here's another take on this story. Yeesh!

[Via Cryptic Subterranean and Declan]

This Day in History: June 6

June 6, 1755 – Nathan Hale is born