And There Was War in Heaven

Mr Feldman, who is public enemy number one for the NRA, has just published Ricochet: Confessions of a Gun Lobbyist, in which he accuses the association of using scare tactics to keep the money pouring in so that its executives can pay themselves vast salaries. [More]

My first instinct was to dismiss this guy as just another Judas Bob, but I gotta say, his premise is not without foundation. I'll need to get my hands on this book (in my copious free time) and see what else he says, but I'll get it from a library rather than pay for it. Feldman's hands aren't clean by a long shot, being the architect of the Clinton White House Quisling Fest. The lesson to be learned here: You can't serve two masters. But some won't learn that lesson. Despite the outright defection of that wretched mercenary Ricker and the protection bartering of Feldman, The Firearms Coalition reported NRA advertising for a State Liaison, where "Experience with firearms, hunting and criminal justice reform issues helpful, but not required." If you're going to dally with whores, don't act all shocked and indignant when you find them doing somebody else. This whole scenario reminds me of nothing so much as the Mr. Slave/Paris Hilton face-off on "South Park". And just think--these guys are our "leaders," the ones making all the money at this racket.

How, Oh How?

Baltimore police said yesterday that they are investigating how a 15-year-old boy came into possession of a large handgun that they say he pointed at an officer, who then shot and killed the teen Monday.

Yeah, really. Unless maybe...gun control doesn't work?

What Happens When You Really Don't Have a Gun

The iron pressed against his arm was so hot that he could smell his flesh burning.

But in spite of his protests, the men torturing Reservoir Hills resident Kirtikant Desai refused to believe he did not have a gun or a safe.

I, for one, believe him.

Open Letter to Diane Edbril of CeaseFire PA

Daniel Barnett of Amendment II Democrats asks a gun-grabber if she really has no interest in grabbing guns.

We're the Only Ones Shooting AND Shooting Enough

Yesterday, city officials showed off the PistolCam, a lightweight, pager-sized digital camera that attaches to an officer's gun barrel and automatically begins recording as soon as the officer draws his weapon.

Yeah, I'm sure Daley and Bloomberg's enforcers will jump right on it. In NYPD's case, maybe they ought to put cameras on plunger handles.

But like "smart guns," supposedly being developed for the police, but now, somehow they're the "Only Ones" being exempted from requirements, I can see some opportunistic political whore proposing requiring these on all "civilian" guns. While we're at it, maybe we can also make the gun dial 911, where an attendant watching a monitor can authorize whether or not it will fire. And we can put any gun not so equipped on the "unsafe" list, just like they're doing with "microstamping."

Think of what an aid this would be to police investigations. And if it saves one life...

[Via Declan]

We're the Only Ones Conspiring Enough

Orange County Sheriff Michael S. Carona was charged with conspiracy, mail fraud and witness tampering in a wide-ranging indictment unsealed Tuesday that also implicates his wife, his “longtime mistress” and two former assistant sheriffs...

The Los Angeles Times reported in 2005 that he had issued badges and concealed-weapons permits to campaign contributors without proper training or background checks.

Well, that sucks. It always baffled me how he would be honored at CRPA banquets because he was a bit more liberal about scraping CCW crumbs on the floor for gun owners to scramble for. I fantasized at one such occasion, when he was being feted as a champion of RKBA, to publicly ask him if he was prepared to arrest me in front of the audience that was honoring him if I revealed I was carrying without a permit. Knowing what the certain answer would be (and mindful of the number of "pro-gun" cops at the event), I didn't see much payoff in having my life destroyed to prove an obvious point (that is, if I was truly carrying. Heavens. What kind of scofflaw radical white people-scaring extremist would actually engage in covert civil disobedience instead of just talking about it?)--and besides, it would have upset the ceremony where everyone was congratulating each other and passing out plaques over what a fine job they've done protecting gun rights in California.

All this aside, here's the part of this story that "really grinds my gears":

In August, Carona agreed to a settlement with the state Fair Political Practices Commission and paid a $15,000 fine after he incorrectly billed his campaign committee for thousands of dollars in non-itemized expenses.

Anyone care to explain why the FPPC economically destroyed Russ Howard's life with over $800,000 in fines over "infractions" nowhere near as serious, when he was trying to do the right thing?

[Via M.S.]
[More from "The Only Ones" Files]

The Oathbreakers Wall of Shame

I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter.

HR 1022 Supporters. May their names, if remembered at all, be recalled by posterity with contempt:

Sponsor: Rep McCarthy, Carolyn [NY-4] (introduced 2/13/2007)
Rep Abercrombie, Neil [HI-1] - 4/16/2007
Rep Ackerman, Gary L. [NY-5] - 3/7/2007
Rep Berman, Howard L. [CA-28] - 3/13/2007
Rep Blumenauer, Earl [OR-3] - 5/8/2007
Rep Capps, Lois [CA-23] - 3/9/2007
Rep Clarke, Yvette D. [NY-11] - 7/12/2007
Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy [MO-1] - 3/9/2007
Rep Crowley, Joseph [NY-7] - 3/7/2007
Rep DeGette, Diana [CO-1] - 3/13/2007
Rep Delahunt, William D. [MA-10] - 3/13/2007
Rep Emanuel, Rahm [IL-5] - 4/26/2007
Rep Eshoo, Anna G. [CA-14] - 3/9/2007
Rep Farr, Sam [CA-17] - 4/16/2007
Rep Fattah, Chaka [PA-2] - 3/7/2007
Rep Filner, Bob [CA-51] - 3/7/2007
Rep Frank, Barney [MA-4] - 3/7/2007
Rep Grijalva, Raul M. [AZ-7] - 3/9/2007
Rep Harman, Jane [CA-36] - 4/19/2007
Rep Hastings, Alcee L. [FL-23] - 10/22/2007
Rep Hirono, Mazie K. [HI-2] - 3/13/2007
Rep Holt, Rush D. [NJ-12] - 4/19/2007
Rep Honda, Michael M. [CA-15] - 8/2/2007
Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18] - 3/7/2007
Rep Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [GA-4] - 9/4/2007
Rep Kennedy, Patrick J. [RI-1] - 3/22/2007
Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. [OH-10] - 10/25/2007
Rep Langevin, James R. [RI-2] - 5/3/2007
Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] - 9/4/2007
Rep Lofgren, Zoe [CA-16] - 3/15/2007
Rep Lowey, Nita M. [NY-18] - 3/15/2007
Rep Maloney, Carolyn B. [NY-14] - 3/7/2007
Rep Markey, Edward J. [MA-7] - 3/13/2007
Rep McCollum, Betty [MN-4] - 9/25/2007
Rep McGovern, James P. [MA-3] - 3/13/2007
Rep Meehan, Martin T. [MA-5] - 3/7/2007
Rep Miller, Brad [NC-13] - 3/9/2007
Rep Moran, James P. [VA-8] - 3/7/2007
Rep Nadler, Jerrold [NY-8] - 5/8/2007
Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes [DC] - 5/8/2007
Rep Olver, John W. [MA-1] - 5/3/2007
Rep Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [NJ-8] - 3/13/2007
Rep Pastor, Ed [AZ-4] - 3/22/2007
Rep Rothman, Steven R. [NJ-9] - 6/6/2007
Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. [IL-9] - 3/7/2007
Rep Schiff, Adam B. [CA-29] - 3/7/2007
Rep Sherman, Brad [CA-27] - 3/15/2007
Rep Sires, Albio [NJ-13] - 6/6/2007
Rep Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [NY-28] - 3/13/2007
Rep Solis, Hilda L. [CA-32] - 7/19/2007
Rep Tauscher, Ellen O. [CA-10] - 3/15/2007
Rep Tierney, John F. [MA-6] - 9/4/2007
Rep Van Hollen, Chris [MD-8] - 3/7/2007
Rep Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [FL-20] - 3/22/2007
Rep Watson, Diane E. [CA-33] - 4/26/2007
Rep Watt, Melvin L. [NC-12] - 5/8/2007
Rep Waxman, Henry A. [CA-30] - 4/16/2007
Rep Wexler, Robert [FL-19] - 3/9/2007
Rep Woolsey, Lynn C. [CA-6] - 4/26/2007
Rep Wynn, Albert Russell [MD-4] - 9/4/2007

Lest it has escaped anyone's notice, they are all democrats. That doesn't excuse the RINOs of a thing, but the observation must still be made.

Bob (and Weave) Casey

As you may know, I support the Second Amendment and will continue to uphold the rights of law-abiding citizens to own firearms. I also believe we must fully enforce local gun laws and help local governments put more law enforcement officers on the street. Agencies such as the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms do not have the resources to enforce current gun laws.

Ryan asks for help and gets back weasel-wording doublespeak.

Alien vs. Predator?

Speculation is rampant in California that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will challenge liberal Democrat Barbara Boxer for her Senate seat in 2010 – and a new poll has them running neck and neck.

Whoever wins...we lose.

Tell me this poster isn't prescient.

[Via KABA Newslinks]

This Day in History: October 31

Washington tries to encourage re-enlistment in the Army by reserving new supplies for those who agree to commit to another year of service. He also promises each man time to visit his family during the winter.

Brady's Misplace Entire US Population

How do you make "the people" disappear?

Simple: through selective omission. Just pretend they aren't there. Dennis Henigan has been doing it for years.

My favorite hypocritical quote:

It is not appropriate for the courts to edit the Constitution

...he says, after editing the Constitution.

Today's Special

From MassBackward:

Me (after picking up my jaw): You'd rather be killed than kill someone, even if that person is trying to kill you?

Mitt Guy: Oh, God, yes.

Who does that remind me of...?

Oh, yeah, now I remember.

The Dish of the Day:
[Via Geek With a .45]

When Zombies Attack

Look at the picture and tell me it doesn't look like that.

The Way Government Works Part 2

The Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Monday that a lawsuit by the city of Gary against several gun makers can go to trial.

The court ruled 3-0 that a provision in the federal Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act of 2005 does not bar the case from going forward in state court.

Don't like a law protecting private enterprise, freedom or property?

Figure out a way to bypass the spirit and intent of it through legal chicanery.

Note: This only works if you're in government, or assisting them in subjugation and thievery.

The Way Government Works

The St. Clair County Board passed a pair of resolutions Monday to shut down and seize a nearly 32-acre shooting range that lies within the glide path of planes landing at Scott Air Force Base.

They showed the judge there's no danger, but when greedy, self-important home-grown kleptocrats with political ambitions set their minds on "seizing" property...

That's the way with most cancers. Unless you treat them locally and early, they grow and spread and become damn near impossible to control.

It's a Mystery to Me

Although he teaches firearms classes to people of all ages, he has specialized in training scouts and is the official firearms instructor for Boy Scout merit-badge training in Flagstaff.

Sometimes classes meet over objections of parents. Wainwright convinces them of the importance of firearms safety.

You have to wonder at the type of parent that would enroll their child in scouting and then object to shooting activities.

The Fighting Irish

Fine Gael is claiming that the Gardai are not being properly equipped to tackle rising gun crime in Ireland.

So if they can't do it, and the people aren't allowed do it, just who the hell is doing it?

This Day in History: October 30

Sir: By this Opportunity, I do myself the pleasure to congratulate you on the signal success of the Army under your command, in compelling Genl. Burgoyne and his whole force, to surrender themselves prisoners of War. An Event that does the highest honor to the American Arms, and which, I hope, will be attended with the most extensive and happy consequences.

Shameless Plug: "Not Obliged"

So much for disarmed subjects of the crown relying on the police for protection. But what could be more important than an octogenarian under potentially lethal and immediate attack? Police departments, after all, have limited resources. Perhaps there was a critical emergency endangering more lives and a tough decision had to be made? A riot? A terrorist act? A fire?

Well, no, actually.

"Not Obliged," with special guest star Cryptic Subterranean, is my Rights Watch column for the December 2007 issue of GUNS Magazine, on sale now at obliging newsstands throughout the Republic.

WarOnGuns regulars will recall our coverage of the Thames Valley Police. This is an expansion on that story that illustrates how outrageous the bureaucratic arrogance and incompetence really is.

Stanley Still Crouching

Stanley, there is nothing bold about anything you propose. It is the same old contemptible servitude that the powerful have always imposed on the weak.

What I said to Mayor White goes double for you:

I wonder what these constituents would say if they were provided the truth about the racist origins and continued discriminatory application of the gun control measures you promulgate? Have you told them about the Slave Codes, that would allow a black man to be whipped (or worse) for possession of any kind of weapon? Or the post-Civil War Black Codes, designed to keep the newly emancipated from obtaining the means of defense during the heyday of Klan terror?

Why don't you circulate the following Louisiana statute among a few of the churches that you get your precinct walkers from, and see what they have to say?
"No negro who is not in the military service shall be allowed to carry fire-arms, or any kind of weapons, within the parish, without the special written permission of his employers, approved and endorsed by the nearest and most convenient chief of patrol."

If that doesn't make an impression, why not try the following offering from Mississippi?

"No freedman, free Negro, or mulatto not in the military service of the United States government, and not licensed so to do by the board of police of his or her county, shall keep or carry firearms of any kind..."

Oh, hell, Mayor White, let's cut to the chase and clue them in to Dred Scott v. Sandford, 60 U.S. (19 How.) 393 (1857):

"Protection of the ‘absolute rights of individuals' to personal security, liberty, and private property is secured in part by ‘the right of bearing arms'--which with us is . . . practically enjoyed by every citizen, and is among his most valuable privileges, since it furnishes the means of resisting as a freeman ought, the inroads of usurpation."

Tell them how racist Supreme Court Chief Justice Taney concluded that blacks, as legal scholar and civil rights attorney Professor Don B. Kates has recorded, "could not be ‘citizens,' because if they were, they would have the right to vote, to assemble, to speak on political subjects, to travel freely, and ‘to keep and carry arms wherever they went.'"

Now tell them how the City of Cleveland has neither the legal obligation nor the capability to protect them, and how your police will not arrive in most life-and-death situations in time to do anything but tape off the crime scene, cover the body and take a report. Then make sure you tell them that you don't credit them with having the judgement or maturity to be entrusted with the means of personal defense, in spite of landmark peer-reviewed studies from Florida State University and the University of Chicago that conclusively demonstrate the crime-deterring, life- saving value of guns in private, law-abiding hands.

I suspect you won't tell them any of this. And, because of the unique privileges and stature that you enjoy in your position, this is especially contemptible.

To have risen to such a prestigious and powerful position speaks of many positive and remarkable characteristics that you must be blessed with, including intelligence, determination and leadership. But a true leader would use his authority to preserve, protect and champion the freedoms of those he serves. How sad, how telling, and how ultimately treasonous that you have chosen to misapply yours for your own gain.

And rather than being a leader in liberty, you have opted to become just another one of the plantation's overseers.

Mike's Fast Track

Three men were killed over the weekend in separate gun attacks in Queens, Brooklyn and the Bronx, New York police said Sunday.

Sure glad to see MIKE ON FAST 'TRACK' TO CURB GUN CRIME.

Maybe he can make all our home towns as safe as the Big Apple.

Whose Life Is It, Anyway?

Doctors fear such proposals would go against patient confidentiality, which is at the centre of their medical ethics. A spokesperson for the British Medical Association said: "If the victim wants the police to be called, they will be called. We don't want to see a blanket rule that a doctor should report something to the police. People won't go to hospital if they fear the first thing a doctor will do is call the police. And that won't help the police."

I thought we were already "required" to do that here...? I'm surprised that not SOP in the UK.

Scaring White People...

...over Ron Paul and the North American Union.

I side with the conspiracy wackos, but that's OK. I'm used to having people roll their eyes at what I rant about.

But I'm willing to be educated if I'm wrong. I just need something more than dismissive generalities to convince me that I am.

Fair Dinkum

A PSYCHIATRIST who brought a pistol into Melbourne Magistrates Court has been spared jail.

Jerry Gelb, 49, was sentenced at Melbourne County Court today to a 12 month intensive corrections order...

They oughtta do like "A Clockwork Orange," strap him in a chair and keep his eyelids forced open as they brainwash him with drugs, images and sound.

That'll teach him how crazy it is to take measures to protect his life.

And how about that pal of his, getting fined for having a wooden pole?

Forget about putting another shrimp on the barbie--if Aussie authorities have their way, there won't be a man with a spine left anywhere Down Under.

Not that we're doing that much better here, mind you, as evidenced by the majority of posts on this blog.

Their Own Private Idaho

Simple mathematics: Taxes + Heavy Labor Costs + Frivolous junk lawsuits = A very costly gun.

Ryan Horsley encourages gun manufacturers to go where they're appreciated.

He also makes it clear that school kiddies had better be careful if they're caught drawing a picture of the state.

Public Enemy

High-school senior Kim Peters carries an Olympic identification badge and an Arizona skeet-shooting members' card, but neither got her out of a four-day suspension for bringing shotgun shells onto school grounds.

She'd better watch that posing with guns--didn't a similar action by a friend get Peyton Strickland murdered by home-invading "Only Ones"?

She even looks like an extremist.

[Via Featherless Biped]

This Day in History: October 29

Four armed American vessels sail from Cambridge as part of a fleet created to cruise the coast in search of enemy transports carrying arms and provisions.

We're the Only Ones With Balls Enough

A veteran police officer and his ex-girlfriend face simple assault charges for getting into a fight after attending the city's first police ball in 70 years, police said Friday...

He said he did not know the nature of Williamson's disability, but he suggested her ability to engage in a fistfight could raise questions about her permanent disability status.

What?

What did you think I meant?

[More from "The Only Ones" Files]

"Burma Shave" V

Previous "Burma Shave" Signs:
I
II
III
IV

[For those not familiar with the Burma Shave roadside billboard campaign or the CCRA RKBA campaign]

Harvey,You're Doing a Heck of a Job

"I am very happy with FEMA's response so far," responded Vice Adm. Harvey E. Johnson Jr.

The news conference looked like a success in the Bush administration's effort this week to demonstrate it could respond competently to a disaster.

On Friday, however, the agency admitted that the softball questions were posed by FEMA employees, not reporters.

No wonder the government is so big on authorizing journalists.

Authorized Journalists Won't Authorize Ad

As hundreds stand outside to get into the Roanoke Valley Gun Show, hundreds are taking a stand inside against a local newspaper.
Annette Elliott owns the show.

She says earlier this week, the Roanoke Times rejected an advertisement for her show after the paper decided to stop selling ad space to shows with unlicensed dealers.

Roanoke Times...Roanoke Times...oh yeah, they're the ones who employ this idiot and published the names of gun owners...

[More on "authorized journalists" from WarOnGuns]

DAMN You, John R-i-g-g-i-o!

A 20-year-old man suffered a fatal gunshot wound to the head while he was apparently playing with the gun at a South Side home Saturday night.

Who else's fault could it be?

This is a job for Snuffy!

What's Wrong With This Picture?

Lawbreakers protesting a lawful establishment--and getting away with it.

I guess if you're Snuffy Pfleger, doing the mayor's work if not the Lord's, you can. Funny--I wonder if he'd be as supportive of gun owners deciding which laws they want to publicly flout? [Insert Borat "Not!"]

I read another account that prominently featured a Virginia Tech "survivor" (i.e., lottery winner). This pathetic creature was helpless to protect himself and useless to those being murdered around him, yet is out there protesting that the rest of us should be rendered equally contemptible--under force of arms, of course.

[Via Vinnie]

We're the Only Ones Suckling Enough

A new crime-fighting project aims to collect data on all illegal firearms confiscated in Northeast Ohio, which law enforcement officials hope will make it easier to trace guns used in violent crimes.

Officials announced the project -- dubbed the Ohio Gun Crime Center -- Friday. It is part of an initiative to tackle gun violence in the region.

The initiative, the Northern Ohio Violent Crime Consortium, is paid for with a $5.9 million federal grant.

And, of course, it will have little effect except to increase the dependency bond between greedy Only Onelets and the federal sow's teats, assuring that loyalties will be directed toward a police state as opposed to a free one.

[Via Vinnie]

And Another Thing

We talked yesterday about the new Jane Harman Dissent Eradication bill. I forgot to mention the introduction date of this monstrosity, and can't help but wonder if it's coincidental or intentional.

This Day in History: October 28

General Sir William Howe, new Commander-in-Chief of the British army, issues a proclamation to the American residents of Boston forbidding any person from leaving the city on pain of death. He also orders citizens to organize into military companies in order to aid in the "defense" of their city.

Brady's Peter Hamm Issues Lethal Threat

In a series of exchanges today between some gun bloggers and the Brady Center’s mouthpiece, Peter Hamm, Hamm threatened to shoot one of the bloggers.

The threat was issued at Sebastian's, against SayUncle.

What I don't get is why everyone is so quick to dismiss this as a lighthearted joke. We know the evil this citizen disarmament fanatic enables, and we've seen how much benefit of the doubt his side offers when a much less direct and more obviously tongue-in-cheek speculation is tendered.

It's really part of the elitist mentality Hamm and those like him represent--that some are afforded more consideration and different treatment than others--you know, the whole "Only Ones" thing. He wouldn't presume to "joke" about shooting a politician or celebrity, would he, and expect not to elicit an armed response and interrogation, but a pro-RKBA activist is fair game?

It's not my call, but if he'd said that to me, I'd file a police report and let them be the ones to determine the true level of threat after the requisite--and publicized--investigation.

I, Homegrown Terrorist

SEC. 899A. DEFINITIONS.
`For purposes of this subtitle:
`(1) COMMISSION- The term `Commission' means the National Commission on the Prevention of Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism established under section 899C.
`(2) VIOLENT RADICALIZATION- The term `violent radicalization' means the process of adopting or promoting an extremist belief system for the purpose of facilitating ideologically based violence to advance political, religious, or social change.
`(3) HOMEGROWN TERRORISM- The term `homegrown terrorism' means the use, planned use, or threatened use, of force or violence by a group or individual born, raised, or based and operating primarily within the United States or any possession of the United States to intimidate or coerce the United States government, the civilian population of the United States, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives.
`(4) IDEOLOGICALLY BASED VIOLENCE- The term `ideologically based violence' means the use, planned use, or threatened use of force or violence by a group or individual to promote the group or individual's political, religious, or social beliefs.

And we all know advocating the so-called "insurrectionary theory" of the Second Amendment, that is, saying We the People should take up arms and resist, meaning shoot and kill tyrants and their agents, is "extremist."

So if we react to an outrage by reminding our countrymen of Jefferson's "Tree of Liberty" quote, or cite the Declaration of Independence, or even worse, the Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Their Taking up Arms, what risks will we now assume? After all, we've (OK, I've) already experienced first-hand the "respect" Jane Harman's minions have for the First Amendment.

She truly is one of the most arrogant and odious members of Congress, one who married into power wealth, and as a supporter and volunteer for her opponent, Susan Brooks, I witnessed first hand the outright election fraudthat went unresolved and that resulted in Harman's initial elevation to the House:

In California's 36th Congressional District Republican Susan Brooks lost by 812 votes to Democrat Jane Harman, with absentees providing the margin of victory. Brooks workers compiled a detailed list of more than 2,000 apparently invalid votes. As Reader's Digest put it, ''findings indicated that of 5,292 absentee ballots from 20 Venice precincts that went overwhelmingly for Harman, 1,337 (26 per cent) had been cast by voters whose addresses on the rolls turned out to be abandoned homes, empty apartments, vacant lots.''

As an aside, I note one of the co-sponsors is that snake Dan Lungren, former California AG, "assault weapon" ban enforcer, and "moderate republican" of the Schwarzenegger stripe, on whose watch the confiscation of firearms from "law-abiding" citizens began.

We've just recently seen our government's heavy-handed approach to categorizing "terrorists." We've even seen the FBI float the criterion that "defenders of the US Constitution against federal government and the UN" should be reported to the Joint Terrorism Task Force.

On 10/24, this treasonous bill was "Referred to Senate committee: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs."

I guess we're about to find out how serious we all really are.

[Via Les K, who pointed me to View from the Porch]

We're the Only Ones Hoist by Our Own Petard Enough

The police chief's wife filed a temporary restraining order against him under the state Prevention of Domestic Violence Act.

As a result, the police chief in this seaside resort is not permitted to carry a gun.

And let's see: wifey throws a fit at school resulting in a disorderly conduct 911 call, she falls into the ocean, she's "pretty much suffering a nervous breakdown," and yet the catch-all system where disarmament orders based on unproven, highly motivated complaints are de rigueur in domestic disputes...

In fairness to her, maybe he's the reason she's so stressed out. The point being, without due process, we've allowed the precedent of infringing first and verifying second to become the unquestioned "law of the land."

Ah well. The chief spent a career, among other things, enforcing New Jersey "gun laws" against non "Only Ones," and enjoying a privileged status that any of us would have been destroyed for emulating. It's tough for me to sympathize.

We're the Only Ones Touchy-Feely Enough

A suspended Marysville police officer is accused of molesting or propositioning 14 girls ages 12 to 17, including mentally ill, mentally retarded and injured children.

Good grief.

[More from "The Only Ones" Files]

[Via Declan]

This Day in History: October 27

Those who have long too successfully laboured to inflame my people in America by gross misrepresentations, and to infuse into their minds a system of opinions, repugnant to the true constitution of the colonies, and to their subordinate relation to Great-Britain, now openly avow their revolt, hostility and rebellion.

BATFU Loses 500 Records...

...and evidently can't account for four machine guns.

Yet these are the people apparently wetting themselves in their eagerness to shut down Red's.

[More on BATFU from WarOnGuns]

Campus Diversity, Brady Style

"You don't like the fact that you can't have a gun on your college campus? Drop out of school," said Peter Hamm, a spokesman for the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence.

We don't cotton to your kind around here.

If they truly believed gun owners are the unhinged cauldrons of anger they portray us as, do you think they'd keep poking this hard?

Anybody think you can dialog with this bigot and come to a reasonable compromise?

Listing to the Left

It's so lax, in fact, that today, people on the federal terrorist watch list are not prohibited from purchasing guns.

You mean this watchlist? The one that's so ridiculously overstuffed with raw names that is growing at over 200,000 new "suspects" each year?

For this, the contemptible Louis Klarevas and his fascist fourth estate fifth columnist co-conspirators at The Daily News want to cast America's legal tradition of innocent until proven guilty into the trash heap, and deny basic human rights without due process?

Some people seem bound and determined to bring about a real-world demonstration on the true meaning of the Second Amendment. I'm not so sure we shouldn't encourage them.

Louis, for what it's worth, I don't believe you to be a fool. That leaves only one other likely possibility that I can think of.

We're the Only Ones Kicked When We're Down Enough

"It's easy to criticize police. It's only 13,000 [officers] . . . Kick 'em when they're down. Kick 'em and keep kicking 'em.

What, you mean like this?

We've asked before, why is it when one of your subjects gets taken in, you don't consider releasing their names to be kicking them when they're down? Don't answer that--it was a rhetorical question.

Yeah, go ahead and blame guns. If I were you or any of your corrupt "Only One" goons, I'd be plenty leery of armed citizens, too, and deservedly so.

[Via 45superman]

The UT Catch-22

UT appeals attack decision

School had no duty to protect student who was disabled, lawyer says

Read the story. it is sickening what was done to a vibrant young woman who had such potential.

OK, so if the school won't protect people on their premises, how about if they protect themselves?

No, sorry:

The university is committed to maintaining the safety and security of all persons on university property and during university activities and to maintain a safe and healthful working environment. Specific prohibited activities include:

Possession of firearms, explosives, or other lethal materials on university property or during university activities, unless the employee falls within certain categories of employees who must use weapons in the course of their employment (such as police officers, R.O.T.C. personnel, etc.)

Everybody's clear on their options here, right?

[Via RW]

This Day in History: October 26

On October 26, 1776, exactly one month to the day after being named an agent of a diplomatic commission by the Continental Congress, Benjamin Franklin sets sail from Philadelphia for France, with which he was to negotiate and secure a formal alliance and treaty.

The Gorp: Stupid and Toxic

From HZ:

Chicago's "only ones" assisted in getting the message out today for the Day of Concern. I saw them on the news parading around a school assembly with this book and helping the kiddies make their Student Pledge Against Gun Violence (i.e. "no guns for me" pledge). At first glance, I thought the book was a benign (neither pro gun nor anti gun) gun safety book until I saw the back flap here and realized it's more like touchy-feely feel-good nonsense.

Makes sense to have a gun hater teaching about gun safety instead of Eddie the Eagle.

Anyway, I never heard of the book, the Day of Concern or The Pledge (of course I'm getting old and could have just forgotten)... as usual, wanted to make sure you didn't miss it.

MY PROMISE TO THE GORP
I promise you, Gorp
and Yinklebugs, too
I promise McHenrys
and the Towers, I DO

I promise Ms. Lilly
her chauffeur and Brady
I promise her chef
and her cool cousin Sadie

I want to be safe
and I promise you now
I WON'T play with GUNS
NEVER -- NO HOW !!

Everybody remember "Cat's Paw" from the original Star Trek?

"Spock? Comment?"

"Very bad poetry, Captain."

Aside from the obvious fact that we're dealing with bleatings for fools by fools, this stupid Gorp is actually dangerous, and may get a child killed.:

What do you think
of a Gorp who would drink
29 bottles of silvery ink?

A Gorp who would slurppp
A Gorp who would slopppp
gulping down ink
to the very last
D
R
O
P!

These moronic zealots are encouraging children to emulate the Gorp when accidental poisoning is cited as a "leading cause of death" by the National Safety Council, and accidental firearm deaths don't even make their chart?

How evil is that, to allow your fanaticism to put the lives of children at risk, and why are Daley's goons taking part in exploiting such incompetent child endangerment just so they can maintain their brutal monopoly of power?

We're the Only Ones Best Dressed Enough

The patrol, which has been wearing the peaked hats and distinctive bow ties for about 70 years, recently was named America's "Best-Dressed State Law Enforcement Agency" by the National Association of Uniform Manufacturers and Distributors.

Ah yes, the coveted Diebitsch-Heck Award...

[Via HZ]

Limiting Liberty

The District of Columbia government on Tuesday urged the Supreme Court to address only a single issue, if it agrees to hear the city’s appeal seeking to reinstate its flat ban on private possession of handguns. In a reply brief, found here, city officials contended that the only issue the Court need decide is the meaning of the Second Amendment as it applies directly to the city’s specific ban on pistols. This would involve an inquiry aimed at what the Amendment’s words mean, “construed in light of their history, purpose, and place in this Nation’s tradition.”

Amazing, the shameless contortions. I'll leave it to the legal pundits to analyze this latest tactical ploy--what strikes me is more basic: I'm sure we've all noticed how honest people posing honest arguments don't need to stoop to arcane and obscure twists and maneuvers to make their case. The DC government brought this fight upon themselves, and now they want to tie their opponent's hands.

If the District were an individual, what do you think that would say about his character?

[Via Paul Nelson]

Compromise

The National Rifle Association did not endorse McClintock for the special election leaving gun owners to speculate about whether it is better to vote for a questionable Republican or an anti-gun Democrat. Since winning the Governor's seat, Mr. Schwarzenegger has banned .50 caliber rifles and passed the microstamping bill. I guess now we have our answer.

It looks like we're about to conduct the same experiment on the national level. I trust no one expects different results?

Castle Doctrine Working in SC

D. Martyn Lloyd-Morgan tells us how.

BATFU Rebuked

The Committee encourages ATF to consider lesser gradation of sanctions for record keeping errors.

That's not how you speak to a dog if you expect obedience. Of course, if it were my dog, we'd have gone to the vet for a shot a long time ago.

Y'know, for some reason I can't clear the theme music from Old Yeller out of my head...

[More on BATFU and Red's Trading Post from WarOnGuns]

An Unauthorized Journalist

A television reporter investigating a story on school violence was arrested after carrying a loaded gun onto school property, authorities said.

Be nice if he uses this experience to champion RKBA from his position of influence--that is, if they let him retain his "authorized journalist" status.

[Via Sam]

We're the Only Ones Exhausted Enough

It doesn't particularly look safer to me.

So'd you hear the one about the moron terorist: when they told him to blow up a bus he burned his lips on the exhaust pipe...?

[Via Stieger]

[More from "The Only Ones" Files]

This Day in History: October 25

On this date Robert Hanson Harrison wrote to Congress from headquarters of the withdrawal of the army to its new position, leaving 1,400 men at Mount Washington and 600 at Kings Bridge. A surprise of the British was attempted by a detachment under Col. John Haslet, of the Delaware Regiment, which only partially succeeded. Maj. John Green, of the First Virginia Regiment, was badly wounded.

We're the Only Ones...Uhh...

Ahhh, forget it...

"As Easy to Get as Water Ice"

At lunchtime today, Lynne Korman Honickman will start screaming.

On a stage at LOVE Park, the Philadelphia philanthropist who is married to one of the wealthiest men in town will tell anyone in earshot that she has put her money and mouth behind an issue that should have more people like her outraged: gun violence.

It's not just a black problem or an inner-city problem. When kids kill kids with weapons as easy to get as water ice, it's everyone's crisis.

"What child in the United States should have to cringe in fear walking to school, running around on a playground, just being?" the 71-year-old Honickman asked.

Another sheltered dilettante dowager with more money than brains.

Hubby Harold is a big Pepsi hocho. Which means buying Pepsi enables his ignorant but influential wife.

The hell with that. I'll be damned if I'll give aid and comfort to my screaming enemy.

How about you?

UPDATE:

The vision is to demonstrate through the powerful voices of we the mothers, we the grandmothers, we the sisters, we the daughters, we the friends that gun violence in our cities will no longer be tolerated.

I don't suppose it occurs to anyone that some of the women involved in this nonsense are the biggest enablers, breeders, feeders and shelterers of the thug monsters doing all the killing. But I guess if they can blame guns, they don't need to examine their own poor choices and their own culpability.

The intent is to scream and to keep on screaming for the violence to stop…to keep screaming until the children in our communities and neighborhoods are safe…to keep on screaming until a deafening roar of advocacy reaches the ears and hearts of our lawmakers…

Hmm. My intent is for women not to have to scream--or if they do, to make it a command, like "Stop of I'll shoot!" as opposed to the animal howlings of a victim who knows she's going to die and can't bear another second of agony and degradation.

Now I Understand

This is a job for Zero Tolerance!

I wonder what they would have done to me...?

Incrementalism Illustrated

A picture being worth a thousand words and all that...

The Worst Mayor in America

I run Jackson. I do it in a weird way, but I run Jackson.

Here's a nice little summary about my old buddy Frank Melton. I guess when you show up in force looking official, no one dares shoot--no matter how much you deserve it.

Any wonder why he's an enthusiastic member of Mayors Against Guns?

[Via ryanmguard]

Extreme Mitt Romney

I firmly believe in the importance of responsible gun ownership and sales. As a member of the National Rifle Association, I do not believe that we need any more federal gun control laws. I also recognize that some types of extreme weapons, those which were not meant for hunting, sport, or self-defense, have no business being on the streets.

Mitt Romney, you have no business being on the streets. As a public official who betrayed his oath to uphold the Constitution, you belong behind bars with every other traitor who spat on the rights of his countrymen for personal gain.

Along with recalling Joaquin Jackson, I'd like to see a movement demanding you be expelled from NRA. But seeing as how Fairfax management violated their own bylaws and never even responded to my call to do that to the grotesque Michael Moore, I don't see that happening.

"Extreme weapons." Nice. Thanks, Mitt. That's gotta be right up there with with "military style handguns."

We're the Only Ones Diplomatic Enough

On the other hand, if a diplomat is caught with an illegal weapon, he (or she) does have immunity from U.S. law: "He cannot be detained, he cannot be prosecuted, he cannot be searched," Alvarez noted.

More outrageous, in-your-face hypocrisy from our international friends who want to disarm us on a global scale--you know, the ones with the twisted gun barrel statue in front of their headquarters.

The "authorized journalist's" assumption that African genocide requires arms from a New York gun shop notwithstanding (ice cubes to Eskimos and all that), the outright corruption in this story stinks worse than just about anything I have read in recent years.

It's stipulated that New York's draconian gun laws are in force for ordinary herd animals, and that Jovino's deals primarily with "Only Ones"--so what can we deduce from it also being "one of the biggest suppliers of guns to New York's criminal class"? And if so, why is it and other NYC retailers apparently immune from Bloomberg's lawsuit crusade (were I one of his out-of-state victims, I'd be investigating that, looking for any hint of quid pro quo "protection")?

As an aside, neat trick there, Mr. Weinstein, reclassifying semiauto pistols as "military-style handguns." Yeah, prove government is corrupt, then give them all the propaganda cover they need to usurp a monopoly of force.

Agenda, anyone?

[Via Thomas H]

This Day in History: October 24

October 24, Washington writes to the Falmouth, Maine, Safety Committee to explain why he cannot send the detachment from his army they request. Throughout the war, the British attempt to lure Washington into committing his whole army to battles he cannot win, or, into weakening it by sending out detachments to meet British incursions.

Proof that MA is Run by Turkeys

The turkey eyed Jean-Felix. Jean-Felix eyed the turkey. It gobbled. She gasped. Then the turkey proceeded to follow the Dorchester woman over the Green Line train tracks, across the street, through traffic, and all the way down the block, pecking at her backside as she went.

"This is so scary," Jean-Felix said...

Jean, the Sons of Liberty are spinning in their graves.

Y'all are evidently unfamiliar with WarOnGuns' traditional Thanksgiving essay...

Rage Against the (Vending) Machine

The wearer hides behind the sheet, printed with an actual-size photo of a vending machine.

Just in case anybody thinks they've come close to seeing it all.

I'm not sure I've ever seen anything quite this stupid before.

[Via KABA Newslinks]

Today's the Day

Some students at Western Kentucky University are wearing empty holsters to class, as part of a national collegiate protest.

We talked about it here.

SayUncle says beware of tolerance and diversity arbiters.

I'll just betcha that Dr. Patricia Telles-Irvin would be one heck of a gal to have in your corner when the shooting starts. Maybe I should resurrect those opinion polls we used to do here, to see if most people think she would squeal, whimper or howl...

We're the Only Ones Raging Enough

A New York City police officer turned himself in to colleagues on the street yesterday and said he might have shot and killed another driver in a predawn road-rage encounter in Upper Manhattan on Sunday...

Might have? Yeah, I black out and forget whether or not I shot people all the time, too, don't you?

These are "certified police officers"?

New York "Only Ones," eh? 'Roids, anyone?

And note the special guest appearance by our benevolent pals at the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association, evidently here to make sure nobody "lifts a finger"...

[Via KABA Newslinks]

We're the Only Ones Certified Enough

The Maricopa County Community College District might allow its police officers to carry guns on campus in the coming months, ending its decades-long ban on all weapons...

“It’s not a difficult issue,” Pearce said. “These are certified police officers with 25 and 30 years of experience.”

It's an easier issue than that, Rep. Pearce. The hell with your "certified Only Ones" crap--let 'em face the same risks everyone else does. How about just getting the hell out of the way and submitting to the command "the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed"?

Why is it every time I read about idiot "authorities" discussing campus gun bans, I hear Puck's voice in my head?

Detecting Winnipeg's Nightlife

While many nightclubs in Winnipeg already require patrons to pass through metal detectors, the provincial government is looking at the possibility of forcing certain types of bars to install the devices.

Right--and then they can be held liable and sued out of existence at the first failure.

I mean, we see how well security checkpoints work when staffed by highly professional trained "Only Ones". Yeah, I'd expect frickin' bouncers to do about that well.

We're the Only Ones Automatically Secret Enough

The Albany Police Officers Union wants to keep secret the names of any officers who illicitly purchased machine guns through the department years ago.

Naturally. And we'd expect them to fight just as hard for the principle that non-"Only Ones" deserve the same privacy considerations when they intentionally violate gun edicts, right?

Seriously, how come these elites aren't being prosecuted?

The U.S. attorney's office declined to take action on the Albany gun purchases. Federal prosecutors in Albany were briefed about the matter four years ago by the ATF, sources in the investigation said.

Right. That's the same BATFU that's throwing all the king's horses and all the king's men at destroying Red's Trading Post, and the same "Department of Justice" that made sure everybody knew Wayne Fincher's name as they destroyed his life and locked him away. And let's not even start on how eager they were to "enforce existing gun laws" at Waco and Ruby Ridge.

Ain't it grand, living in a Republic where we're guaranteed equal treatment under law?

[Via Jeffersonian]

Jedi Awakening to Empire Tyranny

Ewan McGregor said he is sick of Britain's "ludicrous nanny state" rules, which he said might force him to quit the country, in an interview to be published Tuesday.

Health and safety regulations were becoming "insane", the 36-year-old film star told the weekly Radio Times magazine.

As long as we're on the subject of Merry Olde England, I thought Obi-Wan's observations had relevance.

One can only hope he may some day also learn and espouse the value of a blaster or a light saber...

WoG on BBC

Supposedly I will be part of a discussion today on the BBC. Per host Martin Vennard:

Between 1:30pm and 2pm East Coast Time in the States we will be talking to Shirley Katz live in our international discussion programme, World Have Your Say. She is the Oregon teacher who wants to be able to take a gun to school for her own protection.

I have no idea if they will even end up calling me, or if they do how much I will have a chance to say. I understand they have also approached some other pro-RKBA bloggers and activists, so I'd assume they'll also have plenty of representation from the Dark Side.

Be all these considerations and caveats as they may, here's a link that should lead you to where you can listen, and I understand they also archive things.

We'll see what this is all about. I'm going in with no expectations other than this will be fraught with opportunities to rise and fall, and am hoping I get a chance to open my yap once or twice.

[Via my booking agent]

UPDATE: Well, they never called. I tried to listen and their live program link wouldn't connect. And on top of it all, my agent still wants his 10%.

UPDATE 2 (Response to my inquiry on why nobody called):

----- Original Message -----
From: Martin Vennard
To: David Codrea
Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 2:52 PM
Subject: RE: BBC

I'm very sorry. It was just because of the number of people wanting to take part. Hopefully we can speak to you in future.

Best wishes

Martin Vennard
BBC World Service radio.

Seeing as how they initiated contact with me and then asked me to rearrange my schedule to be on today, that's pretty inconsiderate and unprofessional.

This Day in History: October 23

In 1776, a New England newspaper published an extract of a letter written from Eastchester on October 23, 1776 -- five days after the Battle of Pelham on October 18. The letter described the British troops in Eastchester and speculated on the likelihood of an upcoming battle between the warring armies. Only days later, of course, the armies fought the Battle of White Plains.

Wayne Fincher Update: Transcripts Consolidated

Click on title link then scroll down page to:

All transcripts in a single volume Volume is 884 pages. File size: 2.5MB

[Via Paul W. Davis]
[More about Wayne Fincher from WarOnGuns]

Setting the Standard

In 1998, an IG report found that the ATF contract employees had improperly destroyed NFA records, and ATF employees had not followed proper procedures during the registration. This bureaucratic mess has left many of my constituents with potentially illegal guns solely because of ATF mistakes.

Ryan Horsley documents more BATFU negligence, incompetence and hypocrisy.

We're the Only Ones 'Roid Ragin' Enough

Six New York City police officers are under investigation for possibly obtaining anabolic steroids improperly, police said late last night.

You talkin' to ME...?

Naturally, no arrests were made. At least of "The Only Ones," although it looks like the pharmacy employee and clinic operators won't be afforded the same exemptions.

And if a beefed-up raging ape throws a beating your way, just remember not to lift any fingers...

We're the Only Ones Not Surprised Enough

Deputy Police Commissioner Kieran Walsh says he is not suprised by the findings of a report outlining concerns over corrupt cells within Victoria Police.

I'm not surprised.

Color Me Perplexed

A month after civic leaders and the police chief in this crime-plagued city called for 10,000 black men to patrol the streets, thousands arrived Sunday by foot, car, motorcycle, bus, in wheelchairs, with sons and nephews in tow.

How come when people who are not exclusively black do essentially the same thing along our southern border, that is, look for violations of law and report them to the authorities, they are branded as racists and vigilantes?

Hold the Anchovies: Kim Landers Reporting

Yet in some states like Pennsylvania, getting a gun is almost as easy as ordering a pizza.

OK, Kim, let's see you prove that by extending the analogy you created. Call a gun shop and have them deliver a made-to-order firearm to your house--and remember, you don't need to go through a background check to order a pizza.

KIM LANDERS: How easy is it to get a gun in Philadelphia?

RAY JONES: Extremely easy. I mean, just any kid that I know in the neighbourhood zone, which we walked, either know someone who has a gun or they know where they go and ask somebody to get a gun. So, it's very, very easy.

Oh wait a minute, I see now--you're talking about purchases that violate the law. Sorry, your deceptive pizza analogy threw me off there for a second, because those transactions always take place through licensed businesses that follow applicable laws.

So what you're saying is, it's almost as easy to break the law as to order a pizza? Well duh, Kim.

So having established that breaking the law is as easy as ordering a pizza, why on earth would any rational person be calling for more laws to break? Are we trying to make it as easy as ordering multiple pizzas, or what?

Great unbiased straight news "reporting," there, Kim. Sometimes I wonder if you need to take some kind of stupid lying propagandist test to become an "authorized journalist." Personally, I expect more competent service from the pizza delivery man.

This Day in History: October 22

W 22. this moring are informed that a party of the Enemy crossed Cooper fery last Evening and was on their way thro Haddonfield for this Fort / Came a crost this morn from Fort Mifflin / had scarce an opportunity to git into the Fort, before a Flag came to Colo. Green, who commanded the Fort threatning to put the Garrison to [death ?] if he did not surrender it immediately, Colo. Green answered with disdain, that he would defend it 'till the last drop of his Blood...

"Burma Shave" IV

Previous "Burma Shave" Signs:
I
II
III

[For those not familiar with the Burma Shave roadside billboard campaign or the CCRA RKBA campaign]

A Searching Question

More young people should be stopped and searched to help tackle knife and gun crime, a leading black police representative says.

See, we...um...can't really talk about demographics here because then we'd be...uh...intolerant, and we can't really point out where the majority of...I'm not going too far, am I? Anyway, if we include all "young people" it makes it look like we're not singling out any one group, even though...

I've probably said too much already. No one here is interested in elephants.

Anyway, how about those BET honorees? No justice, no peace, 'n all that.

Sticking it to 7-Year-Olds With Zero Tolerance

A single mother said the school district overreacted by suspending her 7-year-old son for drawing a smiling stick figure shooting another smiling stick figure with a gun.

The Diversity and Tolerance Arbiters strike again.

Note how it was another citizen Nazi who got the ball rolling on this.

And don't you just love the "self-inflicted wounds" comment posted at the bottom by democrat defender "JR"?

Wanted Poster

Click on the title link for more information on the Joaquin Jackson Recall.

10/22 UPDATE: Download your own copy of the Wanted Poster to distribute at gun stores, ranges, etc.

This Day in History: October 21

Not only had the Sons of Liberty accosted Gilbert on that same road the previous year in an attempt to prevent him from accepting the post of sheriff for Bristol County, but they had also had committed the ultimate act of sedition on October 21, 1774. The Sons had erected a 112-foot high "Liberty Pole" on Taunton Green that day, opposite his majesty King George's courthouse, raised an American flag proclaiming "Liberty and Union," and pledged "to resist, even unto blood" attempts to restore the laws of England. This was the first open and organized demonstration of rebellion against the British Crown in the colonies.

"We Have Met the Enemy and He is Us"*

"I would like to thank the local residents who had the foresight to bring this collection to our attention, and the owner for his full co-operation."

The total subjugation of UK liberty is damn near complete, as the sheep themselves have been conditioned to demand stronger pens. And we're not that far behind as evidenced by the evil neighbor on our side of the pond who turned in the little girl making sidewalk chalk drawings.

Yeah, I know we're all sinners, but it really does seem like their ought to be a special room in hell for these traitors to humanity.

[Via The Liberty Zone]

*Title Quote by Walt Kelly

Paul Harris, "Authorized Journalist"

A gun in a US home is 22 times more likely to be used in an accidental shooting, a murder or a suicide than in self-defence against an attack.

Nice manipulation, Paul Harris. This is a total misrepresentation of conclusions by anti-gun researcher Arthur L. Kellermann. Here's what his findings actually stated:

For every case of self-protection homicide involving a firearm kept in the home, there were 1.3 accidental deaths, 4.6 criminal homicides, and 37 suicides involving firearms.

There's a vast gulf of possibile outcomes between a DGU, which does not require a shot even being fired, and a "self-protection homicide," but the agenda-driven Paul Harris won't let his readers know that.

Tell me, Paul--when you set out to become an "authorized journalist," did you have your heart set on specializing in propaganda?

We're the Only Ones (Hic) Violating Gun Bans Enough

A policeman was detained at the police precinct in barangay Parian, Cebu City for being drunk and for violating the Commission on Elections (Comelec) gun ban in barangay Kamagayan on Thursday morning.

That's why only "The Super Exclusive Only Ones" are "automatically exempted from the ban."

Gun, Drugs Found Stashed at Katy School

Maybe they should put up signs...

Supply and Demand

The monster, sitting in a cage in back of his gun store and shooting range in Lawrenceville, can cut down a tree — and could easily fetch $30,000 in a perfectly legal sale. But for Powell, the sale would be the equivalent of hawking a Picasso or vintage wine.

The gun increases in value exponentially each year.

That is because it is the law — not the manufacturing costs — that drive the price. The federal government has outlawed the manufacture of machine guns for the civilian market in the United States since 1986. Only machine guns that were legally owned by civilians before that year can be sold privately.

Unless, of course, you're an "Only One."

If this isn't a blatant conspiracy to deny Americans their right to own militia-suitable firearms, I don't know what is.

And we talk about pitching gun owner against gun owner--why would these privileged elites--the very ones with the resources to finance Second Amendment challenges without batting an eye--want to let us hoi polloi into their exclusive club--and watch their investments devalue?

How this evident discriminatory result isn't an equal protection violation is also something I don't understand.

UPDATE: Brutus reminds me not to over-generalize and I agree there are exceptions. I'm not confident in how widespread they are, though.

The Second Amendment Works

Chris Horton shows us how.

This Day in History: October 20

The committee meeting with Washington about the Army agrees that the forces should be supplied with provisions by the New England colonies. Washington is given the authority to impress wagons, vessels, horses, and other necessary items.

Recall Joaquin Jackson Blog Update

They're he...ere.

My read: Unless and until they see this gather momentum, they'll ignore it and let their supporters carry their standard on the forums. Not until it looks like they'll be forced to incur expense to implement a recall will we see any move toward preemptive resignation. And I would expect all submitted petitions to be scrutinized for technicalities that could be used to reject them.

Recall Joaquin Jackson Blog Link:
http://www.recalljoaquinjackson.blogspot.com/

More from WarOnGuns:
"Recall Joaquin Jackson" Blog
Joaquin Jackson Recall Underway

Buckling Down Under

A man in a bank building, wearing a belt buckle shaped like a small gun, has sparked a security alert involving police in bullet-proof jackets in Adelaide.

If the buckle in question is what's on the hood of the car in the accompanying photo, I kind of understand why Aussies unused to seeing armed citizens would have a heart attack.

I do remember as a kid I always thought Yancy Derringer's buckle rig was pretty slick, and I sure hope nobody tells ebay (which is why I'm not including a link) that somebody is selling this cool girl's fashion accessory on their site:

I remember reading about a Nazi officer's belt buckle gun some years ago in one of the gun mags--it was apparently designed to spring open and fire hands-free into the belly of someone standing in front of the wearer--presumably to escape being taken prisoner. I recall the writer took a self-righteous tone and wondered at the mentality that would produce such a weapon, and remember thinking that was a hell of an attitude to take against a tool that could very well be morally deployed by someone interested only in defense.

I want one of those concealed spring-release wrist derringers James T. West had, too.

Do "Gun-Free" Zones Encourage School Shootings?

According to Wayne, no. No they do not. And anyone in the NRA hierarchy who suggests otherwise will be shut down.

He further states "We believe America's schools should be as safe as America's [pre-9/11] airports."

We're the Only Ones DUI Enough

Aguilera was driving off-duty and uninsured in his Ford Mustang when he struck 26-year-old Mark Streech's motorcycle from behind...Aguilera was traveling at least 61 miles per hour in a 55 mph zone...The accident report indicated that Aguilera had been under the influence of alcohol at the time of the crash...

Streech lost his leg and is confined to a wheelchair due to the accident.

So my question is, had he been out drinking and did he have his gun with him, and if so, why charges weren't filed for that? Just asking, because I note past opposition by "The Only Ones" to mere citizens being able to defend themselves in restaurants and establishments where alcohol is served. And like the County Attorney said:

"Law enforcement personnel are as subject to our laws as anybody else."

Right?

[Via Frank G / Just Warriors]

The Mechanism of Death

As she holds her mechanism of death in her hands, Katz should understand the responsibility she takes on.

For no longer would she be Shirley Katz, English teacher, but Shirley Katz, killer of a fellow human being.

Not necessarily. If you had a clue about the subject on which you babble, you'd know most DGUs don't even result in shots being fired (15.6% per Kleck/Gertz, but that's assuming we intend to ground our opinions in reality.

If she listens to you and the situation arises, she may very well end up Shirley Katz, corpse. As might any number of her charges she could have otherwise protected.

And this fool speaks to us of "powerlessness."

So, "Mr." Unknown Editorialist: How does it feel to be contemptible, you despicable coward, you weakling?

[Via KABA Newslinks]

This Day in History: October 19

The surrender of Yorktown ended the fighting in the War for American Independence, except for some minor fighting that continued in the south, and other battles that still went on overseas. Losses on both sides were light: British and Hessian 156 killed and 326 wounded; French, 52 killed and 134 wounded; American, 20 killed and 56 wounded.

Crackdown Smackdown

LEGALLY held firearms will be seized and destroyed by police if licences are not renewed on time, the PSNI in north Antrim has warned.

Hmmm...

Are You Sure You Don't Mean "Oblivious"?

Trolley Square survivor calls need for tighter gun laws
'obvious'...

Obviously.

And the fact that you were helpless--and saved by another man with a gun--is obviously of no relevance.

It's hard to feel sorry for some people--at least the ones who demand imposing their despicable abdication of responsibility for self defense on the rest of us--under force of arms. While planting daffodils outside a police station...

Good Lord.

On Shaky "Higher Ground"

A couple weeks ago, my boyfriend told me something that nearly brought me to tears.

"I bought a gun," he said.

Dude, I hope for your sake you're not considering marrying this silly little girl.

She starts to halfway get things right, but keeps reverting to inanities and hysteria. Why the proto-"authorized journalists" at The Teen Titan perceive this bipolar train of cognitive dissonance to be worth five pages is anybody's guess--probably because the ovine "thought" processes on display here mirror their own...

Which part of Europe did you say you were from, again, Aleksandra...?

Cry Havoc

THE THREE people leading the march up North Broad Street in the Gun Violence Survivor's Walk and Rally this week were a poignant reminder of the havoc guns play on lives.

Y'know, I've been told by "authorized journalists" that guns go off, kill, fire accidentally, threaten, and terrorize, all by their own selves from the reported accounts, but this is the first time I've heard of one playing havoc.

I wonder if I could teach one of mine to play piano?

I don't suppose it occurs to the hand-wringing editorial writer that the price of guns would go down considerably if they shucked all the useless prior restraints--and the societal cost of individuals committing violence with firearms would go down considerably if government stopped enabling predators and parasites.

Gun Amnesty Yields Its Bounty

Edmonton has the worst record in Canada for firearms homicides, Statistics Canada reported Wednesday...

The finding comes on the heels of a provincewide gun amnesty last year that allowed Albertans to hand over unregistered firearms without punishment.

Edmonton police Chief Mike Boyd said the service may discuss offering another such amnesty with the province.

Because the first one worked so well, no doubt.

Q.E.D. and all that. Maybe they should put up signs...

All in the Family

Antonia Gadson, whose 7-year-old son is accused of fatally shooting 8-year-old Liquarry Jefferson in June, was arraigned yesterday on charges of unlawful gun possession and trafficking more than 100 grams of cocaine in a school zone, which could send her to prison for 12 years if she is found guilty.

It was another turn in the tortured story of the Gadson family, whose long history of violence and tragedy became public after Liquarry's death.

If only we'd enact some "common sense gun control" and disarm you and me, these tragedies would never happen again.

Signs of the Times

"Gun-free zone" signs soon will go up around Richmond schools, the city's latest effort to curb violence.

Well then, all right.

Golly, Eric--It's a good thing there were no signs up!