KC Shooting Info Request

A shooting at a Kansas City shopping center has left at least three dead, including the gunman, police said.

Two of the victims were shot about 3:30 p.m. in the parking lot of the Ward Parkway Center in south Kansas City. The gunman went inside the mall and is believed to have fired more shots, wounding at least two people, police spokesman Tony Sanders said.

Per NRA-ILA, in Missouri, "Concealed firearms cannot be carried in or on posted private property..."

Are there any WarOnGuns visitors from the Kansas City area? Can you let us know if this mall is so posted, and if so, either send a picture of the sign or post it on your own site and send a link?

New WarOnGuns Poll: NRA and the Mental Health Bill

Do you agree with NRA's stance on mental health background checks? See the left margin for the new poll and tell us what you think.

Here are the results of last week's poll (click on image to enlarge).


For the 18 of you who said you would obey disarmament laws, you realize, had you been at Virginia Tech, many of you would now be dead or wounded, or had you been there with a loved one, you would have been powerless to protect them. It's your choice, of course, but I sure don't understand it. Maybe someone would care to enlighten me in the "Comments," below?

What's in a Logo?

An anonymous commenter to a previous post says, among other sound observations (follow the title link and read his entire statement):

I noticed the CA DOJ Firearms Division has a new logo. You can see it on their website in the top right corner. It is rather interesting in that it has an image of a firearm that we cannot even buy here in this state. Not sure what to make of this.

He's right. They've gone from this:


to this:



Why the AK, which is "illegal" in California? Remember--these are the folks who--at an NRA Grassroots-sponsored registration facilitation event--told us we have no individual right to keep and bear arms. Why shouldn't we construe this as an "in your face"?

Johnny Get Your Gun

Here's another newspaper story from the past, courtesy of Tom Mayhew:

Here's the text, as best as we can jointly make it out. Feel free to correct us or fill in any missing words, denoted by an underscore, in the "Comments", below.

Johnny Totes Gun Along to School

__ United Press (Leased?) Wire

WENATCHEE, Wash. Feb. 2--

Johnny, typical boy of the nearby mountain districts, is going to school these days with the traditional bookstrap over one shoulder.

But over the other shoulder he carries a gun.

Since Jimmy (Feilhaber?) was killed and partly devoured by a cougar ___ weeks ago it has become common for lads who can handle a gun to go to school well armed for protection against wild animals.

Animals driven in by the winter have (come down?) to (some?) of the (isolated ranches?) where they have (threatened? encountered?) human beings.

Much like the ___ of (49?) years ago in the country school house of (pioneer?) days, (in? is?) the cloak room of a school house in the mountain district. A boy hangs his gun up with his hat and his lunch box.

This was the common understanding on Feb. 2, 1925. This was the common expectation of responsibility for boys.

Look at what we've allowed to be taken from us as a people. Look at what we've surrendered.

And You Will Feel No More

U.S. Attorney Brett Tolman and officials with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) said at a Friday news conference they are continuing to crack down on illegal gun sales and will have undercover agents at the Crossroads Gun Show at the South Towne Exposition Center.

This link was sent to me by correspondent ChareltonHest, who adds:

"Rise to your knees, kiss the royal emblem on my cloak, and you will feel no more." (Executioner from the movie "Braveheart")

Wroth doesn't begin to describe how I feel at the moment. Read this article. This is outrageous.

They targeted older Americans. Old independent-minded rams for refusing to adapt with the times and subject their fellow citizens to the Almighty State's discretion before transferring a firearm. Imagine that: thinking for yourself and using your own judgment to decide if the person you want to sell to is alright.

For the love of all that is good. Not only was targeting these particular people an insult to injury, they went further: "Three of those charged with federal gun law violations spoke repentantly about their actions on Friday as part of a deal."

They got these people to get up in front of the cameras and confess their "sins" against the state. "I don't think anyone wants to be responsible for [something similar to] what happened in Virginia,". Unbelievable. Forced at gun-point to kiss the boot and spout anti-heretic one-liners.

These damned laws do not prevent those with a dedicated mission(such as murder/suicide) from accessing weapons. They take the independent thought out of your head by not being able to sell a firearm at YOUR discretion, they assume guilt before innocents, they combine toward registration of firearms, and they undermine the entire purpose of the Second Amendment: Government not being able to decide who can and cannot have a gun.

If only we patriots were as dedicated to our mission as the murderous "Chos" out there. As Mike Vanderboegh would say... "We have been TOO law-abiding....the Nazis passed laws justifying every horrible act they later committed. In such a country, law-breaking is not a crime but a virtue." These laws may not prevent the psychos from getting guns, but they will prevent those of us that are "Too law-abiding" from getting them, especially when the term "terror suspect" is added to these unconstitutional background checks.

The system of rights-deprivation is cunning and sinister: As they pass more laws, those of us wanting to appear "good" obey them, leaving those with true ill-intent to disobey them. The more the true criminals disobey these laws, the less the good people want to be associated with such a characteristic. Even when breaking said law could be a noble and patriotic thing, and aid in your survival(As those of us who know our history know where gun-control leads...)

And remember this picture:

Allen's Problem

High school senior Allen Lee sat down with his creative writing class on Monday and penned an essay that so disturbed his teacher, school administrators and police that he was charged with disorderly conduct.

See, Alan, your mistake was that you're not a "liberal" African American feminist poet and Virginia Tech professor.

Then you would have been given "awards and honors". People would have made excuses for you, like "The implied lesson here is that an honored poet can also produce very angry text at a young age."

But hey, in a "democracy" that no longer respects any of the other amendments unless you have the right connections, why should we be surprised that the First is reserved for the favored?

UPDATE: Here are excerpts from young Allen's masterpiece, courtesy of commentator TJH, below. No chance with that Bush crack he might identify himself with the democrats, is there? If so, his youthful rage may qualify him for some of those "honors and awards" later in life, and as Nikki Giovanni has demonstrated, it never hurts if you're a crappy, tedious writer.

[Via JT]

Mixed Feelings

Brent Tenney says he feels pretty safe when he goes to class at the University of Utah, but he takes no chances. He brings a loaded 9 mm semiautomatic with him every day.

I'm undecided on this. On the one hand, introducing and reinforcing the concept of armed citizens into the public consciousness is something we need to do. On the other, holding a (GASP) semiautomatic pistol with the campus as a background won't exactly give the fence-sitters among us the warm and fuzzies, particularly so soon after Virginia Tech. Besides, the whole point of carrying concealed is that no one knows.

I'm glad Brent has the courage to take an individual stand--we do need more like that. I hope he hasn't made himself a target for the campus antis, who could make his academic life difficult.

Thoughts, anyone?

[Via HZ]

NRA Statement on Mental Health Bill

The National Rifle Association has always supported including the records of individuals adjudicated mentally defective into the National Instant Background Check System. We believe that the NICS should serve the intent of Congress, which is to prohibit the legal sale of firearms to criminals and other prohibited persons...

I don't suppose it's occurred to anyone that there is no Constitutional provision for the government to involve itself in this, and I suppose the political will is such that being involved to steer the direction this takes can be defended by some as "pragmatic."

And, seeing as how these folks believe there's nothing we can politically do (for now) regarding background checks, God forbid we should even discuss alternatives that would identify "prohibited persons" that would not create any record of the purchase or purchaser.

Some have made arguments that this really creates no new powers. Perhaps. But it does "legitimize" (and fund) ones that have been usurped, and gives our enemies firmer ground on which to stand to pursue their next assault.

Can any of the defenders of this bill and NICS in general look us in the eye and assure us that such records will never be used to create a permanent gun registration database? Even if Hillary (or Obama, or...) wins and the democrats have control of both houses? Or that, once included on the "prohibited" list from purchasing a gun--demands won't be made for "common sense" legislation to remove any existing guns from the homes of such persons, or the gun owners who live with them?

And I'll repeat myself: Anyone who can't be trusted with a gun can't be trusted without a custodian. But I will add a caution as to just who it is that gets to do the trusting.

Sign of the Times

John Hardin has one. Think many antis who agree with the concept of "gun free zones" will post it on their premises?

This Day in History: April 29

Dear Sir, — The ’immedicabile vulnus’ is at length struck. The rescript to our petition is written in blood. The impious war of tyranny against innocence, has commenced in the neighbourhood of Boston...

What human policy can divine the prudence of precipatating us into these shocking scenes? Why have we rashly been declared rebels? Why have directions been sent to disarm us?

--John Dickenson, Letter to Arthur Lee