Parker and "the Final Word"

I'm sure there will be all kinds of kudos for this being a great promotional piece for 2A. I was with you until this line, Mr. Levy:

The U.S. Supreme Court is, and rightly should be, the final word on that question.

What, just like they were "the final word" at one time about slaves not having the rights of free citizens?

Anybody who thinks a pronouncement from any branch of government declaring we have no right as individuals to keep and bear arms will be "the final word," and that we'll all then go gentle into that good night, lives in a pretty sheltered world and hasn't really been paying attention to what the soul of this movement is all about.

There will be no "final word" denying our rights, nor any more "final solutions" while some of us yet breathe.

[Via Dan Gifford]

Eli's Coming, Hide Your Heart Girl

Trocka claims in a federal lawsuit that Trooper Nicole Eli, the district's school resource officer, grabbed her by the coat, pushed her back into her car and shook her repeatedly without cause.

The suit said that Trocka bruised her back on the steering wheel and has suffered sleeplessness and emotional distress because of the incident.

Via Declan, who says "The poor women must have thought she was back in Poland under the old commie regime."

Citizen Comments on Virginia Tech

From Declan:

David, I watched the opening session of the Virginia Tech Review Panel, and it opened with comments from Gov. Kaine and Vir. Tech President Charles Steger. This doesn't look good for gun owners. The Governor asked the panel to look at all aspects of the shooting and the subsequent response by the college and State, he made no mention of VT's ban on concealed carry. Steger spoke briefly and about how vast the campus was and the huge task of protecting VT's staff and students, again no mention of the college ban on concealed carry. He was then given an incomprehensibly gushing kudos from the panel chairman, how objective could anyone on the panel be after hearing that?

Maybe you could let your readers know about this site and ask them to post their comments there.

UPDATE--Here are my comments:

Why don’t you consider the fact that Virginia Tech policy prohibits firearms on campus—even for concealed weapon permit holders—important enough to discuss?

Why do I watch and listen in vain to find any reference to a bill that never made it out of committee that would have changed that? Why did Virginia Tech Associate VP of University Relations Larry Hincken say the death of the bill that would have allowed adult students and faculty the means to defend themselves made him “happy”?

Why did Hincken pen an editorial reply on The Roanoake Times ridiculing the concept of peaceable people keeping and bearing arms on campus?

Why are these hearings silent on these matters?

We all know the only thing that stopped Cho was a bullet. That no one was able to stop him sooner is on your consciences, or should be.

More Deep-Seated Conviction from the "Gun Lobby"

Feldman discusses a careening life that transformed him from gun control supporter to lobbyist for the National Rifle Association and at least part of the way back again.

Reminds me of another such creature, our old pal Judas Bob.

It illustrates the danger of making professional men your representatives rather than principled ones.

There's a word for people who give you the love if you give them enough money...

[Via Paul Grant]

"Supported by the Likes of..."

It is supported by the likes of Chuck Schumer, Ted Kennedy, Dick Durbin, John Conyers and NRA board member Larry Craig.

Does that make them an "ilk"?

Why is it NRA is tripping all over themselves to support streamlining the ability of the state to restrict gun purchases, but mention keeping and bearing arms on campus and we get this "it's not time/we don't want to exploit tragedy" BS?

We all know what the only thing that stopped Cho was--a bullet. The real outrage is that one didn't stop him sooner. And the likes of Larry Craig are intent on keeping it that way.

[Via M. Terry]

Home Invasion for Dummies

Armed officers burst into the house, shouted at the owner to lie on the floor, and ordered him to surrender his weapon.

But efficiency turned to embarrassment when the "gunman" turned out to be a life-sized model of the video game character Lara Croft, complete with trademark outsized pistols.

Well, at least they kept Angelina Jolie's kids from seeing it.

[Via 45superman]

A Remarkable Young Man...

There's hope.

[Via Charelton Hest]

"A Good First Step"

“We’re supportive of the concept that those adjudicated as mentally defective should not be able to purchase a firearm,” said NRA spokesman Andrew Arulanandam.

A spokesman for the Brady Campaign, a gun-control group, said that the bill was a “good first step.”

See that, Andrew? After decades of gun control, these liars are calling this bill a "good first step." And they'll say the same about the next bill, and the one after that.

Some of us have been warning about this particular subterfuge for years:

They’ll propose further restrictions under the bald-faced pretense that it’s "a good first step." They won’t tell you that there are already over 20,000 gun laws on the books at the federal, state and municipal level that are consistently ignored by all but the law-abiding.

"A good first step…" the clueless segment of our victim pool populace will drone back at the proposal of law number 20,001.

"One helluva good first step– keep ‘em coming!" agree illegally armed criminal predators, emboldened with each new law that renders their prey increasingly vulnerable…

You can never give them enough, Andrew. You can't dance with the devil or placate this enemy.

That is, assuming you consider them the enemy.

[Via Charelton Hest]

This Day in History: May 16

Our battalions for the Continental service were some time ago so far filled as rendered the recommendation of a draught from the militia hardly requisite, and the more so as in this country it ever was the most unpopular and impracticable thing that could be attempted. Our people even under the monarchical government had learnt to consider it as the last of all oppressions.