Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are...

So--Area Supervisor Linda Young--now that we see your pals lurking, why not step out of the shadows and answer a few questions from your real Masters? As much as that concept may make you laugh--for now.

Ryan says the person taking pictures "was a 70 year old man in a Hawaiian shirt who is balding (Sorry, Al) and has a broken foot. Yet 3 inspectors felt that they were in danger. I did not tell him to come in or take pictures. Although that is not illegal."

You couldn't just go up to him and talk to him if you were concerned, and find out for yourself that he was no threat? Or is it that you just won't tolerate the rabble getting uppity? You had to go and make a federal case out of it? Of course you did.

What is it about We the People that fills you with such fear? Possibly the gnawing, inescapable knowledge that you deserve to feel guilt for what you do to sovereign American citizens, and that a decent person could not so persecute another human being?

Is that what makes you lash out in rage at someone who will not bend his knee and present his neck--just because you, Area Supervisor Linda Young, and you, DIO Richard Van Loan, demand it?

Perhaps some day "following orders" will be as useless a legal defense here as it was at Nuremberg. Here's hoping the good people of this Republic will hasten the day when your fury will be impotent, and those who reject and scorn and laugh at you can do so without fear of "official" retribution. Here's hoping for the day when it will be your heart that races, your palms that get clammy, your stomach that churns, when official auditors show up to reconstruct your activities.

In the mean time, enjoy the lurking. Stick around and check out some other posts.

We're on to you here, and more are catching on every day.

BREAKING NEWS: BATFU ACCUSES RED'S OF "HARASSMENT AND INTIMIDATION"

I've been sitting on some facts for a few days at the request of Ryan Horsley. BATFU had threatened him that he needed to cease all blogging and keep their agents and inspectors free from being photographed or observed, or they would go to the judge and file a complaint of harassment. Ryan was in a dilemma--he has been single-handedly bearing the burden of his defense against a fe(de)ral government with practically unlimited resources--yet if he continued to allow his persecutors to operate in the dark, that is where they would kill Red's.

The new complaint is calculated to be a death blow to Red's--both financially with additional legal expenses they cannot afford, and by giving the judge an excuse to side with thugs portraying themselves as victims.

Blogger doesn't give me the capability to present .pdf files, so I have converted the documents sent to the judge into jpegs:

"Exhibit A" is a print out of this entry from Red's Blog.

Note assumptions in the accusation--that BATFU now has authority to decide who is an "authorized journalist," that providing oversight of government activities and the identities of those responsible for abuse has "no legitimate purpose but to intimidate and harass," that the distinction between an inspector and an agent is not automatically understood by those outside the agency, and that the only opinion expressed that is cited for judicial cognizance comes from an anonymous comment poster--not from Ryan Horsley. In fact, there is no evidence that the comment in question was not made by a BATFU agent (oh, sorry, "inspector"?), employee, snitch or agent provocateur.

Note that the offending comment has been removed by Ryan. It said this:



This is clearly something Ryan had no control over, makes no specific threat, plus it expresses an opinion that, as much as they don't want to admit it, reflects a sentiment of the agency's creation. But presenting this is designed to prejudice the judge. That said, I too have deleted comments from this blog that I thought crossed a line that would erode the post's credibility or I simply thought was inappropriate.

I repeat my call for a rapid response team of "minuteman" volunteers to make themselves available via a phone tree to go to gun stores being audited, and audit/document/photograph the auditors. Don't let creatures of the shadows hide there--expose them to the light and make them live there--or cravenly slink back under the baseboards where they belong. You can also help by spreading the link to this post to fellow gun owners and letting them know what is going on. BATFU is relying on people remaining uninformed and apathetic.

A Missed Bulls-Eye, Indeed

In a YouTube video, a Michigan man brandished an automatic rifle, saying “This is my baby. Are you going to protect my baby?”

Here's the video in question:



"Authorized journalist" Steve Terrell did get one thing right--not about his panty-wringing hysterics, or his ignorance (or intentional deception) by referring to "an automatic rifle," but in his observation that Gov. Richardson missed a great opportunity.

He should have chastised the questioner for performing an agenda-driven stunt. He should have demanded the guy's background be looked into, to see if he was really a gun rights advocate or a mole from the other side trying to make gun owners look like lunatics. He should have also chastised CNN for allowing a question designed to push so many buttons through without also allowing for a rational question about the rights and responsibilities of gun ownership to be made--it's not like the network didn't sift through all submissions to pick and reject based on their own subjective criteria.

And what the hell does "purchased under the 1994 gun ban" mean? That was a restricting, not an authorizing edict.

Anybody from Michigan hunting, shooting or gun rights communities know this Jered Townsend character? If he is one of "ours," tell him he came off like a moron and did us immeasurable public relations harm. If, as I suspect, he's a plant with an agenda, we should know that, too.

Gee, I wonder if CNN will do the follow-up to find out? Holding your breath, anyone?

And isn't it pathetic that potential leaders of our Republic are little more than contestants in a combination of "Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?" and "America's Funniest Home Videos"?

Apportioning the Blame

Hip-hop stars Lil' Wayne and Ja Rule have been arrested on separate gun possession charges in New York.

And they seem like such nice young men. If this doesn't prove all the problems in "the community" are the the fault of NRA and suburban gun shops, nothing will.

Hiding in Plain Sight

Winnipeggers looking for an answer to the gun violence that has ripped through the city in the past two weeks will likely turn to the city, provincial and federal governments, all of whom say they are already well aware of the problem and are doing their best to solve it.

Sometimes, "their best" isn't good enough. The reason the "gun-crime fix [is] elusive" is because they're looking for it everywhere but where the solution lies--within a responsible and capable armed citizenry. Within themselves, once they peel away the layers of prejudice, cowardice and excuse-making.

BATFU Making Presence Known on Blogs

One supporter noted that he thought that they would be a little more discreet about spending so much time on websites. The point is not to be covert, it is to let you know that they are watching. This is an attempt to "mark their territory".

I knew some people who had a cat that kept spraying the furniture. I don't recall if they had it neutered or put down, but they finally did something that left them free of the mess and the stench.

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

Nice Quote, Einstein

Mindful Musings has found one.

He was speaking about Prohibition, but of course the same observations hold true not just for alcohol...

This Day in History: July 24

July 24. 1775

The Virginia Convention passes a resolution to cease the export of flour, wheat, and other provisions from the colony to any country.