If Olson is "Frontrunner," What Place Will Gun Owners Take?

Translation: The "Vote Freeedom First" president has a grand opportunity to replace a gungrabber.

So is "frontrunner" Ted Olson the 2A pitbull some would have us believe?

He argued against the Supreme Court hearing the Emerson case. OK, I can hear the apologists now: since the 5th Circuit had already ruled in favor of an individual interpretation, why risk it?

Olson also asked the Supreme Court not to intervene in the Haney case. More smart politics, right? We'd never win a machine gun case?

Olson argued against "restoring" a gun owner's rights in the Bean case--a man convicted in Mexico of something that's not a crime in the US--having a small amount of ammunition in his vehicle. As I noted on more than one occasion, it would be equivalent to one of former Olson boss John Ashcroft's fellow Pentecostals being convicted of having an unauthorized Bible in China, being classified a "felon" as a result, and losing their gun rights here for it.

Being lead counsel for gun manufacturers sued by DC may count for something, but lawyers represent clients all the time--that proves nothing in terms of convictions.

And being a key supporter of a notorious gungrabber doesn't help establish confidence that we're dealing with a man who puts fidelity to Constitutional principles first.

Is it really so damn hard to find someone who does?

Tales of Wells Fargo

As Frisco police launch a formal investigation after a bank customer was detained based on a teller's suspicions, the customer has now hired a lawyer.

"Detained." Because "assaulted" is such an ugly word.

This wouldn't have happened if Jim Hardie had been there. And TV show notwithstanding, Wells Fargo once had the fortitude to be the hub of Gold Rush mining camps, to provide a civilization lifeline to outposts and settlements by manning stagecoaches through the wilderness, to deliver express mail by rider.

But bank employees are conditioned to be such excitable little dears nowadays. That's the problem with a helpless mindset, and in this case, a customer could have been killed.

WoG correspondent Tony G who sent me this story speculates "I wonder what would have happened if he had a CHL and his weapon on him."

Good point.

We're the Only Ones Self-Incriminating Enough

In a piece for the Portland Tribune, reporter Nick Bundick exposes the forum postings of David B. Thompson, which range from musings on the joy of tasering people to outright bragging about brutally beating a prisoner and then charging him for attacking him.

And just remember, evil politicians and judges, their armed enforcers, their media co-conspirators and their citizen pawns want to put you and your loved ones into this environment and at the mercy of such sociopaths if they catch you disobeying one of their citizen disarmament edicts.

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This Day in History: September 12

September 12, 1779 French forces under the command of Admiral Charles Henri D'Estaing land at Beaulieu, a plantation south of Savannah.