NRA's Heller Brief

In arguing that strict scrutiny should not be applied to laws infringing rights guaranteed by the Second Amendment, Petitioners assert that Second Amendment rights are not fundamental” ... In this, Petitioners could not be more mistaken.

As the Framers made clear in the very text of the Second Amendment, they considered the right to keep and bear arms “necessary to the security of a free State.”

Go.

Read.

Whither Now, Mitt Heads...?

We're still waiting for confirmation, but let's assume for the sake of argument it's a done deal.

How about a nice tall ice cold glass of "Straight Talk Express" Kool-Aid?

All the fashionable Vichy "conservatives" are doing it...

UPDATE: It's official.

"Well, Let's Go Ahead and Be Honest Now"

He danced the complete Kabuki, right down to the mandatory move about considering John McCain for his VP slot. But at the end of the day, Mike Huckabee has admitted the obvious: he'll take the Veep nomination if John McCain offers it.

And there will be no shortage of self-deluded gun owners telling themselves that's good enough for them, putting a "conservative" (!!!) a heartbeat from the presidency.

Besides, McCain has promised to appoint "strict constructionist judges"--as long as we forget that such a judge would overturn his signature legislation, and as long as we disregard his enabling democrat and rino obstructionists as a Gang of 14 leader. But that isn't stopping those desperate in their denial from offering that up as a reason for hope, and joining forces with The New York Times and The Los Angles Times, not to forget Arnhole and Sly.

So by all means, let's go ahead and be honest now. Team McCain/Huckabee is transparently predictable, and would be an undisguised con job. Some no-line-in-the-sand gun owners may be able to lie to themselves about it. Don't let them lie to you.

"Patriots" for Maximum Mike

Craig and Crapo say they are concerned that the ATF is already too aggressive in enforcing gun laws. Are we missing something here or isn’t that what the ATF is supposed to do?

It's a real victory for Newspeak when the subversives at The Ledger get away with representing themselves as "Patriots." And while it wouldn't be prudent to take the opposite side of the "shooting down" metaphor they bring up for Maximum Mike, one might still safely speculate on negligent wiener mishap, nothing too serious, just something that can be safely extracted with forceps...

We're the Only Ones Hit and Run Enough

White rear-ended a car in the 7400 block of University Avenue around 6 p.m. on Nov. 29, causing a chain-reaction accident with four cars, Esparza said. Instead of checking on the people or helping, he just backed up and left.

Gee, I wonder why. It couldn't have anything to do with this, could it?

Esparza said it is unknown if drugs or alcohol played a role in the accident.

He wouldn't be "The Only One" who's reacted that way...

Meanwhile, Back at Red's Trading Post

Ryan Gets a Visit:

The ATF and has since used this as an opportunity to build their case against us. Scrutinizing everything and continuing to make remarks like, "I am going to have to put this in my report".

There intentions were not to bring us into compliance as they have claimed in the past but it was to specifically try and drum up violations in an attempt to paint us in a bad light before the Judge.

Vendetta? What vendetta? Certainly not from die Helden der BATFU ...

Ryan Goes to the SHOT Show

I got to see Acting ATF Director “Maximum Mike” Sullivan, I happened to be speaking with a reporter when I looked up Sullivan and about 8 or 9 other guys in suits came walking by…all with hot dogs (I am not kidding).

Wieners. Why am I not surprised?

$5 Million

Ron Paul style:



Hillary Clinton style:


Aren't we glad that Hillary joined her "very close" pal John McCain and voted for "campaign finance reform"? And aren't we glad the democrat party represents average people from across the land, as opposed to moneyed special interests?

Oh, and My Man Mitthead doesn't get a free pass on this either. Not by a long shot.

You have to wonder about people who so desperately want power they'll invest millions of their own dollars to get it. What do we really think they expect to get back?

Oh, yeah, the satisfaction of knowing they served their country.

We're the Only Ones Trying to Ensure Your Right to Remain Silent Enough

I know this video has been around for some time, but it illustrates the "Only Ones" concept so well it's worth replaying here--especially for those of you who haven't seen it. At first, I thought it might be a clip from Reno 911.

I wonder if she's married? If not, have I got a guy for her...

[Via HZ]

CeaseFire PA Director's Watch Weekly Update

I forgot to put this up yesterday--guess I'll need to get used to a weekly, rather than daily schedule.

Looks like ATR is still persona non grata...but the good thing is, he's sure been quiet lately...

I wonder if the university told him to put a lid on it...?

Shannon Takes the Cake

Shannon: “You can buy these, body armor piercing bullets, at a gun show locally?”

Sheriff Bradshaw: “Oh absolutely.”

Shannon: “I can buy this at our local gun show?”

Sheriff Bradshaw: “You can buy any of those--a bullet is a bullet.”

This means anyone, even a team of Contact Five Investigators, with no training, and no license to carry a gun can buy bullets—lots of them.

And not just "Contact Five Investigators," but undercover "Contact Five Investigators." I wonder if they ran into this guy? He's generally disguised as a potted plant, but sometimes hides in the covered trash containers à la Agent 13 from Get Smart.

Shannon Cake, you silly, incompetent little slice of "Authorized Journalism." You actually don't know how ridiculously ignorant you sound, do you?

Which makes your pretending to speak with professional authority nothing less than malpractice.

The Florida Non-Psychic Gun Dealer Punishment Act

As if it's not foolish enough to make violent crime more illegal if the weapon used is a so-called "assault weapon," Florida lawmakers want to punish gun dealers for failing to read minds.

Armed and Safe explores the primitive juju that is "gun control," and discovers another spate along the way.

This Day in History: February 7

The Continental Congress having been pleased to order, and direct, that there shall be one Chaplain to two Regiments, and that the pay of each Chaplain shall be Thirty-three dollars and one third, pr Kalendar Month -- The Revd. Abiel Leonard is appointed Chaplain to the Regiment of Artillery, under the command of Col Knox, and to the 20th. Regiment, at present commanded by Lt. Col Durkee.