An Ohio Gun Owner

Well, the short story is that I found out my National Rifle Association dues were used to pay for a massive swiftboating ad campaign against Barack Obama regarding guns and shortly thereafter decided that I was not going to take it.

Tripped on your face right out of the starting gate. If you knew the first thing about what you're talking about, you'd know:

Neither NRA member dues nor contributions to ILA can be used directly for the election or defeat of candidates.

You're going to do the honorable thing and issue a retraction and apology now, right?

If you're intent on drinking the Obama Kool-Aid, enjoy. When rationality isn't part of the mix, it's no use bringing up facts. It's your credibility, after all--feel free to publicly destroy it.

But at the very least, get your damn finger away from that trigger.

[Via SIH]

Misery Demands Company

"In my opinion, part of the biggest issue is the lack of uniformity in gun laws and what it takes to legally purchase a firearm," Murphy said. "It's been fairly well documented through cases in this department that a lot of guns are purchased legally in other states and transported to Massachusetts."

Well get with the program and recognize it as a right then. Sheesh.

Oh, and here's AHSA President Emeritus John Rosenthal exploiting the fabricated gun show/terrorist nexus. And "Mad Anthony" Riello tying it all in with drugs.

This account says up front the guy with the estranged wife submitted ID to buy his guns--he wasn't dealing with the underworld. So where did the hysterical terror/drug propaganda gain a legitimate foothold to even be introduced as a story element?

Oh, right. "Authorized Journalists." I knew that.

Voting Freedom First

NRA-PVF 2008 candidate grades and endorsements are up.

By their own definition, this guy should have gotten a "C."

Oh look: Another endorsee endorsing Obama, the guy we're told "would be the most anti-gun president in American history."


I wonder if there are enough PVF-endorsed candidates for Obama to make this a regular feature between now and the election?

Roadside Survival Tips

If you run into one of these cops just comply with everything they tell you to do. Arguing with us on the side of the road will never get you anything and usually tends to escalate the situation even more. If you are treated heavy handed by a poorly trained cop just cooperate.

I guess that depends on how heavy handed and how poorly trained.

My recommendation is to initially be polite and respectful to every human being you meet--if they'll let you be. And try to defuse emotional confrontations by being as calm and rational as you can. In general, life just seems to work out better that way.

If you're pulled over, count on them having a wealth of information about you, including if you have a "permit," count on that information already having been recorded, and count on your attitude being the only one you can control.

[Via Sam W]

Because of Obama...

...I'm inspired to shake my head in sadness and disbelief at how far the Republic has strayed from its ideals.

"Community organizing" in action. Good grief.

The public/private partnership that did this to these children is minimally guilty of child abuse. This is hardly the stuff from which free and rational sovereign individuals are made.

I think we've just been given a glimpse at what much of The Lightworker's proposed citizen "volunteer" corps will look like--at the beginning, until they can start be employed as community reorganizers...

That said, I can't wait for the remixes...

This Day in History: October 5

In his October 5 letter to Congress, Washington describes how one of Church's letters to Gage was intercepted. Eventually Church is tried by several different courts and jailed. In 1778, he is allowed to go into exile. He is lost at sea on his way to the West Indies. Congress passes more severe penalties for treason as a result of this case. George Washington to Congress, October 5, 1775