This link goes to the NRA News site, and the particular show will only be available for a few more hours...
I have no idea why they do it that way, as it seems much valuable information is rendered inaccessible--or perhaps I just don't know how to navigate...?
Anyway, enough bellyaching--the fact is, they gave Dan some time to plug his new Examiner.com gig. When you access the Cam & Co. video from last night, drag the slider toward the end to get to his segment.
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Is Any Place Safe?
Though not a consensus, many SCLC members, including such prominent figures as Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, were aware of inconspicuously armed SCLC agents who provided protection for civil rights leaders and other activists. On at least one occasion, a shootout erupted between racist attackers and black defenders from the SCLC. Throughout the South, NAACP members had pistols, shotguns and handguns in their homes and on their person, as did many SNCC members. [More]This is just one of the stories from today's Gun Rights Examiner column.
Remember--it's going national next Monday.
Tell a friend?
The Bucket List
The Apocalypse is Coming: What You Need to Pack [More]Interesting. But it looks like the techno-weenies forgot a thing or two...
[Via fimvit]
Another Stupid Republican
Mere illegal possession now means time behind bars for all but a few — the result of a bill signed into law in January...Way to go, moron. Thanks a lot.
One of those sponsors, Assemblyman Jon Bramnick, R-Essex, Morris, Somerset, Union, said a state attorney general's directive addressing the new law was supposed to provide immediate relief for the unintended targets of the legislation...
...the directive made it far more likely that just about everyone else, including first-time offenders, will spend at least a year in state prison. [More]
Where does the GOP find these tools?
I wonder what some people would do to avoid a year behind bars with sociopathic scum and gang-affiliated guards?
At what point will they force people to realize "freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose"...?
[Via Jeffersonian]
A Reasonable Restriction
Ban all guns...[More]Wait a minute--I thought the new post-Heller talking point from the antis was no one wants to do that and now we can focus on "common sense measures."
Robert Smith Jr. offers the most intellectually impaired opinion piece I have yet read, and I've read a lot of 'em. But at least he takes the mask off--and you'll notice no "leading" anti-gunners have rushed in to repudiate him.
The short answer, Bob, is "No."
The longer answer is two words, starts with "F" and ends with "you."
Your move.
[Via Joe G]
Are You Feeling Blu?
Did you know that Blu-ray discs can report back to studios when you play a disc? Yep. The BD-Live feature (which was initially touted as a way of delivering extra content to customers - as though Blu-ray didn’t offer enough space in the first place) is being used by studios to keep track of how often you play a disc. [More]I really don't know enough about this technology to articulate an informed conclusion, but figured I'd throw this out there so those of you who do can educate us.
The author's conclusion?
I don’t know about you, but as a consumer I’m getting tired of being spied on.That and as a citizen...
[Via Carl S]
Sorting Out the Sheeple
You're a woman--maybe even a lady. Walking to your car in a subterranean parking structure, you round the fender and find a hulking, leering troglodyte crouched beside your car door. He rises. grinning, with a length of clothesline and a roll of duct tape in his hands. At that instant, you have your choice of one of three vehicles to pull up beside you...[More]Carl S reminds me of a column from several months back by a GUNS Magazine colleague. Good stuff.
Does "Bear" Brady ... in the Woods?
An anti-gun group is suing to stop a last-second Bush administration change that would allow Americans to carry concealed, loaded guns in most national parks and wildlife refuges.Because, you know, those of us who responsibly keep and bear arms everywhere else are going to get a sudden urge to take potshots at a moose with a handgun. Or something.
The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence sued the Interior Department in federal court on Tuesday. [More]
I wonder, if the suit is successful, if the Brady's will guarantee our safety in their "No Guns" zones--and assume financial responsibility if we're harmed because we weren't "allowed" defend ourselves?*
And they say there are no stupid questions...
David Hardy thinks they may have "standing" issues, but the DC Circuit also gives broad meaning to the term "germane."
*Not that some ever obey this evil foolishness anyway...
[Via Zachary G]
We're the Only Ones Who Fit You to a "T" Enough
A Belleville Police officer arrested a St. Charles man for wearing a t-shirt emblazoned with the word "POLICE."See, if you want to show "solidarity," it's important that you wear the right shirt.
..."Those t-shirts are a sign of solidarity," said Howard A. Shalowitz, an attorney representing Weinstein. "How many people wear NYPD caps? Are they impersonating police?" [More]
I wonder if a t-shirt emblazoned with the words "ONLY ONES" would sell?
[Via Avg Joe and Mack H]
Meet the New Cleveland Gun Rights Examiner
We are pleased to announce that OFCC's Daniel White has been selected as the next Cleveland Gun Rights Examiner! Many of you are familiar with his writings, as he has written articles for OFCC for years. We wish him luck and success, and our website will continue to link to his articles as we have done for David the last couple of months. [More]Dan is uniquely positioned to grow the Ohio market. He starts this new gig on Monday and I'll be linking to his stuff as a matter of course.
In addition to refocusing my column to a national audience, I'm working with my Examiner.com channel manager to develop Gun Rights Examiners in other cities. While it would be premature to give specifics, I think I'll have another very good announcement to make shortly.
This Day in History: December 31
On December 31, the American forces assaulted Quebec, with 600 men led by Arnold from the North and 300 men led by Montgomery from the South. The British were waiting between successive barriers. The Americans broke through the first line, but were stopped by the second. Arnold was wounded in the leg and carried from the battle field. Montgomery was killed by a bullet to the head, and the American assault failed. Six hundred men were captured and 60 died in the attempt to take Quebec. [More]