Rules o' Engagement, Sez Ye? Har, Sez I

Her shots, part of a deafening volley from her fellow cadets enrolled in the school's first-ever firearms training course, were taking aim at a threat half a world away: the surge of piracy off the Horn of Africa, the continent's easternmost peninsula that juts into the Arabian Sea. [More]

About damn time.

And then I read this:

"If the pirates get onboard, it's all over for the crew," Murphy said, adding that merchant ships are bound by rules of engagement that prevent them from firing upon approaching pirate ships, and are often unarmed to begin with.

"Rules of engagement"? For pirates? Are they nuts?

When are they going to get smart and realize pirates could be treated like a resource, a commodity to be harvested? I guarantee you, if the scurvy sea dogs realized that, a whole lot of them would be looking for a safer line of work.

[Via Ed M]

We're the Only Ones with a Bunch of History Enough

Disciplinary records for a Spokane County Sheriff's sergeant arrested in February show that Pete Bunch has a long history of misusing his authority and even cheating taxpayers on his time sheet. [More]

So naturally:

Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich has to decide if he wants to give bunch another last chance.

I mean, it's not like he's already had any...

I thought when it came to "Only Ones," bad apples came in barrels, not bunches...

[Via Smiley Starfish]

The Eyes Have It

Best wishes and get well soon. [More]

We're the Only Ones Manly Enough

Avon Park police officer James Hilton Parker III remained in Highlands County Jail in lieu of $250,000 bond Monday, after being charged Sunday with aggravated child abuse of the 20-month-old baby girl of his live-in girlfriend.

The child, who had multiple bruises over her body and an apparent fractured skull, was on life support Monday at All Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg, according to the sheriff's office. She remained in "very very critical condition"... [More]

Brave guy, eh?

And I love it--the department is short-staffed because two other "Only Ones" have been arrested.

Just a few bad apples, no doubt.

The Supreme Law of the Planet

JUDGES should interpret the Constitution according to other nations' legal "norms." Sharia law could apply to disputes in US courts. The United States constitutes an "axis of disobedience" along with North Korea and Saddam-era Iraq.

Those are the views of the man on track to become one of the US government's top lawyers: Harold Koh. [More]

The primary mission of the current crop of traitors in power is to destroy the Republic.

Or am I missing something?

We're the Only Ones with Attitude Enough

The nearly 17-minute video shows the entire incident involving Houston Texans running back Ryan Moats and Dallas police officer Robert Powell. Moats was rushing his wife and two of her family members to a hospital, where his mother-in-law lay dying. She died while Moats and his wife's grandfather waited outside the hospital for the officer to issue a ticket. [More]

You will respect my authoritah!

Some of you sent me this story a few days back and I couldn't get to it. Her's the dashcam video of the stop. No understanding or common sense. It's not like it couldn't be checked out. Or ended immediately once the hospital rep explained the "Code Blue" situation.

"Right now your attitude sucks...I can make your life very difficult...Attitude's everything... Remember attitude?"

Good Lord. And he warns him about "next time"!

People have emergencies. You'd think emergency responders would realize that, and, I don't know, maybe...help...?

[Via John G]

We're the Only Ones Planting Enough

Suit alleges Minneapolis cops planted gun by man they killed

Fong Lee's family claims police had recovered the same gun in a burglary years before. [More]

I'm trying to square that with Sgt. Garcia's (!) "good tactics and excellent officer survival skills," but I don't speak that much "Only One-ese"...

[Via Shy]

We're the Only Ones Taxing Enough

An Internal Revenue Service agent who audits taxpayers in California has agreed to plead guilty to cheating on his own taxes. [More]

I guess this "Only One" proves there really is no honor among thieves.

[Via Avg Joe]

How Do You Say...

..."damned American gun shows" in Bosnian...?

Where else would he have gotten a working anti-tank missile launcher and machine gun? [More]

[Via Brian F]

We're the Only Ones Going to the Dogs Enough

The apparent police vendetta against dogs continues. This time, officers in Buffalo, New York, stormed into a home during the course of a search for drugs, gunned the dogs down in front of the family, and then left without making any arrests. [More]

What does Cesar Millan call "Only One" behavior like this? "Red Zone aggressiveness"?

What will it take to return them to a "calm submissive state"?

Meanwhile, Across the Pond in Sarah Brady Paradise

'Tempers were running high but the police were saying we have to wait for the fire brigade because of health and safety rules.'

He added: 'When a family is burning to death in front of your eyes, rules should go out of the window - especially when children are involved.' [More]

Now, now...it's for the children that we have all those rules. Remember?

You lot wanted them and now you've got them. And according to Nanny State, you're all children.

[Via Jeffersonian]

A Public/Private Partnership

The new legislation, the "Pay for Performance Act of 2009," would impose government controls on the pay of all employees -- not just top executives -- of companies that have received a capital investment from the U.S. government. It would, like the tax measure, be retroactive, changing the terms of compensation agreements already in place. [More]

Didn't take long for economic fascism to become the centerpiece of the agenda, did it? Folklore says a vampire cannot cross your threshold unless you invite him in. And who is a bigger parasite or sucks more than Barney Frank?

And now some words of wisdom for our Captains of Industry that even a boy with a little wooden head understands... (When elder feral son Uday was little, he called him Pick-a-neek-o--so I still do)...

[Via Tom R]

Stunning Claudia

I am stunned this game should ever have been allowed to have been made. [More]

And that tells me all I want to know about you and your anti-human mindset, Claudia Webbe.

Perhaps some day you will be truly stunned, and for one fleeting instant realize how wrong you've been about... everything.

[Via Jeet]

Bans Won't Stop Violence But Gun Haters Propose Them Anyway

The writer knows what he's proposing would not have stopped the Oakland killings. And he admits the "assault weapon" ban he demands as a direct result will not stop future killings.

He admits it.[More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column asks what kind of person would demand laws he knows will not work. We here at WarOnGuns know them as "Authorized Journalists."

Also get the most recent commentary from my fellow GREs, a link to the Liberty Belles' thoughts on the nursing home shootings, and my latest Guns Magazine Rights Watch column.

Tell a friend? Of course you will. Why wouldn't you?

This Day in History: March 31

A Captain [Deshields] who escaped from New York on Saturday Evening and who arrived here this Morning informs, that about three thousand Troops (British and Hessian) were embarked from the City and Staten Island when he came away. It was generally said, they had in contemplation an expedition to Chesapeak Bay, and to make a descent on the Eastern Shore. [More]

III Patch Update

WRSA fills us in on the latest "III patch" news. [More]

You got yours, right? We're dependin' on you, son.

I'm getting the germ of an idea--send in your photo wearing the III patch and have some kind of contest for doing it from the farthest location...

We're the Only Ones...He's Where?...Enough

Earlier this month, officers from the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs raided a home in Mustang, Oklahoma, looking for Corey Davis. The cops didn't find Davis, which is no surprise; while the police tossed the house, the man they were looking for was cooling his heels at a prison boot camp where he's resided since November of last year. [More]

So who's the genius mastermind? Will there be any discipline, any reassignment...? Can we even get a name?

And what do want to bet had an occupant been injured or worse, the ruling would have been that it was justified by more erroneous "Only One" assumptions...?

Meanwhile, Over in...

...what do the Brady's call it...?

Oh, yeah:





Anyway, this happened.

All You Need to Know About the Nursing Home Shooting

The gunman was stopped by a single shot. [More]

OK, you might also want to know this:

He came in with a shotgun, a rifle and a couple other kinds of weapons...

You hear that, Fudds?

Oh, look: One more thing you need to know--the nursing home is a "gun free zone."

Where the Wild Things Are

But in recent months, the people of Canada's Olympic city have been living in fear...

The Mexican cocaine supply line extends through the United States, especially Los Angeles, up to Vancouver...and gangs are killing each other. [More]

Human beings should not live in fear of predators.

Predators should live in fear of human beings.

That is, if we intend to occupy the top spot.

What, we think just because we live in cities we stopped being part of the natural world?

You should see what Mexican cartel monsters do to tender morsels like some of the bleating sheep in this story. And the government bureaucrats? The ones who don't play along end up with their heads in one corner, and their naked bodies stacked up in the other.

Leftist sympathies notwithstanding, Kirk Douglas had a great line in one of my favorite movies, "The List of Adrian Messenger."

Evil is.

Anyone who forgets that is a fool. Anyone who does not fight it is a coward.

[Via Ed M]

We're the Only Ones Falsifying Enough

Sheriff Art Kell said, “I have enough to worry about with this other deputy stealing from the department to start an investigation over another deputy who may have falsified timesheets… until they break the law, I’m not going to get involved. I’ve had enough bad media press to deal with to start this up.” [More]

Good attitude, sheriff. Nice to know you require the highest integrity standards for the "Only Ones" you foist on the general public.

We've met the time cheat before. Remember? Nice to see he's worked so hard on being the best he can possibly be since then.

I meant to bring this story to you earlier, but got wrapped around the axle doing this.

When Avg Joe sent me this story, it jogged my memory.

[Via Luke]

Relative Safety

Where is the outrage to start banning these deadly sports? [More]

Be patient.

It'll come.

What Would be Enough?

"Just saying 'Joe Blow' is a drug dealer is not enough"... [More]

How about saying he has guns?

Maybe find out who some of the snitches are and anonymously call it in--let McWilliam and Hoy take care of the rat through the expected overreaction...

[Via Avg Joe]

Not a Predictor of Future Good Behavior

But as the 10th anniversary of the high school massacre approaches, lawmakers are considering a bill that would waive the checks for anyone holding a concealed-carry permit.

Police chiefs and sheriffs are among those who testified against the measure, which is scheduled to be heard by the full Senate next week...

"Getting a permit is not a predictor of future good behavior," said Eileen McCarron, president of Colorado Ceasefire Capitol Fund. [More]

Oh, and becoming an "Only One" is, genius?

And Linda Newell: You're a liar with a big "but". If you were "pro-Second Amendment," you'd be championing "shall not be infringed."

[Via Mama Liberty]

Tommy Needs a Home

Tommy is normally very quiet, but he can have quite a fiery personality that is sure to delight you on the occasions it comes out. He needs a good home and a responsible, loving caretaker.

Won't you help?

The satisfaction and rewards could be immeasurable. [More]

Do 90% of Mexican 'Crime Guns' Come from U.S.?

The only explanations are ATF and their masters at DoJ are either hopelessly oblivious to what is really happening, that is, criminally negligent, or they are engaged in an outright conspiratorial fraud to deprive us of our rights.

Those are serious charges. I submit the sworn testimony of Deputy AG Ogden makes this a matter for official inquiry. Under glaring lights. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column offers proof the antis are lying about U.S. guns and Mexico.

It's also provides a way to go on the offensive and force BATFU to answer some tough questions under oath. But whether that happens or not depends entirely on the gun owners who read this column, that is, on you and the people you forward this to.

This Day in History: March 30

The office of Adjutant General being vacant, by the resignation of Colo. Reed, and the power of appointing a successor with me, I am induced, from the good opinion I entertain of your attachment to the Interest of the United States and your Military character, not only to make a tender, but most heartily to wish your acceptance of it. [More]

We're the Only Ones All Ryled Up Enough

A Wyoming Highway Patrol trooper faces federal civil rights charges alleging he unlawfully arrested and kidnapped a man in January.

...The complaint, which federal authorities revealed Friday, also charges Ryle with brandishing a gun during the crime. It does not specify Ryle's relationship to the other man.[More]

Not specified?

I gotta wonder what Immigration and Customs Enforcement is doing joining with the FBI and state DCI that would result in an arrest?

The details are too scarce on this to pass "Only One" judgment yet. It's not like I have a high level of trust where the feds are involved.

[Via Mama Liberty]

Another Reason Why Government Needs a Gun Registry Database

The Chi-Coms might like to know...[More]

[Via Mike H]

One Nation, Under Allah

In a bid to get more Muslim Americans working in the Obama administration, a book with resumes of 45 of the nation's most qualified — Ivy League grads, Fortune 500 executives and public servants, all carefully vetted — has been submitted to the White House. [More]

Now I know the First Amendment states "CONGRESS shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion..." but I thought it was pretty much settled law that that "wall of separation" Jefferson referred to in a letter meant the application was now mandated to be drilled all the way down to villages putting a creche on public property...

Now we get hiring preferences based on profiling?

Oh well, I'm sure Americans United Against Non-Marxist Church/State Partnerships will get right on it--just like they and the IRS did with "Snuffy" Pfleger...

Besides, what kind of fool thinks the Constitution applies to the federal government...? Hell, they build "temples" to "enshrine" their gods.

I'm just waiting for the Islamic fundies to grok that the graven image of Muhammad on the Supreme Court building is blasphemy, and merits a fatwah.

[Via W-3]

Progress on the Mexican Drug War Front?

A "friend" of Vice President Joseph Biden's daughter, Ashley, is attempting to hawk a videotape that he claims shows her snorting cocaine at a house party this month in Delaware. [More]

You know--that drug war where the administration says Mexican cartel suppliers are using U.S.-supplied "assault weapons"...?

So the answer is obviously to disarm you and me--with a new ban even more stringent than the one Joe tells everybody he authored...?

Got it?

Although perhaps the title needs to be corrected--maybe I should change "Progress" to "Progressive"...?

What Does 'Operation Southbound Steel' Tell Us About Smuggling U.S. Guns to Mexico?

The ATF Atlanta Field Division put out a "request for information" on March 26 "advising law enforcement agencies of a firearms trafficking trend that involves the movement of illegal firearms from Atlanta, GA to Mexico." [More]

So--where are all those "assault weapons"?

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column brings you information you won't get anywhere else. I will not be surprised if it results in a visit. So I'd appreciate any here who are so inclined to help me shine lights and bang pots. You can do that by sharing this link far and wide, including with other media outlets.

This Day in History: March 29

[More]

The Lightworker Used Us...?

Have you forgotten who helped get you elected in the first place?[More]

Of course he hasn't. Like the quote commonly attributed to Lenin, he knows useful idiots when he sees them. And he also knows once they have been exploited, they become useless eaters.

And they say there are no stupid questions.

Well, This Should End Well

Hezbollah uses Mexican drug routes into U.S. [More]

Gee. Maybe as a solution, the government that is allowing this can clamp down on even more of our liberties.

Just throwing this out there: Beslan-style attack. In a "gun-free zone". With "assault weapons."

It's not like it hasn't happened before.

See Eric Holder Lie

I, Eric Holder, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States...[More]

Good one!

But you're a little late, Wayne LaPierre. You not only stood by while the enemy gained a beachhead, you made it known our "allies" could usher him in with no repercussions.

And still with the "enforce existing laws on the books."

So it is the official position of the NRA that "gun control" is an effective crime-fighting strategy? That seems a hell of a concession to just hand to the Bradys...

We're the Only Ones Resigned Enough

...Cuyahoga County Sheriff Gerald McFaul, a long-time opponent to gun rights in Ohio, has tendered his resignation after months of allegations about his misconduct in office...

[H]e had once deputized his son so that he could get a job (which he couldn't otherwise have obtained) while carrying a firearm (which he couldn't otherwise have carried). [More]

How typically "Only One" of him.

Cleveland Gun Rights Examiner Daniel White has a lot more to say.

[Via Bill H]

Florida Cancels First Amendment Right to Peaceably Assemble

A tea party to protest government spending and taxing is canceled. Canceled by the government.

Why? They feel too many people could show-up. [More]

And the people behind the event are putting up with this?

Yeah--looks like the organizers folded. How they expect anyone to take them seriously now is beyond me.

Permit? Move the event to another time and place? Why not just "spontaneously" show up not at the park, but in front of the damned City Hall?

[Via Avg Joe]

What on Earth Does a Space Storm Have to Do with Gun Rights?

There's no electricity. Meaning lights are out. Water isn't being pumped. Food is spoiling. Market shelves are emptied in panic buying turned to looting. Delivery trucks can't restock, because gas pumps are dead.

And it'll be a while before the power gets turned back on. For a good many, a lethal while.

The perfect storm has arrived...[More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column explores the aftermath of a particularly sunny day and then asks a question. I know how most of you would answer it. How would the people in your circle of friends and relatives?

Why not send them the link and ask them?

Also get the latest from my fellow GREs.

This Day in History: March 28

I am glad to find by your publication in the Pennsylvania Gazette, of the 19th Inst.; that you have compleated your arrangement of Field Officers, by means of which I hope the recruiting of your Battalions will go on more briskly, than it has done heretofore. By the promotion of Major Butler and death of the Colo. and Lieut. Colonel, the eighth Regiment of your state is left without a Field Officer, I must therefore desire that you will order the three new field Officers to join immediately, for I can assure you, that no Regiment in the Service wants them more. [More]

"Symbolizing the Resistance of the African People"

Besides, it's not like Mixon had a choice...

I think if I don't want any trouble, I'd best just get rid of these guns. Join me?

Either that, or I could stand shoulder-to-shoulder with men like this...

We're the Only Ones Social Networking Enough

And he isn't shy about sharing his views of police work, referring to himself as not a state trooper, but as a "garbage man." His Facebook page said, "I pick up trash for a living." [More]

Sounds like a bit of projection going on there, trashman.

And there are still people who believe "Only Ones" like these moron thugs are more trustworthy with guns than you or I.

[Via a bunch of you]

It Came from Outer Space!

How would you like to find yourself in the middle of this scenario--and not have a gun?[More]

Enjoy, "progressives"!

The Antis Get Their Way

This is for every anti who ever said the Founders could not conceive of modern weaponry, and for every gun owner who replied they also couldn't conceive of modern communications tools. Looks like that assumption will be applied across the board... [More]

Hey, who needs those pesky First, Second, Fourth and Fifth Amendments anyway?

Besides, if you're not doing anything wrong, what have you got to hide?

It's a Start

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

To claim sovereignty over certain powers pursuant to the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America, to serve notice to the federal government to cease and desist certain mandates, and to insist that certain federal legislation be prohibited or repealed. [More]

I'd feel better if they told us just what powers they intend to take over if the feds vacate...

[Via Tom Z]

Push

Mike H asks how far "they" will. [More]

We're the Only Ones Courting Enough

Recently County Commissioner Janet Rowland suggested that county employees might carry concealed handguns to improve security at the old county courthouse. [More]

Because everyone knows county employees are the "Only Ones" trustworthy enough to carry guns in courthouses. Although I might also nominate city building permit and state DMV clerks, especially the fat stupid ones who get off on their "authoritah".

Good grief.

Making the Grade

How's the ol' Lightworker doing? [More]

[Via Jerry R]

Who is Arming the Mexican Drug Cartels?

Haven't we already established that beyond all doubt? [More]

[Via Avg Joe]

We're the Only Ones Creating the Problem Enough

The federal government is giving crack and powder cocaine, morphine, and other hard-core drugs to taxpayer-funded researchers for testing on addicts, The Examiner has learned. [More]

But let non-"Only Ones" distribute medical marijuana to cancer patients and Katy bar the door.

I wonder how much of their stuff they get from Mexico...?

[Via Skip]

We're the Only Ones Gunrunning to Mexico Enough

According to federal records obtained by the ABC-7 I-Team, Bustamante was arrested on the theft charges March 2. He was accused of selling six government handguns, three government shotguns and a pair of government binoculars without authorization. [More]

Wait a minute--"Only Ones" are involved in this? What happened to those damned American gun shows...?

[Via Mark G]

Lest Ye Be Judged

Federal prosecutors charged Ciavarella and another Luzerne County judge, Michael Conahan, with taking $2.6 million in payoffs to put juvenile offenders in privately owned lockups.

The judges pleaded guilty to fraud last month and face sentences of more than seven years in prison. [More]

They would face more than that from me if they had done this to one of my boys.

This is pure evil.

[Via Ed M]

What is Purpose of ATF's 'Forward Trace Initiative'?

I can see several problems with this right off the bat. This opens the door for all kinds of fishing expeditions. And how is a company that depends on compliance (to often arbitrary or unwritten "standards") with ATF for its survival reasonably supposed to be able to refuse "voluntary cooperation"--and then not fear repercussions? How is that not extortion? [More]to be

I received a letter from a reliable source that appears authentic. I'm trying to determine if it is, and if so, what its implications will be.

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column also includes links to the latest commentary from my fellow GREs.

Tell a friend?

This Day in History: March 27

Happy Birthday, Mommy.

I love you.

Black Man With a Gun: Interview with Kenn Blanchard

I'm impressed. And now it's your turn. Mr. Blanchard has agreed to take questions from you, the readers, over the next few hours. [More]

The Gun Rights Examiner online interview where you can ask a question is now up and open for business.

Please tell your friends, and please check back throughout the day for Q&A updates.

Other posting may be light today. I need to monitor and moderate this, and that can be time-consuming.

UPDATE: (9:00 pm EST) Interview over. Further questions will not be taken.

This Day in History: March 26

I have the greatest reason to believe that Soldiers, when they are dismissed the Hospitals, in which they have been, instead of joining the Corps they belong to, go Stroling about the country at their own option, to the great detriment of the Services. [More]

Daze and Confuse

Go here and vote for "Yes, absolutely. These groups are a militant outgrowth of the GOP."

Might as well convince as many of these yapping ninnies as we can to bark up the wrong tree.

Yes, Kosbots, Newt Gingrich made us do it. Good Lord.

My favorite comment is the second one, by PJ Jefferson:

If you haven't done so already, you should report this guy to the FBI. I don't care if he says he's under surveillance, I would contact them anyway.

And then, like a typical collectivist, he tries to hijack the thread over to his page!

You can get Vanderboegh's side of things, that is, the truth, here.

Holland Tunnel Blocked

"We have got to be finding ways to get (handguns) off the streets, not handing them out as prizes," Liberal MP Mark Holland (Ajax-Pickering) said yesterday. "It really is an insult to a community that has seen so much gun violence and where so many people have been killed ... to give that away as a (raffle) prize." [More]

Settle down, Mark. You'll work yourself into an indignant frenzy and then this will pop out...

[Via The Bitter Clinger]

Refuse to Be a Victim

Robber fatally shot in Miami Burger King holdup [More]

I wasn't there and have no way of knowing how accurate this report is--but I think "arguing" with a masked gunman is pretty much a mistake.

If I feel compelled to draw down on someone, I'd kind of like to not be the focus of his attention...

[Via WJ]

Dial 911 and...

A 911 operator is under investigation for lecturing a kidnapping victim who was later found slain. [More]

Nice job there. I wonder if he'd have hustled a bit more if she'd told him she had a gun?

Oh, and look--the perp had "16 prior felony arrests with three convictions, including a conviction for murder in 1989."

A career criminal murders again. Where have I heard that before? Sounds like they need to disarm you and me.

[Via John G]

We're the Only Ones Fundraising Enough

More Tickets in Hard Times

Cities searching for revenue look to their police departments as a way to cash in. [More]

Hey, why should your hard time be their hard time?

The issue should be safety? Good one!

So what if you can't afford it? You'll just have to do without something else. Your brats don't need milk every day.

But you will come up with the money. It's not like you can do anything about it.

Gotta pay for "Only Ones," you know--so that they can keep on...protecting you.

[Via Ed M]

UPDATE: And look--they don't just write them for money. They can also write them for revenge! [Via Jeff H]

UPDATE 2: And there is still more motivation for an enterprising fixer-upper... [Via DJK]

Meddling with Powers

Rep. Grant Burgoyne, D-Boise, spoke against the bill, saying no one ever expects to see an invasion or a declaration by the governor of martial law, but no one expected to see planes crashing into the World Trade Center either.

"We're meddling here with one of the most fundamental and necessary powers, and I think we need to be very careful how we do that," he told the House. [More]

Interesting perspective--it's not government infringing on your rights, it's you meddling with their powers.

I'd say this country isn't big enough for such divergent philosophies. Something's gotta give.

Who do you think will fold first: You or Grant?

Teach Your Children Well

Per M Terry:

How much h....s... can an "authorized journalist" spew in three minutes of video?

BSNBC reporters on the job...

Couldn't find any contact info. Little wonder - if they were taken to task for spouting bullcrap they'd have to have a legion of ombudsmen on staff...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/29859061#29804534

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/29859061#29804317

Special Forces in Iraq use semi-auto AR-15s? And where's the AK-47?

The kids look like they're having a ball--reminds me of some of the teaching adventures I had with mine. The boy has such an endearing laugh...

Must be tough for the narrator to realize a seven-year-old girl is more capable than he at an essential adult responsibility.

Better not tell Bodyguarded Boss Daley though...he's even less of a man.

[Daley link via DJK]

We're the Only Ones "Say Cheese!" Enough

Two years ago, a Pennsylvania man was thrown in jail for 160 days for refusing to allow police to take his picture. [More]

And what happens if a lowly citizen tries to make it a two-way street and photograph an "Only One"?

Yeah. That's what I thought.

[Via Avg Joe and Jeffersonian]

Gun Carry Law Shut Down Over Environmental Impact

A federal judge ruled there must be a full review of the possible environmental impact of allowing citizens on national properties to carry concealed guns in holsters rather than locked cases. [More]

WorldNetDaily's Bob Unruh weighs in on the recent national parks gun ruling.

He quotes extensively from me and from fellow GRE Ed Stone.

If you like such articles and inclusions, they do take letters. It certainly wouldn't hurt to let them know you'd like to see them use us as sources and link to our columns more...

You might also tell them the link they gave for my column doesn't work...and when a poor writer gets paid by page views...

UPDATE: Emailed the reporter. They fixed the link.

Freedom Fighter Radio

I'll be on.

Tonight.

9:00pm EST.

Here (I see a required plug-in icon, so you may want to check it out before-hand).

Blame Criminal, Not Guns for Oakland Shootings

It also sidetracks our attention from what we should be focusing on: the criminal.

And how is he presented?

Oakland shooter unable to escape cycle of violence...

Family members, angry and upset after their loss, describe Mixon as an deeply frustrated young man who likely snapped under the weight of opportunities missed or denied.

Personal choices have nothing to do with it, you see. It's not like he had anything to do with the "cycle of violence," is it? [More]

Much of the media is focusing on banning guns and sympathy for the Oakland killer. Today's Gun Rights Examiner column is an attempt to steer the debate back in the right direction.

Also get the latest from my fellow GREs.

Please read the column and share the link. And Digg if you're inclined. If a small fraction of regular WarOnGuns readers were members there and helped propagate these links, it could literally increase Examiner column readership by tens of thousands by pushing them to the front page before the resident Marxist Liberty Suppression Brigade could bury them.

This Day in History: March 25

On March 25, 1777, Gates was named commander of Fort Ticonderoga on Lake Champlain, which was made an independent command from the Northern Department. [More]

The Only Other One I Know Besides the "Man from Nantuckett"

A criminal from Limerick said
I'll put this gun next to me head
Then he made it go bang
And it scared the whole gang...

...who probably couldn't tell the difference, since this Darwin Award finalist was obviously brain dead to begin with. [More]

Gun Rights Examiner on Andy Caldwell Show

That would be me, tonight at 6:00pm EST/3:00pm PST on KUHL AM1440 Santa Maria. You'll note in the top right corner of their page there is a provision for live streaming.

We're going to talk about "Ammunition Accountability."

Join us, won't you?

We're the Only Ones Exempt Enough

Delegate Mark Hunt, D-Kanawha, is co-sponsor of HB3248, a bill aimed at adding members of the Legislature to a list of officials and others who are allowed to skip the waiting period and carry a firearm. [More]

Because everyone knows a threat on "Only One" Mik...uh...Mark Hunt is much more serious and deserving of an expedited response than a threat on you or me...

Don't these parasites have Barbies to ban or something...?

And might such conduct make us wonder why some people are apparently upset?

[Via jpr9]

Meanwhile, Over in CCW-Free Santa Barbara

Business window shattered by gunfire on Milpas Street in Santa Barbara. [More]

Here's a video clip of the feral morons being rescued.

I left a comment thanking Sheriff Bill Brown for ensuring by mandate that everyone except "Only Ones" and "criminals" are armed. I don't see it posted yet.

Feel free to add your voice.

[Via Gerhard Paul]

Oakland Shootings Show Uselessness of 'Gun Control'

Being a "prohibited person," it was illegal for Mixon to touch any gun. It was illegal for him to have a handgun, to carry it, to kill with it. And California has "assault weapon" bans that cover not only the model Mixon used, but also the characteristics...

The other problematic choice of words? Using the term "Automatic rifle."[More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at some of the basics in the way the Oakland shootings are being reported.

Also learn about the new Gun Rights Examiners website and read the latest from my fellow GREs.

Please read and share.

This Day in History: March 24

This is to inform your Excelency that I applyed here for Money Armes and plankits but can’t get it without your Excelency is pleas’d to send me a Warrand I have twenty five men I am oblig’d to pay £1.1 pr week for Each men which I think is too much... [More]

Getting the Word Out About Gun Rights Examiner

I'll be on a couple radio shows and wanted to get the word out--I was going to append these announcements to the column I couldn't post today due to site server problems.

Anyway, click here to read this announcement. I'll be back with my regular GRE column tomorrow.

I Still Can't Access Examiner

Apparently there are intermittent server problems and the tech team is working on it. Some of you can access it and others cannot. I'm in the "cannot" faction.

Because the opportunity to capture traffic today has been so severely impacted, I'm going to hold off posting what I wrote for today about the Oakland shootings.

In the mean time, keep trying to see if you can access my page for what I posted over the weekend. I have an announcement for this Thursday I think the regulars here will appreciate.

UPDATE: Everything appears to be working again.

There Oughtta Be a Law

Now, Jessie's parents are attempting to launch a national campaign seeking laws to address "sexting" - the practice of forwarding and posting sexually explicit cell-phone photos online. The Logans also want to warn teens of the harassment, humiliation and bullying that can occur when that photo gets forwarded. [More]

The Logans are free to warn anyone they want about anything they like. As for the rest of it, my natural inclination to feel sympathy for them has been overshadowed by more negative sentiments.

We're the Only Ones Certified Enough

Cutts was one of 10 officers convicted in the past five years that the AP found still had the authority to make an arrest or carry a gun, at least on paper. [More]

So according to the law, a convicted murderer "Only One" is technically still more trustworthy to keep and bear arms than I am...?

[Via Ron Bokleman]

Propaganda is Routinely Being Parroted

“Firearms are routinely being transported from the U.S. into Mexico in violation of both U.S. and Mexican law,” William Hoover, assistant director of field operations for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF), told the subcommittee. [More]

If that's true, it does kind of show you how well those laws work at stopping bad guys, doesn't it?

I truly am tired of these opportunistic functionaries.

Hey Bill--tell me which gun store or "damned American gun show" I can go to to pick up a few cases of full-auto battle rifles and grenades.

One north of the border, I mean.

[Via Dave Licht]

Gun Rights Examiners Launch Website

While we're waiting for the official Examiner.com site to stop producing error messages, I want to introduce you to a site you can go to that will give you "one-stop shopping" for all Gun Rights Examiner commentary--mine as well as the folks handling a dozen cities nationwide.

Check out (and bookmark) www.gunrightsexaminers.com. It's the creation of Cleveland GRE Daniel White, and I'm very grateful that he took the time, made the effort and showed the leadership to do this. It's especially been a pain because Examiner urls are long and convoluted--so this give us a common link we can use to better publicize our work.

Obama Rewrites Second Amendment?

From the official White House website [More]:

The Second Amendment gives citizens the right to bear arms.

Click to enlarge

I suppose just posting the Bill of Rights without agenda-driven editorial interpretations would be too complicated?

What presumptuous frauds these scoundrels are. Tell me there isn't intent here.

What the government giveth, the government taketh away? Not while I breathe.

And yes--I've checked to see if this is carryover language. So far, it looks like it's new.

Technical Difficulties

If you try to access Gun Rights Examiner this morning, you will probably get an error message.

Try it.

This began becoming a problem yesterday. Now it looks like I and some others can't access the site at all. I'll announce today's column as soon as it becomes accessible. In the mean time, you might want to try back on this link in a bit.

This Day in History: March 23

I wrote to you the 13th, directing you to order eight of the Regiments of your State, to march, with the greatest expedition, to Peeks Kill; I then gave you my Reasons for this alteration of my former orders. Altho' I called upon you in the most pressing manner, to hurry the Troops on, I cannot help again repeating my distress for the want of Men. [More]

Vigilantes?

Alleged purse-snatcher, tackled by supermarket vigilantes, pleads innocent [More]

"Vigilantes"?

What the hell is wrong with The Patriot-Ledger?

Oh, yeah.

"Authorized Journalists."

We're the Only Ones Towed Enough

Yesterday the Secret Service vehicle used for Jenna Bush’s protection and surveillance was towed from Bush’s Federal Hill neighborhood for numerous unpaid parking tickets. [More]

There's so much one can infer about "Only Ones" from just this brief sentence, isn't there?

Gun Control in Action

Jordan said Mixon had an "extensive criminal history" and was wanted on a no-bail warrant.

"(Mixon) was on parole and he had a warrant out for his arrest for violating that parole. And he was on parole for assault with a deadly weapon," said Oakland police Deputy Chief Jeffery Israel.[More]

So wasn't it illegal for him to have guns? And carry them? And have an "assault weapon"? And kill?

Looks like it's time to disarm you and me some more.

But here's the real thing to keep our eye on:

About 20 bystanders taunted police.

There is an undercurrent of seething hatred. It's a powder keg out there. The citizen militia may yet need to discover itself when things explode.

Howard Nemerov has more.

[Via Mama Liberty]

The Definitive Fudd

Just unload them and lock them up. [More]

No one is saying locks and safes don't have a place in overall options. But to recommend locking up your safety under all conditions is foolish and dangerous. It can enable terrible unintended consequences like pitchfork murders and dead grandmothers.

I don't see this Zumb...uh...Zimo guy acknowledging that, which makes him an unqualified "authority" to heed.

[Via Avg Joe]

We're the Only Ones Getting Less from More Enough

More US police using gunfire detection system...

But former Boston police lieutenant Thomas Nolan questions whether the money spent on the technology could better be used to hire more police.

"The cops I talk to on the street think ShotSpotter is a joke," said Nolan, associate criminal justice professor at Boston University. [More]

But a sick and dangerous joke nonetheless, considering the overarching "Only One" surveillance society it "normalizes."

By the way, you know the relationship between Shotspotter and "The Black Arrow," don't you? You've read it, right?

[Via Ed M]