The Polls Have Closed

Over in the sidebar. I'll be taking it down after today.

It does fit in well with today's GRE theme...

I wonder how accurate the stated results would be if put to the test?

UPDATE: Here are the results.

If Obama signs an "assault weapon" ban, will you obey it?

Yes, I'm a spineless slave. 36 (2%)

Hell no. Come and get it. 1506 (97%)

Votes so far: 1542
Poll closed

The Perfect Setting

Today, with the U.S. Capitol in the background, Rep. Mike Castle (R-DE) and Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY) kicked-off a campaign to pass The Gun Show Loophole Closing Act, legislation to require background checks on all firearm sales at gun shows. [More]

See, the best place to commit treason is out in the open, with plenty of flags waving around.

[Via Stephen S]

No More Free Wacos

I received what I believe to be a credible report this afternoon about someone whom the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives views as a real thorn in their side. [More]

Mike Vanderboegh writes an open letter to Eric Holder in the hopes that nothing rash is in the works.

Spread this one, please. Shine lights and bang pots.

We're the Only Ones Sorry Enough

A tearful former Pasadena police officer admitted Tuesday to robbing two La Habra banks of $21,657 as the "Polite Bandit."

Vincent Edward Cantu gained his FBI moniker because he apologized to tellers while robbing them. [More]

Well, he is one sorry excuse, even by "Only Ones" standards.

It just hit me what the walrus mustache, the tears, and the apologetic attitude while acting as a predator remind me of:

"I weep for you," the Walrus said:
"I deeply sympathize."
With sobs and tears he sorted out
Those of the largest size,
Holding his pocket-handkerchief
Before his streaming eyes.

Assuming you believe his jabberwocky...

Do You Have a Line in the Sand?

Are there any other laws you would defy, because obeying them would require a betrayal of conscience and surrender of spirit you are not willing to make?

Are there laws you would be willing to actively resist? To what extent? [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column discusses an important new essay and then makes it personal.

Also get the latest from my fellow GREs.

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This Day in History: May 6

The commanding Officers of Battalions, that furnish the Commander in Chief's Guard, are to not draw for the men thus furnished after they have left their respective Battalions, but are to give each man a Certificate of the day on which he was last paid; in order that the Captain of the Guard may be enabled to make out their Abstract properly. [More]