No Country for Old Men

With black bear populations rising, run-ins have become almost commonplace — more than 15,000 in the past year in states east of the Mississippi River...

In a 2006 attack, a 210-pound male bear killed a 6-year-old girl and mauled her 2-year-old brother as well as her mother who tried to fend off the animal....

14 people have been killed in attacks by black bears in North America since 2000...another 10 people were killed by grizzlies during the period, mostly in Alaska and Canada. [More]

Or, as "astoundingly flawed" Paul Helmke tell us:

Concealed weapons have no place in our national parks, which have always been safe places to enjoy our nation’s magnificent natural and historical treasures...

It's no country for ignorant men, either.

[Via Ed M]

Responding to a Variety of Notional Events

These linked exercises are referred to as ARDENT SENTRY 09. Events will take place in multiple venues across the country including Iowa, Kansas, Oregon, Wyoming, and off the East and West Coasts. [More]

Not that I'm getting a notion that this is anything other than standard exercises to protect us while we do our duty as sovereign citizens by borrowing and spending...

[Via Dave Licht]

Are You Deliberately Trying to Start a Civil War?

Just answer the question. Yes or no. Don't insult us with elisions, evasions, dithering, qualifications, or conditional answers. [More]

OK. I will.

Absolutely not. We have repeatedly expressed our desire to be left alone. Our warnings of resolve are in the hopes that you collectivists will stop squeezing.

So no, we're not trying to start one. But some of us are preparing to finish it if you do.

[Via Stewart Rhodes]

We're the Only Ones "To Serve Man" Enough

The family of an Australian Aboriginal elder who died after being "cooked" in the back of a prison van on a scorching hot day is considering suing, they said. [More]

Prostitute Dies After Being Held in Scorching Outdoor Prison Cell [More]

"To serve man...it's...it's a cookbook!"

Ah well, it's a small price to pay for our heat 'n serve....I mean, serve 'n protect "Only Ones" to keep us all safe from drunken Aborigines and aging hookers.

If I Had Said...

If he had said, "Gun ban attempt is coming," I wouldn't bat an eye. I disagree with him about how successful such an attempt is likely to be. You don't get much more paranoid than gun owners. [More]

And you don't get much more ignorant than opinionated chatroom blowhards who pronounce judgments on articles and writers without reading what they actually said.

We're the Only Ones On Our Own Enough

Officers often must choose between doing drug gangs' bidding or risking death by refusing. Some who have come to the U.S. to escape the dilemma find the system unsympathetic. [More]

When you think about it, why should Mexican "Only Ones" not take bribes?

Why Didn't OH AG Sign Letter Opposing Semi-Automatic Firearms Ban?

From NRA I learn:

"23 State Attorneys General To Attorney General Holder: 'No Semi-Auto Ban'"...

Your signature is not among theirs. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column asks a question of an NRA "A-rated" democrat.

It also has a link and time if you care to listen to my appearance tonight on a Texas radio program.

And as always, get the latest from my fellow GREs.

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This Day in History: June 15

I never forgot your declaration when I had the pleasure of being at your House in 1768 that you was ready to take your Musket upon your Shoulder, whenever your Country call’d upon you, I heard that declaration with great satisfaction, I recollect it with the Same, & have seen it verify’d to your Immortal honor & the eminent advantage of the Illustrious cause in which we are contending. [More]