California Supports NRA Gun Suit against Chicago

Number two is the one to watch. AG Moonbeam isn't doing this because he likes us. California has a slew of anti-gun edicts he wants to position himself to defend. [More]

This development merited a second Gun Rights Examiner column today.

I hope you agree and that you'll tell a friend.

What Do You Call a Politician...

...who changes his vote against "one gun a month"...


and then votes for it?

Why not decide and then call him that?

[Via Cemetery's Gun Blob]

UPDATE: He only did it to not gore the ox of sport shooters and collectors, which as we all know is what the Second Amendment is all about. Nothing like giving a place at the table to a privileged subset to unify us all.

A Rational Response

“Everybody I know — 75 percent of all my friends — we’re all carrying weapons now, everywhere we go,” Cody Sossaman, 57, publisher of the Gaffney Ledger, said early Monday...

Daddy Joe’s bar patrons included women who were packing pistols in their purses for the first time in their lives.

“I’m telling you what — people are just scared to death!” said Kim Blanton, 49, a fourth-grade teacher who had a loaded .32-caliber pistol in her purse. No, she said, she doesn’t have a permit to carry a concealed weapon — and she doesn’t care...

Yes, Smiley said, she keeps a gun close these days. “I haven’t even gone to the bathroom without it”... [More]

Quick--somebody tell the Bradys--to go...uh...do something to themselves.

[Via retrotruckman and David R]

We're the Only Ones Accustomed to Lying Enough

The trooper then shoved the young lawyer, who defended himself by raising his hands. On impact, the lawyer was forced backward, injuring a finger he uses to pick chords on the guitar he plays with professional ease.

“I tripped,” the trooper now said, so accustomed to lying.

The lawyer demanded that a criminal complaint be sworn against the trooper. For hours, he waited in the lobby of the barracks for someone to take his complaint. When one was finally taken, word filtered out from state police that troopers were now seeking a warrant for the lawyer’s arrest. And they intended to file a grievance against the lawyer, too. [More]

This should be required reading for every potential juror expected to evaluate credibility of witnesses including LEOs.

What does it say about the "Only Ones," when lying is considered SOP?

[Via Bill Hicks]

A Negative Reaction

Mike Vanderboegh posts videos of militia leader Bob Wright addressing Tea Partiers. [More]

Excellent, stirring speech.

It appears a commentator made an assumption and jumped to a conclusion, and Mr. Wright gently corrects him.

Go and read Mike's post, and be sure and watch the videos he links to.

The Guns of Sudan

Last year, Governor Kuol asked Southern Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit to find the means to remove permanently all the remaining arms from civilian hands. Kiir responded on May 22, 2008, with Operational Order 1/2008, affecting all ten states of South Sudan. The Order stated that, if weapons could not be confiscated peacefully, officials could use “appropriate force.”

Kiir’s use of “appropriate force,” in a context wherein most of the civilians were armed and did not intend to surrender their weapons, was tantamount to a shoot-to-kill order. [More]

Kopel. Gallant. Eisen. Read.

We're the Only Ones Waived Enough

You must sign a waiver/consent form that gives law enforcement officers permission to stop the vehicle between the hours of 1:00am and 5:00am. The waiver states you will not hold the police agency or its officers liable for any reasonable actions that result from the vehicle being stopped, and that you will remove the decal when you sell or transfer the vehicle. [More]

The question is not how stupid the "Only Ones" think the citizens in their jurisdiction are. The question is, how stupid are they?

[Via Jeffersonian]

'Gun Culture' to Blame for McNair Death?

Have another beer, America, while others take the hits. Yeah, that hot girl in the shaving cream commercial: she's caressing his face, but she's looking at you... [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at a sports writer who blames...I guess us...for a murder. It links to WorldNetDaily's report, featuring quotes from yours truly.

Also:

• A follow-up on Albert Kwan. The Seattle Times finally informs its readers the charge has been dropped.
• California has filed an amicus brief supporting the NRA in its lawsuit against Chicago.
• Evan Nappen takes on New Jersey's "one gun a month" bill.
  

And get the latest from my fellow GREs.

Tell a friend?

This Day in History: July 7

It was the only land battle of the American Revolution to take place entirely on the soil of Vermont. [More]