All A(bove)board?

In the railway part of the attack, two of the terrorists indiscriminately fired at passengers with AK-47 assault rifles. [More]

That they retrieved from their checked-in luggage?

What? No?

They weren't even passengers on any train? They smuggled themselves, their AK-47s, grenades, etc., into the country on small boats that came ashore from the Arabian Sea?

So what the hell does this have to do with the Amtrak amendment? Nothing? Then why even bring it up?

Oh.

Why is it agenda-driven "Authorized Journalist" manipulators like Michael Isikoff get such far-reaching and influential writing gigs again?

Because they deliver.

[Via Say Uncle]

Questions in a Quandary

John Haughey at Outdoor Life's "The Gun Shots" asks a few about some of my Gun Rights Examiner columns... [More]

If I Had a Hammer

"Code enforcement needs a larger hammer," Friedman said. [More]

To go with your large sickle, right, Robert?

ISRA Warns Members about Hospitalization/Domestic Disputes

Recent Illinois Law (PA 95-0564) provides that health care professionals report patients to the state police anyone that they believe might pose a danger to themselves or others. ISRA has learned of situations where a party has been admitted to a hospital for stress, alcohol treatment, or other scenarios where part of the admission procedure included a short interview with a psychologist on staff. Questions asked, include gun ownership, and/or the Possession of a FOID card. Within a few weeks that individual receives a notice from the Illinois State Police revoking his or her FOID. [More]

Dang. That really sucks.

Is there any law that says you can't tell the doctor it's none of his damn business? If he's acting in a law enforcement capacity, can you get in trouble for just lying to him?

Who thought that FOID card was a good idea, anyway?

[Via billinois]

Chuck Fudd

Chuck Schumer joined Ben Nelson for Husker-Sooner football and pheasant hunting a week ago. Nelson reports that Schumer "got three pheasants, no dogs, no lawyers." [More]

Ha ha. Ha.

Say, isn't Schumer a lawyer?

Just more hypocrisy from a committed, in-your-face enemy.

Everybody's seen this picture, right? I'd have used it in today's GRE column, but we're only licensed to use stuff from AP, not Reuters.

[Via Joe Merchant]

We're the Only Ones "Always Low Prices" Enough

“For us, it’s a dangerous precedent to set,” said state police spokesman Sgt. Kern Swoboda. [More]

For us too, Sgt. Swoboda.

For us too.

Especially when we've seen the "Only Ones" saving money and living better at such a high cost to the rest of us.

[Via Declan]

Forget it Jake

It's Chi-Town. [More]

[Via lots of you]

We're the Only Ones Apparently Stalking Enough

Most of us would probably think that a man who found himself being followed down a dark street by two people at midnight and turned to ask, "why are you following me?" while holding a folding pocket knife pointed down along his leg was just being careful. His actions seem especially reasonable when you know that he put the knife away upon hearing that his apparent stalkers actually meant no harm. But in New Hampshire, Dustin Almon was convicted of a misdemeanor because the two fellow pedestrians were plainclothes police officers. [More]

So naturally the "Only Ones" charged and arrested him upon determining that he was compliant and no criminal threat, and the judge took full advantage of an opportunity to put a presumptuous peon in his place.

Anthony Cattabriga sure is teaching that trainee well.

And while I generally find much to agree with Examiner colleague J.D. Tuccille on, in this case I have a difference of opinion: Based on results, the stalkers did mean harm. Otherwise, once they determined he was not a menace, they'd have congratulated him on his preparedness and maybe suggested he get a gun instead.

UPDATE: MarkofaFreeman has more.

[Via Mama Liberty]

Schumer Proposes 'Terror Suspect Tip-Off Act of 2009'

Still, Schumer is nothing if not crafty. He knows there is a motherlode of untapped paranoia to exploit here, and using twin threats of terrorism and guns is a time-tested and reliable tactic for spooking and stampeding the herd.

And why stop with radical Islamic terror suspects? In truth, you can't, by law. So we need to include all those "homegrown terrorists" Janet Napolitano warned us about in that DHS report on "right wing extremists." And then we need to stop gun sales to all those potential threats who have been scrutinized--especially you...you Oath Keepers...and maybe even you or me. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at a bit of counter-intelligence, seasoned subversive gungrabber-style.

Also see Chuck's poisonous olive branch to the Fudds, meet a new Examiner in Knoxville, and get the latest from my fellow GREs.

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This Day in History: November 17

Congress submits the Articles of Confederation to the states for ratification. [More]