Stakeholders

Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, attorneys for the city and other stakeholders will brief the media on McDonald v. Chicago in advance of oral arguments before the Supreme Court early next month. They will be joined by others with a direct stake in the outcome of the case: mayors, prosecutors, law enforcement officials, medical professionals and the families of gun violence victims. [More]

Why how inclusive. And gun rights proponents? We have no direct stake in this. We're not stakeholders.

I'd like to hold the stake all right, you damned vampires. Along with a mallet in my other hand.

[Via HZ]

ATF: Cavalry Arms Owner Pleads Guilty

ATF has issued a press release concerning a two-year-old case against Arizona-based Cavalry Arms [More]

I put out yet another Gun Rights Examiner column today to cover a major development in a case we've been following for two years. And this one still leaves questions unanswered.

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Gun Rights Examiners Gaining Media Notice

Let me share some very recent GRE "success stories" with you...[More]

Today's second Gun Rights Examiner column explores the glimmer of potential, and helps explain why I'm constantly bugging regular readers to help spread the word by sharing links.

Will you?

We're the Only Ones Unchecked Enough

Off-Duty La. Officer Allegedly Runs Checkpoint [More]

Checkpoints apply to "Only Ones"?

[Via Harvey]

GRE Round Up for Feb. 23

There's some good stuff being turned out. I hope you're availing yourself of it, and importantly, sharing these links via emails, on blogs and forums, with your local newspaper editor, etc.

A common complaint is media bias and absence of representation for "our side."

These people work hard to change that and ask for nothing from those of us their labors serve other than to help spread the word. I hope no one thinks that's too much to ask.

Here are their latest offerings:

Howard Nemerov/Austin:

National ‘Take a gun hiking’ Day
A Brady Campaign ‘victory’

Don Gwinn/Chicago:
Gun Rights 101: So, can I carry a gun in a national park now?

Daniel White/Cleveland:

Blaming many for the actions of a few

Dan Bidstrup/Denver:
Utah seeks to clarify showing vs brandishing a weapon

Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis:
Cardinals pitcher Ryan Franklin criticizes MLB 'no guns' policy

The Journalist's Guide to Firearms Identification

That's about right...[Read]

[Via Kurt Hofmann]

A Protective Sweep

You didn't need that right to be free from warrantless searches anyway. [Read]

Or in "Only One" parlance, "What have you got to hide?"

You didn't think "Governments are instituted among Men" to "secure...rights," did you?

Just change that pesky concept to "officer safety" and we've got ourselves a compact!

[Via The_Chef]

Tyrants, Torturers and Taxmen

William N. Grigg looks at the "Pillars of 'Civilization'." [Read]

[Via Ron W]

Stop or I'll Tape!

City Council president Michael Ross plans to file an order before the council today that would require all convenience stores in Boston to install security cameras. [More]

Gee, Michael, where were you with this great solution when Lance Thomas needed you?

[Via Ed M]

Josh is So Upset...

...his Rapex may pop out. [Read]

Y'know, I get more tips on "Only One" violence and abuse in one week than he's managed to compile sifting through years of phony extrapolated "data." If I used 'em all, I'd literally have no time to do anything else.

I'd say the Joyce Foundation is hardly getting their money's worth, but I'd rather see them waste it on Sugarmann's nonsense than on something that might prove more effective.

We're the Only Ones Lighting You Up Enough

A Providence police officer was indicted yesterday on charges that he beat a handcuffed man with a flashlight, prosecutors said. [More]

But forget the video--we didn't see what happened before....which, as we all know, justifies things. At least for "Only Ones"--if you or I go physically revenge ourselves on someone, not so much.

[Via Ed M]

Girl Talk

Matthew R. Perrine sings Kumbayah with a local herd animal. [Read]

The Morlocks are pleased, Matthew. They may eat you last.

Then again, it's not like Eloi are all that rare a commodity.

Is Major League Baseball's Gun Ban a 'No-Brainer'?

Still, why would you want to trust anyone deemed incapable of civilized conduct around tools with unchecked access to clubs they could brain somebody with? [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column asks how smart and sporting mandated defenselessness is.

Also get an update on last night's legislative betrayal in Oregon.

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This Day in History: February 23

February 23, 1778
Freidrich Von Steuben arrives at Valley Forge
Baron Von Steuben, both a bogus general and baron, of Prussia arrives at Washington’s encampment. He commences training soldiers in close order drill and instills new confidence in the demoralized Continental army. [More]