GRE Round Up for Feb. 27

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:

Mike Stollenwerk/DC:
Radical anti-gun candidate flying under radar in Virginia special election

Steve D. Jones/Fort Smith:
State of emergency gun control

Liston Matthews/Knoxville:
UT Knoxville's 2nd Amendment policy criticized by NRA

John Pierce/Minneapolis:
The great registration myth

Dave Workman/Seattle:
Slaying of Tacoma teacher brings out best, worst in people and proves gun laws don’t work

Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis:
Kansas City, Missouri residents arming in response to serial rapist

Go. Read. And please share the links.

We're the Only Ones...

... Going to the Dogs Enough

A police officer trying to make an arrest at a Minneapolis home shot the neighbor's dog.

...Relieved Enough

Cop Accused of Urinating in Front of Woman Resigns

...Tipping Generously Enough

The U.S. attorney's office and the FBI say Lairy and others would make up tips to report to the crime-fighting group, and a coconspirator would receive a code from Lairy to claim money for the fake information. The fund lost more than $29,000.

...Protective Enough

Court documents allege, the 3 took more than $12,000 from a local nightclub owner in exchange for protection and information about upcoming police operations.

...Spinning Around Enough

Argo contends that Brockmann was chasing another motorist on Aug. 14, 2008, when Frashour performed what police call a PIT maneuver, or Pursuit Intervention Technique, on what he thought was the suspect vehicle. In this case, Argo argues that Frashour struck the wrong car...

...Initiating Enough

[I]nvestigation showed that Swanson was never shot at, the couple were unarmed and no weapon was found in or near the vehicle.

...Failing the Test Enough

A former Chicago police officer convicted of a bar beating seen around the world violated his probation by failing a drug test last month, Cook County prosecutors alleged today.

...Familiar Enough

Investigators say they believe the incident is “isolated” and that there was only one victim, who was not a stranger.

Investigators also said the victim was 8 when the assaults began a year ago.

...Hearing It Through the Grapevine Enough

Police privacy bill based on rumors

...Gender-Bending Enough

A San Antonio Police officer was arrested and is accused of sexually assaulting a transgender man.

...Still in Love Enough

The suspended cop pleaded guilty Friday in Schenectady County Court to two counts of misdemeanor criminal contempt for disobeying a court order that he refrain from contacting his former girlfriend.

[Via FFFW]

Another Profile in Apathy?

I reminded readers here of another option that was not included in WorldNetDaily's recent poll on the Arizona Senate race.

Correspondent Straightarrow sent them this letter to the editor under his real name. They opted not to post it,so I will post it here:

I looked at your poll today. But I did not participate. The reason for my not participating is because the poll only offers a choice without a difference.

I propose you do a profile and perhaps an interview with Jim Deakin who is challenging McCain for the Senate seat. As we know McCain is a Republican in name only and a conservative by no stretch of the imagination. The man does not even believe in the Constitution.

Contrarily, Deakin appears to understand the Constitution and to believe in it. I draw your attention to David Codrea and his Gun Rights Examiner column on the internet and Mr. Deakin's answers to a questionnaire that has been used more and more often by citizens trying to plumb the depths of candidates' commitment to liberty for the average citizen. Mr. Deakin acquits himself well.

Please check out Gun Rights Examiner David Codrea and the appropriate column. I think you will find that Mr. Deakin deserves some exposure. As it now stands, I would bet that more people throughout the nation know Mr. Deakin is a candidate in the race from reading that column than Arizonans who have never heard of him because no one mentions his candidacy or his views. Silence is our enemy. It is your enemy. You know enough history to know that. Please correct this oversight.

As I noted last Tuesday and on other occasions, one of the simplest and easiest things gun owners can do is spread the word--share links with fellow gun owners via emails, on blogs, on forums...

We have a situation in Arizona where this is not happening. And turning that around could not be simpler.

Last September I told you about Jim Deakin, who is challenging John McCain for the Senate. Take a look at the answers Jim gave to my gun rights questionnaire.

Go ahead. Read them and come back--I'll wait.

Now watch this:



What this means is gun owners aren't getting involved and telling their friends.

This isn't the first time I've tried to help spread the word. I've included periodic updates as supplements to my main column on a few other occasions.

I asked gun owners to send him "a measly buck" here.

I relayed how he needed support here.

And I asked if anyone wanted to help beat McCain here.

I'll bet I could sit down and think of dozens of excuses not to get involved, to ignore this and to go about my business. What I couldn't do is convince myself doing nothing is the right choice.

I sure hope it's not too much to ask for you to share a link or two, maybe the one to the questionnaire and the link to the Jim Deakin United States Senate website...?

Or else explain why it is a candidate should go out of his way to give unequivocal answers to questions his political enemies will use against him? Why lead if you turn around and everybody s just milling around behind not even getting involved?

Isn't It Time We Banned Deadly Assault Hands?

A new law went into effect last year making it a felony to strangle someone during a domestic dispute. [More]

So it was legal before?

And what if the dispute isn't domestic?

[Via Mama Liberty]

We're the Only Ones "Stand and Deliver!" Enough

The indictment of a former police officer on charges he stole cash from people he pulled over follows a city probe that led to his firing. [More]

Aren't you supposed to be able to shoot highwaymen?

If a non-"Only One" did this, would armed robbery/use/presence of a firearm in the commission of a crime charges not apply?

And why can't I get the damned Dennis Moore song out of my head?

[Via Ed M]

Getting Rights Right

Will the justices get the history right, or will they be swayed by a potent gun-rights mythology that has distorted the history of Reconstruction and effectively erased the memory and sacrifices of men such as Williams? [More]

See, according to Saul Cornell, the way we honor the memory of armed blacks who fought for freedom is by embracing disarmament edicts and the rulings that supported them.

There's no question that much precedent had been established by the late Nineteenth Century to reflect deviation from the concept of unalienable rights that shall not be infringed.

That does not give it moral legitimacy.

It's appropriate to question why we should give Cornell's opinion more credence than, say William Rawle's:

“No clause in the Constitution could by any rule of construction be conceived to give the Congress a power to disarm the people. Such a flagitious attempt could only be made under a general pretence by a state legislature. But if in any pursuit of an inordinate power either should attempt it, this amendment may be appealed to as a restraint on both.”

And then there's one other fundamental reality: We will not disarm.

But What If They Take It Away From You?

Shouldn't you just give him what he wants? [Read]

Besides, the cops will give your home a free safety inspection...

In all seriousness:

The weapon is important.

The training is important.

But ain't no substitute for the will.

[Via The Bitter Clinger]

What Didn't Stop a Killer and What Did

The only thing that stopped the killer was another person with a gun. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at the obvious. Why some deny it is for them to answer.

Share the link?

This Day in History: February 27

The fact that carelessness continued in making reports concerning illness led to the issuance of the following sharp order from headquarters: February 27, 1778. "Colonel Stewart has been much surprised to find so little attention paid to the orders issued by Gen. Weedon, respecting the sick of the brigade. The colonel now positively orders the captain whose duty it is to visit the sick of the brigade to deliver in his report by 9 o'clock the foloowing morning to which he was appointed to the above duty, otherwise they may depend upon being called to a severe account as it is a duty the utmost importance in the army." [More]