GRE Round Up for Mar. 24

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:

Liston Matthews/Knoxville:
Restaurant carry bill - urgent
Exercise your gun rights and make a little cash

Dave Workman/Seattle:
Some WA cops not doing too well on constitutional issues lately

Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis:
Missouri bill would explicitly recognize right to keep and bear arms as 'fundamental'

Go. Read. And please share these links.

You're doing that, right?

"Job Well Done"

AR-15 owner - If the lower receiver can be slightly modified to accept an ar-15 upper, then I can understand the seizure. You can buy every piece of an AR-15 without a license, with the exception of the lower receiver which is a single piece of metal. If minor retooling makes these lower receivers viable, then congrats ATF, job well done. [From Comments]

I can almost understand Fudds. Almost.

This I just don't get.

We're the Only Ones Collegial Enough

A police officer for the University of Illinois at Chicago is under investigation after his gun accidentally discharged, wounding him in the buttocks while he shopped at a Vernon Hills shopping center, officials said Tuesday. [More]

And yet another finalist for the coveted Lee Paige "Only One Professional Enough to Carry" Award emerges from an exclusive enclave...

Forget it, Jake, it's Chi-Town.

[Via Mama Liberty]

A Fatal End Run

The cure that was arranged by Montana Senators Baucus and Tester to fix the intended military destruction of once-fired cartridge brass last year appears to be suffering from a fatal end-run. [More]

Gary Marbut of Montana Shooting Sports Association explains how.

In other words, so much for this...

UPDATE: Statement from ATK:

ATK is a strong supporter of our armed forces, the shooting sports industry, second amendment rights and all of our customers who choose to reload ammunition. In fact, ATK is a leader in the reloading market. A dated brochure and presentation have caused confusion in the marketplace and do not reflect the views of our company and will be immediately withdrawn. As a service to our military customers, we routinely handle demil operations for various munitions and respond to requests from military installations for reclamation and recycling of military items. Each contract is awarded through the military installation’s procurement process. The installations received fair value for the brass.

ATK fully supports the provision passed by Congress last year to ensure that demilitarized spent brass casings remain available for civilian use.

What Would Have Stopped Amy Bishop

Ending private sales. And waiting periods. [Read]

Well, that's what they're getting at, aren't they?

Forget GCA '68. That's not part of the narrative.

[Via Ed M]

We're the Only Ones Warning for Compliance Enough

When confronted by a robber, police encourage store clerks to comply with demands for money or items. [More]

What if they demand more than your money or items? And how will you know until it's too late?

Well, let's see...

I can listen to highly professional and trained Modesto "Only Ones" and the Toledo Blade...or I can listen to the guy in the video at that link...

Hey Officer Scott Nelson: Bite me.

Tea Partying Gun Owners Must Make Republican Candidates Prove Second Amendment Support

Some of us are sick and tired of proven duds they have presented us with...[More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column asks what good it is to have a tea party that serves the same old, stale brew...

Also click on over to today's Trigger Sports LIVE! show.

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This Day in History: March 24

On March 24, 1778 William Gallup was made commissioner of confiscated lands. The lands that were confiscated belong to those people who had remained loyal to England during the war, commonly known as Tories. Gallup appointed Matthias Rust and Charles Spaulding appraisers, to conduct sales. They issued the following report: "We, the subscribers, being appointed by William Gallup, of Hartland, in the State of Vermont, to appraise certain lots, or parcels, of land belonging to Whitehead Hicks, (and gone over to the enemy,) One lot, the property of Sturtevant, No. 6, second range, 300 acres, price 6 shillings per acre, purchased by John Sumner and Nehemiah Liscomb." Whitehead Hicks, the mayor of New York, lost about 1,422 acres and the person called Sturtevant about 1,488 acres. From this sale Captain Gallup paid into the treasury more than 1,118 pounds. [More]