GRE Round Up for July 2

Here's the latest from my Gun Rights Examiner colleagues:

Anthony Bouchard/Cheyenne:

Newcastle Wyoming, police terrorize family on an alleged barking dog complaint

CHEYENNE - It’s some time after midnight, you are awakened by a loud persistent pounding at your front door. As you head to the front door...Keep Reading »

Don Gwinn/Chicago:

Four things Chicago should do when its handgun ban expires--but won't

(Today's column must begin with an apology for the absence of content in this space during historic times for gun rights in Chicago. The internet is...Keep Reading »

Mike Stollenwerk/DC:

District Attorney declares most state gun laws unconstitutional

Wisconsin Army National Guard JAG officer, and Jackson County District Attorney, Gerald R. Fox has something to say about the US Supreme Court's...Keep Reading »

Sean McClanahan/Des Moines:

Open response to The Des Moines Register

The Des Moines Register published an opinion piece in today's edition, entitled Keep reasonable gun restrictions in place. Since the chances are very...Keep Reading »

Rob Reed/Detroit:

Chicago's new handgun law shows Mayor Daley's contempt for city residents

The Chicago City Council today showed its contempt for the law-abiding citizens of Chicago by unanimously passing Mayor Richard M. Daley's draconian...Keep Reading »

Liston Matthews/Knoxville:

Wassup with the NRA

A friend from middle Tennessee called yesterday and asked that question. A Knoxville friend emailed me with the...Keep Reading »

Dave Workman/Seattle:
Brace yourselves for ‘reasonable regulation’

How do you feel about licensing gun owners, registering all of their firearms, requiring training in order to own a...Keep Reading »

Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis:

Does McDonald decision go far enough to fight race-based forcible disarmament?

All week, we have discussed the Supreme Court's McDonald v. Chicago decision, and reactions to it. Pam Adams, of the Peoria Journal-Star, seems to...Keep Reading »

Black community embracing McDonald decision?

One line of opinion about the Supreme Court's McDonald v. Chicago decision Monday is that it is based on the bigoted fears of ignorant, white males....Keep Reading »

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• Kent McManigal/Albuquerque Libertarian
• Kevin Wilmeth/Anchorage Libertarian
• Anthony Martin/Conservative

When "Only Ones" Collide

Judge, trooper sue each other over 2009 traffic stop, arrest [More]

So he suddenly notices the way "Only Ones" treat citizens.

One of you, sorry, I don't recall who (was it Defender?), reminded me of a quote from Logan's Run in your comment to a post the other day:

It's different now because it's ME.

[Via retrotruckman]

Prosecutorial Discretion

"All of these statutes constitute unjustifiable infringements on the fundamental right of every law-abiding American to arm themselves for self-defense," Fox wrote in a release posted on the county's website. "Does preventing the barkeep from protecting herself when she carries the bank bag home from the tavern make sense? Not here, not anymore." [More]

Good for him!

Here's the website statement. Read the whole thing. What a great grassroots rebellion this could start!

"Let freedom ring!" indeed.

That doesn't mean the town party-pooper isn't getting ready to drop trou:

Black River Falls police Chief Don Gilberg said he disagrees with Fox's assessment and that his officers will continue to enforce state and local gun laws.

"We don't think it's a good public policy," Gilberg said. "It'll make our community less safe. We don't want people walking into the courthouse or city hall or god knows where (carrying firearms)."

YOU carry guns God-knows-where, Gilberg, you elitist. What makes you better than anyone else? That they're not Wisconsin "Only Ones"?

[Via Jim T]

What Would YOU Do?

I got the following email:

Don't take this the wrong way. I am an open carry supporter however I feel that I if can't open carry than this guy should either conceal it or show his badge (if he was in fact a cop).

I was eating lunch [at a] restaurant...in Houston and a guy strolls by on the way to the restroom. He has his handcuffs tucked over his belt and the butt of his sub compact Glock sticking out of his pants. When he comes out of the bathroom I noticed that he had a badge holder turned backwards and tucked between his belt and pants. He definitely looked the part of a detective. I made a comment to my wife who said what business of it is mine.

My response was that if I can't open carry then he should have to carry where everyone can see his badge. I halfway felt like reporting the suspected only one to the only ones as a man with a gun incident but decided not to as I did not want to give my name and cause issue for my wife and 2 kids who were with me.

Am I wrong in feeling that the only ones should have to show their badge properly if open carrying since open carry is not legal in Texas for anyone but an only one with a badge?

One of the thoughts I had would be to find a payphone so it could not be traced to me, call in an anonymous "man with a gun" report and then sit back and watch the fun--if they want to impose "Only One" rules on the rest of us, let them live with the inevitable consequences..

We're the Only Ones Camera-Shy Enough

A Texas man has sued his local police department, saying he was arrested for taking a picture of a police officer when the officer entered his home without permission. [More]

Sounds to me like the "Only One" is lucky the flash came from a camera...

[Via Ed M]

We're the Only Ones Young at Heart Enough

A former Rawlins police officer and Carbon County commissioner goes on trial today in Casper in connection with allegations that he molested a teenage girl five times in the 1990s. [More]

And yet once again with the Eternal Question...

[Via HAZMAT]

Will NRA endorse Harry Reid?

Notice that's not a "No"? [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at yet another Fairfax disconnect.

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This Day in History: July 2

On this day in 1778, an intelligent and high-spirited beauty from Brookfield became the first woman to be executed in the new American republic. [More]