More Thoughts on Straightarrow

Not only was I saddened by the news about our friend, I was frustrated that the timing and logistics of my special assignment precluded a better tribute on my part.

Fortunately, others weighed in. Here are related posts from:

• Sipsey Street Irregulars
• Say Uncle
• Shooting the Messenger
• Curses! Foiled Again!
• Captain of a Crew of One
  

If I missed anyone, please let me know and I'll add a link.

I've since received further correspondence from his wife and daughter. Good people. That's hardly a surprise.

BATFU "Cannot Imagine How the Printed List Was Made"

Received via email [click graphic to enlarge]:Yeah, I can't imagine either.

Smash Jewish Gun Controllers Now!

No, this isn't an anti-Semitic rant from a hate-motivated supremacist. It's an appeal from Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership to help finance their new documentary, "No Guns for Jews."

They can't continue to provide innovative groundbreaking educational efforts without our support, nor should we expect them to.

"Someone else" can't be counted on to help. They never can be.

Click here to learn more.

The Big Appleseed

Mattathias Schwartz of The New York Times covers the Appleseed Project. [Read]

I met him with Mike V and some others one evening in my hotel lobby while I was attending the Second Amendment March and Restore the Constitution Rally, and he seemed professional and committed to being objective. I could find points to contend here, but all in all think he was pretty fair and balanced.

[Via WRSA]

Grinding America Down

James Simpson shares a trailer for an important new video about a directed agenda for tyranny. [Read and watch]

We're the Only Ones Ethical Enough

FBI Director Robert Mueller told Congress on Wednesday that he does not know how many of his agents cheated on an important exam on the bureau's policies, discussing an embarrassing investigation that raises questions about whether the FBI knows its own rules for conducting surveillance on Americans. [More]

"It's own rules."

Cool. That makes ignoring this pesky thing all the easier.

Besides, I thought unless something became politically too hot to handle, it all fell within "established department protocols."

Imagine being so confident you could break the rules you'd cheat on your own people. I wonder why that was apparently viewed as doable?

Fortunately, we're only talking about "a few bad apples." I'm sure after Director Mueller and the IG complete their count, we'll find most of them are merely "confused" instead of rotten, aren't you?

Funny, though, how we can't use that same excuse when one of we mere mortals aren't clear on the rules...

UPDATE: Yeah, that's about what I figured their "rules" were...

[Via Ed M]

"Pro-Gun Democrats"

U.S. Sens. Max Baucus and Jon Tester both said Monday they support confirming Elena Kagan as a Supreme Court justice. [More]

Aid and comfort.

See, to me, this is a betrayal and nothing less than an enemy action.

I'm sure those who equate the deadly serious business of restoring recognition of our unalienable rights with a chess game will tell us about about all the "good" things these two opportunists have done, and will also make "limited political capital" excuses.

Moral capital is unlimited, but it rarely factors into the dialog.

ISPC Pan American Shotgun Championship draws competitors from around the world

Regular readers will recognize reporting events like this is quite a departure from what I usually cover. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column explains why I've been away for over a week. I've been covering the 2010 IPSC Pan American Shotgun Championship for American Trigger Sports Network at the Park Mammoth Resort Rockcastle Shooting Center in KY.

All this plus I got to interview Rand Paul.

Take a look and, hopefully, you'll share the link.

This Day in History: August 3

"The whole town in some great confusion, not knowing what they should be at, some moving their goods out to the lines, the officers all bringing their luggage into the town. Constant fatigue for the men, horses and oxen; no rest by day or night... When I look over the list of my friends on both sides of the question, my heart shudders at the thought, what numbers must be slain, both so obstinate, so determined. Well may we say, what havoc does ambition make! Cursed Frenchmen! they [the Americans] would not have come, had it not been for you." [More]

Well, I'm Back

I'll let you know about the special assignment I was on in my GRE column, which I now have to write.

Comments are now back on.