GRE Round Up for August 12

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

Dan Bidstrup/Denver:

Second Amendment: Heller, McDonald, ...you?

Every day, about one percent of the population of the US holsters a gun and goes about their day. They visit the grocery store, they buy car parts,...Keep Reading »

Steve D. Jones/Fort Smith:

Arizona fugitives scare shows need for instant self-defense

Freedom is not free; however, the natural right of self-defense was given to us by God and will not be stolen from us with legislation. If...Keep Reading »

Arizona fugitives run for safety of Arkansas firearm laws

The major media outlets are reporting today the Arizona fugitives are suspected to have left Montana and are now in the state of Arkansas. If they...Keep Reading »

John Longenecker/Los Angeles:

Safer Streets 2010: Elitists shoot themselves in the foot again!

Negligent discharge is not only bad for the person who politically shoots herself in the foot - as in the case of...Keep Reading »

Dave Workman/Seattle:

Should wolves be removed from Endangered Species list?

In the wake of a ruling last week by federal Judge Donald Molloy that reinstated the gray wolf to the Endangered...Keep Reading »

While you're at it, be sure and check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Jesse Matthewson/Cochise County Libertarian
  
• Kent McManigal/Albuquerque Libertarian
• Anthony Martin/Conservative

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A Supply-Side Argument

Gun used to wound Hernando police dog was stolen [More]

If only we didn't have guns to steal...

Just think, there are those who believe stupid stuff like that, and their vote cancels yours.

[Via Ed M]

We're the Only Ones Really Digging It Enough

Officers got a search warrant for plaintiff’s property to search for a person missing since 1997. They drilled holes in plaintiff’s concrete garage floor, and a cadaver dog allegedly alerted. They emptied the garage and started digging. They piled dirt on plaintiff’s belongings considering it “junk.” Their digging down 15' undermined the structure, and they supported it on their own. They found nothing and left, and they felt unobliged to do anything to restore the condition of the property. Ground water from rain created a pond in plaintiff’s garage. *

Why should the feel obliged? They're "Only Ones," and based on results, were following established department protocols.

You people and your "rights"...

You can see photos of the damage here and here. I'm sure if you did this to Dwayne Wenninger's house, he'd be taking things in stride...

*NOTE: I've removed the link to the main story paragraph--it generates an obnoxious 403 anti-spam msg, and apparently the folks who run the website don't want referred traffic. Interesting readership-building model. Fine by me, I get nothing by sending readers their way.

[Via Mack H]

Proper Parenting

Indianapolis Parenting Examiner Cristi DeHoff is introducing her readers to a subject most parenting advisers either avoid or spread hysteria about.

Check out her two recent entries:

• Being prepared; defending your family
• Being prepared, defending your family II

This is exactly the type of expansion into "the mainstream" we need to encourage. Please go on over there and do that, leave a comment if you're so inclined, and share the links.

Another Straightarrow Memorial

Between Two Rivers gives a thoughtful tribute, and includes Straigthtarrow's last posted comment there. [Read]

Senseless and Outrageous

Chicago girl jumping rope shot dead [More]

If only we could disarm you and me...

[Via Ed M]

Registering a Protest

SAN FRANCISCO EYES AMMUNITION REGISTRY; CCRKBA VOWS LAWSUIT [More]

It's easy to get to where I just don't give a damn what urban fools do to themselves. It's easy to say those who value freedom but still live there know what they're getting.

Then I get mad at myself. This is supposed to be America. Allowing tyranny to exist unopposed anywhere just gives it a beachhead and then a base from which to spread. And expecting people to up and move is nothing less than standing by and allowing an ideological, as opposed to ethnic "cleansing" to occur.

Besides, where better to confront the enemy than where he lives? Consider the alternative.

I'm glad Alan Gottlieb is not giving up on them. I'm sure he could use some help.

Funny How That Works

The introduction of the flintlock coincided with the largest decline in homicide in English history. [More]

Emphasis in original.

To Stallone and Schwarzenegger, your guns are 'the expendables'

"That the star of 'Rambo,' who made his fortune exploiting armed violence, should call on government raids to disarm millions of real veterans and the rest of his countrymen, goes beyond hypocritical. It is contemptible." [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at the hollow frauds presented to the public as "action heroes."

Also see why karma's a b!+ch when it's "The Other Guys" being disarmed and, if you missed it LIVE! yesterday, watch the latest from American Trigger Sports Network.

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This Day in History: August 12

Defendant: Charles Lee
Crimes Charged: Disobedience of orders; misbehavior before the enemy; disrespect to the commander in chief
Chief Defense Lawyer: No Record
Presiding Officer: Lord Stirling
Chief Prosecutor: No Record
Court: No Record
Place: Brunswick, New Jersey
Date of Trial: July 4-August 12, 1778
Verdict: Guilty
Sentence: Suspension from the army for one year [More]