Sean McClanahan/Des Moines:
Dave Workman/Seattle:
Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis:
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Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:Monday, January 31, 2011
GRE Round Up for January 31
Here are the latest offerings from my fellow GREs:
Sean McClanahan/Des Moines:
Dave Workman/Seattle:
Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis:
Sean McClanahan/Des Moines:
Dave Workman/Seattle:
Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis:
BREAKING NEWS: Grassley Writes Melson on Project Gunwalker
Mike Vanderboegh at Sipsey Street Irregulars has posted copies of two letters from Sen. Charles Grassley to Acting Director Ken Melson of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. [More]In a rational world, this would be huge.
Spread the link all over the damn place? Include newspapers and TV?
Why does link for Mexican newspaper redirect to the FBI’s website?
It, and the reasons behind it, should be part of the ongoing "Project Gunwalker" investigation. [More]Something funny is going on in the Project Gunwalker investigation, and by that I mean peculiar funny, not ha-ha funny. Anyway, I thought I'd point that out before it gets "corrected" so that maybe we can figure out together if it has any relevance.
The Reuters Dictionary
self–de·fense noun \ˌself-di-ˈfen(t)s\
Definition of SELF-DEFENSE
1: vigilantism
2: selfish lawlessness
Gee, where have we ever seen that before?
And thanks. "Authorized Journalists," for setting us straight on the proper way to look at throwbacks who defend their lives and homes in the absence of "Only One" protection.
Figures, the entire Middle East is about to blow up with radical regime changes, some suspect with no small amount of cause precipitated by the subversives at our ship of state's helm, and this idiot decides it's a fine time to visit Haiti to promote our vital national interests:
[Via Dave Licht]
Definition of SELF-DEFENSE
1: vigilantism
2: selfish lawlessness
Egypt vigilantes defend homes as police disappear [Read]
Gee, where have we ever seen that before?
And thanks. "Authorized Journalists," for setting us straight on the proper way to look at throwbacks who defend their lives and homes in the absence of "Only One" protection.
Figures, the entire Middle East is about to blow up with radical regime changes, some suspect with no small amount of cause precipitated by the subversives at our ship of state's helm, and this idiot decides it's a fine time to visit Haiti to promote our vital national interests:
[Via Dave Licht]
An Incomplete Report
Project Gunrunner is a signature effort by the Obama administration to assist Mexico in stemming the flow of guns south of the border. [More]I wonder if in their investigative zeal if WaPo "Authorized Journalists" James V. Grimaldi and Sari Horwitz have lifted finger one to look into "Project Gunwalker" allegations? You know, just to make sure we've covered all the bases before shilling to have the government throw even more money down the rathole?
Why not ask them?
Meanwhile, Far, Far Away from Furious Mike Paradise...
New York City Investigates Arizona Gun Show [More]Didn't these evil control freak SOBs get warned not to try this crap in South Carolina, West Virginia, Virginia...?
I think Arizona ought to send investigators to New York and tape a few gun sales taking place on their streets in spite of the best efforts of all the king's horses...and then post it on You Tube.
Or better yet, just dip Bloomberg's little rats in a big salty vat of transfats and blow cigarette smoke at them.
The question here: Who are the "investigators"? I doubt they're NY cops--more likely Arizona private dick fascists for hire. Out the m...........s.
The Shape of Things to Come
Subscriptions for silver [More]Off the grid? What are they trying to hide?
Damned hoarders.
They're probably all gun nut racist survivalists, too.
Just look at one of the extremists they have writing for them.
There oughtta be a law!
You do have their site bookmarked, I trust...? And consult it often?
Long Overdue
"Stricter gun laws," that is. [Read]
Yeah, let's be just like New Jersey!
Either that or let's fight.
Do you think the useful idiots at the Star-Ledger have thought of that?
Yeah, let's be just like New Jersey!
Either that or let's fight.
Do you think the useful idiots at the Star-Ledger have thought of that?
Will terrorists in next attack on U.S. enter from Mexico?
The softest targets would be so-called “gun free zones.” And no doubt “assault weapons” would be used.Today's Gun Rights Examiner column asks an incomplete question. How do we know they're not already here?
Leading to a frenzied nonstop blood dance accompanied by furious demands from opportunistic politicians, zealots and the media to further disarm Americans, rendering us even more vulnerable…
Is there any doubt that would be their reaction? [More]
Also get a better translation of yesterday's diario story.
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This Day in History: January 31
We have just now received very unpleasant intelligence from the West Indies, Mr. Bingham 'tis said writes from Martinico that General Grant had possessed himself of the Island of St. Lucia. Count d'Estaing having block'd up four British Ships of the Line, which were Iying in the Bason or Harbor, landed a body of Troops and attempted to force one of the Enemys works, these were severely repulsed, and the Count after having sustained a loss of upwards of fifteen hundred Men, had desisted from the Enterprise, and retired. He had been reinforced by four Ships of the Line from France, and two captured English Frigates. I have not time to enquire into particulars, but as the Account is against us, there is no ground for suspecting exaggeration. [More]
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Mexican press picks up on 'Project Gunwalker'
Significantly, it makes a claim corroborating reports that have appeared in Gun Rights Examiner, saying an ATF employee spoke to El Diario to confirm allegations. It also marks the first time any newspaper has used the term "gunwalker." [More]Breaking--it's been a busy Sunday.
I trust some of the regulars here will appreciate that and help me spread the word by sharing the link?
Phoenix ATF reportedly retaliating against ‘Project Gunwalker’ whistleblower
I am told Sen. Grassley’s office has sent a letter to the acting ATF Director’s office and that the Associated Press has a copy of it. [More]
Brady anti-gun ‘faith’ coalition fails to stir evangelical fervor in multitudes
He maketh me lie down on green Astroturf? [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column examines the roots of what was touted a short time ago as a growing religious movement, and notes it may not have sprouted so much as been installed.
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Friday, January 28, 2011
GRE Round Up for January 28
Here are the latest offerings from my fellow GREs:
Sean McClanahan/Des Moines:
Dave Workman/Seattle:
Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis:
Sean McClanahan/Des Moines:
Dave Workman/Seattle:
Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis:
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Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:We're the Only Ones Unplanned Enough
The accidental discharge was just one of 29 unplanned shootings by the city's police officers since 2005, when the department began tracking all shots fired, planned or otherwise. [More]Not just "Only Ones." San Francisco "Only Ones."
Hey, it's not like an example hasn't been set for them by top management...
[Via JFC]
Return to Snitchland: We're the Only Ones Taking Tips Enough
Ross and another woman, Malva Delley, are accused of collecting $250,000 in rewards for bogus tips to the Crime Stoppers program for more than five years. [More]Gee, anonymous snitch lines lend themselves to abuses. By cops.
Who knew?
This is actually quite a useful bit of information to have--the next time there's some gun "buyback" or snitch line promising anonymity and no questions asked, here's proof that questions are asked, masks are publicly ripped off, and punishment will be meted out.
Snitchland
The individual was talking on a cell phone at the time of the incident. It's likely that is the object the passerby identified as a gun. [More]Yeah, that's the kind of country I want to live in!
Ceding Ground
We urge you to restore the right to open carry handguns... [More]No man has authority to do that, and we don't want to encourage anyone to think they do. You need to insert "recognition of" in there.
We acknowledge that limiting the privilege to conceal handguns in Florida to those over 21 years of age via a fee based permit system is a reasonable exercise of our state's police powers...No, no, no. I don't acknowledge that at all.
Sorry, Sean. I don't mean to rain on your parade, and I'm glad you're showing initiative and leadership, but this could benefit from some review and revision work.
[Via Ed M]
Meanwhile, Across the Pond in Sarah Brady Paradise...
Airport bans toy soldier's three-inch rifle from plane... because it's a safety threatand
So much for airport security: Man 'smuggled 80 guns into Britain' by hiding them in suitcasesAt least they have their priorities straight, eh wot?
[Via Luke]
The Right of the People NOT to Keep and Bear Arms Shall Not Be Infringed
Pacifists, too, have Second Amendment rights. [Right]I agree with Mr. Madison:
In what was to become the second amendment, the right to bear arms, Madison proposed a recognition of the rights of what we would call conscientious objectors: "no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms, shall be compelled to render military service in person."That doesn't mean they have the right to impose their superstitions on me--matter of fact, one would think the First Amendment would specifically prohibit the government enforcing such dogma. That is, if honest men made laws and honest men judged based on them.
As for disparaging either hunting or self-defense or even militia capabilities of air guns, tell that to this guy.
[Via Defender]
Within Reason
It seems no restriction is reasonable for some of these gun-loving lawmakers. [More]
That seems reasonable to me. Much more reasonable than Journal Gazette editors blood-dancing and acting like they've given good reason to further enslave and endanger their countrymen with their fascist useful idiocy.
I wonder if "Authorized Cartoonist" Gary Varvel got either knee or jaw cramps drawing the accompanying illustration, and if he used the same McGruff for his model...? I mean, all things considered, it seems reasonable.
We're the Only Ones Making It Up as We Go Along Enough
The LAUSD police officer who said he was shot and wounded in a confrontation with an armed suspect outside a Woodland Hills high school has been arrested, accused of making up the whole story. [More]I'm sure it was the first time for him.
And I'm sure he was the "Only One."
No?
And best of all, they won't have to remove this shooting from their guncrime statistics that they use to justify disarming you and me!
[Via Defender]
What do ‘sporting purposes’ have to do with Second Amendment?
The sporting purposes/militia suitability fraud gives the government cover for the perfect Catch-22 pincer strategy/squeeze play: You can’t have this gun because it has military characteristics. And you can’t have this gun because it doesn’t have military characteristics. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at a rigged outcome.
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Thursday, January 27, 2011
The Shape of Things to Come?
Iranian Book Celebrating Suicide Bombers Found in Arizona Desert [Read]
And just watch the fallout when one or more of these sons of the desert does a Beslan copycat act in one of our domestic "gun free/Harris-Klebold empowerment zones"--especially if they use "assault weapons."
GRE Round Up for January 27
Here are the latest offerings from my fellow GREs:
John Longenecker/Los Angeles:
Dave Workman/Seattle:
Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis:
John Longenecker/Los Angeles:
Dave Workman/Seattle:
Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis:
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Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:A Pro-Gun Politician
Furthermore, I believe the Second Amendment is in the Constitution to provide the last defense of a free people against a tyrannical government. [More]And that's why I'm publicly calling for civil war!
I asked a friend in MT "Is this moron senile or just a career Fudd?"
His response:
Yes.[Via Mack H]
Lott on Magazine Bans
From John Lott:
For those interested, here is a debate that I had on magazine size limits on Southern California Public Radio.Give it a listen.
We're the Only Ones Illuminating Enough Redux
The shooting of an innocent, unarmed elderly Bronx man by a cop who was trying to turn on a pistol-mounted flashlight is at least the second accidental police shooting in the United States involving that flashlight model. [More]
Figures. The fallback position is blame the "combo."
Because we all know Furious Mike's "Only Ones" are so highly trained that they can be trusted with guns and you can't.
[Via Kevin S]
Write Your Congressman
Repeal the Hughes machine gun ban? For what it's worth, I agree with Ajax 22. [Read]
I discussed the way it "passed" here.
And there's a lot more detail here.
I wish I had more time to spend on this, but I'm afraid my plate is rather full at the moment. Perhaps someone else will find this a niche they'd enjoy occupying...a comment poster on my GRE column indicated he was giving it a try, at least as far as providing an information clearinghouse.
As far as taking political action, I frankly expect to see more energy expended on why there isn't enough "political capital" to go around. With the level of activism and engagement I see coming out of most gun owners, I can't say I disagree with that as much as I don't like it.
[Via Microbalrog and AL]
I discussed the way it "passed" here.
And there's a lot more detail here.
I wish I had more time to spend on this, but I'm afraid my plate is rather full at the moment. Perhaps someone else will find this a niche they'd enjoy occupying...a comment poster on my GRE column indicated he was giving it a try, at least as far as providing an information clearinghouse.
As far as taking political action, I frankly expect to see more energy expended on why there isn't enough "political capital" to go around. With the level of activism and engagement I see coming out of most gun owners, I can't say I disagree with that as much as I don't like it.
[Via Microbalrog and AL]
The Wrong Questions
Arizona reported more than 3,000 murders with guns over a nine-year span (1999-2007), according to CDC data. That amounts to six gun murders per 100,000 residents. The national rate was about four. [Read]Got any demographics for those residents? How many NRA members...? How many "prohibited persons"?
One of the best indicators of gun ownership is the level of gun-involved suicide rates, he said. The CDC numbers show Arizona ranked ninth in suicides with guns.Is it truly gun "ownership," which is a legal term, and not applicable to criminal class gun possessors suffering from addictions and a host of other poor life choices?
Y'know, there are lies, damned lies and statistics. I don't have time on what I'd hoped would be a simple blog post to go parse this article and find the data they left out in their presentation, but do note AZ seems to fare somewhat better than high gun control states like New Jersey, New York and California here--not that it establishes causality either.
For instance, guns would hardly seem to be a factor in gun-free Japan, and we still don't know what to do about the dreaded self-terminating "Only Ones" epidemic...
"If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about the answers."
— Thomas Pynchon (Gravity's Rainbow)
[Via Whitetreeaz]
Border Vigilantes?
Lotta conflation going on here to tar those who believe citizens have a role to play in securing the border. [Read]
With the understanding that guilt has not been established, we're supposed to identify them all with the accused, I suppose, despite this:
With the understanding that guilt has not been established, we're supposed to identify them all with the accused, I suppose, despite this:
In 2007, she first became involved in the anti-immigrant activities and later joined the Minutemen Civil Defense Corps. However, she was asked to leave the organization in February 2007 after members described her as being "unstable"[Via Mama Liberty]
Reason to Believe
There is reason to believe that the Republicans may be on board. [More]Aw go on. Next thing you'll be telling us is My Man Mitthead tops their internal polling.
Oh, wait...
What's Amazing to Me...
...is that they need a frickin' bill to do this. [Read]
I can't help but wonder if they'll stay old school, or opt for that newfangled "living" interpretation...
I can't help but wonder if they'll stay old school, or opt for that newfangled "living" interpretation...
Mad and Cracked
U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich has sued a congressional cafeteria after cracking a tooth on an olive that was not pitted. [More]Wait a minute--that's old news:
I guess now that he's feeling the redistricting chill, he needs to find a new berth on the gravy train at the expense of his constituents. Figures for someone who made a career out of forced wealth redistribution that he'd be able to show everyone how a true professional helps himself.
Meanwhile, Over in Furious Mike Paradise...
NYC Lawmaker Proposes Ban On Talking And Walking [More]Chewing gun will be next.
Yes, they really think you require this much control from your superiors.
Don't expect any great uprising to remove this monster and all like him from those controls. If the collective there were capable of such dissent, we wouldn't be calling it Furious Mike Paradise, now, would we?
Don't you think that's a bit much salt you're using there...? Not just New Yorkers, all of you. We can't have local "loopholes"--otherwise we'd only be setting up conditions for--what do they attribute things to these days, where more loosely-controlled areas that have people getting along just fine are blamed for the misbehavior in more tightly-controlled areas where people don't? Oh, yeah, "pipelines."
As a former nicotine addict (he has since substituted power as his preferred stimulant of excess), Bloomie's also, naturally, a tobacco Nazi.
Because you just can't be trusted to control yourself.
UPDATE:
Defender points us to another control freak who thinks we need to be "taken over."
No Argument Here
There's a word for people who cling to absurd beliefs against massive evidence. They're called cultists, and they're currently in charge. [More]It took struggling though this offensive nonsense all the way to the very last paragraph to finally find something this nitwit said that I could agree with.
[Via Michael R]
One question for ‘Project Gunwalker’ skeptics
I wrote and published that last Friday, referencing a January 20 Sipsey Street Irregulars post. We saw confirmation of the information four days later.Today's Gun Rights Examiner column asks a question that only has one answer.
Ask yourself: How could we have known? [More]
Also listen to and watch two related interviews.
I have one more question, and this one's for you, personally: If this answers your doubts, will you help me break through the wall of official media silence by sharing the link?
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
GRE Round Up for January 26
Here are the latest offerings from my fellow GREs:
Sean McClanahan/Des Moines:
John Longenecker/Los Angeles:
Dave Workman/Seattle:
Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis:
Sean McClanahan/Des Moines:
John Longenecker/Los Angeles:
Dave Workman/Seattle:
Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis:
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Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:Myrna Loehrlein, Ph.D. is Clearly Detrimental to Your Health
Being shot by a gun is clearly detrimental to your health. [More]
She went to school to learn that!
"Piled higher and deeper," eh?
I wonder if Myrna would fare any better than Michael? Do cattle understand anything before the sledgehammer falls, or do they just kind of stand there chewing their cuds until the lights go out?
[Via Michael G]
Stymieing
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Come on, Algebra. This is no place for you. |
N.R.A. Stymies Firearms Research, Scientists Say...So what you're saying is every claim stated with such authoritative certainty about the benefits of "gun control" is fraudulent, and the proponents know it, yet work in concert to enact binding legislation depriving individuals of their rights anyway? Using public funds?
The reality is that even these and other basic questions cannot be fully answered, because not enough research has been done. [More]
Isn't that what's called a "conspiracy"? And worse?
And what does the fact that NRA has enough clout to "stymie" more money down the agenda rat hole say about who legislators dependent on elections listen to and why? I thought you "progressives" were all about "democracy."
And why drag poor Stymie into it in such a negative light? He didn't do anything, and I always kind'a liked the guy...
Meanwhile, Up in the Ivory Towers
University Presidents Speak Out Against Arizona Gun Bills [More]I can't help but wonder what Michael Crow would do if a gunman burst into his office and started shooting people. Specifically I wonder if his bowels and bladder would empty simultaneously, or if not, which would release first...
Bringing the Background into the Foreground
Basically, what this change would do, if enacted, would require police departments to get a court order before getting access to information about lawful firearms purchases. [More]Oregon Firearms Federation explains.
A Luger Handgun?
Platt, 33, faces several counts of murder and feticide for allegedly shooting Jilani, a 26-year-old mother-to-be, in the head with a Luger handgun. [More]
Really? He's poppin' caps with a collectible? Not just one that uses 9 mm Luger ammo?
Are you zyd...uh...serious?
[Via Matt S]
We're the Only Ones Disciplined Enough
A police chief who pleaded guilty to assaulting his wife, a former sheriff's deputy accused of child abuse and a police chief who falsified documents have lost their certifications to carry a gun and a badge in the state. [More]Well waddya know?
A spate...
[Via Geek Warrior]
Obama cites ‘guns’ three times in State of the Union address
What he did not do is what the Bradys were publicly demanding and exerting every ounce of influence at their disposal to pressure him to do... [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column notes the squeaky wheel did not only not get the grease, but it looks like it's been replaced with a spare.
Also tune in later today to Trigger Sports Live!
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This Day in History: January 26
January 26, 1779 at Burke County, Georgia - The 120-man Georgia Patriot militia rallied at the Burke County Jail to stop the British advance. They knew that the jail would be a target for the British. Maj. James M. Prevost ordered a 230-man detachment of East Florida Rangers, commanded by Lt. Col. Thomas Brown, and a detachment of South Carolina Royalists, commanded by Lt. Col. Joseph Robinson, on a rescue mission to rescue the Loyalist prisoners at the jail. [More]
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
GRE Round Up for January 25
Here are the latest offerings from my fellow GREs:
Sean McClanahan/Des Moines:
John Longenecker/Los Angeles:
Dave Workman/Seattle:
Sean McClanahan/Des Moines:
John Longenecker/Los Angeles:
Dave Workman/Seattle:
- Will Seattle liberals hear about guns in tonight’s State of the Union?
- BREAKING: PNW college student sues while Colorado J-school student stews
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Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:Magazine Drive
In light of the folks (Carolyn McCarthy, Dick Cheney, Peggy Noonan, Bob Brady, and dozens more) willing to use the awful Tucson murders to try to take away more liberties from Americans, I am giving away five politically-incorrect, full-capacity G3 magazines that they wish were illegal.Click here to continue.
1. The first five of my Facebook friends in the Knoxville area to comment below and ask for one will get one, free of charge.
2. If you already own at least one mag (pistol or rifle) that holds more than ten rounds, you are ineligible. .22 ...LR mags don't count against you.
3. Limit one per household.
4. If there is enough interest, I might do this again in the future.
Was Hughes Amendment lawfully passed?
And then, if you come to believe we’ve been swindled, ask yourself what we can do about it. Because it’s a cinch no one in Congress is motivated to resurrect this, nor is the anti-gun media. [More]Activists have obtained a video of the proceedings wherein the Hughes Amendment machine gun ban was "passed" in the FOPA '86 bill. What a cluster...
Run, Don't Walk
Mike thinks he knows where the other three are hiding. [Read]
This is the result of the press conference he talked about earlier. We've been working behind the scenes to get the right questions asked and I'm told at least one of the reporters we've been speaking to was there.
Stay tuned.
This is the result of the press conference he talked about earlier. We've been working behind the scenes to get the right questions asked and I'm told at least one of the reporters we've been speaking to was there.
Stay tuned.
I'm Mad as Hell and I'm Not Going to Take it Any More!
Self-appointed experts who operate from a framework of theories, assumptions, and conclusions that are impenetrable to the common man are already in possession of considerable power over individual liberty. Granting them an expanded authority over the very freedom of the individual is therefore an idea which should be approached with the utmost caution. [More]To do otherwise would be madness.
There are those with agendas who portray resistance to the state as mad. That's hardly original.
Forget guilty until proven innocent. They're working on crazy until proven sane.
[Via Mack H]
A Panning Review
“It truly isn’t about law enforcement,” he said. “It’s about calling attention to the grievances and concerns about the federal government.” [More]Well, uh, yeah.
And your point is...?
[Via Gary Marbut]
The Art of the Possible
What possible threat do gun owners think they will face at the library that they would need to come in packing heat? [More]Oh
I
don't
know.
Gee, that took me all of two minutes to find.
And to think they pay these useful idiot "Authorized Journalists" good money...what possible reason could they have to give these ignoramuses such a broad public reach?
The Secret Formula
There isn't one. The best prescription is well established, but you can't force people to take it. Sometimes, they just need to get desperate before they realize they should have taken better care of themselves back when they could. Sometimes they die never realizing the part they played in preventing a happier outcome. [Read]
A Liberal Arts Major
"This is one of those scenarios in American politics where the smartest, most intuitive citizens need to force legislation upon the people, even when it is not the popular choice...The logical concept is to separate everyone from their guns" [More]
Try that, you ignorant , unjustifiably self-impressed child, and you just might find yourself in a situation where you say "Wow, good thing I had my gun."
Oh, wait--you mean have OTHERS do your forcing for you...
Grandma was right, Sponge Bob. Lay off the weed.
Future "Authorized Journalist" material, this one...
[Via Kurt Hofmann who says the future looks dim]
Should you just give robbers what they want?
As for this latest attack, note that the police, who cannot protect anyone beforehand, have yet to produce after-the fact results. They’ve “searched several homes,” but the attackers are still at large, and even if they do arrest suspects, there is no guarantee they will be convicted, and if so, removed from society until it’s safe to release them back into it—if ever. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column questions how it can be determined with certainty what a dangerous and evil man wants.
Also attend a press conference and wat...uh...listen to The Watchmen.
If you think your friends might want this link, just give it to them.
This Day in History: January 25
January 25, 1779 at Briar Creek, Georgia - On January 25, at 4:00 A.M., Lt. Col. Archibald Campbell marched the British force 10 miles to Hudson's Ferry. He sent the Light Infantry and the South Carolina Royalists to Briar Creek, an additional 14 miles away, to secure the bridge there. The Patriot force at the bridge had learned of the British approach and set fire to the bridge. The British surprised them as they arrived at the bridge.
For 45 minutes, the skirmish raged on. The British finally forced the Patriot force to withdraw. This allowed the British time to put out the fire and capture the bridge.
Conclusion: British Victory.
Casualties: British: 3k, 6w, 7c [More]
Monday, January 24, 2011
GRE Round Up for January 24
Here are the latest offerings from my fellow GREs:
Rob Reed/Detroit:
Dave Workman/Seattle:
Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis:
Rob Reed/Detroit:
Dave Workman/Seattle:
Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis:
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Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:We're the Only Ones and You're Not Enough
Elected officials of all stripes would be able to carry a concealed weapon anywhere in South Carolina, in the course of their official duties, if a bill to come up this week in a House panel becomes law. [More]Mr. Mason? Comment?
[W]ho are the militia, if they be not the people of this country...? I ask, who are the militia? They consist now of the whole people, except a few public officers.Just so we're clear on who's who.
Meanwhile, Across the Pond in Sarah Brady Paradise...
More guns does not equate to more crime! [Read]
A Boundary Violation
Felony for Doctors to Ask Patients About Guns? [Read]
And the "Vote Freedom Firsters" back this affront to...uh...freedom?
I thought they were single-issue... and I don't suppose anyone's brought up that a violation of this would create a new felony crime to create more "prohibited persons"...?
There's a better way to deal with the problem. But I guess since it wasn't invented there, it doesn't qualify for serious consideration.
When Meat Thermometers are Outlawed...
And it was one of those digital assault thermometers, with no legitimate cooking purpose, as opposed to a "patrol thermometer"...[Read]
We're the Only Ones Finishing You Enough
In Obama-Land! [Read]
You know what they say--what works in Naiorobi may not work in Cheyenne--but that won't stop us from trying...
You know what they say--what works in Naiorobi may not work in Cheyenne--but that won't stop us from trying...
Gun Control Without a Ban
If you can't control the guns, control the people! Ingenious! [Read]
Due process? Are you serious?
And they may be right about "bipartisan support." It looks like the Dead Elephants are just that stupid.
Due process? Are you serious?
And they may be right about "bipartisan support." It looks like the Dead Elephants are just that stupid.
The Anti-NRA?
You flatter these privileged dilettantes, Paul Merrion. [Read]
How many members do these astro-turfers claim?
Let's see, a tiny group of individuals who desperately want to control everyone, vs. a huge group of individuals who simply want to control themselves...
Go ahead. Keep pushing.
How many members do these astro-turfers claim?
Let's see, a tiny group of individuals who desperately want to control everyone, vs. a huge group of individuals who simply want to control themselves...
Go ahead. Keep pushing.
We're the Only Ones Camera-Shy Enough
Tarpon Springs Police arrest a college student taping police activities as part of a group called "Cop Watch" [More]How does the question constantly put to us go? If you aren't doing anything wrong...
Perhaps they'd feel better if this had the unintended consequence of forcing freedom activists to observe their conduct through telescopic (camera) lenses?
[Via Ed M]
Meanwhile, Over in Furious Mike Paradise...
A middle-class enclave on the South Shore of the city's southernmost borough is the gun capital of New York, with 509 residents -- or about one in every 57 males -- legally packing heat. [More]I'm not sure they're packing--it sound to me like they have permits for home possession. I dunno, am I reading this wrong or making bad assumptions? Even so:
The well-armed area is also one of the city's safest.
I wonder if that tells us anything that flies in the face of what some want us to believe...?
I also wonder if someone could take this and maybe have grounds for a discrimination lawsuit...?
[Via Michael R]
We're the Only Ones Keeping Under Surveillance Enough
On January 13, 2011, a jury awarded damages of $476,200.00 against Kenneth Wayne Ryals, a landlord who had serially spied on his young female tenants by means of a micro video camera hidden in a DVD player he provided with the rental. Mr. Ryals, who is an Internal Revenue Service agent, had confessed to the Davie Police Department that he had watched Plaintiff for his viewing pleasure...[More]As in "armed IRS agent"...?
Or just a jack-off booted thug?
[Via Michael R]
We're the Only Ones Pointed Enough
The story is that they allows the beautiful young lady reporter to take a loaded weapon and point it over her cameraman’s shoulder. [More]Assuming they didn't have a remote-operated camera...James Towle & crew use those all the time to capture near-target point of view action.
There are some interesting admissions from the reporterette:
It can shoot up to 90 rounds, great for confronting a serious adversary.Ah, so that's why we might "need" such magazines...?
And the Sheriff actually touts the virtue of being able to penetrate body armor!
Meaning that's a desired capability, but only on "patrol rifles"?
[Via Jeffersonian]
Centennial
The Sullivan Law, still on the books as section 400.00 of the New York Penal Law, became a model for gun-control legislation enacted throughout the country. [More]
Yep. Other evil criminals like Big Tim saw how well it worked for the Gangs of New York at strenthening their political grasp over those they boss.
[Via Lane]
Shock and Awe
That four were shot at once in Detroit wasn’t shocking; that they were all uniformed and armed was. [More]Yes, it is shocking that someone would attack armed targets. It is highly unusual and rare.
There's a lesson there somewhere...
[Via lots of you]
ATF technical classifications create back door ‘gun control’
Will .22 rimfires fall under new reporting controls? Will CA bullet button system be classified as detachable magazine? [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at the latest bit of dictation insiders tell me we need to take down.
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Sunday, January 23, 2011
‘Project Gunwalker’ investigators: Watch for smears, focus on leads
It’s important when we see personal credibility challenged to keep in mind this is not about the personalities, it is about the allegations. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column warns against getting too personal.
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Saturday, January 22, 2011
Knox reports on ‘Project Gunwalker’
Will others in the media independently investigate this story and report their findings? [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column notes the first crack in the dam.
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Friday, January 21, 2011
GRE Round Up for January 21
Here are the latest offerings from my fellow GREs:
Dave Workman/Seattle:
Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis:
Dave Workman/Seattle:
Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis:
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Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:‘Project Gunwalker’ sources talking to Senate staffers
Insider sources claiming they can provide testimony and documentation to confirm allegations raised in the “Project Gunwalker” story reported previously in this column are now in contact and/or have been placed in touch with Senate staffers. [More]We have lift-off.
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Meanwhile, Across the Pond in Sarah Brady Paradise...
No, you f#@!&*g idiots, of course you don't "hunt with it." [Read]
No mere--what do they call you blokes?--subject can buy one of these, which I thought was the way you lot liked it. And it has nothing to do with the Giffords shooting. Or Carolyn McCarthy's bill. Why you'd stretch so to tie those in tells us all we need to know about Daily Mail reporters.
I swear, I think all gun events ought to only admit "Authorized Journalists" who can present some sort of verifiable non-stupidity/integrity credentials. I know the shows thrive on publicity and all, but letting these morons in doesn't do them any favors.
No mere--what do they call you blokes?--subject can buy one of these, which I thought was the way you lot liked it. And it has nothing to do with the Giffords shooting. Or Carolyn McCarthy's bill. Why you'd stretch so to tie those in tells us all we need to know about Daily Mail reporters.
I swear, I think all gun events ought to only admit "Authorized Journalists" who can present some sort of verifiable non-stupidity/integrity credentials. I know the shows thrive on publicity and all, but letting these morons in doesn't do them any favors.
We're the Only Ones Home on the Range Enough
On Thursday morning, residents had circled with orange marker approximately a dozen pieces of gray metal on Ronald Avenue. Included in their survey were a few deformed, copper-colored bullets with gray metal cores. [More]Back when I lived in Redondo Beach, I could hear them shooting from my house. They didn't do it at obnoxious hours, so I didn't mind it because of the noise per se. Besides, to rip off Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore, I love the sound of a range--it sounds like freedom.
But then I would remember the place was "Only Ones" exclusive, and it didn't sound like that at all.
On Common Ground
As a liberal Democrat, I worry about the damage we might do by rushing toward a fresh raft of gun-control laws. It's very hard to demonstrate that most of them -- registration, waiting periods, one-gun-a-month laws, closing the gun-show loophole, large-capacity-magazine restrictions, assault-rifle bans -- have ever saved a life...So "as a liberal Democrat," do you feel no complicity for enabling that harm, by giving aid and comfort to those "liberal Democrats" inflicting it on us?
Gun control not only does no practical good, it actively causes harm. [More]
I mean, it's fine and good that you say you understand the truth about "gun control." Now bring yourself up to speed on the evils of collectivists usurping undelegated authority, and we just might find some of that "common ground" your side keeps making noises about as they advance from a beachhead they've already captured and controlled.
[Via jfc]
Ignoring Brady
An armed robbery suspect was shot multiple times Wednesday morning after he forced a cashier into a store office at gunpoint and demanded cash, police said. [Read]
[and]Police are still looking for a North Las Vegas robber they say was stopped by his victim using a handgun. [Read]
Why didn't they just give them what they wanted?
Instead of what they deserved?
Without a Trace?
The number of traces have continued to increase since then, averaging about 33,000 traces a year in the last four years. [More]Question: Does this number include traces for guns turned in at all those stupid "buy back" theatrical events? Because, if so, just this one local event would account for about 7.5%.
Canada home firebombing case shows evil of anti-defense laws
If anything, Mr. Thomson showed great restraint—anyone throwing Molotov cocktails at an occupied house deserves to be repelled using any and all force necessary, including lethal. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column returns fire at the arson enablers.
Also put a little something extra in the collection plate this Sunday.
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Thursday, January 20, 2011
GRE Round Up for January 20
Here are the latest offerings from my fellow GREs:
Rob Reed/Detroit:
Richard Nascak/Ft. Myers:
Dave Workman/Seattle:
Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis:
Rob Reed/Detroit:
Richard Nascak/Ft. Myers:
Dave Workman/Seattle:
Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis:
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Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:DHS answers FOIA on ‘domestic extremists’
Their bottom line:Today's second Gun Rights Examiner column brings a response that would indicate we're free to actively object to TSA screening processes without fear of being classified as "domestic extremists."
"Unfortunately, we were unable to locate or identify any responsive records." [More]
Who wants to put it to the test?
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The Fire Sale Loophole
Constitution Watch advises us on H.R. 263, the Authorization for Even More Federal Gun Thefts Act of 2011, brought to us courtesy of the usual cabal of domestic enemies. [Read]
We're the Only Ones Young at Heart Enough
Jason Hignight, 32, resigned as a Lubbock police officer shortly before detectives arrested him Tuesday evening. Hignight is charged with two counts of sexual assault of a child and one count of indecency with a child. [More]And again, the "Authorized Journalists" have failed to investigate a key question of protocol...
[Via John H]
We're the Only Ones in it for Life Enough
A federal judge has ordered a life sentence for a southern Illinois sheriff convicted of trafficking marijuana on the job and later trying to have two potential witnesses against him killed. [More]And Illinois, with "Only One" carry laws, is just the place to do it!
We're the Only Ones Going to the Wall Enough
An off-duty Norfolk police officer accidentally fired his personal gun inside his home on Thursday. The bullet hit the wall in his home... [More]Norfolk...Norfolk...wasn't I just reading something about their excellent training standards...?
We're the Only Ones Punchy Enough
If this animal would do this to one of his own, imagine what he'd do to one of us. [Watch and read]
Complete and full information was withheld from the Chief? And multiple sworn officers all the way up the command structure knew about this? So it's more than "a few bad apples"?
Isn't that what is known as "obstruction of justice" and a "criminal conspiracy"?
Will "I had no idea/nobody told me" work?
Where does the buck stop?
[Via Mack H]
Complete and full information was withheld from the Chief? And multiple sworn officers all the way up the command structure knew about this? So it's more than "a few bad apples"?
Isn't that what is known as "obstruction of justice" and a "criminal conspiracy"?
Will "I had no idea/nobody told me" work?
Where does the buck stop?
[Via Mack H]
Speaking of Just Giving Them What They Want...
Worker at Coventry Township storefront casino shot in head [More]After he handed over the money.
It's that question the Bradys never seem to answer: What if what they want is you...?
Clear Intent
The single shot ended a tense and terrifying encounter with a gunman who was soft-spoken and chatty, but made it clear he intended harm. [More]So just giving him what he wanted was not an option? Maybe somebody from the Bradys could tell us what to do then?
Aside from close your eyes and think of England...?
Damned "Castle Doctrine"...
[Via Ed M]
Meanwhile, Over in Sarah Brady Para...uh...Occupied Territory...
A PSNI officer has gone on trial accused of possessing too many firearms. [More]"They're always after me Lucky Charms..."
Looks like the Crown's man is hoist with his own petard. You can own too many firearms?
And, speaking of Lucky Charms, I wonder what those who say you can ate for breakfast?
Empowering Hussein Hamdani
I was stunned at how powerful I felt with the gun in my hand. [More]Well, there's your problem right there.
It's YOU.
"Guns empower cowards and criminals..."
Kind of an ironic bit of sick projection going on there after your initial admission, wouldn't you say, guy?
We're the Only Ones with Budding Careers Enough
A Winter Haven police officer is accused of pilfering a "marijuana bud" following the department's seizure of marijuana plants from a home. [More]See, if you're going to steal someone elses's plants, it's important that you follow official department protocol.
Let's see, the "few bad apples" metaphor doesn't seem to work well here. Maybe "a few stems and seeds," but otherwise it's great sh...?
And I wonder if this will qualify for Chuckie's reporting proposal?
[Via Ed M]
In the Service of the Emperor
Obama: "We Welcome China's Rise" [Read]
Overheard, while showing submission:
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A Cause for Unrest
"Weapons, especially … an automatic rifle, have no place in a synagogue," Baer said. [More]Hey, don't tell us.
Tell them.
Bagel-brain.
[Via Defender]
Is Harry Reid no longer ‘a true champion of the Second Amendment’?
Are we seeing the beginnings of a new public direction for our true champion, one motivated not by any oath of office or past loyalties, but by blatant self-interest? [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks what may be the secret of Reid's success--not that I'm suggesting a caption contest for the accompanying photo or anything...
Also watch a rerun.
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