Here are the latest offerings from my fellow GREs:
Sean McClanahan/Des Moines:
Liston Matthews/Knoxville:
John Pierce/Minneapolis:
Dave Workman/Seattle:
Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis:
Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:
Monday, February 28, 2011
Don't Have a Cow
SB 1246 by Sen. Jim Norman, R-Tampa, would make it a first-degree felony to photograph a farm without first obtaining written permission from the owner.[More]Jeez, that could get you up to 30 years. And make you a prohibited person.
Nice digs, Jim. With any luck, maybe we'll be able to stop by the side of the road and take pictures of the bulls supervising you on the work farm, and the prohibited person will be you.
We're the Only Ones Going for a Ride-Along Enough
According to Lt. Ray Evers, an altercation broke out inside a car between a civilian and an off-duty police lieutenant. [More]Yeah, I can't begin to tell you how many times I've gotten into arguments in my car that ended in shots fired.
We'll be there when we're there. And you should have gone last time we stopped.
[Via Tango Down]
To Be or Not to Be?
John Richardson says HR 822 looks like "a pretty good bill."
Dan Gifford forwarded an email that says not so fast:
Me, I've always been kinda partial to Constitutional carry...
Dan Gifford forwarded an email that says not so fast:
If You Want to Follow my Lead…: A few list members shared with me their comments to congressmen and the NRA-ILA regarding HR 822. These are the comments I sent to my representative, Paul Gosar, by means of GOA’s contact option at http://capwiz.com/gunowners/dbq/officials/:I suppose now advocates for both viewpoints are going to hash this out on blogs and in forums...
I am a dedicated and long-term activist for the restoration of the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. Still, I must ask that you vote "no" on HR 822, the Stearns-Shuler bill to mandate nationwide recognition of state carry permits. Laudable as the goal sounds, the concept is a Trojan horse.
Sen. Feinstein has already announced her intent to establish federal standards for the issuance of concealed-carry permits at state level, to include a California-style requirement for proof of need. Costly medical and psychological testing, along with police-level "qualification" courses could also be included.
While none of this is in the current bill, making the carry of firearms a federal matter creates a ready vehicle for amendment when the political pendulum swings back to the left. The nation's experience with the 55 mph speed limit showed how easily the federal government can obtain compliance with federal standards simply by threatening to withhold federal funds.
Me, I've always been kinda partial to Constitutional carry...
We're the Only Ones Witnessed To Enough
"The inclination might be to try to stop it. We don't want people to do that. We want store employees to be witnesses to shoplifting, not victims of assault," says Skoogman. [More]So should we assume that Skoogman & Co. wouldn't try to stop it either, or just that they think they're the "Only Ones" qualified to try, because, chances are, whatever a mob wanted to do to you would be fait accompli by the time they got there and swilled down some free coffee while they took down their report?
Seems to me like one of those "30 round clips" we're hearing so much about lately might just persuade a mob to leave quietly and not assault anyone.
[Via cycjec]
We're the Only Ones Setting the Bar High Enough
Recently, here in the state of Washington, King County prosecutors announced that they would not charge Seattle Police Officer Ian Birk for the shooting death of Native American woodcarver John T. Williams despite a police firearms review board deciding that the shooting was unjustified. In this case, prosecutors cited Washington State law which they say sets such a high bar against prosecuting police officers in such cases that they could not charge Birk even though his actions appeared negligent at best. [More]If we don't like it, we are told, we can always change the law.
I wonder who could possibly be against such a change? Aside from all the usual suspects.
And, of course, it would still leave those mourning victims killed before any change SOL as far as any legal recourse goes.
So much for securing the blessings of Liberty...
[Via Ron W]
Wyoming Governor Has a Big "But"
Mead, a former U.S. Attorney for Wyoming who has prosecuted federal firearms cases, has said he supports gun rights but will wait until the bill reaches his desk before deciding whether to sign it...[More]What's to decide?
Will Libya retain its progressive monopoly of violence?
Then just call gun owners who believe their right to keep and bear arms is another check and balance against tyranny “extremists” or “hatriots” or—what does Saif call them?— “terrorists.” It’s not like media supportive of that government monopoly of violence, either here or in the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, are going to challenge it. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner commentary nominates some domestic Gaddafi sympathizers for a well-deserved international award.
Field Report
Verbatim reports from the field via FreeFor counterprotesters in opposition to Saturday's union/fellow traveller demonstrations in Atlanta and Raleigh...[More]Here's a special message to the trivial Teajacker who somehow thinks the struggle is about effects instead of causes. Believe it or not, yours is not the last word.
But you're right: Those men did not speak for you. That you're oblivious to the irony of that tells us all we need to know.
Photos and videos.
This Day in History: February 28
Ten days after the event, on February 28, 1779, General Henry Knox wrote a letter to his brother William describing the Grand Alliance Ball: "We had above seventy ladies, all of the first ton in the State, and between three and four hundred Gentlemen. We danced all night--an elegant room, the illuminating fireworks were more than pretty." The entertainment was given by the artillery corps, which erected a temple, or frame, of 13 Corinthian arches, about 100 feet in length and proportionally high, each arch containing an illuminated painting emblematic of the Revolution. [More]
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Even ‘pro-gun’ representatives ignoring and ducking ‘Project Gunwalker’
If enough politicians try to hide from this or keep it at arm’s length, perhaps a contest of sorts, to determine which one has responded in the most evasive manner might be in order. And the “winner” could receive appropriate recognition. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner report introduces a new political competition: Project Gunweasel.
Enter your rep?
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Mexican government shrugs off CBS News investigation on ‘walked guns’
So why the deliberate indifference? [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner report follows a timeline and connects some dots in an attempt to find out.
Bottom line: Because it's not in their interest to. Nor is it in Eric Holder's. Nor Hillary's...
Anybody surprised?
Friday, February 25, 2011
GRE Round Up for February 25
Here are the latest offerings from my fellow GREs:
Steve D. Jones/Fort Smith:
Dave Workman/Seattle:
Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis:
Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:
Steve D. Jones/Fort Smith:
Dave Workman/Seattle:
Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis:
Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:
There's an App for That
The goal of the project is to make sure that our users are protected against abuse and lies by police, the TSA and other authority figures by capturing the events as they happen and then sharing them so that the whole world can see. [More]Just in case you run into one of the few bad apples with authoritah issues...
[Via Carl S]
Null and Void
That concept, called jury nullification, is highly controversial, and courts are hostile to it. But federal prosecutors have now taken the unusual step of having Mr. Heicklen indicted on a charge that his distributing of such pamphlets at the courthouse entrance violates the law against jury tampering. He is to appear in court on Friday for a conference in his case. [More]Here's to the day when his persecutors will enjoy the benefits of a fully informed jury at their trial.
Yetta Yetta Yetta Goes Yadda Yadda Yadda
By placing those whose job responsibilities might call for firearm licensing (myself, other officers of the court and law enforcement like the Queens DA) alongside glamorous celebrities, you risk portraying guns as inviting, even fashionable...Instead of glamorizing or trivializing guns, I wish your paper would bring attention to important efforts to control gun sales around the country, including the efforts of our Mayor. [More]Yetta Kurland, professional trained "Only One".
And you're not.
I mean it's obvious, just from her priorities:
Perhaps the greatest privelege I had while on the campaign trail last year was to be invited on stage with Rev Billy to sing 'we shall overcome' with Joan Baez. Joan kissed me on the cheek that night. I didn't wash it for a while...OK then.
I suppose you could let this member of the elite know what you think.
This guy pretty much speaks for me.
[Via JJC]
Feast or Famine
The St. Gabriel Possenti Society, Inc. commemorates the February 27 feast day of St. Gabriel Possenti this weekend with a call for action...[More]A collection basket protest to starve off contributions as a protest against anti-gun activism by Church officials will definitely get their attention...
We're the Only Ones Helping Ourselves Enough
Two State Police troopers and a Monroe County man were charged Wednesday with embezzling money, jewelry, drugs and other property seized from criminal suspects through a Monroe narcotics investigation...[More]They're lieutenants, meaning they set the tone around the place, but no doubt the fact that there were only two of them validates the "few bad apples" hypothesis...
[Via Tom R]
Anti-gun groups silent on ‘Project Gunwalker’
Since Henigan invoked Agent Terry’s name, let’s see if he’s capable of joining with some of those “courageous officers” he lauds who have put their necks on the block to do the man’s memory justice. I call on him and Brady Campaign President Paul Helmke to issue a public statement demanding full and public Congressional hearings... [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column asks a loudmouth why he being so's tight-lipped.
Also read a very good "Gunwalker" report from The Shooting Wire.
Shout, shoot or wire the link over to your friends?
This Day in History: February 25
On the morning of February 25, 1779, Lieutenant Colonel George Rogers Clark, elder brother of explorer William Clark, accepted British Lieutenant Governor Henry Hamilton's unconditional surrender of Fort Sackville at Vincennes, Indiana. [More]
Thursday, February 24, 2011
GRE Round Up for February 24
Here are the latest offerings from my fellow GREs:
Rob Reed/Detroit:
Steve D. Jones/Fort Smith:
Liston Matthews/ Knoxville:
Dave Workman/Seattle:
Rob Reed/Detroit:
Steve D. Jones/Fort Smith:
Liston Matthews/ Knoxville:
Dave Workman/Seattle:
- Bellevue’s Gottlieb, CCRKBA want ATF funding cut over ‘Gunrunner’ scandal
- This Seattle teen is likely to stop a bullet
- Bellevue v. Beltway: Gottlieb tells Holder ‘Investigate ATF or resign’
- Pushing even anti-gun senators to investigate 'Project Gunwalker' can bear fruit
- Will Media Matters apologize to Gun Owners of America's Larry Pratt?
Gunwalker too big to ignore any longer
They're even talking about it in Knoxville, thanks to Liston Matthews. [Read]
Media Doesn't Matter
At least Media Matters doesn't.
Nice to see Kurt take on that fool, and expose him for what he is.
Great timing there, Chris Brown, you boob. On the same day CBS News aired their story.
Sucks to be you.
But you already know that.
Nice to see Kurt take on that fool, and expose him for what he is.
Great timing there, Chris Brown, you boob. On the same day CBS News aired their story.
Sucks to be you.
But you already know that.
“Project Gunwalker” scandal is breaking wide open
Here's a summary from Steve D. Jones, the Fort Smith Gun Rights Examiner. [More]
Project Gunwalker: Word on the Street
- GOA issues Gunwalker Scandal Congressional Briefing Paper: "All right, you apes, so we took the frigging hill. Now we gotta take the next one."
- A short, if exasperated, message to the Drudge Report:
- This just in: The Washington Post is STILL Dead. Plus, now we have a bet on the table.
- Hugh Holub reports: "More on the effort to cover up the truth about the murder of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry."
- More Gunwalker Scandal items. Check them out. "The cost of doing nothing is ultimately a human one."
Gun group to Holder: Investigate ‘Project Gunwalker’ or step down
"If Eric Holder is not willing to hold ATF officials accountable, he should resign." [More]
Today's second Gun Rights Examiner report notes yet another national gun group adding it's weight to demands for a full and complete "Project Gunwalker" investigation--of course, in this case the primary investigative tool may just well be a mirror...
Speaking of adding weight, there's still a lot missing from this...about 800 Lbs. or so...
We Now Interrupt Your Regularly Scheduled "Project Gunwalker" Coverage...
I just remembered Concerned American asked me to share this link yesterday...[Read]
Always glad to do what I can to promote author Matthew Bracken...
Can't wait to get the time to read this latest interview. Of course, I'll also need to find the time to familiarize myself with his latest book...
Now if you'll excuse me, I have to get back to the task at hand. These guns won't walk themselves...
Always glad to do what I can to promote author Matthew Bracken...
Can't wait to get the time to read this latest interview. Of course, I'll also need to find the time to familiarize myself with his latest book...
Now if you'll excuse me, I have to get back to the task at hand. These guns won't walk themselves...
CBS News brings 'Project Gunrunner' scandal to the public
Detroit Gun Rights Examiner Rob Reed shares his thoughts. [More]
Gun group calls for House investigation of ‘Project Gunwalker’
Please use this briefing paper, get it to your representative, demand to know what he intends to do about it, and let him know if his answer is anything short of what is expected of a leader, you will make his evasion and equivocation on this matter of basic truth, justice and decency known at election time.Today's first Gun Rights Examiner report gives you a tool to help get your representative involved. Will you pick it up and use it?
Tell him just like that. [More]
Also get another read on this from another Reed, check up on yesterday's deadline news, and then go watch a rerun.
Share the link?
All Project Gunwalker All the Time
As you might well be able to imagine, yesterday's CBS piece has created a whole new set of demands for my attention, and that was just the tip of the iceberg. There are many more exciting developments happening with this story, and it's going to take every bit of time I have just to keep up with basics on it.
Don't expect me to focus on anything other than the immediate task at hand for a while--pressing onward with this story.
Please understand if I don't answer emails or respond to tips, at least for today and who knows...?
Don't expect me to focus on anything other than the immediate task at hand for a while--pressing onward with this story.
Please understand if I don't answer emails or respond to tips, at least for today and who knows...?
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
CBS News video report: "Project Gunrunner" drug cartel scandal
CBS News has released the video of the report announced earlier this evening. [More]Watch it. And share the link.
BREAKING: CBS to report tonight on 'Project Gunwalker'
This is the announcement Mike Vanderboegh and I have been waiting all week for. [Read]
Please share this link far and wide.
Please share this link far and wide.
Not Bad...
But so far, I'm one of the "Only Ones"--using it on stuff that gets picked up by the Google news feed, that is...
You can help change that if you use the term when you contact news outlets, send them this link, and ask why they're not covering this story.
Everybody's been doing that, right?
Toning Down the Extremist Rhetoric
Sometimes it's necessary to get out on the streets and "get a little bloody," a Massachusetts Democrat said Tuesday in reference to labor battles in Wisconsin. [More]If you insist...
[Via Sig]
We're the Only Ones with Arrested Development Enough
Arvada Police are defending the way they handled the arrest of an 11-year-old boy. The Arvada boy was arrested and hauled away in handcuffs from his home for drawing stick figures in school - something his therapist told him to do. [More]How unoriginal. Really.
Here are our "Super Heroes" in action! No telling what the kid being hauled off in the picture did:
Yeah, you guys showed a lot of character, commitment, integrity, honor and courage, all right, handcuffing and kidnapping a little kid over a damned stick drawing.
When are you gonna haul away this guy?
Or better yet, I'm yo' huckleberry...
You idiots must really want people to hate you.
Keep it up. Nice to see government being effective at something...
[Via William T]
Revival
There was another story I've touched on before, and I've been receiving updates on it, but "Project Gunwalker" has kept me so dang busy I have not had time to do anything with it.
You remember Leonard Embody? Here's a recent email:
You remember Leonard Embody? Here's a recent email:
My lawsuit against the state was dismissed in summary judgment on 1-21-11. I filed for an amended order and my petition was granted on 2-14-11. This is my lawsuit against the state of Tennessee which claims that Tennessee law prohibiting the loaded carry of handguns is facially unconstitutional.
His lawsuit has been revived. Here are some related news links :
And yeah, I know there's no shortage of diss-Embodyers who say he makes us all look bad. Most of those critics say I make us all look bad, too.
I didn't get into this to be good-looking, and yeah, I know, no danger of that...
We're the Only Ones Getting it Off Our Chest Enough
Or putting it in our chest...[Read]
Sure glad these guys are just plain better than you and me, to where the law makes all kinds of exceptions for them to carry guns where and when you and I are forbidden to...
All this and cattle rustling too? You can't make this stuff up.
[Via trackerk, who has more...]
Sure glad these guys are just plain better than you and me, to where the law makes all kinds of exceptions for them to carry guns where and when you and I are forbidden to...
All this and cattle rustling too? You can't make this stuff up.
[Via trackerk, who has more...]
Ganging Up
CNN's Savidge, Guests Gang Up on Supporter of Concealed Carry on Campus [More]I know the feeling.
Still, if you know what you're talking about, anybody who begins their argument with "I'm from Canada" has already lost.
I see no contentions raised by the assemblage of hoplophobes that aren't the same unoriginal and hysterical talking points we deflate every day.
Still, it's telling that these circling media jackals are afraid to face a man one-on-one. Maybe that's why the thought of a lone defender capable and equipped to repel many terrifies them so...
[Via Dan Gifford]
Home on the Range
Relating to regulation and enforcement of laws affecting sport shooting ranges. [Read]
TSRA has more.
From their email alert:
For the past fourteen years, Bare Arms has operated without accident or complaint. Recently a Dallas Developer, Frank Nuchereno with Anthony Properties, purchased 200 acres adjoining the range and has attempted to squeeze out the little gun range. So far an injunction against Bare Arms has been denied but the attempt required this small business owner to hire legal counsel.
Ah, here he is.
[Via W3]
Meanwhile, Over in Furious Mike Paradise...
‘Sidewalk Rage’ Plagues New York City Streets [More]
Ah, so it's not "a polite society"?
All that control--for their own good--and yet the people are still not happy.
There's gotta be a lesson in there somewhere...
The Gift that Keeps on Giving
Texas is preparing to give college students and professors the right to carry guns on campus... [More]Huh. I didn't realize Texas politicians had the sole proprietary claim...
Texas is preparing to impose fewer illegitimate infringements on the right of college students and professors to carry guns on campus...There. Fixed it.
[Via Rich T]
New ‘Project Gunwalker’ allegations could expand Grassley investigation
Revelations on CleanUpATF brought “Project Gunwalker” to light in the first place, and those allegations have been consistently bolstered by all who have examined them since Vanderboegh and this correspondent first started reporting on this unfolding story. The credibility factor for charges being substantiated remains high, and Senator Charles Grassley and others pressing forward with investigations must take these new allegations very seriously, and make them part of their fact-finding efforts. [More]The FFL was a CI? There was a second "Gunwalker" program run out of Tucson? State was involved in the decision not to clue in Mexican authorities? This morning's Gun Rights Examiner report adds some weighty matters to the list of things the mainstream media must ignore...
Help circumvent their deliberate indifference by sharing the link?
This Day in History: February 23
On February 23, 1779 Clark and his group were within three miles of the Fort at Vincennes. They were able to take a British prisoner who told them everything they needed to know. Clark knew he was outnumbered, so he devised a plan to make it seem that there were a lot more men than forty-seven storming the Fort. Vincennes sat on the top of a mountain. He had his men march around in a circle around the fort. The British and the Indians thought there were thousands of soldiers outside. The Indians ran for their safety. That left about 150 British soldiers inside the fort. [More]
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
GOA’s Pratt talks ‘Project Gunwalker’ over Fox host Megyn Kelly’s objections
Believing it relevant to the discussion, Pratt introduced key points involving “Project Gunwalker,” allegations about gun monitoring operations by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) gone awry. Host Kelly quickly tried to steer away from that, claiming it unfair to talk about because ATF was not there to defend themselves. Pratt replied they will not talk about it with Sen. Grassley, so they will not talk about it with her. [More]This evening's Gun Rights Examiner report notes that the truth will get out there--even over the objections of so-called "conservatives."
Watch the embedded video and please share the link.
GRE Round Up for February 22
Here are the latest offerings from my fellow GREs:
Steve D. Jones/Fort Smith:
Dave Workman/Seattle:
Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis:
Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:
Steve D. Jones/Fort Smith:
Dave Workman/Seattle:
Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis:
Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:
Alvie Says...
...do it for the children. [Read]
Y'know, I was just thinking of posting the Fox link and asking readers to leave the comment "Google Project Gunwalker," but I like his link to the Journalist's Guide idea better.
Y'know, I was just thinking of posting the Fox link and asking readers to leave the comment "Google Project Gunwalker," but I like his link to the Journalist's Guide idea better.
BREAKING: ‘Project Gunwalker’ charges surfacing on Fox News
It is clear that, as major media gradually begins their own investigations, they continue to corroborate the story that a small handful of activists have been urging them to cover since its inception. [More]The story is starting to break big, and everything the "pros" can uncover confirms what Mike Vanderboegh and I have been telling them and begging them to look at.
Includes video.
Please share the link.
More expected later today.
We're the Only Ones with a Hit Single on the Radio Enough
A shot was fired by the third officer as she stood nearby. The bullet hit another officer's radio, which was in his gun belt, according to police. [More]"As she stood nearby."
Sounds like as good a reason for a paid vacation to me as any...
[Via Dann in Ohio]
We're the Only Ones Accountable Enough
"This was an important case for holding the police officers accountable for their misconduct," Hall's attorney, John Burris, told the San Francisco Chronicle. [More]I guess the mouthpiece gets his cut of the settlement, so he can say that. But I don't see where the badged criminal who planted the gun either paid for anything out of his own pocket, let alone served any time for lying on police reports, perjuring himself, false incarceration--hell, call it what it is--kidnapping.
Sounds like he's enjoying a retirement with pension instead courtesy of the people who were held accountable. And naturally:
The Oakland Police Department denies wrongdoing in the incident...No surprise there.
New York City’s gun permit system reflects elitism, not equality
The goal is for the entire Republic to reflect the edicts of the Big Apple, where you and I are disarmed by law, that is unless and until we either can join the ruling elites or serve them as their enforcers. [More]Today's second Gun Rights Examiner column looks at the lifestyles of the rich and famous.
Oh, you're not one?
Furious Mike and Co. say "Too bad."
Do you have anything you'd like to say back to them?
Return of the People of the Gun
Ammo.net asked me if I'd be interested in hosting a sponsored ad for their People of the Gun website, and having been a long-time "member" of the original page, I was more than happy to. Please note the click-through graphic in the sidebar, and the link to the Ammo.net main page in the WoGroll.
What are the People of the Gun? They describe themselves as:
A tribe of firearm owners and bloggers; just ordinary Americans, many of them your friends and neighbors. We believe in and practice the constitutional and natural right to protect our families, ourselves, and our homes.
As for Ammo.net, they also support patriotic groups that need funds to carry out their missions. They make a 1% donation on your behalf to your chosen pro-gun or pro-military organization. We don't have a George Soros-type benefactor, so think of it as "brassroots" activism.
If you have a website and would like to support this effort, click here to grab the code to embed the POTG graphic. If you'd like to "join the club," click here to give them your display information and profile photo.
Safe Places
Parks. [Read]
Told you so.
No catastrophic damage to Mother Gaia, either.
It's not easy being a shrieking, spittle fleck-lipped hoplophobe these days. First no Wild West shootouts over fender benders by peaceable concealed and open carriers, and now this.
Told you so.
No catastrophic damage to Mother Gaia, either.
It's not easy being a shrieking, spittle fleck-lipped hoplophobe these days. First no Wild West shootouts over fender benders by peaceable concealed and open carriers, and now this.
Soldier of Fortune’s Brown backs Steve Schreiner for NRA Board
The Nominating Committee has not selected him, however. Per Brown:
Today's first Gun Rights Examiner column asks what's wrong with a little zeal when it comes to fighting for unalienable rights?NRA will not endorse him ‘cause they think he is "too much of a zealot." My response is that we could use a few more "zealots" on the BOD. [More]
This Day in History: February 22
22d. Called the Chiefs together to consult about sending off scouting parties to the rivers mouth, to the falls of Ohio, and to Kaskaskias-- They said they would consider of it, and give me an answer-- This day made a small magazine in the fort coverd with raw hides.
Seven Shawanese came in from their wintering ground on white River, where was an encapment of 40 of them. [More]
Monday, February 21, 2011
GRE Round Up for February 21
Here are the latest offerings from my fellow GREs:
Mike Stollenwerk/DC:
Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis:
Mike Stollenwerk/DC:
Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis:
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Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners: Lugar, Lieberman looking into ‘Project Gunwalker’ charges
"I have contacted the ATF to request information about how firearms could have been allowed to enter criminal hands. I will promptly share with you a copy of the ATF response. In the meantime, I will closely follow investigation of this matter in the Senate Judiciary Committee with our mutual concerns in mind." [More]Today's second Gun Rights Examiner report shows what you can do to help make sure this investigation can't be ignored.
Will you?
And will you share the link?
On the Road with the Purple Gang
SEIU Purple Thug Tour Schedule [More]You know, the "servants" working to disarm us, evidently so they can enforce with impunity.
Unlike Furious Mike's Magic Bus, it looks like they've posted their schedule.
I wonder how many of those are open carry-tolerant welcome wagon venues?
The Best Defense
Supporters of the legislation argue that gun violence on campuses, such as the mass shootings at Virginia Tech in 2007 and Northern Illinois in 2008, show that the best defense against a gunman is students who can shoot back. [More]Whereas blood-dancing exploiters have calculated the most lucrative response is to become a professional victim playing the sob-sister circuit.
[Via Ed M]
We're the Only Ones Unplugged Enough
Mayor William Lantigua says he will no longer pay legal bills for police officers being sued, including the bills for those officers involved in nine brutality cases pending in U.S. District Court. [More]How dare anyone expect individuals to be responsible for their actions?
Including those individuals in city government responsbile for not controlling/siccing their dogs on people in the first place...
[Via Smiley Starfish]
We're the Fauxnly Ones...
Brothers accused of impersonating police officers...[More]Like I always say, keep this link handy in case you ever need the defense that there are so many copycat incidents that a reasonable man can never be sure...
[Via Ed M]
UPDATE: Oh, look. Here's another! Boy, if I can blog about two of these in one day, it must be really commonplace.
[Via Russ S]
Any Item? Really?
Senate Democrats acknowledged that the 19 Republicans could pass any item that doesn't spend state money in their absence. [More]Is that true?
Where the hell is the "gun lobby," to take advantage of this?
Traver material reveals anti-gun positions and troubling allies
Anyone who thinks a top U.S. cop should enjoy the backing of these alien invaders is asking for a fight. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner report looks at...what does the Oath call them?..."enemies foreign and domestic."
Share the link with foreign and domestic friends?
This Day in History: February 21
Local Patriot militia captured a landing party from a British privateer which had come ashore to claim a Patriot merchantman that had run aground near the Lower Fort during their pursuit of it. [More]
Sunday, February 20, 2011
When Enforcers Have An Agenda
I’ve noted before that lead times make magazines poor places to discuss developing news. By the time this reaches you, it may be a done deal. [More]Or, it may not be, as today's Gun Rights Examiner column proves.
This is my GUNS Magazine Rights Watch column I based it on.
Is ‘Project Gunwalker’ reason for Traver hearing delay?
The only question seems to be is the decision to hold off on what the anti-gun choice lobby deems a “crucial position” was initiated by Chairman Leahy, by the nominee himself, or by his Justice Department handlers. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner report looks at how much, and therefore how little has changed between columns written months apart but published around the same time.
Share the link?
Friday, February 18, 2011
GRE Round Up for February 18
Here are the latest offerings from my fellow GREs:
Liston Matthews/Knoxville:
Dave Workman/Seattle:
Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis:
Liston Matthews/Knoxville:
Dave Workman/Seattle:
Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis:
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Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners: We're the Only Ones Justice Delayed Enough
FBI Agent Blamed for Teen Drunk Driving Death Not Likely to Face Charges for Months [More]
Looked like a real good kid, too--just graduated high school, working two jobs...
Nice to know Agent "One More for the Road" Johnson was considered responsible and trustworthy enough for nationwide concealed carry--and you're not.
[Via William T]
We're the Only Ones in Public/Private Partnership Enough
The commander of a Contra Costa County drug task force and the head of a high-profile, Concord-based private investigative firm were arrested Wednesday on allegations they conspired to sell drugs, authorities said. [More]Hey, there were only two of them, lending credence to the 'few bad apples" theory, right...?
Ah, here we go:
"It's not reflective of our agency or our agents..."Because none of them have been arrested before, you see...even though this has apparently been going on with one of their top guys for years.
[Via Dave Licht]
A Poor Performance
Memo to ATF: Grassley Not Impressed With Your Dog And Pony Show [More]It's pretty obvious the handlers are to blame...
When We Want the Servants to Speak, We'll Tell Them To
The state's top law enforcement officer said he doesn't oppose a looser requirement for carrying guns, but the state's Sheriffs' Association disagreed. [More]Time to figure out which sheriffs back that position and modify their career plans...It's hard for me to imagine anything more "meaningless" than executive director Jeff Moore having any say whatsoever in any of this.
[Via Zachary G]
A Public Challenge
Gun Owners of South Africa (GOSA) publicly challenge the Minister to request that the Auditor-General, Mr. Terrence Nombembe, conduct a forensic audit of the implementation of the Firearms Control Act of 2000 since it was signed into law 11 years ago. [More]I suspect the government already knows what the results will show...
Crazy About You
N.Y. warns laggards: 'The quality of our background check is going to be compromised' [More]Seeing how that has absolutely no effect on limiting access to those who would criminally misuse guns, and seeing how insanity has been defined as doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results, why, that's just crazy talk.
Hey, I know how we can make a difference! Let's put a ton of resources into sending a truck with a billboard around the country! That'll show those inclined to homicide what-fer!
And...
[Via Ed M]
Naming Names
As expected, if a bit later than expected, the Oregon legislature (well some Oregon legislators who don't want their names used) have introduced or drafted new anti-rights bills. [More]I guess if I were abusing authority to undermine human liberty and dignity, I'd want to kind of do it on the sly too...
At least initially.
Playing the Percentages
No specific numbers on how many of those guns "recovered in Mexico and traced back to the United States" were, in fact, military purchases, but the State Department cables indicate a portion of the fewer than 12 percent of the traceable weapons actually came from the United States in gun shop/individual type purchases. Remember, that's not 12 percent of the tens of thousands of weapons recovered - it's only 12 percent of the weapons recovered that were traceable. It's nowhere near the 12 percent figure that has been misquoted and used as evidence of the United State's "horrific" problem of illegal gun sales. [More]Who is using a paltry "12" to misrepresent things?
Try "80."
Or "90."
Hell, try "95 to 100."
When the antis lie, they lie big. It's what they do.
What have they got to lose?
They figure most people won't know any better, and the media they're BSing will either be too ignorant to know the difference or else glad to have something that helps advance their own agenda.
[Via W-III]
Deportation raises questions for Grassley gun investigation
That is curious. Especially in the absence of information about who decided the Mexican nationals are not accessories (or even material witnesses), and how that was determined. After all, whether they were complicit to the shooting or not, they were illegally present at the scene of a crime in which a law enforcement officer was killed.Today's Gun Rights Examiner report wonders if everybody who needs to has had a chance to ask questions. Ain't it something that we have to question that?
No? [More]
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This Day in History: February 18
One of the most noted events in Pluckemin (Washington spelled it Pluckamin) was The Grand Alliance Ball of 1779 in Pluckemin.(Sometimes spelled Pluckamin) General Washington and 400 others attended the celebration held on the grounds of the Boylan House in 1779. The ball celebrated the first anniversary of the alliance with France, which ended in victory for the allies at Yorktown. The ball was attended by more than 400 dignitaries. [More]
Thursday, February 17, 2011
GRE Round Up for February 17
Here are the latest offerings from my fellow GREs:
Steve D. Jones/Fort Smith:
Dave Workman/Seattle:
Steve D. Jones/Fort Smith:
Dave Workman/Seattle:
- A conspiracy of silence in ATF inquiry? Where are Murray, Cantwell?
- Woodcarver shooting aftermath: Change the law, don’t crucify prosecutor
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Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:
50/50
Feedback that Gun Owners of South Africa are receiving indicates that up to 50% of gun license applications are being refused. [More]I was hoping to do a Gun Rights Examiner column on this, but Project Gunwalker demands have me so wrapped around the axle I doubt I'll have the time--so just wanted to help get this link circulating before GOSA's email gets lost in the deluge...
"Real Journalism"
The decline of "real journalism" justifies federal involvement, according to Copps. [More]
Not the stuff Mike and I have been doing.
The stuff the people who won't report on it are doing.
So by "federal involvement," they must mean some kind of approval, not some kind of exposure.
You know, Authorized Journalism.
It's the only kind that real.
A conspiracy of silence in ATF inquiry? Where are Murray, Cantwell?
As it is, Grassley seems to be out there all by himself, trying to uncover the truth. He deserves some company from fellow members of the U.S. Senate... [More]Dave Workman's latest. And yes, Grassley does.
I trust the regulars here are taking the initiative to get him some of that company he--and the men who put their necks on the block--deserve?
The Gold Standard
Professional victim Colin Goddard has managed the alchemists' dream of turning the lead of the four bullets with which he was shot, into the gold of a paid position...[More]Ol' Kurt just keeps getting better and better at this, doesn't he?
Grassley told of gun dealer cooperating with ATF on ‘straw purchases'
Further corroboration has been given to Grassley staffers by a gun store employee. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner report offers an alternative to those with no "personal knowledge."
Also meet the parson of the week on Trigger Sport Live!
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Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Grassley to Holder: ATF refused to answer specific questions in briefing
This demonstrates the senator is serious about this and will not tolerate willful noncompliance. It also marks a serious miscalculation on the part of ATF bureaucrats and their Department of Justice handlers, and has produced what, for them, is no doubt the unintended consequence of steeling Grassley's resolve to pursue his investigation over all attempts to refuse cooperation. [More]This evening's Gun Rights Examiner column notes the stakes just got higher. It also notes you're not getting this news from any "mainstream" networks or newspapers--which is why I keep on harping for regular readers to share these links.
GRE Round Up for February 16
Here are the latest offerings from my fellow GREs:
Paul Valone/Charlotte:
Sean McClanahan/Des Moines:
Dave Workman/Seattle:
Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis:
Paul Valone/Charlotte:
Sean McClanahan/Des Moines:
Dave Workman/Seattle:
Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis:
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Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners: Too Much, The Magic Bus
The Criminal Mayors have started a Treason on Wheels cross-country tour. George Stephanopoulos does a great job being impartial instead of just a sympathetic sob-sister tool for Furious Mike, don't you think? [Read and watch]
You don't?
And OK, it's a truck, not a bus. But it's still magic. Because there's certainly nothing grounded in reality about it.
Huh--I see they're posting Tweets and they're now in Newark. Does this mean they won't announce their destination and dates in advance, so maybe people can greet them? Armed and openly carrying, where feasible?
And Huh again--all the comments so far appear to be solidly in the "disarm us for our own good" camp, almost as if they primed the pump or something. Let's just see if they entertain reasoned discourse:
[Via Zachary G]
You don't?
And OK, it's a truck, not a bus. But it's still magic. Because there's certainly nothing grounded in reality about it.
Huh--I see they're posting Tweets and they're now in Newark. Does this mean they won't announce their destination and dates in advance, so maybe people can greet them? Armed and openly carrying, where feasible?
And Huh again--all the comments so far appear to be solidly in the "disarm us for our own good" camp, almost as if they primed the pump or something. Let's just see if they entertain reasoned discourse:
Safer Streets/Liberty News
Should teachers be armed?
As long as they want to be and can be trusted with scissors, why not?
Here's Longenecker's latest. [Read]
As long as they want to be and can be trusted with scissors, why not?
Here's Longenecker's latest. [Read]
Not the Whole Truth-O-Meter
"Mostly True" [More]Not really, because it's not the whole story. It's not even the most significant fraction of the whole story.
Without accounting for lives saved, I'd say this graphic is more appropriate, as would be referring to you agenda-pushers as "Politif****d":
Joke of the Week
Angelenos have a meaningful opportunity to make our city a model of gun violence prevention. [More]Hahahaha! Good one, Eric Garcetti and David C. Bohnett!
I'm looking forward to you explaining how that will work to these guys. Just get rid of those NRA troglodytes and it'll be Kumbaya City!
$2M in foundation grants for this control freak nonsense, eh, DB? Nothing like knowing this is a true grassroots movement, as opposed to elites using their inordinate influence to impose themselves on everybody else.
Banging Pots and Pans
That's a description I use for the process we're going through to get the "Project Gunwalker" story noticed in the absence of "Authorized Journalist" interest. Mike even tells us there's a name for that when other people join us: Cacerolazo!
Here's some recent activity you should be aware of:
Here's some recent activity you should be aware of:
- Cliffs of Insanity: Open Letter to Matt Drudge
- Western Rifle Shooters Association: Gunrunner: An Open Letter To Matt Drudge
- Moonbattery: ATF Gives Guns to Mexican Drug Cartels to Undermine Second Amendment
- TSRadioNotes: The NRA called today
- The Intel Hub: Project Gunwalker: ATF Weapons Smuggled Into Mexico, Possibly Used In Border Agents Killing (Note I will be on their program Sunday at 5:00 pm EST).