Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Embassy cable: 'No way of verifying...numbers' of US guns in Mexico

It also shows that everybody who was anybody in the administration was institutionally involved, not just ATF, and certainly not just ATF Phoenix, as some would like to confine investigations to. And among the recipients, one stands out--the last one on the list: NSC. [More]
This afternoon's Gun Rights Examiner report notes a direct line of involvement to the very top that goes back years...

ATF Agent: 'Only way to track guns would be with crime scenes and dead bodies'

"We’re joined by Vincent Cefalu, an ATF Special Agent who helped blow the whistle on Operation Fast and Furious and has since faced retaliation. 'We allowed these guns to continue on in the hopes of establishing some sort of chain, or iron pipeline, which was so far from the truth,' Cefalu says. 'The only way to [track] the guns would be with crime scenes and dead bodies.'" [More]
Today's second Gun Rights Examiner report features an inconvenient truth.

An Important Point

The temp is part time...[Read]

Hey, at least they didn't outsource it to India.  Although I can just hear the helpline dialog...

Some Minor Clarification is in Order...

"Sharyll Attkisson first broke this story last spring..."
[More]
Sorry, that's not quite accurate.

Although I am delighted to see the term "Gunwalker" gaining mass acceptance.

Oh, and one more thing...

A Dim View

Even "Authorized Journalists" are supposed to have standards. [Read]

The outrage is our expectations for these characters have been so lowered that sentence didn't say "especially" instead of "even." 

Why has Justice Department not responded to FOIA appeal on ‘Gunwalker’ briefing?

Ms. Jones, I have received no notification one way or another. Is that due to an oversight, was your response lost in the mail, or has not responding to my appeal been directed, and if so, by whom? [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner report chips away at a stone wall. No, I don't expect to knock it down, but a little erosion here, a little erosion there, why you never can tell what might leak through the breach...

This Day in History: August 31

Erkuries Beatty, Lieutenant, 4th PA, "This morning all the boats was sent down the River likewise in the boats the Ammunition waggons & all the Artillery excepting four three Pounders and a little Cowhorn the wounded & sick went down which was Capt. Tuda which was very sick... [More]

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Examiner Columns

Busy day today. Hardly time to breathe. Please read and share links:

Will prison officials allow Wayne Fincher to attend wife’s funeral?

Breaking: Sources claim Melson out at ATF

Haven't even begun to work on what I wanted to work on today...

Monday, August 29, 2011

Switching off War on Guns Radio

It didn't work out. A mutual agreement about aspects of the show could not be reached. I am proud of what I did in the few short months it ran and believe it was a unique effort at serving a growing niche market. Thank you to those of you who listened, who gave me kind feedback and who shared the show with your friends.

Friday, August 26, 2011

Just You and Me?

Yes, I want to take away your gun. [More]
Well, Cincinnati is only a few hours away. I suppose we could arrange for you to try.

Or do you mean you want somebody else with a gun to take away my gun?

Well, do ya, punk?

Breaking News: Pippa Goes on Date!

Don't think for a moment the Morlocks don't know exactly what they're doing. [Don't bother]

And no, I would not. They're just going to have to rediscover painting themselves blue again.

What, When They Said They'd Eat You Last You Didn't Think It Would Be So Soon?

You could mark that up to hypocrisy—artsy do-gooders only too eager to tell others what kind of light bulbs they have to buy won't make sacrifices when it comes to their own passions. [More]
Welcome to the party, pals.

The Federal Guitar Police.

Ol' George III would be asking himself "What the hell did I do?"

That's what happens when we let the Cosmic Ray-Denying Taliban have a say in things.

How does clandestine U.S. Mexican policy relate to casino attack?

As long as that policy remains in shadows, as long as stonewalling on “Project Gunwalker” continues, answers to questions like which agencies and departments were involved--to what extent, for what purposes, and how high up in the administration knowledge and direction of operations went--will evade discovery.

And perpetrators will evade justice. [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner report notes blood seeping through a stone wall. Lots of it.

Where's Muammar?

CNN can't seem to find him on the Shores of Tripoli...

Have they checked the Halls of Montezuma?

"Authorized Journalists"...is it any wonder why we love them so?

Today, on The War on Guns: Notes from the Resistance Radio (08/26/11)

Interview guests: Stewart Rhodes, Oathkeepers, and Christopher Baker, Hawaii Defense Foundation. [More]
Today's lineup...

This Day in History: August 26

On August 26, 1779, Sullivan left Fort Sullivan, where the two columns of his army had converged, with an estimated five thousand well armed and now freshly provisioned troops. They marched slowly up the Cayuga branch of the Susquehanna to destroy the towns and crops of the Six Nations in western New York. [More]

Thursday, August 25, 2011

Crumpler Files Motion to Vacate Conviction

I received a letter today from Hugh Crumpler III, sent from the federal facility in Lexington, KY, where he is serving time for illegal firearms sales... [More]
Just received an update in the afternoon mail...

Will your representative cosponsor Recreational Lands Self-Defense Act?

So here's the question: Will you do this as well?  No excuses, right now, you're not doing anything else anyway, it will only take a minute...?  [More]
This afternoon's Gun Rights Examiner commentary asks you for something.  Am I really asking too much?

Defense against animals more of a crime than murdering a mother?

Which brings to mind another case that took place in Boundary County a decade back—or more correctly, one that did not take place. I’m talking about the dismissal of charges against FBI sniper Lon Horiuchi for the murder of Vicki Weaver. [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at the government's assessment of relative worth.

This Day in History: August 25

Henry Dearborn, Lieutenant Colonel, 3rd NH, "We find great difficulty in getting ready to moove for want of a sufficient number of horses to Carry our provisions Ammunition Stores &c however we are to morrow without fail with 27 days flower & live beef Our whole force that will march from here is about 5000 men Officers included with nine pieces of Artillery Three of the Anyda Warriers arriv'd in camp this afternoon who going on with us as guides two runners ariv'd from Col. Broadhead at Fort Pitt Informing that Col Broadhead is on his way with about 800 men against the western Indians." [More]

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Politicized public health model on guns reversed by reality

Ain’t it something? In order to protect public health from disease, we need guns—do it for for the children! [More]
This afternoon's Gun Rights Examiner commentary calls for immunization therapy.

Way To Go, Chabot

What the hell were you thinking? [Read and watch]

Several people should have got up and put that idiot enforcer under citizen's arrest.  Think he'd have dared draw down on half a dozen or so in that setting?

Look! Up in the Sky! It's Bird! It's a Plane!

It's a public/private partnership! [Read]

What would you use to bring one of these babies down?

I looked up the fine folks behind this project and they hide behind a layer from general view. How telling that they want to see us but the mirror is one-way.

Their address "suite" is PO box at a UPS store.

[Via Jeet]

Signs Looking Good?

Ulsterman(interrupts) —Staying with Congressman Issa. Can you just say straight on if you believe he will follow through on bringing a special prosecutor to investigate Gunrunner? Just a simple yes or no on that please…


Insider: That kind of thing will take more than just Darrell Issa. Good news is, it’s forming right now. I’ve told you that already and you have no reason to doubt it. The negotiations are currently underway for a special prosecutor and the signs are looking very-very good on that, which is a huge development for all of this – for what we have been working toward. But let’s not get into more details on that just yet – I don’t intend to help fuck this one up. Just rest assured it’s moving along, and at a much faster pace than I would have thought possible just a month ago. [More]
I never "rest assured."  Particularly when I have no experience with the principals. But I do have hope.

[Via Concerned American]

Government brooks no ‘Gunwalker’ competition

If a private gunwalker merits severe punishment, how much more do obstructionists sworn to uphold the law, who betrayed their official positions of power, engaged in conspiracy, and callously allowed people to die in order to advance an agenda? [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner commentary notes there are those whose interests are served if the rule of law is dead--and unsurprisingly, they work in government.

Today, on The War on Guns: Notes from the Resistance Radio (08/24/11)

Interview guest: John Snyder, The St. Gabriel Possenti Society and Gun Rights Policies. [More]
Today's lineup...

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

"Authorized Journalists" Weigh in on Dyer

"...who reportedly belongs to a militia group called Oath Seekers." [More]
That right there discredits everything else these lazy parroting mouthpieces have to say. Because he didn't and they're not.

It strikes me if the guy were as dangerous to the public as they're making him out to be, he's had ample opportunity to demonstrate it-- if that really was him. The person I read about in this account wants to avoid trouble.

I don't pretend to know the truth of his case and why he chose evasion, but do wonder why I should believe anything the government or the media have to say about this guy.  And isn't that just a damn shame, and indicative of what's wrong with the Republic?

Toy ‘buyback’ shows utter incompetence of gungrabbers at reducing violence

As long as these boobs are calling the shots, don’t look for any true solutions. [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner commentary looks at childish expectations from immature minds.

Today, on The War on Guns: Notes from the Resistance Radio (08/23/11)

Interview guest: Philip Van Cleave, Virginia Citizens Defense League [More]
Today's lineup...

Monday, August 22, 2011

Subsidized ‘reporter’ presents fraudulent accounting of gun ‘costs’

It would have been ethical for the Mercury News to disclose “reporter” Johnson’s sympathies and financial incentives, would it not? What does it tell us that they did not?[More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner column shows how a journalistic con game works.

"It Definitely Warrants a Through Investigation By Congress"

No argument--it definitely does. [Watch]

Vanderboegh recommended those originating some of the speculations presented here to get their sources together with congressional investigators.  That's what we did.

[Via Andrea Shea King]

Unnecessary Roughness

And there's not a damn thing you can do about it, that is, and still be "law-abiding." [Read]

A Very Real Sense

If a right to self-defense actually exists, it is in a very real sense the highest law of the land and all lesser laws must pay it deference. [More]
That's what it's all about.

After You

Rep. Maxine Waters says "Tea Party can go straight to hell" [More]
There can be no peace with degenerate creatures such as this. They will not allow it.

Today, on The War on Guns: Notes from the Resistance Radio (08/22/11)

Interview guest: Charles Heller of Arizona Citizens Defense League, Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership and Liberty Watch Radio. [More]
Today's lineup...

This Day in History: August 22

On August 22, 1779, the two armies joined Forces at Tioga Point (Athens, PA) and 3,200 troops marched northwest along the Chemung River. [More]

Sunday, August 21, 2011

According to Iowa City Code, Obama's a nuclear war criminal

Now what is it that accompanies the president everywhere he goes? That’s right, the “nuclear football” that has the launch codes. [More]
This evening's Gun Rights Examiner commentary asks if we would be punished for violating a "home rule" ordinance, why won't the president be?  I mean, they even posted signs, for goodness sake!

Friday, August 19, 2011

"Erroneous Statements"

You know, lies... [Read]

Not that I expect ol' Lickblow and his fellow spittle-swappers to do the right thing when there are murderous administration crimes to run interference for...

I think Sir Wilfrid would like to have a word with them, too...

Unscrambling ATF supervisor’s omelet shows troubling timeline

In March they knew things were out of control. And Voth was giving official assurances everything was hunky-dory in April. [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner report highlights chronic and habitual liars, with special guest stars Charles Laughton and Marlene Dietrich.  I'd have loved to see Darrel Issa use some of these lines on Gunwalker Bill Newell.

We're the Only Ones "A Few Bad Apples" Enough

He warned against drawing broad conclusions about misconduct cases that have implicated 50 officers in a kickback scandal...four officers mistakenly killed their plainclothes colleague...[an officer] was indicted on federal charges of dealing heroin...[a police major] had a social relationship with [the indicted officer] and appeared in a photo with him — and separately with another man charged in another drug case — [and] was transferred from that command....[More]
But don't draw any broad conclusions.

[Via William T]

We're the Only Ones Sticking to Our Guns Enough

"I did not see any education going on; it looked like it was just fun," she said. [More]

Heavens! We can't have that!

Man, if that doesn't just define the anti-gun regresssive. This old harridan is the embodiment of Mencken's definition of Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy. 

They call themselves "liberals," but in truth the gungrabbers are a bunch of tight-a$$ed bluenoses.

On the ever-present other hand, I talked about another report on this story on the radio show yesterday, and one of the cops interviewed said they were doing it to promote "gun control," so I lost all sympathy for their side of things.

This Day in History: August 19

On this day in 1779, a Patriot force consisting of 300 men led by Major Henry “Light Horse Harry” Lee assaults the defensive positions of the British at Paulus Hook, New Jersey, now known as Jersey City. Lee wins one of only eight medals awarded by Congress during the war–and the only one awarded to a soldier beneath the rank of general–for his role in this action. [More]

Thursday, August 18, 2011

‘Lone wolf’ attack will produce howls for ‘gun control’

We know that the administration is hostile to small arms, at least in private hands. We know that political opponents of the administration are deemed haters. We know that these sentiments are shared by the overwhelmingly regressive establishment press.

And we know that this administration is not beyond…well, ”Project Gunwalker” (and all that it implies) to advance its agenda. [More]
This afternoon's Gun Rights Examiner commentary notes that if wolves ("reintroduced" or otherwise)  are stalking us, it's better to make them howl than vice-versa.

Victims share horrors of 'Gun Free Zones'

That, evidently, is just the way Colin Goddard wants things to be. [More]
This morning's Gun Rights Examiner commentary looks at two cases of violent crime that the Brady Campaign does not find offensive--or at least as offensive as had the victims defended themselves with guns.

Today, on The War on Guns: Notes from the Resistance Radio (08/18/11)

Interview guests: Dick Heller of DC v Heller, with Dane vonBreichenruchardt of the US Bill of Rights Foundation [More]
Today's lineup...

Also fyi, I am preparing to go on Peter Boyles' show at 8:00 a.m. Eastern to talk about ATF moving Gunwalker managers to DC.

This Day in History: August 18

On August 18, a Patriot spy from Bergen Town named Daniel Van Reypen was sent to the fort posing as a Loyalist seeking news. Returning that afternoon, he reported all was quiet, not having heard that Van Buskirk and 130 troops planned to march out that evening to intercept rebels reported in the area. Also unknown to Major Lee, Clinton had sent more than 40 Hessians to bolster the force. The garrison at Paulus Hook could summon more help from New York by prearranged signal, firing two cannons or hanging three lanterns on a signal pole. [More]

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

‘Authorized Journalists’ show hostility of press toward ‘conservative’ views

The regressive left habitually and falsely accuses Second Amendment activists of not caring about the rest of the Bill of Rights, but this shows that’s just projection and deflection masking their own hostility to all freedom...  [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner column shows what a bunch of disgusting, hypocritical weasels populate the mainstream press. Sorry if I burst anyone's bubble about our heroic crusading journalist corps...still, seeing them actually partner with a collectivist politico to shut down anyone who's not a lichtblau is something it's in our interests to spread around...or it should be.

This Day in History: August 17

[T] here was a tanfat farm with several Hides in a tanning which they Soldiers got & close by it they discovered a little man in a hole which was laid there & a little dirt thrown over him just to cover him, we had his head uncover'd but he was to putrified, we could Not discover whether he was a white man or Indian but supposed to be a white man as there was a Scotch Bonnet found near him-- marched to day 15 Miles. [More]

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Google Images

Click image to enlarge. I believe the way it works is the more clicks made  here, the higher up in the rankings it will move.

About Today's Resistance Radio Interview Guest...

I promised a link for Bob Wright, where listeners could learn more.

Here it is.

New York Times' Issa hit piece shows desperation to shield administration

Issa’s office put out a rebuttal demonstrating factual errors and plagiarism in the hit piece, and showed in a follow up The Times even got the central premise of their hit piece wrong. [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner column notes that just because a Lady is Grey doesn't mean she can't make a living as a presstitute.

My Government Walked Guns to Mexico and All I Got was this Lousy Shirt

Except it's not lousy, it's a pretty neat collector's item and educational statement.conversation-starter for people in public who see you wearing it. [Read]

Sounds like the door is rapidly closing on your last chance--if you want in on this, act now.

[More info]

The Secret of My Success

As in all enterprises it's who you know--and what you know they did... [Read]

Today, on The War on Guns: Notes from the Resistance Radio (08/16/11)

Interview guest: Bob Wright, 1st Brigade, New Mexico Militia [More]
Today's lineup...

This Day in History: August 16

Adam Hubley, Lieutenant Colonel, 11th PA, "Several of our out continentals alarmed our camp by firing off several guns about 1 o'clock in the morning, in consequence of which light corps stood under arms. Several patrols were sent out to reconnoitre the front of encampment, returned near day-break, but made no discoveries--alarm proved premature. Gen. Hand, being ordered with the detachment under Gen. Poor, the command of the light corp devolved on me during his absence." [More]

Monday, August 15, 2011

The Question

Make no mistake, this is what the NYT hit piece linked to below is designed to deflect attention from. [Read]

We're the Only Ones Making Local Decisions Enough

“Those who are not in law enforcement are telling law enforcement what to do,” said Maggi Duncan, director of the Tennessee Association of Police Chiefs. [More]
Yeah, no kidding, idiot. That she thinks it should be the other way around tells us all we need to know.

And more with this "an affront" language--that's the anti's newest talking point, handed down from Colin Goddard who finds talk of self defense at Virgina Tech "offensive."  Or at least he says he does, maybe to keep himself--and others--from examining his part any deeper...

Go Ahead, Keep It That Way

We don't care any more.  If the UK wants to commit national suicide, go ahead and jump. [Read]

And if the call ever goes out again for this, sorry. Nothing to spare. And fresh out of sympathy.

Domestic wankers every bit as self-destructive as their Brit counterparts have pretty much ensured we'll need everything we've got with nothing to spare. I note the Economist piece was written by one.

Firearms crimes in VA bars decline after concealed carry allowed

That is simply not borne out. Just ask drunken feral pig Anthony Abbate (see sidebar video player), taking advantage of Chi-Town citizen disarmament edicts to beat the hell out of a woman less than half his size. Talk about a violent, cowardly sociopath who deserved to be shot, often, and by someone who knows how. [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner commentary notes the Only Ones "acting like it's the Wild West  in saloons are the "lawmen" and the desperadoes, with the line between the two often blurred. We townfolk seem to be minding our own business and behaving right fine.

This Day in History: August 15

The Penobscot Expedition, a little-known event in Revolutionary War history, took place from July 25 to August 15, 1779. That year the British were attracted to the Penobscot peninsula (Castine) for several reasons: as a possible Loyalist haven, as a source of timber for the King's Navy, and as a strategic naval base and coastal trading post. [More]

Sunday, August 14, 2011

Depending on police for personal safety is a no-win game

That’s more than delaying call response—that’s preventing calls in the first place—and doing it to preempt rights and for self-serving reasons. [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner commentary  wonders what kind of game authorities are playing where they not only won't allow you to protect yourself, they won't even allow you to call them for help.  All in the name of "public safety."

Saturday, August 13, 2011

Homeland Security’s ‘active shooter’ instructions betray founding intent

[I]t’s not like the folks wallowing around in that $57B they requested for FY 2012 have Clue One about what’s really “necessary to the security of a free State”... [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner column shamelessly plugs my latest GUNS Magazine offering.

Day By Day annual support fund drive deserves our help

The very essence of what we profess to be about demands we reward individuals for value received. [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner column is a challenge to test that by putting the money where the mouth is.

Burgess v. Wallingford

I had Richard Burgess on the program today. Bottom line: He was arrested for open carry, which is legal.  He's essentially funding his lawsuit by himself and nobody should have to do that, as what he's doing will benefit all "Constitution State" gun owners.

Go here to learn more and click on "Donate" if you agree.  And ask the gun groups to help.

Down the Rabbit Hole

This is beyond outrageous. [Read]

And as far as the anonymous snitch, whatever happened to the right to confront your accuser? We ought to all know who these evil little Nazi informants in our midst are.

It would appear people in Jefferson County have more than rabbits to protect from Mink and like-minded weasels.

Somos Los Unicos...

...Garcia was a former corporal in the Mexican Marines and a one-time police officer in northern Mexico, who personally murdered hundreds of rivals. [More]
There's just something about a man in uniform...

Now THAT'S Funny Right There

I don't know who to credit, but it was posted on Guns Values Board. And "Why Guys Shouldn't Play with Dolls" is a perfect caption.

As a boy, I always thought G.I.Joes were suspect for that reason--we didn't have the term "action figure" back then, and the kid in the neighborhood who had one was, like 11, a year younger than me, and he watched Jonny Quest, which, face it, was for children, so he was suspect too.  That I generally managed to find an excuse to be in the room when my little brother was watching it was entirely coincidental.

As for the neighbor kid's G.I. Joe? A stake, a blindfold and a Daisy was about the only thing we could figure to do with it that was any fun.

Today, on The War on Guns: Notes from the Resistance Radio (08/12/11)

Interview guest: Richard Burgess, CT gun activist suing over open carry arrest [More]
Today's lineup...

This Day in History: August 12

Capt. Cumming’s scouting party did detect Indian activity in the Chemung area. Upon their return and report, General Sullivan decided to send part of his army to Chemung to engage the Indians and destroy the village. [More]

Thursday, August 11, 2011

A Surprise Move...

...in a controversial case... [More]

Gee, so it is news after all.

OK, Drudge Report, WorldNetDaily, and leading "gun blogs"...you can notice it now.  You too, NRA.

The bandwagon's filling up...

Top Men

Who?

"Top men."

And guess who this is?
That's right, him. The bigger picture is here.

FBI adds ‘preppers’ to potential terrorists list

Essentially, the government is conflating Americans who believe in being prepared for disruptions in normal circumstances with potential domestic enemies who bear scrutiny, and are recruiting those they patronize to spy and snitch on their customers. As potential terrorists. For such suspicious activities as buying storable food. And paying in legal tender. [More]
This afternoon's Gun Rights Examiner column notes we can never be too safe from all you damn haters...

Today, on The War on Guns: Notes from the Resistance Radio (08/11/11)

Interview guest: Ralph Mroz, firearms defense trainer [More]
Today's lineup... I've decided to post these on Examiner instead of WarOnGuns to maximize coverage.

This Day in History: August 11

August 11, 1779
On August 11, 1779 General Sullivan’s army was encamped at Tioga (Athen’s Pa) and started the construction of what would become Fort Sullivan at Tioga Point,. With construction in progress, and while waiting for General Clinton’s army to arrive, Capt. John Cummings of the 2nd New Jersey Regiment1 was sent out with a small party to scout the Indian village of Chemung approximately 12 miles northwest of Tioga. [More]

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Lott/Goddard "Debate"

That is if you consider going up against facts with an Oprah monologue a "debate"...[Watch]

Wouldn't it Feel Therapeutic?

But wouldn't it feel...well, therapeutic on some level if something could happen in the streets of the U.S. of A....[More]
Something just may, Jeffrey, you evil,cowardly littleMarxist hive insect.

What a sick degenerate you are.

Speaking of which, when does your Fantasy Roundup begin?

Meanwhile...

...across the pond in Sarah Brady Paradise...[Read]

Today, on The War on Guns: Notes from the Resistance Radio


  • Florida Applebees DGU
  • .25s not suitable for defense?
  • Bats in England
  • The Only Ones
  • Gun purchase and destruction bills
  • Lott/Goddard Washington Press Club debate
  • ATF press release
  • Terry parents not legally victims in gun case?
  • Leftist professor: Founders required gun registration
  • Gunwalkin' with Vanderboegh
Join me at 7:00 am Pacific/10:00 am Eastern on NBC 1260 AM/96.1 FM, Scottsdale, or click "Listen Live."

Archives are here.  They're posting by the week and replacing the show at each day's link the evening of the broadcast date. Also note encores are being rebroadcast on Saturday.

Spread the word on this, OK? Nobody else is doing a daily exclusive gun rights broadcast in a major market during morning drive time, and if this works, it could not only create an opportunity to spread to other markets, but also open doors for efforts by others.  We complain our voice is not heard in the media--here we've got a foot in the door at an NBC affiliate station to promote a full-blown no compromise message.  Just a few short months ago I certainly would never have predicted I'd see that happen--or that I'd be a  part of it.

Lineup subject to change without notice.

This Day in History: August 10

Robert Parker, Lieutenant, 2nd NY Artillery, "Marched at 3 0'clock P. M. Arrived at Yorkams at sunset dist. 5 miles by land and 6 by water. About a mile below Burrowses the river runs very rapid passing through a small ridge of mountains which continued all the way. Encamped here--the place very pleasant. Here has been an Improvement--a barn, house & an orchard; found a piece of bark with an Inscription in the Indian tongue, which Mr. Dean translated thus--'the day before holyday 1779 on this ground are 200 Indians friends of General Washington.' " [More]

Tuesday, August 09, 2011

BREAKING NEWS: US attorney opposes victim status for Terry parents in gun case

“This Court should deny the motion to intervene as victims because the intervenors are not victims in this case,” Burke wrote, stating they do not qualify as victims under the Crime Victim Rights Act. [More]
Tonight's Gun Rights Examiner column includes a copy of this outrageous filing that I posted to my Scribd account.

Leftists continue ‘seized and submitted’ gun deception and show true feelings

C’mon, Chris: Put up or shut up. Answer the damn question. Or don’t, and an increasing number of readers will see you for what you are.  Based on comments, all but the most idiotic ideologues already do. [More]
This morning's Gun Rights Examiner commentary notes how those against freedom always seem to embrace deception and hate.  No surprise there.

Today, on The War on Guns: Notes from the Resistance Radio

Interview guest: Yih-Chau Chang--Golden State gun activism
  • Bill to eliminate "gun free school zones"
  • GUNS Magazine: Norway shootings
  • Gun owners make case for Ron Paul
  • The Only Ones
  • Gun control down under
  • "No brainer" in MA
  • Send "teabaggers" to government camps
  • A Texas DGU--for the children
  • Gunwalkin' with Vanderboegh
Join me at 7:00 am Pacific/10:00 am Eastern on NBC 1260 AM/96.1 FM, Scottsdale, or click "Listen Live."

Archives are here.  They're posting by the week and replacing the show at each day's link the evening of the broadcast date. Also note encores are being rebroadcast on Saturday.

Spread the word on this, OK? Nobody else is doing a daily exclusive gun rights broadcast in a major market during morning drive time, and if this works, it could not only create an opportunity to spread to other markets, but also open doors for efforts by others.  We complain our voice is not heard in the media--here we've got a foot in the door at an NBC affiliate station to promote a full-blown no compromise message.  Just a few short months ago I certainly would never have predicted I'd see that happen--or that I'd be a  part of it.

Lineup subject to change without notice.

This Day in History: August 9

William Barton, Lieutenant, 1st NJ, Sheshequin, "Out of provision and very faint for want of it; the boats which carry it did not arrive until nine or ten o'clock the next morning; having marched fourteen miles with very little to eat. The woods for some distance before we came to this place, are chiefly white oak, and very open, grown up with wild pea vines, &c. In this days march we had several cattle killed by falling from a precipice, having about half a mile to pass along one of two hundred feet, and the path very bad. At the bottom, luckily, was the river, the boats on coming up had them dressed." [More]

Monday, August 08, 2011

EXCLUSIVE: Norway Massacre Justifies Disarmament?

New Brady poster boy Colin Goddard, who was helpless during the Virginia Tech murders and now endorses laws to impose defenselessness on the rest of us, expressed outrage. “I was soon infuriated,” he pouted, “by the gun fanatics in America who immediately used this massacre to assert that strong gun laws, like Norway’s, don’t work.”

Well, they don’t. Sorry if reality offends you, pal. [More]
My latest "Rights Watch" column for GUNS Magazine...

The Glades

Apparently gun show loopholes are to blame for gun free zone shootings. or something.  And it's up to an "Only One," naturally, to save the day! [Read or whatever]

[Via Lane]

Yes, So Nutty

Many times I've riffed on a dark, delicious fantasy about rounding up Tea Bagger types and sentencing them to green re-education camps...[More]

Yes, that's what your kind does.
A second Civil War would be an incredibly destructive thing, but it would feel so good.

No, it wouldn't. Trust me on that, Jeffrey Wells. Or  don't.

Later...

[Via Russ S]

NJ atty. offers $5K for proof of church gun ‘buyback’ legality

Evan F. Nappen, Attorney at Law and author of the “NEW JERSEY GUN LAW GUIDE” is offering a $5000 reward... [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner commentary gives you a chance to make a cool Five Grand.

Also watch a citizen disarmament apologist get torn to shreds, which is always fun.

Today, on The War on Guns: Notes from the Resistance Radio

Interview guest: Hugh Holub--guns, crime & the border
  • Lawyer offers $5K reward to prove legality of NJ gun "buybacks"
  • Lott responds to editorial attack on guns as crime deterrent
  • Will debt ceiling crash into gun owners' heads?
  • The Only Ones
  • ChiTown "gun violence"
  • ChiTown "protective" orders
  • Reenacting with live rounds
  • UN Arms Trade Treaty
  • Gunwalkin' with Vanderboegh
Join me at 7:00 am Pacific/10:00 am Eastern on NBC 1260 AM/96.1 FM, Scottsdale, or click "Listen Live."

Archives are here.  They're posting by the week and replacing the show at each day's link the evening of the broadcast date. Also note encores are being rebroadcast on Saturday.

Spread the word on this, OK? Nobody else is doing a daily exclusive gun rights broadcast in a major market during morning drive time, and if this works, it could not only create an opportunity to spread to other markets, but also open doors for efforts by others.  We complain our voice is not heard in the media--here we've got a foot in the door at an NBC affiliate station to promote a full-blown no compromise message.  Just a few short months ago I certainly would never have predicted I'd see that happen--or that I'd be a  part of it.

Lineup subject to change without notice.

This Day in History: August 8

At four o'clock on the afternoon of August 8, 1779, Major Henry Lee, with four hundred infantry and a troop of dismounted dragoons started from New Bridge (now River Edge, New Jersey), on a march of 14 miles (23 km) through the woods to make an attack upon the British fort at Paulus Hook. He detached patrols of horse to watch the communication with the North River and stationed parties of infantry at different roads leading to Paulus Hook. At Union Hill he filed into the woods where by the guide's timidity, or treachery, the march was prolonged to three hours before gaining the right road. The same night, Colonel Van Boskirk left Paulus Hook with a force of one hundred and thirty men to make a raid upon the neighborhood. Fortunately the two parties did not meet. [More]

Sunday, August 07, 2011

I'm Fiddlesticks!

[T]he city of Renton wants to "out" the cartoonist... [More]

Oh they do, do they?

I'm Fiddlesticks!


Join me?

Lost Weekend

Computer died.  Totally behind on everything.  If I haven't answered emails, sorry-probably won't.  Will be on ArmedAmerican RDIO TONIGHT AT 8:30 pm eASTERN.   Frickin laptops--I hate 'em-my fingers are too big and clumsy.  Makes everything I do take 3 X as long.

Friday, August 05, 2011

Wow.

What an absolute piece of shit John Kerry is.  I'd love to tell him that to his face. [Read]

NRA call for Holder to be fired a waste of political capital

In fairness, you should read the case LaPierre makes. I did, and frankly, it does not bring me any closer to his position. In fact, reading skillfully crafted marketing claims like “When NRA first began our campaign to fire Eric Holder we were one of just a few voices in the wilderness” makes my jaw drop at the sheer, amazing chutzpah of it. I guess, yeah, this campaign is their baby, but somehow, LaPierre in camel hair rags eating locusts and honey, was not the first thought in my mind back when there really were voices in the wilderness, who knew they were on to something huge and dangerous, and who were doing everything in their power to...[More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner commentary  notes that the wilderness is a big place--maybe we just missed him?

Today, on The War on Guns: Notes from the Resistance Radio

Interview guest: Whistleblowing ATF agent Vince Cefalu
  • NRA's "Fire Holder" campaign
  • DHS fertilizer control
  • SAF: Lauds lawsuits
  • New Virginia Tech gun scare
  • Victims stabbed at NJ crime prevention event
  • Mexico homicides
  • RFID chips in guns
  • Interview
  • ICE ammo raid in El Paso
  • Gunwalkin' with Vanderboegh
Join me at 7:00 am Pacific/10:00 am Eastern on NBC 1260 AM/96.1 FM, Scottsdale, or click "Listen Live."

Archives are here.  They're posting by the week and replacing the show at each day's link the evening of the broadcast date. Also note encores are being rebroadcast on Saturday.

Spread the word on this, OK? Nobody else is doing a daily exclusive gun rights broadcast in a major market during morning drive time, and if this works, it could not only create an opportunity to spread to other markets, but also open doors for efforts by others.  We complain our voice is not heard in the media--here we've got a foot in the door at an NBC affiliate station to promote a full-blown no compromise message.  Just a few short months ago I certainly would never have predicted I'd see that happen--or that I'd be a  part of it.

Lineup subject to change without notice.

This Day in History: August 5

August 5, 1779
Action at Morrisania (Bronx), New York
This engagement is between Lieutenant Colonel James De Lancey’s Loyalists and the Connecticut Brigade commanded by William Hull. The patriots destroy numerous buildings and food stores while also capturing several Loyalists, along with some horses and cattle. First-hand accounts give conflicting figures as to the number of casualties incurred by each side. [More]

Thursday, August 04, 2011

We're the Only Ones She Asked for it Enough

Woman's outfit blamed for police-dog bite [More]
Yeah, just look at the way she dressed. Tell me she didn't want it. They all want it. Every one of them. All the time.

Didn't they make a Jodie Foster movie about this?

Revisiting the Virginia Tech Gun Free Zone

Let's hope this turns out to be nothing.  If not, go get 'im, Larry and Colin!

How to Show Those You Love Most You Don't Trust Them


Good Lord.

And in case you're wondering how come he has guns, well he told us: Retired Only One now Bloomberg Paradise politico.

Figures he doesn't know the First Amendment from the Fourth. Hey, it's just an oath.

Figures he'd be a potential Lee Paige Award/Sucking Chest Wound Division finalist.

What does it look like to you his thumbs are doing?

Project Drugwalker?

U.S. federal agents allegedly allowed the Sinaloa drug cartel to traffic several tons of cocaine into the United States in exchange for information about rival cartels, according to court documents filed in a U.S. federal court. [More]
It fits with how they operate, and is there really anything anyone would put past them?  I'm sorry, I did not set out to be a "conspiracy theorist," but based on their own conduct over the years, I'm prepared to give just about anything a fair hearing.

I don't think there's anything these power and control-mad bastards could do that would surprise me any more.

[Via Skip]

Don’t trust sloppy mainstream reporting for gun rights news

Finding the information and talking to an official spokesperson took a grand total of five minutes—that’s certainly not too much to expect from a metropolitan newspaper with a “politics desk” and a readership looking to them for reliable reporting, is it? [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner report corrects a record the "Authorized Journalists" won't.

Today, on The War on Guns: Notes from the Resistance Radio

  • NSSF/NRA suing over long gun rule
  • Concealed carry does not reduce crime?
  • Spent brass
  • The Only Ones
  • NRA's "Fire Holder" fundraiser
  • Police and Clergy Together
  • Pistol/rifle conversion
  • Interview: Peggy Tartaro/Women & Guns Magazine
  • Shocking police story
  • Gunwalkin' with Vanderboegh
Join me at 7:00 am Pacific/10:00 am Eastern on NBC 1260 AM/96.1 FM, Scottsdale, or click "Listen Live."

Archives are here.  They're posting by the week and replacing the show at each day's link the evening of the broadcast date. Also note encores are being rebroadcast on Saturday.

Spread the word on this, OK? Nobody else is doing a daily exclusive gun rights broadcast in a major market during morning drive time, and if this works, it could not only create an opportunity to spread to other markets, but also open doors for efforts by others.  We complain our voice is not heard in the media--here we've got a foot in the door at an NBC affiliate station to promote a full-blown no compromise message.  Just a few short months ago I certainly would never have predicted I'd see that happen--or that I'd be a  part of it.

Lineup subject to change without notice.

Wednesday, August 03, 2011

Anti-concealed carry statistics don’t match up to real world

See, the armed Papa’s Pizza driver who defended himself from robbers in Detroit hadn’t read the Ayers/Donohue paper. Ah well, he probably couldn’t afford Stanford anyway. [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner report notes there are lies, damned lies and statistics, and the gungrabbers employ all three.

Today, on The War on Guns: Notes from the Resistance Radio

  • Kill box
  • ATF can't define what a gun is?
  • Florida preemption
  • DC campus carry forum
  • The Only Ones
  • Armed defense in CT
  • Interview: Jerry Henry/GeorgiaCarry.org
  • NY domestic violence gun ban
  • Gunwalkin' with Vanderboegh
Join me at 7:00 am Pacific/10:00 am Eastern on NBC 1260 AM/96.1 FM, Scottsdale, or click "Listen Live."

Archives are here.  They're posting by the week and replacing the show at each day's link the evening of the broadcast date. Also note encores are being rebroadcast on Saturday.

Spread the word on this, OK? Nobody else is doing a daily exclusive gun rights broadcast in a major market during morning drive time, and if this works, it could not only create an opportunity to spread to other markets, but also open doors for efforts by others.  We complain our voice is not heard in the media--here we've got a foot in the door at an NBC affiliate station to promote a full-blown no compromise message.  Just a few short months ago I certainly would never have predicted I'd see that happen--or that I'd be a  part of it.

Lineup subject to change without notice.

This Day in History: August 3

William Barton, Lieutenant, 1st NJ, "Proceeded to Phillips's farm(9miles)and halted one hour. Marched again for Tunkhannack, fording a creek, one and a half miles before we arrived there, which was at four P. M. This place, as usual, is situated on the river; the few former huts destroyed; land as usual, bottom. This place very remarkable for deer, bears, turkey, several of which were taken by the troops without firing a gun, there being positive orders to the contrary; otherwise might have killed many more during our halt." [More]

Tuesday, August 02, 2011

Of Special Interest

William Newell, former ATF Special Agent in charge of the Phoenix Field Division has been queried about his close relationship with Kevin O’Reilly, Director of North American Affairs of the National Security Council, and why, as stated in an e-mail to him with the caveat “You didn’t get this from me”, he wanted his friend O’Reilly to keep his name secret as a source of disclosure about an ATF investigation that allowed guns to “walk” to Mexican cartel criminals. This is of special interest because the NSC conducts its meetings in the White House Situation Room. The NSC’s advisor is responsible for providing the president and other NSC members, including the secretary of defense and secretary of state, with regular updates pertaining to all aspects of national security. [More]
A-yup.

And yeah, I'll take links from Forbes...

If ATF can’t tell us what a ‘firearm’ is, who can?

It’s more than just chasing after a rumor, which would be easy to dismiss or just flat-out ignore. A friend of mine has given me a real-world example, and per the concern I expressed yesterday, it involves a completely different firearm and a completely different caliber—meaning precedent has already been established—years ago—to mess with millions of gun owners based entirely on mercurial and mutable agency inconsistencies in application of rules.[More]
Another Gun Rights Examiner column for today...make all the news that needs to be shared stop!  Shoot, it's after 4:00 pm and I haven't even started on my radio show research for tomorrow yet...

Inside the 'kill box'

I think this story needs to go viral, because this kind of crap could happen to any of us. [More]
This afternoon's Gun Rights Examiner report is a brief one--but one that needs to be shared because it really could be any one of us next.

A Lesson for All

No, we've already learned that The Cleveland Plain dealer is a punk rag--hopefully a dying one--willing to ultimately assign the blame for feral statist pig behavior on freedom. [More]

It's the same crap"Authorized Journalists" are doing with Gunwalker--poor ATF had no choice because of all those darn lax gun laws. 

What to Do if You're Attacked by a Punching Bag

I dunno...[Watch]

Seems to me at this point your defenses have already been breached and it becomes a matter of strength, skill, luck and will. It's been my experience that many fights do end up on the ground, and an attacker's not going to just lay there like a...uh...heavy bag, and what happens next could depend as much on what he does as what you do.

I've never been a fan of one-size-fits-all defense techniques--when the dynamics get fluid, plans often go out the window and what counts is ability to adapt with what you bring to the fight. And like I said, will.

One thing I do want to make clear though: I'm not saying dismiss the video--you may find yourself in a situation where you remember it and it works like a charm for you.   It's always good to have options, and this is one.

[Via Drew]

Profiling and predicting a leftist agenda in academic papers on ‘gun control’

The three knuckleheads have tripped into a stoogepile right out of the starting gate, and have no credibility for either subject matter expertise or judgment from this point on. [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner column notes just because you have advanced degrees doesn't mean you've learned a damn thing.

Today, on The War on Guns: Notes from the Resistance Radio

  • Will conversion uppers be classified as firearms?
  • Profiling/predicting gun control opinions
  • Super Congress super dangerous
  • Vin Suprynowicz on Norway
  • The Only Ones
  • Project GunWaPo
  • ATF: The secret of our success
  • Home defense in WA
  • Interview: Safe shooters endangered by "Only Ones"
  • The next battlefield
  • Gunwalkin' with Vanderboegh
Join me at 7:00 am Pacific/10:00 am Eastern on NBC 1260 AM/96.1 FM, Scottsdale, or click "Listen Live."

Archives are here.  They're posting by the week and replacing the show at each day's link the evening of the broadcast date. Also note encores are being rebroadcast on Saturday.

Spread the word on this, OK? Nobody else is doing a daily exclusive gun rights broadcast in a major market during morning drive time, and if this works, it could not only create an opportunity to spread to other markets, but also open doors for efforts by others.  We complain our voice is not heard in the media--here we've got a foot in the door at an NBC affiliate station to promote a full-blown no compromise message.  Just a few short months ago I certainly would never have predicted I'd see that happen--or that I'd be a  part of it.

Lineup subject to change without notice.

This Day in History: August 2

The disaster in transporting provisions results in putting five days worth on each soldier, thus relieving pack horses and boats somewhat. [More]

Monday, August 01, 2011

A Journalist's Guide to 'Project Gunwalker'-Part Five

Examiner.com article character limits preclude adding more updates to the initial and subsequently-posted Journalist's Guides to Project Gunwalker. This is a continuation of updates from this column and Sipsey Street Irregulars beginning July 28, 2011.  It includes contributions from regional Gun Rights Examiners. [More]
Time to open up another volume...

Are .50 BMG upper conversions going to be reclassified as firearms? An Open Letter to ATF

Because this could have such profound and far-reaching effects, not only within the firearms industry, but also among private owners who have been in compliance with currently written regulations, I’m seeking to document if this is true.

Is it? [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner column tries to see if anything is coming in "under the radar."

No Excuses...

...but nonetheless relevant...[Read]

I see from comments that the source of this link is not universally acclaimed.

I am not in a position to argue about that, just to note that the information appears relevant--so rather than just dismiss it outright due to the messenger, we need to determine how much of it is true. This isn't an issue of making excuses for the mad dog murderer, I think my title to this post makes that clear, but I do believe our understanding the totality of facts is important--particularly for parents who send their kids to camps that espouse an ideology on either side of the spectrum--if for no other reason than to be aware that we now have a real world example of security vulnerabilities being exploited to advance extremist agendas.

I remember the camp I went to as a kid--we had rifle range practice with .22s. I checked out their website out of nostalgia and see it is now proudly gun-free.

This Day in History: August 1

Happy Birthday Francis Scott Key August 1, 1779 [More]