GRE Round Up for July 5

Mike Stollenwerk/DC:

• Virginia Attorney General says UVA cannot ban gun carry

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• BREAKING: F&F firestorm: Mexican officials want to prosecute U.S. officials

Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis:

• Illinois Governor Pat Quinn signs bill to protect gun owners' privacy

"A Rough Patch"

And I suppose the dead people are unfortunate byproducts. [Read]


For the masters of hysterical anti-gun hyperbole, they certainly can calmly understate the case when it suits their agenda.

What's the difference between a New York Times editor and a domestic enemy?

It's not a joke lead-in--I'm asking...

I am the VIPR!

And no, unlike the old joke, they're not here to vipe your vindows. [More]

Obama: Good U.S.-Mexican relations demand we spare guilty and let innocent die

How telling that he does not place his emphasis or concern on an operation conducted under the authority of his administration that has resulted in estimates that up to 150 Mexican nationals may have been killed—people who were never given due process and their day on court, that is, people who are legally innocent. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner commentary notes some curious life-and-death priorities coming out of the Obama administration.

This Day in History: July 5

July 5, 1779 at New Haven, Connecticut - In July, Maj. Gen. Sir Henry Clinton decided that he was fed up with the activities of Connecticut in Long Island Sound, where the Americans had continually harassed and ambushed his supply boats and raided across to Long Island. On July 5, he landed British detachments on either side of New Haven, and marched on the town. The local militia came out, and a body of students from Yale contested the British advance, but the locals were not in sufficient strength to offer more than nuisance resistance. The town was plundered and several prisoners were carried off.
Conclusion: British Victory [More]