"Lick 'em Tomorrow, Though"

Mike shares some interesting feedback... [Read]

Interesting verb choice to use with "Boehner"...

Reality Check

Not if the NRA makes a confirmation vote an automatic "F"--like they didn't do, hell, they didn't even score it, when he was confirmed as AG.

I'm still waiting to see if betrayal will have any impact on all those "pro gun Democrats" who gave Sotomayor and Kagan the thumbs up. Who wants to bet we won't even see a one-letter grade penalty?

Holder hearing recorded for those who missed it live

Rather than formulate opinions based on what others are saying, Gun Rights Examiner encourages readers who could not watch the live proceedings for themselves to carve out the time to do so.  It is time-consuming, but also essential in order to be fully informed.  [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column needs to be watched, more than read.  Which means those who are truly interested will need to make the time...

We're the Only Ones "Go 49ers!" Enough

UNC-Charlotte gets its own SWAT team [More]

Before they even get a football team?

Ah well, I guess they need somebody to come in with rifles ready to guard those putting yellow tape up after their "No Guns" policy that only affects the "law-abiding" fails. 

[Via Ron W]

We're the Only Ones Camera-Shy Enough

Although he was on public property, Monroe said he was told by police, "'you can't be taking pictures of us.'"

Monroe was put in the back of the squad car. When he was released, he said he realized one of the officers had deleted all the video and photos he took. [More]

Prove it, Monroe. It's not like you have pictures or anything.

And far be it for "Authorized Journalists" to identify "the officers," although we do have names for their victim, an attorney, and even store owner Loy Bouaphaypengerprachan (and try saying that 10 times quickly).

And today's Authoritarian Pole-Smoker Award goes to comment poster pkt2313:

I think the guy should have minded his own business, it did not involve him so he needs to stay out of it, they might have been wrong but use a little common sense, do not but in police business. could have gotten his head busted open, of course, it would be wrong but, come on, if you were them, would u want everyone recording your actions???? even if you are right, would you? i would not and yes, it would make me a little mad. i say leave em alone and mind your own business. police have their hands tied enough. a long long time ago, they would have kept walking and not even looked over there. just a look from the police would have cleared the problem up. now everyone thinks they have to record every move the police makes, come on, if you hate the police that much, do not call for help when you get robbed, burglarized, traffic accident, etc.. just take care of it yourself.

Just wow.

[Via William T]

Mapping It Out

Cato Institute has posted an interactive "Guns and Self Defense" map. [Read]

Good basic idea--Obviously, it's hardly complete, and I would like to see the sources included with the call-out info.

Something that won't make the map: Times where it's dangerous for the attacked to report a DGU to the authorities due to "home rule" anti-gun edicts.

[Via Shy III]

We're the Only Ones Getting Real Enough

The former commander of a Contra Costa County drug squad who is now facing federal drug and extortion charges is going to talk it out with Dr. Phil. [More]

See, he did that because he was the "Only One" under stress. Besides, his daughter was sick and his feet hurt.

Get real.

And the anti-gun king of the sob-sisters is set on enabling him and others to use that as an excuse, while the usual gaggle of Oprahphages will nod in sympathy, eyes welling with compassionate tears...

[Via Dave Licht]

Told Ya So

Posted on January 27, 2012 at 7:55 AM
Updated Friday, Jan 27 at 8:57 AM

PHOENIX -- The head of the criminal division of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Arizona if officially leaving his job. [More]

A-yup:

"District of Arizona Criminal Division Chief Patrick Cunningham will resign from the US Attorney’s office effective January 27. He was Burke’s #1 guy," this correspondent reported exclusively yesterday on The War on Guns blog.

I bring this up for more than just a self-administered back-pat. It's important to reestablish from time to time just how often some of us, especially meaning Mike, have been ahead of the curve.

That's because, as today's TPM Muckraker piece demonstrates, it's pretty easy for those with a longer reach and louder voice to misrepresent things, and dismiss our read on them, if they acknowledge us at all, which most will not.

It's important that we be able to point to a consistent record of having our reports--from the very beginning and continually since--corroborated. That's one of the reasons I spend a weary, drudgery-filled hour+ every week maintaining those "Journalist's Guides" over in the left sidebar nobody gives a damn about or reads. 

The Buck Stops Where?

Dennis Kucinich explains why organizational layers and complexities mean a captain can't possibly be held accountable if his ship loses control, runs aground and overturns, killing people.

Nice Picture of Mike, Though...

Such a theory ignores the fact that “gun walking” tactics were used in ATF’s Phoenix office during the George W. Bush administration. [More]

No, we who have been covering this from the start, and who maintain contact with actual inside sources among street-level operatives, as opposed to administration talking point dispensers, have not ignored what came before.

Matter of fact, I'm the guy who introduced the Wide Receiver CI to House investigators. And there are significant differences between attempting to monitor controlled deliveries, and inviting joint operation surveillance from the Mexicans, and one that just lets guns walk without telling them a thing--and without even trailing on our side of the line.

But then you know that. You just choose not to mention it.

Then there's that inconvenient email TPM Muckraker itself posted, because that's where I got it from, which kind of shows you know better (not to mention kind of validates that "administration talking point dispenser" observation):

A later email from Anne Marie Paskalis, senior counsel in charge of field operations on Oct. 5 [2007] indicated that the U.S. Attorney’s office “is not yet fully on board with this investigation.”

And there's one other corroborating inconvenient truth: that CI says it had nothing to do with the administration.

But, by all means, let's follow the suggestions of the Democrat cover-up machine and drag in Mukasey.  I'd be interested to see if everyone who howled about his paradox will demand applying it to Fast and Furious.

As an aside, boy that is sure one ugly, hateful mob of comment posters over there at on the lefty site.  Nice to see they're so personally miserable.

Meanwhile, Over in the City of Brotherly Love

The teens, who are black, were not charged with hate crimes because there was no evidence that the assault had been motivated by the race of the victims, who are white, said Tasha Jamerson, D.A. spokeswoman. Just shouting racial epithets during the commission of a crime doesn't rise to the level of ethnic intimidation, she said. [More]

Right. Now reverse the situation and see if Tasha dares repeat herself--if she can get a word in edgewise over carpetbagging hatemongers Jesse and Al.

What a tribute to state-sanctioned bigotry "hate crime" laws are. That they are selectively enforced is all the evidence we need.

This Day in History: February 3

The first encounter between the two sides was between the vanguard of the British force and a picket guard consisting of a sergeant and his squad. The picket engaged the British, but was quickly overwhelmed by the horsemen and captured. The British cavalry then rode on toward the house, where Captain Roberts and his company had already arrived and taken up a position on the house's right. After exchange fire at long range, the cavalry halted to wait for the infantry, which arrived at about the same time as Captain-Lieutenant Farley's company; the companies of Stoddard and Cooper did not arrive in time to participate. A hot fire then began between the three American companies and the British force which lasted about 15 minutes. The numerically superior British flanked the Americans and successfully occupied the orchard that was behind the house. Roberts was mortally wounded, and the American line broke, with some men fleeing into the house, while others tried to escape into the countryside. The men in the house held out a little longer, but the British infantry forced their way in and captured the surviving occupants, while the cavalry chased down stragglers outside. [More]