'Lou Dobbs Tonight' Redux

"Lou Dobbs Tonight" asked us back on this evening on Fox Business at 7:30 7:15 pm Eastern (they just moved up the "hit time"). I've known about it for some time, but due to the way breaking news can bump the best laid plans back (we were originally scheduled for a return engagement last Friday), I thought it prudent to wait until I could confirm things with the booker and the producer.

Tonight Mike and I are quite understandably going to talk more about Colorado than Gunwalker, but if I get a chance to insert something relevant into the discussion, I will. That kind of format is over before you can blink though.

If you missed the last time we were on and want to see it, I wrote about it and posted the segment here.

UPDATE:  We were both surprised they brought on that prosecutor and didn't realize it until we heard a female voice coming through the ear bud--I found the email advising me of it when I got home--my old clamshell phone is for calls only.  I'll admit it flustered me a bit and led the conversation into territory we hadn't anticipated, but hey, that happens, this is live TV without a net and it was a good learning experience.

Dan Amira, Idiot

What the Founders Said About 100-Round Assault-Rifle Magazines [More]

"Snark, snark! Snark!"

Gee, that's some argument you pose there, you yapping ignoramus, as you presume to teach while not having the prerequisites to even be in the class.

I love it when these regressive know-it-alls and their lemming followers trip onto their smug faces right out of the starting gate.  Seriously, catch some of the comments.  Good grief.

Falling Apart?

One can hope. [Read]

A Mighty Shield

Castle Doctrine might shield Johnstown man in fatal shooting [More]

"Might"?

There's a need to "shield" self-defense?

Imagine that--a gun allows a paraplegic to overcome a masked and armed home invader.

Damn vigilantes*. People like this have obviously never listened to the educated experts.

* Read comment by nitwit "kerryberger"

Reese Family Updates

Here's some raw stuff from the family spokesperson from shortly before and after this piece:

7/13:

As you obviously know by now, the Trial is set to commence on July 17. There will be 120 prospective jurors from which to choose!! It will probably take 2 days. Accordingly, the trial should start on the 19th of July. The Judge informed us that friends and family would be unable to sit in the courtroom, as the prospective jurors would take up the entire seating area. A suggestion was made to have the audio transferred to another court room where the family and friends could be seated. The Judge stated he would "look into it." He will be ruling on the Motions before him yesterday, byMonday at the latest! Rick, Ry and Rem have all been transferred to DACPF (Las Cruces!). They are all together in the same Pod!! Thank you for your support and concern . It is truly appreciated! 

7/17:

Terri called this afternoon about 5PM. They were out of Court; and the Jury has been selected. Opening statement was made by Prosecution (Judge gave 30 minutes each for the statements). Rick's attorney gave his opening statement; and the other 3 defense attys will give theirs tomorrow (07/18) We will be there and the Trial starts again, at 9AM. We will keep you posted when we get home -- late evening! Thanx for prayers and your love and thoughts!! Of course, it goes without saying that ANY ONE of you who CAN ATTEND --- PLEASE DO SO!!!! 

7/19:

Hello everyone !! All I can say is WOW !!!!! Yesterday was a GREAT Day IN court ! Our legal team systematically took the government's agent apat ! Showed how their main witness Is a liar ; cheater : smuggler and also showed how they sent e-mails back & forth on instucting theird lier on how to trap the family into doing or saying anything he can to use against the kids !! Wish you all could see this in the court-room. 

7/23:

Hello everyone : Sorry about the delay in this message ! Friday was a very interesting day ; we got to listen to the confidential informant ( Ramon ) the drug smuggler human trafficker money launderer ; cheater, explosive smuggler . It was very interesting how you could see that this guy was being coached by the officer that brought these charges against the family ! to also listen to the tapes you could barely understand what was said ! the undercover officer ( straw purchaser )who seemed to be nowhere near Ramon, the special officer and who was the person who actually filled out all the legal forms (4473 ) and was approved by the FBI for the sale ! he was the only one shown in the video ! from what was said and shown all that was going on was good salesmanship and a very knowledgeable person doing his job to explain their product line !! Today the defense gets to cross examine. 

This morning:

Hi everyone !WOW what a day in court !The defense got to cross examine Roman the prosecution"s key witness time And again his testimony was anything but the truth ! Tomorrow the rest of the defense team will do their cross . Will update tomorrows events.

 Also see: A Fixed Fight

2000 Watermelons

I've been so busy I am just now getting around to linking to this article, which I urge you to read and understand in light of this earlier effort we discussed a few weeks back.

It just can't be over-emphasized: Nailing down the crime and pursuing the perpetrators to justice needs to be paramount.

We're the Only Ones Winning Friends and Influencing People Enough

I would not want to be one of these guys when things finally snap and a critical mass of people realize they're allowing themselves to be controlled by an illusion. [Watch]

Behold, a god who bleeds!

[Via roughdoc]

"Well You're Not Giving Me a Sensible Answer"

British subject and unethical snoop Piers Morgan puts his hands over his ears and shouts "Lalalalala!" as John Lott tries in vain to educate the ineducable.  Meanwhile, Alan Dershowitz--who ought to frickin' know better--does us all a huge favor by putting the end game out there for all to hear. [Watch]

If It Quacks Like a Duck

We can no longer duck the issue of gun control [More] 

If you listen to this silly goose, all you'll be able to do is duck.

And They Say There Are No Stupid Questions

In America, is it more important that a 24-year-old be able to buy an AR-15 weapon and unlimited rounds of ammo -- or that a 6-year-old girl be able to go to the movies with her mom and return home safely? [More]

Nice logical fallacy there, pally. Read much Pynchon?

And then there's this:

Should the Second Amendment allow a man to freely buy weapons, ammunition, body armor or other products, some of which have little purpose other than to cause destruction and panic?

Typical statist, who thinks rights are what government allows.  Never mind the rest of the panty-wringing, he needed to complete a sentence.

Still, all this absolutely numb-skulled hysteria by those who would inflict their enmity upon us encourages me that borrowing Voltaire's prayer is paying off.

Whistleblowers Respond to Intimidators

Don't Threaten Us [More] 

This is a very good article by Katie Pavlich that gets needed information out there that the lapdog press won't, as they're focused instead on sanitizing the record of abuse.

One version of the letter referred to is posted here, and was the basis for this write-up.

Bottom line: If those doing their utmost to squelch the investigation and redirect the effort to more citizen disarmament had really done their jobs after being repeatedly requested, the audit environment would not have allowed an Operation Fast and Furious to happen.

[Via Robert F]

Might Just Be Worth a Try at That

Bloomberg Suggests Police Stop Protecting People Until Gun Control Enacted  [Watch]

Yeah, let's start with your taxpayer-funded armed bodyguards.

Can you imagine how this would blow up in his face if the illusion of a safety net was lifted and all people suddenly realized that only they can protect themselves?

[Via Matthew P]

Distinguished by What?

This is actually kind of funny in a pathetic sort of way--their entire 'distinguished panel" consists of regressives. And that's who their audience will be. [Read]

Note people who want to win elections aren't very anxious to test out their "myth" theory...at least until after November.

An American 'Con'servative

People on the pro-gun side, however, tend to carry on like fire-breathing fundamentalists at a tent revival. They meet any proposal to restrict weaponry or ammunition, no matter how sensible, as an attempt to give a toehold to the devil. [More]

It is, you dunderhead! Note he doesn't flesh out specifically what he considers "sensible".

Sterile bee queen Rod Dreher,  writing in the Brit press instead of his own magazine, would have "conservative" drones expend their efforts fruitlessly, and ultimately suicidally, by following him.  And this is a guy who writes with an apparently straight face "To the extent that I care about economics and foreign policy, I would be likely to vote Obama."

And just to let you know what else he and his ilk consider reasonable and sensible, note: 

If you’re a conservative fed up with the narrowness of thought on our side, we could use your financial help in building up this institution.

Meaning be more like anti-gun neocon hero Bill Buckley.

Which means focus on the "con" in "The American Conservative." And reject them as utter frauds.

The Next Push

Look for ammo sale infringement efforts at the state level as a topic the antis think they can get traction with. [Read]

We're the Only Ones Threatening Fashionably Enough

“Every time they talk to you it’s in a threatening fashion,” long-time resident Emory Langlolies said during Sunday’s meeting. [More]

Bingo! But they break your stuff, you can't get basic services and you're not allowed to speak at council meetings.

So, now, Mr. Langolies, is there a lesson here that people--especially those in Massachusetts--maybe oughtta have learned by now...?  Besides moving to a freer place and taking their idiot voting habits with them?

Think of It as an Admission

President Obama and Mitt Romney are too afraid to take on the National Rifle Association because they fear it will hurt their chances for victory in November's election [More] 

So, Mike Lupica, you wretched Fourth Estate Fifth Columnist, that doesn't tell you anything? Like maybe a critical mass of people are no longer buying the swill that dominates your "profession"?

I wouldn't be too hard on them, though--you don't "have a plan to prevent the next senseless gun-related slaughter" either, although I'm sure mass shooters counting on citizen disarmament to ensure their successful media triumphs appreciate such efforts.

The Mark of the Beast...

...is evidently written in red ink. [Read]

Jane Harman was a real nemesis of gun owners when she was in Congress. 

I love the way people trying to force legal changes down our throats also wield ownership interests in the "watchdog press" that's supposed to be keeping them honest.

And recall it was at her and Sarah Brady's media propaganda fest that first sensitized me personally to the chilling reality that state enforcers would be the ones to determine just who they would recognize as an "Authorized Journalist," which was the catalyst that eventually led to my coining the term.  So it's not enough for them to dominate the media--they have to squash the little guy, all the while presenting themselves as their champions.

PAGE NINE No. 113

"The Uninvited Ombudsman" Alan Korwin's latest missive is out via email, and this time, he educates us on the pending UN Arms Trade Treaty, separating the facts from all the hype.

If you're not on his mailing list, you're missing out on not just great and timely information, but precision analysis.  Still, don't mistake that for dry regurgitation of citations and statistics--he writes with wit, and makes it evident you're reading the thoughts of someone who knows what he's talking about and loves doing it.

You can sign up to receive his updates--and he doesn't flood your inbox, so no worries there--by going to his Page Nine Index page, where you can also read prior editions.

The picture on the right with me in the background, wearing one of Alan's "Guns Save Lives" stickers on my lapel, is from the 2011 Gun Rights Policy Conference. Otis McDonald obliged my request for an autograph and as no writing surface was conveniently present, Alan cheerfully put his back into it.

This Day in History: July 24

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