What is certain, although beyond the ken of those who think such things can be swept under a rug, is that ultimately, if justice is to be served, the “end” cannot be “quiet.” Very real crimes have been committed and very real people have been killed. Any final “settlement” that does not take that into account, and provide for a reckoning with legal consequences, will not be accepted by a core of citizen activists, whistleblowers and survivors demanding nothing less. [More]Today's final Gun Rights Examiner offering (assuming nothing else of urgent import comes over the transom) asks our ostensible representatives what benefits any backroom deal they're trying to cut has for the victims, for those who put their careers on the line, and for us.
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Public interest law firm files brief on Holder case as GOP ‘negotiates'
Holder, Malloy announce ‘Project Longevity’ aimed at Conn. gang violence
As for today’s presser in New Haven, don’t expect to see any real and lasting impact on crimes of violence, as true root causes are rarely eliminated by throwing good money after bad. Today’s event was about sharing in the spoils of the administration’s political victory, about Eric Holder advancing his agenda incrementally while feeling totally safe presenting himself to a supportive press, and about creating the illusion that those in charge really are, and that they have solutions to justify charging their positions of personal privilege to the productive sector. [More]This afternoon's follow-up to today's earlier Gun Rights Examiner article notes the droppings were the main event at a government horse and pony show.
29th Western Trail Classic & 18th Annual NFAA Marked 3D Champs
The Western Trail Classic is the second largest 3D competition in the world with participants traveling from all across the country to compete. Over 1400 archers attended this match, including women, juniors, peewees, families and some of the worlds finest.
Watch with interviews by ATSN TV Field Correspondent and Smith & Wesson shooter, Molly Smith, as she navigates us through the targets, including the 16-foot-tall monster Big Foot.
Professional archer, Chuck Cooley, describes the event, equipment and some of the various technology employed. Sit back and enjoy this exciting 3-D target National Championship.
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About Those UN Treaties
Not about guns this time, but about that posterity our Constitution tasks the federal government to secure the blessings of Liberty for...
The Family Research Council advises:
The Family Research Council advises:
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said Monday that he plans to begin floor consideration of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on Tuesday.
The United Nations' Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) would pose serious problems for the United States if it were ratified today. Though it is touted as the progeny and logical follow-up to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1991, it is in fact more of a power grab than humanitarian action.
U.S. sovereignty is at issue on a number of fronts, including that the CRPD presumes the establishment of rights contained in treaties that the United States has not ratified, including the International Covenant on Social, Economic, and Cultural Rights (ICESCR). These rights are not recognized by the United States Constitution, nor are provided by existing U.S. laws - however U.S. courts could use the ratification of the CRPD to force Americans to comply with other UN treaties which are against American interests.
The original ADA equally protects the rights of all parents to direct the upbringing, education, and care of their children, regardless of the disability status of parent or child. The CRPD would take away this right, obligating our government to ensure that "in all actions concerning children with disabilities, the best interests of the child shall be a primary consideration." The phrase "best interests of the child" is an international law "term of art," its meaning firmly established through consistent application by other bodies, including the Committee on the Rights of the Child. As one international legal scholar explains, "Best interests provides decision and policy makers with the authority to substitute their own decisions for either the child's or the parents' provided it is based on consideration of the best interests of the child." In ratifying the CRPD, the government would apply this standard only to parents of disabled children - a position antithetical to the protection for parents provided by the ADA.
I urge you to contact your senators today, and let them know that parents of disabled children deserve the same rights as all parents.While I still can't seem to find the clause authorizing any branch of the federal government to be involved in this whole topic in the first place, particularly the way it's been applied in many ways essentially as a wealth transfer mechanism, there's no sense letting the UN in on the action and making it even harder to roll back abuses.
Speculation will soon be over on asking Holder about Fast and Furious at presser
The press conference is occurring in real time as this column is being typed and posted. It’s results will be known soon enough. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner report presents a never-ending story.
Countdown to Holder
The press conference starts in under an hour. Or is it Thursday? [Read]
Anybody think the "Authorized Journalists" in attendance will ask him hard questions on Gunwalker and call him on it if he equivocates?
UPDATE: Today's GRE.
Anybody think the "Authorized Journalists" in attendance will ask him hard questions on Gunwalker and call him on it if he equivocates?
UPDATE: Today's GRE.
She Blinded Me with Science
Gun violence can be solved with science, public health experts say [Read]
Nice job there, "Authorized Journalist" Colleen O'Connor. Why, if one didn't know any better, they'd think this is new, they'd think this is authoritative, and they'd think it encompasses both sides of the cost/benefit equation.
On We Sweep with Threshing Oar
The hammer of the gods will drive our ships to new lands,
To fight the horde, singing and crying: Valhalla, I am coming!
Or something like that.
I don't know anyone of value who would object to girls and guns--when we were kids, my big sister got a Daisy along with the rest of us boys, and if I'd had a daughter, she'd have had all options and strong encouragement to pursue whatever interested her, with plenty of opportunities to try new things. I don't object to teaching boys to be nurturing, either -- I was great with infants, and could do a diaper change and then throw my hands up in competitive rodeo calf-roping time.
But we all know that's not what's going on here with these Swedes.
[Via Jess]
Do Something
What, Ray? [Read]
Spell it out. All of it.
Give us the complete list of what it will take to make you go away.
Not that some of us will cede anything to you.
But it's past time you subversives stopped dancing around the edges with "good first steps" and "reasonable compromises."
Define exactly what your end goal is. And make sure you speak for all the hive insects.
Or is it easier for control freaks just to be lying, mealy-mouthed elitist sacks hiding behind meaningless propaganda phrases like "common sense" and ridiculing the concept of the "slippery slope" right up to the edge of the precipice they are forcing us toward?
You too, Lupica. List all the edicts you'd like to empower the state to kill us for defying.
Spell it out. All of it.
Give us the complete list of what it will take to make you go away.
Not that some of us will cede anything to you.
But it's past time you subversives stopped dancing around the edges with "good first steps" and "reasonable compromises."
Define exactly what your end goal is. And make sure you speak for all the hive insects.
Or is it easier for control freaks just to be lying, mealy-mouthed elitist sacks hiding behind meaningless propaganda phrases like "common sense" and ridiculing the concept of the "slippery slope" right up to the edge of the precipice they are forcing us toward?
You too, Lupica. List all the edicts you'd like to empower the state to kill us for defying.
Meanwhile, Across the Ganges in Sarah Brady Nirvana...
He said his daughter "had died on the spot" while his wife was admitted to hospital and was battling for her life.Still?
The Indian capital saw a spate of shootings in September. In one incident, a 23-year-old shot dead his ex-girlfriend and her landlady and then drove to a suburb to kill her father and sister before turning the gun on himself.
A few days later, two friends went on a shooting rampage which left three women and two young girls dead.
Figures for gun seizures in New Delhi show a rising trend. [More]
[Via Roger J]
We're the Only Ones Sticky-Fingered Enough
Manhattan cop busted for shoplifting on Black Friday [More]Ah, from Furious Mike Paradise, where she's automatically more trustworthy than you or I...
Jeez, this is the second thieving "Only One" story in a row, and I didn't even plan it this way...is this going to be one of those days where everything just kind of aligns? Now I at least will be looking to make it a "spate."
We're the Only Ones Hungry Enough
Jail Sgt. resigns amid food card theft probe [More]So why is there any question about felony charges?
