Thursday, April 11, 2013

While You Were Sleeping...

Senate Committee Approves Kenneth Gonzales for Federal District Judge [More
Hey, what's a little withholding of evidence among friends...?

[Via Chris Woodard]

S. 691

The latest from Constitution Watch on personal defense capacity magazines.... [Read]

Obama mobilizing ‘gun control’ advocates via social media

“That wave of social media will get seen by millions and millions of people,” he writes. [More]
This afternoon's Gun Rights Examiner report notes you can't compete if you refuse to participate.

We're the Only Ones "Hey Rocky: Watch Me Pull a Rabbit Outta My Hat" Enough

Bullwinkel received 2,689 votes to Heidelmeier's 844...Heidelmeier announced his decision to run for the top village seat a little more than a year after he was ousted from his position as police chief and forced into retirement by the Village Board and administration...Less than two weeks ago, Heidelmeier made headlines after a partially nude photo of him posted on an Internet sex website was circulated throughout the village. [More]
Nothin' up muh sleeve...

We're the Only Ones Soul-Searching Enough

Calling all cars, calling all cars. Be on the lookout for ...uh... Christians... [Read]

[Via Navsail]

Oath Racers


Now that's pretty cool. [More]

Before some of you just knee-jerk dismiss this, I think it can really help normalize and popularize the concept with exactly the right demographic.

Hell, I'd also like to see a FIJA car.

Another Reason for Constitutional Carry

Highway patrol gave feds Missouri weapon permits data [More
I wanted to write a Gun Rights Examiner column on this, but it's looking like other developments and time constraints are going to limit me to just this post for now...

[Via several of you]

UPDATE: Good. Workman picked it up. Now I don''t feel so bad.

A Clear Choice!

As former Acting Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (“ATF”), a state legislator, and both a state and federal prosecutor, I’ve spent years protecting our rights under the Second Amendment while at the same time aggressively enforcing our federal and state laws to reduce gun violence. [More]
One might even say a Maximum choice!

Roll Call

Well, this'll take some time to unravel, but when we do, it'll let us name names... [Read]

Return of the Gumshoe

The Big Veep
Wait a minute -- if this is true, why did he advise shooting a shotgun blast through the front door?

[Via Jeff H]

NRA scoring on ‘anti-gun amendments’ may be too little too late

Legislative smoke and mirrors notwithstanding, the one truly common sense demand that should be non-negotiable by those who are really interested in discouraging mass shootings is denying the one thing perpetrators crave above all else: Success. Unless and until gun owners demand and achieve an end to phony “gun-free” zones, there is nothing standing in the way of the next killer -- and there will be a next one. [More
Today's Gun Rights Examiner report notes a desertion under fire, a tepid response, a nod and a wink, and a gathering storm like we've never seen in our lives.

Meanwhile, Over at the Religion of Peace...


An Islamic cleric has cleared the path for rebels in Syria, who are trying to oust President Bashar Assad, to rape women, so long as they’re non-Sunni. [More]
Say, isn't this the team our "progressive" leaders are backing?

Somebody want to tell the anti-gun sweetie-pies here they're considered "melk al-yamin"...?

This Day in History: April 11

I John Kimbrough having borne arms in the service of the King of England against the United States of America and having surrendered myself as a Prisoner of War do hereby pledge my word of Honor that I will remain at and within the limits of ten miles of my own House upon little river until Exchang’d or call’d for by the Legislature of the state of North Carolina or the Commanding Officer of the Southern Army; And that I will not at any time during my Captivity say or do anything injurious to the Interest of the United States. Witness my hand this 11th of April 1781 Test. O. H. Williams John Kimbrough [More]