Shipley makes appeal to overturn gun convictions

“It is lamentable that the government seems to argue that the fabricated story of Shipley’s firearm killing a Mexican military officer was a fair inference from the evidence,” the brief explained. “Again, after the jury verdict and before sentencing, the United States conceded that these representations were fabricated.

Think of what that means. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner report brings the latest chapter in a story with bizarre twists that I first started covering in 2009. True to form, if you do a Google News search for "John Shipley," the only one reporting on his case is me. 

Practically Made to Order

Judicial Watch announced today that it has obtained documents proving that the Department of Justice played a major behind-the-scenes role in organizing protests against George Zimmerman. [More]

Well...yeah.

Just think of all those opportunities for "emergency measures" this situation could present.

[Via Andrea Shea King]

Today's Five-Minute Activism

Please contact the members of the Farragut Board of Aldermen... [More]

Liston Matthews is asking for our help. Why not take a few minutes and give it to him?

All you've got to do is this:

[Click graphic to enlarge]

Dang. That was EASY!

Bury the Needle

Wish I'd known about this before. I just can't keep up with everything, and this is the first email I recall getting notified about this upcoming race. [More]

We did it last time.

What He Said

If you believe that the constitution confers the right to own a gun, you will always be subject to the vicissitudes of constitutional interpretation and the latest hermeneutic fashions. [More]

Every time I hear "gives us the right"...

We're the Only Ones Deadbeat Enough

For example, the DPD has ballistic vests for the two dozen cops assigned as bodyguards to the mayor, including some assigned to guard his spokesman, but can’t buy them for beat cops: the vest vendors have cut them off for non-payment. [More] 

Would they be like Only Ones²?

[Via Florida Guy]

No, Of Course She Won't

Federal judge won't block new state law limiting the size of ammunition magazines [More]

Gomer?

[Via cydl]

Meanwhile, Across the Pond in Piers Morgan Paradise

It's a win-win. She gave him what he wanted and the gungrabbers what they preferred. [More]

[Via Jess]

Lip Service

“Whenever there is a campus shooting, Governor Perry is front and center, voicing his support for concealed carry on campus.  But when he has a chance to throw his political weight behind an actual bill or add the issue to a special session, he’s nowhere to be found.” [More]

Politics 101: Whatever it takes to get the votes. And no more.

Crazy, Man!

“Health care professionals are sympathetic to Obama's goal of reducing gun violence,” Reuters reported, “but worry that the privacy rule proposal could discourage people with mental illness from seeking treatment.” [More]

So we'll just get NSA to collate records of phone calls, emails and credit card payments to psychiatric facilities with prescription records and any hits when your cell phone locates you at the shrink's office...

Chi-Town CCW Directives

I don't know when I'll get time to scrutinize these, but I'll put the link out there for those of you who can. [More]

I'm sure this will all have a profound effect on the gangbangers...

[Via DWL]

Telegraphing Lies

Of course they know better. [More]

They all do.

And they keep doing it anyway.

That's because they're liars.

[Via Jeet]

First Connecticut Gun Owners Break Ranks to Surrender to Tyranny

The state police have received their first applications from Connecticut residents seeking to register assault weapons... [More]

Way to surrender--not just your birthright, but your children's.  Why the HELL do you think they demand you register?

There is another way, you know.

I don't suppose there's any chance the evil bastards could be flooded with these, instead?

Brave

I do suggest they have the ability to ward off those who might take violent umbrage. [More]

Because it's getting rancorous out there...

[Via Florida Guy]

AG McDaniel Action Squad Decoder Ring

Keen! Say, gang, if you're not already fluent in Weaselword, you could send in 50 cents and two boxtops, or just let Steve D. Jones decipher things for you... [More]

Rules We Can All Live With

You know, rules for them and rules for us... [More]

Yes, I've Heard About Kokesh

I don't have much to say about it at this time as I don't "know" anything more than what is being "reported," and we all know how reliable that is.

Naturally, the first thing activists are doingt is comparing the treatment when David Gregory deliberately violated DC law and Lanier & Co. let him skate.  "Authoritah" never did clear up the lies they were caught in.

It will be interesting to learn more about the drug charge.  I hope he had the presence of mind not to have the video shotgun on premises.

We're the Only Ones Exempted Enough

That's why they're the "Only Ones"! [More]

Gomer? You had something to say?

[Via Andrea Shea King]

It Depends on What the Meaning of the Word "Own" Is

Among young people ages 14 to 24 who received care in a hospital emergency department for assault-related injuries, 23% said they owned a firearm in the past six months. And only 17% of those reporting firearm possession obtained it legally... [More] 

Since "ownership," that is, an exclusive right conferred by a lawful claim or title, IS a legal term, "possession" hardly qualifies. If you stole my property, or bought it from someone who did, it is not yours.

"Authorized Journalist" Michelle Healy and her USA Today (an "ethical" Gannett newspaper!) know that.

But I guess it helps everything sound more urgent and hysterical than a headline screaming "Nearly 4% of youths injured in assaults own a firearm." Plus it helps tar the entire concept of gun ownership among those who don't know better, that is, anyone who relies on that paper for information to shape their opinions.

That and employing Pavlovian stimuli like telling readers "22% reported ownership of highly lethal automatic/semiautomatic weapons," as if the former is even a statistically significant factor, and without defining comparative lethality criteria...

The Share Everything Plan

I'm just surprised they don't add surveillance fees to our bills as a surcharge for keeping us safe. [More]

We're the Only Ones Joyless Enough

The newspaper said Darrell Joy, 41, was stopped by city police while driving Saturday night ... Police confiscated two small plastic bags of marijuana, a loaded .45-caliber firearm and his deputy identification and badge. [More]

Oh, and look: He took them off some kid.  Or wait, he found them on the ground and picked them up so no children would find them. 

Yeah, that's the ticket.

Deep Concealed Carry

OK then... [More]

This Day in History: July 10

The yelling Indians and Loyalists were received with a deadly volley from behind trees and stumps. Then the enemy made a desperate rush on- the-right wing and would have succeeded if not for Captain McKean with his fifty men (which had been held in reserve) poured a deadly volley into them. [More]