Armed American Radio Last Night

I was on in Hour 3 to talk with Mark about the AZCDL meeting and some current stories in the news. [More]

Today's Second Five-Minute Activism Project

NO COMPROMISE ON FEDERAL GUN CONTROL  [More]

Sign and share.  I did.

Oh, and if you're worried about ending up on some list -- you don't think you're not already on all the ones that matter, do you?

[Via Gun Owners of Vermont]

About the AZCDL Annual Meeting

I have finally caught up with all the outstanding communications I'll have time for due to my attendance at the Arizona Citizens Defense League annual meeting.  It was a really good event and I'll have a more detailed report later, and hopefully a video of the speech, but for now just wanted to share a couple photos:

Me, speechifyin'...

Me 'n Jay Dobyns

UPDATE: Didn't realize there were two pix of me at the podium  -- I just graduated from a pull-start clamshell two weeks ago, so I'm slowly learning.

In this photo I was holding up the "Mr. Codrea" place setting card and explaining the only people I expect to call me that are the wife and kids, and they just laugh.

A Higher Education

In wake of College shooting, Oath Keepers to Form College Chapters and Train Students to Fight Back. [More]

It's about time students got a chance to learn something useful they will actually retain, as opposed to what usually happens.

Dildos for Defenselessness

Hundreds of students at the University of Texas at Austin will protest a new law that will allow more guns on campus not with signs or sit-ins, but by "strapping gigantic swinging dildos to our backpacks." Their mantra? #CocksNotGlocks [More]

Children. Figures they'd pick dangerous assault weapons with no legitimate spurting purpose.

I'll bet some could be convinced to do something even more meaningful.


[Via Florida Guy] 

No One's Talking About Taking Your Guns

We're just endorsing commonsense Australian gun laws! [More]

You know, the ones that banned all those guns and made them illegal to own anymore, and "ensur[ed] that 'personal protection' would not be regarded as a 'genuine reason' for owning, possessing, or using a firearm..."?

What kind of  paranoid would think that meant we wanted his guns?

Today's Five-Minute Activism Opportunity

Sign the Petition to Legalize Open Carry in Florida [More]

If you're from Florida, or know anyone who is, why not take a moment to sign this / pass this info along?

What You May Not Know

What you may not know is that if the check isn’t completed within 72 hours, then the gun can be sold without the background check. [More]

So the "progressive" thing to do would be to extend the infringements indefinitely.

What you may not know is Susan McCarthy, who hides who she is and what else she's about, doesn't want you to have a gun at all, and would rather you were dead than armed.

[Via Jake S]

Getting the Lead Out

EPA spends millions on military-style weapons, watchdog group reports [More]

I trust they've done the required environmental impact study?

[Via Florida Guy] 

Give That Gal a Nuclear Football!

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[Via Florida Guy]   

The "All Clear"

My email to Diana Natalicio, President of the University of Texas at El Paso

UTEP speech and expression policies provide authorized alternatives to the sign posted outside Mr. Smith-Soto's classroom, which inarguably can discourage the lawful exercise of rights by students who fear the potential academic impacts of teacher bias. Political preference signs that contravene duly enacted law and create a hostile and discriminatory environment fall afoul of UTEP policies. If you allow that in this instance, you open the door to other personnel posting signs that different individuals and groups may regard as harassment.

Case in point: Would you remain silent if a Christian professor posted a "No same sex marriages" sign outside his classroom?

Whether you oppose or support a given issue is irrelevant. What takes precedence is equal application of policy. When that does not exist, enforcement becomes problematic, as giving one employee a pass will create a discrimination liability for UTEP if another is disciplined over a violation.

Her reply:

Thanks for sharing your perspectives, which I have forwarded to the UTEP Campus Carry Task Force.

Far be it from me to argue with a Higher Education Visionary. I guess that means anybody and everybody on campus now has the official green light to post whatever they like wherever they like, which is pretty much the way things ought to be at public universities.

Who Will Guard the Guards?

The December 2015 issue of GUNS Magazine, including my "Defending the Defenders" Rights Watch column on military recruiting centers mandated defenseless by policy, is now available at dutiful and vigilant newsstands throughout the Republic.

Meanwhile, Over at the War on Worthy Women

Claire Wolfe invites the Pro-Violence, Murder and Tyranny Lobby to pick on a girl. [More]

When Seconds Count

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Good comparison. I suppose using the word "licensed" was a tactical consideration for the masses in order to move the ball toward the Constitutional carry goal.

False Alternatives

Now that Establishment choice Kevin McCarthy is out of the running for Speaker, WarOnGuns Correspondent Laocoön warns why two likely alternative picks will help usher in ruin:

• Out of the Frying Pan-Speaker Candidate Issa Supports Immigration Suicide
• Ryan Even Worse Chamberboy than Issa

The bottom line:

Looks like the loyal conservative candidate for Speaker is Daniel Webster, R - Florida.

Which means it will never happen. My bet is not even a dozen people will click on these links, let alone read them in total and then share them.

UPDATE: Looks like there's a lot more to this that needs to be vetted.  See HinMo's comment and then follow this link to "Cong. Webster Says Yes to Immigration Reform with a Path to Citizenship."

Looks like I at least got the title of this post right. And I'd say this is the guy.

UPDATE: This is what led to assumptions:

The Shoes of the Phisherman

Let’s be honest. The Second Amendment was passed in an era when organized police forces were few and citizen militias were useful in maintaining the peace. Its original authors could not have anticipated a time when the weapons we have a right to bear now include military-grade assault weapons that have turned our streets into battlefields. The Second Amendment’s original intent has been perverted by those who, as Pope Francis recently commented, have profited mightily. Surely there is a middle ground between the original intent of the amendment and the carnage we see today. [More]

Yes, let's be honest.

You obviously either don't know what you're talking about, which makes you a useful idiot tool, or else you do, which makes you a liar.

Gun owners of faith who also believe in the right to keep and bear arms: If your religious minister starts advocating for rendering rights unto Caesar, you have a duty to stand up and walk out.

Never Let a Crisis Go to Waste

Mayor Rahm Emanuel's office was more involved in a $20.5 million school contract with a now-indicted consultant than previously disclosed, public records indicate, but his administration has refused to release hundreds of emails that could provide a deeper understanding of how the deal came to... [More]

Forget it Jake, it's Chi-Town. It's the Chicago way.  Just ask Obama.

It''s OK, though.

They have opportunities not just for one Operation PUSH, but two.