L.A. Sheriff’s Scandal Validates Key Oath Keepers Tenet

“Tanaka claimed he simply was following orders from his then boss, former sheriff Lee Baca..." [More]

So that doesn't work?  Who knew?

Loaded Legacy

"The upshot of the Whitman story is that these armed students and citizens kept human carnage to a minimum,” David Codrea, a prominent gun rights advocate, wrote last year in a post on Ammoland.com. “Guns preserved the peace and kept people safe.” [More]

Looks like the WaPo reference also got picked up by NOLA.com and GOOD Magazine. In case you missed it, here's the piece in question, where I see some Opposite Day "progressive male" signed into comments as "Dan" needed to resort to being insulting because he's incapable of refuting facts.

Leopard Keeps Spots

"Libertarian" William Weld is still a dickhead on guns. [More]

Demand to Be a Victim

Gays Against Guns ... [More]

That's pretty self-loathing, if you think about it...

Inconvenient Truths

Don't look for information like this from any of those "mainstream" outlets we were just talking about. [Watch]

Anyone who would deny these truths is either a manipulative liar with an agenda or a useful idiot.

[Via Gene B] 

Unauthorized Information

There are over 230 million people* living in the United States and less than 5% of them are getting any messages other than what the Establishment WANTS them to get.  This means that the MAINSTREAM MEDIA – the 6 Hollywood Studios and the 6 New York Networks – control 95% of the messages.  [More]

James Jaeger and Oath Keepers are doing what they can to provide an alternative, but that presupposes a community of liberty advocates that cares enough to help.

* Looks like this is referring specifically to adults, which considering they're talking "news" consumers, makes sense.

Winner's Circle

Here's how you can be in it. [More]

A Byzantine System

The Byzantine Empire: A Greek Nation State Defended by Armed Citizen Militias [More]

There's a reason it lasted as long as it did.

[Via Felix B]

Dissenters Must Be Destroyed

Pro-Gun Journalist Faces Felony Counts For Defending Himself [More]

They're making an example of him, just like they'd make of you or me if they got the chance. Meaning they'd bring the unlimited resources of the state down on our heads and count on no one caring enough to help.

A Fair Policy

 [T]he Iowa State Fair is also Iowa’s largest gun free zone... [More]

We have to preserve those "progressive" Hawkeye State traditions!

We're the Only Ones Reserved Enough

A statewide reserve police officers association is seeking a court order to allow reserve officers to possess assault rifles, noting that one of its members was equipped only with a handgun when he responded to the Dec. 2 mass shooting carried out by a pair of home-grown terrorists in San Bernardino. [More]

And what were the victims, whose RKBA was absolutely infringed by citizen disarmament edicts, "equipped" with?

Old Hat

But new digs for Claire Wolfe. [More]

But wait, as late TV pitchman Billy Mays used to say, there's more!

Facing Disarmageddon*

Barry Bahrami, the California businessman seeking to put six referendums on the ballot in November to repeal a gun control package recently signed into law, is ready for a fight. [More]

So are the gun groups helping?

[*Via Laocoön]

Jeepers Creepers, Where'd You Get those Threepers?

Make sure you're not dealing with ignoramuses and self-serving frauds. [More]

Treading Close to the Edge

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is reportedly investigating the issue surrounding the 'Don't Tread On Me' snake logo after an African American employee of a federal agency complained they were racially harassed when a co-worker wore a cap showing the symbol. [More]

Send a clear message to the EEOC today.

'Our Shared Mission'

Trump endorses Paul Ryan, John McCain [More]

Way to take the wind out of your base's sails.

This could well be the beginning of the end. And he'll have only himself to blame.

Occam's Razor

Yeah, I guess the manifestations could be stroke and syphilis-related. [Watch]

But there may be a more fundamental explanation.

We're the Only Ones High-Stepping Enough

He wasn’t gunning for The Donald — he was just drunk and didn’t want to be told where to walk. [More]

Drunk, armed and belligerent -- now there's a New York "Only Ones" state of mind for you. No wonder they wouldn't trust you or me with one of those exclusive "permits." Funny, how there's not a word of concern about that from an Opposite Day "progressive"  rag that would go ballistic on any proposal to make things more egalitarian.

You can also see the New York Daily News state of mind -- calling Trump a "blowhard billionaire" is a characterization for editorials, not straight "news." And it took three of their "Authorized Journalists" to crank this out?

Great job there, VICTORIA BEKIEMPIS, JOHN ANNESE and THOMAS TRACY! Now that Mort knows you can reliably be counted on to ignore any semblance of journalistic ethics, there may be more opportunities to whore away the last of any remaining "professional" principles -- at least for a while.

Party Line

While this is the December issue of GUNS, it will actually hit the newsstands in advance of the November elections. As such, this is the magazine’s last opportunity to highlight considerations affecting gun owners before we cast our votes. [More]

My newest "Rights Watch" column was posted while I was away. Assuming something bigger doesn't come along first, someone is going to be elected president, and assuming something bigger doesn't come along after, that will affect "legal" risk considerations for every gun owner.