Kofi Annan wants to "eliminate all private weapons."
Right.
Thursday, March 24, 2005
End the War on Freedom on “Vanishing Point”
Mr. St. Clair recommends it.
“Man did I hate the cops by the end of the movie,” he says.
Have you seen it yet?
Also see:
“If you love freedom, get this film. You will not regret it.”
Vanishing Point Reappears Today
Why I Love Guns
Vanishing Point Reappears
“Man did I hate the cops by the end of the movie,” he says.
Have you seen it yet?
Also see:
“If you love freedom, get this film. You will not regret it.”
Vanishing Point Reappears Today
Why I Love Guns
Vanishing Point Reappears
A Bum Rap
"Rising rapper THE GAME is prepared to risk going to jail by keeping a gun at his California home, because he deems the firearm vital to his survival."
What have we here, a 2A champion in The Hood, someone who can demonstrate the virtues of an armed citizenry to his peers through the example he sets?
Not exactly. It appears he's not that wholesome a character:
"A shoot-'em-up at the Hot 97 studios was triggered by a simmering feud between gangster rapper 50 Cent and his turncoat protégé The Game - and cops are bracing for more bullets."
What a disappointment. He seemed like such a nice young man.
What have we here, a 2A champion in The Hood, someone who can demonstrate the virtues of an armed citizenry to his peers through the example he sets?
Not exactly. It appears he's not that wholesome a character:
"A shoot-'em-up at the Hot 97 studios was triggered by a simmering feud between gangster rapper 50 Cent and his turncoat protégé The Game - and cops are bracing for more bullets."
What a disappointment. He seemed like such a nice young man.
NRA's Montana SNAFU Redux
FreedomSight makes some interesting counter-arguments about when property rights conflict with RKBA.
He raises some good points.
If you want to enter my premises, I should have the right to set the terms: only if you give me a million dollars, poke out one eye and paint yourself blue.
Assuming I can't coerce you into doing this, you have the right to either accept my terms or tell me to go to hell, and go someplace where the terms are more to your liking.
My main point is that I don't believe a state rep acts in defiance of Beltway policy.
Words and actions are sometimes very different things.
He raises some good points.
If you want to enter my premises, I should have the right to set the terms: only if you give me a million dollars, poke out one eye and paint yourself blue.
Assuming I can't coerce you into doing this, you have the right to either accept my terms or tell me to go to hell, and go someplace where the terms are more to your liking.
My main point is that I don't believe a state rep acts in defiance of Beltway policy.
Words and actions are sometimes very different things.
Wednesday, March 23, 2005
The Blood Dancers Have a Toll-Free Hotline…
...and they’d like to hear from YOU:
866-SPEAK-UP
Go ahead. Speak up.
Just remember, toll-free numbers generally record the originating number, so don't say anything they can turn you in on.
866-SPEAK-UP
Go ahead. Speak up.
Just remember, toll-free numbers generally record the originating number, so don't say anything they can turn you in on.
Red Lake "Security" Guard Unarmed
Why is the Establishment Press Avoiding the Issue?
Say Uncle points us to Joe Huffman, who links to ABC News where this tidbit is buried.
It's not like the lapdogs are straining themselves getting this information out there. A Google search of the terms: "red lake" guard unarmed (leave the quotation marks that way to ensure the most precise results) shows what I'm talking about.
So in other words, the ones highlighting and spreading this information are the blogs--but somehow we've got to validate our journalistic originality and worth to the black robes because we're just not as legitimate as CBS and Al-Jazeera.
Say Uncle points us to Joe Huffman, who links to ABC News where this tidbit is buried.
It's not like the lapdogs are straining themselves getting this information out there. A Google search of the terms: "red lake" guard unarmed (leave the quotation marks that way to ensure the most precise results) shows what I'm talking about.
So in other words, the ones highlighting and spreading this information are the blogs--but somehow we've got to validate our journalistic originality and worth to the black robes because we're just not as legitimate as CBS and Al-Jazeera.
Tuesday, March 22, 2005
Red Lake High School Rampage: Let the Blood Dance Begin!
Plenty of people are going to sound in on the Minnesota reservation school massacre. New shrill demands for more "gun control" will certainly feature prominently on editorial pages and broadcasts across the land, and some might even grudgingly acknowledge that it looks like the weapons were taken from a cop.
I've pretty much written all I have to say on this and any other school shootings here.
I've pretty much written all I have to say on this and any other school shootings here.
Buckeye State Blackmail
Ted E. Daniels, editor of the Ashland Times-Gazette is threatening to publish the names of CHL holders if the Ohio legislature amends the concealed carry law so that the information is no longer disclosed to “journalists.”
Well, I guess if you’re gonna ask permission to exercise a right, this sort of nonsense should be expected. Still, Daniels is behaving like a cheap extortionist thug, and ought to be treated like one.
What has always struck me about this law is how government takes it on itself to decide who they will and will not recognize as a “legitimate” journalist. I’ve raised this concern several times now.
As I understand the law, I probably wouldn’t qualify to get the list of names (not that I would want it), but this group would.
Well, I guess if you’re gonna ask permission to exercise a right, this sort of nonsense should be expected. Still, Daniels is behaving like a cheap extortionist thug, and ought to be treated like one.
What has always struck me about this law is how government takes it on itself to decide who they will and will not recognize as a “legitimate” journalist. I’ve raised this concern several times now.
As I understand the law, I probably wouldn’t qualify to get the list of names (not that I would want it), but this group would.
Cop Killer
“Ban bill to target cop-killer handguns and rifles,” declares Michael P. Norton of State House News Service, just like he knows what he’s talking about.
Of course, the first line of the story admits that what’s being talked about is potential capability—no real cops killed with the pariah firearms can actually be produced. But the damage is done, and once more, the establishment propaganda machine manages to score a point with the uninformed under the guise of objective journalism.
But perhaps we’re taking the wrong tack on this. Perhaps we ought to up the ante.
Maybe we should insist they’re not cop-killer weapons, but soldier-killer weapons. After all, what they’re alleged to be capable of defeating is paramilitary equipment, as opposed to traditional police gear. It’s only when the police have become militarized that the special capabilities of these firearms are spotlighted.
Then we can invoke Justice James McReynolds’ rationale in US v Miller, when he observed: “In the absence of any evidence tending to show that possession or use of a ‘shotgun having a barrel of less than eighteen inches in length’ at this time has some reasonable relationship to the preservation or efficiency of a well regulated militia, we cannot say that the Second Amendment guarantees the right to keep and bear such an instrument.”
The corollary to this, of course, is, if a firearm can be shown to have such a reasonable relationship, the Second Amendment would guarantee the right to keep and bear such an instrument.
Yeah, I know. Keep dreamin'.
Of course, the first line of the story admits that what’s being talked about is potential capability—no real cops killed with the pariah firearms can actually be produced. But the damage is done, and once more, the establishment propaganda machine manages to score a point with the uninformed under the guise of objective journalism.
But perhaps we’re taking the wrong tack on this. Perhaps we ought to up the ante.
Maybe we should insist they’re not cop-killer weapons, but soldier-killer weapons. After all, what they’re alleged to be capable of defeating is paramilitary equipment, as opposed to traditional police gear. It’s only when the police have become militarized that the special capabilities of these firearms are spotlighted.
Then we can invoke Justice James McReynolds’ rationale in US v Miller, when he observed: “In the absence of any evidence tending to show that possession or use of a ‘shotgun having a barrel of less than eighteen inches in length’ at this time has some reasonable relationship to the preservation or efficiency of a well regulated militia, we cannot say that the Second Amendment guarantees the right to keep and bear such an instrument.”
The corollary to this, of course, is, if a firearm can be shown to have such a reasonable relationship, the Second Amendment would guarantee the right to keep and bear such an instrument.
Yeah, I know. Keep dreamin'.
How Many Lies Can You Tell in 60 Minutes?
SayUncle has made a good start at deconstructing last Sunday's anti-gun hit piece on 60 Minutes.
He exposes some of the obvious lies, and provides some good dope on Ed Bradley's narco-terrorist source--a John Kerry fundraiser, naturally.
"I TiVoed it and may have more later," he says. I hope he does, because he's doing a good job with this.
Leave it to the Establishment propagandists to spook the Eloi by claiming overseas insurgents need to come here for guns. NRA printed an excellent article on this by Jim Pate.
He exposes some of the obvious lies, and provides some good dope on Ed Bradley's narco-terrorist source--a John Kerry fundraiser, naturally.
"I TiVoed it and may have more later," he says. I hope he does, because he's doing a good job with this.
Leave it to the Establishment propagandists to spook the Eloi by claiming overseas insurgents need to come here for guns. NRA printed an excellent article on this by Jim Pate.
NRA's Montana SNAFU
News Release, Montana Shooting Sports Association
It looks like NRA is sabotaging Montana legislation clarifying "the right to self defense with firearms."
MSSA attributes it to a mid-level staffer thwarting the clear will of NRA management.
Call me cynical, but if NRA doesn't fire the guy, I'd say he's doing exactly what his masters want him to do. I can't help but wonder which legislator(s) they're appeasing?
It's not like we haven't seen a disconnect between what Fairfax says and what it does before.
I'd like to be wrong this time. But the term "SNAFU" speaks volumes.
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Andy Barniskis passes along this on-topic addendum:
Last year in Pennsylvania, NRA employee John Hohenwarter agreed to not to oppose legislation that was very hostile to gun rights (HB 2403) on condition that it be kept in committee until after the 2004 NRA Convention in Pittsburgh. Perhaps he didn't want betrayed NRA members to make a fuss at the convention. Mr. Hohenwarter and his boss Randy Kozuch did this without consulting any grass roots organizations or NRA legal council [sic] and they never responded to inquiries into the matter. Every major sportsmen's group in Pennsylvania united in the largest coalition in our history to oppose the anti-gun rights legislation that the NRA did not oppose.
We have received recent reports that John Hohenwarter replaced a competent NRA state liaison in New Hampshire and NRA members in New Hampshire are now trying to undo the damage.
Now we see that Montana NRA members have good reason to be angry with Randy Kozuch...
Harry Schneider, PSA Chairman
Pennsylvania Sportsmen's Assn.,
NRA Life Member
It looks like NRA is sabotaging Montana legislation clarifying "the right to self defense with firearms."
MSSA attributes it to a mid-level staffer thwarting the clear will of NRA management.
Call me cynical, but if NRA doesn't fire the guy, I'd say he's doing exactly what his masters want him to do. I can't help but wonder which legislator(s) they're appeasing?
It's not like we haven't seen a disconnect between what Fairfax says and what it does before.
I'd like to be wrong this time. But the term "SNAFU" speaks volumes.
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Andy Barniskis passes along this on-topic addendum:
Last year in Pennsylvania, NRA employee John Hohenwarter agreed to not to oppose legislation that was very hostile to gun rights (HB 2403) on condition that it be kept in committee until after the 2004 NRA Convention in Pittsburgh. Perhaps he didn't want betrayed NRA members to make a fuss at the convention. Mr. Hohenwarter and his boss Randy Kozuch did this without consulting any grass roots organizations or NRA legal council [sic] and they never responded to inquiries into the matter. Every major sportsmen's group in Pennsylvania united in the largest coalition in our history to oppose the anti-gun rights legislation that the NRA did not oppose.
We have received recent reports that John Hohenwarter replaced a competent NRA state liaison in New Hampshire and NRA members in New Hampshire are now trying to undo the damage.
Now we see that Montana NRA members have good reason to be angry with Randy Kozuch...
Harry Schneider, PSA Chairman
Pennsylvania Sportsmen's Assn.,
NRA Life Member
Monday, March 21, 2005
“Free” Gun Locks
The police department in my wonderful home town, the City of Redondo Beach, is offering “free” gun locks.
“The distribution project to promote firearm safety is supported by a grant from the United States Department of Justice.”
Yep, sounds “free” to me—as long as you consider distribution of plunder a no-cost proposition.
They give us the typical pitchfork murderer-enabling advice: “Unload your guns and lock them away. Lock and store ammunition separately.”
Not that your typical home invader isn’t the patient sort. Many of them actually take the time to bind and rape their victims before killing them.
They also invite you to snoop on your neighbors to see if they have guns, but, hey, isn’t that what America is supposed to be about?
Here’s my favorite part of the deal:
“The Redondo Beach Police Department will provide two free gunlocks to residents who will show valid identification and sign a release of liability form.”
Liability form? You mean there might be some danger to locking up our safety? We might rely on locks instead of knowledge and judgment, and they might not work? We or someone we love could be seriously injured or killed by following their advice and using their locks? Is that why they need us to sign a release?
I guess they realize we can’t sue them for failing to protect us, so they’re just trying to cover all the bases.
“The distribution project to promote firearm safety is supported by a grant from the United States Department of Justice.”
Yep, sounds “free” to me—as long as you consider distribution of plunder a no-cost proposition.
They give us the typical pitchfork murderer-enabling advice: “Unload your guns and lock them away. Lock and store ammunition separately.”
Not that your typical home invader isn’t the patient sort. Many of them actually take the time to bind and rape their victims before killing them.
They also invite you to snoop on your neighbors to see if they have guns, but, hey, isn’t that what America is supposed to be about?
Here’s my favorite part of the deal:
“The Redondo Beach Police Department will provide two free gunlocks to residents who will show valid identification and sign a release of liability form.”
Liability form? You mean there might be some danger to locking up our safety? We might rely on locks instead of knowledge and judgment, and they might not work? We or someone we love could be seriously injured or killed by following their advice and using their locks? Is that why they need us to sign a release?
I guess they realize we can’t sue them for failing to protect us, so they’re just trying to cover all the bases.
What's This World Coming To When You Can't Trust the "Gun Lobby"?
Andy Barniskis warns us that those "gun rights lobbyists" we trust to represent us in the legislatures have their own agenda and priorities.
When Nicki Fisked Matthew
Nicki Fellenzer takes on an ignorant, anti-gun college journalism major.
He's lucky she's just beating him up virtually. My money says if she ever went after him for real, he'd either be crying for a gun, or more likely, for his mommy.
He's lucky she's just beating him up virtually. My money says if she ever went after him for real, he'd either be crying for a gun, or more likely, for his mommy.
Sunday, March 20, 2005
"Thinking of England" Now Online
"Direct contact should be avoided whenever possible ... If unavoidable, the victim should adopt a state of active passivity ... be careful what you say or do and give up valuables without a struggle. This allows the victim to take charge of the situation ... By doing nothing there is no chance of inadvertently initiating violence by saying something such as 'Please don't hurt me.'"
"Thinking of England" appears in the April issue of GUNS Magazine, now online. Click here to read the rest.
"Thinking of England" appears in the April issue of GUNS Magazine, now online. Click here to read the rest.
DEA Buffoon Update
The world-class idiot who shot himself in front of a room full of kids after telling them he's the only one "professional enough" to carry a gun has been suspended.
I have a few questions:
Why does he still have a job?
Why hasn't he been prosecuted for reckless child endangerment and negligent discharge of a firearm, as would you or I be, save for the fact that we're not dumb, incompetent and irresponsible enough to pull such a bone-headed move?
Who's the jihadi in the ski mask? Dont'cha feel safer knowing guys like him are kicking in doors across the land?
And why is there an investigation to determine who "leaked" what is being described as a "home video"?
Maybe the'yre afraid someone has discovered the location of their secret clubhouse.
I have a few questions:
Why does he still have a job?
Why hasn't he been prosecuted for reckless child endangerment and negligent discharge of a firearm, as would you or I be, save for the fact that we're not dumb, incompetent and irresponsible enough to pull such a bone-headed move?
Who's the jihadi in the ski mask? Dont'cha feel safer knowing guys like him are kicking in doors across the land?
And why is there an investigation to determine who "leaked" what is being described as a "home video"?
Maybe the'yre afraid someone has discovered the location of their secret clubhouse.
Saturday, March 19, 2005
Warning: This is NOT Authorized Commentary
Jed at FreedomSight discusses the issue of bloggers protecting confidential sources.
Lauren Gelman is asking for instances where bloggers have broken stories. One that immediately comes to mind is JPFO's exposing how BATFU almost destroyed a man's life through incompetence--in other words, performing a watchdog role in the protection of individuals from abuse by government. If that isn't the role of the press, I don't know what is. Now tell me you would have seen that in the NY Times.
I'm glad to see others raising the flag on this. See "Bloggers: Have You Applied for Your Reporting License?" and "Judge Creates Special Class of Journalist--Just Because He Says So".
I suppose if judges can tell us who a journalist is, it's not a far stretch to imagine they can dictate what qualifies as news.
But I believe our friend Mr. Garrison might have something to say to them about that.
Lauren Gelman is asking for instances where bloggers have broken stories. One that immediately comes to mind is JPFO's exposing how BATFU almost destroyed a man's life through incompetence--in other words, performing a watchdog role in the protection of individuals from abuse by government. If that isn't the role of the press, I don't know what is. Now tell me you would have seen that in the NY Times.
I'm glad to see others raising the flag on this. See "Bloggers: Have You Applied for Your Reporting License?" and "Judge Creates Special Class of Journalist--Just Because He Says So".
I suppose if judges can tell us who a journalist is, it's not a far stretch to imagine they can dictate what qualifies as news.
But I believe our friend Mr. Garrison might have something to say to them about that.
"IIIIII WAAAAAAA!!!"
"An attorney for Terri Schiavo said the severely brain-injured woman cried and yelled out that she wants to live after being told today her life-sustaining feeding tube was about to be removed by court order."
Anyone want to bet Michael orders an immediate cremation?
After all, a body would allow for a later medical examination.
But I’m sure those reports about unexplained bone fractures are just desperate hype from a bunch of religious extremists, right?
I mean, otherwise, the pro-death Establishment media that generates 26,800 Google hits on the term "Terri Schiavo" coma (even though she's not in one) would certainly be investigating Michael as thoroughly as they have OJ, Scott Peterson and Robert Blake. Wouldn’t they?
After all—he’s turned down money to walk away. What possible motive could he have, other than a deep and loving commitment to the woman he abandoned?
The parents have given the "law" every opportunity and it has failed them. There comes a time when sovereign individuals must defy edicts.
If this was my kid being tortured to death, I'd go in and get her.
Anyone want to bet Michael orders an immediate cremation?
After all, a body would allow for a later medical examination.
But I’m sure those reports about unexplained bone fractures are just desperate hype from a bunch of religious extremists, right?
I mean, otherwise, the pro-death Establishment media that generates 26,800 Google hits on the term "Terri Schiavo" coma (even though she's not in one) would certainly be investigating Michael as thoroughly as they have OJ, Scott Peterson and Robert Blake. Wouldn’t they?
After all—he’s turned down money to walk away. What possible motive could he have, other than a deep and loving commitment to the woman he abandoned?
The parents have given the "law" every opportunity and it has failed them. There comes a time when sovereign individuals must defy edicts.
If this was my kid being tortured to death, I'd go in and get her.
Smart Guns Don't Always Make the Grade
There’s an understatement. “Smart guns” never make the grade.
The original National Institute of Justice grant to Sandia Labs to develop them was specifically justified by “takeaway” incidents where cops were killed with their own gun. But the cops don’t want to have anything to do with them—no surprise there.
"If a weapon is taken from an officer, I personally believe it is primarily a training issue. Most folks seem to try and solve most tactical problems through some sort of hardware improvement without looking at the core system. The human operator should be the primary system to be improved upon. Many departments are dangerously low in their delivery of ongoing advanced officer training. If an officer cannot be trusted to deploy and keep his or her weapon, please don't give them one in the first place!”
That was told to me by former Navy SEAL Ken Good, at the time, director of the SureFire Institute. He is an expert’s expert, providing weapons and tactics training to elite military fighting personnel, civilian law enforcement tactical specialists, and security professionals.
Training certainly seems to be the core issue in this “news report”—one cop killed with his own gun, the other closes his eyes and prays. And if the gun did “backfire,” the training deficiencies quite possibly extend to proper maintenance of issued firearms.
The creepiest line in this story: “Grants also have gone to private gun makers looking into…a gun that reads a rice grain-sized computer chip injected into the owner's hand.”
Who but a pathological government-worshipping Nazi dreams up stuff like this? And who are the industry whores turning tricks for them?
Two other questions to consider:
Has anyone not had the experience of pointing a remote control unit at a TV or garage door and having nothing happen?
And does anyone really think that once “smart guns” are mandated, an edict giving “authoritah” a shutoff switch will be far behind?
The original National Institute of Justice grant to Sandia Labs to develop them was specifically justified by “takeaway” incidents where cops were killed with their own gun. But the cops don’t want to have anything to do with them—no surprise there.
"If a weapon is taken from an officer, I personally believe it is primarily a training issue. Most folks seem to try and solve most tactical problems through some sort of hardware improvement without looking at the core system. The human operator should be the primary system to be improved upon. Many departments are dangerously low in their delivery of ongoing advanced officer training. If an officer cannot be trusted to deploy and keep his or her weapon, please don't give them one in the first place!”
That was told to me by former Navy SEAL Ken Good, at the time, director of the SureFire Institute. He is an expert’s expert, providing weapons and tactics training to elite military fighting personnel, civilian law enforcement tactical specialists, and security professionals.
Training certainly seems to be the core issue in this “news report”—one cop killed with his own gun, the other closes his eyes and prays. And if the gun did “backfire,” the training deficiencies quite possibly extend to proper maintenance of issued firearms.
The creepiest line in this story: “Grants also have gone to private gun makers looking into…a gun that reads a rice grain-sized computer chip injected into the owner's hand.”
Who but a pathological government-worshipping Nazi dreams up stuff like this? And who are the industry whores turning tricks for them?
Two other questions to consider:
Has anyone not had the experience of pointing a remote control unit at a TV or garage door and having nothing happen?
And does anyone really think that once “smart guns” are mandated, an edict giving “authoritah” a shutoff switch will be far behind?
Friday, March 18, 2005
Justice Department: Gun Violence Falls 63%
There are definitely some politically incorrect conclusions that could—and should—be drawn from this. We can’t fix thing unless we’re willing to accept the truth. But before jumping on the “Firearms Violence 200% Higher for Blacks Than For Whites" bandwagon, let's not lose sight of our understanding that unalienable rights are attributes of individuals, not of groups.
The most interesting comment I saw in this was also the most predictable: "The government study received minimal if any mainstream media attention."
No, duh.
Conspicuously absent from the study are two other problematic factoids for the antis:
There is no mention of defensive gun use.
There are more guns in circulation now than at the start of the study period. If guns were truly responsible for violent crime, such a reduction would be impossible.
Any thesis suggesting otherwise deserves to be ridiculed as the barbaric superstition that it is.
The most interesting comment I saw in this was also the most predictable: "The government study received minimal if any mainstream media attention."
No, duh.
Conspicuously absent from the study are two other problematic factoids for the antis:
There is no mention of defensive gun use.
There are more guns in circulation now than at the start of the study period. If guns were truly responsible for violent crime, such a reduction would be impossible.
Any thesis suggesting otherwise deserves to be ridiculed as the barbaric superstition that it is.
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