Guess Who's Not Allowed to Own a Gun?

Hint: It's not the guy with the whip.



Did you know that the first gun control laws passed in this country were designed to keep slaves from protecting themselves? After all, you don't chain, lash or sell a person who has the power to prevent it.

After the Civil War, more laws were enacted to keep the newly- "emancipated" from owning guns. And with the wave of non-Anglo immigrations which took place thereafter, a host of additional gun control laws were passed.

Have things really changed in modern multi-cultural America? Why is it that the strictest laws preventing people from having the means to defend themselves are targeted at those communities where minority populations are greatest?

The shameful history of gun control is one of institutionalized subjugation and exploitation of the powerless by the elites. If we are truly a free nation, shouldn't we end such barbaric and racist
practices once and for all?

Image from: “The Atlantic Slave Trade and Life in the Americas”
Source: Edmund Ollier, “Cassell's History of the United States” (London, 1874-77), Vol. 2, p. 493

[Adapted from my poster that originally appeared on GunTruths.com]

French Fried Guns

Youngstown, Ohio, that bastion of official propriety with a crime rate dwarfing the national average, has decided a great way to keep weapons "off the street" is to melt them.

They took "about 2,600 guns" to V&M Tubes and loaded them into a blast furnace. Not included in the meltdown, understandably, are "2,000 still being held as evidence," but what's up with the "1000 confiscated in DRUG cases"?

I've always believed that you couldn't find a better definition of "fascism" than the catchy gov-speak phrase "public/private partnership," and am always curious about the type of capitalist eager to sell ropes to the collectivists--you know, the guys developing engine shut-off switches and "smart guns," or the ones who make their furnaces available for gun meltdowns.

So what's with V&M Tubes?

Well, for starters, they're French...

Crime Up, Down, All Around Across the Pond

It All Depends on Who's Doing the Talking

Recorded crime fell 5%

Violent crime is up 9%.

Tony Blair pledges a 15% violent crime decrease in 3 years.

Firearms crimes rose 10%.

Reported residential burglaries fell 17%. Reported vehicle thefts fell 16%.

Except the Labour Party uses a survey instead of reports, and it says crime is down 11%, and violent crime has dropped by 10%.

“The survey suggested the risk of being a victim of crime was 24%, the lowest since 1981.”

That must be why Labour has also “suggested” a “Violent Crime Reduction Bill”—and because there are no more real guns to ban, they’re going after replicas. And knives.

That ought to reduce all that crime that they say is at its lowest point in 24 years.

Except the Conservative party is saying crime has risen 15% since 1998. Isn't that the same period when many of the sweeping gun bans occurred? Let's see, Dunblane was in '96...

But Labour counters that "crime has fallen by 30% since they came to power in 1997." That must be why he wants to increase "the number of community support officers from 4,000 to 24,000 by 2008."

Enter the Liberal Democrats who "criticised the Labour pledge, saying the 15% reduction was to be measured against out of date figures, from which crime had already fallen 5% - and thus was only a pledge to cut crime by 10%."

Then there's the charge that for every officer Blair puts on the streets, he puts another 4 in offices.

Just to keep things legitimate and scientific, BBC presents us with a graph.

The red line is what people say. They don't say who the people are, where they live, how old they are, how big the survey sample is, how many were asked, what they were asked, if there were different interviews, etc. But it's clear people are saying there's more crime than the black line indicates, which are incidents actually reported to police.

But then you have to factor in the dotted vertical lines: "Change in Home Office counting rules in 1998/9" and "New crime recording standard imposed in 2002."

There's one more factor not reported in any of this. From Howard Nemerov's interview of Professor Joyce Lee Malcolm:

"The police actually under-report murder rates, because if the court reduces the sentence, the police subtract that case from murder totals. Even so, murder has risen dramatically since the gun ban went into effect."

Does anybody besides me feel like they're watching a Monty Python skit about "Accountancy" unfold?

Armed Robber Picks Wrong Victim-UPDATED

Doubts have been raised about whether this video is real. Until such time as I can verify it, I have removed it from this site.

Since When Do “Animals” Have Rights?

“In Haig's presence, Kissinger referred pointedly to military men as ‘dumb, stupid animals to be used’ as pawns for foreign policy.”
--Woodward and Bernstein The Final Days in chapter 14

While not Second Amendment-related, I’ve been asked by Leigh Wise to pass along information about how current law “denies military members and their families equal protection and justice…to seek final redress for wrongful actions taken upon them while serving.

“The shameful law is called the Feres Doctrine, named after the young Lt. Rudolph Feres, who died in a barracks fire caused by the negligence of the Army. This doctrine bars constitutional redress of wrongful acts or omissions resulting in injury or death arising from non-legitimate military necessity, purpose, or decisions,” Wise says.

As I understand it, regular courts wash their hands of such matters "in the absence of express congressional command." In other words, Catch-22.

Wise is asking people to help get this information into the public consciousness, and also to contact their senators, as well as Arlen Specter, who chairs the Judiciary Committee.

You can get more information from Veterans Equal Rights Protection Advocacy, Inc. (VERPA) .

At Least He's Consistent

"No wonder the high court has avoided a Second Amendment case...[they] have enough critics these days without taking on the gun nuts."
―James J. Kilpatrick

"The courts exist to decide cases and controversies, not to avoid them."
―James J. Kilpatrick

Stacking the Deck

David Hardy gives us an overview of the machinations behind selecting a law review panel to give you the results you want.

April 19: “Enforce Existing Gun Laws” Commemoration Day

“For years NRA has said that the best way to fight illegal gun use is to enforce the laws already on the books.” To their delight, even the Progressive Policy Institute agrees, and they apparently view that as a source of bragging rights.

In commemoration of April 19, WarOnGuns presents two historical examples of the government enforcing existing gun laws.


The government "enforcing existing gun laws."--April 19, 1775


The government "enforcing existing gun laws."--April 19, 1993

A question for Wayne LaPierre: Would you please point out the section(s) in this document delegating authority to the government to comply with your urgings?

Fellenzer Stirs Up "Controversy" at Virginia Tech

Nicki?

Controversy?

Naaaah!

In a rational world, the controversy would be that there is any controversy.

Air Liberty

The Liberty Belles have a new radio spot that will air on The Terry Anderson Show, Sunday at 9:00 PM PST. Click here for details.

Los Angeles County Lincoln Club: The New Judenrat

I just got done taking a supposedly “pro-gun” Republican to task for supporting Jim Hahn for Mayor of Los Angeles.

Enter Linda Boyd, Chairman of the Los Angeles County Republican Party, who says in an email:

“While the Republican Party of Los Angeles County is taking no official position on this race, we as leaders are very concerned about the prospect of militant left-winger Antonio Villaraigosa becoming Mayor of Los Angeles.

“This newsletter from the Los Angeles County Lincoln Clubs provides some information on the race.”

The newsletter states in part:

“In an unprecedented and historic action, the Los Angeles County Lincoln Clubs Board of Governors endorsed Democrat Los Angeles Mayor James Hahn on April 5, 2005 for reelection. The Lincoln Clubs had never previously endorsed a Democrat in their twenty-six year history.”

What, they want us to believe Hahn isn’t a “militant left-winger”? And Linda Boyd thinks denying her specific endorsement, while passing along that of a group she has close ties to, gives her plausible deniability?

As long as we continue to accept evil-based choice making, we will continue to be manipulated into surrender. Linda Boyd and the Democrat wing of the Republican party can go lead themselves. If they truly represent the leadership of the Republican party, they deserve their pathetic minority status in LA. That it’s courtesy of their “leaders’” lack of fundamental line-in-the-sand principles escapes them, I’m sure.

Hahn is an anti-gun socialist. Yeah, I know Villaraigosa is, too. But it makes no difference as far as I’m concerned. The proper response to a tyrant is defiance. We’ll never see that point reached by Linda Boyd and the cowardly house slaves of the Lincoln Club. We have NO choice in this election—Tyrant A or Tyrant B. Broken arm or broken leg. Good Lord, how could any moral person impose either one of these criminals on another human being?

Perhaps the Lincoln Club ought to change their “Board of Governors” banner header to read “Judenrat”—willing to appease at any cost, instead of leading their people in resistance.

Point to one instance in history where people have gained their freedom through base compromise and abandonment of principles. Follow this crop of capitulating losers at your peril.

Hey, Everybody! Let's Point and Laugh at Deborah Mathis!

“I belong in a special category because the gun control I propose would be total and absolute. Under my plan, the number of Americans with legal possession of guns would be reduced to a few thousand, if that.

“The truth is, I despise the guns and, increasingly, the people who defend their accessibility."

Start off your morning with a hate-filled and moronic rant. Naturally, Deborah Mathis throws the race card into the mix (if she didn't, she just wouldn't be Debbie!), blaming everyone and every thing but the responsible individuals.

Continue being a slave, you wretched woman. Oh, and molon labe. What I said to Sallie goes double for you.

Sunday Sermon

Unalienable Rights are just that.

Sons Uday and Qusay had the time of their lives creating messages at each others' expense last night.

The Church Sign Generator provides hours of mindless fun!

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night...

Follow-up to "The Last Gun Shop"

Per Dave Polaschek:

"Stopped by KGS yesterday. They have filed an appeal with the Zoning Board of Adjustment in Minneapolis, and have an extension of their deadline until May 19, 2005, when a hearing will be held downtown. The public hearing will be at 2pm on May 19, 2005 in City Hall. Room 220CH. This buys them another month, and in that month, they’re planning to file in state court, as well."

Good for them. They're fighting for their life and won't give up or go down easy. That's essentially a microcosm of the struggle to salvage the Bill of Rights.

I do note times are tough for them financially, and they're selling mugs (hey, those ought to become collector's items). I also note their plea to get the major gun groups involved.

What, they're not? Not even with statements of support?

NRA Maintains the Tradition

Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss. [More]

More status quo from National Rifle Control, Inc., aka the LaPierre Center to Prevent Gun Violence:

"Shortly after the Minnesota school shootings, [NRA president-elect Sandra Froman] said, 'I'm not saying that that means every teacher should have a gun or not, but what I am saying is we need to look at all the options at what will truly protect the students.'

"NRA Chief Executive Officer Wayne LaPierre clarified the following week that the NRA is not advocating arming teachers and supports the federal law that bars most guns from schools.

"On Tuesday, Froman seemed to retreat from her initial comments.

"'The only people that ought to have firearms in the schools are law enforcement and trained security personnel,' she said."

Well, we knew that was coming.

Coincidence? We Don't Think So.

On Wednesday, I posted "Hysteria on the Homefront."

Within two days, and to their credit, Science & Spirit deleted the sentence about "child" gun deaths.

Special thanks to my buddy and specialized headgear joint venture partner (sorry, it's an inside joke and I ain't sharing it) Uncle Tom for engineering that outcome by forwarding the War On Guns link along with some relevant CDC stats to the S&S editor.

Hardyville Taxes the Taxman

Claire Wolfe treats us to another masterpiece. As with all consummate pros, her style makes the painstaking labor, skill and training needed to produce such compositions seem effortless.

In a rational world, genius would be rewarded with widespread patronage.

Tribune Co. to Show Circ Losses; 'L.A. Times' Down More than 5.5%

The civilian disarmament propagandists at The Los Angeles Times are losing readers.

Awwwww.

To The Men Of England

Percy Bysse Shelley had the timeless nature of government and governed pegged:

The seed ye sow another reaps;
The wealth ye find another keeps;
The robes ye weave another wears;
The arms ye forge another bears.

Sow seed, -- but let no tyrant reap;
Find wealth, -- let no imposter heap;
Weave robes, -- let not the idle wear;
Forge arms, in your defence to bear.

It may be too late for the men of England. Is it too late for us?

Read the complete poem here.

"O, what a tangled web we weave...

...when first we practise to deceive!" (Walter Scott)

From Frederick P. Blume, Jr.:

"Follow this link, let the applet load, and see the connections. This is an incredible job of connecting - with neural netware - the various groups that are working in concert to undo the United States of America. The folks at DISCOVERTHENETWORK.ORG have done a spectacular job and you should see what they've done."