Saturday, October 01, 2005

Fake Gun Registry Ran With Ottawa's Knowledge, Eh?

Here's the latest in the Canadian gun registration fiasco. Seems the government got its knickers in a wad over this:

A website that generated fake Canadian gun registrations continued to operate for more than a year after federal officials tried to shut it down.

A file from the website, registered in the United States, allowed visitors to fill in and print reproductions of Canadian firearms registration certificates.
[snip]
Under gun type, the drop-down menu included “nail gun,” “hair dryer,” and “pointy stick.”

The hosers got upset over that? Sure hope I don't get in trouble with this, eh?

Compass Changes Direction

I'm glad I'm not the only one who comes up with crappy headlines.

How Very...Uhh... Orwellian

George Orwell, author and lifelong socialist, entered into a tax avoidance scheme on his deathbed as money began to flood in from the success of his final two books, Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four.

Aspiring New Orleans Cop Supports RKBA!

I have just finished reading the article entitled "What's Wrong With Gun Laws'' in the August issue of GUNS. Congratulations to Policeman "X" for one of the finest articles I have ever read. I am a member of National Rifle Association and seriously considering becoming a police officer of this city and this subject concerns me closely. I have and always will be a firm adversary of any legislation that takes any right from the average and honest citizen to keep and bear arms. I have always believed that if many of the restrictions on the purchase of handguns were lifted, there would be far less crime in this city than there is today.
Henry McKinell
New Orleans, Louisiana

Just one thing--this letter appeared in the Oct. 1955 issue of GUNS Magazine.

Download an issue for yourself. It's fun, it's informative and it's free.

About Those Bush Judicial Appointments

A federal District Court Judge has ruled that the privacy rights of illegal aliens convicted of heinous crimes in this country are more important than the public’s right to know if the government is properly enforcing a key immigration law.

Amazing as the ruling itself may be, what is even more stunning is the fact that U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Judge Richard J. Leon was affirming the Bush administration’s position in the case. President Bush nominated Leon in 2001 and the Senate confirmed him in February 2002.

It's not stunning to me at all. It's part of a pattern I have come to expect. Just like with another one of Bush's nominees, Reggie Walton, who ruled the Second Amendment a collective, rather than an individual right.

Which brings to mind a favorite quote by a pal of mine:
We've been conned. Bare-ass naked in the town square conned.--Steiger

Pergunta Stupid*

"The [drug] dealers watch out for everyone in the neighborhood 24 hours a day, doing what the police don't," said do Espirito Santo, 43. "People here fear the police and their guns more than they do the dealers."

The inverted realities of Brazil's poorest neighborhoods have added complexity to the debate about gun control, but later this month every citizen from 18 to 70 will confront a clear, yes-no question: Should the sale of all types of guns and ammunition be banned nationwide for everyone except the police and military?

* "Stupid Question" in Portugese

Man Bites Hurricane

The failure in New Orleans was a failure of character.

[Thanks to Lee McGee]

Friday, September 30, 2005

On the Schumer/Feinstein CCWs

Jim Kouri of the National Association of Chiefs of Police writes:

At the same time, there are outspoken opponents of gun ownership, such as Senators Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Diane Feinstein (D-CA), who are carrying concealed weapons, according to WABC Radio's Mark Levin.

Naturally, I'm trying to track down as much information as I can about these claims, including who the permit-issuing authorities are.

I called Landmark Legal Foundation, which Mr. Levin heads, and spoke with Eric Christensen. Mr. Christensen called Mr. Levin and then called me back, telling me the information for Sen. Feinstein came from Wikipedia/Answers.com, and the Schumer information "was from a cop from New Jersey who called in to Mark's show."

I let Mr. Christensen know that any further information that becomes known on this will be appreciated, and will keep my eyes and ears open. I'll try to track down that Wikipedia link later today. If somebody gets to it sooner, please let me know.

UPDATE:

The Feinstein Wikipedia link, which doesn't appear to address this, is here, and the Answers.com link, which does, is here. The Feinstein information has been around for some time--I don't know if it is still current--I've also read claims that she now has a US Marshal's badge allowing her to carry anywhere, but only bring it up because it's on topic, not because I can prove it.

Bottom line--if these claims are true, there's not much specificity to them, and the tracks have been covered well, at least beyond my limited ability to investigate.

Well THIS Would Explain Quite a Bit

The NOPD may have padded the payroll.

[via SayUncle]

What the Hell is Wrong With People?

Some northwest Louisiana gun shops saw an increase in sales in the weeks following Hurricane Katrina and owners attribute it to New Orleans area residents planning to return home.

I just don't get it. Talk about making a bad situation worse! Don't they know that guns cause violence? Only the police are professional enough to carry guns, and they will give you all the protection you need.

No?

"We Want Your Visit to be Safe and Positive"

The propaganda the Bradys are disseminating at Florida airports to scare off tourists really does show how sick these people are.

Here's their main handout, urging visitors to "take sensible precautions" while promulgating their deranged fantasy that life's setbacks prompt normal people to respond with lethal force.

Another handout, "The Brady Backgrounder," says Florida is "LICENSING AND IMMUNIZING PARANOID VIOLENCE."

To prove their point, the following scenario is posited:

Imagine, if you will, the times in your life when you’ve been afraid of another human being: A motorist who threatened you on the highway, a group of teenagers who threatened you on a street corner, a homeless man who harassed you and called you names for refusing to give him spare change, a drunk in a bar who tries to pick a fight.

Now imagine that you killed all those people. Imagine that everyone killed all the people that ever gave them a nervous adrenalin rush.

Good Lord. That has to be one of the sicker fantasies I've seen. Whoever came up with it could use a mental health professional to get to the root of their neurotic distrust. And they call us paranoid?

Perhaps it would be helpful to remind visitors that being armed really does deter crime--as evidenced by all those tourists targeted a few years back because Florida citizens were--which influenced the predators to seek out easier prey.

Thursday, September 29, 2005

Debatable -- Should You Have the Right to Carry a Gun?

It's not debatable at all. I have that right. No one else has any legitimate say in the matter.

But this is the kind of nonsense we've come to expect from Racine's Green Party Alderman Pete Karas, who is organizing a demonstration demanding his constituents be disarmed under force of arms--and he no doubt will have a gaggle of ninnies with him bleating in agreement.

Karas is the same anti-defense fanatic who doesn't want the cops handing out Eddie Eagle coloring books to kids because "by making kids aware of guns ... they may, in essence, be harming children, especially those who are contemplating juvenile suicide or juvenile homicide."

Rational guy, eh? What must that say of his constituents? Maybe anyone who voted for him is too dumb to be trusted with weapons.

Inmate Found Carrying Gun in Courthouse

[T]he county jail inmate and convicted felon hid a .38-caliber snub-nosed revolver with hollow-point bullets, the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office said...

"We're still investigating how he got the gun," Sheriff's Office spokesman Lt. Chuck Lesaltato said. "We're looking at the whole thing from the time he was arrested to the time he was arrested at the courthouse."

Government "authorities" are at it again, with the same non-proprietary competence we've all come to expect.

How does the cliché go? When guns are outlawed...

And it's not like finding someone in custody with a firearm hasn't happened before [warning--graphic video].

And before.

And before...

Desperate Bradys Resort to Insults

The Brady Center will be protesting Florida's new self defense law.

In a flier the group plans to pass out at Miami International Airport and possibly Orlando International Airport, tourists will be admonished to take precautions that include: "Do not argue unnecessarily with local people."

Can you believe the nerve? Trying to make people think Floridians are violent hotheads who will shoot people over disagreements?

These liars have been waving red flags at gun owners for years. Yet the instances of violence and criminality we see all seem to come from the anti-defense zealots--not from armed Bill of Rights advocates.

I can think of a few creative and funny ways to (peaceably) monkeywrench these dolts--but I have a feeling they're going to make fools of themselves just fine without any outside help at all.

Wednesday, September 28, 2005

Miers to Replace O'Connor?

Will Harriet Miers be Bush's pick for the Supreme Court?

God, I hope not.

She's a big proponent of "Project Safe Neighborhoods", so we know where she stands on "shall not be infringed."

Shoulder-to-shoulder with other supporters of the federal gun control program.

A Temporary Delay

House Majority Leader Tom Delay has temporarily stepped down from the leadership position following his indictment by a Texas grand jury on campaign finance conspiracy charges.

Rep. Roy Blunt of Missouri, the current Republican whip, will temporarily fill the leadership position.

This should not change much for gun owners. Delay has an A rating and Blunt has an A- rating from GOA.

Government Gun Control

The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is joining the investigation of a state-run gun museum in Claremore... three cannons and about six-thousand guns are missing from the museum. Officials have said one gun from the museum was found at a crime scene in New York and another was found in Maine.

Sometimes I think if we just let the incompetent boobs run everything without opposition, we might actually end up with more freedom.

Homeowner Buys Gun After His Home Was Robbed In Montgomery

I guess it's better late than never.

Can you imagine watching intruders break into your home--and being helpless to protect your family?

I wonder if he's been sufficiently awakened to start helping in the fight to preserve rkba that's been going on while he slumbered?

The Braindead Tree

To some, who played cops and robbers and cowboys and Indians by the hour in their youth, this zero tolerance could seem like overreacting, but times are different now. An aggressive approach against weapons in school, real or toy, is a necessity in this age of violence.

More manipulated nonsense from those in charge. What are the chances inmates raised under this level of hysteria will grow into free citizens--jealous of their heritage of liberty and prepared to defend it?

What, the IRA HASN'T Disarmed?

"The more spotlight is put on this, the more we discover there is a cover-up.

"Part of the weapons that should have been decommissioned have disappeared and security forces admit they are probably in the hands of dissidents."

What a surprise.

Who could have imagined this might happen?