We're the Only Ones Off-Road Enough

A town police officer's stolen sport utility vehicle was recovered yesterday morning in Jersey City - minus the loaded 9 mm pistol he had under the front seat, police said.

Practicing "safe storage," I see...

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Bloomberg Fraud Continues to Unravel

Farmer said improper sales, such as the ones that the undercover agents pulled off, happen frequently. If the buyer can produce valid identification, passes a background check and takes legal responsibility for the gun, the sale will go through, he said.

"It's the same scenario repeated many, many, many times," Farmer said. "Husbands buy guns for their wives, boyfriends buy for their girlfriends, fathers buy for their daughters."

This is pretty much what I expected to find: No crimes are being committed by the gun dealer's targeted in Bloomberg's "sting"--only routine procedures followed when one person gives another the gift of a gun.

Here's another account from a pawn shop in South Carolina:

The woman filled out papers registering the sale and signed a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives declaration saying she was the buyer and buying for someone else, he said.

Men routinely advise women on what guns to buy, Mickalis said, adding "I think they were specifically sent here to create a lawsuit."

It appears these dealers were following the book to conduct a legal sale in both instances. It wouldn't surprise me to find this chain of events repeat itself in all 15 of the instances Bloomberg would have us believe resulted in "illegal gun sales," where dealers knew the purchasers "would turn the weapons over to criminals."

Is someone intentionally lying here?

If any lawbreaking has occurred, it appears to have been within the Bloomberg "sting team" camp.

Was the federal gun purchase form falsified?

Were the "agents," that is, private investigators, that is, private citizens with no special privileges and immunities, residents of the states in which they made their purchases? If not, is this a violation of GCA '68, which prohibits, among other things, unlicensed individuals from acquiring handguns outside their state of residence?

Surprise, Surprise...

A congressman under investigation for bribery was caught on videotape accepting $100,000 in $100 bills from an FBI informant whose conversations with the lawmaker also were recorded, according to a court document released Sunday. Agents later found the cash hidden in his freezer.

At one audiotaped meeting, Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., chuckles about writing in code to keep secret what the government contends was his corrupt role in getting his children a cut of a communications company's deal for work in Africa.

I have a hard time believing a Louisiana politician would ever involve himself in anything not on the up and up.

Just for yucks, whenever anything like this comes up, I like to check where these folks stand on RKBA. Here's Jefferson's GOA rating:


Nobody's surprised, I trust...

It's All About Headlines

Instead, the headline-hunting Bloomberg launched a civil lawsuit in what should be, if he is to be believed, a criminal action.

There's a reason for that. The private investigators New York hired to conduct this sting must have made deliberately false statements on federal firearms purchase forms. That's a felony. They should be prosecuted. If Bloomberg sent them to do this, he's an accessory, if not a conspirator.

Church Shooter Finds Defenseless Prey the Easiest Kind

Police on Sunday captured the man who allegedly opened fire and killed four people during services at a Louisiana church and later fatally shot his wife after abducting her and their infant, officials said.

There are some who say guns have no place in churches.

They're the same ones who would be absolutely useless in a situation requiring self defense, but who are nonetheless gearing up for their latest blood dance.

This isn't the first time we've seen church members helpless because they were disarmed and their attacker was not. I'm reminded of Woody Allen's line:

"The lion and the lamb shall lie down together, but the lamb won't get much sleep."

I'm also reminded of a 1747 Philadelphia sermon:

"He that suffers his life to be taken from him by one who has no authority for that purpose, when he might preserve it by defense, incurs the Guilt of self murder since God has enjoined him to seek the continuance of his life, and Nature itself teaches every creature to defend [it]self."

This Day in History: May 22

On this day in 1781, Major General Nathanael Greene and 1,000 Patriots attempt an attack on the critical village of Ninety-Six in the South Carolina backcountry. After failing to seize the fortified settlement, they began a siege of it, which lasted until their retreat on June 18, making it the longest of the War for Independence.

Did Bloomberg's Boobs Screw Up Investigations While Violating Law?

Mayor Bloomberg's decision to hire private investigators to conduct undercover stings at Southern gun shops has potentially jeopardized several criminal cases, law enforcement sources charged.

That's pathetically funny. Still, it misses a key point I have been harping on, but don't expect to see "authorized journalists" even hint at, let alone investigate: If Bloomberg's team broke the law in their publicity stunt, they committed multiple criminal acts for which "ordinary citizens" WOULD HAVE THEIR LIVES DESTROYED if they were caught in just one infraction. If they knowingly did this, it is a criminal conspiracy, with Mikey being the criminal mastermind.

The papers are quick to raise the shrill term "illegal gun purchases," but were they? Were the purchases conducted where it is legal to buy a gun for a relative, in which case this is all just a cheap publicity stunt aimed at ginning up public hysteria, or did someone on the "sting" team actually lie on a federal form? As Project Safe Neighborhoods reminds us:

If you buy a gun for someone else and lie on the federal form about who the gun is for, you have committed a federal crime.

Another New York Daily News "story" tells us:

The city hired the James Mintz Group, a private investigation firm, to conduct sting operations in gun stores in Georgia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Virginia.

And who makes up the James Mintz Group?

[M]ore than twenty-five experienced investigators, including former investigative reporters, federal investigators and prosecutors.

It's not a stretch to conclude they're people who should know better than to break the law.

Jim Mintz himself certainly does. Hell, he can even flowchart the process (if there's ink in it for him). So if he's overseeing the commission of federal "gun felonies", he's doing so with special contempt for the law.

Back to the Daily News:

"Our opponents never tire of telling us that we ought to be going after the people who break the law with guns," Bloomberg said yesterday at City Hall, flanked by Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly and city Corporation Counsel Michael Cardozo. "Well, okay, you ask for something, you got it."

That's what I'm asking for, Mike. Not that I think anyone of the ruling elites or their enforcers will give it to me.

Here's something else I'm asking for: Right now, these questions are relegated to this obscure blog. If you think it's important for gun owners to get honest answers, join me in demanding them.

If you have your own site, investigate it yourself and blog about it. If not, write to "establishment" news outlets and ask them why they're not looking into this. It will only take you a few moments. If you don't, this will be swept under the rug, and Bloomberg and Co. will continue their relentless, freedom-hating assault against ourselves and our posterity.

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This Day in History: May 21

On this day in 1758, 10-year-old Mary Campbell is abducted from her home in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, by Lenape Indians; she becomes an icon of the French and Indian War and backcountry experience.

2A Saturday

Free Constitution does a recap of past Saturdays--and reminds of of next week's carnival.

The "No Guns in Mexico" sign could well be a warning of things to come in this country.

Word, G

A quarrel over a rap performance between the rivaling “Hit Squad” and “Southside Mafia” led up to the park gunfight about a week later that killed 4-year-old Travon Wilson...

See? SEE?

This is why we need "gun control"!

This is why we need to disarm you and me!

That's basically the Brady argument, you know.

"New Cell Phone Guns"

Law enforcement and authorities at government buildings are being warned to be on the lookout for guns disguised as cell phones that are difficult to spot in metal detectors, according to a Local 6 News report. [More]

Thanks to Local6 News for their heads-up reporting on this emerging menace.

What?

The "new cellphone gun" story was reported six years ago?

Well, hey, at least Local 6 reveals to us for the first time that "police officers will become increasingly suspicious."

What do you mean that's not news either?

United 93 Brought Down by Gun Control Laws

At the point when the passengers realized they were on a suicide mission, they quietly asked the flight attendants for help in scrounging knives, hammers, screwdrivers, weapons of any kind, from the galley. Only a true gun rights patriot will recognize this series of fatal events. Thus we all owe it to our families and friends to make them aware of these outcomes. I have not read any mention of this element by any movie reviewer. It completely went by them.

This is the reason why I decided I wasn't going to see this movie. I read reports of theater-goers weeping, and being moved, etc., blah, blah, baaaa.

Good Lord. There would have been no 9/11 if this country wasn't insane with dependency.

It's criminal that the memorable slogan of the day wasn't "Let's rack" instead of "Let's roll".

This Day in History: May 20

On this day in 1778, British forces from Philadelphia attempt to trap 2,200 Continentals defending Valley Forge led by Marquis de Lafayette. Lafayette, through skillful maneuvering, avoids the entrapment and the destruction of his forces. The encounter takes place at Barren Hill, now known as Lafayette Hill, just northwest of Philadelphia.

I'm sure those who sacrificed their all for Liberty would be proud, damned proud, of their beneficiaries.

No?

We're the Only Ones...Hey, Would You Turn That Mike Down? I Can't Hear the Game...

Forrest was wearing a hidden transmitter, but FBI agents posted at a nearby gas station didn't hear the gunshot that struck Forrest in the head, an FBI spokesman said.

Dang. Now we're gonna have to fill out a report...

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We're the Only Ones Snowed Out Enough

A New York City police officer has been indicted on charges that she conspired to steal cocaine from drug stash houses in Manhattan.

Another one of Bloomberg's finest. Just don't lift a finger against her unless you want your "life on the line"...or in this case, "lines".

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Hyenas Killing People in Africa

Marauding hyenas have mauled to death four people and wounded three in the latest attack by the animals roaming the Somali enclave of Somaliland...So brazen have the predators become that local men are sleeping with guns to protect their families...

Sounds like they need "small arms control" courtesy of the hyenas of IANSA...

Oops, She Did it Again...

Immediately after the incident an agitated Spears said, "This is why I need a gun," seemingly referring to having to battle her way through the crowd.

You want to shoot your fans, Britney, the people who made you rich and famous? No wonder you're a vocal public advocate for disarming them.

From "A Judgment Call" (GUNS Magazine, March 2005):

Gun control advocate Britney Spears annulled her quickie Vegas marriage within hours on the grounds that she "lacked understanding of her actions to the extent that she was incapable of agreeing to marriage." Nine months later her understanding had evidently ripened, because, oops, she did it again, marrying a backup dancer who had fathered a two-year-old and a newborn with another woman.

Based on her support of an "Open Letter to the NRA," it is Britney's opinion that a host of additional gun restrictions should be enacted. After all, you may not have the mature judgment to safely possess guns.

Open Inquiry to BATFU: The Bloomberg Conspiracy

Investigators in New York City made illegal gun purchases in five states as part of an undercover investigation...

And again I ask: What is the authority of private individuals from New York to conspire to break, and then actually violate, federal gun purchase laws and the laws of other states?

Where is the investigation? Where are the indictments? Or are only private individuals in Bloomberg's conspiracy shielded from prosecution, whereas "ordinary" private individuals would have their lives destroyed if caught making "illegal gun purchases"?

Are laws actually being broken, or is this just [more] media hyperbole? If they are, how come you're letting them get away with it? And what do you call a system where criminals rule?

Belgians to License Rights

MPs in the Belgian Parliament voted almost unanimously in favour on Thursday night of new tighter gun control laws...

The law will change existing regulations in which any adult with identification can buy a gun over the counter without a permit.

But in future, anyone who wants to buy a weapon will be subject to police screening and will need to obtain a gun licence first.

Passage of the legislation through parliament was accelerated after a double murder in Antwerp last week...

One animal goes nuts and the "solution" is to harass all who controlled themselves.

This Day in History: May 19

On this day in 1795, Josiah Bartlett, a New Hampshire Patriot and signatory of the Declaration of Independence who also served as the state’s governor and Supreme Court chief justice, dies. Over 200 years later, writer Aaron Sorkin resurrected the name Josiah Bartlet [sic] as a former New Hampshire governor and current Democratic president of the United States, played by Martin Sheen, in an award-winning television series, The West Wing.

And we all know how aligned with founding principles Martin Sheen, Aaron Sorkin and The Left Wing are...