2nd Amendment Carnival

Free Constitution is hosting "the second edition of the 2nd Amendment Blog Carnival!"

Unprincipled Statist...Uh...Principled Statesman Endorsed By Brady Campaign

Senator Michael DeWine of Ohio today became the first Senate candidate of the 2006 election season to get the endorsement of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, the nation's leading gun violence prevention organization.

Bradys win either way on this: If outraged gun owners ignore GOP Kool-Aid dispenser Hugh Hewitt and withhold support from DeWine, an equally bad potentially balance-tipping democrat will win a senate seat. If not, they've still got a GOA and NRA "F-rated" traitor in office.

AHSA Subversives: Forget Our Past and Trust Us

Robert Ricker wants people to take a close look at him and not be afraid.

Don't worry, Bob. We're not afraid. The overwhelming emotion is disgust.

They ask that you overlook their past associations and listen to their message.

Right. Forget all their past and current actions aimed at subverting the right to keep and bear arms and just trust them.

Care to back that turnip truck up so we can climb back on and fall off properly?

"For Mary's Sake"? Oh, For Pete's Sake!

For 12 years, I fought lawlessness as DCI Jane Tennison in the television series Prime Suspect. The crimes I solved on television were sometimes horrific, but I have since discovered that they can pale in comparison with the real-life horrors faced by millions of ordinary people when guns are easily available and fall into the wrong hands.

Newsflash, you clueless moonbat: You never "fought lawlessness." You never "solved" any "crimes."

That was all play acting.

Why someone who can't tell the difference between that and reality should have a voice in serious matters is beyond me.

We're the Only Ones Pointed Enough

A Warren police sergeant is facing charges that he pointed a gun on a colleague.

Let me prove the lie to the adage "There are no stupid questions":

If one of us pointed a gun at one of The Only Ones, what are the chances we'd now be "on paid administrative leave"?

We're the Only Ones Untrained Enough

The New South Wales Opposition is calling on the Government to extend a deadline for police gun training to prevent hundreds of detectives being removed from frontline duties.

On the bright side, that ought to ensure a steady supply of fresh Only Ones posts...

Josh Sugarmann Wets Self and Cries Over Non-Issue

So in case you wanted to know what the top model of gun traced to crime in America is... Or how many assault weapons are traced to crimes... Or what Southern state supplies the highest volume of crime guns used in urban areas... Or what types of guns kids are carrying... Forget about it.

Hey Josh, there's no law prohibiting sharing data on criminals.

You just want to be able to selectively sue and incrementally ban under the fraudulent "weapons of choice" subterfuge.

This Day in History: June 25

On this day in 1745, future Patriot physician and U.S. Treasurer Thomas Tudor Tucker is born to a prominent family in Port Royal, Bermuda.

We're the Only Ones Subversive Enough

The Subversive has a pretty good summary of those blogs maintaining their own "Only Ones" features, and has started one of his own.

Be nice to see this grow even more.

We're the Only Ones Criminally Incompetent Enough

Witnesses say a sheriff's deputy in Washington State is distraught after she shot a man in a tree.

The deputy apparently meant to fire a Taser but grabbed the wrong weapon.

The Taser, manufactured by Taser International of Scottsdale, is similar in shape to the compact .40-caliber gun the deputy carried.

Good Lord, how stupid and irresponsible can someone be?

I noticed many news outlets were carrying this story and they all had one glaring common deficiency, explained by our good friends at the WaPo:

The deputy, a five-year veteran of the force whose name was not released...

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This Day in History: June 24

On this day in 1803, Matthew Thornton, one of New Hampshire’s delegates to the second Continental Congress and an ex post facto signer of the Declaration of Independence, dies at age 89 while visiting his daughter in Newburyport, Massachusetts.

The Assumption

Armed police have stormed a family's home after spotting a teenage son playing with a toy gun in his bedroom.

Officers had staked out the home of solicitor John Trimbos before smashing down the door of his Victorian mansion flat in Belsize Park, north London.

The police were tipped off by someone staying in a nearby hotel...

Mr Trimbos, his wife, Lucy, and their two sons, Olly and seven-year-old Felix, had just finished their family dinner when the firearms officers burst through their front door.

He and and his eldest son were handcuffed and taken outside for an hour while police searched their flat - finding only the plastic pellet-firing toy replica.

The assumption is the people are the enemy.

And I'm sure the enuretic snitch feels indignantly justified.

We're the Only Ones Craven Enough

Three Chicago Police officers ran away when a fellow officer was struggling for his life with an armed man in a Dominick's store on the South Side, officials said Wednesday.

But the tyrant Daley expects his subjects to be defenseless (hell, his CAGE unit enforces that) under the lie that such as these will protect them.

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[Thanks to Bounty Hunter]
[Courage the Cowardly Dog. TM & © 1999 Cartoon Network. A Time Warner Co. All Rights Reserved.]

We're the On...Gimme the Damn Keys!

A Boston police officer sent a .40-caliber round speeding through the hip of a fellow officer early yesterday morning in West Roxbury as the two argued over whether he was sober enough to drive...

Maybe Mayor Menino can figure out where he got the gun, and join forces with Mike Bloomberg to sue the supplier...

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[Thanks to 1894C]

We're the Only Ones Frozen Enough

A Toronto police officer did not draw his weapon when he saw Jeffrey Reodica swing at him with a knife because he "froze up" just moments before the teen was fatally shot by his partner, a coroner's inquest heard yesterday.

So how will The Only Ones save us if they're too paralyzed by headlights to even save themselves?

Before the Cock Crows

Assembly hopeful Joel Tyner has accused incumbent Assemblyman Joel Miller of telling an "outrageous falsehood" when he denied receiving money from the National Rifle Association.

I'm still waiting for a politician with the stones to publicly and angrily scourge an opponent for daring to infringe on the right to keep and bear arms--and to educate their constituency on what that right means. Instead, most of these weasels take the money but then try to hush it up and hide it from the general populace.

Yeah, we see a few who go to banquets and pose with shotguns and orange vests, and equate the Second Amendment with "our hunting heritage" and the like, but I want to see someone eager and unafraid--in front of the cameras--to growl back "Go visit Dachau and then come back and tell us about 'gun control."*

And then launch into a powerful, educational and passionate advocacy of why an armed, informed and involved citizenry is the ultimate guarantor of freedom.

I have this fantasy of a president doing a televised "fireside chat" on individual rights, and turning it into a weekly address. Good Lord, can I still be that naive?

* I heard this line from former Citizens of America colleague Jim Houck.

Dave's Not Here

A minor affectation on my part:

Dave's not here.

I am "David."

If you're my wife or one of my sisters, you can call me "Davy."

This Day in History: June 23

On this day in 1776, off the coast of Charleston, South Carolina, British Commodore Sir Peter Parker notifies General Henry Clinton that he will land on the South Carolina mainland the next day on the flood tide, if the wind blows from the south.

Bob Confer Responds

You've opened my mind and given me understanding of assualt rifles. You've clarified the issue for me greatly and eliminated the grey area I had with this issue.

So does this mean you're going to publicly correct the record with your readership after telling them such firearms are "justifiably maligned"?

Bill Schneider Responds

Yesterday, I posted about an outdoors writer allowing himself to be courted by the American Hunters and Shooters Association. He replied to the numerous comments on the New West website:

Guns sure are a touchy subject, and I suppose I should follow up this article...Yes, we can't hunt without guns, but likewise, we can't hunt without game...

It sounds like he still puts "sport" on one side of the scales and "rights" on the other, as if they somehow have comparable weight. Besides, it's a false alternative to claim you can't have both. Freedom produces more...