Thanks for Doing the Heavy Lifting

45superman just saved me from having to spend time commenting on a Milwaukee enuretic.

Good job.

New WarOnGuns Poll: Snuffing Snuffy

I'd hoped to do a follow-up this week to the previous poll that asked how much money WarOnGuns visitors donated to pro-gun groups. This time, I was going to focus on how much time you give toward protecting the right to keep and bear arms.

We'll need to save that one for another day. Events pertaining to rogue priest Father Michael "Snuffy" Pfleger justify a more timely use of that space.

Go on over to the left margin and weigh in on what you think the most effective way to deal with him should be.

Now Why Would They Want to Do That?

Even more?

It All Depends on the Meaning of the Word "Snuff"

Piss Off the Left may have found an innocent explanation for all this.

50% Want Stronger Gun Laws

Many adults in the United States believe their country requires tougher firearm legislation, according to a poll by Opinion Research Corporation released by CNN.

CNN? Well then, it must be true.

And I'm sure the respondents are all well versed in the state of existing gun laws.

By definition, 50% of a given population will always be in the bottom half...

"Think of it as Anti-Michael Moore Movie Premiere"

No, think of it as a pro-freedom movie premiere. The antis are the ones who are against things.

Still, it's nice to see a press report on the premiere of JPFO's "The Gang" at Red's Trading Post. If you missed Ryan Horsley's comment on the WarOnGuns post, it was indeed chilling and infuriating:

Following the JPFO Alert of my interview with "Talkin to America" we were greeted by 3 ATF Agents, one of which was the Area Supervisor who traveled from Spokane, Washington to inspect us.

It appears those who erroneously believe themselves to be our masters will brook no insolence.

We're the Only Ones Illegally "Legal" Enough

A 5-year veteran of the Milwaukee police force is on suspension and accused of living under a false identity since taking the name of a dead cousin eight years ago...

Ayala-Cornejo was charged with falsely representing himself as U.S. citizen, carrying up to three years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

So if you had resisted arrest, could you claim he had no authority to detain you in the first place? Would you have been "legally" justified to counter his potentially lethal force with equivalent force of your own?

I see plenty of challenges to previous convictions in the making...

But not to worry-- a "solution" to this dilemma is being worked on as we speak.

[Mas de "Los Uniquos" archivos...]

This Day in History: June 3

As in the detached state of the Artillery, the men often suffer for want of Surgeons, it being impossible for their own regimental Surgeons to take due care of them, dispersed as they are, over the whole line -- Each Brigadier is to see that the regimental Surgeons of his brigade pay every necessary attention to the detachment of artillery annexed thereto.

IRS Warns Church Against "Political Activity"

No, not Snuffy Pfleger's. The government likes his kind of "activism"...

A New Hope?

By now, GUNS readers will have heard Washington DC’s firearm ban has been overturned. The 2-1 decision in Parker v District of Columbia by a three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals reversed a lower court ruling and affirmed the Second Amendment protects an individual right. That sounds like a big deal, a huge deal some say, and they may be proven right.

"A New Hope?," my Rights Watch column for the June 2007 issue of GUNS Magazine is now on line.

GUNS Magazine, June 1957

And Mr. Juan Q. Citizen is likewise loco if he doesn't take similar precautions when he sticks his neck into potentially dangerous situations. Changing a tire on a deserted stretch of road, or tooling the old bus into the family driveway at night, or getting out of bed to see whether it's a man or a mouse, can all qualify as potentially dangerous situations. In all such cases, the gun should be in hand or handy-not in the rear trunk of the car along with the jack, nor yet in the glove compartment, not in the bureau drawer, but where you can reach it.

Time was, if you didn't have a gun for emergencies, it was considered "loco."

The June 1957 issue of GUNS Magazine is now on line.

Also in this issue:

• Alaska--Where Guns Go to College
• Which Bullet--And Why
• Shotgun Myths Make Misses
• Sammy Davis, Jr.--"My Favorite Gun"
  
• And much more, including the classic period ads.

Armorbearers

The Armorbearers share an individual and collective desire to lay down their lives for the life of another, namely Pastor Pfleger.

Christ came to lay down His life for us, not the other way around. So is this arrangement Christ-like or antichrist-like?

This sounds more and more like a Jim Jones-style cult.

I wonder if any of them are armed...?

Here's another thing that's bugging me about Snuffy: He wants to go after John Riggio. You'll note he's not assembling his mob around the houses of known gangbangers and threatening to snuff them out. Surely with all his contacts at the CPD, not to mention his parishioners who live in the neighborhood, he knows who they are and where they live...

Pop Goes "Big Weasel"

The founder of an anti-gun group will be arraigned June 21 on weapons charges, following his arrest Thursday for allegedly selling firearms to federal undercover officers, a spokesperson for the District Attorney's Office said today.

Hector "Big Weasel" Marroquin, 51 -- who founded the one-time city-funded group "No Guns" in 1996, purportedly to work against gang and gun violence in the inner city -- is charged with the sale of an assault rifle, a machine gun, two pistols and two silencers...It is his second weapons-related arrest in as many years. [More]

All this and apparent gang affiliations, too. Wonderful people, these anti-gun "activists".

At least he didn't threaten to snuff anybody out.

Levy on C-SPAN

For those persons interested in the Second Amendment, gun control, and the DC gun ban, I'll be discussing those subjects this Saturday morning, June 2, on C-SPAN's Washington Journal from 8:45-9:15 a.m.

Bob Levy
Senior Fellow in Constitutional Studies
Cato Institute

[Via Dan Gifford]

Ontario Suggests Banning Handguns May Cause Decline in Gun Crime

Personally, I think wishing real hard or maybe some magic incantations would be a lot more effective.

Survival Enterprises Interview

From ChareltonHest:

I just spoke Mr. Kurt Wilson of Survival Enterprises. He has alerted me that he will be interviewed by Don Harkins & Ingri Cassel of the Idaho Observer through the Republic Broadcasting Network(RBN). He will discuss the ATF and his case, and their will be call-in time.

Info:

1.) The program time:
http://libertypost.org/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=189660&Disp=1#C1
2.) Kurt's case:
http://www.survival-enterprises.com/summary.html

Please spread the word.

We're the Only Ones Dredging Up the Past Enough

Niagara regional police dive members searched the Grand River in Kitchener yesterday for signs of an officer's missing handgun and equipment...

Police have been looking for the semi-automatic handgun since it went missing Thursday across the street from Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate.

"Went missing."

All by its own self, no doubt. At least they didn't say it ran away.

[More from "The Only Ones" files...]

This Day in History: June 2

For a long time past, this colony has, by a corrupt administration in Great Britain and here, been deprived of the exercise of those powers of Government, without which a people can be neither rich, happy or secure. The whole continent saw the blow pending, which if not warded oh, must inevitably have subverted the freedom and happiness of each colony; the principles of self defence, roused in the breasts of freemen by the dread of impending slavery, caused to be collected the wisdom of America, in a Congress composed of men, who through time must in every land of freedom be revered among the most faithful assertors of the essential rights of human nature.

Open Letter to Americans United for Separation of Church and State

To: americansunited@au.org I see you're trying to get the IRS to revoke an evangelist's 501(c)(3) status for his statement that a vote for Mitt Romney is a vote for Satan. One comment is all it takes for you guys to go ballistic? Have I got a case for you. Can we rely on your consistency to do something about Snuffy Pfleger? See:

• Snuff Out Mike Pfleger
• "Snuffed Out"
• Hey, Look Who Showed Up
• "Thousands Of Guns Taken Off The Streets" (which has the added bonus of public funds and manpower being expended on church projects)
• or simply use the search term "pfleger" at The War on Guns.

I'd say these links provide way more evidence of tax exemption abuse than a fundamentalist preacher decrying Mormonism to his congregation, wouldn't you? Can I count on your prompt investigation and follow-through with the IRS on this? Awaiting your response, David Codrea [WoG visitors--if you agree, feel free to send an email of your own.]

"The Gang" at Reds

From Ryan Horsley:

Red's Trading Post is pleased to announce the JPFO's decision to premiere their latest documentary The Gang in Twin Falls Idaho. The Gang exposes the abuses of the BATFE, this truly is a movie they do not want you to see.

This will be shown FREE OF CHARGE and Red's Trading Post will also be raffling off a Ruger 10/22 Rifle and other prizes to those who attend.

Where:
Lamphouse Theater
223 5th Ave South

When:
June 13th and 14th at 7pm

For more information on The Gang visit the website at:
http://www.thegangmovie.com/
For more information on the JPFO: Jews for Preservation of Firearm Ownership visit their website at:
http://www.jpfo.org

Related to this, I completely missed Ryan's May 22 JPFO interview. Go give it a listen--good stuff I wasn't aware of, and I've been following this pretty closely.