Yesterday it was a Priority. Today it's a Red Herring

The Myth of 90 Percent: Only a Small Fraction of Guns in Mexico Come From U.S....

But Tom Diaz, senior policy analyst at the Violence Policy Center, called the "90 percent" issue a red herring and said that it should not detract from the effort to stop gun trafficking into Mexico.[More]

Right. When you subversives make the claim, it's Gospel we need to make policy and enact new edicts for. But when it's proven to be a damned lie, all of a sudden exposing that lie is "a red herring."

Good Lord, these people have no shame.

Nice to see some "Authorized Journalist" confirmation for what some of us have been saying all along. Maxim Lott is John Lott's son.

[Via Tom S]

Cause and Effect with Extra Mushrooms and No Anchovies

Finney walked into Your Pizza Shop, 1079 W. Exchange St., with a shotgun and demanded money about 7:45 p.m.

An employee shot Finney...[More]

Funny how that can work out.

Guy should have tried Domino's. They prohibit their employees from having guns.

UPDATE: Cleveland Gun Rights Examiner Daniel White has more.

Meanwhile, Back at the Iowa DOT

Chism said he was stopped for a seat belt violation while driving a grain truck to an Emmetsburg ethanol plant in northwest Iowa. The DOT officer allegedly pulled his gun, shoved it in Chism's face and handcuffed him after harassing him in the hot sun for more than an hour and a half, said Chism's lawyer, Scott Buchanan of Algona.

The farmer never said an impolite word or threatened the officer in any way, Buchanan claimed. He alleged that with the gun pointed at Chism's head, the officer said, "I can do anything I want." Chism was arrested and accused of felony assault on a police officer, but the charge was later dropped.[More]

Gee, we just had one of these guys doing something that smelled funny yesterday.

DOT Officer Keith Truog, huh? Y'know, this is probably a good thing. You could get hurt without a seatbelt. Real bad.

I wonder if Keith really can do anything he wants...? Not that I'd expect anyone to ask him...

We're the Only Ones Training Tomorrow's Nazis Today Enough

"It's a program that gives us a chance to come out to the universities and maybe even the high schools and give the students an idea of what an IRS agent does," said Toni Weirauch, the special agent in charge.[More]

We know what you do, Toni.

Tell me--were your agents armed? Because:

The University is unwilling to allow even the mere presence of dangerous weapons. While some objects are clearly dangerous, what is used dangerously may also be considered a weapon.

Which I guess means everyone there must be naked and manacled to the wall of a padded room.

Good thing I don't see anything in the Cho Empowerment Policy about the fake weapons given to the little proto-brownshirts, and, of course, note the exemption for elite and trustworthy "Only Ones."

How fittingly Orwellian that you include a forced disarmament mandate as Article 22 under your student "Bill of Rights," though. I'd say the fed gov alphabet agencies ought to be able to satisfy their JBT trainee needs nicely from the stock you're raising.

Audit the Fed

Ron Paul’s bill to audit the Federal Reserve (HR 1207) now has 50 co-sponsors, and the numbers keep growing! [More]

It's past damn time.

I notice the slug who purports to represent me isn't listed as a co-sponsor. I'm going to contact him, and demand to know why the hell not.

Why not take a moment and thank yours if he is, and pin his ears back if he's not?

We're the Only Ones Racking 'em Up Enough

Two Baltimore police officers beat a teenager with a baton and a pool stick while he was handcuffed and shackled, then tried to cover up the attack with their sergeant's help, according to a federal indictment unsealed Wednesday. [More]

My friends, we got trouble
(Trouble, trouble)
Right here in Charm City...

Hey, every "Only One" knows the harder you strike with the cue, the more English you get.

[Via Bill Hicks]

Do U.S. Government Arms Exports Play a Part in Arming Mexican Cartels?

It would not seem out of line to ask a government pointing out the mote in our eye to examine the beam in their own. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column features some guest commentary pointing to some interesting facts--and asking some interesting questions.

Also listen to my Andy Caldwell show interview, learn about the latest efforts in Nevada, find out from GOA about the next battle looming, and get the latest from my fellow GREs.

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This Day in History: April 2

The importation of Dutch and French ammunition, arms, and other supplies continued unabated throughout the fall of 1776 and the following year. Virginia, while she lacked the ships and port cities of the colonies to the north, had tobacco, which Europe and the West Indies wanted more than any other colonial commodity...Van Bibber and Harrison wrote Virginia's Commissary-General, William Aylett, on April 2, 1777, that tobacco was the only import in the islands that could command cash payment. [More]

We're the Only Ones Uncharged Enough

Charges against two Monterey County policemen arrested last summer in Mexico for alleged gun and ammunition smuggling have been dropped by a Mexican court.

...The Mexican court didn't explain why the charges were dropped, said presidio spokesman Eric Hamilton. [More]

Yeah, they could have just forgotten they had them. I suppose some might believe that. Still, does anyone think a non-"Only One" would have had the charges dropped without explanation?

Mind you, I'm not accusing anyone of threatening to talk, thereby implicating any Mexican official(s) as partners in whatever apparently was(n't) going on. That would be irresponsible without anything other than a gut feeling that this story stinks and I don't buy it for a second.

Perhaps I'd be less suspicious if we weren't being consistently lied to.

Thomas Naziworth: Democrat

Not everyone thinks the idea of increasing gun ownership is a good idea. Any effort to put more guns on the street is wrong headed, says the head of the Clay County Democratic Party.

"There are too many guns," said Thomas Nazworth, Democratic Party chairman. "You’ve already got every right to defend yourself in your home. What is this going to be the wild, wild west where everybody has got sidearms? That is not answer." [More]

You can tell Thomas what an idiot you think he is educate him as to what current Florida law already provides for and what years of experience have conclusively proven by contacting him here.

[Via Bill Hicks]

We're the Only Ones Doing You a Favor Enough

They said the DOT officer interrogated them. Then he ordered them to stand in front of their recreational vehicle's headlights while he checked inside, searching for marijuana or wads of cash. The officer never asked for their driver's licenses or proof of registration, they said...

"It was so strange. I literally felt afraid for my life," Jane Schneider, 59, said Monday. "I felt I could have bodily harm. ... He was very menacing and threatening to us."

One of their complaints is that the officer who stopped them repeatedly demonstrated a lack of knowledge about firearms laws, even though they were legally transporting a .40-caliber handgun with a concealed-weapon permit from the Lee County Sheriff's Department.

Carl Schneider said he was particularly upset that the officer implied he could simply call the sheriff and have the permit revoked, "which is absolutely not the case."

...But the officers didn't leave, he added, until the first officer "had made us feel as if he was somehow doing me a favor by letting us go."[More]

But of course--it's the same technique Inspector Clouseau uses when he stumbles over something to divert embarrassment from his ineptitude and incompetence. It's particularly useful after menacing a citizen without cause.

He had to let them know that even though he's a thug and a fool, he's an "Only One" and they're not.

And, as typical for our wonderful "Authorized Journalist" watchdog press, we know the names of the citizens, but not of the dangerously incompetent bullying government worker. Why is that? Maybe reporter William Petroski (bpetroski@dmreg.com) can shed some light...

UPDATE: Petroski is standing on "awaiting confirmation from DoT." Meanwhile, his competitors are reporting "Iowa Department of Transportation officer Darrell D. Wiegand."

If I were to give Darrell a call, and I'm not suggesting you do, I might be inclined to begin the conversation with "What's that I smell? What's that I smell?"

[Via Michael G]

Muster on Lexington Green...

...with the Oath Keepers. [More]

Interesting. I'll keep an eye on this as the date draws near.

Holder Gun Discharge Injures Mexican President

MEXICO CITY: In what could be a setback to U.S./Mexican cooperative crime fighting efforts, Attorney General Eric Holder accidentally discharged a weapon, slightly injuring Mexican President Felipe Calderón at a joint press conference where captured cartel firearms were being displayed. [More]

Stories like this seem to come with almost a regular frequency, don't they?

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We're Being Lied to About U.S. Guns and Mexican Cartels. Why?

Ask yourself who could be opposed to ATF officials--testifying under oath--as to the complete truth of what they know about Mexican cartel guns? Besides someone who finds an advantage in suppressing the truth?

Forget the gun rights issue for a moment--you'd think it would be a matter of national security. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column continues unraveling a lie. Still, just having a few of us realize this won't change anything. More need to know--and do something about it. And you can help.

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Also get the latest from my fellow GREs, find out about political machinations in Oregon, two upcoming events in Ohio, and how you can read the current issue of Guns Magazine online for free.

This Day in History: April 1

The Troops who have had the small Pox will march on Monday next, about one hundred and forty or fifty as appears by the Officers Returns: The remaining part will go into the Hospitals, the day after tomorrow. There is a great Difficulty in providing Cloathing and Blankets; Recruiting is very slow. The Necessity of keeping a large Proportion of the Inhabitants, in actual Service, upon the Shores, has, in a great Measure, been the Source of this Misfortune, the Malitia giving considerable Wages above the Public Allowance, to men they have hired to take their Tour. This State is in a Melancholy Situation: The neighboring States fail in sending their Proportion of Troops. It is now in the Power of the Enemy to make horrid Devastations, should they attempt it. In a very short time we shall be destitute of Troops excepting about two hundred engag’d for fifteen months, and one sixth of our own Alarm list & Malitia. [More]

Very real personal hardships were endured. Very real personal sacrifices were made.

Rules o' Engagement, Sez Ye? Har, Sez I

Her shots, part of a deafening volley from her fellow cadets enrolled in the school's first-ever firearms training course, were taking aim at a threat half a world away: the surge of piracy off the Horn of Africa, the continent's easternmost peninsula that juts into the Arabian Sea. [More]

About damn time.

And then I read this:

"If the pirates get onboard, it's all over for the crew," Murphy said, adding that merchant ships are bound by rules of engagement that prevent them from firing upon approaching pirate ships, and are often unarmed to begin with.

"Rules of engagement"? For pirates? Are they nuts?

When are they going to get smart and realize pirates could be treated like a resource, a commodity to be harvested? I guarantee you, if the scurvy sea dogs realized that, a whole lot of them would be looking for a safer line of work.

[Via Ed M]

We're the Only Ones with a Bunch of History Enough

Disciplinary records for a Spokane County Sheriff's sergeant arrested in February show that Pete Bunch has a long history of misusing his authority and even cheating taxpayers on his time sheet. [More]

So naturally:

Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich has to decide if he wants to give bunch another last chance.

I mean, it's not like he's already had any...

I thought when it came to "Only Ones," bad apples came in barrels, not bunches...

[Via Smiley Starfish]

The Eyes Have It

Best wishes and get well soon. [More]

We're the Only Ones Manly Enough

Avon Park police officer James Hilton Parker III remained in Highlands County Jail in lieu of $250,000 bond Monday, after being charged Sunday with aggravated child abuse of the 20-month-old baby girl of his live-in girlfriend.

The child, who had multiple bruises over her body and an apparent fractured skull, was on life support Monday at All Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg, according to the sheriff's office. She remained in "very very critical condition"... [More]

Brave guy, eh?

And I love it--the department is short-staffed because two other "Only Ones" have been arrested.

Just a few bad apples, no doubt.

The Supreme Law of the Planet

JUDGES should interpret the Constitution according to other nations' legal "norms." Sharia law could apply to disputes in US courts. The United States constitutes an "axis of disobedience" along with North Korea and Saddam-era Iraq.

Those are the views of the man on track to become one of the US government's top lawyers: Harold Koh. [More]

The primary mission of the current crop of traitors in power is to destroy the Republic.

Or am I missing something?