Real Gunfighter

I just decided not to be a victim. [More]

I said before I had the pleasure of meeting this man several years ago. A correspondent sent me this video clip.

If it were up to the Brady's, this segment would never have been made.

Wayne Fincher Update: Appeal of Order Pursuant to Hearing

MOWCA Blog has posted a new item, 'Appeal of Order Pursuant to Hearing on Remand'

Quentin Rhoades has filed a Notice of Appeal (NOA) on the Order issued by District Judge Jimm Larry Hendren. This Order was issued as a result of the Hearing on Remand held on the 20th of January.

Notice was filed April 2nd, with the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals.

The Docket is updated to reflect the changes. [More]

Find out more about this case from MOWCA here.

To support Wayne and your Second Amendment rights please send checks to:

The Wayne Fincher Defense Fund
P.O. Box 215
Elkins Arkansas 72727

[More about Wayne Fincher from WarOnGuns]

Another Child Gun Death

A Roxbury gang member shot to death 13-year-old Steven Odom in Dorchester nearly two years ago, as the minister's son was walking home with friends - and was then himself killed in an unrelated shooting 10 days later, authorities said at a press conference yesterday.

Charles Bunch Jr., who was 18, was identified as the man who pulled the trigger on the gun used to shoot Odom in a case of mistaken identity that killed the middle-schooler on Oct. 4, 2007, law enforcement officials said. Odom was shot in the head as he approached his home on Evans Street while walking with two friends.

Officials also announced the arrest and a six-count indictment against David Johnson, 18, of Mattapan, whom authorities allege provided the gun to Bunch. [More]

Wait a second--I thought you had to be 21 in third-ranked MA...?

You mean all those hoops they make "law-abiding citizens" jump through are useless--infringements on their rights that do nothing to stop the reptiles of the world?

[Via Ed M]

Wedding Crashers

Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen’s glam Costa Rican wedding was marred by gunfire last night when security guards hired to keep paparazzi away fired at two photographers as they fled the scene with their film. No one was hurt. [More]

I'm sorry--does anyone remember ever seeing anything from either of these two using their enormous wealth and reach to champion the right of the people to keep and bear arms?

Funny--I don't see where the guards were arrested or anything, either... and I wonder if The Boston Herald will issue an editorial decrying armed celebrity bodyguards...?

US Attorney Still Blaming Private Guns for Mexican Crime

This archive will go away in a few days, so download and listen now. Select "5 p.m. - 6 p.m." [More]

At 37 minutes in, hear U.S. Attorney Joseph Russoniello claim, when challenged by a caller about the "90%" lie, that if guns are being imported into Mexico from Guatemala they are probably being trans-shipped from the United States.

You got that, right? So apparently, after "straw purchasing" at gun shops and "damned American gun shows," rather than run them across the border, they evidently ship them to Guatemala and bring them into Mexico that way? No wonder "Operation Southbound Steel" is such a bust!

And then, right after admitting he doesn't "know," Pal Joey opines he "would not be surprised" if 20 million of the 250 million guns going to Mexico from the US come from residential burglaries.

My favorite is his response to the question asking if he keeps statistics on how many crimes are prevented or stopped because of a private gun:

No.

It would hardly advance his agenda if they did, would it?

[Via Dave Licht]

UPDATE: Comrade Joe's a "republican".

Revised Free Speech Guidelines, Part III

Still waiting for change you can believe in? Well, believe this: the White House just declared an intellectual property treaty a state secret and denied Freedom of Information Act requests asking that it reveal the details of an international treaty that could have huge effects on how information is disseminated online. [More]

As some unknown Internet wit observed, "Chains we can believe in."

[Via Ron W]

Revised Free Speech Guidelines, Part II

The Cybersecurity Act of 2009 introduced in the Senate would allow the president to shut down private Internet networks. The legislation also calls for the government to have the authority to demand security data from private networks without regard to any provision of law, regulation, rule or policy restricting such access. [More]

Securing the virtual blessings of Liberty, Lightworker-style...

[Via TC]

Phil Mendelson's Right to Lie

It would be harder to arrest chronic criminals, because police would no longer be able to charge them with possessing unregistered weapons.[More]

All this, plus we find out in DC there's a "right of individuals to be protected by the police..."

Hey, a councilman said it so it must be true, right?

Good grief, with this creature in charge of the Committee on Public Safety, no wonder they're so incompetent at achieving that end.

Interesting choice for a name, though, isn't it?

WaPo editorial standards. Is there any depth they won't sink to?

Revised Free Speech Guidelines

Revised guidelines on endorsements and testimonials by the Federal Trade Commission, now under review and expected to be adopted, would hold companies liable for untruthful statements made by bloggers and users of social networking sites who receive samples of their products. [More]

No doubt another enumerated power.

So say if a gun blogger wins a weekend at a shooting facility and has things like "firearms, ammunition, accessories, room and board during the event... provided by the sponsors," and their report get challenged by their political enemies...

Nah, it could never happen.

Could it?

Say, did I mention this cool patch?

It not only attracts amorous super models and cures cancer, but if you wear it, you can jump off a bridge into a lion pit and emerge unscathed. Oh, and if you buy one, seven days later you'll receive a billion dollars. But only if you act now.

The Reasonable and Pragmatic Wing of the GOP...

...will eventually win back their party from right-wing whack jobs...[More]

See, you can't be a "conservative"--even a media-designated one. You have to be a democrat who calls yourself a republican. That's the only way "we" can win.

And to think the antis complained about Mary McFate. Principle-devoid morons and fifth columnists in the GOP are bound and determined to make it absolutely irrelevant on the national scene.

Funny how few are pointing out this is exactly the same recommended course of action democrat operatives are making--no doubt in the spirit of bipartisanship, and to be helpful.

We're the Only Ones Sensitive to Criticism Enough

Perhaps the best publicity a critic of the powers-that-be can ever get for his cause is to be the target of over-the-top official retaliation. That automatically validates what the critic is saying while at the same time massively expanding the audience for his message. So, in an odd way, Jeff Pataky owes a "thank you" to the Phoenix Police Department for raiding his home and hauling away computers and other material related to a Website and blog he maintains that focus attention on misdeeds involving the Phoenix PD.[More]

A few of you have sent me links to other sources for this story, to include it in the "Only Ones" Files. I like the way J.D. Tuccille tells it.

Who is Spreading Fear, Hatred and Lies in Pittsburgh Shooter Story?

It's called projection. Shall we explore the sentiments coming from those who make no secret that they hate gun owners and believe in government monopoly of power? What do popular lefties have to say? [More]

Unsurprisingly, they hate us. If they could, they'd use the force of the state to kill us. And they'll tell whatever lies it takes to usher in that day.

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column shows one more way the political left demonstrates themselves to be base enemies of Liberty. It also links you to the latest commentary from my fellow GREs.

Please tell a friend, particularly any who may not understand how these characters operate.

This Day in History: April 6

You have had many Rumours, propagated among you, which I suppose you know not how to account for. One was, that Congress, the last Summer, had tied the Hands of General Washington, and would not let him fight, particularly on the White Plains. This Report was totally groundless. -- Another was, that at last Congress untied the General, and then he instantly fought and conquered at Trenton. This also was without foundation, for as his Hands were never tied, so they were. not untied. [More]

It's a Beautiful Day

I'm going outside.

I'm even going to enjoy doing yard work.

If it's not nice where you are, or if you insist on staying inside on your computer, go visit my Gun Rights Examiner column.

Lightworker to Disarm the World

President Barack Obama will call for the elimination of all nuclear weapons across the globe...[More]

Disarm the militia and disarm the military.

Anyone need any further proof that this traitor is a mole intent on destroying America?

Media Rushes to Judgment in Pittsburgh Shooting

The implications here are clear: gun owners, and those who believe in the right to keep and bear arms are maniacs and lunatics, all to be judged based on the actions that took place here. [More]

All the facts aren't in, but already blood-dancers in the media are demonizing gun owners who correctly believe Obama is a gun-grabber. I rarely do two Gun Rights Examiner columns in one day, particularly on a weekend, but this one requires immediate attention. Please share it's link with those who ought to know.

Yes, I Know about the Pittsburgh Shooter

Pittsburgh Shooter Kills Three Officers, Reportedly Feared Gun Ban [More]

I'm on it.

What You Need to Know about Binghamton Shootings

We've all seen the news about the Binghamton massacre. I followed it myself in real time yesterday on my online journal, The War on Guns, posting updates as reader/commentators there did the same.

First, we don't know if the Taliban claim is true or merely Baituallah Mehsud giving yet one more reason why he deserves to be exterminated for being the evil vermin that he is.

So let's focus on what we do know...[More]

The antis will be out in force to use this against us--theyr'e already positioning themselves. It's important that we are able to counter their misdriection with facts and truth.

If you find today's Gun Rights Examiner column useful to that end, please use it. Please share the link.

This Day in History: April 4

QUIBBLETOWN April 4, 1777
British kill five wound one in action against militia. [More]

OK, Here We Go...

A gunman entered an immigration services center in downtown Binghamton on Friday, shot at least four people and took as many as 41 hostage, according to media reports.

Mayor Matthew Ryan told the Binghamton Press & Sun Bulletin that there was a hostage situation involving a gunman with a high-powered rifle.[More]

And there obviously wasn't anyone there who could deny giving him what he wanted. There obviously wasn't another "gunman."

I'll do some checking around and will probably be updating this post later today.

Commentators--please feel free to act as correspondents and paste appropriate links.

UPDATE:

Asian male.

This is where.

UPDATE:

City council is all democrats.

Maurice Hinchey is their congressman. GOA gives him a D-.

The Bradys rate NY 6 out of 50. And naturally, they still give it a dismal score.

UPDATE: "As many as 12" shot.

UPDATE:
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UPDATE: Fox News (TV) just reported he is in custody. Meaning when confronted by men with guns he wanted to live? Or was he incapacitated by men with guns?

UPDATE: Fox News (TV) just reported two Asian males taken away in handcuffs.

UPDATE:



UPDATE: "At least 13 dead..."

UPDATE: "Two handguns were recovered at the scene..."

UPDATE: So far, no mention of this...



UPDATE: Fox News (TV) and MSNBC are reporting a dead lone gunman.

UPDATE: Jiverly Voong.

Police officials said two weapons have been found. According to one police report a 9 mm pistol was recovered as SWAT team officers entered the building.

Per MSNBC, on in the background, he recently lost his job. From IBM.

UPDATE: Voong is apparently an alias. Some FBI profiler douchebag, Clint somebody, is giving the "Only One" speech against people being armed, saying it's a job for the police. I should know better than to have MSNBC on. They are getting ready to search his house. The pistols were permitted. That does not mean he had a CCW--but it doesn't mean he didn't.

UPDATE: 14 confirmed dead. Four in critical condition. It took police two minutes to get on scene following the 911 call, but they don't know how much time had elapsed from the time the shooting started until the call was made. Gov. Paterson made the obligatory When will we as a society do something? statement, but did not specifically mention gun control. Yet. The police chief now says there is no indication a rifle was used. They aren't positive the shooter is dead but have reason to believe it is him--from guns and ammo to the fact that his car is the one that was blocking the back door to keep people from escaping.

UPDATE: John Lott weighs in:

When will this simple fact about gun-free zones become part of the news coverage itself?