My Dog Ate My Homework

Sure it did... [More]

And Blago so wanted us to hear those tapes that would clear his good name.

Forget it Jake, it's Chi-Town.

Meanwhile, Across the Pond in Sarah Brady Paradise...

The main reason toy guns should be considered dangerous:

'If we are called out you will probably get an MP5 put into your face, unless we can tell it is an imitation firearm.'

Great attitude. It really shows us who's in charge. And where the danger comes from.

So: Assuming all shipments would be funneled through their government, would you send a gun to defend a British home?

We're the Only Ones with Tunnel Vision Enough

A drunken off-duty detective crashed a department car at the Midtown Tunnel early Friday after a Christmas party with colleagues, authorities said.

The smashup was the third driving-while-intoxicated accident involving an off-duty cop since September. [More]

Aren't you glad Furious Mike's "Only Ones" are so much more responsible and temperate than we are?

[Via Harvey]

What?

Denny Snyder asks me to check out his new line of electronic hearing protection that he's going to be introducing at the 2010 SHOT Show.

I have some hearing loss in my left ear, thanks not to shooting, but to a Scuba diving mishap some years back. It pains me, because the guy I originally got certified with many years ago (the same college pal who glides) still goes all over the world on exotic dives and I can't.

And I continually try to impress on younger feral son Qusay the importance of practicing safe, sane and responsible death metal drum techniques...you know, the very qualities that so define the genre.

We're the Only Ones Demitto Cum Laude Enough

Alex Alvarez, who finished 72nd on the test, and Sean Woods, 82nd on the list, were also selected. Alvarez and Woods are drivers for Chief Pennington. [More]

Of course they were.

Still, I can't help wondering if this is just the top "Only One's" prerogative as opposed to, I don't know, you don't suppose drivers ever have occasion to see anything...

By golly, that was damned unfair of me.

[Via Harvey]

Call Me Ishmael

Or Ismail. [More]

What's in a name?

Yet more catch-and-release, "Only Ones"-style.

And government is who we want manning out "No Guns for Homegrown Terrorists" watchlist?

Well...yeah, as long as you understand what its real intent is.

[Via William T]

A Greater Danger

The outdoors is a dangerous place.

But will a new law allowing firearms in national parks make us safer—or actually put us in greater danger? [More]

So by extrapolation, his unintended thesis is we'll all be better off when the "Only Ones" disarm?

[Via jpr9]

We're the Only Ones Counter-Insurgent Enough

In an article published in the February, 2010, issue of Guns & Weapons for Law Enforcement (a print magazine not available online), Donald J. Mihalek argues that suspected criminals in the United States should be treated the same way “insurgents” are in Iraq. [More]

Man, what is it with the tips today?

Anyway, if I were an "Only One" interested in keeping the ride smooth, I wouldn't be egging authority worshipers like Mr. Mihalek on.

Of course, if I was smart enough to understand the likely unintended consequences, I'd be one of these guys instead.

UPDATE: I'm not finding much on Internet searches for Mihalek. Anybody know anything about this guy? I'm typically leery of this source site, but in this case, the existence of the pdf looked compelling--plus I verified on Amazon that there is a magazine by that title.

[Via M. Terry]

A Critical Decision

The European Union Times is reporting here that Obama is using the deployment of additional troops to Afghanistan to cover for the movement of some 200,000 troops, presently on duty in countries other than Iraq and Afghanistan, to USNORTHCOM to prepare for the "expected outbreak of Civil War within the United States before the end of winter." [More]

I've been chatting via email with some folks who have been hearing rumblings along these lines, and candidly don't know what to make of them. The source used here does not help, because the European Union Times does not make it easy to find out who is behind them (we learn practically nothing from their "About" tab or from a "whois" lookup).

So my suggestion is to look at all such reports with a critical eye toward reliability and credibility of sources. And as long as we're being critical, would it have killed the author of the linked piece to even acknowledge the existence of "Oath Keepers"?

UPDATE: Some of you in comments have noticed more about the EUT site than I did.

[Via Ron W]

Does Reporting on Baltimore Shooting Show Ignorance, Laziness or Intent?

They're not only willing, they're depending on lies to pass rights-restricting edicts. And the media play right along as willing (ignorant?) dupes. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner notes the deception over "assault weapons" continues.

Also meet some men who weren't allowed to fight, get a reminder about one who promises to fight, and access the latest from my fellow GREs.

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This Day in History: December 7

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Also on this day in 1941, a very special young man awoke to receive a very unwelcome 21st birthday present--one that would send him and his brother to Guam and Guadalcanal with the Marines.

Happy birthday, Dad.

Are Hartford Authorities, Hospitals and Merchants Rewarding Violations of Gun Laws and Safety Rules?

Did you guys clear this through your risk management departments? I mean, we have Dr. Shapiro here telling everyone how dangerous guns are, that they should only be handled by trained professionals, and here you are encouraging the people who obviously know the least about them to handle them, to carry them, to transport them, to hand them off to others. Shapiro tells people in his pitch their guns must be unloaded. You're sure they know how to check? Do they know that just because you have the magazine out of a semi-automatic doesn't mean there might not be a chambered round? Do they know to keep their booger hooks off the bang switch? Do they know Cooper's rules for gun safety? Do you? And if they know none of this, and someone ends up getting hurt or killed due to a negligent discharge, would not survivors looking for deep pockets be able to establish--particularly with Dr. Shapiro's damning indictment of the dangers of guns in inexperienced hands--that you knew or should have known disaster could happen, but encouraged it anyway? [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at lawmen who ignore the law, gun safety proponents who encourage ignorant gun handling, and a retailer who must not need gun owner business this Christmas shopping season.

Also get the latest from my fellow GREs.

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This Day in History: December 6

December 6, 1777 at Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania - On December 6, a vanguard of Gen. William Howe's army engaged with a Patriot militia force at Chestnut Hill. After heavy firing from both sides, the militia was forced to withdraw from the area. Conclusion: British Victory [More]

Lego Gun Reaction Shows Conditioned Views on Armed Citizens

After all, we're talking Canada here, where seeing a citizen with a handgun--especially in Toronto--is deemed a shocking (and generally illegal) sight. Still, there are plenty of examples we could point to here in the land of the Second Amendment where our countrymen would react with equal panic, and our police with an equally forceful response. Yet add the magical trappings of a government-issued uniform with a badge amulet, and seeing an accompanying weapon on a fellow human is accepted as the natural order of things... [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column deals with perceptions we must work to change.

Also get the latest from my fellow GREs.

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This Day in History: December 5

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Bloomington Herald-Times Denies Treating Gun Owners Like Sex Offenders

Gun owner and correspondent HZ followed up on reports that the Bloomington Herald-Times was "treat[ing] law-abiding gun owners like registered sex offenders."

...Per editor Robert Zaltzberg in his reply to HZ's inquiry:

"It is not true..." [More]

New information has been given to me on a story we've talked about that made a second Gun Rights Examiner column for today appropriate.

An Unsubstantiated Rumor

Remember when I said "Go ask Alice"?

Daniel White says "Not so fast."

Orders We Will Not Obey Redux

Kurt told us of a sheriff who won't obey orders that affect us.

Kevin tells us of one who won't obey orders that affect him.

Orders We Will Not Obey

In what may be the most remarkable part of this story is that Sheriff Alberden is publicly backing that position up--saying that his department will not enforce a campus gun ban. [More]

Kurt thinks the sheriff's position sounds familiar.

We're the Only Ones Not Forgiving You Our Trespasses Enough

Jeremy Engelking will appear in Douglas County court this afternoon to face a trespassing charge. But here’s the kicker: The Superior man allegedly trespassed on his own property. [More]

Squeeze. Like only the "Only Ones" can.

What do you think, Sgt. Bob Smith and the rest of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Department...

Do you think if someone you treat like this ever sees one of you in trouble he'll be inclined to help...you?

[Via Mark G]