This Day in History: August 26

Constitutionalists Demand Action
August 26, 1778
The Berkshire Constitutionalists continued to agitate for a true constitutional convention, and kept their courts closed “rather than to have Law dealt out…without any Foundation to support it, for…we should before this time have had a Bill of rights, and a Constitution.” On August 26, the eighteen towns that met in Pittsfield threatened to join with another state if a special constitutional convention were not called. [More]

Getting the Lead Out

I'm not sure EPA has considered the environmental impact this could have.

Easy Pickin's

Police are asking for the public's help to identify a man accused of robbing two 7-Eleven stores while armed with a long kitchen knife. [More]

Why not? It's not like Southland Corp. is going to do anything about it.

Meaning it's going to continue to happen*all*the*time.

Hell, they go out of their way to ensure such outcomes.

It seems fair to ask who are they making their stores "convenient" for?

And why should the public help people unwilling to help themselves?

[Via Ed M]

Very Possible Overtones

"Beat whitey night" and there's any question? [More]

Were the situation reversed, is there any doubt we'd be hearing "hate crime!" howls, along with high-profile exploitation by the leading race hustlers, not to mention a team of DoJ lawyers jetting out to add federal muscle to the prosecution?

And that the SPLC would be attributing it to flame-fanning by right wing extremist "hatriots"...?

Why any sane person would go there and obey this insult to their freedom, dignity and safety is beyond me:

Public safety—weapons.

The carrying or possession by any person other than a peace officer of any weapon, such as a dirk, dagger, hunting knife, buck knife, switch blade, or any knife with a blade of three inches in length or longer, pistol, revolver, rifle, shotgun, pellet or BB gun, blackjack, billy club or any other weapon is prohibited on the fairgrounds unless authorized by the board. Failure to comply with this rule shall be cause for expulsion from the fairgrounds or being charged under Iowa Code chapter 724. Kitchen knives and others purchased at the fair must be wrapped and not concealed.

[Via William T]

We're the Only Ones Not Paid Well Enough

"The guns are bought from soldiers there who claim they are not paid well," he said. [More]

So that explains why thinking you can limit guns to the "Only Ones" will never work!

About the Only Thing That Could Improve This Story...

...would be to learn that he had them stuffed.

Every Move You Make, Every StepYou Take, I'll Be Watching You

If anyone else did this they'd be rightly considered depraved stalkers, and just as rightly repelled.

Figures it's from those traitors (save Kozinski) in the Ninth Circuit.

[Via Tom R]

Portland Mayor Adams wants me to denounce gun group

"As a leader in the national gun use coalition, even though we might disagree on this issue, I encourage you to denounce the Oregon Firearms Federation statement." [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column features some words of encouragement.

Also target some Hollywood stars with me.

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For Fairness's Sake

But for fairness’s sake, I wanted to offer AS&E’s defense on the health front.

The company’s vice president of marketing Joe Reiss told me in an interview that any dosage received by a human from these backscatter vans would be “exceedingly small,” far smaller than a medical x-ray. He says that the vans’ dosage falls well within the health standards set by American National Standards Institute, and AS&E’s marketing materials say that the scan’s x-ray levels are equivalent to the dosage received in fifteen minutes inside a typical airplane. [More]

What, profit-motivated economic fascist Joe Reiss said it, you believe it, that settles it?

Yeah, well, I don't know that, do I? I'm not privy to their calibration validation, and I'm certainly not notified when parameters are exceeded. Plus I haven't been given an opportunity to sign an informed consent.

If anyone finds out this is being used on them, why shouldn't they treat it as an assault in progress and respond accordingly?

And why shouldn't they come up there and object in person?

For fairness's sake...?

We're the Only Ones Truthful Enough

New Orleans police officers who lie while on the job or file a false police report can be immediately fired under new regulations that will go into effect next week. [More]

Good grief. I'm wondering what job I've ever had where it was not assumed that lying would be grounds for immediate termination. Nice to see our standard bearers for official trustworthiness are finally getting around to paying this concept lip service.

In other news, non-"Only Ones" who lie to cops will be arrested and prosecuted.

[Via retrotruckman]

So Much for Being Endowed by Their Creator...

Even after the landmark Supreme Court decisions that gave individuals across the country a right to have a gun in their home for self-defense, the gun lobby still isn't happy. [More]

What a strange thing to say for people who are presuming to speak for God.

The "progressives" at Savannah Morning News said it, I believe it, that settles it.

Isn't that the way faith is supposed to work?

This Day in History: August 25

August 25, 1778 at Nail's Fort, Georgia - In August, Capt. Joseph Nail gathered most of the local settlers into Nail's Fort when the Creek Indians attacked their settlement. The fort was built on the north side of the Broad River, at Deep Creek. It was for protection against Indian attacks. [More]

The Bully Pulpit

Poor Sam Adams.

Mean old gun owners won't let him disarm them.

Necessitating Sacrifice

...that military service is grounded in an oath to support and protect our Constitution, but also may necessitate the sacrifice of some of the very rights we defend. [More]

Insidious.

We're the Only Ones "For the Children" Enough

A 3-year-old child used the gun of an off-duty Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police officer to shoot himself in the thumb Friday outside a Gastonia liquor store... [More]

Gee, that never happened to my kids. Maybe if I'd had the benefit of being an "Only One"...

[Via Harvey]

Really?

[T]rade in stolen guns impossible to quantify [More]

No kidding?

If only Oz would enact some...I don't know.."gun control"...?

A Ringing Endorsement, Eh?

Canada's police chiefs voted unanimously Monday to endorse a new national firearms policing strategy and delivered a ringing endorsement of the national firearms registry. [More]

Of course they did.

In other news, Canadian hogs unanimously grunted approval for more feed being added to their troughs.

As Long As the Subject Has Been Broached...

...You know, affiliating with "progressives"...

Look who's coming to town to help raise funds.

And look who will benefit.

The Neutral Zone

In a further blow to those pressing for the institution of controversial net neutrality rules, it emerged on Monday that the Gun Owners of America (GOA) has exited the Save the Internet coalition backed by pro-regulation liberal groups such as Free Press. [More]

I can understand that--as the effort evolved, government empowerment dangers became more apparent.

I see some attacking GOA and Larry Pratt for this in a very ugly way--and viciously, ridiculing them for associating with "liberal" organizations in what they initially perceived to be a common effort.

This is hypocrisy.

The same crowd seemed to think it was OK for NRA to ally with the ACLU on "campaign finance reform" (as did I, incidentally), but then had no problem defending the Association's decision to endorse its principle architect, presumably because of all that "common ground" he shares with us.

And I've read all kinds of apologia for NRA allying itself with the Bradys on the "mental health" abomination.

You can make book the same crowd will be out there using the handy "single issue" talking point to tell us why an endorsement of one of the Republic's leading domestic enemies will be in all our best interests.

Does Westchester storage law make gun owners less safe?

And keep in mind--in both these flubbed propaganda events, the anti-gun "klutzes" in question did not have a predator with murder on his mind charging them or brandishing a non-disabled weapon of his own. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at some New York pols who think home invaders deserve a government-enforced advantage.

Also tell JPFO where your line in the sand is and read about the predicted failure of a new attack by a "sorry freedom-hating loser."

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