What's a Little Evidence Amidst Denials?

The emails indicate three White House officials were briefed on gun trafficking efforts that included Fast and Furious. [More]

Schultz? Your cue...?

On My Honor

Say, we need more people like that here! [Read]

It would teach us tolerance for cultural differences!

"Vote Freedom First!"

And you'll get judges like Rosemary Collyer... [Read]

Ain't that right, Carroll?

You Mean the "Oopsie--Our Bad"...?

Keep asking questions about bungled gun sting  [Read]

OK, here's an easy one: How come--in spite of all the evidence that there was never any capability nor intention to track guns once they crossed the Mexican border--the Detroit News and other "official" media outlets still refer to the Project Gunwalker conspiracy as a "bungled" or "failed operation"?

And that perennial favorite, "botched"...

This Day in History: September 2

Major John Burrowes, 5th NJ, "One of the soldiers found at this place this morning an old squaw in a bunch of bushes, she not being able to go off with them, was hid there to be safe. She is the greatest picture of old age I ever saw. The General sent for her, she was carried to his marque. The poor old creature was just ready to die with fear, thinking she was to be killed..." [More]

ATF emails and Assistant US Attorney memo point to official Gunwalker cover-up

Especially relevant to prior reports in this column: Much of the correspondence focuses on straw purchasing suspect Jaime Avila, and a memorandum from AUSA Hurley to his then-boss, just-resigned U.S. Attorney Dennis Burke, specifically opens detailing Avila's connection to the guns found at the Brian Terry murder scene. Burke, regular readers will recall, filed a motion with the court in the Avila case to deny victim status to Agent Terry's parents citing lack of a link between Avila's straw purchases and their son's murder. [More]

This evening's Gun Rights Examiner report shows how "law enforcement" officials immediately tried to mask the connection between their gunwalking and the death of a Border Patrol agent.

IN THEIR OWN WORDS.

"GOP Insiders" for Obama

That's what they'll get if they try to foist that "assault weapon-banning" Mitthead on us. [Read]

Even if they do want to diminish unalienable rights as a trivial "social issue."

The Stupid Party. Validating Carroll Quigley since...like, forever...

Conservative Action Alert

I'd just like to say that Mike, I and others could have never done this, this, this, this or this had it not been for Tony Adkins and his $175 fax blasts. I can't tell you how rewarding it is to see those efforts finally pay off.

Hello, ATF...?

I'd like to report a straw purchase... [Read]

What...? Go ahead with it...? Everything's under control...?

Safer Streets Commentaries

Longenecker's latest... [Read]

All in the Family

I can't think of anybody in mine who would try to kill me if I didn't do what they wanted... [Read]

There Oughtta be a Law!

"Captive hunting for both native wildlife and exotic wildlife should be illegal," says the Humane Society's Casey Pheiffer. [More]

Why?

And if identical principles were invoked, why would slaughtering captive domesticated animals be permitted in Casey's world?

"Only in America"

Wouldn’t it be better to have local values and standards reflected in local rules? Isn’t home rule usually the best way to go? [More]

So let me get this straight--you're advocating elimination of all federal and state gun laws...?

Fincher services today

Thank you for all your help. Dad will not be released because there is no way to get him out of prison. There is not enough time. I want to thank you all for all your efforts. Thank you, Fincher Family [More]

I'll have more to say on this later. Now is not the time.

The National Spotlight

The last time Boundary County ended up in the national spotlight happened to be this little incident... [More]

Yep. It's only too bad this little incident didn't also make the national spotlight.

[Via Michael G]

Lipstick on a Pig?

"We used a little rouge so everybody would be safe." [More]

And you couldn't have used that with David Koresh or Randy Weaver?

Words Have Meaning

"Botched gun sting"

Whose interests are served by this terminology?

Are yours served by standing by and letting it happen without challenge?

This Day in History: September1

Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1779 [More]

One Thing About the Enemy...

They're predictable.

Kurt called it.

Embassy cable: 'No way of verifying...numbers' of US guns in Mexico

It also shows that everybody who was anybody in the administration was institutionally involved, not just ATF, and certainly not just ATF Phoenix, as some would like to confine investigations to. And among the recipients, one stands out--the last one on the list: NSC. [More]

This afternoon's Gun Rights Examiner report notes a direct line of involvement to the very top that goes back years...