Why Gun Groups Supported, and Opposed, Failed Hunting and Conservation Bill

I just found out my latest Shooter's Log piece was published on July 25, and I did not link to it at that time. [More]

Why Not Offer a 'Third Way' to Let Doctors Ask About Guns?

"Progressives" love "third way" proposals, if nothing else to get people's guard down on matters of principle and let the camel slip its nose under the tent, so if they're to be consistent, they ought to love this idea. [More]

My latest JPFO Alert offers a prescription for immunizing gun owners against agenda-driven gun quacks in states that have not yet enacted appropriate boundary violation protections.

This "Real Reporter" Gets Paid?

And this was approved by a "professional" editor? [More]

At first I thought it must be The Onion.

Gun owners should take White House up on invitation to write Obama

Well, why not? This is still America, as much as Obama's trying to fundamentally transform the place, and as long as you steer clear of anything the Secret Service might not find humor or understanding in, you’re still free to tell the guy what you think of him, or to ask him a question, or to urge him to... well, use your best judgment there. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner commentary encourages gun owners to tell the Organizer in Chief just what they think of him and his fundamental transformations.

Judicial Watch says court ordered DOJ to release Fast & Furious docs index

Well, that oughtta be good for more stonewalling and thumb-nosing. [More]

Any bets against an appeal and a stay, just like we saw with the DC carry law decision?

Letters to Obama

I sent a message to Obama as part of my upcoming Gun Rights Examiner article.  This blog post will be a link in that piece.

Here was my message:

It was rejected on submission. It said my CAPTCHA answer was incorrect.  Sorry, I don't know much Common Core math, and was always taught to use a comma.  They sure make it tough to tell the guy to go **** himself.

Ah well, if at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Will I be up to the challenge this time, and do I enter "four" or "4"?

WTF is with the British spelling of "color"? Are they outsourcing the website to H-1Bs from India now?

Anyway, here's proof of delivery.  Now to go and post my article.

He's a Well-Respected Man About Town

This means, as respected firearms blogger David Codrea recently noted, that when it’s time for someone to “pay the piper,” it won’t be real criminals that get the shaft, it will be some poor FFL that hasn’t kept his books up to snuff. [More]

I've warned these folks before not everyone agrees with that assessment, and any public acknowledgement may end up working against them in the eyes of those who feel I've stepped on toes or worse. That said, I intend to grab feral sons Uday and Qusay by their collars and read this to them -- it's nice to know there are ways to command their respect other than what I have to do to break up their parties.

I'll drag 'em in for an obedience lesson right after this song is over.

We're the Only Ones Who Won't Take No for an Answer Enough

It's always nice to see that training kick into gear and become reflexive... [More]

In fairness, though, there's another dynamic and possibility that may be a factor here. I can't and won't automatically assume guilt.

[Via bondmen]

You Sly Dog

At Mayor Sly James’ urging, the City Council voted 9-0 Thursday to ban the “open carry” of firearms, saying Kansas City doesn’t need any more weapons on the streets.

“This is not an environment where we need to have everyone armed to the teeth,” James told his colleagues. [More]

I'll say!

[Via bondmen]

A Common Sense Gun Safety Advocate

Louisville Metro Police have arrested a man after they say he hid a gun in his 15-year-old cousin's backpack so he could attend a rally against youth violence. [More]

See, this is why they have to disarm you and me.

[Via Florida Guy]

The Obvious Solution

Disarm the military! [More]

After all, if you don't need a gun because the police will protect you, it stands to reason the police don't need guns because the military will protect them, and the military doesn't need guns because the UN will protect them.

Of course, that leads to the inconvenient question of who will protect us from our protecto... ohhh... so that's why we need guns...

[Via Florida Guy] 

UPDATE: I moved on this 20 minutes too soon. I just saw it's the subject of Kurt's latest JPFO alert, and, as per what we expect from him, he packs in plenty of other insights.

Go, read, share.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MR. PRESIDENT!

Well, thank you, Jennifer. That worked better than warm suds and a syringe tube!

Here's the thing: I followed your link and didn't quite see the card I wanted. So I hope you don't mind, but I went ahead and customized a few of my own:

Here's the article I made this for.

Kapo Collaborators of Greater Seattle

"I can't tell you how deeply those
Warsaw ghetto fighters offended me."

“It is deeply offensive for anyone to suggest that Jewish supporters of gun violence prevention have ‘forgotten’ the history of our people,” the group said. “For a representative of the National Rifle Association, or any organization, to repeat the out-of-touch falsehood linking gun violence prevention to Nazi Germany and the Holocaust is not only an ignorant distortion but is exceedingly dangerous.” [More]

Oh really?

Oh really?

Oh really?

Deeply offensive?  For "progressives," every day is Opposite Day. I'm glad they're offended. To paraphrase Rhett Butler, they deserve to be offended, and often, and by someone who knew how.

For Prozi swine, every day is Big Lie Day. These are the types who would rat out a barracks mate for extra rations. They are beyond contemptible.

And as usual, they're also way off target, but it's intentional. Crediting the concept to NRA makes for a more recognizable boogieman to rouse the rabble with.

[Via Florida Guy]

We're the Only Ones Rounding Up the Usual Suspects Enough

Ah, the old Inspector Clouseau "I suspect no one and I suspect everyone" strategy. [More]

Agents and officers marked an X on the hands of everyone they have spoken to.

Heck, they should have dragged them out and made them all submit to more reliable investigative techniques. It's not like we don't have precedent from our more sophisticated allies. After all, if you've got nothing to hide...

And besides, Armada Invencible...

[Via Florida Guy]

Summary Judgment

Summary Judgment, Connecticut’s first and only public television talk show focused on how the state is impacting your rights, will be moving to a new time slot. Summary Judgment will air weekly on Saturdays 6pm – 8pm. We will be accepting viewer call ins at (860) 721-8814. [More]

"Summary Judgment is a show on Public Access Television and the Internet that covers many topics about our constitutional rights in Connecticut and the impacts on them from politicians, the legal system and other influences," the program website advises. It's hosted by Rachel M. Baird and Edward Peruta.

You can watch live streaming here.

You can watch past programs and get more information here.

They're also on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter.

If you live in Connecticut, you should first of all know about this, and second, spread the word.  If you have friends in Connecticut, you should tell them about this.

This Day in History: August 1

It gives me great pleasure to find that the States of Holland have at last de[c]lared in favor of the Independence of America I have no doubt but great good will result from it both to them & us. [More]

D'Souza / Palmer to Appear on Armed American Radio

I just received this press release from Mark Walters:

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It's a Small World After All

I figured yesterday's column would be controversial.

A well-intentioned Facebook friend commented thusly:

Are we all assuming that these new arrivals aren't going to want the same things we do? I think that might be a bad assumption. As David just said: when life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Can we not co-opt them as easily as the progressives have?

That presupposes assumptions, rather than observations, were made. The burden is on anyone challenging the piece to address and refute each specific documented claim by presenting superior counter-documentation before making the ...uh... assumption that they are invalid and moving the discussion on to a new track. And in re suggesting it's just as easy to co-opt, again, the burden is on the proposer to flesh that out and explain what evidence he has to suppose that. Who is making assumptions here?

"Can't we all get along?" sounds like a great plan. I'm game. As long as getting along doesn't result in more dangers, burdens and infringements, and fewer Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity. I need more than a hopeful heart and platitudes here. Flesh out how "we" are going to  do it.  And how easy "easily" is.

I was pleased to receive the following via email from WarOnGuns Correspondent JM, who has agreed to let me share it here:

Outstanding article on immigration and gun control! I just emailed it to several of the Vdare.com writers, so hopefully one of them blogs about it. As a matter of coincidence, the NRA sent a letter to me today asking me to sign up. I think I will print off and include your column in my response!

One other point: if people calling themselves "libertarian" or who follow Koch Brothers funded establishment type "libertarians" who are generally pro-gun rights attempt to object to your article, you can always respond with this by the guy who literally created the modern day libertarian movement.

Rothbard starts on the immigration issue on page six. He remarks how he completely changed his views on free immigration when he witnessed Russia encourage mass immigration to Latvia and Estonia to destroy their culture and language during the fall of the Soviet Union. On page nine, Rothbard references how Latvia, Estonia, and Switzerland dealt with mass immigration by refusing to allow the immigrants to vote - thereby maintaining their values and culture.

If the founder of the modern day libertarian movement is not enough, here is another major figure in the modern day libertarian movement making the same case, albeit in much greater detail.

The main point Rothbard and Hoppe make is that this isn't "free labor" - but instead centrally planned economic policy in the form of mass immigration by the government since the market is not making these decisions.

Read that last sentence again. Who is co-opting whom here? And for what purpose?

Celebrity Justice

You don't expect great people to be burdened by the same controls as we lesser beings, do you? [More]

Poor Ray. The nerve of those people.

As for Shaneen, who the hell does that nobody think she is?  Talk about nerve!

After all, what has Gwyneth taught us about the crosses our idols must bear?  And haven't we established she knows best what's good for us, the little people?

Here's That "National Conversation on Guns" the Antis Said They Wanted

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Click the link for details. And please help spread the word.