We're the Only Ones Professional Enough...

Really.

Analogies

GunShowOnTheNet compares the rights thieves to termites:

They are an infestation that works unceasingly at nibbling away valuable structures. Causing untold damage and harm.

That works. I've also seen them compared to a cancer.

Me, I've taken to thinking of them as AIDS--interfering with the body politic's ability to defend itself against infection.

No analogy will be perfect, but their use may be helpful. You wouldn't think about compromising goals with an insect infestation, or with a deadly infection.

Machine-Gun Toting Pirates Attack Ship

And the cruise ship got lucky--they were able to outrun their pursuers.

What about repelling attackers?

Sorry.

Per the International Maritime Organization:

Firearms

45 The carrying and use of firearms for personal protection or protection of a ship is strongly discouraged.

46 Carriage of arms on board ship may encourage attackers to carry firearms thereby escalating an already dangerous situation, and any firearms on board may themselves become an attractive target for an attacker. The use of firearms requires special training and aptitudes and the risk of accidents with firearms carried on board ship is great. In some jurisdictions, killing a national may have unforeseen consequences even for a person who believes he has acted in self defence.

I wrote about this obscene situation years ago in my GUNS & AMMO article "A Pirate's Life For Me."

UPDATE: Publicola also has something to say.

All in the Line of Duty

As mentioned in the post below, attorney Gary W. Gorski is looking for plaintiffs against the San Francisco gun ban, which will probably pass on Tuesday.

One of the cases Gary is currently working on involves police brutality at Sacramento County Jail. The Sacramento Bee article this post links to contains graphic photos, as well as links to videos demonstrating tactics employed to ensure obedience.

Watch the videos and look at the pictures, and imagine that instead of being arested for alleged drinking, the victims were gun owners caught in possession of banned firearms.

SF Plaintiffs Wanted

From attorney Gary W. Gorski:

I’m looking for SF City Residents to act as Plaintiff’s for the SF Gun Ban which will take effect. I need volunteers ASAP!!!!! You must be a city resident.

The San Francisco Chronicle says "the motion seems poised to pass."

Please pass this information on to San Francisco gun owners. Gary's contact information is posted here.

A 5-Day Wait: For Stun Guns???

Imposed courtesy of the Miami-Dade County Commissioners, whose motto is "Putting the People's Business First."

These are the same geniuses who came up with the "Cellular Phone Conga Line," where women who suffered domestic abuse were given used phones to call 911 after they were attacked.

"Lucy! You got some 'splainin' to do!"

"Wa-a-ahhh!!!"

The commissioners have a seasoned grasp of cause and effective responses rivaled only by the Toronto Police.

"The Gun Charges Are a Ruse"

A blogger who criticised the Libyan government online has been imprisoned for 18 months, according to Human Rights Watch. A Tripoli court convicted Abdel Raziq al-Mansuri of illegal possession of a handgun...

"The gun charges are a ruse. The authorities went after al-Mansuri because they did not like what he wrote."

Toronto Launches New Gun Amnesty

City police have launched another gun amnesty program aimed at curbing gun violence.

This time, the only incentive offered is knowing you did the right thing...Even if law-abiding citizens turn in just one weapon, Blair said that's one less gun for gangs to steal.

Translation: Please?

Pretty Please?

Jeez, dude, you people and your desperation are pathetic. Why don't you just admit you don't have a clue and you're grasping for anything to help maintain the illusion that "authorities" speak with authority?

If there was truth in media, the story would focus on the utter incompetence of the Toronto Police Chief and political establishment to address violent crime. But The London Free Press, like virtually every other urban "news"paper in North America, is too vested and mired in facist advocacy of citizen disarmament for that to happen.

The Heir of Liberty

[Via Nicki's Asylum]

Another Meaningless Poll

Sorry, but we don't have enough information to justify either the question or these results. This reflects nothing so much as wishful thinking.

Just like last time.

PSYCHO-Analysis

"The dissent in the Rybar case reflects a passive-aggressive approach to judicial review...

So the headcases who blame innimate objects at Coalition to Stop Gun Violence think they're qualified to offer a mental diagnosis of Judge Alito's ruling?

Perhaps we ought to give their professional opinion the consideration it's worth.

Thank You...

...to Cryptic Subterranean and Many of Whom Are Insane for the kind words for WarOnGuns.

U2CAN B A U-seful Idiot

U.S. Senator Dick Durbin and teens from UCAN joined forces to release the results of the 2005 UCAN Teen Gun Survey, a national survey of teen attitudes on gun violence...The survey also portrays that an overwhelming majority of teens (82.7%) feel that handguns should be childproofed like medicine bottles.

In a contradictory WarOnGuns study, 100% of the teens surveyed (sons Uday, 14, and Qusay, 11) feel that any teen who can't open a "childproofed medicine bottle" is a "tard", and offered to demonstrate how easily it can be done--from 100 yards.

No I Won't Back Down

Gonna stand my ground.

[Via SayUncle]

Former Cop Drops Suit Against Glock

Holland said his gun was disabled after it was hit by a bullet...

See, if they'd manufactured it on the planet Krypton, this wouldn't have happened.

Mayor Blames Rap for Gun Deaths

And here Sarah's been telling us the guns are to blame...

Just so we don't cast aspersions on individuals and the choices they make. We wouldn't want to be insensitive to anyone's self-esteem...

Tank Johnson Punished for Exercising His Right

Another account says he was ratted out by the valet at the Excalibur.

The webpage for their parent company, Aceplaces, looks pretty telling in re their view of guns.

Is Kilgore Making Peace With VCDL?

I thought they'd had a falling out.

In re the hysterics of the Bradys, we can have all the liquor we want at home--where by definition, most "domestic violence" takes place--right where we keep our "arsenals". Yet somehow, responsible gun owners--that is, the overwhelming super-majority--appear to have enough self-control to handle things.

But we're to believe that would all change the instant we walked into a restaurant that also serves drinks.

"Alito's Views Could Imperil Most Federal Gun, Ammo, and Explosives Laws"

Here's hoping...

Is BATFU Keeping Gun Transfer Records?

Jed has some questions that deserve answers.

It's Your Civic Duty

Stockpiling supplies and developing family response plans in case disaster strikes not only might save lives — it's also a civic duty, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Monday in an interview with The Associated Press.

What about weapons and ammo, Bender? Why the silence?

A Warning From the Past

READERS OF GUNS:
Take a good look at our Second Amendment. Good weapons keep men free; when you forget that, tyranny increases.

--From Southeastern Shooters Supply advertisement

The November 1955 issue of GUNS Magazine is now online.

Forrester Hit on Gun Control

Not hard enough, if you ask me.

If this weasel is the best the Republicans have to offer, they deserve to lose.

A Matter of Occupation

A state appellate panel Tuesday upheld a lower court ruling that Asbury Park did not have the authority to allow Police Director Louis Jordan to wear a uniform, carry a gun and make arrests when he was hired in May 2002.

I wonder how many other unauthorized civilians he busted for carrying guns?

By making that distinction, I guess they're admitting their police represent a military occupation...

The Play's the Thing

And all the world's a stage.

"A Mother, a Daughter and a Gun" looks like it's so stupid even other liberals hate it.

"A Hapless Toad"

For John Roberts, it was a "hapless toad'' in the path of a California housing development that represented the limits of the federal government's power to regulate activities within a state. For Samuel Alito Jr., it was a machine gun.

"A Real Winner"?

Gun Owners of America is effusive in its praise of Samuel Alito.

Some are not so enamored. Mike B. has some concerns that merit scrutiny (3rd comment in linked post).

We need to proceed with caution and not automatically conclude the Supreme Court nominee is a Second Amendment hardliner.

I plead guilty to feeling some optimism, but my jaded nature cautions me to be wary of the hook. The political establishment is all about power and control. They never just give it up.

You're Either With Us or Against Us

"There isn't really any middle ground on this issue," State Police Director Larry Trent said at a news conference Tuesday. "You either stand with the gun lobby or you stand with law enforcement."

You're right, Larry. There can be no middle ground.

Free the Internet

Jason at Leave Us Alone! urges support for a petition amending HR1606 to exempt bloggers from FEC regulation. If they're voting tomorrow, this post may be too late to do much good.

We've talked about this before at WarOnGuns.

My bottom line--go ahead and support the petition, but if it doesn't fly, take heart: They can pass any damned edict they want--I will write about what I want, when I want. There aren't enough of these evil bastards to do anything about it, and it's time they learned that. This is a wonderful opportunity to demonstrate just how impotent civil disobedience can render them.

The McCain-Feingold Insurrection Lives. It just doesn't update it's website much.

Knife-Wielding Man Slashes At Four Outside White House

Beck said that shortly before noon, a man slashed at four persons, who called for help from a police officer patrolling in Lafayette Park, just north of the White House.

The park is often packed with tourists who walk outside the presidential residence.

No doubt the Brady Campaign will be dispatching volunteers to DC airports to warn tourists…?

NEW!

I've got a little flashing "New" thingie on my blogroll courtesy of Curtis Stone. Thanks Curtis!

I've got it set to last for 2 hours after a blog updates.

Let me know if you're blogrolled and the symbol doesn't display. And if you have a blog and you're not on my roll, contact me [codrea4 at adelphia dot net] and we'll do something about that.

50 Cent Defends Controversial Gun Poster

The film's director, Jim Sheridan, agreed that people were making too much of the poster, and that people need to focus on real guns, and not Hollywood props.

He said: "I'm not really so concerned about cardboard guns on a poster. I'd be much more concerned about real guns. I think they should make a bigger effort to get rid of the guns."

Like most in Hollywood, this idiot doesn't realize that all freedoms are tied together. If he wants to disarm people, I'd like to see him start by trying with Fitty and his posse...

Cops and Robbers

D.C Police say the reason an armed Special Police Officer, who eventually pleaded guilty to robbing a couple in Georgetown, was allowed to carry a gun in the first place was because of human error.

WTOP has learned two Metropolitan Police Department officers have been disciplined for failing to notice that Xavier Brooks was wanted by police at the same time he was applying to be an armed special police officer.

And the idiots in DC are fighting to make sure that the cops remain the only ones with guns.

Cop Loses Gun At Donut Shop

We're the only ones jellied, glazed, filled, powdered and frosted enough to eat donuts and be trusted with guns at the same time.

You can't make stuff like this up.

Registration Part Of Gun Control AT WORK!

Registration is critical to allowing police to track guns back to their legal owners when they fall into the wrong hands...Now if you want to talk about a deterrent to crime!!!!! Because of the gun registry the police can trace guns (WHICH WERE SOLD ILLEGALLY by a so called law abiding gun owner) back to that gun owner!!!Just another example how the gun registry part of our gun control law works AND why we need it!...Making gun owners responsible for the most effect personal killing tool ever invented IS A GOOD THING!

Gee, "Cagerattler," you're so smart.

"Machine Gun Sammy"

Anybody who can provoke such hysterical fearmongering from the Brady Bunch has gotta be doing something right...

[Via Xavier Thoughts]

ALITO

President Bush, stung by the rejection of his first choice, nominated conservative judge Samuel Alito on Monday to replace moderate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor in a bid to reshape the Supreme Court and mollify his political base.

From Gun Owners of America:

There are other conservative judges who are currently on the federal bench who also have a high regard for the U.S. Constitution. Judge Samuel Alito, Jr., in the Third Circuit, has argued that Congress has no right to regulate the private possession of machine guns.

Tell me more...

Police Riot in Wisconsin

So it's the official policy of the City of Madison -- at least according to its mayor -- to assault citizens just as a preventive measure.

And isn't the threat of that the very essence of "gun control" laws?

[Via M'Gath]

You're Quite Welcome

This sure beats some of the stuff that's been said about me...

More Treason From the Birthplace of Liberty

Restrict the flow of legal weapons, and the number of guns circulating illegally on city streets would decline. "We need to go after traffickers who have highly developed businesses... just like selling hotdogs," says Bryan Miller of Ceasefire New Jersey, which lobbies for gun safety.

For all the talk of enforcing existing gun laws, those statutes have not kept illegal guns out of the hands of criminals. So lawmakers need to enact the one-handgun-a-month proposal being championed by Rep. John Myers and Sen. LeAnna M. Washington, both Philadelphia Democrats. Limiting legal handgun purchases - not hunting rifles - to a dozen per year would preserve gun owners' rights, while seriously hampering gun traffickers.

Wait a minute--I thought Philadelphia wasn't supposed to have any more crime. I thought "enforcing existing gun laws" was the winning strategy.

Gee, maybe you can't get in bed with your enemies. Maybe compromise and appeasement don't work, and they'll always be coming back at your throat.

Note this is coming from Philadelphia, home of Independence Hall (now a UN World Heritage Site). Disarming the Constitutional militia ought to be prosecutable as an act of treason.

And note the divide-and-conquer tactic pitting hunters against handgun owners--your rifles are OK--we're just going after those other guys.

For now.

Bill Proposed to Ban 'Cop Killer' Handguns

[BugMeNot Login Edress / Password: yourmom1@mail.com / 69sk0e]


Massachusetts anti-defense fanatics continue to demonstrate that they prefer destroying gun owners with police state coercion over peaceful coexistence. Exactly how many cops have been killed with the unspecified handgun has not been disclosed, nor where we can get one of those 0.05 needleguns before they're banned.

But out of all the foolishness contained in this story, this line stood out the most:

He argued that the NRA does support gun laws that are effective in reducing crime..

Really? And what laws would those be?

[Via KABA Newslinks]

This Could Have Been a Win-Win Situation

Calgary police Chief Jack Beaton says he wants to work with the city's firing ranges to devise a strict registry that would require every user to provide information and photo ID.

"We don't want gang members improving their shot," said Beaton.

Why not? Maybe then they'll start taking each other out instead of all those innocents they hit with stray shots.

Thank You For Your Service. Now Get Out.

Cryptic Subterranean relays what's happening to Walter Gaya, "an Army sniper...injured in an IED attack on a Stryker he was travelling in. He was eight days away from being sworn in as an American citizen..."

Now, he's in a bureaucratic black hole: Federal immigration officials wouldn't renew his permanent resident card or tell him when he could reschedule the swearing-in ceremony. No one at the local U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office could tell him what to do next to get his citizenship papers, or even how to renew his immigration documents.

I hope it's not because Immigration and Customs management is preoccupied with exposing themselves to teenage girls at malls...

UPDATE: Never mind.

"We Feel Like the Gun Makes the Problem Worse"

Blognomicon introduces us to Lisa Price, executive director of North Carolinians Against Gun Violence, who would apparently rather see women raped and butchered than armed.

Notice her advocacy for rendering you and your loved ones defenseless is based on her feelings.

Where have I heard that before?

Rossie: Gun Makers Aren't the Problem Here

He starts out fine and is going along great, and then he starts bemoaning the lack of regulations and demanding gun registration.

Yes, Mr. Rossie, gun makers aren't the problem. Idiot Americans who either don't understand or fear or despise "shall not be infringed" are.

Gun Geek on the Net Gets 3Yrs

A COMPUTER nerd was yesterday jailed for three years for selling replica guns on the internet. Andrew Phillips ran a website called Guns2 Thugs.com from his bedroom at his mum's house...Police closed the website in a raid on Phillips's Nottingham home after questions were asked in the Commons.

"Gun geek?"

"Computer nerd?"

Don't you just love the way "real journalists" keep their personal biases to themselves and limit their reporting to the facts?

For the risks this guy took and for the penalties they impose over replica guns, why wouldn't he just run the real things?

Here's what's left of the website the police shut down, courtesy of the Wayback Machine.

Let's Give Federal Law Enforcement a Big Hand

Never mind--he's using his own (sorry).

If it looks like WarOnGuns is being particularly hard (sorry again) on cops today, it's really not by design. These stories just keep falling into my lap (once more, I apologize).

One of the more obscene passages in this sordid tale:

The jail and the Orange County Sheriff's Office declined to release Figueroa's mug shot taken when he was booked at the jail. Florida public-records law permits law-enforcement officers charged with a crime to withhold their booking photographs.

[Via Wolfesblog]

Raped By Cops

Maybe they were imposters.

"Obviously, We Cannot Support Guns, So It Was Taken Out."

Obviously.

Seeing as how Judy Yu is a practitioner of Stalinist revisionism, why would we expect anything else?

So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

Smoke My Gun is pulling up stakes.

Too bad. Good site.

"Please feel free to find me at The Firing Line under the username vitesse9," he writes.

Name the Liberal Hypocrite Quiz

1. Which liberal says that labor unions are essential for worker rights and accepted the Cesar Chavez Award for their contributions to the labor movement, but uses non-union labor in the hotels, restaurants, and Napa Valley Vineyard that they own?
a. Susan Sarandon
b. Paul Newman
c. Nancy Pelosi

Caveat: I haven't personally verified the answers, but this is very interesting and appears credible.

[Via God, Guns, Glory!]

Bill Seeks to Limit Gun Confiscations

Police shouldn't be allowed to confiscate guns from hurricane victims as they reportedly did in New Orleans, said a state lawmaker who has introduced legislation to make sure that doesn't happen in Florida...

The bill (HB 285) would amend a law that permits the governor to suspend the sale, dispensing or transportation of firearms. It would add that nothing in the law "shall be construed to authorize the seizure, taking or confiscation of firearms that are lawfully possessed."

How nice of them. People need a bill to let them know the government isn't allowed to steal their survival tools in emergencies--just when they need them the most???

A question: What the hell is this permitting the governor to suspend sales travesty about, anyway? They pulled this same act of war on the people in the LA riots (you couldn't get ammo or pick up a gun you'd gone through the mandated "cooling off" period for).

What other unalienable rights is government authorized to suspend if they come up with a good enough cover story?

Dress Like a Cop--Rob With Impunity

The men burst into Frias Tire and Mechanic sometime between 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. last Thursday. At least two shots were fired - one into a wall, one into the ground - by the impostor cops, Gener said.

Why is everybody assuming they were imposters?

[Via KABA Newslinks]

Rules For YOU and Rules For US

"Chief Bratton needed a permit because when he became Chief of LAPD he was not a sworn California peace officer legally entitled to carry a firearm. Bratton got a CCW, despite the fact that his 'good cause' justification for needing a CCW was completely inadequate under LAPD's current standards as applied to ordinary citizens."

In Los Angeles, only the police, politicians and the politically-connected get to carry concealed guns without fear of having their lives destroyed if caught. The LA Sheriff practices this same kind of elitism.

[Via KABA Newslinks]

Shameless Plug: Storm Warning

Outside the Superdome, chaos ruled. Looters ransacked with impunity. Armed gangs robbed and raped and killed. Rescue helicopters were shot at. Police were photographed and videotaped joining in the looting. Hundreds went AWOL or quit outright. Mayor Nagin bizarrely claimed they needed a 5-day all-expenses-paid Las Vegas vacation to cope with the stress.

"Storm Warning" is my Rights Watch column for the December issue of GUNS Magazine, on sale now at prognostic newsstands throughout the Republic.

BONUS: See page 68 of this issue to find out how you can win the Ruger 50th Anniversary Commemorative Blackhawk .357.

Bethel Police Chief, Aid Charged In Drug, Gun Probe

Police Chief Reginald Roberts and Lt. Jerome Cox were arrested Thursday following an undercover operation on charges of conspiring to distribute crack cocaine. The chief also was charged with unlawfully selling a firearm to a convicted felon.

Yep, they're definitely the only ones professional enough...

Today's Forecast

"[T]hings are broken and tough history is coming."--Peggy Noonan

Resource Officer Loses Gun At Elementary School

Here's another one for the "I'm the only one professional enough" files:

Investigators say the officer placed his gunbelt on top of his patrol car as he was leaving the Campobello elementary school Tuesday.

He then drove off, forgetting it.

I'm sure if this happened to you and me, the punishment would be to take a remedial training class.

Question for Wayne LaPierre: Do you still maintain "[W]e believe in absolutely gun-free, zero-tolerance, totally safe schools. That means no guns in America's schools, period,with the rare exception of law enforcement officers or trained security personnel"?

Gun-Toting Official Takes Plea Bargain

Threaten a cop with a loaded gun, get probation and a $300 fine.

Yep, I'm sure that's what would happen to one of us regular citizens.

Scheer Auditions for Talent Show

To the tune of The Horst Wessel Song, he stamps his feet, lies and wets himself, all at the same time! [More]

Brazil's Next Ban

Postcards of bikini-clad beauties frolicking on Rio's famed beaches could be banned from sales in the city's shops and newsstands in an attempt to discourage sex tourism.

Yeah, their proposed ban on guns was supposed to stop violent crime. I'm sure a ban on postcards will stamp out prostitution.

What the hell is it with these government types?

MIERS WITHDRAWS!

The administration is saying it's because the Senate would have demanded sensitive White House documents. My unqualified, totally speculative opinion is the heads-up questions Arlen Specter gave her scared her off.

And now it's time to meet Bachelorette Number Two...

It's Antelope Canyon

South Park Pundit wins.

If you look at the comments, you'll see I knew the answer, but didn't disclose it since I already had a button.

But I cheated.

I'd never even heard of Antelope Canyon before this. I just did a Google image search on the terms "Arizona" and Canyon" and found this.

A Terrifying Ordeal

TWO couples suffered a terrifying ordeal early yesterday after robbers forced their way into a house and fired a gun to back up their demands for money.

Of course it was terrifying. They were helpless to do anything except obey monsters who use the threat of lethal force to coerce victims into compliance.

And forgetting their government for a moment, they were also being robbed by free-lance criminals.

More Blunders Down Under

Western Queensland gun owners will face a safety audit to ensure their weapons are being stored correctly.

The six-month state-wide audit will see police make appointments with randomly selected licenced weapon holders to inspect their storage facilities.

All without a warrant. Oh, that's right, when you relegate rights to licensed privileges, you automatically agree to subject yourself to the government outrage de jour.

Wonder how many appointments have been made with the segment of the populace causing all the violence problems. Oh, that's right, none.

Demonizing Condi

Michelle Malkin reports that USA Today doctored a photograph of Condoleezza Rice to make her look demonic. [More]

I cannot believe that government-recognized journalists would stoop to such low tactics. Seeing as how us lowly bloggers don't make the grade, who are we to trust for reliable information?

The WMDs Have Been Found!

Najee Ali finalized with a strong sentiment, citing that “Guns are weapons of mass destruction that are used to kill people. We demand that Paramount Pictures remove these negative images of death and destruction, images that our young children are influenced by.”

50 Cent does sound like a lovely man. Leave it to rich liberal Hollywood producers to get in bed with him in pursuit of the Almighty Dollar.

But Najee Ali needs to get his head out of his hindquarters and come to grips with the fact that disarming people has historically been a terrible idea, particularly as it pertains to blacks and freedom.

Anti-Gun Groups Call for Ban on Crown Molding

If it will save one life...

Pretty funny satire.

Dipping Into South Africa's "Gun Pool"

Johannesburg - About 17 000 police firearms were reported lost or stolen between 1990 and 2003 - about 1nbsp;000 [as appearing in original--DC] a year or 108 a month...

"I can't say how many of the firearms reported lost or stolen by the police have been used in violent crimes, but I know that the police use Z88 service pistols. These firearms are one of the types used regularly in violent crimes..."

So the government that can't control the weapons they've appropriated wants people to believe controlling privately-owned weapons will make everything all better in terms of "gun crimes".

And remember--those are only the missing firearms "reported."

License to Shill

Daniel Craig will have a problem playing the new James Bond - because he hates guns.

The actor will wield 007's famous Walther PPK in the movie Casino Royale.

But he revealed in OK! magazine: "I hate handguns. Handguns are used to shoot people and as long as they are around, people will shoot each other.

Join the club. Sean Connery was a spokesman for UK disarmament, and Pierce Brosnan is a big UN supporter. And this article reveals Roger Moore also shared those sentiments. But at least these guys waited until they were rich and famous before they started alienating their audience.

Way to go, Craig--you've single-handedly guaranteed a "Boycott Bond" movement while the movie is still in pre-production. Yeah, I'll bet the money men behind this production will be shaken, not stirred, when they realize they entrusted their investment to such a moron.

Hey guys--it's not too late to replace him...

Disarming Mike Wallace's Critics

The CBS spin doctor has managed not just to evade--but to totally ignore a central question:

Did Mike Wallace accept or forego his traditional $50-75K speaker's fee?

Don't they think this is relevant information that the public deserves an answer to?

If not, why not?

Win a Cool Link Button For Your Blog

Head on over to Fun Turns to Tragedy and guess where the awesome photos were taken.

SF to Ban Brazilians From Voting

Pretty funny...

"As a Former US Citizen..."

Thank God for that.

Anybody think the Terry Crawford-Browne's of the world will tolerate us coexisting with them? That is, unless we are bent to their will by the state?

Another Frothing Anti-Defense Zealot

Here's another boringly unoriginal government force monopoly zealot who would be worse than useless in a life-or-death defense situation. I hesitated giving this wretch any further exposure, but found some stuff that was too rich not to share:

From a reprint posted at (can you believe it?) Christian Ethics Today:

So by no means mention that the likely weapon in these murders is a .223 caliber rifle, probably of the sort usually called “military-style,” which actually means “military.” These rifles have a range about five times the range typically favored by deer hunters.

And here's an article titled "Carter - America’s Best Former President."

Hey, everybody--listen to Tom Teepen. He's smart!

R.I.P. Rosa Parks

If only more Americans had the courage to defy freedom-stifling edicts...

[Image via The Smoking Gun]

Gun Crime Up By 150%

"What concerns me is the increasing willingness of criminals to use guns to kill people," he said. "Gun crime in Islington (North London) increased by 148 per cent last year."

Yep, sounds like citizen disarmament is working just fine across the pond.

Say, I've got a swell idea: why don't we try that here?

Gun Owners Refused Licences Set to Sue

A gun lobby group is suing Minister of Safety and Security Charles Nqakula for R3,2-billion for compensation to its members whose appeals for gun licence renewal applications were turned down.

In addition, those who have not yet applied say they will defy the law and not apply after seeing how the other members were treated.

They should have done that in the first place.

Background Checks to Double This Week

From Vin Suprynowicz:

While Nevadans without such permits have to pay $25 to have an FBI criminal background check run each time they purchase a firearm, serious gun owners and shooters were told that as a fringe benefit of acquiring the concealed carry permit we'd be allowed to buy firearms without undergoing (and paying for) a new $25 "Brady" check each time.

Guess what?

In an Oct. 13 letter, Maj. Robert Wideman of the division of the Nevada Department of Public Safety (state police) advises Nevada gun dealers that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has determined that will no longer be the case beginning Oct. 23.

BATFU'd again.

That collar our "gun rights leaders" say is an incremental victory isn't starting to choke yet, is it?

By the way, you've all bought Vin's book, right?

[Thanks to Skip]

REJECTED!

Brazilians soundly rejected a proposal to ban the sale of guns in a national referendum Sunday...With more than 92 percent of the votes counted, 64 percent of Brazilians were opposed to the ban, while 36 percent backed it, said election officials, giving the 'no' position an insurmountable lead.

Meanwhile, Back at the Great White North

The Canadian government is looking into ways to sue U.S. gun manufacturers for the spread of illegal weapons into this country, the Toronto Star reported yesterday.

Bring it on.

After looking at this report and the way the Canadian government is pursuing global citizen disarmament, I think it's past time we had it out.

"I'm the Bigger Gun Banner!"

"No, I'M the Bigger Gun Banner!"

Democratic mayoral contender Fernando Ferrer took Mayor Bloomberg to task yesterday for supporting Republican lawmakers who backed a controversial pro-gun law passed by Congress last week...

"For the past four years, Mike Bloomberg has battled gun manufacturers in court, led a coalition of big-city mayors to stop gun violence and stood up to the NRA to defeat this bill while Freddy Ferrer did nothing and said nothing," said spokesman Jordan Barowitz.

Mike Bloomberg can't win for trying. Which is fitting for this statist loser.

Pathetic, that in order to play to New Yorkers, you have to prove yourself the most subversive to the Constitution.

Nicki's Secret Admirer

I'd comment, but Napoleon XIV has pretty much said it all.

Then check out Nicki Fellenzer's blogs, The Liberty Zone and Nicki's Asylum. I think she needs to clear out a room in the latter for her pinheaded cyberstalker.

"Remember New Orleans!"

Wayne LaPierre thinks that ought to be our new slogan when confronted with citizen disarmament proposals, and he gives some examples where it would be a good rejoinder.

I agree. But here's one Wayne forgot to mention:

Imagine you're a teacher, and you hear gun shots and kids screaming. You have a roomful of children entrusted to your care, but you're pretty much helpless to do anything except lock the door, order everyone on the floor behind their chairs, and hope the attacker passes you by.

Remember New Orleans!

[KABA Newslinks]

Just Say "No" to Self-Defense

...Stephen Hargarten, co-director of the Firearm Injury Center at the Medical College of Wisconsin, raises questions that should prompt all legislators to look skeptically at a proposal that would allow average Wisconsinites to carry concealed weapons.

(Translation: Another agenda-driven ivory-tower egghead finds no correlation between being armed and being able to defend yourself, and wants more money to expand his influence.)

But youth in Wisconsin are committing suicide at a statistically higher rate than the national average, and if more people are carrying more people might (yeah, the editorial actually says "might") be "killed with their own guns that have been taken from them."

Forget that "youth" won't be in the population eligible for concealed carry. Forget that "Japan, which prohibits handguns, has a suicide rate of more than twice the U.S. level." Forget that the suicide rate in Los Angeles County Jails--where disarmed inmates are monitored 24/7--was documented to be about five times higher than that of the general population.

See, here's the thing. Hargarten and the National Academy of Sciences (the anti-gun collective that recently came out with the massive study that couldn't find any correlation between citizen disarmament laws and reduced violence) depend on continued funding. So it's hardly surprising that their conclusion--when they can't find facts to support their thesis--is they need to ponder some more, and they need more money with which to ponder.

Think of squawking chicks in a nest, maws gaping, shrieking for more regurgitated nourishment. You wouldn't let those determine your defensive options, either.

The actual Hargarten journal article is here. Amazingly it is even stupider and more agenda-driven than the Journal Sentinel editorial. He apparently can't help whining hysterically about a Ruger Blackhawk model that was engineered to include a transfer bar to address the problem of misfires over three decades ago. He demands mandatory (and conveniently non-existent) "personalized handguns," and deliberately misleads his readers with statistics about police officers and takeaway incidents, knowing full well they will be exempted from having to use them.

Bottom line: Hargarten is not acting as a scientist. He is acting as a propagandist. So expect the Brady Campaign and their fellow travelers to hold this dishonest opinion piece masked as scientific literature up like it's the Ten Commandments handed down from God.

And no, I haven't changed my opinions about permitting/licensing of unalienable rights. But that's a different debate.

[Thanks to Dan Gifford]

No Charges For Gun Death Officers

Two policemen who shot a man carrying a table leg they mistook for a sawn-off shotgun will not be charged over his death.

No, of course they won't.

Huge SoCal Gun Possession Case Dismissed

I'm not sure what this is about--this is the only story in the news and I don't know any other background details--but it sounds like the guy was a gun dealer trying to comply with legal edicts by reporting his inventory to BATFU, and the state somehow improperly got ahold of the information.

Gee, who would ever think the feds would stoop to illegally leaking info to state agencies?

Gun Slips From Sticky Fingaz

US rapper Sticky Fingaz has been arrested after allegedly leaving an unlicensed gun in a hotel room.

Well, on the one hand, that's a really stupid thang to do, and a check of the guy's lyrics makes him sound like the kind of thug you'd want a gun to protect yourself against.

But funny thing about liberty--it doesn't just apply to people I approve of, and in the absence of committing a criminal act with the gun, the hotel's response should have been to call him and let him know they had his property in the front desk safe.

Suspended For Paper Gun: Zero-Tolerance Insanity

I am speechless. I literally cannot believe this is not an elaborate sick hoax.

So far, I've managed to keep obscene words out of my (public) commentaries. I've got to walk away from this for a while, before I post something I'll regret.

Trouble in Paradise: "The Rules"

Here's an update on the doings at R-Ranch, and the tangled web they're attempting to weave:

Proposed Gun Rules
R-Ranch

These rules apply to all owners and guests of owners as well as employees and their quests, however the Board of Directors may make exceptions for safety and security.

1. All federal, state and county laws must be complied with, as well as forest service rules.

2. No shooting is allowed on the ranch with any type of weapon with the following exceptions:
A. The gun range, or Archery Range.
B. Organize staged gunfights using blank ammunition, approved by the Board of Directors. The Board may delegate this authority.

3. No loaded guns on the ranch. With the following exceptions:
A. The Gun range
B. Organized staged gunfights using blank ammunition.
C. Undeveloped areas of the ranch
D. Board may make future exceptions.

4. No concealed guns are allowed on the ranch. With the exception of law enforcement officers and those who have a valid permit to carry.

5. If transporting fire arms in your vehicle all Federal, State and county laws apply.

6. Handguns if carried must be unloaded and in a holster pointed toward the ground.

7. Rifles and shotguns if carried must be carried in a safe manner either point up in the air or down at the ground.

8. Intentionally pointing any weapon of any kind at anyone is forbidden.

9. Organized staged gunfights using blank ammunition must have the permission of The Board of Director and be announced far enough in advance so as not alarm anyone.

10. Paint ball guns are not to be fired on ranch property.

11. All weapons must be secured when not in use. Cabins are not a safe place to leave a weapon of any kind. All weapons must be secured in your vehicle and out of sight when not in use.

12. Weapons are but not limited to anything that that fires a projectile, such as rifles, pistols, shotguns, B.B. guns, pellet guns, sling shots bows, crossbows etc. Large knifes, swords, spears, axes, anything that can be thrown or has sharp edges.

Without getting into a detailed analysis, these rules are stupid and unenforceable. They result from pure irrational fear that some have when seeing am armed man not in an official state uniform.

If someone is carrying concealed, they will never know. If someone is carrying openly, how will they know if the gun is loaded or not? If they ask to inspect it and are refused, what will they do? More to the point, on what authority would a sheriff's deputy be authorized to conduct an arrest, since no California law will have been violated?

But what really illustrates how this is utter nonsense is the prohibition against carrying loaded firearms except in "undeveloped areas of the Ranch."

The trash bins are all in developed areas.

Guess where the bears are attracted to go?

Guess what Security is passing out at the check-in booth?

I like to think of this as "EXHIBIT A":



"BEARS ARE BACK! Do not feed them! Please be careful when out at night."

In other words, our Board has known for years that there is a very real potential danger to the lives and safety of Ranch vistors. They know there is nothing they do about it. And they insist on creating conditions so there will be nothing anyone can do about it should an attack occur.

I'm not going to reveal my hand here, but I am definitely exploring options on this--beginning with ignoring any stupid rules that endanger my life or the lives of anyone I care about.

RELATED READING:
Trouble in Paradise
A Gathering Storm
Heaven Forbid! More Trouble in Paradise

Toilet Gun Found

Here's an update to Monday's post.

It appears The Mirror doesn't just report the news--they rat out citizens...uhh...subjects to the cops so they'll have something to write about.

I don't get the "theft by finding" charge if the guy phoned in an anonymous tip.

I do agree with the bloke's dad that he is "stupid." The idiot could have liberated a Sig Sauer

"They Made Us Look Like Stooges"

Last night's Boston Legal episode was every bit the liberal polemic I thought it would be.

The statistics mouthed by the actors were right out of the Brady Campaign playbook. The urbane distaste for guns was unmasked. The arguments opposing gun control were vapid, showing the writers never even attempted to understand the true reasons one might do so--and the only character opposed to gun control was a head case and buffoon.

Add to that ridiculously implausible scenarios--like bringing a loaded musket into a Boston courtroom--and the obligatory incompetent handling/accidental shots fired whenever Denny Crane gets his hands on a gun--and you have what we all should have expected.

My oldest boy said it best. They made us look like stooges.

WARNING: Following Post Contains Obscene Material

With all the critical issues on the national agenda, from the Iraq war to hurricane recovery, the House's eagerness is obscene as the gun lobby herds lawmakers from both parties behind a bill to deny victimized families their fair day in court.

No, what's obscene is The New York Times continued advocacy of citizen disarmament while its Chairman Emeritus, "Punch" Sulzberger, has used his elite influence to obtain a concealed carry permit unavailable to the masses.

Boston Legal

Forced by a client to put Denny Crane on the case, Shirley Schmidt reluctantly enlists his help to defend a Democratic Congressman being sued for not keeping a campaign promise to pass a ban on assault weapons. The right-wing Crane is an unlikely defender from the start, but Schmidt really wonders if she made the right decision when he goes missing the day of his closing.

Right. "The right-wing Crane" portrayed by the left-wing Shatner. And we know how skillful media liberals are at not portraying conservatives as stereotypical caricatures.

From the Boston Legal website's "Crane, Poole & Schmidt" General Office Folder, filed under "Announcements":

No Guns Allowed in the Office

All Partners and Associates are reminded that guns are prohibited in the office. Even though recent visits from armed ex-clients have alarmed some CP+S employees, carrying weapons within the confines of Crane, Poole and Schmidt is strictly forbidden (Accept [sic] for Denny Crane who was a Marine Sharpshooter, or a Navy Seal, but either way is trained in the use of firearms and has shown reasonable restraint when discharging them in the office.)

I've never seen the program, but I understand it's popular and many think it's funny. I guess I'll need to watch it tonight (ABC, Tuesdays, 10/9c) to do a propaganda check.

PD Safe Despite Loaded Gun

That is, if you define "safe" as whistling through a graveyard or pulling the covers over your head.

I wonder how the Student Crime Stoppers would stop an actual violent crime in progress against students.

Oh well, at least the gun-free school zone crowd agrees with Sandra Froman and Wayne LaPierre. So that should be seen as a victory of sorts for gun owners, right?

Right?

Spotting Shots

The quick response - within seconds - came because a nearby sensor picked up the sound of the muzzle blast, pinpointed the shooter's location to within 10 feet and alerted police dispatchers of the address...The ShotSpotter system is only triggered by gunfire and it can discern the type of weapon (rifle, shotgun or handgun) being used. The software in the sensors also commands the surveillance cameras to rotate and focus on the spot where the shot was fired.

Shades of "The Black Arrow."

I wonder what would happen if someone played some of these through loudspeakers...

[Via KABA Newslinks]

Flush That Gun Goodbye

A soldier's weapon has been missing for two days after it was left in a supermarket toilet during a military exercise...

A supermarket toilet? Were they on maneuvers to practice looting stores?

Looks like here's another one for the "We're the only ones professional enough" files...

Anyone with information of the pistol's whereabouts is urged not to touch it but to contact police immediately...

Right-o.

We Have Been SO Blind

Dear kindly social worker,
They say go earn a buck.
Like be a soda jerker,
Which means like be a schumck.
It's not I'm anti-social,
I'm only anti-work.
Gloryosky! That's why I'm a jerk!*

And to think that the problem all along has been anomie!

*GEE, OFFICER KRUPKE: Music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.
© 1956, 1957 Amberson Holdings LLC and Stephen Sondheim. Copyright renewed.
Leonard Bernstein Music Publishing Company LLC, Publisher.

"Gun Czar" Needs More Power

Leave it to the "Watchdog Press" to complain that government doesn't have enough authoritah.

How come they never say "Gun Führer "?

Correct Definition of "Assault Weapon"

Police found a knife believed to be the assault weapon inside the apartment, Moran said.

Finally the establishment media gets it right.