Another Form of "Gun Control"?

The state's highest court ruled Thursday that an insurance company must defend a Clarksville man in a wrongful-death suit brought by the estate of a man he killed in self-defense.

I don't know enough about the subject to do more than speculate, but if this precedent stands, I can see insurance companies charging extra premiums or refusing to provide coverage altogether if you have a gun in the home.

Don't expect to see them tripping all over themselves to recognize the overwhelmingly protective benefits of gun ownership and offer discounts--as many do if you have a home burglar alarm...

Bloomberg: "Color Me a Media Whore"

Lauer says he does appreciate all the media attention the mayor's tirade has brought him. His Dura Coat sales doubled for two days after the media reports.

As for his New York business, Lauer says he has records of only one sale to someone who uses it to protect bicycles. There are two other orders which Lauer presumes are from the aide who purchased the product for the mayor's news conference.

The mayor got face time and Lauer sold a few more cans of paint. Sounds like a win-win.

In a related matter, SAF has it right about Bloomberg's attack on two New York gun dealers. The fact that their inventories have been returned demonstrates he is abusing the power of his office. He's causing real economic harm to legitimate businesses in his insane and illegal quest to punish those he hates. I hope those store owners sue him personally.

Flexible Principles

Canada's former top accountant says the senior bureaucrat overseeing the controversial gun registry didn't want to ask Parliament for more money to cover cost overruns for fear it would affect the upcoming 2004 federal election.

So much for doing something because you believe in it and it's right.

Yet more evidence of the "principles" of our enemies in action.

This Day in History: June 9

On this day in 1772, colonists, angered by the British Parliament’s passing of the Townshend Acts restricting colonial trade, blacken their faces and board the HMS Gaspee, an armed British customs schooner that had run aground off the coast of Rhode Island. They then wounded the ship’s commander and set it aflame.

A Crack in the Wall?

Google's China-approved Web service omits politically sensitive information that might be retrieved during Internet searches...

Anybody know how this works?

Would someone in China get the same results and be able to access Jingjing and Chacha...?

We're the Only Ones "Not Right" Enough

He spent his whole career enforcing the law. Now a former Bethlehem Police Captain is on the other side of it for allegedly holding a loaded handgun to the head of another officer...

A short time later, it's alleged McLaughlin pulled it out again and held it to the back of Fryslin's neck...

He then returned with an empty shotgun.

Good thing he was a trained LEO. Imagine how much more whacked out a mere citizen woud have acted in this situation...

[More from "The Only Ones" files...]

We're the Only Ones Visionary Enough

Two San Francisco police officers who shot and killed an unarmed man in the darkened attic of an apartment mistook him for a trespasser with a gun, police officials said Wednesday.

Asa B. Sullivan, 25, had his arms outstretched and was holding a "cylindrical object" when the officers confronted him Tuesday night in the apartment near Lake Merced, prompting them to open fire, said Police Chief Heather Fong. The object turned out to be an eyeglasses case.

Ah, the City by the Bay, where the cud-chewing electorate thinks only "the authorities" are responsible enough to be armed.

And the winner of "most-predictable line" from this article is:

Police refused to release the officers' names...

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This Day in History: June 8

On this day in 1776, Canadian Governor Sir Guy Carleton defeats American Patriot forces under John Sullivan, who were already in retreat from Quebec toward Montreal.

“Justifiably-Maligned Assault Rifles”-Part II

Opinion articles are easy to write. All you need is an opinion and a basic grasp of language.

Well-writen, informed and correct opinion articles are another matter.

Yesterday, I responded to an anti UN gun-grab editorial where its author, Bob Confer, made a good case for defending gun rights with one key exception: he claimed "assault weapons" were "justifiably maligned."

I contacted Mr. Confer and invited him to justify maligning them. He responded, and parts of his response were troubling: he believes they're only made for killing, although he is open to being "swayed."

It's troubling because, via published opinion pieces and radio appearances, he has established himself as a liberty leader of sorts, someone who influences the course of public debate, and thus, public acceptance of political actions. To do this with such a fundamental lack of knowledge as he has displayed is irresponsible. His "assault weapon" stance is essentially identical to that of the Brady Campaign.

We've run into "sportsmen" who call for "reasonable gun laws" before. I don't think Mr. Confer is overtly one of these guys, but if he maintains and continues to promulgate the Fuddite concept that "sporting purposes" guns are good and ugly, cheap, too big, too small, too hot or too cold guns are bad, his effect will be twofold:

• It will misinform the general public.
  
• It will continue dividing the gun owner community, with the sporting crowd protecting their turf, but abandoning "shall not be infringed."
  

I haven't seen any indication from Mr. Confer that he's been swayed, despite many discerning responses from WarOnGuns contributors. Particular kudos go to regular correspondent straightarrow, who never fails to impress me with his insights and ability to articulate them.

This Day in History: June 7

On this day in 1776, Richard Henry Lee of Virginia introduces a resolution for independence to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia; John Adams seconds the motion.

“Justifiably-Maligned Assault Rifles”

The UN, which is supposedly the catalyst of universal freedom, is holding this annual conference as a means to determine methods by which to disarm common people from the world over. They want to disarm them not only of justifiably-maligned assault rifles, but also of the pistols, rifles, and shotguns which are a welcome part of leisure pursuits and are vital to the protection of home and family.

The guy was going good until this idiotic assertion. I agree with Asc's comments over at KABA. I've emailed the author, Bob Confer, and invited him to justify maligning militia-suitable arms here at WarOnGuns.

We're the Only Ones In Your Face Enough

A New Orleans Policeman faces charges after a neighbor accused him of beating him with a gun...Investigators said DNA tests prove Paxton used his gun in the assault.

One of Riley's finest, who want to disarm you in an emergency because they're the only ones who can be trusted with guns...

[Thanks to 1894C]

We're the Only Ones Consistent Enough

An Indianapolis police officer was placed on administrative leave after being accused of drunken driving while off duty for the second time in less than a year, authorities said.

My favorite line:

"I can assure you that any discipline he gets will be grossly more severe than he might as an average citizen working someplace," Horty said.

Yeah, right. Hey, I have an idea:

Treat him like he's black.

[Via Armed & Christian]

I Was Born a Poor Black Child

Fresh from rehab, Rep. Patrick Kennedy said yesterday he wants to be treated like an African-American from Washington if and when he gets charged for crashing his car on Capitol Hill.

Beutiful. A rich white kid pulls the race card. Somebody must have read Uncle Remus stories, because he's got the "Please don't throw me in dat briar patch" routine down pat.

Of course it helps that the police gave him a convenient escort home instead of to the slammer as they would have any one of us, and that the "evidence" has long since dissolved into his bloodstream...

But I say give him what he's asked for. Take him out to Anacostia at 3 in the morning and treat him like he's black.

Just make sure to bring a throw-down piece and claim he went for his waistband...

We're the Only Ones Flushed Enough

ChaaKaa Guilbe found something unusual in the women's bathroom of a University City restaurant when she escorted her 6-year-old daughter to the loo Monday evening: there, on top of the toilet paper dispenser inside the stall, was a gun...

The handgun was left behind at Cheddar's off of West W.T. Harris Boulevard by an on-duty Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer from the North Division, which covers most of northern Mecklenburg County. The female officer's full name was not released Monday night, but police said the department will conduct an internal investigation.

Of course the officer's name was not released. She's one of the Only Ones. Heck, she probably won't be charged with felony child endangerment, like one of us sub-citizens would be, either.

Sending the Vatican a Message

“We send politicians unmistakable messages at the ballot box. Anti-gun church officials can get the same treatment at the collection box! Actually, pro-gun church goers of various religious denominations can do the same thing with these coupons if they believe their officials are taking anti-gun positions.”

You can download the collection plate coupon here.

The Naked Gun

Police: Man Was Naked, Had Gun

Open carry, I presume?

CO Supremes Emphasize "Rule" in "Home Rule"

A divided Colorado Supreme Court on Monday let stand a ruling upholding Denver’s controversial ban on assault weapons and other gun control regulations despite arguments that state law trumps local ordinances.

The 3-3 vote, with new Justice Allison Eid abstaining, means Denver may resume enforcing ordinances put on hold after two state laws were enacted in 2003 that pre-empted most local regulation of firearms.

But because it was a tie vote, the Supreme Court did not provide an “ultimate ruling” on questions concerning when a home-rule city can issue ordinances superseding state law, said Assistant City Attorney David Broadwell.

Once more, black robed activists trump freedom and dictate from the bench. The law is plain, but they ignore it because they can.

The correct political response is for Coloradans to press for impeachment and revenge themselves on the politicians who supported the nomination and confirmation of the outlaw jurists.

Yeah, right, like any but a handful will be motivated enough for that to happen.

This Day in History: June 6

On this day in 1775, Marinus Willett and a small group of Sons of Liberty confront British soldiers and seize five wagonloads of weapons as the Redcoats evacuate New York City.

Newsflash From Harvard: Kids Are Curious!!!!

"Children are really curious and have lots of things in their home that parents have no intention of letting them find - but they do," said Matthew Miller, associate director of the Harvard Injury Control Research Center...

Matthew Miller?

Oh, yeah, he's the one who didn't have the guts to take questions from anyone who could expose him as an agenda-driven citizen disarmament zealot masquerading as an unbiased researcher.

No wonder the lapdog press treats his propaganda like the final word on kids and guns.

Bloomberg to Ban Metal Coating

Mayor Bloomberg unveiled new legislation yesterday to solidify the city's crusade against illegal guns, taking direct aim at "coloration kits" that can make guns look like toys.

Is it evident yet that we are dealing with an unhinged control freak?

"Just think about how sick it is," Bloomberg said.

I agree, Mike. Advanced megalomania is as ugly as it is destructive.

BREAKING NEWS FROM KABA:SAF's Workman Says Riley Backing Down From Gun Confiscation Threat

Comment by: Dave Workman (6/5/2006)
Bulletin:

I've just learned from SAF/NRA attorney that, *coincidentally* after SAF announced it was filing a complaint against Riley with the Department of Justice, Riley withdrew the threat on live radio about 30 minutes ago.

I'll be reporting the details in Gun Week.

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We're the Only Ones Interrogative Enough

An elder from Elcho Island has accused two Northern Territory police officers of holding a loaded gun to the head of a teenager suspected of stealing...The elder says the officers repeatedly threatened to kill the 19-year-old if he did not tell them where the money was.

The teenager says police then warned him not to tell anyone what had happened.

Y'see, it's like Prime Minister John Howard says:

I don’t think people should have guns unless they’re police or in the military or in the security industry. There is no earthly reason for people to have...ordinary citizens should not have weapons.

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No Plan to Disarm Texans

Gun-toting Texans can relax about one concern this hurricane season: The state has no plans to disarm residents in the wake of a big storm.

What a difference a state line makes.

We're the Only Ones' Darling Little Girls

The Rensselaer County Sheriff's Department released information to The Record Friday about the arrest three adults and a juvenile for breaking into the Schaghticoke home of veteran Troy Police Officer Rick Schoonmaker in April and stealing seven guns...One of those arrested was Schoonmaker's 19-year-old daughter Deborah, who lives in her father's home...

Last year, Patricia Goldston, the 21-year-old daughter of Officer Colleen Goldston, was arrested for hindering prosecution after her boyfriend stole two guns, including the officer's service revolver.

Maybe we need laws forbidding police from taking their weapons home with them...?

[More from "The Only Ones" files...]

Keep Yer Hands Off My Guns

I guess that's the way elitists over at The Economist imply American gun owners are a bunch of slack-jawed Deliverance hicks.

It is nice to see Wayne LaPierre finally promoting the gun control/genocide connection, especially since Aaron Zelman has been urging NRA to do so for years.

Connecticut's Strict Gun Laws Aren't Foolproof

I guess not.

They never work, but fools keep proposing more of them.

This Day in History: June 5

On this day in 1723, Adam Smith, future author of The Wealth of Nations (1776), a critique of the mercantilist model of trade in the British empire, is baptized in Kirkcaldy, Scotland.

"Clear Signals"

Vin Suprynowicz comments on New Orleans gun confiscations, our old pal Lee Paige, Democrat posturing, and the profoundly stupid (and thus wildly popular) TV series "Law and Order."

Second Amendment Sunday

Free Constitution moved it back a day because he's so darned busy.

Rendering Unto Caesar

Guns were the weapon of choice in majority of Rochester's fifty-four homicides last year. That is why the Rochester Police Department and clergy members believe getting rid of the guns will help alleviate the violence.

Note that Chief David Moore won't be turning in his gun. After all, he's one of the "only ones."

And don't you just love the way everything is now militarized? They can't just have "Police Chaplains"--now they need a "Clergy Response Team." I'll bet early Christians wished the Romans had had one of those!

I guess this is just the good Father Don Wollscheleger's way of rendering unto Caesar...

Good job, fellas. I'm a big admirer of your work.

Amazon Dot Commies

ONE of the world's largest online retailers has been forced to remove pages from its website after it linked the Dunblane tragedy with books for gun enthusiasts.

Why?

If there had been a few armed "gun enthusiasts" on scene, does anyone really think the coward Thomas Hamilton would have been able to perpetrate a massacre?

We're the Only Ones...Hey, Did Anybody Just Hear Some Glass Break...?

Ricardo Jones and Joseph Leaks had been inmates in the D.C. jail since August, and last month were indicted in connection with a murder. Yesterday, in the jail's most audacious breakout in recent memory, the two stormed into the warden's empty office shortly after 10 a.m., smashed through a reinforced glass window with furniture, scampered onto a canopy and escaped, officials said.

Another reason why it makes so much sense to be disarmed in DC--not only can't the cops protect you, when they do manage to catch a bad guy, they can't hold onto him.

Yeah, I'd want to be helpless knowing these two (alleged!) reptiles are slithering around the neighborhood.

This Day in History: June 4

On this day in 1754, during the Seven Years’ War, a 22-year-old lieutenant colonel in the Virginia militia named George Washington begins construction of a makeshift “Fort Necessity.” The fort was built to defend his forces from French soldiers enraged by the murder of Ensign Joseph Coulon de Jumonville while in Washington’s custody. One month later, the French, led by Jumonville’s half-brother, won Washington’s surrender and forced confession to Jumonville’s murder.

Next for UK: Shirt Control

A two-year-old boy was ordered to remove his England football shirt in a pub because the manager feared it could spark trouble.

I guess the subjects aren't satisfied with the progression of government bans and wish to speed the pace up a bit on their own.

Riley to Citizens: Disarm When I Order You to or Die

Gun rights activists were up in arms Friday after New Orleans Police Chief Warren Riley said he would confiscate weapons should disaster strike...

“During a circumstance like that, we cannot allow people to walk the street carrying guns…as law enforcement officers we will confiscate the weapon if a person is walking down the street and they may be arrested,” Riley said.

I love the hyperbole used by "authorized journalists." Were the People truly "up in arms," Chief Riley would be on the run.

So what will the answer be to his treasonous declaration of war on free Americans: surrender or resistance?

Not "Summer of the Violent Predator"?

Gun violence is on the rise in Canada's major cities, and police are bracing themselves for another season of escalating casualties.

"Summertime months are peak months for gun violence, and the question is will we face another 'Summer of the Gun,'" Bill Hubble, deputy director of the Criminal Intelligence Service, a federal agency, told CTV News.

Well, Bill, all those attempts to remove inanimate objects from civilized society, in lieu of ostracizing the real causal agents, violent criminals, certainly have proven to be a self-defeating boondoggle.

But I don't expect you to take a hint from your agency's name. Propaganda slogans like "Summer of the Gun" say all I need to know about your worldview, and why those depending on you for protection have put their faith in a hollow fraud.

A Suggestion for UK Pubs

Now that you've instituted glass control, here's one more way you can ensure the safety of your subjects:

Do they play pool over there? How about darts... oh, I bet that they have switched over to the plastic ones now...gariders

"We've Come to Expect"

We’ve come to expect many things from Michael Moore, the deliriously anti-gun millionaire posing as populist who brought us such absurd and irresponsible works as “Bowling for Columbine,” “Stupid White Men,” “Dude, Where’s My Country?” and “Fahrenheit 9/11.” We’ve come to expect patronizing arrogance, blatant anti-Americanism, and flagrant lies.

One thing I haven't come to expect is for NRA to follow its own Bylaws any more than I expect politicians to abide by the Constitution. Four years ago, I gave them ample evidence along with a demand to expel Moore from the Association, following the bylaws to the letter, notarized and sent via certified mail.

At that point, the Secretary was to refer my complaint to the Ethics Committee, which would arrive at a disposition. The Secretary was then to "promptly notify all parties of the findings and actions."


Note the wording doesn't make this optional. It doesn't say the Secretary can just ignore it because NRA management doesn't want to do it. "Shall," as in "shall not be infringed," is a specific mandate that could not be more clear.

So why is it I never heard a thing back from NRA about this, and why have I come to expect that I never will?

This Day in History: June 3

On this day in 1780, the reviled former royal governor of Massachusetts, Thomas Hutchinson, who served from 1771 to 1774, dies in Brompton, England.

From the Land of "Braveheart"

Glass Control. [More]

Aye.

Brazil Nuts

“People here fear the police and their guns more than they do the (drug) dealers,” Rocinha, Brazil, slum dweller Denise do Espirito Santo told The Washington Post about the national referendum to ban private gun ownership.

"Brazil Nuts," my Rights Watch column for the June 2006 issue of GUNS Magazine, is now online.

I'll See Your 25 and Raise You 30

As parliament considers an amendment to tighten gun control laws, the head of Cape Town's Red Cross Children's Hospital, Sebastian van As, has called for the gun-licensing age to be increased to 25 years to reduce the alarming number of children killed or maimed by gunfire.

Yeah, that'll work, van Ass.

GUNS Magazine, June 1956

First I'll show Tim how to clean his rifle. Then we'll do some target shooting. Next we'll go out in the desert and I'll show him the proper way to carry his .22. Then we'll do a little hunting. A gun must be treated like a woman-with respect, love and lots of caution.--Robert Ryan

When was the last time you heard a major Hollywood star speak about guns and kids like this for the record? Yet this was a monthly feature 50 years ago, with actors and politicians endearing themselves to their fans and constituents as they disclosed their affinity for guns and the shooting sports.

It's too bad the people from that era weren't also in touch with the deeper implications of gun ownership, but it was a different time and no one was prescient. Pity. We can only wonder if things would be different had some back then sounded an alarm, but in truth, without the attacks of our time, such voices would (and did) not carry far.

The June 1956 issue of GUNS Magazine is now online.

Also in this issue:

• How to Become a Gun Engraver
• Why Bullets Kill
• Better Arms for the Better Half
• and much more, including the classic ads of the period.

This Day in History: June 2

On this day in 1774, the British Parliament renews the Quartering Act, allowing Redcoats to stay in private American homes if necessary. The Quartering Act, in conjunction with the Massachusetts Government Act, the Administration of Justice Act and the Boston Port Act, were known as the Coercive Acts.

Beyond Insanity

When it came time for city leaders to take the microphone, their solution was less than reassuring: a gun buyback program by which, in theory, people will be handing over guns responsible for the wave of shootings.

In the insane world of the Boston Globe, guns are responsible for shootings, not people.

The new tack of the antis is to admit the "buybacks" don't work (duh), but to justify them anyway by lauding how they galvanize the Eloi to work together with the Morlocks in a Kumbaya partnership.

We're the Only Ones...Yes, I Always Take a Magazine With Me When I Fly...

A U.S. air marshal removed himself from a Southwest Airlines flight set to depart Midway Airport on Thursday after he accidentally dropped a clip of bullets on the floor of the plane, revealing his undercover role to fellow passengers, airline officials said.

Well at least his gun didn't go off all by its own self, thank goodness...

[Thanks to HZ]

[More from "The Only Ones" files...]

Government in Action

A former Idaho Falls prosecutor could spend up to five years in prison after being sentenced Tuesday for stealing weapons from the city of Idaho Falls to sell them.

That Lord Acton, him plenty smart fella.

Shameless Plug: Doh!

The shameful truth is, most of our countrymen—and a good number of gun owners—are ignorant of basic rights that—in another era—would have provoked rebellion should any have been haughty enough to “approach that jewel.”

"Doh!" is my Rights Watch column in the July issue of GUNS Magazine, on sale now at informed newsstands throughout the Republic.

BONUS:See page 92 to find out how you can win a pair of Navy Arms 1873 "Gunfighter Series" revolvers.

Defining Success

Federal, state and city officials have credited the Project Exile program, which has proved to be a success in Virginia...

Yes, Virgina has proven to be quite a success story.

Or by "success," do they mean at raking in federal largesse...?

You Get to Choose Between This Rock and This Hard Place

Chief U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker last week refused to overturn a federal government-imposed closing date for Trader Sports Inc., which was found to have repeatedly violated federal gun-sales laws. He gave CEO Anthony Cucchiara until Friday to either surrender his sales license or seek a stay with the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal.

The Ninth Circuit? Oh, the ones who say there is no individual right to keep and bear arms. Gee, thanks, Judge.

I don't suppose you'd consider just throwing Cucchiara in dat briar patch?

And Best of All, WE Come to YOU

The British Columbia government has launched a month-long campaign to get gun owners to turn in any unwanted weapons without fear of prosecution...

Solicitor General John Les cautions gun owners not to take their weapons to their local police station.

"No, absolutely not. If you show up at the police station with a gun, probably some unpleasant things will happen."

He said people who want to turn in guns should call police, who will come and pick them up.

"Unpleasant things"?

Well, yeah, after all, the police are the only ones who should be armed in public without provoking a violent response.

So much for the "new" government.

I wonder--if they come to your door to provide this "service," are they expecting a tip, and would it be about what you'd give the pizza guy?

This Day in History: June 1

On this day in 1779, the court-martial of Benedict Arnold convenes in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After a relatively clean record in the early days of the American Revolution, Arnold was charged with malfeasance, misusing government wagons, the illegal buying and selling of goods and favoritism toward British Loyalists. Although his notorious betrayal was still many months away, Arnold's resentment over this order and perceived mistreatment by the American Army would fuel his traitorous decision to assist the British.

We're the Only Ones...Hey, Nice Ti...

A Martin County deputy who was fired after using his squad car camera to tape women now wants his job back.

The sheriff's office fired deputy Jack Munsey in January after an investigation found that Munsey broke the rules by using the camera for unofficial purposes, spending on-duty time on off-duty activities and for improper conduct.

An investigation revealed that Munsey used his dashboard-mounted video camera to zoom in on and record bikini-clad girls, including one showering at a public beach.

Go get 'em, Jack. If these guys deserve a place at the public trough, there's no reason why you're not good enough to elbow your way in and join 'em.

This certainly makes me a lot more receptive to the idea of "security" cameras mounted in public areas...

[Thanks to Jason M]

UPDATE: Nicki has more.

Well No, Duh!

This save-yourselves approach comes after government agencies were overwhelmed by pleas for help after last year's storms and strongly criticized as not responding swiftly or thoroughly enough to the public need.

It's official.

It must be, it's coming from the government:

We can't protect you. You're responsible for taking care of yourself.

What a novel concept!

Darwin. Paging Mr. Darwin...

Graham is a part-time security guard who brought his gun to the game and passed it around to everyone and pretended to shoot at each other with the gun...

Sounds like a pretty compelling reason to disarm you and me, doesn't it?

Is That A Flare Gun In Your Pocket...

...or are you just glad to see us?

The Fudge Factor

A former top bureaucrat says political expediency - not sound accounting - was the key factor in a decision to fudge a report to Parliament two years ago on the cost of the federal long-gun registry.

"Fudge."

Such a nice euphemism for "fraud."

Hey, just because we're known liars doesn't mean you can't trust us with your personal information.

Oh, it does?

That'll Teach 'Em

A Cook County judge sentenced two men to 2 years' probation on Tuesday after they pleaded guilty in connection with smuggling a handgun into Cook County Jail in February.

Let that be a lesson to the rest of you real criminals. Now if you'll excuse us, we have some slav...uh... "law-abiding citizens" to disarm.

No Surprises Here

Harvard egghead/anti-defense weenie Matthew Miller cheesed out, and only took lobbed softballs.

What, you didn't think he'd have the guts to answer unmoderated challenges, did you?

SayUncle and others had the same experience.

We're the Only Ones All Fired Up Enough

A young Salina police officer responding to a business burglary about 11:20 p.m. Friday accidentally fired her weapon when she was startled by movement inside the building, Salina Police Chief Jim Hill said Tuesday.

I can't tell you how many holes I've put through walls, family members and neighbors every time I've been startled. But hey, it's a normal reaction. What can you do?

What?

Finger off the trigger...?

oh

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This Day in History: May 31

On this day in 1775, the committeemen of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, meet and respond to news of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the first battles of the American Revolution, with a series of 20 patriotic resolutions.

Why Not Hold a CRIMINAL Turn-In Program Instead?

Rochester police and members of the clergy will be working out the final details this week to launch a citywide gun turn-in program at five churches on Saturday...

"Most of our killings are caused by guns, and we're saying enough is enough"...

[Rev. Deloris] Simpson said many parents and grandparents know youths in their homes are carrying guns...

"In order for this to work, we have to have buy-in from the community," [District Attorney Mike] Green said. "If we only get one gun off the street Saturday, it'll be a successful day because that's a gun that might have been used in a homicide."

My first thought: I wonder if Deloris is related to Homer.

Overlooked is the very real fact that the homicides are "caused" by killers, that is, the juvenile parasites the parents/grandparents enable.

But blame the guns and make a show of getting them "off the street," while leaving the killers there. Then elect political bosses who will pledge more "gun control," ensuring a steady supply of goats for the jackals--and move all the pieces another step closer to total dependence on the state, that is, to a state of being totally controlled, that is, to a state of totalitarianism.

It might seem DA Green has a pretty bizarre notion of what constitutes "a successful day," but it has been for him. He's got the serfs thinking they owe him one, plus he got ink from his adoring lapdogs at the Democrat and Chronicle.

That can't hurt his political ambitions one bit. And so what if he's got to crush a little freedom along the way? It's not like the cattle he's in charge of herding and culling do anything to secure their own liberty.

This Day in History: May 30

On this day in 1806, Revolutionary war veteran and future President Andrew Jackson kills Charles Dickinson in a duel.

Aw, For Cryin' Out Loud

Airman arrested for Airsoft.

Stop it.

Just stop it.

Be sure and watch the video.

Sgt. Brian Vance, what the hell is wrong with you?

Good Lord.

Howard: I'm Protected, So the Rest of You Lot, Bugger Off, Mates!

An elderly Sydney couple are recovering after being brutally clubbed with a gun butt for the sake of a few dollars...The 76-year-old woman and her 82-year-old husband were punched and battered with the gun at their boarding house...the attacker burst in and marched him inside to find his wife...He then punched the woman in the head, knocking her down, before striking her, then her husband, with the butt of a sawn-off shotgun and running off...with the woman's handbag, containing a small amount of cash.

Well the Australian government was certainly nowhere to be seen when the attack occurred, and what chance does an elderly couple have against such an assailant?

Perhaps we should ask Prime Minister John Howard what he thinks of weaker people having the means to defend themselves against stronger predators:

[W]e will find any means we can to further restrict them because I hate guns. I don’t think people should have guns unless they’re police or in the military or in the security industry. There is no earthly reason for people to have...ordinary citizens should not have weapons. We do not want the American disease imported into Australia.

How are those taxpayer-funded armed bodyguards working out for you, Prime Minister? Thank goodness being an official makes you and your agents immune to gun disease!

The Ratings Game

More anti-defense cheerleading from Mr. Disarmament himself, Michael Daly. It's not his rant that interests me, as he is always so boringly predictable in his recitation of the Brady playbook. What caught my attention was this:

[New Jersey Rep. Joe] Saxton is generally an opponent of gun control, though he has only a B-plus rating from the NRA.

I can't trust anything Daly writes to be accurate, but just in case he's right on this one, it does bring up a question I've asked before:

Why does GOA give Saxton a "D"?

A Safe House

The safest house is one with no guns, public health experts agree.

Boy, that Sandra G. Boodman can parrot citizen disarmament propaganda with the best of them, can't she? And leave it to the WaPo to present this as news, rather than an editorial page opinion piece.

In a related matter, it looks like Harvard weenie Matthew Miller will be answering questions online today about gun safety in homes. I submitted this:

What percentage of the people in your studies who injured or killed themselves or negligently/wrongfully injured or killed others using a firearm, were NRA members? Since this is one of the most heavily armed citizen populations in the country, don't you think knowing this would be relevant to factor into your conclusions?

Why not take a moment and compose a question of your own?

Remember

This is a special Memorial Day for me.

I lost a dear uncle a week ago.

Like many heroes, you would have never assumed he was one from his demeanor--a more gentle, quiet, kind and unassuming soul you could not have met.

Here is just a glimpse of his character and strength from his Navy Cross citation:

The Navy Cross is presented to George Codrea, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Marine Corps (Reserve), for extraordinary heroism and courage as Platoon Commander in the Second Battalion, First Marines, First Marine Division, during action against enemy Japanese forces in the Solomon Islands, August 21, 1942. When it became necessary to reinforce the firing line during the heaviest fighting against a Japanese landing force of about 700 men, Second Lieutenant Codrea, coolly and with complete disregard for his own safety, placed each man, individually, in a position to deliver the most effective fire. Though wounded twice during the battle, he remained on duty with his platoon until ordered to retire to the aid stations. His outstanding leadership, determination and inspiring fortitude throughout the engagement were largely instrumental in stopping the most serious enemy threat.
SPOT AWARD, Serial 18 (CofN Signed March 18, 1943)

Rest in peace, Uncle George. I strive every day, mostly unsuccessfully, to be worthy of the sacrifices made by men like you.

We're the Only Ones Who Lose Enough

A POLICE force which lost a £500 bag of drugs during a sniffer dog exercise have now admitted they may have lost a gun.

Wonder which "lost" item proved most lucrative?

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Washington the Warrior

This is what I'll be watching tonight.

This Day in History: May 29

On this day in 1780, the treatment of Patriot prisoners by British Colonel Banastre Tarleton and his Loyalist troops leads to the coining of a phrase that comes to define British brutality for the rest of the War for Independence: “Tarleton’s Quarter.”

Douglas Still Humping For Gun Control

In a new public service announcement, actor Michael Douglas, a United Nations Messenger of Peace, spotlights the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons and promotes an upcoming UN conference aimed at addressing the problem.

I said about all I have to say on this reprobate here.

Help Wanted

JJ at God, Guns, Glory is "searching for people who would be interested in becoming contributing authors."

Take a look around his site, and if you think it's something you'd like to try, give him a holler at jjATgodgunsgloryDOTcom

We're the Only Ones Telling You to Keep Your Shirt on Enough

There are still no answers into the death of Ian Bush, the Houston B.C. 22-year-old shot in the head while in police custody after having an open beer at a hockey game in October.

But B.C. Attorney General Wally Oppal said it's better to have a thorough investigation than a quick one into the Oct. 29 shooting inside the Houston RCMP detachment.

Seven months is "quick"?

I'm certain the "authorities" would be urging patience were the situation reversed.

Canadians can at least thank God that one open-container-at-hockey-games scofflaw will no longer menace society, and that Const. Paul Koester is still out there on the job protecting the public.

[Thanks to Jim Katz]

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What to Wear to War

Cops in 'battle dress' to flood high-crime areas...

Oh, that freedom-loving Mayor Daley!

Coming soon to a neighborhood near you.

[Thanks to HZ]

Clear Your Mind of Whimsy*

Last week, 15 members of Iraq's taekwondo team were kidnapped between Falluja and Ramadi, west of Baghdad, said a member of the Iraqi Olympic Committee. The kidnappers have demanded $100,000 for their release.

15 martial arts experts, a team that trains together, presumably the best in the land--helpless against armed captors?

You mean real life isn't like a Jackie Chan movie?

Well, let's just see what the Bradys have to say about that:

Women would be safer knowing self-defense to fight off an attacker than using a gun which can easily be turned against them.

That seems pretty authoritative to me.

Next time someone threatens your life, don't reach for that firearm that might be taken away and used against you. Simply adopt the crane stance and give 'em a hearty "Hai-ya!"

Tell me that won't scare 'em off!

[*Bonus points for anyone who can tell me where I jacked this title from...]

TSA Grounding Melton

Jackson Mayor Frank Melton has carried his guns aboard commercial aircraft but has been asked to no longer fly armed, a federal transportation official said.

Naturally, he's one of the Bloomberg 15. He's also trying to ban gun shows in Jackson.

Impersonating a police officer? Why is TSA asking him? Why aren't they arresting him?

This Day in History: May 28

On this day in 1754, a 22-year-old lieutenant colonel of the Virginia militia named George Washington successfully defeats a party of French and Indian scouts in southwest Pennsylvania as Virginia attempts to lay claim to the territory for its own settlers. The action snowballed into a world war and began the military career of the first American commander in chief.

Second Amendment Blog Carnival

Free Constitution treats us to a special carnival. Let's hope this becomes a regular feature--hopefully, enough bloggers will support it with material, and direct enough traffic Stan's way to make it worth the hard work he's doing to bring this to us.

UK Imposes Squirt Gun Control

The order authorises the company to prohibit or limit the use of water. It means the clowns will not be able to use water pistols or squirt water from plastic flowers.

And the clown promulgating this nonsense describes it as "sensible."

Why Disarming You and Me Makes Sense

LOS ANGELES HAS MORE CRIMINALS than it can afford. So county officials are forced to release too many jail inmates too early, putting thousands of convicted criminals on the street — with predictably tragic consequences not only for their victims but for public trust in government...

The Times reported last week that seven men have committed murders when they should have been serving out their sentences for other crimes. Nine more are awaiting trial for homicide. Of the nearly 16,000 other criminals rearrested while their earlier sentences were still in force, 518 were charged with robbery, 641 with weapons violations and 1,443 with assault.

The answer, of course, is to give up those nasty, dangerous guns and rely on the government to protect us. No?

It still sometimes amazes me that this is even a debate.

That Mexican Gun Control Sure Is Working

Assailants firing assault rifles killed a Nuevo Laredo police officer and wounded his partner, the 11th law enforcement official to be gunned down this year in this violent border city...The death of the officer brings to 116 the number of people slain this year in Nuevo Laredo, a city of 300,000 across the Rio Grande from Laredo.

The city is in the midst of a turf battle between drug cartels battling for billion-dollar drug routes into the United States.

And the fools/outright traitors in the administration and senate think their dangerous, stupid and treasonous amnesty bill will have any effect on violent men--with billions of incentives--like these?

All it will guarantee is even more violent inner cities, more "law enforcement" and more domestic corruptiion.

Oh, and then calls for more "gun control"--you know, the kind of laws they have in, say, Mexico...

BATFU Investigating Bloomberg

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms is examining the results of an unusual sting set up by the City of New York, in which private investigators recorded themselves purchasing handguns at shops in several states...

In a twist, ATF's inquiry will also include a review of whether the city acted legally in setting up the sting.

Several gun-rights advocates have questioned whether the city itself broke firearms rules or committed fraud by attempting to simulate straw sales in other states...

Well it's about damned time the "authorized journalists" began noticing this aspect of the story.

War On Guns has only been harping on this since May 15.

This Day in History: May 27

On this day in 1813, former President Thomas Jefferson writes former President John Adams to let him know that their mutual friend, Dr. Benjamin Rush, has died.

Rush’s passing caused Jefferson to meditate upon the departure of the Revolutionary generation. He wrote, “We too must go; and that ere long. I believe we are under half a dozen at present; I mean the signers of the Declaration.”

We're the Only Ones...I Don't Know What the Hell We Are, But It Certainly Seems Pretty Damned Twisted...

One State Police trooper was suspended for six months last year for allowing an unlicensed worker to sell firearms at a gun shop that the trooper was responsible for inspecting and where he purchased numerous weapons for himself. Another resigned after pleading guilty to internal charges for inviting two boys to his home and showing them pornography.

Three others were suspended for 120 days for causing motor vehicle accidents while off-duty because they were under the influence. A fourth got docked 20 days for being drunk behind the wheel of a state-issued car while he was out of uniform...

The infractions included using excessive force during an arrest, lying to protect an off-duty trooper under investigation, mishandling and destroying evidence, falsifying official reports and disobeying orders.

The important thing to remember is, we're the only ones...

And don't you forget it.

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Kiss This

Mayor Bob Kiss, stepping into sensitive political territory in just his second month in office, responded to a shooting incident in the city by calling for greater gun control...

"I really have concerns in general about handguns and the fact there's maybe more prevalence in the world to the use of violence," Kiss said.

This is in Vermont.

Think of this guy as a cancerous cell...

American Idolatry

Nicki Fellenzer relays some disturbing facts about self government--and why it is failing.

Beanie and Cecil Shot!!

"I'm Shot, I'm Cool," Claims Seasick Sea Serpent

Oh, wait, it's just Beanie Sigel.

Well, shoot (sorry), the guy "was released from federal prison after serving 12 months on a gun charge. The following month, he was acquitted of attempted murder. He also faced legal troubles after failing to pay child support." Add to that being rewarded for lyrics like these, and I guess I gotta agree with Mark Harrell, director of Men United for a Better Philadelphia (MUBP?):

It's the guns' fault. Couldn't be anything else.

Bloomberg's 1st Punch a Girly Slap

Police acting on information gathered by private investigators working on the city's civil lawsuits against the gun industry have filed the first criminal charges related to the case.

Yeah, against dealers in New York, for misdemeanor charges. Nothing indicates "prohibited persons" were sold anything. So much for the "problem" coming from out of state.

With all the hype, you'd think we'd see something more than this. Meanwhile, the lapdog press hasn't even touched on the possibility that Bloomberg and his investigators are the true criminals...

This Day in History: May 26

On this day in 1782, American Colonel William Crawford marches his army towards the Ohio River, where General George Washington has charged him with attacking local Indians who had sided with the British in the American Revolution.

Angel Update: Buy His Guns to Pay Legal Fees

KeepAndBearArms.com Founder Selling Personal Firearm Collection to Pay Gun- charge Related Legal Expenses

Own One of Angel Shamaya's Guns, Help Out a Worthy Cause

By Gary Marbut

May 25, 2006

KeepAndBearArms.com founder Angel Shamaya is selling most of his personal firearm collection to help defray legal expenses that resulted from gun- related charges in Michigan. Although the court ordered the police to return Shamaya's firearms, the legal expenses are steep -- so he's now selling those same guns. Shamaya says, "I had intended to leave these firearms to my son as his inheritance one day, but I have legal expenses to pay right now. My ultimate goal is to put this mess behind me and raise my son -- a far higher priority than owning extra guns."

The guns for sale include rifles, pistols and shotguns. Shamaya has made arrangements with a local licensed gun dealer to complete the transactions under federal and state law and ship the firearms to the new owners. Anyone interested in any of these firearms can go to the following website for details, descriptions, pictures and direction on how to make a purchase: http://www.marbut.com/angel/AngelSellingGuns.htm

"There are some really nice guns in this collection," says Shamaya. "I appreciate the support I have received from kind-hearted people in dealing with this nonsense. If you'd like to cherry pick one of my firearms, be my guest."

It's Not About "Gun Control"...

Republican Mayor Michael Bloomberg thrust himself into the national immigration debate Wednesday, advocating a plan that would establish a DNA or fingerprint database to track and verify all legal U.S. workers...

"You don't have to work _ but if you want to work for a company you have to have a Social Security card," he said.

It's about "People Control." It always has been.

Doesn't "You don't have to work" coming from a billionaire smack of "Let them eat cake"?

This tyrant has secured his place in my list of "The Ten Most Despicable People in America."

Perhaps we should all send Mike one of those fingerprints he so craves, and ask him to guess which finger it came from. I'd suggest also sending him a DNA sample, but that might get me in trouble...

In a Class By Themselves

UNABLE to stem the tide of murders of media people, the administration of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is now suggesting that journalists do the job themselves. Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez said the government would allow legitimate journalists to carry firearms if they wanted to do so."

Because we all know the folks who tell us what our opinions should be are better than the rest of us...

Still, you gotta love the editorialist rejecting the proposal and abdicating all responsibility for self defense. What kind of coward would expect another man to put his life on the line defending something he himself will not?

"A New Weapon"

Jonas Thage feels a lot safer since he declared the community recreational centre he runs in Diepkloof, a suburb of Soweto, a 'Gun Free Zone' (GFZ). "Before this was a GFZ the situation was terrible but now, at least during the day, there is no problem," he said.

GFZs - public places where firearms are unwelcome - have been endorsed by Gun-Free South Africa (GFSA), a gun-control lobby group established in 1994 as a response to decades of armed violence.

That's right, Jonas--you go on "feeling" that citizen disarmament zones will keep you safe. And who but an "authorized journalist" would consider this a new concept?

We all know predators obey signs.

Say, how about putting up "No Hunting" signs on the veldt if you guys ever have a lion problem...?

Mill Valley Schools to Institute Knowledge Control

Every year, physics teacher David Lapp brings his Korean War era M-1 carbine to school, fires a shot into a block of wood and instructs his students to calculate the velocity of the bullet...

The rifle demonstration would not even be an issue if an anonymous parent had not complained.

We can't have teachers being:

a. Independent-minded;
b. Innovative; and
c. Actually educating their charges.

Jeez, what do they think this guy's teaching, physics?

And the indignant worm of a "parent" probably "feels" totally justified...

Police Chiefs and Prosecutors Against Self Defense

A campaign by gun rights advocates to make it easier to use deadly force in self-defense is rapidly winning support across the country, as state after state makes it legal for people who feel their lives are in danger to shoot down an attacker - whether in a car-jacking or just on the street...

[C]ritics - including police chiefs and prosecutors - warn that criminals are more likely to benefit than innocent victims.

Yeah, only The Only Ones are qualified to make such judgments...

This Day in History: May 25

With George Washington presiding, the Constitutional Convention formally convenes on this day in 1787. The convention faced a daunting task: the peaceful overthrow of the new American government as it had been defined by the Article of Confederation.

Unintended Consequences of Proposed LA Law

Yesterday, I posted about a proposed Los Angeles law that would require gun owners to report stolen firearms under threat of punishment.

If I thought their true agenda was public safety, I'd be surprised that the most obvious unintedned consequence of this measure has been missed: It will not affect the class of people who commit "gun violence," since most criminals do not legally "own" their guns. They would actually be immune to complying for another obvious reason: If they reported a stolen gun they were not legally eligible to possess, they would be in a position where local law requires them to incriminate themselves, that is, the City is presuming authority to override Constitutional Fifth Amendment protection.

On the plus side, I suppose anyone defying California's evil militia weapon ban could also claim similar immunity were their unregistered firearms stolen...