Click on the title link. Then click that red circle thingy on the right. [More]
I've been talking about this.
And talking.
And talking.
And...
Unfortunately, none of our "gun rights leaders" have been. Anybody hear a peep out of any of the groups that accept donations...? It's basically been a handful of WarOnGuns regulars and a few supportive bloggers...
I haven't had time to watch this yet.
I'm told they exhibited expected arrogance and asked a "How many guns do you own?" question, but haven't confirmed it. Hell, Lon Horiuchi could field that one.
Help me keep an eye on these weasels. The fix is in, or at least is being set up, for Michael Steele, you know, the guy who says society needs to draw a line because we don't need "assault weapons" to hunt with...
UPDATE: Yep--look at 31 minutes and a couple seconds into it. Steele is the only one who said "None," but as we know, mere ownership means nothing. Which is why they intentionally screwed us with this question, when so many thoughtful ones that would actually tell us something were asked.
Tuesday, January 06, 2009
New Jersey Newspeak
ASSAULT RIFLE BAN WOULD ENHANCE RIGHTS OF BATTLEFIELD RE-ENACTORS [More]Ready? Repeat after me:
War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.They don't even try to hide it any more, do they?
[Via Amendment II Democrats]
Ray? Mike Here. Hey, Could You Send Some of Your Guys Down Here to Shut Up Some Damn Crazy Woman Screaming Outside?
A silent lunatic attacked a female jogger in broad daylight on Sunday, beating her senseless just steps away from Gracie Mansion, cops said.Fortunately, Furious Mike, who has around-the-clock taxpayer-funded armed security, was uninjured. He won't live in such a dangerous neighborhood anyway.
[Via Brian F]
We're NOT the Only Ones Good Enough
We're the Only Ones Murdering the Helpless Enough
A BART police officer struggling to handcuff a 22-year-old man stood up over the facedown Hayward resident and fired a single shot into his back while a handful of officers watched, a video taken by a train passenger apparently shows. [More]See the video here.
No wonder the Bay Area wants only the "Only Ones" to be armed.
And what the hell is with Chief Gary Gee "declined to identify the officer"?
FIVE DAYS AFTER THE SHOOTING...?
Do you think that would be an issue if one of us had shot a cuffed cop in the back? We deserve to know if there is anyone either so evil or so incompetent running loose among us simply as a matter of public safety.
You can tell Chief Gee that at: ggee@bart.gov
[Via a whole lot of you]
Ammunition Control
Liberty Belles looks at the latest bit of subversion coming out of Los Angeles...[More]
We're the Only Ones Saving Money and Living Better Enough
A 71-year-old greeter at the Wal-Mart in Collegedale says Chattanooga Police Det. Kenneth Freeman shoved him to the floor after he tried to stop him for a receipts check...Well naturally. Do you think they would have declined had it been the greeter assaulting the "Only One"?
Collegedale Police declined to charge Det. Freeman, who is 48, with assault. [More]
Come to think of it, had it been anyone else who set off the alarm, do you think the contents of his bag would have been checked?
[Via RCB]
UPDATE: Letters
[Via Ed]
We're the Only Ones Towed Enough
A Brainerd businessman who owns three buildings near the controversial Deep Blue club said an off duty Chattanooga Police officer came out of the club when his car was being towed and pulled a gun on the tow truck driver.Do you think if the driver had pulled a gun on the "Only One" that his cop buddies would have told Whitley to go home?
Jeff Whitley said the officer approached him with the gun and "got in my face numerous times until he finally was told by other officers to go home." [More]
[Via RCB]
Sutter Sputters
We're the Only Ones Hiring Enough
Despite a bleak economic environment featuring wide-ranging layoffs and rising unemployment, the nation's premier law enforcement agency is touting "one of the largest hiring blitzes in our 100-year history." [More]
Well, uh, yeah. It's all part of the prescription.Plus, we need somebody to rein in those nasty ol' "Homegrown Terrorists."
Not that I'd encourage anyone to download applications from them or BATFU and send in fake ones to make 'em waste resources...there's probably some law against doing that anyway...
[Via Anonymous and Zachary G]
Who Will Defend You?
Gun rights advocates have long known that it isn't possible to rely on the police for protection from violent crime. The sad reality is that the police are often reduced to being armed historians, there only to investigate a crime after it has been committed. [More]Here's today's Cleveland Gun Rights Examiner column by Daniel White.
This Day in History: January 6
After two significant victories over the British in Trenton and Princeton, New Jersey, General George Washington marches north to Morristown, New Jersey, where he set up winter headquarters for himself and the men of the Continental Army on this day in 1777. [More]
Monday, January 05, 2009
Gun Talk
Here's the conversation I had yesterday with Tom Gresham...[More]
I was feeling under the weather and was wondering if I'd come across totally muddle-headed...Fortunately, he had a full lineup, so my segment was only half-an-hour, and I think I managed to avoid losing it completely on-air, but you'll be the judge of that...
I have my Examiner.com column and all my posts done for today, sent in my new GUNS Magazine article, and I'm just going to take it real easy for the rest of today. Right after I help my parents get to the airport....
I was feeling under the weather and was wondering if I'd come across totally muddle-headed...Fortunately, he had a full lineup, so my segment was only half-an-hour, and I think I managed to avoid losing it completely on-air, but you'll be the judge of that...
I have my Examiner.com column and all my posts done for today, sent in my new GUNS Magazine article, and I'm just going to take it real easy for the rest of today. Right after I help my parents get to the airport....
Holder: 'To-Be' or Not to Be
Hearings are starting on president-elect Barack Obama's cabinet selections. Of particular interest to gun owners:U.S. Attorney General to-be Eric Holder will be before the Senate Judiciary Committee on January 15th. [More]
This is another call to arms, like yesterday's with the RNC (which I also include an update on).
So I'm once again asking you to share today's Gun Rights Examiner column with your friends. And to take action.
Will you?
We're the Only Ones Frightened Enough
We're the Only Ones Inshallah Enough
Hamas police keep a close eye on the activities of those operating the tunnels to prevent the entry of drugs or arms, the latter being brought in through special underground routes managed by armed Palestinian groups. [More]That Middle East gun control works almost as good as it does in Chi-Town. We ought to have peace in no time, now...
I guess the basic difference between Sarah Brady Paradise and Hamas "Only Ones" Paradise is the 72 virgins...?
[Via Ben K]
The Lightworker Prescription for a Troubled Economy
600,000 new government jobs...[More]
Why am I'm reminded of "the fighting Uruk-hai"?
Why am I'm reminded of "the fighting Uruk-hai"?
We are the servants of Saruman the Wise, the White Hand: the Hand that gives us man's-flesh to eat.[Via Ron W]
Block Holder Today!
This was the topic for my Gun Rights Examiner piece today, and I'll be following it up tomorrow and possibly Wednesday.
For right now, here is some essential reading from The Firearms Coalition:
Block Holder--Act Today
Block Holder
Coalition Against Holder Growing
Join us.
For right now, here is some essential reading from The Firearms Coalition:
Block Holder--Act Today
Block Holder
Coalition Against Holder Growing
Join us.
Newark, UK
Some business owners in this crime-plagued city say recent enforcement of a decades-old ordinance prohibiting some types of barbed wire and razor wire is making Newark more attractive — to thieves. [More]'ere now, we can't 'ave these blokes 'urtin' themselves, can we?
Just leave the shed door open and 'ave a spot o' tea.
There's a good chap.
[Via Zachary G]
We're the Only Ones Frisky Enough
Buy, Buy, Buy
More and more Americans are becoming increasingly aware of the storm that is brewing on the horizon, a storm driven by the possibility of a complete economic collapse. [More]This is too scary. It makes me too uncomfortable even acknowledging such things, let alone contemplating them...
So I think I'll feel better if I just ignore it.
Say, what time does "Dancing With the Stars" come on...?
[Via Ron W and Zachary G]
We're the Only Ones Connected Enough
The sheriff of Ohio's largest county has given pay raises to his niece, his son's best friend and one of his own friends after laying off 21 employees from their jobs.Not just "Only Ones"...
Connected "Only Ones"...
[T]he raises were given based on merit and on the advice of his top subordinates.Right, boss. Great choices, as always! Say, are you losing weight? More coffee?
Give Me Liberty
Blogonomicon has put together a very cool pictorial summary of a 1936 short film about Patrick Henry's famous speech, starring John Litel. [More]
We've talked about this before...
Related Reading: "The Historical Works of John Litel"
We've talked about this before...
Related Reading: "The Historical Works of John Litel"
Welcome the New Cleveland Gun Rights Examiner
Daniel White has taken over the column for Cleveland. You can bookmark his main page here.
He introduces himself in his debut column.
Today, he looks at Ohio's senseless ban on carrying in restaurants that serve alcohol.
I hope you join me in congratulating Daniel, and in making his column a regular place to visit.
Tell a friend?
He introduces himself in his debut column.
Today, he looks at Ohio's senseless ban on carrying in restaurants that serve alcohol.
I hope you join me in congratulating Daniel, and in making his column a regular place to visit.
Tell a friend?
This Day in History: January 5
I have the honor to inform you, that since the date of my last from Trenton I have remov'd with the Army under my Command to this place. The difficulty of crossing the Delaware on Acct. of the Ice made our passage over it tedeous, and gave the Enemy an oppertunity of drawing in their Several Cantonments, and assembling their whole Force at Princeton. Their large Picquets, advanc'd towards Trenton; their great preparations, and some Intelligence I had received, added to their knowledge that the first of Janry. brought on a dissolution of the best part of our Army, gave me the strongest reasons to conclude that an attack upon us was meditating. [More]
Sunday, January 04, 2009
The Riddle of Steele Part Two
Michael Steele is currently leading in the poll.
Let we who have had enough of anti-gun RINOs change that.
I put in for Ken Blackwell.
I understand Saul Anuzis gave a GOA interview, but I haven't listened to it yet--I've just been too busy to look, so feel free to educate me.
Ditto for all the other candidates. Anybody gets any dope on 'em, chime in.
For right now, please go and vote and knock Steele out of the lead.
[Via David R]
Let we who have had enough of anti-gun RINOs change that.
I put in for Ken Blackwell.
I understand Saul Anuzis gave a GOA interview, but I haven't listened to it yet--I've just been too busy to look, so feel free to educate me.
Ditto for all the other candidates. Anybody gets any dope on 'em, chime in.
For right now, please go and vote and knock Steele out of the lead.
[Via David R]
Ask the Candidates
I want an unequivocal statement from each candidate on the right to keep and bear arms. I should note that Mr. Blackwell looks good*, and Mr. Steele's bizarre advocacy that "society should draw line" about the right to own semiautos** makes him about as acceptable to gun owners as Barack Obama.And to think it almost didn't get posted due to objectionable language!
Hey, look--go here, and then go here.
Do you really want the RNC to select its chair without significant input from gun owners?
I really don't get it--I'm accused in some quarters of being a Threeper Terrorist, yet here I am trying to effect a political intervention and everyone else is apparently silent or oblivious.
Even more frustrating--it would appear counting on regular readers to spend one lousy minute doing something like this is apparently too much to ask. It truly makes me question if I'm wasting my time here.
Will you go here, right now, and submit your own question? Because we're out of time--the debate is tomorrow.
Or will you just throw sand on the idea and tell me why it's not worth even a moment of your time?
UPDATE: 45superman reminds us to vote for pro-RKBA questions to increase the likelihood of their being asked.
UPDATE 2: I put out a plea on Examiner.com.
Please help spread the word on this.
UPDATE 3: The neocons like Patrick Ruffini want us to think mere "policy" like the 2nd Amendment is not important because the Chair has no say in that. BULL. The GOP as a party must take a pro-Bill of Rights stand starting at the top. If they don't, the hell with them. If I want a democrat, I can vote for a democrat.
If the GOP becomes the Party of Ruffinis, it can just die.
Making the Grade
North Dakota experienced only two murders in 2008. Both were stabbings. [More]Which probably explains why the Bradys consider ND gun laws such a grave threat to public safety...
Compare that, to say, the most anti-gun city in the Brady's Number One state...
What's amazing is how such stark reality has no effect on fanatics.
What Samuel Sutter Thinks
Thing is, Samuel Sutter wasn't there--with "a person" I know very well--who lived in LA, where "ordinary" citizens can't get "permits"--but who defied the law and saved his family from multiple assailants--simply by producing his "illegally"-carried handgun and causing them to retreat without his having to fire a shot.Does carrying a gun illegally make you a danger to the public?
Bristol District Attorney Samuel Sutter thinks it does... [More]
He was no danger to the public. The people he scared off were.
My same "friend" had earlier taken to carrying a gun--"illegally," and knowing and resenting like hell being forced to make a choice that involved risk of punishment and being treated like a criminal from those whose only legitimate function is "to secure the blessings of Liberty." He did so on advice from two police officers who were responding to a death threat against him--officers who let him know they couldn't protect him, they couldn't respond to an attack until after-the fact.
But Samuel Sutter works in an environment where he has regular police protection. Samuel Sutter has the status and connections that turn "may issue" into "shall issue."
And don't get me started on "illegal" possession of "high-capacity guns."
If it were up to Samuel Sutter, my "friend" and people like him would be dead.
Samuel Sutter is, in essence, a state-sponsored terrorist. Samuel Sutter can go to hell.
And the thing is, if the punishment is increased, so too will be the desperation of an otherwise peaceable citizen to escape the "legal" consequences. What kind of "justice" system pushes good people to the breaking point for simply defending their lives?
WRSA Grid-Down Medical Course
Lancaster, PA - February 7-8Good stuff to know when there are no other options...
This two-day (16 hour) course of instruction will prepare the motivated outdoorsman to treat life-threatening and function-threatening medical conditions in the wilderness without access to classical EMS and medical resources. [More]
This Day in History: January 4
During the American Revolution, the Queens Bridge was used by both the American and British forces. At this spot in what is now known as Boundbrook on January 4, 1777, General Washington made the decision to abandon any intention to attach New Brunswick. Instead he moved his troops to Morristown for the winter, thus ending the victorious Trenton-Princeton campaign. [More]
Saturday, January 03, 2009
A Temporary Inconvenience
Citizens in Luzerne County, PA have had their rights put on hold:Because of county personnel cuts, the Luzerne County Sheriff’s Department will not accept gun permit applications for two weeks.[More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner column...
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We're the Only Ones Barring Enough
Should Burris appear in Washington without that certification, armed police officers stand ready to bar him from the Senate floor, said a Democratic official briefed on Senate leaders' plans.George Wallace was a democrat when he barred blacks from entering a public building too, wasn't he?
As much as I don't like Burris, I'd urge him to defy them. After all, Blago hasn't been convicted, and he's actually within the legitimate scope of his powers to make this appointment...
Can you imagine the urban reaction if Burris got arrested for resisting the "Only Ones"?
Shattered hope can bring about some pretty terrible change...
[Via Mack H]
The Next Generation
Anatoli Isaikin, the Director General of the state arms exporter Rosoboronexport, met recently with the creator of the Kalashnikov rifles, the head of the Izhmash Company, Mikhail Kalashnikov. The meeting’s objective was to look into developing a new generation of AK-100 series rifles. [More]Meanwhile...
Meanwhile, Still Across the Pond in Sarah Brady Paradise...
Meanwhile, Across the Pond in Sarah Brady Paradise...
Electronic monitoring has been used to track wildlife, stolen cars and criminals confined to their homes and jobs, but in what may be a sign of things to come, politicians in one British community propose to fasten monitoring devices to some of the local senior citizens to monitor their movements, cut costs and -- presumably -- keep the old-timers out of trouble... [More]Oh, I get it.
Collars of obedience.
Paul Mulshine, Authorized Journalist
The type of person who can't even keep track of the number of times the letter "N" appears in a two-syllable word is not the type of person who is going to offer great insight into complex issues. [More]I'm professional and you're not. And you can't even pronounce "pundit."
So there.
My, aren't we sophisticated and superior?
That must be why I've compiled an entire category of "Authorized Journalist" examples detailing bias and ignorance about the gun issue that is repeated over and over and...
And tell me that's the only issue where they push an agenda and get it so consistently wrong. You know, what this elitist characterizes as "doing what we in fact do amazingly well, which is to quickly analyze and report on complex public issues."
You credentialed flacks for the police state had your chance and blew whatever trust you had along with the establishment rulers you serve. Watchdogs turned into lapdogs a long time ago.
And now the fascist dinosaur propagandists want a bailout? At our expense?
Why not? It's been a public/private partnership all my life anyway, at least ideologically. Just one thing: As long as we're considering a form of national socialist journalism, can we call the resulting enterprise something like "Der Stürmer"?
[Via Luke O]
We're the Only Ones A-Hunting-We-Will-Go Enough
The Distinguished Gentleman from Illinois
Burris sought death for innocent man [More]And naturally:
A grand jury later indicted four sheriff's deputies and three former county prosecutors for their roles in the Cruz case. They were eventually acquitted.Such as these deem themselves our rulers. Such as these don't want us to be armed.
[Via Luke O]
This Day in History: January 3
General Washington followed his success at Trenton with another on January 3, 1777, when, again crossing the Delaware, he outmarched General Charles Cornwallis, and approaching from the rear defeated three British regiments and three companies of light cavalry at Princeton, New Jersey...[More]
Friday, January 02, 2009
"Some People Simply Shouldn't Have Guns"
Colleague Karen Harper, the Birmingham Progressive Politics Examiner, talks about the guy who shot another guy at the movies...[More]Here's another opportunity to win friends and influence people. Go on over to her column (after you read mine, of course) and introduce her readers to the same type of intelligent and persuasive comments I see at WarOnGuns every day.
I've actually had several very cordial and supportive email exchanges with this lady, and have found her to be open-minded on gun rights.
Hey, notice anything different about my logo graphic?
More Gun Talk
Tom Gresham asked me to join him on his nationally-syndicated radio show this Sunday to discuss "doing the 'crystal ball' look at 2009." I'll be on at 1:00 pm Central, so figure it out for your time zone and tune in by clicking on "Listen" on his site.
For those of you who didn't hear it, here's the podcast link for the last time I was on (scroll down to November 2, Part A).
These things are always fun.
For those of you who didn't hear it, here's the podcast link for the last time I was on (scroll down to November 2, Part A).
These things are always fun.
Hope and Change
So what does this mean for us as gun owners? Is it all doom and gloom? [More]"Hope and Change" is my latest Rights Watch column for GUNS Magazine.
Let’s Have a Debate
The debate will be live streamed from www.RNCdebate.org. ATR is hosting the debate and the questions will be those submitted from activists across the nation on the RNCdebate.org website. [More]I note this appeal is targeted to the "center right."
Let's not let it pass without being heard.
Spread the word on this, OK?
We're the Only Ones Ironic Enough
We're the Only Ones Mystifying Enough
Covina arrests mystify a neighborhoodGee, nice digs Los Uniqos are living in. I wonder who does their gardening and housekeeping?
After two Mexican federal agents and two others were arrested in July on drug-related charges, little has emerged about the case and residents are puzzled. [More]
I'm not sure why the silence and mystery, except it probably has to do with what we all know is the #1 Mexican crime problem: those damned American gun shows.
Anticipation
U.S. Army War College report warns an economic crisis in the United States could lead to massive civil unrest and the need to call on the military to restore order. [More]We're seeing more and more of these stories, aren't we? If I were paranoid, I'd start wondering about floating trial balloons and self-fulfilling prophecies...
In light of these recent developments, we may benefit by understanding some of the thinking...
[Via izzyfit101]
We're the Only Ones Rubbing You the Wrong Way Enough
Emily Latella Award
For "Spider Hole" Greg. [More]
Over salt.
Per Mack H, who asks:
Over salt.
Per Mack H, who asks:
Hey David, you think he would also "reverse one of the city’s most controversial policies" -- the city hall gun ban? After all, "I’m in charge of the city’s response!"
We're the Only Ones Impressing You Enough
Do you need any more evidence that celebrities have become an unofficial American aristocracy? How about the conscription of an innocent bystander to double for paparazzi bait so that the real deal can slip out of an airport unnoticed by the press? [More]J.D. Tuccille recounts a story that I'd call unbelievable if I didn't have a long history of being jaded by the "Only Ones" outrage du jour.
Actually, I don't know what's more outrageous--a reported act of impromptu conscription, or the fact that our society is trivial-minded enough to where we even know who this Jamie Lynn Spears person is.
This Day in History: January 2
Cornwallis marched toward Trenton to attack Washington with 6,000 men. Washington's troops were in great danger, backed up against the Delaware River. Their saving grace was Cornwallis' decision to wait until the next day to finish the battle. [More]
Thursday, January 01, 2009
Murder by Numbers
If we're truly interested in solutions, we can't forget to look at race--not as a cause of violent crime, but as an indicator of urban populations most directly affected by and responsive to a continuing history of destructive government policies. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column may not win me many friends.
Tell yours?
Fear Control
Understanding the mechanics of adrenalin greatly lessens its impetus. The shock factor of adrenalin can be scarifying if you do not understand or expect it, rendering many frozen in the face of an ensuing attack. [More]Read this. Bookmark it if you can't read it now. I've only had time to scan it, but I'm going back to give it the attention it appears to deserve later today.
[Via cycjec]
We're the Only Ones Touching You in Special Ways Enough
Dangerous People
Paul Helmke added, "We should not be making it easier for dangerous people to carry concealed firearms in our parks." [More]I guess he means you and me. Because he knows damn well the change does nothing to enable those who have been adjudicated dangerous, which I guess makes him a...uh...liar.
Head on over there and consider educating that crowd in "comments"--so far, it's running three-to-one against "our" side.
I note Anne Reich Lane continues in her capacity as Jüdischer Ordnungsdienst spokeswretch.
Talk about dangerous people...
Irena Sendler vs Al Gore
A School Near You
Duncan has a pretty extensive history of using his position as head of the CPS to push for ever more draconian forcible citizen disarmament laws. [More]Armed and Safe tells us about the kind of change The Lightworker is hoping to bring to American schools.
We're the Only Ones Irreconcilable Enough
A retired state trooper assigned to the Thruway shot and killed his estranged wife early Wednesday morning and then took his own life, State Police said. [More]What--not one of those better-than-us retired "Only Ones" qualifying for nationwide concealed carry?
Cotto had been arrested on misdemeanor charges for unlawful imprisonment in the second degree, menacing in the second degree and harassment in the second degree... At the time of his arrest, State Police secured all weapons known to be in Cotto’s possession... At the time of the murder/suicide incident, Cotto was in violation of an order of protection...Whew, that's a relief! Thank goodness the system worked!
The Loaded Automatic Handgun
They said they found the loaded automatic handgun in the car... [More]Say, how about that accompanying photograph of the S&W revolver...?
Another thing the WKTV News "Authorized Journalists" didn't tell us is if the arrested people committed any offense aside from not being "Only Ones."
We're the Only Ones Stalk Radio Enough
Former DPS officer walks into KLBJ-AM with gun [More]"Hi Jeff. Long-time listener, first-time assailant..."
KLBJ-590 Austin: The "Only One" on your AM dial...
[Via Avg Joe]
Greenfield Tries
The Greenfield City Council is proposing an ordinance that would ban city employees from bringing guns to work. [More]Rules and signs. What could go wrong?
I love the headline: "Greenfield tries..."
What did Master Yoda say about "There is no try..."?
Why free men should allow the hysterics of Fargo extras like Theodore Turnham, and Steve and Leonard Jankowski to lay claim on their rights is beyond me... And "Authorized Journalist" Chris O'Connell manages to get just that right concerned crusader inflection for our welfare into his act, doesn't he?
What any of them are prepared to do should someone with evil in his heart ignore their stupid little sign is beyond them--but any climate where you have to bundle up like that is the wrong place to be wetting yourself.
"Drop-Off"
...is the new "buy back." [More]
It's like watching one of those cheap battery-driven walking toy animals that get stuck in a corner--they keep going through the motions but they get nowhere, and all they do is make distracting noises until they run down completely.
They'll do anything but consider the truth...
Griffin and other church leaders will be collecting guns on Saturday at the Gateway Mall. The new Gun Drop-off program replaces the Gun Buyback.And we know how well that does...
The buyback program stopped because there was no more funding.
It's like watching one of those cheap battery-driven walking toy animals that get stuck in a corner--they keep going through the motions but they get nowhere, and all they do is make distracting noises until they run down completely.
They'll do anything but consider the truth...
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Daniel White on NRA News
This link goes to the NRA News site, and the particular show will only be available for a few more hours...
I have no idea why they do it that way, as it seems much valuable information is rendered inaccessible--or perhaps I just don't know how to navigate...?
Anyway, enough bellyaching--the fact is, they gave Dan some time to plug his new Examiner.com gig. When you access the Cam & Co. video from last night, drag the slider toward the end to get to his segment.
I have no idea why they do it that way, as it seems much valuable information is rendered inaccessible--or perhaps I just don't know how to navigate...?
Anyway, enough bellyaching--the fact is, they gave Dan some time to plug his new Examiner.com gig. When you access the Cam & Co. video from last night, drag the slider toward the end to get to his segment.
Is Any Place Safe?
Though not a consensus, many SCLC members, including such prominent figures as Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, were aware of inconspicuously armed SCLC agents who provided protection for civil rights leaders and other activists. On at least one occasion, a shootout erupted between racist attackers and black defenders from the SCLC. Throughout the South, NAACP members had pistols, shotguns and handguns in their homes and on their person, as did many SNCC members. [More]This is just one of the stories from today's Gun Rights Examiner column.
Remember--it's going national next Monday.
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The Bucket List
The Apocalypse is Coming: What You Need to Pack [More]Interesting. But it looks like the techno-weenies forgot a thing or two...
[Via fimvit]
Another Stupid Republican
Mere illegal possession now means time behind bars for all but a few — the result of a bill signed into law in January...Way to go, moron. Thanks a lot.
One of those sponsors, Assemblyman Jon Bramnick, R-Essex, Morris, Somerset, Union, said a state attorney general's directive addressing the new law was supposed to provide immediate relief for the unintended targets of the legislation...
...the directive made it far more likely that just about everyone else, including first-time offenders, will spend at least a year in state prison. [More]
Where does the GOP find these tools?
I wonder what some people would do to avoid a year behind bars with sociopathic scum and gang-affiliated guards?
At what point will they force people to realize "freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose"...?
[Via Jeffersonian]
A Reasonable Restriction
Ban all guns...[More]Wait a minute--I thought the new post-Heller talking point from the antis was no one wants to do that and now we can focus on "common sense measures."
Robert Smith Jr. offers the most intellectually impaired opinion piece I have yet read, and I've read a lot of 'em. But at least he takes the mask off--and you'll notice no "leading" anti-gunners have rushed in to repudiate him.
The short answer, Bob, is "No."
The longer answer is two words, starts with "F" and ends with "you."
Your move.
[Via Joe G]
Are You Feeling Blu?
Did you know that Blu-ray discs can report back to studios when you play a disc? Yep. The BD-Live feature (which was initially touted as a way of delivering extra content to customers - as though Blu-ray didn’t offer enough space in the first place) is being used by studios to keep track of how often you play a disc. [More]I really don't know enough about this technology to articulate an informed conclusion, but figured I'd throw this out there so those of you who do can educate us.
The author's conclusion?
I don’t know about you, but as a consumer I’m getting tired of being spied on.That and as a citizen...
[Via Carl S]
Sorting Out the Sheeple
You're a woman--maybe even a lady. Walking to your car in a subterranean parking structure, you round the fender and find a hulking, leering troglodyte crouched beside your car door. He rises. grinning, with a length of clothesline and a roll of duct tape in his hands. At that instant, you have your choice of one of three vehicles to pull up beside you...[More]Carl S reminds me of a column from several months back by a GUNS Magazine colleague. Good stuff.
Does "Bear" Brady ... in the Woods?
An anti-gun group is suing to stop a last-second Bush administration change that would allow Americans to carry concealed, loaded guns in most national parks and wildlife refuges.Because, you know, those of us who responsibly keep and bear arms everywhere else are going to get a sudden urge to take potshots at a moose with a handgun. Or something.
The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence sued the Interior Department in federal court on Tuesday. [More]
I wonder, if the suit is successful, if the Brady's will guarantee our safety in their "No Guns" zones--and assume financial responsibility if we're harmed because we weren't "allowed" defend ourselves?*
And they say there are no stupid questions...
David Hardy thinks they may have "standing" issues, but the DC Circuit also gives broad meaning to the term "germane."
*Not that some ever obey this evil foolishness anyway...
[Via Zachary G]
We're the Only Ones Ironic Enough
We're the Only Ones Who Fit You to a "T" Enough
A Belleville Police officer arrested a St. Charles man for wearing a t-shirt emblazoned with the word "POLICE."See, if you want to show "solidarity," it's important that you wear the right shirt.
..."Those t-shirts are a sign of solidarity," said Howard A. Shalowitz, an attorney representing Weinstein. "How many people wear NYPD caps? Are they impersonating police?" [More]
I wonder if a t-shirt emblazoned with the words "ONLY ONES" would sell?
[Via Avg Joe and Mack H]
Meet the New Cleveland Gun Rights Examiner
We are pleased to announce that OFCC's Daniel White has been selected as the next Cleveland Gun Rights Examiner! Many of you are familiar with his writings, as he has written articles for OFCC for years. We wish him luck and success, and our website will continue to link to his articles as we have done for David the last couple of months. [More]Dan is uniquely positioned to grow the Ohio market. He starts this new gig on Monday and I'll be linking to his stuff as a matter of course.
In addition to refocusing my column to a national audience, I'm working with my Examiner.com channel manager to develop Gun Rights Examiners in other cities. While it would be premature to give specifics, I think I'll have another very good announcement to make shortly.
This Day in History: December 31
On December 31, the American forces assaulted Quebec, with 600 men led by Arnold from the North and 300 men led by Montgomery from the South. The British were waiting between successive barriers. The Americans broke through the first line, but were stopped by the second. Arnold was wounded in the leg and carried from the battle field. Montgomery was killed by a bullet to the head, and the American assault failed. Six hundred men were captured and 60 died in the attempt to take Quebec. [More]
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
A Lucky Lady
I admire her determination and grit, but the fact remains she's lucky to have escaped at all, let alone with her belongings. After all, she found herself alone and in the clutches of a predator--one who does not hesitate to terrorize and assault women for petty property. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column...
Tell a friend?
Blago Proves Wounded Animals Still Dangerous
In a surprise move by the embattled yet comically maniacal Illinois Governor, Blagojevich has tapped former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris to replace Barack Obama in the Senate. [More]Dare we ask about guns?
"If I ban them, I'm going to be the first one to burn mine.""If I ban them."
That's some serious megalomania going on there. Who better to replace The Lightworker?
He just "didn't get around to" turning his gun in after he made political hay urging others to surrender theirs?
I wonder if he's gotten around to re-registering it every year, like another powerful member of the Illinois political machine...?
It's a little, small thing. I just have it there for safety...Indeed.
Getting Results the "Only Ones"/"Authorized Journalists" Way
Coordinated efforts by the Police Department and Bristol County District Attorney’s Office have resulted in a significant reduction in gun crimes and increase in seizure of illegal firearms in the city. [More]OK, that seems a straightforward enough claim. How do they figure?
In 2008, that category of calls ["shots fired"] remained nearly the same.Well that's not a "reduction" then, is it?
There was a more than 50 percent decrease in the number of illegal guns seized by police, from 51 in 2006 to 24 in 2007, and a significant dropoff in 2008, with only 18 by mid-December.Excuse me? That's a decrease then, not an "increase." Less is the new more? I suppose you could argue that's because they're gathering them all up and there are no more to be found, but might we also wonder if there's another reason...?
I'm not saying violent crime using firearms hasn't decreased. We've seen a nationwide reduction in recent years. It would take someone like John Lott to explain why.
What I'm saying is, I don't see anything in this article to support the thesis we're presented with and expected to accept at face value--that such crime has actually been reduced in Fall River/Bristol County due to the policies being credited.
We're the Only Ones Going Off on Our Wives Enough
U.S. “Incremental” Small Arms Fielding: Failures and Solutions
This isn't normally stuff I highlight on WarOnGuns with my focus on rights, but this is interesting. Scroll down to Session VI: Time for a Change, and click on the "Jim Schatz" link. [More]
Due to priorities, I have not had time--and probably won't have--to examine the rest of this site, but I'm sure some will find it very useful.
[Via Avg Joe]
Due to priorities, I have not had time--and probably won't have--to examine the rest of this site, but I'm sure some will find it very useful.
[Via Avg Joe]
Meanwhile, Across the Pond in Sarah Brady Paradise
Thank goodness none of the victims were shot!The data, released under the Freedom of Information Act, shows police forces in England and Wales recorded 277 knife murders in the 12 months to April 2008.
If confirmed, the figures, which were obtained by the Conservative party, will be the highest since records began 30 years ago and represent a rise of 38% since 1999. [More]
[Via Jeffersonian]
We're the Only Ones Like a Good Neighbor Enough
Just as they were about to get the cat, Smith said, "This guy comes barreling out of his house, flashed his gun and his badge, and started screaming and freaking out."Right.
...The Phoenix Police Department said their officer has a right to defend his property. [More]
I'm sure if Smith brandished to an "Only One" over something like this they'd have the same reaction.
[Via Avg Joe]
A Premature Burial
Bury a gun and ammo for 15 years (and be assured everything still works when you dig it up) [More]I can see doing this with a couple cheap ones in different locations. I've never recommended dying on one's doorstep, or allowing an enemy to choose the time, place and circumstances of battle, and there's something to be said for acting timid and compliant and being the last person anyone would suspect of leading a personal resistance effort.
Of course, if the time comes to dig them up, their purpose will be to procure more...
[Via 1894C]
73
8,000,000 plus checksI asked a question the other day in my Gun Rights Examiner column:
117,000 denials (125,000 denials, offset by 8,000 reversals on appeal)
77,000 of these were referred to Field Offices for investigation (80% not involving felony records)
273 persons charged, and a whopping
73 convictions. [More]
Would it not be a more meaningful "success story" for the Brady's to tell us--of those 1.6 million--how many were successfully prosecuted and convicted?Incidentally, I was almost arrested for asking this question of Sarah Brady and Rep. Jane Harman some years back. The sensitivity to what happened there is what led me to establish the "Authorized Journalist" files.
[Via W-3]
Stopping Holder
Western Rifle Shooters Association discusses this important political action. [More]
I've asked WoG readers to get involved.
I wonder if I'm just wasting my time--if all of us urging action are?
I've asked WoG readers to get involved.
I wonder if I'm just wasting my time--if all of us urging action are?
We're the Only Ones Youth-Oriented Enough
A decorated hero for stopping the killing spree at Trolley Square, Ogden Police Officer Ken Hammond now finds himself facing a criminal charge.And again, whenever I have an "Only Ones" story like this, I'm compelled to ask the Eternal Question...
Weber County prosecutors charged Hammond late Monday afternoon with a single count of third-degree felony unlawful sexual conduct with a 16- or 17-year-old, accusing him of engaging in a sexual act with someone at least 10 years younger than he is. [More]
A Robbery in Redondo Beach
Police today are looking for an armed robber and an accomplice who held up a man at gunpoint Sunday night on a Redondo Beach street. [More]And, of course, he had no choice but to comply and pray they didn't want to eliminate the witness.
I'm very familiar with that area. I lived in Redondo for years and have walked there myself. It's one of those places where people think stuff like this never happens, so they probably caught him unawares, too frozen in astonishment to flee.
Which is the only option non-"Only Ones" or unconnected "law-abiding citizens" have in Redondo Beach.
This Day in History: December 30
As I hold it incompatible with the honour of my commission to suffer men, in arms against their Sovereign and the laws, to appear before His Majesty's ships, I desire you will cause your sentinels, in the town of Norfolk, to avoid being seen, that women and children may not feel the effects of their audacity; and it would not be imprudent if both were to leave the town. [More]Translation: Open carry, except by "Only Ones," upsets people...?
Monday, December 29, 2008
What if You Held a "Buyback" and Nobody Came?
But what of the civic-minded Tre Crips? What happened to the six who told event organizer Alvertis Simmons they "were tired of the violence" and wanted "to turn their guns in"? Or what of members of rival fraternities who keep the Denver Police Gang Bureau busy?Today's Gun Rights Examiner column...
I can't help but wonder how many made it to the weekend E-40 concert...[More]
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