Whose Paranoid brings us some explosive facts. [More]
No doubt the blame belongs with--let's say it together now--those damned American gun shows.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Personal Responsibility...
...and lack thereof. [More]
And they had the thing on psychopharmaceuticals--just like so many other violent feral primates who have gone on an animal rampage...
Machiavelli sure had it pegged.
I can't help but wonder about political affiliations, and sentiments on guns...
And here's the thing...listen to the 911 tape. Listen to how long it goes on. Imagine being in a life-threatening emergency as the minutes go by. Imagine it's you being attacked, or someone you love...
When seconds count...
"Hurry, please! He ripped her face off...He's killing my friend!...Shoot him, shoot him!"Please, come use your special "Only One" powers and save us from our own choices!!!
And they had the thing on psychopharmaceuticals--just like so many other violent feral primates who have gone on an animal rampage...
Machiavelli sure had it pegged.
I can't help but wonder about political affiliations, and sentiments on guns...
And here's the thing...listen to the 911 tape. Listen to how long it goes on. Imagine being in a life-threatening emergency as the minutes go by. Imagine it's you being attacked, or someone you love...
When seconds count...
The Government Loophole
Between 2004 and 2008, the U.S. gave an estimated 242,000 “small” and “light” weapons to the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF).Y'know, complete government control might not be such a bad thing after all...
But now 87,000, or 36 percent, of those weapons are missing and unaccounted for...More]
[Via fimvit]
Savage on Dobbs Tonight
I just received an email from Len Savage:
Lou Dobbs will be discussing the Olofson case, and the ATF arrest of my device. Herb Titus, Olofson's new attorney, and myself will be live via satellite on tonight's show.
Dobbs is on CNN. Check your local listings.
A Blast from the Past
The February 1959 issue is up, and in addition to everything I love about going through these old issues, the classic ads, the prices, the reminder of a freer time, this one contains a wealth of sentiment that should cause modern readers to pause and reflect on... And now it's time for a shameless personal plug... "The Message of Mumbai" is my Rights Watch column for the April 2009 issue of Guns Magazine. [More]You can access links to both the 50-year-old issue of GUNS and my latest column by going to today's Gun Rights Examiner column.
Please share the link far and wide.
Will you?
Check out the latest from other Gun Rights Examiners: Austin: Another Brady hallucination: More guns, more ‘gun violence’ (Part 1) Charlotte: Guns and the Constitution: A legislator finally 'gets it' DC: DC City Council enables residents’ easy access to mail order handgun carry permits! Denver: Active compliance......or not Los Angeles: Gun Control: the very first pig with lipstick on it. Milwaukee: Time to change our attitude about guns Minneapolis: Dispelling the myth of “The Wild West”
This Day in History: February 18
I wish the Morris County Militia could be prevailed on to stay some time longer. The Enemy are certainly reinforced and will no doubt attempt in a few days to make their situation more comfortable; should they do so, we shall not be able to make an effectual opposition, if the Troops, now in Service, retire to their Homes, and they will again be reduced to that misery from which they were but just now relieved, merely by their exerting themselves manfully. [More]
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
I May Have Figured Out...
...how to invoke imagery of citizens shooting government gun grabbers without getting the Threeperhaters mad at us...
Gillibrand Apologists Cling to Hope
The apologists are tripping all over themselves to convince either us (or themselves?) that Kirsten Gillibrand's "evolution" on guns is all part of some pragmatic master political plan.
The newest hope they're clinging to:
She keeps two rifles under her bed.
But wait--there's a new development:
Ah... situation resolved:
Especially after this
and this
and this (second feature at link)
and this...?
As usual, I probably just don't know what I'm talking about, right, Jacob?
UPDATE: Keep telling yourself that if it makes you feel better. You might even convince yourself her Tiahrt reversal is smart politics.
That makes one a "realist"? Cool, we can all relax now. Besides, Jacob has met her in person.
I like that "perfect is the enemy of the good" platitude almost as much as "Politics is the art of the possible," as if people who discourage envelope pushing know where the boundaries of possibility lie.
Oh, and Dave's not here.
The newest hope they're clinging to:
She keeps two rifles under her bed.
"If I want to protect my family, if I want to have a weapon in the home, that should be my right."Well, then, no need for concern. We can all go back to sleep now. I mean, if she owns guns, she must be one of us. Right Lon Horiuchi and Ray Schoenke?
But wait--there's a new development:
A spokesman says the rifles are not loaded...So you're going to protect your family by using them as clubs...?
Ah... situation resolved:
Gillibrand removes guns from under bedIf she won't defend her own right to keep and bear arms, what type of wishful thinking makes anybody think she'll defend theirs?
Especially after this
and this
and this (second feature at link)
and this...?
As usual, I probably just don't know what I'm talking about, right, Jacob?
UPDATE: Keep telling yourself that if it makes you feel better. You might even convince yourself her Tiahrt reversal is smart politics.
That makes one a "realist"? Cool, we can all relax now. Besides, Jacob has met her in person.
I like that "perfect is the enemy of the good" platitude almost as much as "Politics is the art of the possible," as if people who discourage envelope pushing know where the boundaries of possibility lie.
Oh, and Dave's not here.
Cool Under Fire
Soldiers who perform best under extreme stress have higher levels of chemicals that dampen the fear response, a finding that could lead to new drugs or training strategies to help others cope better, a U.S. researcher said. [More]Cool--we can give them to angst-filled adolescents who have trouble socializing and focusing on their school work!
What could go wrong?
[Via Ed M]
UPDATE:
A comment made me remember--everybody knows the origin of this term, right?
We're Surprised He's Surrounded by Fraud?
[More]
But the Ron Paul Dollars--the ones that are actually worth something--are verboten. And the "Authorized Journalists" do their level best to plant the belief in the minds of the pliable that real gold, silver and copper = fake.
[Via Skip]
North to the Future
Nearly 700 people filled the auditorium at a local church tonight as the '2nd Amendment Taskforce' met for the second time in Fairbanks. Just a week before 140 people attended the meeting that took place at Denny's, where only 20 people were expected.Michael Dukes brings us some encouraging news about Alaskans standing up for gun rights.
I would say that something has finally gotten Gun Owners attention in the Interior of Alaska. [More]
Among other developments, a bill modeled after Montana's to provide for "Alaskan gun and ammo manufactures the ability to sell products to instate customers without interference from the Feds."
Michael will have more on this later, and I'll let you know when he does.
How to Beat Your Wife
"Okay, he's tried admonishing, he's tried banishment – but nothing. Her emotions are numb, and she says: Good riddance. So what is the next measure? "...and beat them." Beating. [More]And the good thing is, you can still "do her."
You better put some ice on that...
We talked yesterday about the woman with the protective order losing her head over her estranged husband, who was trying so hard to create a positive light. I think it would be funny to see the idiot cleric who advocates this barbaric crap try his advice out on, say...this lady...who would positively put his lights out.
I think the resultant beating would be good enough for Pay-per-View. The thumps and howls would be comedy gold.
[Photo courtesy Oleg Volk, A Human Right]
2009 NRA Director Candidate Questionnaire
No true reform will come to the NRA until voting members can rate director candidates based on unequivocal platforms of support for “shall not be infringed.” Unfortunately, no such demand has been made by the membership, so expect more status quo, backroom deals, political compromises and undeserved politician ratings. [More]Once more I go through the motions. Today's Gun Rights Examiner column presents the latest incarnation of my NRA director candidate questionnaire.
Will this provoke controversy, or will it be ignored?
That's up to you, the readers, isn't it? Will anyone join me in asking some questions, or even making them known?
Check out the latest from other Gun Rights Examiners: Austin: Another Brady hallucination: More guns, more ‘gun violence’ (Part 1) Charlotte: Guns and the Constitution: A legislator finally 'gets it' DC: DC City Council enables residents’ easy access to mail order handgun carry permits! Denver: Active compliance......or not Los Angeles: Gun Control: the very first pig with lipstick on it. Milwaukee: Time to change our attitude about guns Minneapolis: The folly across the river
This Day in History: February 17
February 17, 1777
The Continental Congress begins ordering ready made uniforms from France, through the Secret Committee. [More]
Monday, February 16, 2009
Showdown Under the Big Sky
A Somewhat Regulated Militia is Better than None
The town's three policemen fled and there was no response from the military and U.N. peacekeepers to the increasingly panicked pleas for help. That's when residents realized they were on their own.So much for counting on either "Only Ones" or globalist gungrabbers.
...So Akoyo called a town meeting and told everyone to bring whatever weapons they had: pre-World War II rifles, homemade shotguns, lances, swords, machetes, hunting knives, bows with sheaths of poisoned arrows.
...Since then, the residents of Bangadi have successfully driven off two attacks by the Ugandan rebels, who have killed at least 900 people in this remote northeastern corner of Congo over the past seven weeks. [More]
I'd like to see Paul Helmke, Rebecca Peters, et al issue a statement condemning these people.
I dare them to.
[Via Plug Nickel Times]
We're the Only Ones Hitting on the Ladies Enough
Last year’s police officer of the year for Orange County was arrested Friday night, accused of hitting a female acquaintance... [More]There's a particularly poor taste joke that's been around for many years:
Q: What do battered women have in common?
A: (While shaking head and with an disgusted look) They just don't listen.
I bring it up because that attitude seems to apply to so many cases of "Only One" violence resulting in their beating a detainee, yet the same intense social stigma is rarely attached.
I'm no sociologist, but it sure looks like our culture has a dysfunctional relationship with and dependency on its abusers...
[Via Declan]
An Order of Protection
Authorities say Aasiya Hassan recently had filed for divorce from her husband.So she was beheaded.
"She had an order of protection that had him out of the home as of Friday the 6th [of February]," Benz said. [More]
Boy, that order worked about as well as hubby's "more positive light," didn't it...?
Dismissing an Unfounded Fear
The New York Times is reporting that, due to our military being stretched to its limits in Afghanistan and Iraq, the US Military will start recruiting immigrant workers who have temporary visas the opportunity to become citizens, in as little as 6 months. [More]
Good. Then we can dismiss the ridiculous notion that our standing army would ever take up arms against their relatives, neighbors and friends...
We're the Only Ones Keeping You Safe Enough
"It is with great hope that we can put a gun lock on every gun to keep kids and the families safe."[More]Every gun. Except for your super-special "Only One" gun, right, Vernotis?
[Via The Bitter Clinger]
We're the Only Ones Bursting Enough
A lawsuit filed in Circuit Court that seeks $200,000 says two Chattanooga Police officers burst into the wrong house with guns drawn.What do you think would have happened had Mr. Brady grabbed a gun and repelled the errant "Only Ones," thinking they might be home invaders?
...It says the couple was held at gunpoint while the home was searched, placing them, their children, their spouses, nephews, nieces and grandchildren "in mortal fear."
The suit says, the officers left "after realizing they had made a mistake." [More]
Oh, right...
[Via RCB]
Don't Think of Us as "Anti-Gun"
Think of us as pro-police state. [More]
I've said this before. One way to discourage this practice of newspapers publishing CCW holder names is to target their advertisers. Let them know you're going to pick one of them to drag into the controversy. Set up a protest in front of a car dealership, and then promise another advertiser they're targeted for next week. The message being "XYZ Supports Anti-Gun Subversion."
You'll see change.
That is, you would if gun owners actually gave a damn about getting involved. Hell, if they did, we wouldn't have any gun control laws.
The other option, of course, is to say the hell with permits. Just so you realize the same gun owners who won't join you in a boycott or any constructive peaceable activity will then condemn you for making us all look bad if you get caught, and bloviate on the gun boards about your deserving what you get...
[Via Steven K]
I've said this before. One way to discourage this practice of newspapers publishing CCW holder names is to target their advertisers. Let them know you're going to pick one of them to drag into the controversy. Set up a protest in front of a car dealership, and then promise another advertiser they're targeted for next week. The message being "XYZ Supports Anti-Gun Subversion."
You'll see change.
That is, you would if gun owners actually gave a damn about getting involved. Hell, if they did, we wouldn't have any gun control laws.
The other option, of course, is to say the hell with permits. Just so you realize the same gun owners who won't join you in a boycott or any constructive peaceable activity will then condemn you for making us all look bad if you get caught, and bloviate on the gun boards about your deserving what you get...
[Via Steven K]
Still More Election Coverage...
No, not for political offices. It's nearing that time of year when eligible members (Life and above, or members for five consecutive years) get to elect candidates for the NRA Board of Directors.You knew there would be.
But there's a problem. [More]
Also in today's Gun Rights Examiner post:
- Len Savage on Lou Dobbs Radio. Find out how and when to listen.
- A call to action in Arizona...some gun bills need to get moving.
- Guess who the new Columbia Conservative Examiner is?
Check out the latest from other Gun Rights Examiners:
Austin: Another Brady hallucination: More guns, more ‘gun violence’ (Part 1) Charlotte: Phony gun groups, Part 3: 'American Hunters and Shooters Association' DC: DC City Council enables residents’ easy access to mail order handgun carry permits! Denver: Granny, get your gun Los Angeles: Gun Control: the very first pig with lipstick on it. Milwaukee: Time to change our attitude about guns Minneapolis: The folly across the river St. Louis: What's next--a .499 caliber ban?
This Day in History: February 16
The time of the Troops, who now Garrison Fort Montgomery will expire the first of March, They must therefore be relieved by some of the Militia in the Pay of the Continent. [More]
Sunday, February 15, 2009
We're the Only Ones Retired Enough
Cadigan retired in 1991 as a lieutenant, after being disciplined for calling sex lines and allegedly drinking at a Weymouth bar while on duty. [More]Sure are a lot of comments indignant over this being included in the eulogy...
What did Mr. Marley say? "I wear the chain I forged in life..."
Sorry if I appear callous. I don't wish harm on anyone. I'm just tired of what the whole concept of "Only Ones" is doing to Liberty.
[Via Ed M]
We're the Only Ones Flowery Enough
Police in South Carolina gave away roses on Valentine's Day. All you had to do to get one for your sweetie was turn in a gun. [More]I wonder how many "Only Ones" lauding this surrender turned in theirs?
What? None?
Why? Don't the love their "sweeties"?
[Via Mama Liberty, Bruce Mills and Steven K]
A Good Mayor
We talked about A Crossville Gun Ban the other day.
The mayor has weighed in.
Click here to download a Word document with his position.
Let him know.
The mayor has weighed in.
Click here to download a Word document with his position.
I am in agreement with those who feel that the interpretation of this ordinance infringes on the 2nd Amendment of the United States Constitution which guarantees our right to bear arms. I will not support the third and final reading of this ordinance if and when it comes before council.Good man.
Let him know.
The Turning of Kirsten Gillibrand
My reports on the "evolution" of "pro-gun" Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand's public position on guns have struck a nerve in some quarters of the gun rights community. Accusations have included I forget this is New York we're talking about, that I am damning her with quotes of others, that, as usual, I don't know what I'm talking about, and my favorite--and this one is from an officer with a state gun rights group--that I engage in...uh...something I can't repeat here with my "fan boys" while watching "Red Dawn."Hey, if I wanted to be popular, I'd be writing about Miley Cyrus.
Whew. Tough crowd.
Well, there's more. [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner column also links to a special download from Robert K. Brown about fraudulent BATFU pay claims. He asks us to share it far and wide.
Also, make sure you click on the link to "Armed and Safe" at the bottom of my GRE column.
Austin: Senator Boxer’s half-truths to promote ‘sensible gun control’ (Part 3) Charlotte: Phony gun groups, Part 3: 'American Hunters and Shooters Association' DC: DC taxpayers will pay for City Council’s gun ban redux Denver: Granny, get your gun Los Angeles: Saturday Special: L.A. City Council composes more ineffective law, more targeting. Milwaukee: Time to change our attitude about guns Minneapolis: The folly across the river St. Louis: Are churchgoers' lives less worth defending?
This Day in History: February 15
John Hancock, President of the Continental Congress signed Andrew Eppele's appointment as paymaster in the 11th Pennsylvania Regiment Philadelphia, PA - February 15, 1777 [More]
Saturday, February 14, 2009
We're the Only Ones Dealing with the Drug Problem Enough
According to evidence presented at trial, Sease conspired with other Memphis drug dealers to arrange drug deals so that he could rob the other dealers when they arrived. On one occasion, evidence showed that Sease had a co-conspirator resell cocaine that Sease had stolen from one drug dealer to another drug dealer. Sease then pulled the buyer’s car over, stole the cocaine again and resold it. Sease and his co-conspirators kidnapped several drug dealers in an effort to get them to set up additional drug deals for Sease to rob.This "Only One" brought to you courtesy of the War on Drugs...
Sease was a Memphis police officer from 2001 through 2005. He was discharged in 2005 for misconduct relating to one of the robberies. After he was fired, one of Sease’s co-conspirators, Andrew Hunt, became a Memphis reserve police officer and the two continued to rob drug dealers while pretending to be police officers, according to evidence presented at trial. [More]
Which, as we all know (or should by now), establishes optimum conditions for the War on Guns.
A Rose by Any Other Name...
Blackwater Worldwide is abandoning its tarnished brand name as it tries to shake a reputation battered by oft-criticised work in Iraq, renaming its family of two dozen businesses under the name Xe. The parent company's new name is pronounced like the letter z. [More]So I wonder if Vanderboegh will have to change the name of Brightfire to eX...?
Oh, wait, I forget--it's fiction. Any similarity is coincidental...
There's a Place for Us...
There's been a stalking arrest at a mall. Guess what the mall doesn't "allow"?S: Security...
DC: Yeah...uh...I'm on your website and can't find some information. I don't see a weapons policy for people with concealed carry permits*...
S: No, we don't allow that...[More]
Here's today's Gun Rights Examiner column. I'd appreciate the help of the regulars here to share the link.
Also see: Caveat emptor, particularly if unarmed
Check out the latest from other Gun Rights Examiners: Austin: Senator Boxer’s half-truths to promote ‘sensible gun control’ (Part 3) Charlotte: Phony gun groups, Part 3: 'American Hunters and Shooters Association' DC: DC taxpayers will pay for City Council’s gun ban redux Denver: Granny, get your gun Los Angeles: An open invitation to L. A. Times writer Dana Parsons. Milwaukee: Time to change our attitude about guns Minneapolis: The folly across the river St. Louis: Are churchgoers' lives less worth defending?
This Day in History: February 14
We have certain intelligence, that they have drawn the greatest part of their Troops from Rhode Island, and are told, that part of them have landed on Staten Island and at Amboy, with a view of augmenting their force at Brunswick. [More]
Friday, February 13, 2009
A Crossville Gun Ban
I've been given permission to post the following, about a proposed municipal gun ban in Tennessee. It is presented unedited except for deleting email addresses and boilerplate, the thread running from newest to oldest. There is also a file attachment from the Crossville City Manager that you can download from here.
re: Crossville Proposal to Ban Concealed Carry
Wed 2/11/09 11:46 PM
Councilman Kerley,
Thank you for the reply, and for your efforts to stand against this bill.
I find it curious that members of government always seem to be for restrictions of rights for members of the public, most often 2d Amendment rights, even when FBI reports and many other research projects prove, repeatedly, that gun control laws do not work and have never worked. In America, anyway; I confess that such laws worked well for Lenin, Stalin, Hitler and the Nazi Party, Krushchev, and the like.
Ask the council if they are aware of how many have been killed as a result of government-mandated gun control ( http://www.jpfo.org/filegen-a-m/deathgc.htm#chart ) and ask the council if they are assuming liability for the personal safety of each and every citizen when the police are not available (http://www.jpfo.org/filegen-a-m/dial911anddie.htm ). Ask them if they are capable of providing individual bodyguards for me at no cost if and when I visit the area, and if not, ask who the hell they think they are to place the value of their lives above mine and my family. Ask them just how much liability insurance they are willing to carry, both business and personal. And then, ask them what they are so afraid of.
I wonder about their reasons; it always seems that government wants to restrict our 2A right in government - owned by the public - areas, and one might speculate as to why they feel it necessary to disarm the public – perhaps they have some nefarious plans in mind?
As you requested, I am passing this on to several prominent forums, church leaders, multiple business contacts, potential visitors from elsewhere, and to many other residents, including a large group of former, active, and retired service personnel. If the ordnance passes, Crossville will lose my money, and will suffer the impact of whatever bad advertising I can generate. I for one am determined that any encroachment on my rights will result in a lessened cash flow for Crossville’s economy and a negative effect on the city’s reputation, if these invidious assaults on my / our rights continue.
Thank you again!
William Shires
From: jesse kerley RE: Crossville Proposal to Ban Concealed Carry
Wednesday, February 11, 2009 6:22 PM
thanks for your email. i made a motion last night in the City Council meeting to abolish the ordinance and it did not receive a second. you need to inform every that JH Graham, Carl Duer, and Earl Dean are for passing a gun ordinance.
Subject: Crossville Proposal to Ban Concealed Carry
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 22:29:54 -0600
Mayor Graham
Crossville, Tennessee
February 09, 2009
Sir:
I’m writing to voice my concerns over Crossville’s proposed ban on concealed carry on city-owned property.
My first question is “Where does this stop?” After all, the streets and sidewalks are “city-owned”, are they not?
On average, I visit Crossville twice a month for one reason or another, sometimes more often, and while there, I spend money. I’ve been doing this for 15 years. During all that time, I’ve carried a concealed weapon for protection, and to date, not once have I yielded to justified anger at government any of the many violations of my inalienable rights, nor have I gone berserk and attempted to rob, threaten, or otherwise forcibly mandate what other people should do. Sad to say, but that is exactly what your city government is attempting to do; forcibly, at uniformed gunpoint, strip law-abiding citizens of their rights.
I am of the generation where kids carried rifles back and forth to school on bikes, and as they grew older, in cars and trucks. You know, that generation where kids grew up understanding firearms, and where we did not have school shootings? I’ve been using firearms since I was 8 years old, and have been carrying a personal weapon for nigh on 40 years. In all that time, I recall few cases of law-abiding citizens using firearms inappropriately, yet I am aware of many cases where law enforcement officers have and continue to do just that. You probably aren’t aware of this salient trait, which is why I bring it to your attention. I don’t mean to imply that the Crossville Police Department is less than professional, but historical records show that one never knows. Yet you wish to abrogate my rights?
If your staff advises you that my assertions are incorrect, may I suggest you review The Only Ones files? After the first 10 or so pages, you may see my point.
Please remember that I have a choice as to where I invest and spend money. If I can not visit Crossville without fear of harassment or arrest for exercising my inalienable rights, then I won’t. Visit or invest / spend money.
You may have seen the quotes I’ve included below. Perhaps not. I find in many cases that advice given by staff is only what they think you want to ( or should ) hear.
You propose to ban concealed carry? You are aware that state law does not mandate concealed carry? The so-called license ( see 4 below ) not only allows for open carry, but specifically prohibits any requirement of concealment. So a ban would probably have the opposite of its’ intended effect. And, keep in mind that subordinate governments can not supersede state law.
By the way, since Crossville’s web site does not provide emails for Dr. Duer, Mr. Dean, and Mr. Wyatt, please make copies available to them for their perusal.
Thank you for your consideration.
William Shires
US Army (Ret.)
Cookeville
--------------------------
1. Most citizens just assume the police will protect them. That assumption is false. The police cannot protect everyone -- in fact the police usually have no legal duty to protect anyone. Dial 911 and Die, the book available now, proves this fact. For nearly every American state and territory, this book shows how the police owe no legal duty to protect individuals from crime. The police in most places do not even have to come when you call.
Jews For The Preservation of Firearms Ownership
2. Police Officers carry a sidearm for the protection of themselves and others. You should have a firearm for the same reason. That is what this right is all about. No one I know of has a police officer right with them all the time. I can tell you right now that when you need that officer, chances are he or she will not be able to get to you in time to help.
Sheriff Michael E. Cook, Texas, November 2002
3. It is elementary law that every statute is to be read in the light of the constitution. However broad and general its language, it cannot be interpreted as extending beyond those matters which it was within the constitutional power of the legislature to reach.
McCullough v.Virginia, 172 U.S. 102 (1898)
4. A state may not impose a charge for the enjoyment of a right granted by the federal constitution. The power to impose a license tax on the exercise of these freedoms is indeed as potent as the power of censorship which this Court has repeatedly struck down. Aa person cannot be compelled to purchase, through a license fee or a license tax, the privilege freely granted by the Constitution.
Murdock v. Pennsylvania 319 US 105 (1942)
5. It is undoubtedly true that all citizens capable of bearing arms constitute the reserved military force or reserve militia of the United States as well as the states, and, in view of this prerogative of the general government, as well as of its general powers, the states cannot, even laying the constitutional provision in question out of view, prohibit the people from keeping and bearing arms, so as to deprive the United States of their rightful resource for maintaining the public security, and disable the people from performing their duty to the general government.
Presser v. Illinois (1886)
6. When a judge acts where he or she does not have jurisdiction to act, the judge is engaged in an act or acts of treason.
US v Will, 449 US 200,216, 101 S Ct, 471, 66 LEd2nd 392, 406 (1980)
Cohens V Virginia, 19 US (6 Wheat) 264, 404, 5LEd 257 (1821)
/end/
re: Crossville Proposal to Ban Concealed Carry
Wed 2/11/09 11:46 PM
Councilman Kerley,
Thank you for the reply, and for your efforts to stand against this bill.
I find it curious that members of government always seem to be for restrictions of rights for members of the public, most often 2d Amendment rights, even when FBI reports and many other research projects prove, repeatedly, that gun control laws do not work and have never worked. In America, anyway; I confess that such laws worked well for Lenin, Stalin, Hitler and the Nazi Party, Krushchev, and the like.
Ask the council if they are aware of how many have been killed as a result of government-mandated gun control ( http://www.jpfo.org/filegen-a-m/deathgc.htm#chart ) and ask the council if they are assuming liability for the personal safety of each and every citizen when the police are not available (http://www.jpfo.org/filegen-a-m/dial911anddie.htm ). Ask them if they are capable of providing individual bodyguards for me at no cost if and when I visit the area, and if not, ask who the hell they think they are to place the value of their lives above mine and my family. Ask them just how much liability insurance they are willing to carry, both business and personal. And then, ask them what they are so afraid of.
I wonder about their reasons; it always seems that government wants to restrict our 2A right in government - owned by the public - areas, and one might speculate as to why they feel it necessary to disarm the public – perhaps they have some nefarious plans in mind?
As you requested, I am passing this on to several prominent forums, church leaders, multiple business contacts, potential visitors from elsewhere, and to many other residents, including a large group of former, active, and retired service personnel. If the ordnance passes, Crossville will lose my money, and will suffer the impact of whatever bad advertising I can generate. I for one am determined that any encroachment on my rights will result in a lessened cash flow for Crossville’s economy and a negative effect on the city’s reputation, if these invidious assaults on my / our rights continue.
Thank you again!
William Shires
From: jesse kerley RE: Crossville Proposal to Ban Concealed Carry
Wednesday, February 11, 2009 6:22 PM
thanks for your email. i made a motion last night in the City Council meeting to abolish the ordinance and it did not receive a second. you need to inform every that JH Graham, Carl Duer, and Earl Dean are for passing a gun ordinance.
Subject: Crossville Proposal to Ban Concealed Carry
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 22:29:54 -0600
Mayor Graham
Crossville, Tennessee
February 09, 2009
Sir:
I’m writing to voice my concerns over Crossville’s proposed ban on concealed carry on city-owned property.
My first question is “Where does this stop?” After all, the streets and sidewalks are “city-owned”, are they not?
On average, I visit Crossville twice a month for one reason or another, sometimes more often, and while there, I spend money. I’ve been doing this for 15 years. During all that time, I’ve carried a concealed weapon for protection, and to date, not once have I yielded to justified anger at government any of the many violations of my inalienable rights, nor have I gone berserk and attempted to rob, threaten, or otherwise forcibly mandate what other people should do. Sad to say, but that is exactly what your city government is attempting to do; forcibly, at uniformed gunpoint, strip law-abiding citizens of their rights.
I am of the generation where kids carried rifles back and forth to school on bikes, and as they grew older, in cars and trucks. You know, that generation where kids grew up understanding firearms, and where we did not have school shootings? I’ve been using firearms since I was 8 years old, and have been carrying a personal weapon for nigh on 40 years. In all that time, I recall few cases of law-abiding citizens using firearms inappropriately, yet I am aware of many cases where law enforcement officers have and continue to do just that. You probably aren’t aware of this salient trait, which is why I bring it to your attention. I don’t mean to imply that the Crossville Police Department is less than professional, but historical records show that one never knows. Yet you wish to abrogate my rights?
If your staff advises you that my assertions are incorrect, may I suggest you review The Only Ones files? After the first 10 or so pages, you may see my point.
Please remember that I have a choice as to where I invest and spend money. If I can not visit Crossville without fear of harassment or arrest for exercising my inalienable rights, then I won’t. Visit or invest / spend money.
You may have seen the quotes I’ve included below. Perhaps not. I find in many cases that advice given by staff is only what they think you want to ( or should ) hear.
You propose to ban concealed carry? You are aware that state law does not mandate concealed carry? The so-called license ( see 4 below ) not only allows for open carry, but specifically prohibits any requirement of concealment. So a ban would probably have the opposite of its’ intended effect. And, keep in mind that subordinate governments can not supersede state law.
By the way, since Crossville’s web site does not provide emails for Dr. Duer, Mr. Dean, and Mr. Wyatt, please make copies available to them for their perusal.
Thank you for your consideration.
William Shires
US Army (Ret.)
Cookeville
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1. Most citizens just assume the police will protect them. That assumption is false. The police cannot protect everyone -- in fact the police usually have no legal duty to protect anyone. Dial 911 and Die, the book available now, proves this fact. For nearly every American state and territory, this book shows how the police owe no legal duty to protect individuals from crime. The police in most places do not even have to come when you call.
Jews For The Preservation of Firearms Ownership
2. Police Officers carry a sidearm for the protection of themselves and others. You should have a firearm for the same reason. That is what this right is all about. No one I know of has a police officer right with them all the time. I can tell you right now that when you need that officer, chances are he or she will not be able to get to you in time to help.
Sheriff Michael E. Cook, Texas, November 2002
3. It is elementary law that every statute is to be read in the light of the constitution. However broad and general its language, it cannot be interpreted as extending beyond those matters which it was within the constitutional power of the legislature to reach.
McCullough v.Virginia, 172 U.S. 102 (1898)
4. A state may not impose a charge for the enjoyment of a right granted by the federal constitution. The power to impose a license tax on the exercise of these freedoms is indeed as potent as the power of censorship which this Court has repeatedly struck down. Aa person cannot be compelled to purchase, through a license fee or a license tax, the privilege freely granted by the Constitution.
Murdock v. Pennsylvania 319 US 105 (1942)
5. It is undoubtedly true that all citizens capable of bearing arms constitute the reserved military force or reserve militia of the United States as well as the states, and, in view of this prerogative of the general government, as well as of its general powers, the states cannot, even laying the constitutional provision in question out of view, prohibit the people from keeping and bearing arms, so as to deprive the United States of their rightful resource for maintaining the public security, and disable the people from performing their duty to the general government.
Presser v. Illinois (1886)
6. When a judge acts where he or she does not have jurisdiction to act, the judge is engaged in an act or acts of treason.
US v Will, 449 US 200,216, 101 S Ct, 471, 66 LEd2nd 392, 406 (1980)
Cohens V Virginia, 19 US (6 Wheat) 264, 404, 5LEd 257 (1821)
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We're the Only Ones Youth-Oriented Enough
A 27-year-old Chicago police officer has been charged with possessing child pornography...[More]Some "Only Ones" are always kidding around...
[Via The Bitter Clinger]
Houses of the Holy
I always figured going to church was voluntary, and my attendance there was between me and God.Some Arkansas lawmakers are trying to change the state's gun laws to expand the places where concealed-carry permit holders can take their handguns.
One proposal, to allow concealed guns in churches and other places of worship, is headed to the House Judiciary Committee this week. [More]
Kurt talked about this in his Examiner column today.
[Via Ed M]
We're the Only Ones Beat Generation Enough
Psychos for Pstripping Psitizens of Psidearms
Kazmierczak, a former NIU student, was going to graduate school at the University of Illinois in Champaign at the time of the killings. During his time at NIU, he wrote a paper called "No Crazies With Guns," in which he used the April 2007 massacre at Virginia Tech to analyze whether mentally ill people should have access to guns. [More]He's not the first mass killer to advocate disarming the victim pool.
Hey, they may be nuts, but they're not crazy...
[Via RuffRidr]
We're the Only Ones "Keep the Tip" Enough
A federal judge has sentenced a former North Providence police officer to five months in prison for warning a drug dealer he was being investigated. [More]Say, I've got a swell idea: let's ensure the drug trade is so lucrative that even the "Only Ones" hired to combat it can be lured into its rewards...
[Via Ed M]
Wisconsin Cheesy
It's less than a week until the Constitution gets another court hearing. To recap what happened, in August 2008 Brad Krause was arrested at gunpoint in West Allis, Wisconsin while planting trees in his yard. The reason: he lawfully possessed a holstered weapon. [More]Note the idiot neighbor.
Yeah, only "Only Ones" should be able to carry a gun in WI.
[Via Jeffersonian]
We're the Only Ones Impulsive Enough
A Lomita sheriff's lieutenant has pleaded no contest to two misdemeanor charges stemming from his shoplifting arrest at a Torrance home improvement store, prosecutors said Wednesday...
Lum, 51, must attend 20 impulse-control counseling sessions before he returns to Torrance Superior Court for sentencing on Aug. 10, Thompson-Bell said. [More]
"Impulse control."
Good grief. How about the guy has no ethics or integrity? How about he's a corrupt and evil parasite that the state has been inflicting on the citizens for a dozen years?
What do you think Lum's impulse control would have been like had one of us non "Only Ones" fled from him and then scuffled? And do you think we'd have been offered a deal?
[Via Minstrel]
Comparative Results
Is There a Relationship between Guns and Freedom? [More]I'll need to find a chance to read this in my copious free time...
I see Howard Nemerov is a co-author.
[Via Steven L]
Jacob Doesn't Like Me
And I so wanted his respect.
Because his game plan has worked out so well in New York and all... [More]
Because his game plan has worked out so well in New York and all... [More]
NRA Members for Obama
Click to enlargeFour members? "$0.00" raised?
That's some impressive grassroots effort you've put together there, "Matt.. but apparently you didn't get (or chose not to pass on) the memo about those "foreign battlefield" weapons you're flat-out lying about believing we have a right to own. [More]
[Via John Hardin]
UPDATE: I've been told something about this site from someone in the know, and I don't think I'm going to say any more and spoil it...other than to say "Nice job."
Amnesty
To provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their family members can register certain firearms in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record, and for other purposes. [More]The NRA is for it.
I'm not. Two reasons:
1. Rights are unalienable and inherent to the condition of being human. I don't recognize the power of any government body to grant any class of citizens rights at all, or privileges and immunities not available to all. Matter of fact, to do so seems decidedly unconstitutional. There should be no "Only Ones," veterans, their heirs or otherwise.
If we're not all sitting at the same table, there's no incentive for those who are to invite the rest of us in from the cold. It's one of the main reasons I oppose nationwide concealed carry for cops.
You open this door and who knows what will slither in next?
2. The hell with registration.
Chi-Town Car Wash Shooting
I received the following email from a long time and reliable Chi-Town correspondent that includes some word of mouth. Because I don't want to compromise my correspondent, I am presenting portions of his email with applicable links:
Just running this one by you since it happened in my (work) town. What has struck me funny is that they are very slow in releasing pertinent information. Word is it was a 100% justifiable shooting. Apparently the owner of the carwash was taken to the business by the three "victims" with the intention of robbing the safe. Instead the owner took out a gun and opened fire. He then put the gun down and called police. What remains to be seen is if the owner is "clean" (in our terms). The only hint of a justifiable shooting is that all involved parties are accounted for but no one has been charged.
Just running this one by you since it happened in my (work) town. What has struck me funny is that they are very slow in releasing pertinent information. Word is it was a 100% justifiable shooting. Apparently the owner of the carwash was taken to the business by the three "victims" with the intention of robbing the safe. Instead the owner took out a gun and opened fire. He then put the gun down and called police. What remains to be seen is if the owner is "clean" (in our terms). The only hint of a justifiable shooting is that all involved parties are accounted for but no one has been charged.
We'll see what the official police investigation says.
Most of the details had not been released by the police yet.Anyway, now there's this new development.(The following is speculation but since the Authorized Journalists brought it up ....)
It will be interesting to see if the person that defended himself somehow (stupidly) tipped off Skokie PD that he might own other firearms at home (in Chicago) and that information made it's way to Chicago PD thereby initiating a visit from Chicago "tactical" officers. I'm hoping that instead it's a third person involved in the robbery attempt.
It also remains to be seen if the defensive shooter is "clean."
It also remains to be seen if the defensive shooter is "clean."
Obama, Ginsburg and Guns
Each of them - Mr. Ogden, Ms. Kagan and Ms. Johnsen - are committed liberals whose views on a whole range of issues are on the far left. Each of them could argue anti-gun views in our federal courts, and if any of them end up on the bench, could enshrine those views in the law books. [More]Ken Blackwell demonstrates why he would have been the best pick for RNC Chair as far as RKBA is concerned.
At the time of the Great Debate, the RNC ignored pertinent questions of substance and asked the candidates how many guns they owned. The libs then picked up that cue and portrayed the GOP as pandering to the gun lobby, which was mostly silent on the selection process.
So the con played out in front of a public that doesn't know better. And unfortunately, neither do most gun owners.
[Via David R]
We're the Only Ones Kicking Back Enough
A class-action lawsuit has been filed against two Pennsylvania judges accused of taking more than $2 million in kickbacks to send youth offenders to privately run detention centers. [More]Hey, as long as we agree that society should have a class of "Only Ones," some animals will be more equal than others--and the rest of us will be property, to dispose of or "profit" from.
J.D. Tuccille has more.
An Insurance Policy that Increases Risk
So he's got you! If you abide by the state's restrictive firearms laws and this passes, you'll either need to be able to pony up for coverage, or lose the means to defend yourself and your loved ones in your own home. If you can't afford it, too bad. [More]More subversion from the Chicago political machine. What else?
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This Day in History: February 13
The inconveniency arising from drafting Drivers for the Waggons and Artillery out of the Continental Troops, induces the Commander in Chief to direct the Quarter Master General, or his Deputies, to engage Waggoners, and Drivers, for the Artillery, from the Inhabitants; and all persons so engaged, or as Artificers, are, during the time of their engagement to be deemed in actual service, and excused from duty in the Militia. [More]
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