Notes from the Resistance...
An RCMP officer has been charged with drunk driving. [More]And as if that isn't enough, we see the origin of Snidely Whiplash can be attributed to "[j]ob-related post-traumatic stress disorder, childhood troubles and serious money problems."
Republican politicians on Thursday called for a sweeping new federal law that would require all Internet providers and operators of millions of Wi-Fi access points, even hotels, local coffee shops, and home users, to keep records about users for two years to aid police investigations. [More]Between this and hip-hop, these stupid sonsofbitches are making themselves totally irrelevant to anything I give a damn about.
The Supreme Court today affirmed the use of a federal law barring people convicted of domestic violence crimes from owning guns, the first firearms case at the high court since last year’s decision in support of gun rights. [More]I got wrapped around the axle on other stuff in the queue, and this is the first chance I've had to comment. I don't know anyone who expected any different outcome.
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling striking down a requirement that guns be locked or disassembled when stored has convinced a Barnstable District Court judge to dismiss a firearms charge against a Massachusetts state trooper. [More]OK,that's as it should be--provided the same reasoning is now applied to everyone, not just "Only Ones."
As a preacher of sermons I confess that I don’t relish the idea of an armed congregation. [More]Which I guess means he relishes the alternative...
U.S. Army To Buy $6 Million Of Riot EquipmentHere's the solicitation.
Stokes fears that troops will be used to quell civil insurrection in wake of economic crisis [More]
FBI agent suspected of murdering coupleMaybe now that he's no longer a federal "Only One," he can join his colleague Lon Horiuchi over at HS Precision...?
COLD-CASE INVESTIGATION | Husband, wife were shot execution-style in their SUV in West Rogers Park in 2002 -- while baby sat in back seat [More]
"I have a real personal sense that the mayor's office was targeted and that it was intentional..."[More]Then the next question involves motive...I see some are speculating in "comments."
Police officer quits after he's accused of snooping...A city police officer has resigned amid charges that he improperly used a state law-enforcement computer system while on duty.Don't you feel safer knowing the "Only Ones" have access to so much information about the rest of us?
Young's past includes an arrest for violating a civil protection order during a divorce. [More]
I think gun owners are missing a creative opportunity to discourage anti-gun editorial activism by discouraging sponsorship. And to those who would decry this as economic blackmail, well...uh...yeah, that's the point. We didn't start this fight. But if aggressors won't let us walk away from it, we should do what it takes to prevail. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column explores the sordid business of newspapers outing CCW holders.
Charlotte: The Carpenters: From tragedy rises heroism
DC: No right to arms, no vote in Congress!
Los Angeles: No question about it: they're coming for the guns. And the money, and the energy, and the food . . .
Minneapolis: Open carry is the 2nd Amendment
St. Louis: Disarming the poorI concur in your Lordships proposition, so far as it goes for incorporating the three Companies of Virginia Volunteers, and forming them into a Battalion; But tho' I have a high Opinion of the conduct Merit and bravery of Capt. Thruston, in whose behalf you have interested yourself, and would wish to do him any favor, I cannot appoint him to the rank you mention. The reasons, upon reflection, I am persuaded, will readily occur to you and to him. The greatest part of the Officers and Men composing our present Army, are in the same predicament and on the same footing with these three Companies, or differ but very little. Many have been longer in Service, and coming from different States, they would not bear the distinction, or suffer it to pass without Complaining and objecting to me, a charge of partiality in favour of the Virginians. [More]
A judge has declared a mistrial in the case of a Mississippi mayor charged with leading a sledgehammer attack on a duplex he suspected was a crack house...Melton...said he was only trying to help the city and the tenant. [More]An "Only One" and a "Mayor Against Guns."
S.F. Mayor Newsom Bans Bottled Water Then Gets Caught with a Case of Empties in his Car [More]Doesn't this guy have a microphone to fellate or something...?
Story HighlightsLet's hope Swiss patriots recognize treason for what it is and act accordingly.
- Swiss soldiers could lose their famous right to store their weapons at home
- Coalition of groups get enough signatures for referendum on gun laws
- They want weapons stored on bases and a national register [More]
An analysis of this situation we need to look closely at comes from National Parks Examiner Randi Minetor, who notes:Today's Gun Rights Examiner column examines whether the National Parks rule is really the done deal some have represented it to be.
"...Justice is requiring the plaintiffs to prove their case more effectively within the requirements of federal law..."
As for the Bush rule change?
"[I]t was done in violation of laws that require environmental analysis before this kind of rule change is done." [More]
Check out the latest from other Gun Rights Examiners:
Austin: Obama: The anti-civil rights president?
Charlotte: The Carpenters: From tragedy rises heroism
DC: No right to arms, no vote in Congress!
Denver: Changing hearts and minds
Los Angeles: Gun control in churches, Part II: The Militia.
Milwaukee: Time to change our attitude about guns
Minneapolis: Open carry is the 2nd Amendment
St. Louis: Should effective self-defense be limited to the fit and strong?
I believe there soon will, as Genl. Howe has withdrawn great part of the Troops from Rhode Island in order to strengthen those of this State for I should think, (considering the Situation of our Army) some Offensive operation. If he does not, there can be no Impropriety, I conceive, [in] pronouncing him a Man of no enterprize, as circumstances never will, I hope, favour him so much as at present. [More]
A government scheme offering fast-tracked gun permits to men who agree to undergo a vasectomy is being criticised by the men who say officials are reneging on the deal. [More]And that surprises anyone why...?
Swanson was terminated Wednesday from the department, teary-eyed Ortega announced during the conference. [More]Yes, I'm sure the chief would be all broken up--and the DA would still be considering charges--if a citizen had thought he was shot, and opened fire into a car full of "Only Ones".
In the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, which passed the Senate (S. 22) in January and is up for a vote in the House as early as this Wednesday, a “forfeiture” provision would let the government confiscate “all vehicles and equipment of any person” who disturbs a rock or a bone from federal land that meets the bill’s broad definition of “paleontological resource.” The seizures could take place even before a person and even if the person didn’t know they were taking or digging up a “paleontological resource.” And the bill specifically allows the “transfer of seized resources” to “federal or non-federal” institutions, giving the government and some private actors great incentive to egg on the takings. [More]Yep, there it is on pg. 487...
Bill Clinton's election in 1992 gave rise to the American "militia movement": hordes of overwhelmingly white, middle-aged men from suburban and rural areas who convinced themselves they were defending the American way of life from the "liberals" and "leftists" running the country by dressing up in military costumes on weekends, wobbling around together with guns, and play-acting the role of patriot-warriors. Those theater groups -- the cultural precursor to George Bush's prancing 2003 performance dressed in a fighter pilot outfit on Mission Accomplished Day -- spawned the decade of the so-called "Angry White Male," the movement behind the 1994 takeover of the U.S. Congress by Newt Gingrich and his band of federal-government-cursing, pseudo-revolutionary, play-acting tough guys.[More]See, sophisticated and urbane metrosexual Glenn Greenwald just can't fathom that the restoration has nothing at all to do with the neo con job. Or he can, but makes a living exploiting the charade.
Here's something a sharp-eyed reader pointed out that isn't mentioned:Huh.
* Kenneth Duncan (5th District):
Committee assignments:...Insurance... [More]
The...video opens with "It was a crime that outraged Minnesotans." Do you beleve Minnesotans where actually outraged over the vandalism? [More]Not on your life.
I guess I'd be happy too, if I had a councilman's privileges and could do so with impunity, especially since we know what happens to other New Yorkers who actually do "brandish" guns in the presence of police. Or even toy guns. [More]What's in a word? The Daily News shows us.
Check out the latest from other Gun Rights Examiners: Austin: Philadelphia cop killers: guns or politics? Charlotte: Guns and the Constitution: The 'well regulated Militia' DC: Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley: Damn the high crimes rates, full speed ahead on gun control! Denver: A thought experiment Los Angeles: Gun control in churches, Part II: The Militia. Milwaukee: Time to change our attitude about guns Minneapolis: Open carry is the 2nd Amendment St. Louis: 'Protecting' children . . . from the ability to defend themselves
Another Skirmish happened Yesterday between Genl. Maxwell and about 2,000 from Amboy, they came to forage; the Genl. writes me that he has secured 7 prisoners and spilt much blood. [More]
"No One But the Authorities Should Have 'Assault Weapons'" [More]
Check out the latest from other Gun Rights Examiners: Austin: Philadelphia cop killers: guns or politics? Charlotte: Guns and the Constitution: The 'well regulated Militia' DC: Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley: Damn the high crimes rates, full speed ahead on gun control! Denver: A thought experiment Los Angeles: Gun control in churches, Part II: The Militia. Milwaukee: Time to change our attitude about guns Minneapolis: Dispelling the myth of “The Wild West” St. Louis: Hunting rifles--the next 'sniper weapons'
On this day in 1777, Revolutionary War leader and Georgia’s first Provisional Governor Archibald Bulloch dies under mysterious circumstances just hours after Georgia’s Council of Safety grants him the powers of a dictator in expectation of a British invasion. [More]
It turns out the beating of a man could be at least the second fight involving off-duty police officers at the same bar. [More]See, this is why we can't let private citizens be armed in establishments that served alcohol.
Illinois State Police say they’re investigating how and why a southern Illinois sheriff backed over and killed his 87-year-old mother-in-law. [More]What's this?
No charges have been filed.Will there be? Involuntary manslaughter or some such? Or is this backup, "Only Ones" style?
The "Packin' Heat" hand warmer. What could go wrong if you pulled this out at a football game to get some warmth in those cold bleachers? [More]Following publicized reports that the Army National Guard was planning a military training exercise on the streets of a rural Iowa town, the commanding officers have called off the mock "invasion." [More]We talked about this yesterday.
David, these are normal exercises for the Guard. The Guard gets deployed more than active duty units nowadays, and a lot of their missions in Iraq, Afghanistan and Kosovo involve searching for weapons smugglers in urban environments. This is nothing to be alarmed about, and it’s nothing weird.WRSA still isn't buying the official line and give their reasons.
Former Chicago alderman sentenced to 4 years in prisonGood old "special protection" Arenda:
Arenda Troutman joins 'Hall of Shame of politicians,' judge says [More]
"Deserve it? Damn right. I should receive the protection I am receiving. I am an elected official. You're darn right."Is there any Chicago politician who doesn't belong in a Hall of Shame?
A man wanted in the killing of his ex-girlfriend near Denver several days ago could be headed to the area, specifically McHenry County, police said today.That's OK--it'll be alright.
Police in the Denver suburb of Wheat Ridge, along with McHenry County sheriff's police, released photographs of Tyler James Martin, 36, who has been charged in a no-bond first-degree murder warrant in the shooting death of his ex-girlfriend Tuesday night, police said. [More]
There's something happening on Marco Island... And it isn't just a regional anomaly. It's nationwide... People are waking up to their gun rights... Yet despite clear evidence...how do the gunhaters spin it? [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at a phenomenon.
Check out the latest from other Gun Rights Examiners: Austin: Philadelphia cop killers: guns or politics? Charlotte: Guns and the Constitution: The 'well regulated Militia' DC: DC City Council enables residents’ easy access to mail order handgun carry permits! Denver: A thought experiment Los Angeles: Gun control in churches, Part II: The Militia. Milwaukee: Time to change our attitude about guns Minneapolis: Dispelling the myth of “The Wild West” St. Louis: Hunting rifles--the next 'sniper weapons'
On this day in 1777, George Weedon is promoted to the rank of brigadier general of the Virginia Regiment of the Continental Army.Patriots rise from the ranks of the people...
Weedon was an innkeeper in Fredericksburg, Virginia, at the outbreak of the Revolutionary War, but had previously served as a lieutenant under George Washington in western Virginia during the French and Indian War. [More]
State Rep. Kenneth Dunkin sponsors legislation for mandatory $1,000,000 insurance policy for gun owners... [More]It's been done.
The Carroll National Guard unit will train on urban military operations by holding a four-day exercise at Arcadia.Why?
The purpose of the April 2-5 drill will be to gather intelligence, then search for and apprehend a suspected weapons dealer, according to Sgt. Mike Kots, readiness NCO for Alpha Company. [More]
The son of the city detective charged in the Collegedale Wal-Mart assault case is facing charges of his own in connection with an incident with his girlfriend. [More]The fruit doesn't roll very far from the tree?
A Marine has been arrested, suspended from college and ordered to undergo a psychological evaluation for bringing a handgun and knife to campus – even though he holds a concealed carry permit issued by the state. [More]It's been done.
A new character has been introduced on the Hamas children's television show "Pioneers of Tomorrow," the teddy bear Nassur, who immediately expressed a desire to...carry a gun. [More]It's been done.
Floridians have requested 187,162 concealed-weapon permit applications over the last six months - an 82 percent increase compared with a year earlier. [More]I guess.
The deputy says Smoke attacked him, and he shot in self-defense.
Hutts said Smoke was barking, but never attacked the deputy. An eyewitness backs Hutts' account. [More]
I have to say this assessment is looking pretty right on:
People should know that McGuire is armed and dangerous and a threat. He is violent.In other words, he's an "Only One"?
Candidly, the popularity of the "Only Ones" feature surprised me--I get tips every day, and have to make sure the purpose of my WarOnGuns site doesn't get overshadowed. Still, since one of the prime arguments of the gunhaters is that police can be trusted with guns but you and I cannot be, such stories are useful, if only anecdotally, at providing a demonstrable counterpoint to that claim.Today's Gun Rights Examiner column gently indoctrinates a more general readership to something we here are more than familiar with...
Here are two more cases in point...[More]
Check out the latest from other Gun Rights Examiners: Austin: Another Brady hallucination: More guns, more ‘gun violence’ (Part 2) Charlotte: Guns and the Constitution: Rep. Itse responds to readers on secession bill DC: DC City Council enables residents’ easy access to mail order handgun carry permits! Denver: I carry a gun....and I buy groceries Los Angeles: Gun Control: Guns in churches. Milwaukee: Time to change our attitude about guns Minneapolis: Dispelling the myth of “The Wild West” St. Louis: Hunting rifles--the next 'sniper weapons'
The principal design of this is to inform you, that we have strong reason to believe that the Enemy are on the point of making some push. what their object is, whether to beat up our Quarters and to extend their own, to make a large forage and collection of provender, of which they are in great want, or to turn their views towards the Delaware, is a matter of uncertainty; but it seems probable, that one of these things they have in contemplation. [More]
If that were my loved one being mauled, having her face ripped off, being rended limb-from-limb, would I want to have the most effective means at my disposal to immediately save her?Today's Gun Rights Examiner column presents a thought experiment of sorts. Read the column while you listen to a real time animal attack unfold...
Or would I rather be useless, and stand shrieking and blubbering helplessly into a telephone while some government worker on the other end of the line tells me to calm down? [More]
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: Rep. Itse responds to readers on secession bill DC: DC City Council enables residents’ easy access to mail order handgun carry permits! Denver: Active compliance......or not Los Angeles: Orange County Gun Control: Backing The Sheriff, or backing the people the sheriff works for? Milwaukee: Time to change our attitude about guns Minneapolis: Dispelling the myth of “The Wild West” St. Louis: Mexico's bloody drug war is not the fault of 'lax U.S. gun laws'
On this day in 1777, the Continental Congress votes to promote Thomas Mifflin; Arthur St. Clair; William Alexander, Lord Stirling; Adam Stephen; and Benjamin Lincoln to the rank of major general. Although the promotions were intended in part to balance the number of generals from each state, Brigadier General Benedict Arnold felt slighted that five junior officers received promotions ahead of him and, in response, threatened to resign from the Patriot army. [More]
It looks like those who said the Obama Administration would strike while the iron is hot may have been correct, and the Administration may be doing it in a way that does not require them to even get a vote in Congress. In this morning's edition of the Shooting Wire, Jim Shepherd writes that Canadian officials have it on "good authority" our State Department may be on the verge of cutting off all imports of certain calibers of ammunition. [More]I'd heard stirrings on this, but held back because of this "rumor control" piece from NRA-ILA:
Additional rumors have recently been circulating about stopping gun and/or ammunition imports. And once again, NRA and representatives of firearm importers know of no real measures proposing this, yet.Who knows what's going on?
Virginia lawmakers are considering legislation that would allow law enforcement officers to interview suspects using voice stress analyzers, controversial devices that measure the voice for signs of deception. [More]BEEP.
Montana Introduces Resolution Asserting State Sovereignty - And Threatening Secession [More]Dirt Rhodes Scholar has the details.
My parents and I came to this country in hopes of getting away from the socialism that gradually eats up and destroys everything that this nation is built upon: achievement, competition and freedom... and now, I'm right back in hell... [More]We realize when it comes to banking you have no choice, and that's why we thank you for letting us be the one to manage your financial affairs. And your health. And your life...
"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!!!
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]
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.
