Mark Potok, director of the Southern Poverty Law Center, which tracks extremist groups, agreed that Obama's election may have boosted membership in such groups...[More]Ah, yes, the SPLC.
The government has no business keeping reports like these under wraps, particularly when they are used to undermine fundamental protections against government infringement articulated in the Bill of Rights. This is information citizens are entitled to know about, and the shame of it is, we won't get it from any of the investor-funded globe-spanning "news" corporations with their staffs of researchers, reporters, editors, producers--you know, the "government watchdogs." You're getting it from one guy with extremely limited reach. Forget most Americans--most gun owners will never see this. If you want them to, it's up to you to share the link to this column with them. [More]I don't know that anything is going to happen with this, but you might want to read and share the link for today's Gun Rights Examiner column while you can.
April 15, 1777, it was "Resolved" by Congress "that the Appellations, 'Congress'' own,' Washington Life Guards,' etc., are improper and ought not to be kept up; but that all troops should be on the same footing." [More]
Last week, the northeast Ohio county of Summit announced they were considering passing an ordinance to prohibit county workers from carrying firearms while working or doing county business, even while in personal vehicles. [More]This is my home county. Russ Pry's poorly hidden hand is no surprise:
Pry is a strong leader who will continue to collaborate...And I mean that in the Vicchy French sense of the term...
Coffey's family members said Sunday they doubt Minton's claim that he was provoked. "He was taken from us and he was shot on his own land minding his own business. Who shoots a 76-year-old on his own land?" Coffey's daughter told WXII12 news. [More]Who indeed? Unfortunately, we'll never know Coffey's side of the story.
The family of a man who was stabbed to death by teenage thugs after he asked them to keep the noise down have been denied compensation - because he tried to fight off his killers. [More]Financial incentives to be a sheep---what will they think of next?
A former immigration adjudicator with the Department of Homeland Security was convicted by a federal grand jury Monday for conspiring to encourage immigrants to enter the country illegally and accepting a bribe to do it. [More]I'd say Homeland Security is looking for threats to the Republic in all the wrong places...
Every time officials act to marginalize those of us working to return to Constitutional governance, they merely raise suspicions that they are acting to steal the very liberties we believe them to be stealing. [More]PolyKahr has more to say about this...
[More]The Brady Campaign "Group" has just gone "private" to facilitate better conversation amongst activists. If you have an idea or story to share please join and interact with activists, victims and other supporters. Trolls that come in to promote gun have been or shall be deleted/banned.Man, I'm glad we got Michael on the inside before they did that.
Officer Karen Dula did television interviews on local stations in 2006 advising center city bar hoppers not to drive drunk...And we haven't even gotten to the good part yet. Speeding killers, violent lesbians...no doubt just a few bad apples in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg "Only Ones" barrel...
It made waves when Dula, then 27, was arrested -- in Uptown of all places -- by the state highway patrol at 1:30 a.m. on Jan. 11 for driving drunk....
Dula was not only still working for the department, but was working as a patrol officer in the department's Metro division, which covers Uptown. That means she can ticket and arrest other drivers for breaking the law, including for drunk driving. Adding further insult to irony is the fact that Dula, who lost her license for 30 days, had to go to court to get her driving privileges reinstated during work hours so she could drive to and from work -- and drive her patrol car. [More]
Demonizing gun owners who believe in the founders' intent of the Second Amendment is nothing new for our government. I've been following such attempts for years, including media attempts to dismiss us as "vermin." [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at the new Homeland Security "right wing" report in light of similar attempts to smear Constitutionalists over recent years.
A Resolution by the Second Continental Congress, April 14, 1777 and printed by John Dunlap. One page, 8" x 13", Philadelphia. Signed in type by "JOHN HANCOCK, PRESIDENT", this rare resolution called for the substitution of the previous articles of the "Rules and Articles for the better Government of the Troops" with the four articles listed on this broadside. These articles allowed soldiers to bring their own provisions into American forts and garrisons; permitted officers to take complaints to the Continental General; allowed court-martials only be given after due process; and gave each states' Continental General the power to appoint military courts and pardon punishments (except for those sentenced to death). [More]
Xavier McGregor, a sophomore at Lincoln High, told the board Tuesday that “the simple symbol” of guns on campus is too much for him to take. [More]Xavier, what have your stupid and/or evil caretakers done to you and to "Jennifer Astudillo, Sakeenah Shabazz and Alex Velarde, a trio of increasingly polished political activists"?
"Widespread handgun possession in the streets, somewhat reminiscent of frontier days, would not be at all in the public interest," the judge wrote, quoting a Supreme Court decision. [More]Yeah, we've all seen the "Dodge City" predictions come through everywhere concealed carry restrictions have been relaxed, right?
"All of the protection that D'Antonio needs on the streets and away from his home is best provided by the resources of law enforcement."One can always hope Judge Harris some day gets a chance to put his novel "Only Ones" theory to the test. Although it's probably naive to assume he's not taken care of.
Ian Tomlinson was making his way home from work, trying to negotiate cordons thrown up as thousands of protesters gathered in London, when a helmeted and partially masked officer assaulted him in an apparently unprovoked attack. Minutes later, the 47-year-old collapsed and died of a heart attack. [More]
Protesters tried to storm their way into one of China's top universities yesterday to confront a professor who said nearly all petitioners - people who come to Beijing to ask the central government for help - are mentally ill and should be put away. [More]I'm having a hard time deciding if he's right or not--perhaps anyone who thinks the government has any interest in honoring a right to petition is nuts.
A deaf man ended up with a broken nose after he found himself in a struggle with a Fort Worth police officer. [More]That's a polite way of saying "Only Ones" have conditioned themselves to treat citizens this way as a first resort. That we might want to go home at the end of their shift, too, is not a primary consideration--even though the only reason we even have government in the first place is to secure the blessings of Liberty.
A retired New York City police officer shot an off-duty officer he suspected was having an affair with his police officer wife, then killed himself in the driveway of his suburban home, police said Saturday. [More]Some may be offended that I'm posting on this story. I find it more offensive to suggest that the people it is about are the "Only Ones" who can be trusted with guns and the rest of us can not be.
Bachus did not support small city officials who asked if he would oppose all gun bans. Instead, he said, it may be necessary to support some assault weapon bans in order to keep all guns from being outlawed. [More]It would be easier just to zumbo the dumb sob, using that term as the verb it has become.
Man Killed While Trying to Rob Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting [More]I'm sure there would be no shortage of antis who would endorse banning alcoholics from having guns. They would rather the people in this story all be victims--even if the robber decided to leave with more than just their money.
In the future please ignore these Trolls as their comments will get removed. [More]The Bradys are on Facebook.
It's official policy to assign political considerations a role in the examination and classification of firearms, which can then impact the examination and testing of evidence? Gee, no wonder David Olofson and Len Savage have had such a time of it. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column audits some very curious procedures.
Enclosed with this you have a Correspondence, between the two Generals, concerning the Cartell for the Exchange of Prisoners. [More]
"Let me say that when we testify in court, we testify that the data base is 100 percent accurate. That's what we testify to, and we will always testify to that. As you probably well know, that may not be 100 percent true." [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column explores the issues of BATFU truthfulness and records accuracy. It includes a copy of a related incident report document you probably haven't seen before.
The off-duty Chicago police detective involved in a fiery crash that killed two men this morning was drunk at the time, with a blood alcohol level three times the legal limit of .08, sources said.And I'm sure both the police and The Trib would be equally solicitous for a non-"Only One," aren't you?
The 41-year-old officer is in police custody at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he was being treated for injuries from the crash. The Tribune is not naming him because he has not been charged. [More]
"For too long, America has been too dismissive of the proud culture and invaluable contributions of the Pirate Community. Whether it is their pioneering work with prosthetics, husbandry of tropical birds or fanciful fashion sense, America owes a deep debt to Pirates." [More]That's pretty darn funny right there...
...possession of firearms or dangerous weapons... [More]I bring this up because "the complete text of this policy is available in the office of the Vice President/Dean of Student Services," and you might have to crawl through some gunfire to get there to read it.
Voters in two Southern Illinois counties overwhelmingly said “yes” Tuesday to advisory referendums asking if the state should pass legislation permitting trained and licensed citizens to legally carry firearms. [More]Who all thinks the urban-dominated legislature will let them? See, "home rule" only applies to ruling.
Sheriff's officials said they believe commissioners need to reconsider the cuts to the sheriff’s office and not condone vigilantes...So naturally, "Only Ones" with a vested economic interest publicly portray that as "vigilantism."
Sheldon said he's just warning criminals that people in Mason County have guns and know how to use them.
"You might expect a lead enema. I'm telling you, people in Mason County are fed up with crime. They know how to protect themselves," Sheldon said. [More]
[F]ashionable as it is to always bash ATF, regardless of what they do, it should not be forgotten that ATF was instrumental in helping the unborn MG industry through its birthing pangs after GCA '68....Sorry to say, I am not a fan of Len Savage, especially with his current fight with ATF...[More]I guess Len should just roll over and allow his property to be stolen and livelihood ruined and stop testifying on behalf of others so that your "helpful" BATFU buddies will leave you and yours alone...for now?
Mayors to explore roots of mass violence [More]You might start with socialist regimes headed by criminal mayors...
"As a country, we seem to be more interested in the origin of tainted pistachios, peanuts and ice cream than the people who are being killed in our cities," says Tom Cochran, executive director of the mayors' group."Not even hiding the fact that you're directly ripping off Brady Campaign "People Dead-Send Money" talking points, are you, Tom?
I have never understood the Michael Savage phenomenon. He's loud, he's abrasive, and he's hardly the "conservative" so many apparently think he is. I guess tapping into the border issue has convinced some that he is a kindred spirit. For anyone who place the Constitution first, he is not.Today's Gun Rights Examiner column shows the true nature of an "obnoxious carnival barker" who essentially claims--if you read what he's saying--that the Second Amendment is useless.
Case in point, today's amazingly ignorant screed, "Why are the police outgunned?":
"So I put the question to the Savage Nation. Is it time to ban assault rifles? What are they really needed for?" [More]
Application has been made to me, by the State of Massachusetts for part of the Blankets lately arrived at Portsmouth from France. As I did not know, how you might have disposed of them, I thought my interfering in the matter might occasion some confusion, and therefore desired them to apply to your Agents in Boston, to whom I beg you will give orders to deliver them such a proportion as you think them intitled to. [More]
Just 53% Say Capitalism Better Than Socialism [More]We'll be able to vote our way out of this, right?
"[C]omprehensive immigration legislation, including a plan to make legal status possible for an estimated 12 million illegal immigrants, would be a priority in his first year in office." [More]I see a lot of comments on "conservative" Internet sites complaining bitterly about this.
The chief of a small Central Texas town's police department has been fired and jailed for allegedly using a Taser gun on his wife. [More]And it's not the first time:
Court records show in December of 2003, while Ivy was not employed by a police department, he was charged with domestic violence.So naturally, "the city never did a background check." They just set him loose on the community because after all, who rules whom?
When it comes to protecting yourself, you may think "if I only had a gun." But if you had a gun, could you protect yourself in a crisis? How easy is it to obtain a gun? And what explains the nearly irresistible attraction of young people to firearms? Diane Sawyer investigates, with reporting by David Muir, on "If I Only Had a Gun," airing on "20/20," Friday, April 10 (10:00-11:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. The hour also features hidden camera experiments and expert analysis. [More]Our "experts".
There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling transmission.[Via Mercurysys]
There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling transmission.Does anyone need further proof that "Authorized Journalists" suppress news that is vital to a free society and does not support their socialist political agenda? The same socialist talking about reimposing the Orwellian "Fairness Doctrine"?
Regular Gun Rights Examiner readers will recall we discussed U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly's ruling on carrying guns in national parks. Her bottom line was, it could not be allowed without an environmental impact study.Perhaps, by capitalizing on the CUM ULLA SELLA IN PUGNO TABERNA philosophy, we can set things up so that leftists collide...
Think how much less of an impact the very rare occurrences of a peaceable armed citizen firing a gun in self-defense would have on the environment than, say, "shooting pollution particles into the upper atmosphere to reflect the sun’s rays." Or, for that matter, "reducing greenhouse gases." [More]
I esteem it a singular honour done me by your Excellency in offering me the post of Adjutant General,and it pains me sensibly that I am obliged to decline it. [More]
“It was almost like listening to an old friend,” said Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Il.), adding that he found Castro’s home to be modest and Castro’s wife to be particularly hospitable. [More]Who all wants to disarm for Bobby?
A parking enforcement officer issued a ticket for a pickup truck outside an Alabama emergency room while a woman lay dead inside the vehicle, authorities said. [More]OK, I have an "Only Ones" bet here--that in several months we'll hear about this story again because the ticket will not have been paid and they'll be booting or impounding the car or some such.
A new Ohio law allows judges who issue protection orders against suspected stalkers to also have them monitored electronically.Whether you're actually guilty--or just the victim of some vindictive scorned reject.
The law requires the offender to pay for the monitoring, to be conducted by a sheriff's office or other law-enforcement agency. [More]
In Gallup polling conducted prior to last week's gun massacre at an immigrant center in Binghamton, N.Y., only 29% of Americans said the possession of handguns by private citizens should be banned in the United States. While similar to the 30% recorded in 2007, the latest reading is the smallest percentage favoring a handgun ban since Gallup first polled on this nearly 50 years ago. [More]Just got this from the folks at Gallup. I haven't had time to digest it yet but don't want to let that delay me from bringing it to you for review and comment.
The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson called the recent spate of killings "domestic terrorism" and said he hoped the slaughter would be a wake-up call for policymakers.And those of us who keep an eye on such things know what Jesse's "solution" is. He wants to disarm those of us who have the means of defense--the ones who aren't initiating violence, and who want to be left alone.
"You can't grow businesses in war zones," said Jackson, who recently visited cities beset by gun violence. "You can't go to school in war zones. You can't play in the park in war zones." [More]
Why do right-wingers hate America so much?...and so do his idiot left followers.
— Sean Pace [More]
A veteran Louisville Metro Police officer and three others were shot in Okolona early Wednesday morning after a naked man managed to gain control of the officer's gun. [More]Wasn't officer weapon retention during takeaway incidents the reason "smart gun" development was justified and funded--before they became the "Only Ones" exempt?
They had more in common than unleashing carnage — nearly every gunman in this monthlong series of mass killings was legally entitled to fire his weapons. [More]"Licensed to kill"?
“I can’t believe I’m here. I’ve been against guns and violence my whole life.” [More]And how about that 10-day waiting period? Don't count on the "feminist" left to help you out.
Lacking the political muscle (for now) to enact an outright ban, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is now talking about a "middle ground."She reminds me of a ravenous weasel finding itself locked out of the henhouse frantically sticking its nose in whatever crack it can find to see if there's another way in. Or a rapist promising he won't stick it all the way in.
"Pelosi indicated that new regulations might entail registration and prohibitions on transporting some firearms across state lines."
Empowering the government to further curtail our rights is how she defines "compromise"? [More]
The bearer Mr Saml Kersley is One under the Nomination of a Captain in the minute I left yr Excelyan assiduous & every way well disposed Young man—who after laying out what money he had of his Own in recruiting & coming to this City to be replenished (for which I thought my Certificate expressly grounded on your Authority wou’d have been Sufficient) Congress will not grant nor admit a Shilling until your Warrt to the pay master General is produced... [More]
We are the people that the collectivists who now control the government should leave alone if they wish to continue unfettered oxygen consumption. We are the Three Percent. Attempt to further oppress us at your peril. To put it bluntly, leave us the hell alone. Or, if you feel froggy, go ahead AND WATCH WHAT HAPPENS. [More]Well punk?
Gun ranges are a common place to commit suicide, he said. Harvey has had two suicides and one attempted suicide at his range in the 22 years he has owned it. [More]Out of how many tens of thousands of visitors, Harvey? If you're going to act as a media spokesman, learn how to do it.
Wait a minute, how about if I can show you something that is responsible for roughly 225,000 deaths per year, but when I pick up my phone book is far more prevalent than gun stores, firearms, or sporting goods in the yellow pages. How about physicians! [More]Liberty's Teeth applies a bit of Brady recall logic.
Police say a Japanese pop star dressed up as a pineapple has been robbed while shooting a music video in southern Sweden. [More]See, because the rest of the world is more cultured and sophisticated than we crude Americans with our guns...
If people were dying from tainted pistachios, peanut butter or spinach, it would mean they were...uh...tainted. And the focus would be on which products were tainted, which brand, from which region...Protestations to the contrary, these creatures just can't help revealing their true agenda. It's like they have control issues or something...
What do you expect Congress to do, Bradys? The sicko in Binghamton used handguns: Recall them? The sicko in Washington used a rifle--don't we now need to take those "off the shelves" of gun stores? Say, this slope is getting a bit slippery, wouldn't you say...?
Come on--you brought it up. Spell it out. [More]
The pay Abstract of the 10th Regiment of Connecticut Militia from October to January last, was this day presented to me for payment. The very unreasonable disproportion of Officers induced me to decline giving Orders for the payment. [More]
I just decided not to be a victim. [More]I said before I had the pleasure of meeting this man several years ago. A correspondent sent me this video clip.
MOWCA Blog has posted a new item, 'Appeal of Order Pursuant to Hearing on Remand'Find out more about this case from MOWCA here.
Quentin Rhoades has filed a Notice of Appeal (NOA) on the Order issued by District Judge Jimm Larry Hendren. This Order was issued as a result of the Hearing on Remand held on the 20th of January.
Notice was filed April 2nd, with the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals.
The Docket is updated to reflect the changes. [More]
A Roxbury gang member shot to death 13-year-old Steven Odom in Dorchester nearly two years ago, as the minister's son was walking home with friends - and was then himself killed in an unrelated shooting 10 days later, authorities said at a press conference yesterday.Wait a second--I thought you had to be 21 in third-ranked MA...?
Charles Bunch Jr., who was 18, was identified as the man who pulled the trigger on the gun used to shoot Odom in a case of mistaken identity that killed the middle-schooler on Oct. 4, 2007, law enforcement officials said. Odom was shot in the head as he approached his home on Evans Street while walking with two friends.
Officials also announced the arrest and a six-count indictment against David Johnson, 18, of Mattapan, whom authorities allege provided the gun to Bunch. [More]
Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen’s glam Costa Rican wedding was marred by gunfire last night when security guards hired to keep paparazzi away fired at two photographers as they fled the scene with their film. No one was hurt. [More]I'm sorry--does anyone remember ever seeing anything from either of these two using their enormous wealth and reach to champion the right of the people to keep and bear arms?
No.It would hardly advance his agenda if they did, would it?
Still waiting for change you can believe in? Well, believe this: the White House just declared an intellectual property treaty a state secret and denied Freedom of Information Act requests asking that it reveal the details of an international treaty that could have huge effects on how information is disseminated online. [More]As some unknown Internet wit observed, "Chains we can believe in."
The Cybersecurity Act of 2009 introduced in the Senate would allow the president to shut down private Internet networks. The legislation also calls for the government to have the authority to demand security data from private networks without regard to any provision of law, regulation, rule or policy restricting such access. [More]Securing the virtual blessings of Liberty, Lightworker-style...
It would be harder to arrest chronic criminals, because police would no longer be able to charge them with possessing unregistered weapons.[More]All this, plus we find out in DC there's a "right of individuals to be protected by the police..."
Revised guidelines on endorsements and testimonials by the Federal Trade Commission, now under review and expected to be adopted, would hold companies liable for untruthful statements made by bloggers and users of social networking sites who receive samples of their products. [More]No doubt another enumerated power.
...will eventually win back their party from right-wing whack jobs...[More]See, you can't be a "conservative"--even a media-designated one. You have to be a democrat who calls yourself a republican. That's the only way "we" can win.
Perhaps the best publicity a critic of the powers-that-be can ever get for his cause is to be the target of over-the-top official retaliation. That automatically validates what the critic is saying while at the same time massively expanding the audience for his message. So, in an odd way, Jeff Pataky owes a "thank you" to the Phoenix Police Department for raiding his home and hauling away computers and other material related to a Website and blog he maintains that focus attention on misdeeds involving the Phoenix PD.[More]A few of you have sent me links to other sources for this story, to include it in the "Only Ones" Files. I like the way J.D. Tuccille tells it.
It's called projection. Shall we explore the sentiments coming from those who make no secret that they hate gun owners and believe in government monopoly of power? What do popular lefties have to say? [More]Unsurprisingly, they hate us. If they could, they'd use the force of the state to kill us. And they'll tell whatever lies it takes to usher in that day.
You have had many Rumours, propagated among you, which I suppose you know not how to account for. One was, that Congress, the last Summer, had tied the Hands of General Washington, and would not let him fight, particularly on the White Plains. This Report was totally groundless. -- Another was, that at last Congress untied the General, and then he instantly fought and conquered at Trenton. This also was without foundation, for as his Hands were never tied, so they were. not untied. [More]
