Does Bill Cosby Agree with Idi Amin Henchman that 'Brave' Somali Pirates 'Had No Choice'?

The message is clear, but what the heck does Bill Cosby have to do with genocidal tyrant apologist Bob Astles, or the message promulgated by the Black Star News?

Just this. It's publisher/editor-in-chief, Milton Allimadi, proudly proclaims he "co-founded The Black Star News in 1997 with some savings and with seed money from Camille and Bill Cosby."

Since he bears partial economic investment responsibility for inflicting these people on us, and since the message they promote appears in direct contradiction to the one he preaches, I don't think it's out of line to ask Mr. Cosby if he wants to continue having his name associated with this paper. I think it's fair to ask him and how he likes his "seed money" being used to poison minds in the community he is trying to help with this kind of obscene, hateful nonsense. Because supporting Amin is obscene, as is showing public respect for and promoting the opinions of a twisted creature who does. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner revisits an anti-gun black newspaper, where their columnist, a former aide to a notorious Ugandan butcher, insists the Somali pirates are gallant mariners on a quest for justice.

Also read an alert from Oregon and get the latest from my fellow GREs.

I hope you tell your friends about this one, and join me in sending Bill Cosby an email asking him if he approves of what his investment is promoting.

This Day in History: April 29

I shall be obliged, if you will, agreeable to the requisition therein made, order out one thousand of the Militia of your State, to continue in service, Four Weeks from the time they join the Army. I mention four Weeks, because I think by your late Militia Law, you cannot insist upon their Service for a longer term at one time. But if it can be prolonged, I could wish it might be for six or eight Weeks. [More]

We're the Only Ones Resigned Enough

Gail Buckner is also looking at a charge of Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon. [More]

They sound like all-around quality folks, don't they? An "Only One" married to a felon--interesting dichotomy going on in that household.

Y'know, I've wondered but never looked into how a prohibited person can live under the same roof as someone who has guns. Since that's federally-mandated, I wonder what the workaround is...

Anybody know?

Where Do These Fascist Freaks Come From?

Barack Obama's nominee for "regulatory czar" has advocated a "Fairness Doctrine" for the Internet that would require opposing opinions be linked and also has suggested angry e-mails should be prevented from being sent by technology that would require a 24-hour cooling off period. [More]

Chains we can believe in. The weird thing is, it's like they're trying to be outrageous.

I Hope He Wins

The suit asks for $75,000 in damages, and seeks to force the two companies into implementing measures such as arming crews, providing security guards or using alternate shipping routes to protect other sailors. [More]

Good for him.

Why Talking to ABC Action News is a Bad Idea

Now everybody in the area knows about the gun and where it's kept. [More]

[Via Ed M]

Close the Home Depot Loophole

Do it for the children. [More]

We're the Only Ones Who Do Not Believe Our Officers Acted Outside Policy Enough

Yeah, beating and tasing a guy who argues with you because you made him miss his flight over a bottle of Sprite sounds like an appropriate official response. [More]

The punks are lucky the sergeant did not revert to combat mode on them. They'd do well to remember the Battle of Athens. And to familiarize themselves with Oath Keepers.

As an aside, isn't it just like our government? The whole point behind TSAnal retentiveness is because Islamic terrorists hijacked airplanes. So here's a guy who is trying to go and fight those Islamic terrorists and they beat the hell out of him so badly he can't deploy.

It sometimes just boggles the mind.

I'd also like to know the names of all goons involved---and whether the one who claimed to be a reserve lieutenant truly is one.

We're the Only Ones Not Malicious Enough

U.S. District Judge Patrick J. Duggan ruled that Detroit Police Officer Tyrine Wheatley, who the jury determined testified falsely against Morningstar, was immune from civil liability because he gave testimony in his role as a police officer and the prosecutor did not rely on Wheatley's false testimony in deciding to charge Morningstar. [More]

So you're immune from civil liability by law if you perjure yourself in your capacity as an "Only One"?

Duggan said in a written opinion that Schwarzberg's trial performance was "somewhat less than commendable."

So the city attorney plays fast and loose, too?

It's getting so I don't know who in government we can trust...

[Via Jeffersonian]

"Might Not Be a Bad Concept"

"The concept might not be a bad concept, but I think there are a lot of flaws," Sen. Tom Libous, whose district includes Binghamton, said of the five-year license renewal plan. [More]

It's a terrible concept, Tom. You'd think someone with an A rating from NRA would realize that.

Then again, maybe not...

And we know how persuasive those democrats can be.

[Via Declan]

We're the Only Ones "In Soviet Russia, Police Spree Shoot YOU" Enough

A Moscow district police chief opened fire on the street and in a supermarket early Monday, killing three people and wounding seven others — four of them critically, Russian investigators said. [More]

They do it here, too. But the "Only Ones" myth persists...

[Via Zachary G]

Black Star News Proclaims Infallibility on Guns

"Comment: I suppose it's not possible that you are, simply, wrong?"

"Editor's Note: No" [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column explores the foundations of prejudice: ignorant closed-mindedness and arrogance.

Also learn about three bills in Oregon and get the latest from my fellow GREs.

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This Day in History: April 28

April 28, 1777 at Norwalk, Connecticut - Maj. Gen. William Tryon made his way to Compo Hill, close to where he would board his ships. Brig. Gen. Benedict Arnold's men formed up for an attack, but 400 British troops, led by Gen. ?? Erskine charged them with bayonets and the Americans scattered. Tryon's men boarded the ships and sailed off. The 2-day encounter had cost the Americans about 60 casualties, including 20 dead. The exact British losses were unclear, though they had at least 60 dead. Conclusion: British Victory [More]

Andy Caldwell Show Reminder

I'll be on at 6:00pm EST. Details here (scroll down to second feature).

Just What in Hell...

...did they think public reaction would be? [More]

We're the Only Ones Thin-Skinned Enough

Orlando police Chief Val Demings is threatening to sue one of her critics for creating a Web site that criticizes her performance. [More]

Here's the website she objects to. Looks pretty First Amendment-protected to me. Love the reward ad...

She was given a written censure for having her gun stolen from her vehicle (document hosted on the protest website). She says she takes full responsibility. What she doesn't say is if she made the taxpayers foot the bill to replace it. Someone who took full responsibility would not allow others to pay for her negligence. That's something only an "Only One" would do.

Should President Obama Push to Permanently Reinstate a Ban on Assault Weapons?

Go ahead and vote in the MSNBC poll. [More]

Then please take my sidebar poll--and tell your friends.

[Via The_Chef]

Terror in the Land of "Project Exile"

In a regional breakdown of potential terrorist threats, the report notes that Hampton Roads and the Richmond area each have two historically black universities. Although it doesn't cite them by name, the apparent reference is to Norfolk State University, Hampton University, Virginia State University in Petersburg and Virginia Union University in Richmond.

University-based student groups "are recognized as a radicalization node for almost every type of extremist group," the report says. [More]

More "Homegrown Terrorists" to justify "fusion center" budgets?

In a way, I can see Hampton U being singled out. What they promulgate is pretty terrifying.

Still, it wasn't supposed to be this way in Richmond.

We were promised.

[Via Bill Hicks]

And the Lee Paige "I'm the Only One Professional Enough" Award Finalists Are...

Port Orange, FL police officer Gerald Zito for "I'm the Only One Suspended Enough,"

and

Phoenix, AZ school resource officer Ray Granillo for "I'm the Only One Gate-Keeping Enough."

May I have the envelope, please...?

[Via Mike H, Joe J and Jeff F]

A Person of Interest

Investigators said Cartwright was not a war veteran, but Spooner said the Florida National Guard soldier was interested in militia movements and weapons training. [More]

Here we go...

There Oughtta Be a Law

We must close the bullet and hammer loophole! [More]

And now if you'll excuse me, I've been meaning to try bobbing for french fries...

[Via Ed M]

A Long Shot

They're doing what they can to shorten it. [More]

[Via Ed M]

A Coordinated Effort to Abuse

Hands Of [sic] My Guns! Gun Supporters Abuse Black Star News Editorial...

Now we are convinced these postings are being coordinated. [More]

By the NRA?

No...

By GOA?

No...

Then by who?

Ohhh...the article he didn't link to featuring the comment he didn't post...

And funny--that doesn't even ask anybody to do anything.

Wrong again, Milton, which is hardly surprising. Maybe, just maybe a few of us are on guard and quite capable of acting independently to protect our rights.

Y'know, that's something to keep in mind.

And I'm not through with these guys. I was going to do another GRE piece today but felt the Hampton U shootings required a timely analysis.

Depending on what's happening in the world, I hope to "coordinate" some more "abuse" tomorrow.

That's how the folks who claim they're "speaking truth to empower" look on speaking truth to empower.

What Jimmy Carter Thinks of You

I have used weapons since I was big enough to carry one, and now own two handguns, four shotguns and three rifles, two with scopes. I use them carefully, for hunting game from our family woods and fields, and occasionally for hunting with my family and friends in other places. We cherish the right to own a gun and some of my hunting companions like to collect rare weapons. One of them is a superb craftsman who makes muzzle-loading rifles, one of which I displayed for four years in my private White House office.

But none of us wants to own an assault weapon, because we have no desire to kill policemen or go to a school or workplace to see how many victims we can accumulate before we are finally shot or take our own lives. [More]

Yeah, that's the only reason millions of us own semiautos. Because we're a bunch of psycho cop killers and deranged school/workplace shooters.

Insulting bastard.

Anybody think the fascist left isn't going to keep coming at us and at us and at us?

Careful in comments. As a former president, he is "entitled" to Secret Service protection, which includes investigating any statements that could be perceived as threatening to his safety--and his guys, that we're paying for, carry the real thing.

[Via Ron Bokleman]

We're the Only Ones Patterned After Ourselves Enough

The FBI memorandum describes a pattern of corruption among a group of Philadelphia narcotics officers: false information used to get search warrants, planted evidence and perjured testimony, thefts of drugs, cash, and valuables from dealers. [More]

No doubt "just a few bad apples." Right?

Say, do you think this might explain why Philly "Only Ones" and the politicians they strong-arm for are trying to impose extra-special citizen disarmament edicts above and beyond what the state requires?

We're the Only Ones On Her Majesty's Secret Service Enough

A British agent left top secret information about covert operations on a bus in South America when she lost her handbag while on assignment.

The drugs liaison officer lost a computer memory stick said to contain a list of undercover agents’ names and details with more than five years of intelligence work. [More]

Cue the Bond theme...

And tell me the Serious Organised Crime Agency doesn't sound like a Monty Python skit. The way this "Only One" approaches serious organized crime, it may as well be.

Which reminds me: Did we ever figure out which BATFU "special" agent left her gun in the loo?

"No Questions Asked"

Police were questioning the man...[More]

I guess the "Authorized Journalist" missed the irony...?

Hampton University Shooting Highlights 'Effective' Gun Policy

Under Hampton's student code of conduct, your second item says: "To respect the dignity, feelings, worth, and values of others. Each member of the Hampton Family will respect one another and visitors as if they were guests in one's home. Therefore...to possess weapons such as knives or firearms...is strictly prohibited and is in direct violation of the Hampton University Code, on or off campus." Do you believe mandating a human being be defenseless respects his dignity, feelings and worth?

If he or she believes otherwise, do you believe such a mandate respects their values?

What's with "off campus"? Are you saying student gun owners will be expelled?

And how effective do you think this code was in ensuring these and future victims would be at a disadvantage to their assailant? [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner shows that "gun free zones" can be very effective--at giving attackers the advantage.

Also get the latest from my fellow GREs, plus find out how you can listen to my radio interview later today on The Andy Caldwell Show, where we'll be discussing a really dumb idea: Smart guns.

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This Day in History: April 27

In Defense of American Independence At the Battle of Ridgefield April 27, 1777 Died Eight Patriots

Who were laid in this ground Companioned by Sixteen British Soldiers Living, their enemies, Dying their guests, In honor of service and sacrifice This Memorial is Placed For the Strengthening of Hearts. [More]

'Speaking Truth to Empower'

I just finished reading another hand-wringing attack on the right to keep and bear arms over at Black Star News. It prompted me to leave a comment, which I'd like to share with you here, especially since there's no guarantee they will post it:...[More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at guns and race--and wonders why someone writing under a banner of truth and empowerment resorts to falsehoods to promote individual helplessness.

Also access the latest columns by my fellow GREs.

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This Day in History: April 26

On April 26, 1777, an icy, wind-driven rain ripped across New York State’s farmlands shaking the boards of the Ludington family mill as a messenger arrived with news—nearby Danbury, Connecticut, was under British attack and burning. Within minutes, sixteen-year-old Sybil Ludington, daughter of an American colonel, mounted her horse, ready for a forty-mile ride through treacherous terrain to alert her father’s troops. [More]

Contra Costa Throws Out Welcome Mat for Criminals

Crooks in Contra Costa County, CA can breathe a sigh of relief:

Misdemeanors such as assaults, thefts and burglaries will no longer be prosecuted in Contra Costa County because of budget cuts, the county's top prosecutor said Tuesday. [More]

And surprise! Somehow, they'll still have the resources to go after you and me if we choose to arm ourselves against these creeps they're allowing to roam the streets. Although there is a way you can contribute to the sheriff's reelection campaign...

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column fleshes out a story we talked about here yesterday. Also get the latest from my fellow GREs.

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This Day in History: April 25

I took the liberty in a Letter of the 11th. of February, to inform your Honorable Board, of the Augmentation Congress had Resolved to make to the Army they voted to be raised in September; and to solicit your attention and good Offices, in promoting the raising of your proportion of these latter Levies. I trusted, that I then urged such reasons for the measure, and so clearly shewed, the Quota assigned to your State to be just, that your Interest would have been exerted to fill them up, in the same manner that it was to fill up the 15 Battalions, first voted. Finding this not to have been the case, and being assured from a variety of combining circumstances, and intelligence not to be questioned; that Britain, this Campaign will strain every nerve at home and abroad, to effect her purposes; I beg leave again, to repeat my solicitations upon this Subject, and to entreat, that you will take the matter under your most early and serious consideration and give every aid you shall deem necessary and conducive to compleating two of those Corps with all possible expedition; [More]

The Let's See How Far We Can Push Them Act of 2009

...is now online. [More]

Brought to you in part by "A"-rated Kirsten Gillibrand!

And if this works, we'll be back!

[Via W-3]

UPDATE: Analysis from Joe via Skip (and yeah, I've corresponded with both these guys for years):

This is essentially the old McCain-Lieberman gun show bill from eight years ago (S.890), in slightly lighter form.

"Gun show promoters" must register with the Attorney General and maintain a register with the signature and identifying data of all "vendors." (carefully examine the definition of vendor.)

"Vendor" is ANYONE who offers for sale/trade/etc a gun at a gun show, whether the person has a fixed location (e.g. table holder) or not (e.g. a guy walking around the show with a firearm for sale/trade).

The requirement for an FFL-conducted background check (NICS check) apply "if any part of a firearm transaction takes place at a gun show." For example, you see a gun you like, offered by a private seller (non-FFL), but you don't agree on a price. Later in the week you call the guy and make another offer. THAT transfer must be done through an FFL. This could be stretched to include just SEEING a gun offered for sale, because the initial contact was at a gun show.

FFLs, in addition to the existing paperwork requirements (new forms as specified by the AG, and a new "bound book"), must report to the Attorney General within 10 days, all transactions processed at a gun show. Unlike a storefront FFL, who must simply maintain the records for examination by competent authority, gun show transfer data must be sent to the AG.

Federal felony penalties apply to any violation, procedural or otherwise.

We're the Only Ones Thoroughly Vetted Enough

Man who fled sex conviction for abusing female inmate in Swedish prison found working at Sheridan Correctional Center under real name [More]

So, isn't rape a big part about how "Only Ones" keep inmates in line...? Seems like he brought some valuable experience to the job...

[Via The Bitter Clinger]

The Impossible Dream

Cleanup ATF [More]

www.CleanUpATF.org is a non-profit organization dedicated to returning integrity, accountability and decency to the management of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE or "ATF").

I know some folks who have a better idea.

“In the Border Patrol Checkpoint, the Person’s Rights Doesn’t Matter Here.”

What authoritarian meatheads the government employs. [More]

Kudos to a brave citizen for standing up for his rights, which is apparently officially "suspicious."

I'm sure there is no shortage of cud-chewers who would tell us he shouldn't have a problem if he has nothing to hide.

[Via Tony F]

What Will be Prosecuted

Having a gun, silly. [More]

I think I'll do a GRE column on this tomorrow.

Education at the Extreme

With President Barack Obama’s Cabinet reading like a “who’s who” of gun-ban advocates, it’s difficult to say which member is the most anti-gun. That is, until you meet Arne Duncan. [More]

Good article by Dave Kopel. It really shows what kind of anti-American freaks the head anti-American freak surrounds himself with.

Haunting Larry Hincker

Well here's an interesting visitor...


I wonder what's in Blackburg...?

And look what brought them here...


Damn straight. His words should haunt him forever. And I'm delighted to be doing my part to see that they will.

'Transforming Concern into Action' Endangers Lawful Gun Owners

Let's "transform that concern into action" and see how this will work in practice. Let's take a look at what will happen to a gun owner minding his own business and not breaking any laws...[More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column demonstrates how the implementation of "Kumbaya" requires the threat of deadly force as we revisit the actions of an official who really ought to be reported to the authorities...

I just had a thought--I'm going to see if I can find out more about the exhibit this talks about--I wonder how many of those shirts memorialize someone with gang affiliations...?

Also get the latest from my fellow GREs.

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This Day in History: April 24

That Great Britain will exert every nerve to carry her tyrannical designs into execution, I have not the smallest doubt; her very existence as a nation depends now upon her success: for should America rise triumphant in her struggle for independence she must fall. It is not to be wondered at therefore, after she had departed from that line of justice which ought to characterize a virtuous people, that she should descend to such low arts, and dirty tricks, as will forever remain a reproach to her; none of which has she practised with more success, and I fear with more dangerous consequences to our cause, than her endeavours to depreciate the continental bills of credit. [More]

Interesting Debate...

...between "CIFTA" and "Anti-CIFTA" in the "Comments" section. [More]

Feel free to go there and join in.

Hate Criminals

Legendary firearms instructor and pundit Jeff Cooper put it best. "In my opinion," he said, "neither money nor greed ... is the root of all evil. The root of all evil is envy. The non-coper hates the coper, and thus the non-shooter hates the shooter. [More]

Personal inadequacy and hatred explains what we see about as well as anything else.

It's Just a Tool

Let's hope Oath Keepers are the ones using it. [More]

And no, I don't say that as an endorsement of "Only One-ism".

[Via "Bill Hicks"]

The Unintended Consequences of Despotism.

Throughout history, despotic regimes and brutal collectivist systems have crushed their civilian populations' backbones, burning to death their freedom and liberty, and using tactics of intimidation and terror against anyone they suspected of harboring "deviant" thoughts. However, these attempts at cowing the people they rule over almost never succeed, because one of the most deadliest unintended consequences of despotism, is that it will create entirely new and terrifying fighting arts and methods of resistance amongst the oppressed. [More]

That's what can happen when you make people outlaws?

So another way of saying this might be: Without regulation, incentivized ingenuity is unrestrained...?

Pro-Gun Profs

As college professors, we want to reduce the odds of a Virginia Tech massacre happening on a Texas college campus. That's why we encourage the Texas Legislature to allow concealed carry on the state's college campuses. [More]

In the mean time, I'd just ignore the damn legislature, but that's me.

I also wish academia would notice this, by the late Preston Covey: "Can Gun Control Reduce Violence?". It's been languishing in my archives not doing much good for the past few years, and one of Prof. Covey's wishes was that it be shared "in the spirit of 'pass the ammunition'."

You can read more about this remarkable man here, here, here, here and here.

[Via David R]

Don't forget the DDTC/ITAR Threat to Guns. You Knew About It, Right?

It's important that we know what's on the horizon, but it's critical we pay attention to what's here now. And I mentioned a third international danger in last Friday's column that's not getting much attention: The DDTC.

The DDTwhat?

It stands for Directorate of Defense Trade Controls, and the threat is masterfully summarized by Robin Taylor of the US Practical Shooting Association, who tells us "It's not about Trade, it's about Control." [More]

We've heard a lot recently about the threat of international treaties to the right to keep and bear arms. How many of you knew such mechanisms are already in place? Today's Gun Rights Examiner column tells us about them, and about how George Bush played a key role in ensuring a negative outcome.

Also access a WorldNetDaily article that gives Kurt Hofmann and yours truly some ink...uh...electrons, read the latest from my fellow GREs, and learn how you can become an illegal international arms trafficker. You're just a few mouse clicks away!

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This Day in History: April 23

I think this move so probable, as it will give them access to a part of the Country most notoriously disaffected, that I desire you will post a Body of Militia of the State of New York, on this side of the North River, in such place as you shall think most safe to prevent them from being Surprised, and at the same time proper to intercept Skinners Corps, if they should attempt the above mentioned route. [More]

2nd Amendment Trumps Local Gun Limits

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in California has ruled that the 2nd Amendment right to keep and bear arms is "deeply rooted in this nation's history and tradition" and long has been regarded as the "true palladium of liberty," so it therefore must be applied against state and local government weapon restrictions as well as federal gun limits. [More]

Yes, I know you know that because we've already talked about it here.

But this story cites related columns written by St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner Kurt Hofmann and yours truly.

Night of a Thousand Tips

Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen has stated that it is legal in Wisconsin for citizens to carry guns openly in a peaceful manner. However, Chief Flynn is ordering his officers to “take down” citizens, “put them on the ground” and disarm them, and “then decide whether you have a right to carry it.” [More]

Here's more substantiation.

Well, there's only one thing to do, since he is illegally demanding that citizens be arrested under color of authority--send in an anonymous tip demanding his arrest.


Won't you join me?

Come on people, invest one minute. And let's see if we can't get this idea spread all over.

Let's put his arrogant/elitist "Only One" ass "on the ground."

UPDATE: Everyone is reporting an error message when the tip form is submitted. It doesn't mean they're not getting them, but we have no way of knowing. Anyway, there's more than one way to skin a cat--here's their Contact Us" edress: webhelp@milwaukee.gov

Anyone Hear...

If the FBI is visiting gun stores due to this...?

Please leave a comment below if you have credible information. If you have reliable gun store contacts, please ask them.

I Just Now Realized Today is...

Wish I'd remembered earlier. I'd have made arrangements to go and return some lead to Mother Gaia.

You know, kind of like "giving back to the community."

There's Something About Kirsten

I've talked about it here. A lot.

So when do you think NRA and NYSRPA are going to say something about it to their members?

Funny that they haven't by now, don't you think? I wonder why that is...

We're the Only Ones "Now Comes Miller Time" Enough

Erie, Pennsylvania police Patrolman James Cousins II was off-duty and well into his cups the night of April 6 as he regaled bar patrons with tales of his on-the-job exploits. [More]

Yeah, this sloppy punk is the "Only One" trustworthy enough to carry a gun and I'm not.

And neither are you.

The Greenest RINOs

Now let's see how red they are. [More]

I'm not going to go through a run-down on all of them here, but you can feel free to.

I will note accepting "Close the gun show loophole/criminalize political speech/amnesty" John McCain is as much a reason Obama won as any.

Illinois gun owners were warned repeatedly about that weasel Mark Kirk and as far as I can tell, none of them did a thing about it. As far as I can tell, I'm the only one who cared, and I don't even live in his state.

Susan Collins has an F from GOA--that's all I need to know about her.

And what more can I say about Arnhole?

Reason to Think

The Supreme Court ruled that police couldn't search the car of a person arrested unless the officer's safety was threatened or there was reason to think the car contained evidence of a crime, reviving a constitutional protection against unreasonable searches. [More]

That's good.

But I'll hold the Hallelujahs until we see how far they can push that "reason to think" envelope.

UPDATE: J. D. Tuccille has more.

We're the Only Ones Sportsmanlike Enough

A Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer has been charged with assaulting his daughter's coach during a softball game in Mooresville. [More]

Charlotte-Mecklenburg?

The place with the drunk-driving, speeding killer and violent lesbian "Only Ones"?

How many more "just a few bad apples" are in that barrel?

[Via Portly Pirate]

Let's Hear it for Foreign Laws

Well madam Ginsburg, how about the "wisdom" of a judge that states: "The law, passed last month, says a husband can demand sex with his wife every four days unless she is ill or would be harmed by intercourse — a clause that critics say legalizes marital rape." [More]

Only if we can stone her afterward for tempting us.

Obama Pushing Treaty To Ban Reloading

Hence, reloading ammunition -- or putting together a lawful firearm from a kit -- is clearly “illicit manufacturing.” [More]

Yep.

And that's not the only treaty we need concern ourselves with.

Common Sense Airline Security

The passenger was looking through a carry-on bag when she apparently realized that she was carrying a Swiss army knife with a 1 1/2 inch blade and another knife with a 2 1/2 inch blade, authorities said.

She told a crew member and the plane was turned around. [More]

Why she said a word is beyond me--I guess the conditioning is stronger than the ability to think.

It must be, because look at what happened.

This is officially insane.

I Couldn't Agree More

There's No Such Thing As Sensible Gun Laws [More]

So why are the people hosting this link so adamant about enforcing them?

A Couple "Rational Reasons"

There is no rational reason to oppose closing the loophole. [More]

Sure there is.

I'll even give you two:

This.

And this.

[Via W-3]

Oath Keepers vs. Oath Breakers

[I]t's past time Americans had a chance to look at Oath Keepers side-by-side against oath breakers, and see for themselves how they compare. Perhaps fearing people may do this partially explains why Janet Napolitano's DHS report is so quick to tar veterans with the "extremist" brush...? [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column compares patriotic Americans to an opportunistic political turncoat.

Then see a comparison of an armed society vs. a disarmed one. Could the truth be more obvious?

I also link to the latest from Liberty Belles and to the latest commentary from my fellow GREs.

All this, and more "m..........g to 'Red Dawn'!"

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This Day in History: April 22

The detachments of the 3rd. 4th. and 10th. Pennsylvania Regiments, are to form one Detachment, and be under the Command of Major Harmar till their respective Regiments arrive. This detachment thus formed are to march for Boundbrook, by 6 o'clock to morrow morning, as is also the Eastern Detachment, under the Command of Col Zebulon Butler -- The whole to receive their orders from Major Genl. Lincoln, when they arrive there. [More]

EJ's Got It Backwards

MV straightens him out. [More]

I Don't Know Art...

...but I know what makes me gag. [More]


And I do apologize...

[Via Whose Paranoid]

Beyond Imagination

Daley couldn't imagine anyone wanting to hurt him. [More]

Rep. Sam Crump doesn't want us to talk about this in plain terms. I disagree.

We can't be so fearful of appearing like apologists that we're afraid to discuss this. It's a dialog that is long overdue. We can have it and come to an understanding of realities, or we can turn our faces away and act shocked and helpless when things don't improve--and perhaps pass more laws in response that squeeze even tighter.

You're in a position to take this "war on words," Rep. Crump, and turn it into a discussion. True, you'll no doubt be shouted down and decried, but at least you'll have a clear conscience that you tried to speak the truth.

Providing that truth includes the term "economic fascism."

[Via ranamacar]

And the Rich Get Richer

On the day the new Congress convened this year, Sen. Dianne Feinstein introduced legislation to route $25 billion in taxpayer money to a government agency that had just awarded her husband's real estate firm a lucrative contract to sell foreclosed properties at compensation rates higher than the industry norms. [More]

I can understand why she's all for citizen disarmament.

I can see someone who had his life ruined by fascists tampering with the economy finding out the family home he put his life into that was foreclosed from under him is just another chip in the portfolio of swines whose manipulations created the mess...and then realize he and millions like him have been swindled pawns, and the odds of ever getting justice are...

But hey--Barack is going to give him $400...

And anybody who isn't grateful is just a filthy ol' teabagger...

We're the Only Ones Domestic Enough

Because they're the "Only Ones" who can be trusted with guns, apparently...[More]

[Via Jeffersonian]

What Do You Call College Conservatives?

"Haters." [More]

SPLC said it, I believe it, that settles it.

I love this part:

The YWC’s agenda has some overlap with the platform of the Republican Party, but the group has defined itself in some ways as an opposition movement. The Republican party dodged red meat issues like immigration during the 2008 campaign, and its losses were in part a consequence of that, Saucier said. The YWC seeks to highlight the very issues that Republican groups have decided to place on the back burner, he said.

Yeah, that's the problem. George Bush and John McCain were too extreme right. Right? We need to reach across the aisle in a spirit of bipartisanship and cooperation. Oh, and the perfect is the enemy of the good.

The democrats pushing this line alongside the Fifth Column neocon intelligentsia and pragmatic party loyalists wouldn't steer us wrong, would they?

Back Under the Baseboards, Ed

Rendell posits that if there was a "secret ballot" cast, his gun control schemes would easily pass congress. The insinuation there is that congress really wants gun control, but is fearful of facing their constituents after voting away their rights. [More]

Scurrying from the light?

Isn't that what a cockroach does?

We're the Onl...

....uh...oops... [More]

I need to do more than read the headline...

And why this isn't a story about free pork chops is beyond me.

[Via Ed M]

We're the Only Ones Peeping Enough

Two FBI workers are accused of using surveillance equipment to spy on teenage girls as they undressed and tried on prom gowns at a charity event at a West Virginia mall. The FBI employees have been charged with conspiracy and committing criminal invasion of privacy...

Gary Sutton Jr., 40, of New Milton and Charles Hommema of Buckhannon have been charged with the misdemeanors and face fines and up to a year in jail on each charge if convicted. [More]

Teenage girls? Any of them legally minors? If so, is there any reason--aside from "Only One" status--that they're not being charged as felonious sexual predators, so that we can forever disarm them and track where they live online?

[Via too many of you to credit]

We're the Only Ones Stimulated Enough

Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia wants to spend about $7 million in federal stimulus money to lease and staff a helicopter, buy a covert surveillance van and add machine guns to boats that patrol the Houston Ship Channel. [More]

Let's see, it's Homeland Security lucre, so it can't be foreign pirates. Maybe there's a rightwing extremist threat? Because as we all know, these weapons of war are designed solely to kill as many human beings as possible and belong on the battlefield, not on our streets.

Oh, sorry, I was mistakenly referring to your and my semiautos, not to "Only One"-assigned "patrol rifles."

[Via Lane]

UPDATE: Whose Paranoid tells us about another toy that can be deployed against...what did the guy in shades call us?

Civilians.

I know the definition has been allowed to change through common usage over time to include pea...uh...law enforcement officers. I wonder who thought that was a good idea?

Savage Shooting Looks Like Fun

Funny thing about Knob Creek. Ordinary Americans have access to all kinds of firepower and yet 15,000 of them manage to get along just fine.

Maybe, just maybe it's not the guns...? [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column covers a lot of ground, from a range in Kentucky to:

• A "progressive" view of the Second Amendment
• Front Sight Correcting 20/20 vision
• Deceptive play dates
• Trouble in Oregon
• Anti-gun Facebook censorship
• Alaskan liberty

Also get access to my latest GUNS Magazine "Rights Watch" column, plus read the latest commentary from my fellow GREs.

Tell a friend?

This Day in History: April 21

The Enemy, unprovided with Horses and Carriages or any means of moving by land, cannot go off the Island and penetrate the Country, and I should imagine that it would not require any great number, properly Stationed, to prevent their ravaging the Coast. [More]

Wrap your mind around that. Washington regarded those who insisted--with force--that they were his lawful government--and fellow countrymen who sided with them--as "The Enemy."

It's a hell of a thing to drive a good man to consider, don't you think? How much abuse and disregard for his rights should one have to suffer before he does? That seems to be the question we're wrestling with, isn't it?

Breaking News: Ninth Circuit Incorporates Second Amendment!

It's huge because the Second Amendment has not been held to be incorporated --and thus binding-- on the states. [More]

This one warranted a second Gun Rights Examiner column.

Raw Intel

A former member of our unit (but now a cop) told me homeland security is telling all law enforcement to find excuses to search the vehicles of anyone they suspect of being militia and to seize their firearms for any charge they can make up even when they know the firearms will have to be returned or on the pretext of checking the serial numbers so while they have them the BATF can ballisticly test (and put the ballistic forensics into a data base) of all the firearms they can take. He said on the AR-15s the BATF is also checking for M16 parts and testing to see if they will malfunction and double. [More]

No idea if this is valid, but the way it "feels" to me, I thought it best to air vs. sit on. I call it to your attention as a precaution and recommend treating it with appropriate questioning while not dismissing it outright.

At this point, we're in data gathering mode. Feel free to enlighten us.

[Via Qi Ji Guang]

A Little Quid Pro Quo, Jane?

In exchange for Harman’s help, the sources said, the suspected Israeli agent pledged to help lobby Nancy Pelosi , D-Calif., then-House minority leader, to appoint Harman chair of the Intelligence Committee after the 2006 elections, which the Democrats were heavily favored to win. [More]

This is wrong on so many levels--and not just with foreign powers and democrats, but with their republican cronies as well.

Of course, Jane always has been wrong on so many levels.

The Right Tool for the Job

Monitoring "rightwing extremists," that is. [More]

Everybody's hip to "27bstroke6" in the url, right?

[Via Matt Maynard]

Piquing DHS Interest

West said a customer of his recently stocked up on .223-caliber rounds, a caliber often used in assault-style weapons. The customer bought 1,000 rounds a few months ago through a mail order company.

Shortly after the purchase, he received a visit from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, whose interest was apparently piqued by a large-scale purchase of that caliber. [More]

Thank God.

I mean, the guy was at church.

Sounds like one o' them "rightwing extremists" to me...

[Via Jeffersonian]

We Can All Agree to Disagree

Mexican and U.S. authorities disagree on just what type of gun it was. Federal police coordinator Gen. Rodolfo Cruz maintains it was .50-caliber anti-air craft machine gun. ATF, the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, said it was an unmodified .50-caliber semiautomatic rifle made by TNW, a U.S. firearms manufacturer. [More]

Whose Paranoid brings us a conflicted report.

I hate to add even more confusion, but I had a source with connections tell me:

THIS is not a .50 anti aircraft machine gun. It is a 1917-1918A series 30 Cal thousands of which have been given to Latin American Countries over the years and which has not been in the US inventory for almost 50 years.

Perhaps someone can help clarify all these seeming disconnects...?

Journalistic Ethics at ABC

The "Jan" listed as a gun-owning father in this story is Jan Nickels - an old friend from grade/high school, who still currently lives only about 5 miles from me. He is an ex-Marine and is well-schooled in firearms and firearm safety. We are fellow members of the same local shooting club.

I called Jan as soon as I read the story. As it turns out, ABC News tricked Jan and others to participate in what was obviously always been intended to be an anti-gun attack. In fact, this story starts with a false premise and goes quickly downhill. At this point I will let Jan tell the rest of his story... [More]

Jeff Riley turns his eye on the ABCs of "Authorized Journalism."

Go read his exposé and watch the supporting videos.

And then help get the word out.

Point/uh...Counterpoint...?

"I challenge the president of the United States and the media to prove that 90 percent of the guns used by the drug cartels are being smuggled," Mr. LaPierre said...

Mr. Rendell did not address the statistic. [More]

Of course he didn't. That's because Mr. Rendell is a tyrannical fraud.

Another balanced Washington Times report...

We need to encourage this. I know of no better way to do that than by showing them such reporting boosts site visits.

It's Our Fault

Obama blames U.S. guns in Mexico [More]

Of course he does.

It's easier than dealing with the real issues, and he knows he'll get plenty of publicity and support. Such posturing will help mollify some of the anti-defense zealots demanding gun bans NOW, plus, when the time is right, he'll be better positioned to press forward with the next round of infringements.

He's even confident enough in his position that he knows he can repeat the 90% lie even though he knows it's not true. To their credit, Stephen Dinan and The Washington Times threw a flag on that and gave us a pretty balanced report.

Meanwhile, Across the Pond in Sarah Brady Paradise...

The public are fast losing patience with thuggish policing... [More]

Why? They're the ones with the force monopoly. Isn't that what you lot wanted?

Be careful what you wish for...? You just might get it...?

And how.