Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Fortify This

Mandatory fotification of bread with folic acid would slash the risk of babies being born with a heart problem, experience from Canada shows. [More]
Mandatory.

Because people who make bread for a living aren't smart enough to figure out what the market wants and needs. We need to add coercion backed by the force of the state into the mix.

Because people can't be trusted to make choices about their own nutrition and what goes into their bodies without the state telling them. And woe unto those who try it.

Because if you don't do what we say, we are going to send agents to take you hostage and destroy your life's work. And if you resist, they will kill you. And they may yet anyway, if we decide to do the raid at 3:00 AM, maybe hit the wrong house, but report afterward we believed that cell phone you were dialing the police on was a gun. Then it will all fall into accepted department policy.

Well, hell, if fortifying bread with this chemical is good, fortifying it with others must be better. And if bakeries must make it, you must eat it. Because it's all for what we say is the public good.

Coming soon to this country if the central planners who know what's best for us have their way. No doubt by international treaty.

We're the Only Ones Baffled by that Attitude Enough

York is baffled by that attitude, saying semiautomatic rifles aren't needed for hunting or self-defense.

“It's a weapon of war, not of sport,” York said. “I'm sure it will be a political battle, but the officers are out in the street fighting that battle every day.” [More]
Now see here Pork...uh Yorky, you mudhead. If you're interested in seeing what fighting a battle every day is all about, you just keep this nonsense up. Otherwise shut up and go direct traffic or something.

Fascist "Only One" enforcer.

I also like the companion article title "Helmke strives for middle ground on gun rights, control." They don't even try to mask the lies.

That Evan Goodenow and the News-Sentinel are quite the little "Authorized Journalist" fascist lickspittles, are they not?

[Via Jeremiah F]

Iowa Mall Terror Prompts Lockdown!

Shoppers at the Mall of the Bluffs Tuesday ducked inside back rooms and U.S. Marshals scrambled to the roof with guns drawn after people called police to report a man with a gun inside the mall.

The man was carrying an umbrella. [More]
I couldn't find a code of conduct for the mall online, possibly because, Iowa being a "may issue" state, the practice of carrying firearms is not prevalent enough for the mall to post prohibitions against...? Anyone from around there, please weigh in if you know something.

How do you think hysterical cud-chewers like this are going to vote when they hear someone tell them we need to ban "assault weapons"?

Add to this indictment of too many of our countrymen a crippling timidity of soul:
These are the heirs of liberty, beneficiaries of ultimate and terrible sacrifices from men who pledged their lives, fortunes and scared honor. They have squandered an inheritance won through blood, powder and steel, and their shameful ignorance empowers further erosion of all our liberties.
Enemies foreign and domestic must laugh at such knee-jerk cowardice. There can be no respect for--and no fear of--that which is on its face contemptible.

It's why the Founders knew a militia from the whole people was necessary to the security of a free state. Which explains why enemies are intent on seeing that concept disparaged and destroyed.

Our preoccupied-with-consumption/fatted calf culture no doubt heartens them tremendously.

[Via Joe T]

The Mexican 'Dog and Pony Show' on Guns

"A big game."

One where the stakes could not be higher. And one where our opponents are professional hustlers.

No wonder they want to cheat us out of our guns. [More]
Tired of being conned? Angered by the outright fraud? Curious as to why the "mainstream media" is absolutely not going to tell you this?

I know WarOnGuns regulars know the answer to that one full well. Others do not.

It's up to us, folk. If you want the information in today's Gun Rights Examiner column known, share it. Otherwise, it will stay buried, the government will continue to press for US gun bans based on Mexican corruption, and the networks and newspapers will cheerlead them every step of the way.

Also get the latest from my fellow GREs.

This Day in History: May 13

I have just now learned from General Mifflin that your Excellency intends to take the field in a few days. I hope your Excellency will excuse the liberty I am about to take in Suggesting that your troops will probably suffer from being so early exposed in an encampment. The variable weather of the Spring and fall have always been found much more destructive to the health of an Army than the uniform heats of Summer or colds of Winter. [More]

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

We're the Only Ones "A Few Bad Apples" Enough

Two Spring Lake police sergeants have been arrested and their department has been stripped of its criminal investigation duties...

He said he suspects senior officers of lying and directing other officers to fabricate facts in police reports. [More]
Not that it would be fair to tar all Spring Lake "Only Ones" with that brush...wait a minute...I guess it would be...

Well, shoot. Now what excuse do we use?

[Via Lawhobbit]

Ileto v. Glock

Under the terms of the PLCAA, the claims brought here, bythe victims of a criminal who shot them, against a federally licensed manufacturer and a federally licensed seller of firearms must be dismissed. But the claims brought against an unlicensed foreign manufacturer of firearms may proceed. [More]
The opinion, filed yesterday, in online.

Here's the statement from NSSF.

The Legal Community Against Violence, which had filed an Amicus Curiae brief in support of the plaintiffs, had this to say.

[Via GG]

The Equal Opportunity Idiot Box

Women, Stop Watching Oprah and Learn to Love Guns [More]
Women's TV and magazines do seem especially brainless. I don't get it, I guess because the women in my life agree with me.

And that's not to give men a pass. Spike TV and the like represent the antithesis of any definition of "manliness" that really matters.

I know some people who won't have a television in the house. I don't go that far. I enjoy certain things on it.

To me, like with guns, it boils down to personal choices and responsibility.

[Via M. Terry]

Quick, Everybody, Into the Sphinx!

If a gunman were loose on the University of South Florida campus, students would be warned by eight sirens that have been installed across campus. [More]
Might as well make your sense of hearing utterly useless at detecting approaching Morlocks, since Eloi can't do anything about it anyway.

[Via Ed M]

What's in Your Cranium?

Distinctive brain patterns could become the latest subject of biometric scanning after EU researchers successfully tested technology to verify ­identities for security checks. [More]
And coming soon: Wave scans that tell us if you're thinking "properly". That way, we can find out if you're one of those "rightwing extremists" we need to put on our "no buy" list.

Or, as the Keepers of Talos IV warned:
Wrong thinking is punishable. Right thinking will be as quickly rewarded. You will find it...an effective combination
[Via Zachary G]

Start Planning Now

We will accomplish our mission by a peaceful march in Washington DC, the United States Capitol, supported by satellite marches to State Capitols and smaller cities all across America. [More]
You basically have almost a year to prepare, so why not make the decision now this is something you want to do?

Learn more here.

The Mexican Turnover

President Barack Obama's plan to redirect federal funds to the southwest border could mean Orange County stands to lose nearly $6.5 million in funds to house illegal immigrants with criminal convictions – while the state could lose $110 million. [More]
See, if you create the perfect convergence of circumstances and dependencies, you can get away with just about anything.

Any bets the uptick in crime victimization won't be used to demand further disarming of you and me?

Why, when I think "redirect," do I think of Three Card Monte? Maybe it has something to do with this story reminding me of the Mexican Turnover...

Un Espectáculo de Perro y Caballo

So what’s going on here?

One former ATF agent, who also asked that his name not be used, suggests one possibility: “This is all a dog and pony show.” [More]

Told you so.

I may just do a GRE column on this tomorrow.

An "Aspiring Rapper"

Gilmore, who also copped to a stickup of the Hungry Howie's restaurant, told police that he thought the robberies would provide him the kind of reputation he apparently believes is required in the rap world. [More]
If only they'd disarmed you and me, that clerk would be unharmed and this disadvantaged young man would not have ruined his life.

Let's hope he straightens out and gets that music career back on track!

Gun Law-Related Stories Need to Substantiate Claims

Two stories came out yesterday that are spreading quickly through the gun-rights activist community. They both make some pretty definitive claims which I think need to be fleshed out. [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at some unsubstantiated claims.

I'm flat-out not buying Politico's report that NRA will support getting rid of the Tiahrt Amendment. As for the Infowars story, the guy may be right, but he doesn't cite a source.

We will see.

Also get the latest from my fellow GREs.

Tell a friend?

This Day in History: May 12

I can now with propriety Congratulate your Excellency on a Certain and Considerable Advantage gaind over the Enemys best troops; by the Continental Troops of My Division. [More]

Monday, May 11, 2009

We're the Only Ones Meaty Enough

It is alleged that Deputies Joseph Cantwell and Phillip Barnett forced inmate Todd Triplett to place his penis on a sandwich before it was fed to an unsuspecting inmate...[More]
A Happy Meal, "Only Ones"-style...?

[Via Ken F]

Well, Hell, That Sounds Reasonable...

The German government is planning to ban paintball and laser shooting games in reaction to the recent school massacre in which 15 people died. [More]
Nice to know their leaders have such a seasoned grasp of cause and effect...

[Via David R]

Basic Economics

To expect the government to prevent such fraud from ever occurring would be like wanting it to provide cushions for all the children who might fall...

It means forgetting that the execution of these regulations is always entrusted to men who may have all the more interest in fraud or in conniving at fraud since the fraud which they might commit would be covered in some way by the seal of public authority... [More]
See, if this guy were running for public office today, he'd be dismissed as unelectable. A candidate with no principles but better chances would be the one everyone but a few would get behind, and they would be ridiculed and dismissed with contempt as "Turgbots."

We're the Only Ones Hot on Your Trail Enough

Wisconsin police can attach GPS to cars to secretly track anybody's movements without obtaining search warrants, an appeals court ruled Thursday. [More]
Hey, just keeping tabs on the livestock. And wait 'til Wisconsin Tommy starts implanting these in your forehead.

Besides, if you're not doing anything wrong, what have you got to hide?

And if you can't trust Wisconsin "Only Ones," who can you trust?

Misinterpreting the Assignment

District 70 Superintendent Dr. Dan Lere said students may have misinterpreted the assignment.

He says if a student, “actually did illustrate an act of terrorism that they might commit, let’s say against the school, we’ve expelled students for that.”[More]
And the fact that your guy set them up for exactly that would count how much, Dr. Dan?

Funny how when they become the subject of hypotheticals some people get all jittery...

Truth is, it's actually a valid assignment, and could produce some interesting ideas/provoke some interesting discussion. That is, if the intent is not to produce a population that depends on others to "protect" the herd.

ATF Property Seizure Notice-Supplement

This link goes to an embedded version of document I posted earlier today. [More]

That Scribd is pretty neat. Yeah, I know, the youngsters are slapping their foreheads at the fossil. Let me share with you what my high school graduation present from my parents was--a portable manual typewriter.

I have in my life coded assembly parts lists with a #2 pencil using 80 column forms--putting in part numbers, descriptions, quantities, subassembly nomenclatures, engineering changes notice numbers etc., and then taking the batched forms down to a department called "Keypunch."

Like we used to say at the end of the shift as we slid down the brontosarus neck: "Yabba-dabba-doo!"

Also see:

We're the Only Ones Ribbing You Enough

With our knee. [More]

All within the acceptable range of "Only One" responses...?

I wonder if they rotate ads on this? I got the one from Brinks Security. I was not exactly impressed by its message.

[Via Andre]

Does ATF Want Seized Property Notices Noticed?

Had they wanted to, ATF could have made this available on the Internet in a matter of minutes and then put out a press release. And they could have done it with all the bells and whistles--a nice user-friendly searchable file...had they wanted to. [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner gives you what your government will not: An online listing of the seized firearms we discussed here last Friday.

Most gun owners don't even know about this--and that seems intentional. BATFU is doing the bare minimum to comply.

This information appears nowhere else--for now. Please help change that and spread the GRE link far and wide.

Also get the latest from my Examiner colleagues.

And for those of you who weren't around over the weekend, here's what was discussed in my column:

Rep. Peter King plots terrorist act
and
Meanwhile, across the pond in Sarah Brady paradise...

This Day in History: May 11

Congress are desirous to be informed what Number of Men are now under your Excellency’s Command in New Jersey as nearly as Certainty can be arrived at in the present Situation of the Army, in Order that a Judgment may be formed of the Propriety of hastning on or disbanding the Pennsilvania & Delaware Militia now embodying agreeable to the Request of Congress who would be glad of your Excellency’s Opinion on the Subject & that you would inform them whether the disbanding the Militia would be safe & proper or would in anywise interfere with any Plan your Excellency has formed. [More]

Sunday, May 10, 2009

Happy Mothers Day

I'm off to the store, to make one of those special dinners a guy like me had to know how to cook up in order to get dates back in my single days. Bone-in rib roast with this Amish horseradish I buy typically works real well on occasions like this, where you want to show Sweetie she's appreciated. Add some red potatoes, carrots, parsnips and mushrooms, and then my special Swiss cheese bread...I'd better get busy.

Done blogging for today. Later tonight I have some scanning to do--that library trip I mentioned yesterday paid off. Lord willing and the creek don't rise, I should have an exclusive tomorrow on Gun Rights Examiner.

This is a Job...for Oath Keepers

"Suggesting that our troops would attack the leaders of the very democracy they've sworn to sacrifice their lives for is an insult to their integrity, honor, and professionalism." [More]
When we see this kind of blatant misdirection happening, let's all take a moment when we can to correct the record. Here's my comment (177):
"Suggesting that our troops would attack the leaders of the very democracy they've sworn to sacrifice their lives for is an insult to their integrity, honor, and professionalism."

Media Matters seems not to understand that accuracy matters. That oath is not to "sacrifice their lives" for "democracy," but to "support and defend the Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic."

Big difference.

Google "Oath Keepers."

By promulgating that deception, Eric Burns is an insult to what is supposed to have been a watchdog, not a lapdog press.

Comment by David Codrea — May 10, 2009 @ 10:09 am
Feel free to join the the fun. Maybe even explain how one could use "Nancy Pelosi" and "domestic enemy" in the same sentence...

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

Here's what happened:

"Mother told police she feared stalker would kill her. They didn't come. That night she was murdered

"A mother of three was knifed to death by a stalker just hours after she rang police begging for help..." [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column features a warning from an ally who has already gone through what's coming our way.

Also get the latest from my fellow GREs.

Tell a mate, chap, bloke or friend?

This Day in History: May 10

May 10, 1777 at Piscataway, New Jersey - On May 10, hoping to surprise the British 42nd Highlanders that was posted at Piscataway, Maj. Gen. Adam Stephen, with about 150 men, attacked them. Piscataway is located between Brunswick and Amboy. The Americans were driven off, with the British pursuing them for almost 3 miles to the American camp at Metuchen. Gen. George Washington investigated the engagement, causing him to write a strong letter to Stephen expressing how displeased he was with Stephen's conduct. Conclusion: British Victory. Casualties: Americans: 27k, 38-73c; British: 8-9k, 19w [More]

Saturday, May 09, 2009

A Plea for Understanding

Folks, I'm working my tail off. I even have to go to the library today to do some research. I have two book reviews in the queue (meaning I have to find the time to read them first), a ton of marketing effort to do for my column, and literally hundreds of emails I process every day--I read them all and try to reply when I can, although of late I must apologize for not being able to.

In short, I am forced to make a decision between:
a. Working on the priorities on my overflowing plate
b. Processing and responding to every news tip I get (many of which are repeats)
c. Having a life, which includes a wife, two sons and a yard and house screaming for attention, not to mention my other professional commitments.

Please, please understand if I don't feature your tip or even reply. It does not mean I don't appreciate your interest, and I apologize if you think it's rude.

There is only one of me, and I'm doing the best that I can. I don't even plan to post on WarOnGuns any more today because of that afore-mentioned library trip, which I hope will result in a pay-off I can share with you soon.

Thank you in advance for understanding and not attributing non-responsiveness to not caring.

Oh, and if you do understand and want to help, share my Examiner column links. Page views help keep meager gruel in feral sons Uday and Qusay's bowls. I've heard some intentionally won't link to my GRE columns because of that.

Rep. Peter King Plots Terrorist Act

Here's what I get from King's bill: They will be able to put a person's name on their "prohibited" list using redacted documents that can be withheld from the victims under the guise that releasing the information compromises national security. They will be able to do this without having convicted that person of a thing in a court of law--the accusation is enough.

At least the Salem witches got a trial, could face their accusers, and hear all the "evidence" against them.

This is intended as an in-your-face threat against activist gun owners, a way to chill their agitation, and ultimately a way to prohibit them from "legal" gun ownership. And they'll get to the less active ones next. [More]
These evil sons of bitches have drafted a declaration of war.

Here's today's Gun Rights Examiner column. Regulars here will realize the importance of sharing it.

This Day in History: May 9

I am afraid we shall never be able to find places vacant, equal to the expectations of the french Gentlemen who are now here, much less for those that will follow. The high Rank conferred upon those who first came over, many of whom had no pretensions either from their Services or Merit, has naturally raised the expectations of those who come properly recommended, to such a pitch, that I know not what will satisfy them. [More]

Friday, May 08, 2009

Not Trying Very Hard

Per JH:
If you haven't seen it, BATF posted thousands of seized weapons in a three page public paid notice in yesterday's Wall Street Journal to the public to retrieve their stolen weapons or they will be destroyed. Since most people don't get the WSJ and there was no copy of this on the electronic version of the WSJ, just how do people access the information? Why did BATF pick a newspaper with limited circulation and not say, USA Today for this paid public announcement? Maybe they did but I didn't hear about it.

Title of the announcement starting on page B8 is as follows:

Heading:
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE-BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, FIREARMS, TOBACCO AND EXPLOSIVES (ATF)
Next line:
SEIZED PROPERTY NOTICES

This notice utilized pages B8, B9 and B10 in very small type.
So why wouldn't BATFU post this on its website?


You'd think a "gun lobby" worth its salt would get a friendly congressthing to introduce a bill requiring it.

And There Was War in Heaven

Preemption or "home rule" CCW? [More]

Funny--I don't see a third option...

We're the Only Ones Unprotected Enough

Los Angeles County coroner's investigators, often among the first to arrive at crime scenes, are seeking permission to carry weapons while on the job.

"We're working in one of the most dangerous areas in the nation," said Mario Sainz, a veteran investigator who has been lobbying the county to change its policy. "We've had incidents where the gangbangers -- even though there are uniformed cops -- drive by the scene, randomly shooting, and the coroner's investigator has no means of protection." [More]
Fair enough, Mario. But as WarOnGuns Correspondent W-3, who sent me this observes:
I wonder if the coroners have given any thought to the citizens living in the areas where the coroners are occasionally called to conduct an investigation? Those residents live in, “one of the most dangerous areas in the nation” 24/7, and are expected by the state to do so unarmed.
So are you "lobbying" for them as well? Or do you expect to be Super Mario, that is, an "Only One"?

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

The Government is pushing ahead with legislation that will criminalise politically incorrect jokes, with a maximum punishment of up to seven years' prison. [More]
How many subversive Limeys does it take to screw up a country?

Shout Our Oaths in the Tyrant's Face

WRSA is going to Washington DC on June 13. Find out why. [More]

So is Mike Vanderboegh.

I have it on pretty good authority they're not excluding anyone who would like to show up and join them.

A Certified Idiot

Police said a Michigan concealed weapons teacher accidentally shot a student in the face during a demonstration. [More]
See, I always assume guns are loaded with plastic bullets, too.

But wait--according to this:
The instructor of the course is certified by this state or a national organization to teach the 8-hour pistol safety training course described in this section.
It's like The Wizard of Oz: They figure if you give the Scarecrow a diploma, he automatically has brains.

We're the Only Ones Shooting Up Enough

Two off-duty Atlanta Police Department officers were arrested early Monday morning in Cherokee County, charged with reckless conduct for shooting dozens of bullets into Lake Allatoona.

At around 1 a.m. Cherokee 911 received several calls complaining about the gunfire. Deputies were dispatched to the Allatoona shoreline, and one reported a bullet landed just 15 feet away from where he stood... [More]
Because "Only Ones" are more trustworthy with guns than you or I...

Delaware Diversity

Apparently, it is never acceptable to say "n....r". [More]

How would I have known without the Delaware DoT bureaucrats to steer me right?

Harvard Study on "Gun Control"

It's "counterproductive." [More]

I could have told them that, and I didn't go me to no Ivy League school..

Love Your Children? Teach Them How to Safely Handle Guns

The unintended consequence of the avoidance approach is it ensures ignorance, so if a child does encounter a gun, they will be clueless as to what to do next. And like it or not, all the theoretical admonitions in the world are no substitute for knowledge and experience. [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner column advocates education. How telling that the Bradys adopt the Orwellian "Ignorance is strength" position.

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

Tell a friend?

This Day in History: May 8

I am happy to find that a late resolve of Congress of the 2nd instant, has restored you to the Continental Army. The importance of the Post at Peeks Kill and its appendages has become so great that it is now necessary to have a Major General appointed to the command of it, you will therefore immediately repair to that Post and take charge of it, till a general arrangement of the army can be effected, and the proper province of every Officer assigned. [More]

Thursday, May 07, 2009

The Wrong Place at the Wrong Time

A group of college students said they are lucky to be alive and they’re thanking the quick-thinking of one of their own. Police said a fellow student shot and killed one of two masked me who burst into an apartment. [More]
Big mistake, criminals. Next time, attack them when they're on campus.

Who Better to Run Against Specter?

Now that Sen. Arlen Specter has defected to the Democrat Party, many prominent Republicans are openly recruiting liberal Republicans to run against Specter.

And at the top of their list is Tom Ridge. [More]
Aka "Oathbreak Ridge."

[Via Ron W]

Eulogy

His fragile health was compromised by an inability to quit smoking...

Melton’s former bodyguard, Marcus Wright, testified that Melton drank Scotch in excess, including while conducting his police-style patrols around the city. [More]
But he presumed to control you and me.

[Via Stephen S]

Aloha Akbar!

Hawaii Lawmakers Create 'Islam Day' [More]
I'm trying to picture a hula dancer in a combination burqa/grass skirt and lei...

Community Organizing

Constitution Shredding (Community Service)

Libertarians for Obama Brainstorm (Meeting)

Hilarious!

Feel free to sign up. Even Vanderboegh and I are welcome.

[Via Sean Y]

The Devil's Dictionary


Main Entry:
pa·tri·ot           Listen to the pronunciation of patriot
Pronunciation:
\ˈpā-trē-ət, -ˌät, chiefly British ˈpa-trē-ət\
Function:
noun
Etymology:
Middle French patriote compatriot, from Late Latin patriota, from Greek patriōtēs, from patria lineage, from patr-, patēr father
Date:
1605
: a threat to be destroyed [More]
From the fine folks at DHS who bought us this and this...

Sam Adams On the Fly

Schweitz said Adams got out of his truck and walked up to him. "He asked if everybody was all right. I could smell alcohol. His zipper was undone, and his (shorts) button was undone." [More]
Y'know, I was gonna say something the other day about maybe that not being alcohol they smelled on his breath and thought...naaah...that would be in...uh...poor taste.

[Via Jeffersonian]

Rulers to Serfs: Obey or Die

Backed by Mayor Thomas M. Menino and Suffolk District Attorney Daniel F. Conley, the Patrick administration asked lawmakers yesterday to allow prosecutors to hold suspects in gun cases without bail and to bar gun owners from buying more than one firearm within 30 days or face 2 1/2 years in prison. [More]
Anybody think these tyrant thugs are interested in letting us live in peace?

[Via Ed M]

We're the Only Ones Appealing Enough

In July 2007, US District Judge Nancy Gertner found that the FBI was responsible for framing Salvati, Peter J. Limone, Louis Greco, and Henry Tameleo for the murder of Edward "Teddy" Deegan, a small-time criminal, and ordered the government to pay them a total of $101.7 million for the decades they had spent in prison.

She concluded that the FBI deliberately withheld evidence of the four men's innocence and helped hide the injustice for decades as the men aged behind bars. Tameleo and Greco died in prison.[More]
So naturally, the "government lawyer argue[d] that the FBI was not to blame."
Yesterday, Justice Department lawyer Joshua Waldman urged the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit to overturn Gertner's ruling, arguing the FBI could not be held liable for the malicious prosecution of the four men because they were prosecuted in state court by state authorities.
Is there anything more appealing than federal "Only Ones"?

[Via Ed M]

"Presumably...a More Effective Deterrent"

Well, yesterday, shipping company executive Philip Shapiro threw a wrench in that meme in his testimony before a Senate subcommittee in which he called for Congress to remove the legal and regulatory obstacles to arming civilian merchant vessels. [More]
If you truly believe that, Mr. Shapiro, spearhead commercial shipping industry efforts and recruit grassroots support. Don't your the words be dismissed and forgotten. Use your prominence, connections and resources. Lead the fight.

Related:

[Via Michael G]

Are You Down for the Count?

Some people...are upset over an army of some 140,000 workers hired in part with a $700 million taxpayer-funded contract to collect GPS readings for every front door in the nation. [More]
Now come on--if you're not a rightwing domestic terrorist, what have you got to hide? It's not like a government with Patriot Act powers would ever abuse a GPS locator for your front door--or that they can't be trusted with front doors in general...

Y'know, I took a look at what the Constitution has to say about the census:
No Capitation, or other direct, Tax shall be laid, unless in Proportion to the Census or enumeration herein before directed to be taken.
and
The actual Enumeration shall be made within three Years after the first Meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent Term of ten Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law direct. The Number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty Thousand, but each State shall have at Least one Representative...
Pretty straightforward, really--how many of us are there? There's certainly nothing in there about Hispanic Origin, or Food Stamps Eligibility or Plumbing or Fertility or Vehicles or...here's the questionnaire--see for yourself.

But it does make me wonder how the occupant at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C., 38.898590 Latitude and -77.035971 Longitude, will answer questions 7, 8 and 9:


[Via Avg Joe]

Boy, Am I in Trouble...

Proposed congressional legislation would demand up to two years in prison for those whose electronic speech is meant to “coerce, intimidate, harass, or cause substantial emotional distress to a person.” [More]
Maybe I need to apologize for "cyberbullying" poor Larry Hincker or BATFU or the "Only Ones" or "Authorized Journalists" or...?

Either that, or I could add Loretta Sanchez to my "victim" list...

[Via Jonathan S]

Mexican Warehouse Exposes Gun Grabber Cartel Lies


Wait a minute--they have the guns all neatly stored in a warehouse, inventoried, cataloged...if this is such a huge problem, we can't just get a printout? Mexican bureaucracy (if you buy into that being the real reason) won't allow it? So the easier solution is to adjust your and my rights accordingly? [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner column shows how there are so many lies concerning the U.S. guns/Mexican cartel connection you practically need a warehouse to store them in.

Also learn about a background check nightmare in Nevada and get the latest from my fellow GREs.

Tell a friend?

This Day in History: May 7

His Excellency the Commander in Chief, upon considering the report of the Court of inquiry, held on the conduct of Capt. Bond and Lieut. Brackinridge, both of the 4th. New Jersey Regt., respecting a charge brought against them by a certain Dennis McCarthy, thinks the accusation frivolous, and groundless; And that both those Gentlemen are to be considered as good officers, and friends to their Country. [More]

Wednesday, May 06, 2009

The Polls Have Closed

Over in the sidebar. I'll be taking it down after today.

It does fit in well with today's GRE theme...

I wonder how accurate the stated results would be if put to the test?

UPDATE: Here are the results.
If Obama signs an "assault weapon" ban, will you obey it?

Yes, I'm a spineless slave. 36 (2%)

Hell no. Come and get it. 1506 (97%)

Votes so far: 1542
Poll closed

The Perfect Setting

Today, with the U.S. Capitol in the background, Rep. Mike Castle (R-DE) and Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY) kicked-off a campaign to pass The Gun Show Loophole Closing Act, legislation to require background checks on all firearm sales at gun shows. [More]
See, the best place to commit treason is out in the open, with plenty of flags waving around.

[Via Stephen S]

No More Free Wacos

I received what I believe to be a credible report this afternoon about someone whom the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives views as a real thorn in their side. [More]
Mike Vanderboegh writes an open letter to Eric Holder in the hopes that nothing rash is in the works.

Spread this one, please. Shine lights and bang pots.

We're the Only Ones Sorry Enough

A tearful former Pasadena police officer admitted Tuesday to robbing two La Habra banks of $21,657 as the "Polite Bandit."

Vincent Edward Cantu gained his FBI moniker because he apologized to tellers while robbing them. [More]
Well, he is one sorry excuse, even by "Only Ones" standards.

It just hit me what the walrus mustache, the tears, and the apologetic attitude while acting as a predator remind me of:
"I weep for you," the Walrus said:
"I deeply sympathize."
With sobs and tears he sorted out
Those of the largest size,
Holding his pocket-handkerchief
Before his streaming eyes.
Assuming you believe his jabberwocky...

Do You Have a Line in the Sand?

Are there any other laws you would defy, because obeying them would require a betrayal of conscience and surrender of spirit you are not willing to make?

Are there laws you would be willing to actively resist? To what extent? [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner column discusses an important new essay and then makes it personal.

Also get the latest from my fellow GREs.

Tell a friend?

This Day in History: May 6

The commanding Officers of Battalions, that furnish the Commander in Chief's Guard, are to not draw for the men thus furnished after they have left their respective Battalions, but are to give each man a Certificate of the day on which he was last paid; in order that the Captain of the Guard may be enabled to make out their Abstract properly. [More]

Tuesday, May 05, 2009

Life's a Beach

Suggesting measures from installing metal detectors at Revere Beach T stations...[More]
Brilliant idea!

And you could make them take their shoes off.

And ban bottles containing liquids and lotions!

[Via Ed M]

We're the Only Ones Grand Theft Auto Enough

Illinois State Police troopers seized a high-performance muscle car and set it aside for the personal use of an influential police official. The Associated Press reported that a suspected drunk driver in a 2006 Dodge Charger was pulled over in January 2007. The troopers used a state seizure law to confiscate the vehicle. [More]
And I almost sprayed my keyboard when I read that the "Only One" who got it heads up the state's "Merit Board."

Now that's funny.

Keep it up and these parasites may start getting what they merit...

A Victimless Crime

The Supreme Judicial Court ruled today that illegal gun possession is a “passive and victimless crime’’ and those charged with having illicit firearms cannot be held without bail as dangers to society. [More]
I wonder if it will be considered divisive if I point this out:
Project Exile meant zero tolerance for criminal gun use. No deals. No plea-bargains. No bail. No exceptions. Commit a crime with a gun and you’re done.

It worked like this: A police officer arrests a suspect carrying a gun. He asks the suspect the questions on the card. If the suspect answers “yes”--bang--he’s nailed on a federal gun crime. Conviction meant a mandatory five years in federal prison. No questions asked.
Hell of a thing when the MA judiciary is more lenient on guns than the NRA. Not that I want to incur the wrath of the pragosphere for making that observation...

[Via Ed M]

"No Questions Asked"

$1000 to be spent on buying guns from the public with no questions asked...The only requirement is proof that you are a resident of the City of Abbeville and are of legal age to possess the firearm. [More]
No questions except who you are, how old you are and where we can find you...

I guess somebody dumb enough to let a firearm go for those prices is probably dumb enough to fall for this.

[Via retrotruckman]

He Said/He Said

There's this:
I was being really cooperative except for not letting them in my house without a warrant,” Reed said.
And then there's this:
"If you assault an officer, it's almost like you're assaulting the public as well because that's who we're representing,” Hamblin said.
So to make sure that doesn't happen, we...uh...assault the public...?

[Via StrandedInIowa]

We're the Only Ones Hanging Up Enough

Cop Answering 911 Call Won't Send Ambulance; Decides Instead to Chastise Freaked-Out Caller for Her "Filthy Mouth"

And then, after he finally sent an ambulance... he showed up to arrest her, for "abuse of 911," a charge that the report says doesn't even exist.

Oh-- and he hung up on her twice without getting her information. He called the ambulance only after the third time she'd called, after wasting six minutes. [More]
So naturally, "Only One" management "argues they're right to resist firing" Sgt. Robert McFarland. He just needs training, because how else would someone who does this for a living know that you're not supposed to hang up on callers during life-and-death emergencies?

[Via mekender]

We're the Only Ones With Beer Breath Enough

Schweitz, who had run to check on the victims, told police at the scene and The Oregonian on Monday, that he was two to three feet from Adams and smelled alcohol on the mayor's breath. "It seemed like beer," Schweitz said. [More]
Sam Adams beer? Not with any underage drinkers, I trust.

Look, I'm sure Portland cops would give you and me the same break and not test us if we "'T-boned' [a]vehicle, striking the passenger side...pushed [the] vehicle over a curb, through shrubs, into another vehicle and 50 to 70 feet through [a] parking lot...powering through both of them...still on the gas pedal..." and if we "kept driving...after [breaking] free of the collision...peeling out, and finally [coming] to a stop about 100 feet away..."

Because if not, that would make Mayor Adams some kind of..."Only One"...


[Via Jeffersonian]

Hey Everybody-Do the Horwitz/Anderson Smear!

Sounds like a teeny-bopper dance craze from the 60s, doesn't it?

Nah, it's the latest offering from our good friends with teeny-bopper minds over at the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence. Following the DHS "rightwing extremist" playbook, they go right after Oath Keepers--can't have cops and the military taking their Constitutional oaths seriously, can we?

But the real news is about their new book...oh, sorry, wrong one. Here it is:
In Guns, Democracy, and the Insurrectionist Idea, Joshua Horwitz and Casey Anderson challenge the proposition that more guns equal more freedom and expose Insurrectionism as a true threat to freedom in the United States today.
You know the drill:
War is Peace; Freedom is Slavery; Ignorance is Strength.
And it looks like they singled out at least one WarOnGuns guest editorial by Threeperor-for-Life Vanderboegh (like the title, Mike? I just thunk it up) as representative of the militia terror that awaits us all. Horrors!

I wonder if they mention us anywhere else, because who doesn't like seeing their names make the rounds? Besides certain gungrabbers?

I'd like to say I crossed swords with Horwitz once before, over at The New York Times Virgina Tech panel,but in truth he just kind of slapped at the air and made catty remarks.

He was on this tack even then:
I am not surprised that David Codrea, got out of the gate first thing this morning with an argument for arming students. Mr. Codrea writes a blog titled, “The War on Guns, Notes from the Resistance” (who is he resisting?)
Why, I'm resisting you, Mr. Horwitz. And everyone who enables and abets you.

Media Not Reporting Upholding of Olofson Machine Gun Conviction

I won't pretend to argue this is the story of the century. But how can anyone pretend to argue it is not a story at all? [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner column explores what economist and syndicated columnist Walter Williams calls "sins of commission and omission."

Also find out about a bill to bring Vermont/Alaska carry to Ohio, see how an Oregon CHL privacy bill was weakened, follow up on a fun 'n gun weekend, and get the latest from my fellow GREs.

Please share the link with your friends.

This Day in History: May 5

General Arnolds promotion gives me much pleasure; he has certainly discovered, in every instance where he has had an opportunity, much bravery, activity and enterprize. But what will be done about his Rank? he will not act, most probably, under those he commanded but a few weeks ago. [More]

Monday, May 04, 2009

'Broken Gun' Conviction Upheld by Court

What a federal agent did during a testing procedure to result in "automatic" fire from an AR-15 has no bearing on the case of a man convicted of transferring a "machinegun" after he loaned to a prospective buyer the gun he considered a semi-automatic rifle, according to a ruling from a panel of appellate judges. [More]
Bob Unruh and WorldNetDaily flesh out the story I talked about here.

Thing is, at this writing, WND is the only other news outlet talking about this. And most"gun-bloggers" aren't giving this any attention either.

Maybe I don't have a very good sense of what is newsworthy.

Olofson Machine Gun Transfer Conviction Upheld

David R. Olofson's conviction "for knowingly transferring a machinegun in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(o)" has been upheld. [More]
Gun Rights Examiner has the story, including a downloadable copy of the decision.

We're the Only Ones Listed Enough

When the Mansfield woman ran outside to confront them, they said they weren't stealing because the item was offered for the taking on Craigslist...

The e-mail address Craigslist identified as the sender of the ad belongs to one of Huwitt's neighbors, Chad Lee Hickey, an Arlington police officer. [More]
He didn't think it would come back to him? Where do they get those Arlington "Only Ones"?

From Craigslist ads?

[Via Smiley Starfish]

"Not an Abuse"

It was not an abuse of discretion for a court to exclude the defendant's expert from the courtroom while the government's expert was testifying. [More]
This, of course, refers to Len Savage. He was not allowed to be present while the government expert witness testified in the Olofson case. So he could not take notes and challenge where misinformation or spin was being presented to alert the defense attorney or prepare his own statements accordingly. And this was, incidentally, a documented reneging on the part of the prosecutor.

This is what is now concluded to be non-abusive of our rights. Anyone who thinks this will just apply to guns is in for a rude awakening.

I will have more news on this case to bring you today--I am awaiting information and a green light. Stay tuned.

We're the Only Ones "I am Legend" Enough

“He approaches legendary in my profession in New York City,” former co-worker Kieran Breen said. [More]
Gee, no wonder "Five retired and active New York City police officers defended" him. You know, the ones whose union rep gives us the "lift a finger and die" warning against...

Look what the living legend did to a teenage girl "leaving a church function," and how he abusively endangered and assaulted the other kids in the car.

Then ask yourself if you'd been popped for everything he was, including the unlicensed handgun in New Jersey, what the odds are you'd have received probation. Isn't possession of a firearm during an assault supposed to be an automatic enhancement whether you use it or not?

The legendary Santos Tirado looks to me like the very definition of an "Only One."

What's the Harm in Waiting for Government to Recognize Rights?

Your lives just aren't worth that much to us. [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner column explores how a right delayed is a right denied.

Also get the latest from my fellow GREs and click on over to an old article about bears.

Tell a friend? I sure hope so.

This Day in History: May 4

Gotta get down to it.
Soldiers are gunning us down.
Should have been done long ago.
What if you knew her and
Found her dead on the ground?
How can you run when you know?