We're the Only Ones Home on the Range Enough

A Metro police officer has accidentally shot himself at a gun range. [More]

You know, the "Only Ones" we can trust with guns...

[Via Mama Liberty]

We're the Only Ones Per Law Enforcement Protocol Enough

SWAT called out when Yolo County deputy fires gun while drunk [More]

And it's not that they then found him passed out on the floor that's the true illustration of "Only One" specialness. It's not that he shot one of his dogs. It's not even that he used his police-issued service weapon.

No, it's this:

Key was not arrested at that time. As per law enforcement protocol, he said, officers left Key at the hospital and then prepared a report for the District Attorney's Office to recommend charges, if any...it is impractical to have officers at the hospital for hours or days waiting until the suspect is released to arrest him or her.

Do you think you or I would have been arrested "at that time"? Does "law enforcement protocol" allow them to cuff violent and dangerous hospitalized suspects to bed rails any more? Or do they only do that to drug suspects who refuse to pee for them?

[Via Harvey]

Nothing But the Highest Quality

[T]he 21st century minstrel show kicks into high gear, producing nothing but the highest quality in new age coonery… [More]

It's about time someone called this thug media posturing for a buck what it is in such stark terms. Maybe some of the more perceptive targets for the crap will come to realize they're being used, stereotyped and laughed at by shameless exploiters.

There is an alternative "black gun culture," you know...

[Via retrotruckman]

We're the Only Ones Getting Charged for Wild Phone Sex Enough

Investigators believe 28-year-old officer Joseph Edward Wild made sexually explicit phone calls on his bureau cell phone to female officers, a teen involved in a rape case, a woman in a domestic violence case and to a 14-year-old girl. [More]

Let your fingers do the walking--"Only Ones"-style.

[Via Michael B]

Are LA Fitness Facilities "Gun Free Zones"?

From Bruce W. Krafft, who administers KABA Newslinks:

I just called several LA Fitness locations in the Mpls/Saint Paul metro and all confirmed that members are prohibited from bringing guns onto the property.

I don't know if this is nationwide corporate policy or if this applied to the location in PA. And I've heard some say it wouldn't matter because you don't exercise with your gun tucked into the Spandex. In fairness, there's probably not enough of a demand to induce them to be responsible for maintaining and staffing a secure lockup area. Still, just knowing it's a "gun free zone" would be enough to let the killer, who was reportedly a member, know not to expect even the potential of resistance.

Me, I have a weight bench, treadmill and heavy bag down in the basement that I can ignore just fine on my own without paying any monthly fee and under the best security I can provide.

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

The Children’s Secretary set out £400million plans to put 20,000 problem families under 24-hour CCTV super-vision in their own homes.

They will be monitored to ensure that children attend school, go to bed on time and eat proper meals. [More]

Orwell was only off by a few years.

[Via Tom Z]

This is a Job for Chief Inspector Dreyfus!

[W]hen authorities finally tracked down the purported weapon that caused the scare, they discovered a cigarette lighter that looks like a gun. [More]

[Via Ed M]

We're the Only Ones Contradicted Enough

Spokeswoman Mafara Hobson wrote in an e-mail Sunday that "a vehicle ran a stop sign and pulled out in front of the Mayor's vehicle, causing a collision."

But the accident report indicates that Fenty's Lincoln Navigator was the "striking vehicle" in the crash with the Nissan Pathfinder, driven by James Utt Jr., 19. [More]

I imagine a competent accident investigator could reconstruct what happened, key word being "competent." And honest.

So does this mean someone lied on an official police report? And isn't it also a crime to lie on insurance claims?

Can't people go to jail for that?

So who is lying? The "Only One" or the flack for the Super "Only One"?

[Via Harvey]

We're the Only Ones Uncharged Enough

DA won't file criminal charges against police chief [More]

Q: How can you get away with threatening an "Only One"?

A: Be a bigger "Only One."

Duh.

[Via DK]

Interview Charges 'Despicable' ATF Tactics

"Doug explains in one hour how despicable and criminal the BATFE was in its tactics to destroy his 2A rights and yours." [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column spotlights JPFO's latest "Talkin' to America" interview.

I recommend carving an hour out of your day to listen.

Tell a friend?

Have you read the latest from all the Gun Rights Examiners?

• Atlanta: Ed Stone
• Austin: Howard Nemerov
• Boston: Ron Bokleman
• Charlotte: Paul Valone
• Chicago: Don Gwinn
• Cleveland: Daniel White
• DC: Mike Stollenwerk
• Denver: Dan Bidstrup
• Los Angeles: John Longenecker
• Minneapolis: John Pierce
• National: David Codrea
• Seattle: Dave Workman
• St. Louis: Kurt Hofmann
• Wisconsin: Gene German

This Day in History: August 6

The fight was for the continent. [More]

We're the Only Ones Pat...Patro...Driving the Damn Car Enough

A Bexar County law enforcement officer is under investigation after he was arrested for driving drunk in his patrol car....

MacCubbin had three passengers in his patrol car. Officers said he was driving recklessly with his emergency lights on and trying to pull cars over. [More]

Can you imagine if this "Only One" had succeeded?

[Via Alan DP]

Key Bank: The Name More Robbers are Relying On

A Seattle bank teller who knocked a would-be robber to the ground on Tuesday was fired from his job on Thursday. [More]

That's because Key Bank would rather...but here, let me have others tell you, from a Google search for terms Key Bank robbed--and these are just from the first page of results:

Salt Lake City: "There was no weapon displayed or seen."

Burien: "No weapons were displayed and there were no injuries."

Seattle: "He did not display a weapon or imply that he had one."

Medford: "Bank employees reported that a lone male suspect entered the bank and presented a threatening demand note. No weapon was seen or displayed."

And Eugene: "A man entered the bank, approached the teller, and passed a note demanding cash. "

Ahh, but that's not always the case!

Williamsville: "Amherst police are looking for a bank robber who displayed a handgun...The robber, who did not display a weapon..."

Huh?

The "Authorized Journalists" seem more certain about Fort Collins: "The suspect entered the bank through the front door, approached a bank teller, brandished a black handgun..."

Now for our story about the guy getting fired, I suppose we could listen to the words of Seattle "Only One" Sgt. Sean Whitcomb, who says ""We always recommend citizens, including employees of institutions, be good witnesses."

Shall we meet a few "good witnesses"?

Here's one: "A pregnant teller shot in a bank robbery has lost the twins she was carrying..."

Here's another: "A teller was shot when three gunmen robbed a bank in southwest Miami-Dade County on Tuesday."

And another: "Doctors amputated the arm of a female bank teller shot by a robbery suspect last week in a bizarre holdup..."

No one is suggesting anyone incapable of resistance try it, although it is part of a physically and mentally capable adult's responsibilities to know how and have the means to protect themselves. If they don't take those responsibilities seriously, they may just end up helpless and at the mercy of a reptile.

But "just give him what he wants" is a risk too.

Point being, you don't KNOW what he wants. Anyone deranged and evil enough to threaten your life, which is what the creep did, using money as an excuse, is capable of doing anything.

It's not a matter of protecting the bank's money, it's a matter of either trusting that someone this untrustworthy and violent won't hurt you and obeying--or acting. At that point, you owe no loyalty to the idiot suits interested only in their bottom line. Screw what they want.

It's Key Bank's right as an at-will employer to fire the teller. It's my right as an investor to not patronize them because of it, and to not place myself at risk at an establishment which, based on results, might as well advertise to predators what an easy and compliant target they are.

[Via Mack H]

"There's Always a Good Time to Use a Taser."

That's a pretty revealing attitude. It's almost like its institutionalized... [More]

[Via John G]

Let the Snitching Begin

El Presidente' is looking for a few good snitches. [More]

I know just the subversive conspirators I'd like to report, but they're the ones I'd send my tip to.

I Don't Suppose Anyone Would Consider...

...resurrecting and training a citizen militia...?

Go ahead--tell me it's the National Guard. [More]


[Via Tom Z]

We're the Only Ones All About the Washingtons, Lincolns and Hamiltons Enough

Watson said he then called 911 and reported $20 was missing — a $10 bill, a $5 bill and five $1 bills...

Officers found the missing $10 bill, $5 bill and five $1 bills in the center console. [More]

A police tip, "Only Ones"-style...?

[Via Scott N]

Who'da Thunk?

Police Say Many Guns Recovered in Gang Shootings Are Stolen [More]

So THAT'S how they do it!

Huh. So I guess if we didn't have guns in the first place, they couldn't steal them.

Isn't that where this conversation is inevitably steered?

[Via Nicki Fellenzer]

We're the Only Ones Sideswiping Enough

A Passaic County sheriff's officer has been charged with twice leaving the scene of an accident — while driving to work without a license in an unregistered vehicle, police said. [More]

Ahhh, c'mon.

He's not just an "Only One," he's a Jersey "Only One".

I mean, it's not like he's from Illinois or anything...

[Via Harvey]

Weapons of Mass Destruction

Included in North Carolina’s definition of a “weapon of mass death and destruction” is a shotgun with a barrel less than 18 inches in length. [More]

Yep, there it is, GS-12-288.8.

But wait--what could they possibly mean by "Except as otherwise provided in this section," and whoever could they be referring to when they say "Persons exempted from the provisions of G.S. 14‑269 with respect to any activities lawfully engaged in while carrying out their duties"...?

Oh, they must mean subsection (b).

You know, "Only Ones."

Lord knows, what would compel you and me to wreak mass death and destruction would just be another tool in the law enforcement kit when placed in their more capable and morally superior hands.

Right?

[Via Sean Young]

We're the Only Ones Lauded for Our Activism Enough

[C]ourt documents released Tuesday portray Bleiweiss, 29, as a manipulative sex offender who preyed on illegal immigrants too scared to contact authorities. He would act like a jilted lover when the men would not return his calls or text messages, according to those records, based on victims' accounts. [More]

Looks like his career isn't the only thing he blew...

Advancing the cause, "Only Ones"-style.

[Via too many of you to list]

Who is Supplying Mexican Drug Cartels with Grenades?

There are either corrupt elements in the U.S. and South Korean governments skirting the audited systems and allowing arms shipments to unauthorized private individuals, and/or the corruption lies with the Mexican government. Hmmm... [More]

Today's second Gun Rights Examiner column (don't forget to check out the first) notes it looks like the problem may not be you and I have too many rights after all...

Then Jennifer Freeman of Liberty Belles shares her thoughts on "buy backs."

Tell a friend?

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• Atlanta: Ed Stone
• Austin: Howard Nemerov
• Boston: Ron Bokleman
• Charlotte: Paul Valone
• Chicago: Don Gwinn
• Cleveland: Daniel White
• DC: Mike Stollenwerk
• Denver: Dan Bidstrup
• Los Angeles: John Longenecker
• Minneapolis: John Pierce
• National: David Codrea
• Seattle: Dave Workman
• St. Louis: Kurt Hofmann
• Wisconsin: Gene German
  

Website of PA Gym Gunman Reveals Sick Misfit

For now, here's something I'm not seeing gaining much traction--yet. A website referred to (but not linked to) in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review account for the gunman, George Sodini. I see as I'm composing this The Pittsburgh Channel.com is confirming the website is real. [More]

I did a special Gun Rights Examiner column this morning to provide a link.

I still have another column in mind for today that I'll get to shortly.

UPDATE: The website has been taken down. So I posted a Word copy of it in my column.

This Day in History: August 5

One great Cause of the Waste and abuse of the public Arms is the want of a Sufficient number of Armourers to attend the Army. If the Smallest matter is amiss in the Lock, the Gun is useless, and if an Armourer is not at hand to repair it, it must be returned into the Store and a New one drawn, or it is thrown aside into a Baggage Waggon and perhaps lost or broken by Carriage. The want of Armourers also gives the Officers a fair Opportunity of attributing many things, which are really owing to their inattention to their Men, to the impossibility of keeping the Arms in order without such persons; And it is no uncommon thing to find Arms returned as defective, upon close inspection, to want only rubbing and cleaning. [More]

2A Contest

In 100 words or less (you won't be penalized for writing more, but I may get bored quicker) tell us your opinions about the Second Amendment. [More]

That shirt they designed is cool, too.

Go ahead, enter. If nothing else, thinking things through and articulating them is good for us.

[Via Paul W. Davis]

The Right Place at the Right Time

Lithonia schoolteacher exchanges gunfire with carjackers [More]

He's lucky he wasn't in the wrong place.

You know, a "gun-free school zone."

I don't think Wayne is ready to give those up yet, is he?

[Via John G]

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

Thank goodness they have the deadly "assault spatula" menace under control! [More]

[From Arbroath via Steve T]

We're the Only Ones Not Holier Than Thou Enough

Ledger initially lied to investigators about the dog’s death but later told deputies he shot the animal, according to records filed in the case.

“He’s a good and decent man,” attorney Rob Swanton said about his client, Ledger, after the sentencing. Some have portrayed Ledger as a villain, Swanton said, “but that is the opinion of some self-righteous and holier-than-thou people.” [More]

Like a good neighbor, "Only Ones" are there.

Sounds like both the federal poochmurderer and his obnoxious mouthpiece ought to shut up and thank their lucky stars they're not the holiest ones in the story...

[Via John G]

OAS SOS

BLUEPRINT FOR DISMANTLING THE SECOND AMENDMENT [More]

Dave Kopel looks at CIFTA.

As long as we're talking treaties, I touched on some concerns here and here.

[Via Zachary G]

Another Open Carry Day

An assistant manager was in the store, and he came out right away to speak to us. He said he had called the police, but after they had determined no shots were being fired and we were causing no problems, he was told that open carry was legal in SD and, I guess, the conversation ended there. No police were dispatched. [More]

Mama Liberty provides anecdotal evidence that the biggest problem we have with government is ignorant citizens.

Good on the cops for not acting like "Only Ones."

We're the Only Ones Festive Enough

Toddler Shot With Iowa Deputy's Shotgun at Festival [More]

"Only Ones."

"For the children."

What more is there to say?

[Via Harvey]

We're the Fauxnly Ones Invasive Enough

A Wilson man and woman were shot by a man who invaded their home posing as a sheriff's deputy. [More]

I'm tellin' ya, keep track of stories like these. You just may need to defend yourself some day and corroboration that your fears weren't unfounded can't hurt.

Not that real Wisconsin "Only Ones" can't also be a cause for concern...

[Via Blackwing1]

We're the Only Ones Unreachable Enough

Calling the cops? Good luck getting through.

A Daily News survey found it's nearly impossible to reach anyone at the front desks of many precinct stationhouses across the city.

The lines are busy. The phones ring off the hook. Or, even worse, cops pick up the phone - and slam it back down. [More]

Yep, the "Only Ones" will save you!

Just another day in Bloomberg Paradise.

And of course, the idiot "Authorized Journalists" at The Daily News will continue on their trademark citizen disarmament crusade.

[Via retrotruckman]

A Renaissance of Sorts

Coming soon to a continent near you. [More]

It's what the left does.

What I want to know is why people who don't want power over anyone but themselves are always lumped in with violent fascists...

[Via mpr]

Back Later

Have to go out for a few hours--I expect to post more this afternoon.

Website Offers Rallying Point for 'Firearms Freedom Act'

MSSA president Gary Marbut tells me:

In order to foster the Firearms Freedom Act movement, I have obtained the domain of: http://www.firearmsfreedomact.com/

I intend this to be an information and networking point for this cascading movement. [More]

Also meet The Coalition of the Obvious and visit The Firearms Coalition.

Tell a friend?

Have you read the latest from all the Gun Rights Examiners?

• Atlanta: Ed Stone
• Austin: Howard Nemerov
• Boston: Ron Bokleman
• Charlotte: Paul Valone
• Chicago: Don Gwinn
• Cleveland: Daniel White
• DC: Mike Stollenwerk
• Denver: Dan Bidstrup
• Los Angeles: John Longenecker
• Minneapolis: John Pierce
• National: David Codrea
• Seattle: Dave Workman
• St. Louis: Kurt Hofmann
• Wisconsin: Gene German

This Day in History: August 4

On August 4, 1777, the main body of Lt. Colonel St. Leger's force reached Fort Stanwix. [More]

We're the Only Ones Adult Content Enough

A Lee County corrections deputy has been fired for looking at porn at work after his downloading slowed down agency computers. [More]

The "Only One" is named "Heimlich"?

I can't wait to see if the comments to this.

[Via Ed M]

Guest Opinion: And Once Again

An Open Letter to Rep. Mike Ross
by Charles H. Sawders ("Straightarrow")

(Second letter to Ross on issue.)

Congressman Ross, I once again send you this letter I mailed via electronic communication and hard copy mail to Federal Judge Jimm Larry Hendren in Jan of 2007. It is still an appropriate judgment of the man's character and disloyalty to the nation and its laws.

The particulars of the case involve Wayne Hollis Fincher and the illegal possession of a machine gun. My personal thoughts on the appropriateness of the law under which he was charged and convicted are not the issue here. Nor is my obvious contempt for Hendren.

I do not, as a practical matter, believe Fincher would have been acquitted, but I know for damn sure a sitting judge has no business "fixing" a trial. Which Jimm Larry Hendren did.

Please read the letter, pay attention to the factual actions of Hendren, and if you must, ignore my sentiments regarding this traitor to the nation and the law. Then please initiate impeachment proceedings against him.

Also, please avoid having the same staffer contact me as did last time. I do not know whether she is dishonest or ignorant, but she did her best to convince me there was no mechanism for such action. Which is, on its face, false.

Here is the letter:

20 Jan 07
U.S. District Judge Jimm Larry Hendren
United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas

Sir:

As an American citizen who is deeply concerned about the state of liberty and the lack of rule of law in this land I have been following the Fincher case. This nation was wrested away from a ruling elite that ruled by whim and the myth of moral superiority of the highborn. Because of the reasons for our departure from our mother country we established the rule of law, not whim. Those rules reserved and guaranteed rights embodied in the Supreme Law of the Land , The Constitution of the United States of America. Government was guaranteed no rights in that document, but were granted certain powers in order that the state be able to honor its duty to the citizen in protecting the reserved and guaranteed rights bestowed by Nature and Nature's God upon the citizen.

Therefore, when I read that you had stated in public, on the record, that the Second Amendment guaranteed an individual right and not a collective right, I was pleased beyond measure. I thought to myself, "Finally an honest sitting judge, who will rule based on law." That thought did not sustain me long. For the very next day, after your meeting with representatives of the prosecution, you reversed yourself. Which brings me to some questions for later in this missive.

I know you did not attend and graduate law school without ever learning that the Constitution of the United States of America was and is the Supreme Law of the Land. Further, I contend that you could not have graduated law school without ever learning that the jury is charged with judging not only the facts of a case, but also the law under which charges are brought. Were you to try to deny having ever learned that, your already suspect integrity would be revealed by its absence.

I can believe that you graduated law school and never learned that the courtroom belongs to the jury, not the judge, not the state, not the prosecutor and not the defense. The jury owns the courtroom, they are the highest power in that room, at all times. As stated previously, I can believe you graduated without that ever being revealed to you by your instructors. Such is the nature of arrogance in many that attain offices of honor. Many believe that they are imbued with a moral and universal superiority that places them above others and often simply ignore the truth if it does not please them. The fallacy of the judge owning the courtroom is one such manifestation of this arrogance. So while I can believe you were never taught that in law school, simply because the fiction of a judge owning the courtroom must be protected if the abuse of juries and the jury system is to be sustained, I cannot understand how you were able to study law and the history of the law and not discover the truth on your own. I suspect that it is an ignorance of convenience on your part.

The judge is a referee. His job is to keep the proceedings fair and in the bounds of the law. The judge has a duty not to be an advocate. A duty you have miserably failed in Fincher.

It has been ruled and upheld many times that a judge is not required to inform a jury of its duty and right to judge the suitability of the law under the Constitution. While it may not be legally required of him, it is certainly a moral obligation if justice is to prevail in our nation. When a judge declines to apprise a jury of its entire duty, but deigns to apprise it partially of its duty, he has become an advocate, and has shown his disrespect for justice.

I could cite cases and rulings that uphold everything I have stated above. I could cite quotations and writings of founders and jurists who have stated in eloquent terms the principles you have violated. I could do that, but I believe it would be pointless. I do not believe I have engaged an honest and principled man who has a different point of view, or who only needs to see the proofs that he has ruled wrongly, to set his path aright. I believe I am addressing a man who already knows all the things I have addressed here. I believe that man knew he was wrong when he disallowed the jury in Fincher to hear what the law, especially the Supreme Law of the Land, had to say, before directing the jury to a guilty verdict.

So here are the questions for you I mentioned above.

What was your price? What was offered you in that meeting with representatives of the prosecution that seems to have caused a complete reversal of what you had stated only the day before? Was it reward? Was it threat if you did not cooperate?

To sum it up in one question, "What price treason?"

Absolutely sincerely,

Charles H. Sawders
Doddridge, Arkansas

Check out the COTO Report

Rady Ananda tells me about a new website she's affiliated with, The COTO (Coalition of the Obvious) Report.

You remember her?

Here's her new page, where you can read her columns.

She specifically called my attention to a piece by another writer on HR 45.

You remember that?

Shoot, I was going to mention this in today's GRE but forgot. I'll give it a plug there tomorrow.

We're the Only Ones Mingling Enough

Not up to dress code: Off-duty cop arrested after he pulls gun on bouncer at Mingles...

"Where's your mouth now?" he asked the terrified bouncer...

The officers found Harpaul's service weapon and marijuana in his car. [More]

What a punk. Bloomberg's finest.

New York "Only Ones."

And if you lift a finger...

Any wonder they don't want you and me to even have flintlocks?

[Via Harvey]

We're the Only Ones Companionable Enough

A Seminole County Sheriff's Office trainee, suspected of fatally shooting his female companion, was shot and seriously injured Sunday morning by a deputy from that agency. [More]

This is why seeing "Only Ones" open carrying makes us feel secure, but if we see any crazy old gun nut citizens, why it's panic time.

[Via Harvey]

Meanwhile, Over in Bloomberg Paradise...

An elderly woman was shot in front of the Surfside Garden Houses in the Coney Island area of Brooklyn...

The murder was just part of a bloody day in Brooklyn. Seven people were stabbed during a fight at a subway station early Sunday morning...

In another unrelated attack from the morning, police found an unidentified man shot twice... [More]

You know what would stop the violence once and for all?

Certainly not this...

[Via retrotruckman]

Another Story

Had they given him a handgun or a semi-automatic weapon, that would be another story. [More]

Why, Carolyn Hax?

What do you actually know about handguns and semi-automatic weapons? What qualifications do you possess to even pretend to offer a professional opinion on this matter? Is that part of "Style Columnist" credentialing?

Protect the Endangered Authorized Journalist

Copyright law has to change to prevent Internet websites from undercutting newspapers by freely lifting stories that are gathered at a hefty cost. [More]

So the "Authorized Journalists" want armed "Only Ones" to enforce their dominance...I'm sure the irony and hypocrisy is lost on them.

I've got nothing against protecting intellectual property against plagiarism. But outfits like AP already has a per word fee structure worked out just for brief quotes from articles.

We all know how trustworthy the establishment media is to bring us objective and unbiased gun rights news. Monitoring what they write and say and then correcting the record is a legitimate and worthwhile pursuit. And linking to their stories along with teasers drives traffic to their sites.

We don't need a change in law. Any news outlet that doesn't want to be linked to should just code their pages to not permit it. Let's see how serious they really are.

But when the snotty little hoplophobes get it wrong or outright lie, I still intend to call them on it.

This isn't the first time the dinosaurs have demanded protection from mammals.

Spotlight on ATF Perjury...Again

"An agent from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is expected to tell the court that investigators lied in order to get permission to put a wiretap on Holloway's phones..." [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column notes there are lies, damned lies, and BATFU standard operating procedures.

Also learn what one Montana gun rights group intends to do about this, and find out how you can attend a bash in Ohio.

Tell a friend?

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• Atlanta: Ed Stone
• Austin: Howard Nemerov
• Boston: Ron Bokleman
• Charlotte: Paul Valone
• Chicago: Don Gwinn
• Cleveland: Daniel White
• DC: Mike Stollenwerk
• Denver: Dan Bidstrup
• Los Angeles: John Longenecker
• Minneapolis: John Pierce
• National: David Codrea
• Seattle: Dave Workman
• St. Louis: Kurt Hofmann
• Wisconsin: Gene German
  

This Day in History: August 3

The siege of the fort began officially on August 3, 1777 when the British sent their first surrender demands to the fort, and would continue through the next 21 days. [More]

Media Resorts to Propaganda on NRA Sotomayor Stance

So what am I doing, a turnaround? After all, some have accused me of "NRA bashing" because of disagreements I've aired with Fairfax management in the past over some of their statements, actions, and policies.

Not true even though I'm sure I'll clash with them again, but this is not one of those times. Regular Gun Rights Examiner readers will recall I never held high hopes for being able to derail this nominee. [More]

Today's column notes a trend in reporting the NRA/Sotomayor story that reflects an agenda more than anything else.

Tell a friend?

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• Atlanta: Ed Stone
• Austin: Howard Nemerov
• Boston: Ron Bokleman
• Charlotte: Paul Valone
• Chicago: Don Gwinn
• Cleveland: Daniel White
• DC: Mike Stollenwerk
• Denver: Dan Bidstrup
• Los Angeles: John Longenecker
• Minneapolis: John Pierce
• National: David Codrea
• Seattle: Dave Workman
• St. Louis: Kurt Hofmann
• Wisconsin: Gene German

This Day in History: August 2

The HMS Renown is driven from Dutch Island Harbor by a Rhode Island battery. [More]

Confiscation for Clunkers

What?

You didn't think you were going to get something for nothing, did you? [More]

[Via Larry Rankin]

UPDATE: See comments by "Maxomai" and the discussion that follows about this only applying to dealers. An alternative explanation appears here.

LA Gun Bust Raises Questions

So that leaves us two options as I see it:

Either the suspects are the legal registered owners (not bloody likely in California for machine guns, and the "Streetsweeper" is specifically named in the Roberti-Roos list), or they got their guns from...

Who? And might it be fair to ask if there's any chance some of those weapons are coming back north across the border...? [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column questions how full autos are getting into the black market in this country...and who the source might be.

Tell a friend?

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• Atlanta: Ed Stone
• Austin: Howard Nemerov
• Boston: Ron Bokleman
• Charlotte: Paul Valone
• Chicago: Don Gwinn
• Cleveland: Daniel White
• DC: Mike Stollenwerk
• Denver: Dan Bidstrup
• Los Angeles: John Longenecker
• Minneapolis: John Pierce
• National: David Codrea
• Seattle: Dave Workman
• St. Louis: Kurt Hofmann
• Wisconsin: Gene German
  

This Day in History: August 1

Gen. Burgoyne reaches the Hudson after a grueling month spent crossing 23 miles of wilderness separating the southern tip of Lake Champlain from the northern tip of the Hudson River. [More]

That's All, Folks!

At least for today.

I know I have plenty of email tips, but it's late and I have family in town from out of state. I'm off to enjoy the rest of my day.

Feel free to explore around here for something to read, and any help you can give to spread the word on this (and don't forget to send your email!) will be appreciated.

We're the Only Ones Monkeying Around Enough

The law enforcement official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Officer Justin Barrett referred to the black scholar as a “jungle monkey"...[More]

But he meant it in a non-racist "Only One" sort of way, you see...

[Via Luke O]