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

However, Bridget Buttinger, deputy chief executive at the council, replied to Mrs Howe in September, warning that she could face being charged with a criminal offence for expressing such views...

She added: "Your details and details of the content of your letter have been recorded as such and passed to the Police." [More]

Yeah, c'mon, it's not like they UK gays were open carrying or doing anything offensive...

I wonder if this Buttinger character knows what an Orwellian stereotype she is--or cares?

I note her email prudently does not appear with the others on the "Full List," but then, she's an Obercouncillor. If it follows the format for the others, it would be b.buttinger@cllr.norwich.gov.uk, not that I would ever encourage anyone to send out "Sieg Heilmails" or anything like that...

UPDATE: Looks like I was wrong about that edress...

We're the Only Ones Faking It Enough

University of Mary Washington President Judy Hample recently faked an emergency call to campus police, but a college spokesman said officials should have known it was part of a safety exercise. [More]

True enough.

Anyone who knows Judy ought to realize there is nothing genuine about someone who would endorse and enforce this.

Still, I wonder if anyone else could get away with testing the system with a fake emergency call--or if they'd end up being prosecuted because they aren't Academic "Only Ones."

[Via Mack H]

We're the Only Ones Fundraising Enough

Chicago police officers are planning a benefit this weekend at their union headquarters for Joseph Frugoli, who is accused of crashing into a car while driving drunk on the Dan Ryan in April, killing two people. [More]

Shows you what they think of us, doesn't it? And I like the way the FOP tries to distance itself--like they can't control how their hall is used. I also see they cleaned all tracks off their website. They didn't have any control over that, either.

Not just "Only Ones," Chicago "Only Ones."

Forget it Jake, it's Chi-Town.

[Via Andre]

It's Offensive

Carrying a gun openly in a city can — and does — offend people who might not have a strong opinion one way or the other about gun control. [More]

Well, at least he didn't compare them to homosexual kiss-in participants this time.

[Via The Bitter Clinger]

Securing the Blessings of...

...Allah, peace be upon him. [More]

I don't suppose there are any billionaire sheiks who could be doing this. And you might ask where in the Constitution this ...uh...generosity is authorized, especially with that pesky prohibition about respecting the establishment of religion, but if you do, you risk not being taken seriously...

That's OK--I'm sure these guys are on it...

OK, well then, these guys...?

No?

[Via Ron W]

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

UK police used a relatively new law designed to seize the assets of criminals to raid some safety deposit boxes. What's startling- and frightening- is that instead of raiding the boxes of identified criminals, the police obtained a warrant to raid every single box in the facility. They cut them open with angle grinders, catalogued the contents and then basically argued that if you had cash or valuables in the boxes, you were assumed to be guilty and had to prove that you had obtained the valuables legally. [More]

I guess it's a lot safer than going after these guys ...

We're the Only Ones Retired Enough

A 16-year veteran of the town's police force retired this week rather than face a termination hearing. [More]

So he's caught trying to break into an occupied house, he flees and hides from responding officers, and it's his choice? What private sector jobs allow you to retire at 38, assuming with a pension and benefits?

And is this deal reserved exclusively for "Only Ones" or can I get in on it, too?

[Via Harvey]

We're the Only Ones "We Got the Beat" Enough

A cell phone video that shows police officers repeatedly hitting an unarmed university student with batons and a Taser gun has prompted a criminal investigation into the officers' conduct... [More]

Maybe I should start a pool: Who thinks the "Only Ones" will be deemed to have acted within acceptable protocol?

Any feel for what I should set the odds at...?

[Via William T]

Barr Calls UN Gun Treaty 'Perfect Storm'

And what does "in synch with the UN" mean? [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at some gathering clouds...

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This Day in History: October 26

...Whether it will be prudent in our present circumstances, and Strength, to attempt by a *?* General Attack, to dislodge the Enemy; & if it is, and we unsuccessful, where we shall retreat to? [More]

Oath Keepers National Conference in Las Vegas a Success

In spite of attempts by some to paint Oath Keepers as the opposite of what they stand for, the movement is gaining notice, interest and members. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column includes an update by Stewart Rhodes from the national conference, and links to a favorable newspaper article and video.

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This Day in History: October 25

Col. Greene being very much fatigu’d in Strengthening the Fot & in other necessary business of the Garrison, has Commanded me to inform your Excellency that on the 23d instant he had information that a strong Force under the Command of Genl Cornwallace had crossed Coopers Ferry, and were advancing toward us—Col. Greene expecting a new attack... [More]

Scozzafava and Hoffman Campaigns Take Pass on Gun Rights Questionnaire

A few interested readers asked me about sending the respective campaigns the Gun Rights Political Questionnaire, to see if it could be useful in further defining the level of understanding and commitment the candidates have for the right to keep and bear arms. I did, and let the campaigns know I would make their responses available to readers here. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner looks at a political campaign where who is stronger on gun rights is an issue--but apparently not a big enough one to commit to some specific answers.

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This Day in History: October 24

Whereas sundry Soldiers belonging to the Armies of the said States have Deserted from the same; These are to make known, to all those who have so offended, and who shall return to their respective Corps, or surrender themselves to the Officers appointed to receive Recruits and Deserters in their several States, or to any Continental Commissioned Officer before the first day of January next, that they shall obtain a full and free pardon. And I do further declare, to all such obstinate offenders, as do not avail themselves of the indulgence hereby offered, that they may depend, when apprehended, on being prosecuted with the utmost rigour and suffering the punishment justly due to crimes of such enormity. [More]

We're the Only Ones on Loan Enough

Daggett, in a telephone interview today, explained it was just an honest error made when switching cars so he could get his Acura serviced. The gun, he said, belongs to his driver, retired state trooper Ken Argiro. [More]

We're talking "Only Ones²" here.

So how do we know he didn't know about it? His word?

Let's see what that's worth:

Second Amendment rights must be upheld, because American citizens have the right to bear arms. However, there is a limit when firearms endanger public safety. We support New Jersey’s aggressive gun control laws. The sport of hunting has a long tradition in our state; we support the rights of hunters in New Jersey.

So basically, he's a demonstrable liar.

OK, let's give him another chance and see him "support New Jersey's aggressive gun control laws."

Let's see him get the same treatment any of us would, if we were found with a gun in a car and claimed we had no idea it was there.

And whatever happened to Norbert?

[Via David R]

A Possible Explanation

They abandoned the mall attack plans after their weapons contact said he could find only handguns, not automatic weapons, authorities said. [More]

That's probably because 90% of them are in Mexico. Or something.

Maybe they should have asked Furious Mike about the best gun shows.

UPDATE: Kurt has more.

[Via Brian F and SameNoKami]

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

Armed police officers are to patrol the streets of London for the first time in an attempt to tackle a rise in gang-related gun crime. [More]

Sounds like they need "gun control" over there.

Oh, wait...

And whatever happened to the theory promulgated by the antis that arming will only encourage the bad guys to acquire heavier firepower...?

[Via Mama Liberty]

Additional Charges May Apply

No charges had been filed. Pilya said it's likely that the case will be presented to a Franklin County grand jury to see whether the woman should be charged. [More]

Charged with what?

Why not send the case up to the Columbus City Council with the recommendation that she be given an award and the thanks of a grateful city?

[Via Mama Liberty]

We're the Only Ones Renovated Enough

Kerik is accused of secretly accepting more than $250,000 in renovations to his apartment from a construction firm with suspected mafia ties while he was Corrections Department commissioner under Giuliani.

Kerik, who pleaded guilty in a state court last year to accepting the work, is also accused of not declaring a total of $236,000 in rent he received on an luxury apartment in New York's posh Upper East Side.

Other payments allegedly not declared include a total of $100,000 received from a software company and a book publisher.

He is also accused of making false statements at the time he was being considered as head of the US Department of Homeland Security in 2004. [More]

Facing 142 years and a $5M fine seems kind of harsh for "crimes" against the government, but then I have to remember that this guy made a lucrative "Only One" career for himself enforcing all kinds of things that shouldn't have been illegal in the first place.

[Via Zachary G]

Fear and Loathing of Oath Keepers

Kurt sums up reactions from around the Interent. [More]

I note he did this from his blog.

You've been visiting his GRE page regularly too, right?

You Say It's Your Birthday

Mike B does. [More]

Happy birthday.

A cigar and whiskey sound good.

Tonight.

Patches, I'm Dependin' on You, Son*...Update

From Ravenswood Enterprises:

The III Desert Patch supply is exhausted and will not be re-ordered. All orders received as of today for Desert patches were filled; any order received from 23 Oct 09 on will be filled with Woodland.

Thanks for your support!

You got yours, right?

*

You Shouldn't Even Have to Ask

If someone, after taking such an oath, has to be wined and dined, taken on junkets, or in other ways influenced into doing that which they swore an oath to do, they too are your enemy. [More]

Amen.

[Via Avg Joe]

BATFU's Backdoor Registration

JPFO tells us how they're going about it in an open letter. [More]

[Via Ron W]

A Warning or an Open Invitation?

To help gun owners get this message across to would-be intruders or criminals, Denny Derflinger of Winchester, Virginia, created the “I Carry and Protect” Home Security Decal. [More]

Sorry. I wouldn't put this on my house. Looks like a heck of a way to tell anyone who cases places and occupant movements for a living that there are rewards to be gained inside.

Is the Way SPLC Selects Who to Scream About Racist?

Those who pledge to fulfill their oath to support and defend the Constitution are extremist threats to the Republic, you see. Genocidal racist loons? Well, that depends... [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at...would you call it racial discrimination?... by the witch hunters at the Southern Poverty Law Center.

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This Day in History: October 23

On this day in 1777, a British Royal Navy fleet of ships, trying to open up supply lines along the Delaware River and the occupying British army in Philadelphia, is bombarded by American cannon fire and artillery from Fort Mifflin, Pennsylvania. [More]

Oath Keepers Founder on Lou Dobbs Radio Program

I just received word from Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes that he is scheduled to appear later today on Lou Dobbs radio program at 11:35 am pacific (2:35 Eastern). [More]

I put out a second Gun Rights Examiner column with links so you can listen.

We're the Only Ones Resigned Enough

Both officers had been decommissioned and put on paid administrative leave for more than a year and a half while they were under investigation internally, and as part of a federal probe, to determine if they were part of a steroid ring in Middle Tennessee...

Neither actually returned to work, instead using leftover vacation time for the duration of their employment... [More]

Why resign from an "Only Ones" gig that gives you so much paid time off and vacation? It's not like you could find anything that...uh...competitive in the private sector...

We're the Only Ones Facing New Allegations Enough

Martin has once again been put on paid administrative leave after Kristopher Douglas accused the trooper of throwing him to the ground and beating him with a nightstick without any explanation. [More]

I can't think of a single reason why anyone would suspect this "Only One" of having an authoritah complex, or being too quick to resort to violence, can you? Haven't we already established that he he operates within accepted protocols?

[Via Texas Shooter]

An Order of Protection

Court records show Padilla granted Axsom a protective order against Schwartz four days before the Oct. 6 hearing where he ordered her to attend parental counseling with him and denied her request to relocate to Maryland with the pair's son. [More]

Well then I just don't get how this happened.

I mean, if we can't trust judges to rule in our best interests, who can we trust...?

[Via M. Terry]

Lucky in Canada

A gunman toting a high-powered rifle who took a number of people hostage in a downtown Edmonton building Wednesday has surrendered peacefully, Edmonton police say. [More]

Just so we're clear: Every single hostage was required by law to be unarmed.

Nice weapons the "Only Ones" have, by the way...

Had it gone down differently, not a single person would have been able to do anything about it but be slaughtered.

But they weren't that worried as they hid and did their horoscopes and passed around cell phones to assure their families they were safe.

It's enough to make one regurgitate their cud.

[Via Jeet]

FBI Contractor Free on Bail

Turner worked as an FBI informant and spied on right-wing organizations from 2002 to 2007. [More]

That way, they can trick the uninformed who depend on establishment media into believing that people like these and these share the views of people like these.

[Via TheNewsGuy]

We're the Only Ones Invading Your Privacy Enough

A Richmond police officer has been arrested on charges of inappropriately accessing the state’s Virginia Criminal Information Network database. [More]

"Only Ones" stories like this puzzle me. Why is it they would even try, unless experience told them there was a good chance they'd never be detected?

[Via Mack H]

I Used to Rule the World

Qi Ji Guang calls our attention to some lyrics.

This song from Coldplay is called "Viva La Vida", and it tells the story about the fall of the French monarch Louis XVI during the Revolution of 1789. A great lesson about the destiny of empires when they become corrupt and oppressive. One of the lyrics sing about how the king used to "roll the dice and watch the fear in his enemies' eyes", but now, his kingdom is collapsing all around him, and revolution has exploded, advancing closer and closer every day. Indeed, even the album art depicts the storming of the Bastille by French revolutionaries.

Every JBT, wannabe JBT, and those who want to forcibly disarm the citizenry should listen to this song and realize that a ruler's power are given to them by the people. When a ruler turns into a despot and begins to threaten the lives and liberties of the citizens they are supposed to defend, the consequences are serious.

As an old Chinese saying goes: "The poor masses would never stand a chance against the provincial kings and the provincial kings would never stand a chance against the court mandarins, however, the provincial kings and the court mandarins should take care not to invoke the poor masses to rise to arms either".

In this short but surreally beautiful song, valuable lessons of history are summarized, from Sun Tzu's "Art of War," to Machiavelli's "The Prince," to the works by John Locke to the Declaration of Independance.

And every ruler should consider this.

Who Really Matters

Visible crawls over half a million web 2.0 sites a day, scraping more than a million posts and conversations taking place on blogs, online forums, Flickr, YouTube, Twitter and Amazon. (It doesn’t touch closed social networks, like Facebook, at the moment.) Customers get customized, real-time feeds of what’s being said on these sites, based on a series of keywords.

“That’s kind of the basic step — get in and monitor,” says company senior vice president Blake Cahill.

Then Visible “scores” each post, labeling it as positive or negative, mixed or neutral. It examines how influential a conversation or an author is. (”Trying to determine who really matters,” as Cahill puts it.) [More]

And the capitalists will sell us the rope!

[Via Carl S]

BATFU Forms Multi-Agency Toilet Task Force

Restroom Vandalism at ATF Headquarters
October 13, 2009

Numerous incidents of restroom vandalism are occurring throughout the ATF Headquarters building and are being reported to the ATF Physical Security. ATF is now partnering with the General Services Administration and Federal Protective Service to increase surveillance and reporting of suspicious behavior and damage in an effort to stop this activity. Employees are encouraged to immediately report vandalism or suspicious activity to the ATF Physical Security office at 202-648-7540 or the ATF Building Manager, Ray Spicer at (202) 306-9617 or Raymond.Spicer@atf.gov. All information will remain confidential. Theft, defacement, damage or littering of federal property is considered vandalism and is grounds for disciplinary action. Please help us protect our building and everyone’s health by being aware of activities in your immediate area. [More]

BATFU can't even use a toilet without destroying something. Or leaving something unflushable behind.

I talked about the group reporting this here.

Have you written the Oversight Committee yet? Why not?

[Via Len Savage]

Post Office Gun Case Judges Say Total Ban is Not Infringement

Shall not be infringed...loading and staging mail trucks... [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column lets you know where judges think your unalienable right to keep and bear arms rates in the scheme of things.

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This Day in History: October 22

this moring are informed that a party of the Enemy crossed Cooper fery last Evening and was on their way thro Haddonfield for this Fort / Came a crost this morn from Fort Mifflin / had scarce an opportunity to git into the Fort, before a Flag came to Colo. Green, who commanded the Fort threatning to put the Garrison to [death ?] if he did not surrender it immediately, Colo. Green answered with disdain, that he would defend it 'till the last drop of his Blood [More]

The Malignant Nature of the Neocons

I sometimes wonder if these people aren't really democrat operatives out to make the GOP totally irrelevant. What an idiot. [More]

We're the Only Ones Exposed Enough

A former college police officer arrested for exposing himself had previously been accused of flashing women while on patrol in metro Atlanta. [More]

So that wasn't his badge he flashed?

We're the "Bonely Ones"...?

I'm sorry, that was uncalled for.

[Via Harvey]

In Other Words, They're Either Negligent or Evil

When one looks at state laws and the Nevada Constitution, it becomes apparent that either state legislators have never understood the intent of the Second Amendment, or they are in fact hostile toward it. [More]

Ben Robinson talks about deliberate legislative indifference and subversion in the Silver State.

Self-Defense Examiner

Straightarrow asks me to tell you about this guy.

Here's part of his endorsement:

The light of truth of our position on arms shines through every column.

That's a pretty good testimonial.

I'm aware of Mr. Puryear and have been meaning to say something, but keep getting sidetracked.

Anyway, consider yourself told.

Nie Wieder

Mike H remembers a man and reminds us what he stood for. [More]

Also see: "Warsaw ghetto hero Edelman dies"

Setting Their Sights

After bad bets on cars and home loans, Cerberus Capital Management is turning to guns and bullets. [More]

As an aside, good grief on that photo.

Again I have mixed feelings. On the one hand, an infusion of capital along with efficiencies of into the firearms industry can be a good thing. Assuming the procured companies aren't just going to be bled and discarded.

It would be nice to think those running a gun consortium would have motives that include a principled defense of the Second Amendment. We're told the Number Two guy ran for NRA Board and belongs to an upscale club, and the Number One guy hunts deer.

Then we see from Open Secrets that Cerberus donated money to the likes of Carl Levin, Barbara Mikulsi, Barney Frank, although they and CEO Feinberg also donate to the Repubs.

Typical politics, I guess. And typical cynicism about it from me.

[Via Mama Liberty]

The New 'Ol Betsy?

AR-15-platform rifles are among the most popular firearms being sold. [More]

I have mixed feelings. On the one hand, I hate "sporting purpose" justifications. On the other hand, this can be an effective educational tool for those who don't know any better and who believe what the media tells them about "assault weapons."

Doug Painter comes across so reassuring, friendly and gentle, the music is tranquil and this is actually a pretty clever bit of film-making when you consider he's appealing to people who feel instead of know.

I guess it beats the alternative.

[Via Brian F]

We're the Only Ones Invasive Enough

An Indiana state trooper is facing criminal charges after he allegedly broke into a Lansing home and attacked a homeowner, police said.

State Trooper Elton D. Jones, 28, of Valparaiso, faces armed robbery, home invasion and weapons charges in connection with the Sunday night burglary. [More]

He's with the ISP? Well, hell, why didn't the homeowners just vomit, surrender or scream? [Oops. Imagine that--making a mistake!]

It does make me wonder if we shouldn't treat everyone bursting through our doors equally, even if they're "Only Ones." I also wonder how many stories like this you'd have to compile to convince a jury that you had genuine reason to fear for your life--just so you don't also get subjected to the Cory Maye experience.

[Via HZ]

Oath Keepers Founder Plays 'Hardball'

I also found Matthew's accusation of Oath Keepers being "a vigilante group" not just a damned lie, but more reflective of his hysterical paranoia than anything else. It truly is projection going on--that and agenda.

Likewise, if Matthews is going to suggest that unhinged people will be inspired to violent acts, perhaps he'd do well to avoid introducing the idea of "jamming a CO2 pellet" into his ideological opponents' heads. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at MSNBC's dishonest spitball tactics.

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This Day in History: October 21

The enemy, yesterday morning threw a body of troops across the Delaware, with intention no doubt either to storm or invest Red bank. As the works there are strong, it is improbable they will hazard the loss of men, that would be likely to attend an assault, but will, I imagine endeavour, by a blockade, to oblige the garrison to surrender. On this supposition, I am to request in the most earnest manner, that you will use your utmost exertions, immediately to collect as large a body of militia, as you possibly can, and hasten them to the relief of that post. [More]

We're the Only Ones Officially Oppressive Enough

A Pennsylvania state trooper is facing assault charges for allegedly punching a motorist and pointing a stun gun at the man's face. [More]

For some reason, I read the "Only One's" name as "Shutthef**kupski." Which seems to go along with taking the citizen's cell phone when he tried to call 911.

[Via Michael R]

Kun Aseet Ovat Kiellettyjä...

Police in Finland have tightened up procedures for granting firearms licenses over the past few years. More applications for firearms licenses are being rejected, while licenses already granted are being rescinded an increasing pace. [More]

...Vain rikolliset ovat aseita.

My best approximation using Google Translator to say "When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns."

Anyone who actually knows the language, please correct.

Hey, I thought only paranoids worried about stuff like this...?

And why does it not surprise me?

[Via Snake 9]

We're the Only Ones Suspending All Belief Enough

A Dallas police officer who fatally struck a child last October received a one-day suspension during a disciplinary hearing this afternoon. [More]

Dark. No lights. No siren. 72 in a 40.

One day.

Which doesn't stop disgusting "Only Ones" apologists in comments from absolving the cop and blaming the kid and his parents.

[Via Ben G]

Only Two

Mike H talks about ganging up. [More]

Turkish Gun Rights Group Seeks Support

I just received the following email:

We are a group named BSSAH initiate right to keep and bear arms legally in Turkey.

www.bssah.com

http://bireyselsilahlanma.blogspot.com/

We as an Turkish citizens are being under ruthless laws to being armament and needs too much public support wherever it come from(Turkey or abroad) so I just would like to inform you as a gun enthusiast from Turkey and request any kind of support from you (for example a little paragraph article or something like that about our movement)

I will be grateful if you can talk or write a little statement about BSSAH initiate...

When someone asks me for help regarding promoting the right to keep and bear arms, I feel compelled to at least try. Still, even though I've linked to translated page versions, I still have difficulty following along. If anyone has Turkish-English skills, please educate us all in "Comments," below.

In the mean time, I did find this article that seems to give a pretty good summary of what they're about.

UPDATE: They sent me this graphic showing how the government is pricing firearms out of reach.

Hillary Clinton's NRA Spokesman

Child-proofing guns is fairly easy to do. First, keep guns unloaded and locked in a storage device, such as a gun safe, that no one can access but the gun owner. Second, keep all ammunition in a separate, locked container that no one can access but the gun owner. [More]

Thanks, Bob! Madame Secretary couldn't have said it better herself!

If you own a gun... make sure it’s locked up and stored without the ammunition. In fact, make it stored where the ammunition is stored separately.

The pitchfork murderers of America thank you.

This kid, not so much. Or this one. Or this one...

[Via Michael R]

Media Discovering Oath Keepers: Part Two

The current media interest has been sparked by a Las Vegas Review Journal story....

With the publishing of the LVJR article, other "big names" are noticing. Glenn Beck told his radio audience about Oath Keepers on his October 19 Premiere Radio Network program...

Also weighing in is conservative commentator Patrick J. Buchanan...

[T]onight on "Hardball"...Stewart Rhodes will face Chris Matthews... [More]

This is part two of today's Gun Rights Examiner column. As you'll see, Oath Keepers faces new opportunities--and new challenges.

I can't wait to see Stewart tonight.

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Media Discovering Oath Keepers: Part One

We've talked about Oath Keepers many times here on Gun Rights Examiner. Now the "mainstream media" is starting to take notice of them. And some are taking their cues from fabricated and hysterical Southern Poverty Law Center cries of "Witch!"...I mean "Hate group!" [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column is a two-parter, and covers a group of patriots who are coming under increasing scrutiny--and increasing attacks. This first posting establishes background. I'll do another announcement in a moment for Part Two.

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This Day in History: October 20

The troops are to draw and cook one day's provision this afternoon, and be ready to march to morrow morning, at 6 o'clock precisely; but if it should rain, then they are not to strike their tents 'till further orders. [More]

A Good Petition

ONLINE PETITION - REPEAL AB962 AND SUPPORT AB373 [More]

I don't disagree with the premise or the proposal.

I just find it curious that the petition site is maintained by Mike Haas, the guy who attacked this on these grounds:

Earlier this century, not long after Bush was first elected and Ashcroft had barely taken office, these nits tried to fundraise with a "national online petition" attacking Ashcroft! See:
http://web.archive.org/web/200204081....com/petition/
(I bet they think this stuff is long gone)
They tried to blowup a non-existant issue and truly pathetic petition "numbers" into sounding significant, pretending that such non-official efforts (not registered with any Secretary of State anywhere) are influential, while collecting personal-contact-information. (It's illegal to keep the personal info one gathers with a real, official, registered petition.)

So, Mike: Got yourself a "real, official, registered petition" there?

Is it "registered with [the] Secretary of State" so that yours is "influential"?

Why the "required fields" for email, name and address, or the optional pdf letter? "Collecting personal contact information," are we?

And why the big self-serving ad on the page linking to your Ammo Guide website, where you charge people "just $18.95/year," especially when you lied about us using our petition to "fundraise"?

As for "truly pathetic petition 'numbers'," you will, of course, keep us posted on your efforts?

Not Evil Just Wrong?

That's just wrong. [Watch]

Sure, the environmentalcase followers are geese, but the true powers behind this are evil.

Disregard Sun Tzu at your peril.

We're the Only Ones Delaying Enough

Two employees at Chicago’s 911 emergency center have been slapped with lengthy suspensions without pay for their roles in an Aug. 28 dispatch delay that left an off-duty police officer to fend for himself while being shot at by a car filled with alleged gang members. [More]

On second thought, I've inappropriately categorized this.

Had they been true "Only Ones," that "without pay" crap wouldn't fly.

[Via The Bitter Clinger]

We're the Only Ones Safeguarding Your Personal Information Enough

A former contractor for the Ohio Association of Chiefs of Police has been charged with rummaging through state computers to retrieve confidential information about "Joe the Plumber." [More]

Well, hey, they say it's an Information-Sharing Network.

Remember, "Only Ones" does not apply exclusively to errant LEOs. Elitist bureaucrats who abuse their special powers and privileges--like Helen Jones-Kelly-- also qualify.

[Via Michael R]

Gun Rights Protest

Featuring VCDL... [More]

Gee, Republicans want gun owner support, but don't actually want them to have guns?

Where have we seen that before?

[Via Mack H]

A Different Risk

More than a decade after Congress cut funding for firearms research by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), another federal health agency has been spending millions of dollars to study such topics as whether teenagers who carry firearms run a different risk of getting shot compared with suffering other sorts of injuries. [More]

Gee, and the previous funding cut-off was not a well-justified political response to this?

And Dr. Mark Rosenberg, Director of the CDC's National Center for Injury Control and Prevention (NCIPC) in 1994 told The Washington Post: "We need to revolutionize the way we look at guns, like what we did with cigarettes. Now it [sic] is dirty, deadly, and banned."

So once we repel the vampire, we should invite him back in?

We know what's going to happen--they're going to lump criminal gangbangers in with the good kids and make it seem like a toxic environment for all. The corrupt and miserable results of neoMarxist policies will not only escape analysis, the solution we'll see proposed will be to expand them. And, of course, disarm you and me.

[Via JPR9]

Little Green Noballs

I'll let Vanderboegh tell you about them. [More]

LA Times Gun Show Editorial Defies Reality as It Urges More Restrictions

Oh, but "None of these measures would restrict the 2nd Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens," they say, bearing in mind that Times editorial mantra has historically been that citizens have no individual 2nd Amendment-protected right to keep and bear arms. Yep, everyone will have total freedom of movement within the confines of their straitjacket. And besides, only "the lunatic fringe that believes the ATF to be a Gestapo-like arm of a repressive government would loudly object." [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column recognizes shows how the modern Gestapo can always count on their allies in the propaganda ministry.

Also learn of a conflict in Oregon and get the latest from my fellow GREs.

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This Day in History: October 19

Capt. Crump of the 1st. Virginia regiment charged with "Cowardice," is found guilty, and sentenced to be cashiered, and his name, place of abode, and his punishment, published in the Newspapers of the particular state he came from, or in which he usually resides. After which, it shall be deemed scandalous, for any officer to associate with him. [More]

Hollywood Anti-Gun Hypocrisy Not New

When it comes to guns, Hollywood suffers from a self-imposed dissociative identity disorder. On the one hand, we have stars like Arnold Schwarzenegger making fabulous careers for themselves portraying heroes who solve problems using guns as tools to fight evil, and on the other hand, we have politicians like Arnold Schwarzenegger signing edicts that infringe on the ability of his audience and constituents to do just that.

This isn't new. Here's an example from half a century ago. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner looks through a window to the past.

Also get the latest from my fellow GREs.

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This Day in History: October 18

The General has his happiness completed relative to the successes of our northern Army. On the 14th. instant, General Burgoyne, and his whole Army, surrendered themselves prisoners of war. Let every face brighten, and every heart expand with grateful Joy and praise to the supreme disposer of all events, who has granted us this signal success. [More]

We're the Only Ones Resourceful Enough

An altercation between a South Carolina high school student and a school resource officer ended tragically Friday with the student dead of a gunshot wound and the officer hospitalized after being stabbed. [More]

Assuming it was a righteous DGU, it still leaves the question of how anyone else on school grounds not an "Only One" would have been able to defend themselves against a knife attack--seeing as how the most effective "resource" is legally denied them.

One thing we can be sure of: this will be tallied as "another child gun death."

We're the Only Ones Posing Enough

The Chicago Police Department is investigating several of its officers accused of forcing a college student they arrested during last month's G-20 summit in Pittsburgh to pose for a group photo with them. [More]

And while any number of sites can link you to the video, only WarOnGuns brings you this exclusive still photo of these "Only Ones" posing with their trophies:


The punch line?

"The Chicago Police Department does not tolerate misconduct by any of its members, regardless of where it might occur."

Comedy gold!

Forget it, Jake, it's ChiTown. Even when we bring it with us to Philadelphia.

[Via Texas Shooter]

We're the Only Ones Breaking the Rules Enough

He warned the state that under the Code of Federal Rules enforced by the U.S. Justice Department, these actions could result in a $10,000 fine for each violation and the state could potentially lose access to the use NICS system. [More]

I say demand it. For each and every time one of these professional law enforcers has committed a violation.

Unless the Justice Department is also willing to turn a blind eye to one of us non-"Only Ones" violating federal gun "rules."

Why don't we ask Mr. Olofson?

[Via retrotruckman]

None of These Measures

None of these measures would restrict the 2nd Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens...[More]

We're Los Angeles Times editors. We don't know the meaning of the phrase "shall not be infringed."

Or maybe they really do, and they're just subversive agenda-driven liars...?

[Via retrotruckman]

Stop!

And while Mike H does talk about...uh...a collectivist compulsion, I don't think his command is issued "in the name of love." [More]

Darren Yancy Changes Races, Clarifies Gun Rights Answers

When we first met Darren Yancy, he was running for the 17th Texas Congressional District seat where he distinguished himself from his rivals by actually providing specific answers to the gun rights questionnaire. Still, some readers indicated dissatisfaction with two of his answers, specifically in regards to open carry and registration. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column does two things: It changes my mind from being neutral on this individual to believing he is a good candidate. But also, importantly, it shows how some candidates are recognizing the importance of making sure they clearly state their case for the right to keep and bear arms.

Have you sent any candidates the questionnaire, asked them for unequivocal responses and let them know you were going to share the results?

And will you tell a friend?

This Day in History: October 17

October 17, 1777 - Gen. Burgoyne and his entire army of 5700 men surrender to the Americans led by Gen. Gates. The British are then marched to Boston, placed on ships and sent back to England after swearing not serve again in the war against America. News of the American victory at Saratoga soon travels to Europe and boosts support of the American cause. In Paris the victory is celebrated as if it had been a French victory. Ben Franklin is received by the French Royal Court. France then recognizes the independence of America. [More]