We're the Only Ones Fragmented Enough

Sheriff: Ex-Captain Taped Grenade To Inmate's Neck [More]

A potentially explosive situation, "Only Ones" style.

Good grief. Where do they get these sociopath morons? Do you think one day he just woke up and started with extreme terrorist acts like this, or do you think it likely he built up to this after years of getting away with other (and unreported) abuses?

And what else would you or I likely be charged with had we done the same thing?

[Via FFFW]

We're the Only Ones Flushed with Success Enough

Indiana State Police say a trooper will remain on duty while officials review details of an incident in which he left his loaded handgun in the restroom of a Lowe’s home improvement store. [More]

This kind of crap happens more often than you might think...

You Know What We Need?

"Smart guns."

With electronics built in allowing police to deactivate them by remote control.

Hey, if you're not doing anything bad, why would anyone but a criminal object?

Besides--what could go wrong?

Is It Anti-Semitic to Say So if Gungrabbers Really Are 'Bagel Brained'?

There's only one problem: the creator of the flier is JPFO. So to buy into Dresser's propaganda fantasy, we need to believe that the one civil rights group that not only says "Never again!" but also points to the one way to ensure against genocide—and is headed by a Jew—is anti-Semitic!

It must drive the left nuts...

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at a conundrum for the antis--one I hope you're on board with.

Also get a recap of yesterday's Trigger Sports LIVE!

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This Day in History: March 18

The Battle of Quinton's Bridge was a minor battle of the American Revolutionary War fought on March 18, 1778. The battle was a technical American victory in that the British failed in their main objective to seize the bridge in order to forage further into neighboring Cumberland County, New Jersey, but it came at a great cost when the British turned the attempted American rout into a British rout of the attempted American rout instead. [More]

GRE Round Up for Mar. 17

There's some good stuff being turned out. I hope you're availing yourself of it, and importantly, sharing these links via emails, on blogs and forums, with your local newspaper editor, etc.

A common complaint is media bias and absence of representation for "our side."

These people work hard to change that and ask for nothing from those of us their labors serve other than to help spread the word. I hope no one thinks that's too much to ask.

Here are their latest offerings:

Howard Nemerov/Austin:
Fiction writer Janet Evanovich promotes anti-gun agenda

Daniel White/Cleveland:

Bill for restaurant carry and vehicle gun transport reform introduced in Ohio

Steve D. Jones/Fort Smith:
Recent gun news in the Arkansas-Oklahoma area

Liston Matthews/Knoxville:
Guns, unlike Chucky, can be tools for good or evil

John Longenecker/Los Angeles:
Safer Streets 2010: Los Angeles lecturing Starbucks.

John Pierce/Minneapolis:
National park carry in Minnesota

Dave Workman/Seattle:
Bellevue gun rights groups help form international alliance

Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis:

SAF announces new international gun rights organization

Go. Read. And please share the links.

You're doing that, right?

Well, Thank You Very Much

I always appreciate a kind word...[Read]

Lord knows I get my share of unkind ones...

The Day the Earth Stood Still

It used to take an advanced alien with a giant robot to lock everything up.

Now, in MA anyway, it seems a shotgun shell will do the trick.

[Via Ed M]

A Righteous Shoot

A medical-marijuana activist survived a shootout with two men who broke into his Kirkland-area home early Monday, apparently to steal the pot he grows there. [More]

Same war, different front...

[Via drey]

How DARE You...

...scrutinize congressional staffers! [Read]

When "Only Ones" collide...

[Via Brian F]

We're the Only Ones Not Empowered Enough

Since when has that ever stopped anyone in government? [Read]

[Via Texas Shooter]

We're the Only Ones Up in Your Grill Enough

...McCoy ended up spitting out blood and teeth after a sheriff’s lieutenant reached into his mouth and yanked out the grill. [More]

Putting some teeth into child support laws, "Only Ones" style...

[Via Harvey]

Practicing Moderation on St. Patrick's Day

From Russell S, via email:

I thought it might be appropriate to have an Irish Socialist explain what we're really up against:

For our demands most moderate are,
We only want the earth.

We're the Only Ones Sharing Recipes Enough

Calling guns in bars a "recipe for disaster," the state's police chiefs have pleaded with Gov. Bob McDonnell to veto legislation that would ease Virginia's concealed weapon laws.

Virginia Beach police Chief Jake Jacocks Jr. sent a letter to McDonnell last week on behalf of the state association of chiefs comparing the combination of firearms and alcohol with drinking and driving. [More]

Well, of course he did. Because the recipe doesn't call for putting him in the same pot:

[Click to enlarge]

Hey, we all know they can handle alcohol better than us, right? It goes with the general superiority?

Just ask Anthony Abbate (if you dare to step in and drag him off that girl half his size). Or since we're talking Virginia establishments and exempting feds, too, why not see what Joseph Armento has to say?

Y'know, if we're really serious about this, we'd best just ban guns in the home, where many gun owners also keep beer, wine and liquor, where emotions are known to run high in the course of daily life, and where many incidents of hidden domestic violence occur! For the children! "Only Ones" exempted, of course.

Maybe if they veto this, the governor and the chiefs can share a few laughs at their subjects over some drinks. Then go out in the parking lot and maybe see who's tougher.

Firing Back

We talked about this here and here.

Looks like the citizen isn't going to stand for this mistreatment and abuse and is doing what he can to keep it from happening to anyone else.

Good man.

The Right to Face One's Accusers

Let's see--one kicks out on the "prohibited persons" list and is facing charges, and the other is his girlfriend who lied in an official police investigation...[Read]

Nope, no reason to doubt a strong case here...

Gun Magazines Banned by Military in Iraq?

This is, as Mad Ogre says, "most disturbing":

I just left the PX here on my COB here in Iraq. I just happened to run into the gal stocking the magazine rack, and asked her why there haven't been any gun rags lately. To which she responded that they were not allowed to sell gun rags anymore because they can't accept the liability. [Read]

Sorry, I can't figure out how to link to specific date posts so this goes to the main site. It's the 3/16/10 entry if you happen to read this after it cascades down the page.

Can anyone confirm this? I sent the link to my editor at GUNS Magazine and asked if he's heard anything, and will advise if he has.

If it turns out to be more than a misunderstanding, the next step will be to find out who issues such a ridiculous and offensive directive and turn up the heat.

[Via HZ]

Time for Some Affirmative Actions?

An appeals court on Tuesday threw out the convictions of two Montana men with American Indian heritage after ruling their bloodlines and affiliations did not merit prosecution under the law that establishes federal jursidiction [sic] over serious crimes on tribal lands. [More]

That opens up all kinds of interesting possibilities...

Nah. I'm sure if anyone with real power felt endangered, they'd call it a "loophole" and close it pronto.

Can Health Care Bill Still Endanger Gun Owners?

While machinations by President Obama, House Speaker Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Reid to pass federal "health care" dominate the headlines, one aspect of the legislation virtually unnoticed by the "Authorized Journalist" mainstream press is the potential effect it can have on gun owners. That's what I examine in "A Healthy Republic Needs More Than Guns," my May 2010 "Rights Watch" column for GUNS Magazine. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column offers a prognosis of sorts.

Also win a gun, meet a dissatisfied customer and tune in to my next Trigger Sports LIVE! appearance, which would be today at Noon PST.

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This Day in History: March 17

On March 17, 1778, four days after a French ambassador informed the British government that they had officially recognized the United States as an independent nation with the signing of The Treaty of Alliance and The Treaty of Amity and Commerce, England declared war on France directly engaging them in the American Revolutionary War. [More]

A "Self-Executing Rule"

Think how much trouble that would save...[Read]

GRE Round Up for Mar. 16

There's some good stuff being turned out. I hope you're availing yourself of it, and importantly, sharing these links via emails, on blogs and forums, with your local newspaper editor, etc.

A common complaint is media bias and absence of representation for "our side."

These people work hard to change that and ask for nothing from those of us their labors serve other than to help spread the word. I hope no one thinks that's too much to ask.

Here are their latest offerings:

Daniel White/Cleveland:

Elyria police officer killed in line of duty

Mike Stollenwerk/DC:
Pelosi to use Jedi mind trick to pass health care bill

Dan Bidstrup/Denver:
The evil in the gun

Steve D. Jones/Fort Smith:
The discriminatory Arkansas CHL law

Dave Workman/Seattle:
Why confusion reigns in wake of federal court ruling on Seattle lawsuit

Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis:

Blaming guns for childhood obesity?

Go. Read. And please share the links.

You're doing that, right?

We're the Only Ones Withdrawing Enough

A federal jury has convicted a 22-year veteran of the Conroe Police Department for robbing the First Bank of Conroe... [More]

22 years of being an "Only One"...

Perhaps now he'll learn another "insider's term" when someone yells “BOTTOM DRAWERS!”

[Via DJK]

It's Just a G@&&@* Piece of Paper!

She believes that domestic violence can be stopped, but says that the law is not doing enough to protect women from "very predictable, very preventable types of violence."[More]

If you can predict it, why wouldn't you take personal measures to prevent it, even if that "law" (which has no obligation to protect you) says you're not allowed to?

Who's responsibility does "expert on domestic violence" Diana Rosenfeld think it is, and if some enraged male with twice her upper body strength decided it was "let's get physical" time, exactly what kind of expertise would she be able to demonstrate?

Yeah, those are pretty expert howls there. And the blubbering, crying, pleading...? First rate! You sure have me convinced you're in absolute terror and agony...

And best of all, no nasty guns that are only designed to kill people...think how that will please Paul Helmke!

Hey, it looks like many of the comment posters "get it"...

[Via cycjec]

Making Us All Look Bad

Anybody know this a$$+@!=?

Thank him.

Perhaps we should borrow from the "Only Ones" playbook and start using that "few bad apples" analogy. Those of you inclined to leave comments on such sites, do remind the readership of all those in uniform who also prove untrustworthy--having that kind of ammo is one of the reasons I maintain the archive.

I wonder if this guy is really what he seems? I want information on him--who is he? Does anybody know him? How long has he been involved, or is he? Any chance this is deliberate?

[Via JFCA]

The_Chef Relights the Stove

Via email:

[A]fter a very long hiatus the Economist's Cookbook is back up and running with new template, new goodies, etc...I'm sure some of what I post will be controversial to some of your readers, but I welcome dissent.

Go on over and see what cooking.

We're the Only Ones Not Feeling Good Enough

"Those weapons have [in the past] been ultimately destroyed," said Don Aaron, police department spokesperson. "This police department just hasn't felt good about putting crime guns back on the streets, back available to the public." [More]

Because everyone knows "crime guns" are imbued with a pure evil that differentiates them from regular guns.

Because the laws we must abide by in order to effect firearm transfers to individuals just aren't exclusive enough to our liking.

Because we can be trusted with them and you can't be.

Because we're the "Only Ones."

Is that about it, Don?

Tell the truth--you don't want anybody not in your clique to have a gun. Otherwise, you'd realize your expressed "concerns" are contradictory nonsense.

[Via FFFW]

Make Would-Be Tea Party Leaders Prove They Support Second Amendment

Perhaps Liberty Central will provide us with the principled leadership the Republic so desperately needs. So let's not automatically assume them to be teajackers (hey, did I just coin a term or has somebody else already used it?). Let's give them a chance to show us what they're made of, at least as far as Amendment II to the Bill of Rights is concerned. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column gives those who would lead us a chance to prove they're something more than establishment GOP infiltrators. Anybody think they'll take it?

Help me elicit an answer by contacting them yourself, and by sharing this link and asking your friends to do likewise?

This Day in History: March 16

[Read]

Don't show this to the Bradys. They'll claim it proves we only have a right to keep and bear heraldic insignias.

GRE Round Up for Mar. 15

There's some good stuff being turned out. I hope you're availing yourself of it, and importantly, sharing these links via emails, on blogs and forums, with your local newspaper editor, etc.

A common complaint is media bias and absence of representation for "our side."

These people work hard to change that and ask for nothing from those of us their labors serve other than to help spread the word. I hope no one thinks that's too much to ask.

Here are their latest offerings:

Howard Nemerov/Austin:
Self-Defense, California style

Daniel White/Cleveland:
Another Toledo robber shot, this time killed

Liston Matthews/Knoxville:
Sara Palin to testify in Knoxville

John Longenecker/Los Angeles:
Safer Streets 2010: 'Hollow victory' for gun owners in McDonald, Part II.

Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis:
18 should be old enough to decide to be armed--even in Illinois

Go. Read. And please share the links.

You're doing that, right?

Grigg

Read.

Ask Yourself What Purpose...

...The New York Times could possibly have for publishing this doctored photo.

There--I fixed it for them:

A Modest Proposal

In public all guns should be visible. Having a concealed weapon should be made a serious crime (immediate deportation until the appeal process is complete - no exceptions) [More]

Good grief.

We're the Only Ones Putting Guns on the Street Enough

More than 20 guns seized by a state-run firearms task force in Prince George's County are unaccounted for, and investigators believe that one of the weapons was used in the shooting of an off-duty police officer late last year, according to law enforcement sources familiar with the investigation. [More]

"Only Ones," you see...

And isn't this observation just dripping with ironic truth?

"It's clearly not bad record-keeping," one source said.

[Via Harvey]

Disarm 'em

(Scroll down for Chi-Town "buyback")

Try. Assign a representative from the Sun Times to do the deed and I'll give him my address.

How about you, Michael Sneed? Do you realize what an effete state-worshiping idiot you sound like with your "Bang! Bang!" bleatings?

[Via An Illinois Voter]

A Public/Private Partnership

FBI Deputizes Private Contractors With Extraordinary Powers, Including 'Shoot to Kill'...

InfraGard is not readily accessible to the general public. Its communications with the FBI and Homeland Security are beyond the reach of the Freedom of Information Act under the "trade secrets" exemption, its website says. And any conversation with the public or the media is supposed to be carefully rehearsed. [More]

Sounds pretty fascist to me.

We do need to bear in mind that this report is written under the banner of "The Progressive." Still, we shouldn't just dismiss it out of hand. Is it leftist hysteria? Or does this make some good points that we ignore at our peril?

Here's the InfraGard website.

Anybody here have any kind of direct knowledge about them?

[Via Steven L]

Are Fed Captors Denying Life-Saving Medicine to Fincher?

MOWCA Blog says they are:

Even before Wayne’s arrest, he had health issues that included Pericardial effusion (excess fluid around the heart). The Federal Government knew this as soon as they took Wayne into custody. Wayne must take medication to reduce the fluid build-up around his heart. The specific drug he takes is Lasix.

However, over the last month, the people who run the Forrest City facility claim they cannot get (or afford) the drug Lasix so Wayne cannot get his medication. Hence, they have refused to give Wayne the medication he requires.

I thought it was a requirement. This sounds like, among other things, the legal definition of deliberate indifference. We need to figure out what we can do about this without delay.

The local newspaper is the Times-Herald of Forrest City. They're likely to have far more influence than a handful of gun blogs. Please join me--right now--in asking them to investigate and shine a light on this:


I addressed my email to the publisher and managing editor. Their edresses are listed in the above link to the paper.

Do this right now. It sounds like a man's life is at stake. I should not have to say "please." And pass this on to others.

MOWCA has also posted the docket.

If you're new to WarOnGuns and don't know Wayne Fincher's story, feel free to explore my archive.

Archimedes’ .45

L. Neil Smith takes an ignorant Canadian hoplophobe who's sure he's right (is there any other kind?) to task. [Read]

The personal defenselessness advocate actually made this comment under his own article:

I regard myself as more free than you because I don't need to own a gun to feel safe.

It's about how he feels, you see. And he regards himself as more free because he's not allowed to make the choice for himself...

'nuff said.

There's nothing really you can do with this except understand that if and when the time comes, the cud-chewers' main function will be to serve as predator chow.

Interesting. Even in death, they'll still be giving aid and comfort to the enemies of liberty.

[Via Mike Vanderboegh]

Damned American Gun Shows

Gangs blamed for killing 3 with US consulate tie [More]

US consulate? Hillary's domain?

Perhaps we can make lemonade out of lemons...

[Via Ed M]

We're the Only Ones Protecting Our Children Enough

Authorities say an off-duty police officer leaving an Anaheim fast-food restaurant with his 6-year-old daughter shot and killed a man who attacked him in the parking lot. [More]

What a great outcome.

Too bad Southern California "authorities"--particularly Orange County Sheriff (and Oath Breaker) Sandra Hutchens--would rather see you and your child dead than "allow" you to be armed.

That's because our lives aren't as valuable as those of Sandra and her "Only Ones."

[Via Harvey]

Reconcile This...

There can be no "reconciliation"... [More]

Not when "reconciliation" means you must accept what we force on you--or else.

Tea Partiers must examine would-be leaders closely

I'm seeing some Republicans who have been part of the establishment, who never committed a restoring act in their tenure and who have actually been part of the problem, working the crowds, and making sure their names are associated with leadership—whether they've actually made a career of leading in a principles-first way or not. I've witnessed speeches that were really collections of platitudes, the speaker pandering to the passions of the crowd with the right buzz words, but never really saying much that couldn't be equivocated into something entirely different by a skillful weasel-worder applying the right spin. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column attempts to thwart hijackings-in-progress.

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This Day in History: March 15

[More]

Well, No Wonder

We're Democrats. We won't even buy him a toy gun. [More]

Those who stand for nothing...

GRE Round Up for Mar. 14

There's some good stuff being turned out. I hope you're availing yourself of it, and importantly, sharing these links via emails, on blogs and forums, with your local newspaper editor, etc.

A common complaint is media bias and absence of representation for "our side."

These people work hard to change that and ask for nothing from those of us their labors serve other than to help spread the word. I hope no one thinks that's too much to ask.

Here are their latest offerings:

John Longenecker/Los Angeles:
Safer Streets 2010: 'Hollow victory' for gun owners in McDonald?

Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis:
Jogger killed by wolves shows wisdom of national park gun rule change

One police department suggests TASERs for self-defense; another trades theirs for 'patrol rifles'

Chris Woodard/Tucson:
As gun owners, can we always call ourselves law abiding citizens ? (I certainly hope not.)

Go. Read. And please share the links.

You're doing that, right?

Government Efficiency

IRS visits Sacramento carwash in pursuit of 4 cents [More]

Boy, that's one strong-arm gang that's deadly serious about extorting businesses on "their" turf.

[Via Ron W]

We're the Only Ones Getting a Second Chance Enough

Philadelphia police say eight officers who were fired or disciplined after a TV news helicopter captured video of them beating three suspects are getting their jobs back or punishments reduced. [More]

Now, now, settle down--I'm sure you and I would get a second chance if we beat the hell out of eight thug Philly "Only Ones." Besides, what better way to discourage future institutionally-sanctioned brutality than by giving out wrist slaps?

[Via Harvey]

No Other Free Place to Go...

So I guess that means our backs are against the wall... [More]

[Via W-III]

We're the Only Ones Eliminated Enough

Budget cuts prompt city of Monticello, Georgia, to eliminate its entire police force. [More]

Gee, what to do...?

[Via William T]

California Adds to Illinois State Police Recommendations

Women interested in self defense can add another tool to their self-defense kit, another weapon to their arsenal...

A real-world and peer-reviewed field test in California has resulted in one more option you can employ against an attacker if the time-proven recommendations of vomiting, surrendering, screaming (while poking with "a rat tail comb") or pulling the covers over your head don't work.

Jump!

Go ahead and jump...

[Via William T]

Job Application Fail

...the suspect entered the store asking about getting a job there. He left but returned a few minutes later and allegedly held a gun to the clerk’s head. As the suspect led the clerk to a back room, the clerk called out "I need help" and a co-owner, Eric Bilger, appeared with a gun.

Gunfire was exchanged. [More]

I guess it's a good thing this didn't happen elsewhere.

Meanwhile, The Toledo Blade reports this stuff, yet continues on its anti-armed citizen crusade. I guess they'll continue until subscribers and advertisers realize they are patronizing people who would rather see them dead than armed--and then cease giving aid and comfort to their enemy.

An Unlikely Place?

Two guns used in shootings this year at the Pentagon and a Las Vegas courthouse both came from the same unlikely place: the police and court system of Memphis, Tenn.

Law enforcement officials from multiple agencies tell The Associated Press the guns were once seized as evidence in criminal investigations in Memphis and made their way separately to the shooters. [More]

It sounds like a setup to demand guns be destroyed instead...

We're the Only Ones CUM ULLA SELLA IN PUGNO TABERNA Enough

The man who stopped a bar shooting incident by hitting the suspected gunman with a chair was hailed as a hero on Monday.

The Saturday night shootings at Jim's Sports Club Bar and Grill left one man dead, another critically wounded and a third with a less serious wound. Authorities said the suspect, Jason Musburger, 47, a former Chisholm police officer, had gone to the bar to confront his ex-wife. [More]

"Any chair in a barfight" and an "Only One" gone bad...tell me this story wasn't written for WarOnGuns!

By the Truck-Load

A Quad Cities Area business is planning a promotion that's sure to be the target of debate. It's hosting a truck-load sale. If you buy a truck-load of guns they'll thrown in a military truck for free. [More]

The most significant thing I see here is that this would be a target of debate.

I can't help but imagine a truckload of sheep on their way to a destination they have no control over bleating "Disa-a-a-a-rrrm u-u-u-sss..."

Punishment for Armed Self-Defense Still the Norm in NYC and DC

I said "ongoing"? Yes, these letters appeared on page 10 in the March 1960 issue of GUNS Magazine, now online. Regular Gun Rights Examiner readers know that every month I highlight this great website feature offered by the magazine I write the "Rights Watch" column for: They post online the corresponding issue from 50 years before. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column features another blast from the past. Please share the link?

This Day in History: March 14

Our Accounts from the Westward are that General Hand is returned from an Expedition Destined against a small Indian Town, On the Guiahogo Rivere. that his Guides Deserted him, after falling in with a Hunting Cabbin, where he took six Scalps and made two Prisoners, from whence he returned, being unable to Proceed without Pilots. [More]