This Day in History: August 20

The Hand of providence has been so conspicuous in all this, that he must be worse than an infidel that lacks faith, and more than wicked, that has not gratitude enough to acknowledge his obligations. [More]

When Fire-Breathing Bartenders Are Outlawed...

Cirrito said an investigator told him that the marshals received a letter in the mail with a photo taken of a previous performance at the bar. [More]

See what a wonderful society we can build if we encourage a snitch culture?

I wonder if the rat is a competitor?

Does Florida gun turn-in program create even more dangers?

Does that "no questions asked" cover us during transport, or might we get more "kicks for guns" than we bargained for? [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at some hidden dangers.

Also tune into yesterday's Trigger Sports Live!

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We're the Only Ones Without Question Enough

“I am very confident his audio/video camera will help both the officer and the citizen,” said Adams. “Since all actions will be recorded, there will never be a question on what was said and how it was handled.” [More]

I know you said there will never be a question, Chief, but I still have one: You won't mind if we reciprocate?

[Via retrotruckman]

Quigley Down Under

One can hope. With lots of flames. [Read]

Along with this co-sponsoring domestic enemy...Don't count on any Illinois gun owner who votes for him under the "lesser of two evils" excuse for anything.

Oh, Deer!

And I'll bet it was cute, too. [Read]

Dreams of My Father

He was a WWII vet?

Maybe he was...

Why Can't I Get a Gun License?

Why would you want one? [Read]

Mr. Pynchon?

If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about answers.

Proud Bloomberg is His Mayor

I don't think Eric Margolis would want to test the tolerance of those he feels compelled to be an apologist for. [Read]

I haven't weighed in on the mosque issue because it's pretty far afield of what I focus on, and that's not my focus here--it's on a supposed libertarian praising control freak fascists like Obama and Bloomberg, and claiming pride in being a subject.

That said, I do fear a government that could prevent the erection of a religious structure. And that said, I have a right to protest any private entities helping to actualize this--assuming I give a damn about what happens in New York City any more.

[Via Paul W. Davis]

This Day in History: August 19

Bates was back in New York to warn Clinton of the American troops movements on August 19, 1778 and her information influenced Clinton's decision to send more men to defend Rhode Island, forcing the American and French armies to withdraw from Newport...[More]

GRE Round Up for August 18

Here's the latest from my Gun Rights Examiner colleagues:

Liston Matthews/Knoxville:
Greenback yard invasion

Greenback yard invasion injures mayor

Dave Workman/Seattle:
One down, many to go following Tuesday primary

Be sure and check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Jesse Mathewson/Cochise County Libertarian
  
• Kent McManigal/Albuquerque Libertarian
• Anthony Martin/Conservative

And John Longenecker has a new issue of Liberty News/Safer Streets.

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Total ban fails to stop Chinese gun trade

The paradox and unintended consequence for the gun banners is, the more they make owning a gun difficult, the more innovative and unregulated the market becomes. They create conditions where the real world outcome is exactly the opposite of what they say they want. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at a Great Wall--one where the best gun deals in town are offered.

Also read my GUNS Magazine recap of McDonald and find out who's ratting out who today on Trigger Sports Live!

NOTE: As many of you have noted, Examiner.com is screwed up nine ways from Sunday with their site "upgrade." I published this over four hours ago and it still is not showing up on my main page. Also, I am aware that some of the embedded links don't work--their publishing tool added an extra "http"--I corrected it in draft form two hours ago when I noticed, but those changes still have not migrated to the live page.

I've been getting quite a few emails on this--subscriptions route readers to error pages, innocuous comments get rejected by a profanity filter on the fritz, etc., etc.

You should see things from my end. We content providers are spitting mad. I've personally filled out at least four tech support tickets and have identified literally dozens of new foul-ups this ill-designed and handled "upgrade" has caused--from things that deeply impact my ability to do basic formatting to outrageous disconnects that seem designed to drive away old readers and make it more difficult to attract new ones.

On that note, I've gotten a few emails from the former who say they will no longer be reading because of this, or forwarding links, as I always ask regular readers to do.

If I could wave a magic wand and make things different I would, but I can't--so I'm forced to either fight on the terrain I find myself in--or give up and retreat.

Hopefully things will smooth out soon. Please be patient, and above all, please have mercy on me--I already get over a hundred emails a day and can do nothing about tech issues. Matter of fact, I'd consider it a favor if you would contact them instead.

Don't be gentle. I haven't been.

Up, Up and Away...

Vanderboegh reports on a maiden voyage. [Read]

Those BATFUers can't do anything without destroying things, can they? I guess we should be thankful that we see no engulfing flames...

[Evacuating the Concrete @$$hole, L-R:
Observing/reporting Waldo in background,
Deputy Ken, Little Jimmy, Agent Keeku,
unnamed dog that miraculously survived a raid
(ballast, to be dropped for lift when they hit the jet stream),
Andy "straw man" Traver and visiting Fibbie Lon Horiuchi]

Bashing?

Or simply telling it like it is? [Read]

Some Fairfax über alles apologists don't understand the difference.

The pistolero does, and tells it like it is.

A Peaceful Event

Of course. [Read]

Haven't they already proven how polite they are?

We're the Only Ones Bordering on Despair Enough

After a bad day on the job as a Border Patrol agent, Eddie DeLaCruz went home and began discussing with his wife how to celebrate her upcoming birthday. Then he casually pressed his government-issued handgun under his chin and pulled the trigger. [More]

Anybody hear the antis clamoring to ban "government-issued handguns"?

[Via Ed M]

A Popular Notion

The Victorian Police Chief Commissioner Simon Overland says he expects a rise in gun crime and shootings as Melbourne's population continues to increase. [More]

Meaning "gun control" alone isn't working--we need population control!

With edicts and administrators and enforcers and everything!

And It Will Happen Here

Calgarian who failed to report gun theft gets six-month jail term [More]

Just fill out these handy registration cards...

Kanadian Karma

Something about ousting an ardent gun controller and making him study French seems kind of fitting. [Read]

This Day in History: August 18

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GRE Round Up for August 17

Here's the latest from my Gun Rights Examiner colleagues:

Anthony Bouchard/Cheyenne:
Ron Micheli true to the cause, beware of impostors

Dave Workman/Seattle:
SAF sues Chicago again; CeaseFire exec reveals anti-gun mindset

Be sure and check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Jesse Mathewson/Cochise County Libertarian
  
• Kent McManigal/Albuquerque Libertarian
• Anthony Martin/Conservative

And John Longenecker has a new issue of Liberty News/Safer Streets.

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A Dead Conservative

Government-enforced segregation endorser James J. Kilpatrick, that is. [Read]

Except he was about as "conservative," if by that you mean true to the Constitution, as, say, Chris Ruddy and other false alternatives.

They say not to speak ill of the dead. Here's what I said about him when he was living--an Oct. 18, 1996 letter to the editor published in the South Bay's (Southern California LA beach region) The Daily Breeze:
People typically have something religious to say at times like this. Here's the only thing I can think of:

Ye shall know them by their fruits.

A Conservative Perspective

Chris Ruddy and Bill Clinton are new BFFs.

Ruddy has "always admired" him.

NewsMax always struck me as a false neocon alternative anyway.

What a tool.

The Golden Mike Award

Larry Pratt interviewed Mike Vanderboegh.

Click here for details and a link telling you how and when you can hear it.

We're the Only Ones Taking a New Approach Enough

Snitch programs and gun "buybacks". [Read]

Ingenious!

Why has no one tried this before?

I'm sure glad knowledgeable "Authorized Journalists" like those at the Charleston Daily Mail are around to educate us on innovations like this!

We're the Only Ones Filching Enough

A Universal loss prevention officer told Orlando police she watched Henry Rogowski place several items, including key chains, playing cards and picture frames, into a bag and walk out of the "Filch's Emporium" store. [More]

Thank goodness. At first I was worried he might have been caught stealing gerbils from PetSmart.

[Via Ed M]

Forget Guns in Bars

We must control deadly assault mugs! [Read]

Fortunately, a solution has been devised Across the Pond in Sarah Brady Paradise.

[Via Ed M]

Park a Car...

...terrify a Bostonian. [Read]

Government has indoctrinated them well. The Heirs of Liberty are also scared of turkeys.

[Via Ed M]

Why is Obama administration blocking import of surplus rifles?

This is ridiculous, offensive and subversive. It's also more proof of the anti-gun agenda the Obama administration has been forced by political realities to keep under wraps during his first term. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column gives one more example of a government that fears an armed populace.

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This Day in History: August 17

General Mifflin invited the inquiry, claiming that Congressional interference had prevented him from properly directing the Quartermaster Department, but an inquiry never occurred. Mifflin indignantly resigned his commission as a Major General on August 17, 1778... [More]

Can police 'gun snitch' programs backfire?

I guess all those Australian "gun control" measures we heard about a few years back haven't worked?

Not that we've done any "better" in this country. Take Washington D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier--please! [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at all kinds of potential for abuse if we become a nation of snitches.

Also see an "Only One"/"Authorized Journalist" gun incompetence challenge and read a retraction that wasn't exactly automatic.

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The Best Laid Plans

"Time constraints" precluded the complete conveyance of some planned words. [Read]

We saw how Mike had to adapt.

Western Rifle Shooters Association brings us an alternative delivery method for another speaker caught short.

The Ultimate Authority?

I wouldn't have phrased it that way, but what the heck--he looks better than most. [Read]

Wonder how he'd do on this...?

We're the Only Ones Personal Enough

Knight has long been an activist of tightening gun laws. On the site, he notes: "It's personal..." [More]

Yeah, you're right, @$$h0le, it is.

You want to start pulling death numbers out, let's take a look at citizens murdered by government, all enabled by jackbooted brownshirts like yourself.

Is that personal enough for you? We can make it more so if you like.

You fascist douchebag police state parasites and your useful idiot cheerleaders seem bent on guaranteeing that outcome.

We're the Only Ones "Hot Dog!" Enough

Authorities say a Cincinnati police dog has died after an officer left it in a hot car. [More]

What happens if a non-"Only One" kills a police dog?

Because I'm a Lying Sack?

"How is it that you can have an F rating from the NRA, and you can sit up here and tell us that you're going to defend sportsmen's rights?" Emmer asked. [More]

See my title for the answer.

What the hell are "cop killer bullets"?

And more importantly, what the hell are "sportsmen's rights"?

I wonder how the contenders would do on these? My experience is most sportsmen have surprisingly big "buts."

This Day in History: August 16

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'Restore the Constitution Rally' speech recalls historic sacrifices and triumphs of 'The Three Percent'

Mike has posted his speech at Sipsey Street Irregulars. Reading it, I deeply regret I was not there to hear it delivered in person. There are lessons here, both historic and contemporary. There is also hope and inspiration. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column helps those of us who were not there benefit from some of the lessons that were imparted.

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Mary Jo Kilroy shows why gun-owning voters shouldn't be caught sleeping

Nice bunch, huh? Kinda makes you want to be a good citizen and register, better yet, turn in those guns? [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner Column shows what can happen to people caught napping.

And for those of us who are awake, there's something on the radio...

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GRE Round Up for August 13

Here's the latest from my Gun Rights Examiner colleagues:

Dave Workman/Seattle:
When an armed citizen intervenes

Last Sunday at a gas station in the Detroit, MI area, a 19-year-old thug identified by the Westland Observer as Bryan Davis tried to pull an armed robbery, but an armed citizen intervened and in the process very likely saved the life...

While you're at it, be sure and check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Jesse Mathewson/Cochise County Libertarian
  
• Kent McManigal/Albuquerque Libertarian
• Anthony Martin/Conservative

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Liberty News/Safer Streets

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A Note About the Chet Edwards Piece

Predictably, some of the apologists are telling us what a swell guy Chet Edwards has been since that F NRA gave him and how he's had a "perfect record" since.

Supporting Barack Obama, who gave us Eric Holder, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan is an example of perfection? There's no cost for giving aid and comfort to proven enemies? Feed us yummy crumbs with one hand--as allowed by your party leadership, which recognizes it as a necessary tactic based on district demographics and which won't make or break a bill anyway--all the while enabling collectivist subversives to strengthen their position?

Oh, right. Politicians are only "dishonest" when they disagree with us. Otherwise, they're "reformed."

Not being a political sophisticate, I just don't understand such things.

Meanwhile, Over in Furious Mike Paradise...

Five females were bound and robbed in a Manhattan apartment. [More]

See, Furious Mike with his taxpayer-provided armed bodyguards prefers that outcome over, say, this one.

We're the Only Ones Felicitous Enough

A number of complaints have been made over the years by people who said a Felicity police officer confiscated illegal drugs but never filed charges, according to the county prosecutor’s office. [More]

So that's not a good thing in this case, is it?

[Via Bill R]

Endorsements

Jesse Mathewson makes his. [Read]

You'll note the name Jim Deakin. Here's one of the reasons why.

See, This Probably Wouldn't Have Happened...

If they'd been singing the World Anthem instead of the National one. [Read]

Or "Wacht Am Rhein."

[Via Jeffersonian]

Yeah, I Know, Examiner's Screwed Up

I'm getting a lot of complaints about the GRE site this morning. They just did a total site redesign under the theory that if it's not broke, fix that. I wish I could say I can't believe how badly they've screwed everything up, but experience tells me to expect that from them.

I've written them a long and blistering trouble ticket noting all the new complications that fix has produced. Please understand I can't do anything about it. I hope this doesn't totally screw up my subscriber base, because I was just told the email notice is sending people to a dead link.

Patience?

The Key Word IS "Dishonest"

NY's Gillibrand hailed by Brady gun control group [More]

Imagine that.

Now imagine this:

"She was either being dishonest with her voters in the congressional district or she's being dishonest to the voters in New York state," said the NRA's chief lobbyist, Chris W. Cox. "Either way, the key word is dishonest."

So...uh...Spoc...uh...Chris: Aside from the direction he chose as the most politically opportune, how is that "logically" any different from what Chet Edwards has done?

When are you chessmasters going to realize it doesn't pay off in the long run to play with cheaters?