So I propose this: Until such time as I make up my mind about the inherent good or evil of guns, the United States should eradicate the Second Amendment entirely. [More]So, Emily...you really don't see any holes in that proposal?
[Via Michael R]
Wednesday, December 08, 2010
A Modest Proposal
[Via Michael R]
The Fools on the Hill
All Yoko and the Bradys want you to be able to do if somebody attacks you is twist and shout...[Read]
Are ‘guns in bars’ automatically ‘a dangerous combination’?
Naturally, the cop organizations are against you having a choice in the matter. But guess who’s exempt? [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column offers an alternative to the staggeringly bad idea of disarming the sober-minded.
Also meet a new GRE and take a stab at the heart of knife control on Trigger Sports LIVE!
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This Day in History: December 8
The unsuccessful attempts which have been made to ratify the Treaty of Convention of Saratoga and the asperity which seems to have crept into the Correspondence between Sir Henry Clinton and the American Congress leaves it to be conjectured that the humane purpose of a General Cartel of Exchange of Prisoners of War and Troops of the Convention will not have force so soon as good men like yourself could wish. [More]
Tuesday, December 07, 2010
GRE Round Up for December 7
Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:
Steve D. Jones/Fort Smith:
John Longenecker/Los Angeles:
Dave Workman/Seattle:
Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis:
Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:
Steve D. Jones/Fort Smith:
John Longenecker/Los Angeles:
Dave Workman/Seattle:
Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis:
Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:
Henick Court Documents Online
In regards to my Gun Rights Examiner two-parter yesterday:
Authorities charge gun owner with brandishing…his finger
and
Do Surry County deputies have conflict of interest in gun brandishing case?
The court documents are posted on Virginia's Judicial System website. To access:
[Via Mack H]
Authorities charge gun owner with brandishing…his finger
and
Do Surry County deputies have conflict of interest in gun brandishing case?
The court documents are posted on Virginia's Judicial System website. To access:
- Go to http://courts.state.va.us/
- In the left sidebar, scroll over "Case Status and Information" to "General District Course" to "Case Information" and click on that link.
- Enter the CAPTCHA code.
- Select "Surry County" court and enter "Henick, Paul" as search term.
- Select either "OBSTRUCT JUSTICE W/O FORCE"/Complainant Deputy R. Hill or "POINT/BRANDISH FIREARM"/Complainant Wyche, Albert Lee.
[Via Mack H]
We're the Only Ones Rectum? Damn Near Killed 'im Enough
"When I was face down ... my legs were held and I felt a sharp jabbing pain into my rectum," Johnson testified. [More]And remember--if you lift a finger.
You just lift your legs.
Funny thing about health Nazi "Furious Mike": He wants to ban smoking, trans fat, salt, guns...
Funny how power junkies stay addicted to something that's so demonstrably bad for everybody else's health...
We're the Only Ones Recovering Merchandise Enough
Adrian SWAT team members, Dundee police and an agent from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives surrounded the house and used flash bombs to enter. [More]Huh. That's funny. They didn't bring out the big guns for this shoplifter, or this one, and they knew they were armed and trained to be dangerous.
I wonder why...
[Via Steve T]
We're the Only Ones "You've Got Mail" (And So Do We) Enough
Feds Check Wrong Person's E-Mail In Spam ProbeThe keyboard went off.
Typo Blamed For Mix-Up [More]
[Via Jeffersonian]
Keeping and bearing arms applies to knives as well as guns
Yeah, right. Privileged, multi-generational career parasite Cyrus Vance and some politically-ambitious cop administrators don’t trust you to have the judgment to carry a knife without their say-so, and their answer is “No.” [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column celebrates sharp-dressed men and women.
Take a stab at sending the link to your friends?
This Day in History: December 7
Sir: As the Convention Troops will have passed above you by the time this reaches you, the object of your Station at the Clove will have been effected. You will therefore be pleased to move down to Paramus with the Carolina Brigade and quarter your Men in as compact a manner as the situation of the Buildings will permit. You shall, upon my arrival at Middle Brook receive more particular instructions. I would recommend it to you, as soon as you have taken post, to make yourself acquainted with the Roads leading to the North River and have pickets established upon them at proper distances from you. You are in no danger from any other quarter. Should the Enemy move up the River in any considerable force, you are immediately to fall back to your former position at Sufferan's and send your Baggage to Pompton. Colo. Morgan furnished Mr. Erskine at Ringwood Iron Works with a guard of a serjeant and be pleased to send the like number to releive them. They are to remain there during the Winter, as Mr. Erskine will be compleating some valuable surveys for the public. [More]Also on this day in 1941, my father turned 21. What a birthday present he received. He spent the next several years in the Pacific with the Marines, including on Guam.
Monday, December 06, 2010
Do Surry County deputies have conflict of interest in gun brandishing case?
Add to this information I obtained after posting today’s earlier report alleging the deputy responding to the Jamestown-Scotland Ferry incident also works part time at the ferry as a security guard employed by Securigard, the private contractor retained by VDOT, that he is one of two deputies employed there, and that both responded to the call...If this information is substantiated, the appearance of a professional conflict of interest becomes a fair matter for investigation and consideration in determining both sides’ accounts of what happened and whether reasonable doubt about incentives will become a factor in the outcome.[More]In light of this development, a second Gun Rights Examiner column today is warranted.
I trust there is no conflict of interest in sharing this link?
GRE Round Up for December 6
Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:
Steve D. Jones/Fort Smith:
Dave Workman/Seattle:
Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis:
Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:
Steve D. Jones/Fort Smith:
Dave Workman/Seattle:
Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis:
Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:
Wenn Sie Etwas Sehen, Etwas Sagen!
Verstehen?
I say let's do. Let's give them what they want.
If you can't pull back, go forward.
UPDATE: Alvie's take.
I say let's do. Let's give them what they want.
If you can't pull back, go forward.
UPDATE: Alvie's take.
We're the Only Ones Exhausted Enough
Come to think of it, I could use some relief myself.
I know--I think I'll go torch a body--maybe one that my buddy shot--right after we beat the hell out the dead guy's companions. That always seems to help.
Plus having my lawyer assure everyone that it's not a crime, merely PTSD (Post-Torching Statist Disorder), doesn't hurt.
You have no idea what a relief it is to get rid of all this stress! Why a fella could get to where he actually kind of enjoys this!
[Via Defender]
I know--I think I'll go torch a body--maybe one that my buddy shot--right after we beat the hell out the dead guy's companions. That always seems to help.
Plus having my lawyer assure everyone that it's not a crime, merely PTSD (Post-Torching Statist Disorder), doesn't hurt.
You have no idea what a relief it is to get rid of all this stress! Why a fella could get to where he actually kind of enjoys this!
[Via Defender]
We're the Only Ones Penetrating Enough
Scott Allen Cole, 41, of Hesperia was charged with sexual penetration with a foreign object of a victim under the age of 18...[More]Something about the way this story is related just makes it seem unreal--but then I remember that there's not an entry in the "Only Ones" Files that isn't unbelievable in its own way.
[Via Curtis]
We're the Only Ones Solicitous Enough
Michigan State Police are investigating whether a member of the city’s Public Safety Commission solicited a prostitute.Sounds like a real blow to public service...
A firearm belonging to Commissioner Jerry King was discovered in the possession of a woman who approached a plainclothes officer. [More]
[Via Harvey]
I Think I May Have Found the Problem
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police reports the only crossbows prohibited in Canada are those that can be fired with one hand and are 19 inches (50 centimeters) or less in length. A license or registration certificate is not required to own crossbows longer than 19 inches that require two hands to use. Such crossbows are sold in hunting shops across Canada. [More]See? Easy access and lax laws are to blame!
And why stop at crossbows?
[Via Sam W]
A Sharp-Dressed Man
Several of you sent me this link about "knife rights." [Read]
Barring anything bigger pushing it to a back burner, I plan on talking about this in tomorrow's Gun Rights Examiner column.
Barring anything bigger pushing it to a back burner, I plan on talking about this in tomorrow's Gun Rights Examiner column.
Ten Little RINOs
Until this reduces down to "and then there were none," the betrayals will continue. [Read]
Regional Freedom Exchange
The Siege Engine
On January 21, 2011, the Guardians of Liberty will lay siege to federal offices in DC and all over the country. These peaceful sieges will remain in effect until:They're doing it by rotation. Click on the link to learn more.
Obamacare is Repealed
The Federal Reserve is Audited and Ended
Our rights are recognized by every government agency
No Compromises!
Join Us on the Firing Line [More]
No Permission Slip Required
“I have a right to protect myself and my family,” he said. [More]Indeed. And no one has the moral authority to require you to apply for and receive permission from them before you do. Nor to charge you for the "privilege."
Authorities charge gun owner with brandishing…his finger
If that can be established, it will lend credence to the suspicion that this entire incident is one of abuse of authority in order to get back at a citizen for knowing—and insisting on his rights. And realizing their liability now that it's been exposed, those who started this fight are trying to cut a deal. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at how authoritarians react to well-made points.
Point the link out to your friends?
This Day in History: December 6
December 6, 1778
"Arrival at Quebec of the prisoners taken by Carleton during his raid. Among them were Nathan and Marshall Smith of Bridport, Benjamin Kellogg, Ward and Joseph Everest of Addison, Holcomb Spaulding, two Ferrises, Granby of Panton, and Hinckly of Shoreham. The last two were liberated to care for the women and children, who, after Burgoyne's defeat, had returned to their abandoned homes. Kellogg and Everest had been partners in the carrying trade, owning sloops together. Kellogg, after escaping the following spring and being retaken, died in prison during the winter of '79. Everest succeeded in escaping a second time from his captors and finally reached home. The party escaping from Quebec had only a small sack of flour, a frying pan, hatchet (or tomahawk) and small compass..." [More]
Sunday, December 05, 2010
Why did NFATCA president forward claimant email about legal case to ATF?
Why? Why would Brown be passing ATF information in their then-ongoing case? What should we infer from the fact that he forwarded it without comment? Why would he do this without first consulting Savage, or telling him afterward? [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at an interesting correspondence.
Inform a friend by sharing the link?
Saturday, December 04, 2010
Vanishing Act
Seems I've seen this basic idea employed in another time, another place, another manner...
I still think this whole mess may have something to do with this.
Ohio governor proposed licensing firearms possession
"The governor said Tuesday that the sale of a murder gun to a Cincinnati youth prompted him to advocate this course of action. He said he is looking into the possibility of asking the next legislature to make it a felony to obtain lethal weapons for minors and to require the licensing of firearms for private possession." [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column travels back in time a bit, and notes we didn't get where we are today by accident.
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Friday, December 03, 2010
GRE Round Up for December 3
Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:
Steve D. Jones/Fort Smith:
Dave Workman/Seattle:
Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis:
Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:
Steve D. Jones/Fort Smith:
Dave Workman/Seattle:
Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis:
Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:
The Day the Earth Stood Still
They'd be a good alternative to Lite-Brite Mooninites, which are so hard to find these days, and Kermit the Frog has already been done to death.
Seriously, this is all it takes?
At least Klaatu had a real robot with frickin' laser beams and everything...
[Via William T]
UPDATE: Vanderboegh had a similar reaction.
It's a Jersey Thing Redux
First Newark and now Camden...[Read]
Fortunately, they still have the resources to keep this hard-boiled character locked up in the animal house where they evidently think he belongs.
[Via William T]
Fortunately, they still have the resources to keep this hard-boiled character locked up in the animal house where they evidently think he belongs.
[Via William T]
What Might Have Been
On Wednesday, the town's K-8 school was on lockdown, because a woman going through a divorce told officers that her husband might have been driving around with a gun. [More]See how easy it is? That's all it takes. And if they happen to get spooked and squeeze a few into him and it turns out he was unarmed, that's when department protocol kicks in.
Mentioning divorce in a Disney community does remind me of an old joke, though...
[Via William T]
Oh, the Weather Outside is Frightful
But the fire is delightful... [More]
I want one too. I'd say it looks like a blast but such a groaner might get me flamed..
I want one too. I'd say it looks like a blast but such a groaner might get me flamed..
We're the Only Ones Sensitive Enough
Police are not releasing the officer's mugshot because he works in a sensitive role at Metro and cannot have his picture shown. [More]Yeah, besides, people who are in control of themselves tend to get a bit sensitive when some drunk with a gun and a badge starts ordering them around.
[Via Parrothead Jeff]
We're the Only Ones Standardized Enough
“As law enforcement officers, we are held to a higher standard..." [More]Yo, Chief Lopez: Is that like a standard talking point of yours or what?
That was kind of weird--it's almost like WRAL has a standard template where they can just plug in the new information...
[Via Cocked and Loaded]
If At First You Don't Succeed...
...try, try again. [Read]
For some reason, I don't think those hospitals passed my questions along to their risk management departments...
For some reason, I don't think those hospitals passed my questions along to their risk management departments...
No Need to Widen Castle Doctrine
The opinion-molders at the York Daily Record will protect you. [Read]
Right after they get this damn thing seated properly...
Right after they get this damn thing seated properly...
We're the Only Ones Scrawling Our Signature Enough
It's the signature program for Baltimore police — curtail violence by getting guns off city streets. [More]Quite simply put, we will brook no competition.
If You Go Out In the Woods Today...
Dialog on campus guns helps clear up perceptions
Enter Jack Burch, CEO of Hill Country Shooting Sports Center in Kerrville, Texas. Burch approached Holda with courtesy and reason, and was responded to in kind. They conducted a conversation via email, and he obtained Dr. Holda’s permission to share his thoughts with a wider audience.Today's Gun Rights Examiner column shows some enlightenment happening in the most unlikely of places, an institute of "higher learning".
To that end, Mr. Burch is allowing me to share it with Gun Rights Examiner readers.[More]
Illuminate your friends by sharing the link?
This Day in History: December 3
Lee sent repeated letters to congressmen, members of the military, and the press attacking the character of Washington and complaining of mistreatment by the Continental Congress. After reading Lee's defamatory "Vindication," published in the Pennsylvania Packet on December 3, 1778, Colonel John Laurens challenged Lee to a duel over his slanderous remarks about Washington's character. In the duel, Lee was wounded and could not fight a second duel requested by General Wayne. [More]
Thursday, December 02, 2010
GRE Round Up for December 2
Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:
John Longenecker/Los Angeles:
Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis:
Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:
John Longenecker/Los Angeles:
- Safer Streets 2011: How the first amendment protects the second amendment.
- Book Review: Poor Lenin's Almanac.
Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis:
Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:
We're the Only Ones Cheating in More Ways Than One Enough
An off-duty cop kills a man who finds the cop sleeping with his wife. Again, the force exonerates its own without charges being filed. [More]Yes, they think they can take it all.
And we're supposed to believe primae noctis is a fiction...well, maybe first is...
[Via John Richardson]
Checkpoint Charlie
Mostly trucks were being checked...[Read]
Mostly.
They came first for the trucks...
What are your options for refusing if they come for you?
Will they make you go through this?
What have you got to hide?
Squeeze.
And remember: They hate us because we're free!
[Via cycjec]
Truth in Government Advertising
I Don't Want Her, You Can Have Her
Women accused of hiding merchandise in body fat [More]I hope they used gloves to retrieve it, and that they're not going to restock it on the shelves.
Why am I reminded that Shar Peis should be frequently bathed lest the bacteria that collects in the folds of their skin begins to fester and smell?
Class, thy name is Ailene.
You too, Shmeco (not to be confused with Groucho, Harpo and Chico...?)
Mr. Godfrey? Your cue:
I get dizzy
I get numb-o
when I'm dancing with my jum-jum-jumbo..
It's OK
It doesn't matter. [Read]
He doesn't mean it anyway. Neither of them do.
Besides, it's not like Establishment "left" and "right" isn't just a sleight-of-mind game anyway.
He doesn't mean it anyway. Neither of them do.
Besides, it's not like Establishment "left" and "right" isn't just a sleight-of-mind game anyway.
Can corrupt government legitimately decide who it allows to keep and bear arms?
This is not “just a few bad apples,” as the ubiquitous police [state] apologists would have us believe. For every one exposed, there’s an entire support system of co-workers, superiors and subordinates who witness attitudes, behaviors and actions every day and keep silent, going along to get along, to protect their own place at the table and/or activities. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at a whole rotten barrel.
Also see more citizen disarmament foolishness in Portland, and join a celebration.
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Wednesday, December 01, 2010
GRE Round Up for December 1
Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:
Dave Workman/Seattle:
Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis:
Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:
Dave Workman/Seattle:
Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis:
Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:
The Finest Manufactured Threats Money Can Buy
The evidence presented in the FBI affidavit offers no reason to believe that Mohamud intended to harm anyone before he fell under the influence of two undercover operatives from the Bureau's Homeland Security theater troupe. [More]So they set him up, they got him and it worked. It was in all the papers.
Kind'a like these guys.
Nice to see government doing something right for a change.
[Via Ron W]
We're the Only Ones "Every Good Boy Does Fine" Enough
What Duty to Protect?
The lawsuit's allegations against UMW include:
Now if the lawsuit had focused on prohibiting the tools of defense, I might be more sympathetic.
Besides, even if the campus security alert system had been activated, why wouldn't people assume they were just being punked again? I assume everyone there is familiar with "The Boy Who Cried Wolf"...?
If it's any consolation, miss, I'm pretty sure campus safety expert Colin Goddard would tell you you did the right thing.
[Via Mack H]
Negligent security measures.I'm not persuaded.
Failure to properly monitor the parking deck, which the complaint says UMW officials should have known to be dangerous.
Failure to warn students of dangers in the parking deck.
Failure to install and operate security cameras.
Failure to train security guards, campus police officers and others on how to report, investigate and prevent sexual assaults.
Failure to properly investigate complaints of rape and provide adequate security.
Now if the lawsuit had focused on prohibiting the tools of defense, I might be more sympathetic.
Besides, even if the campus security alert system had been activated, why wouldn't people assume they were just being punked again? I assume everyone there is familiar with "The Boy Who Cried Wolf"...?
If it's any consolation, miss, I'm pretty sure campus safety expert Colin Goddard would tell you you did the right thing.
[Via Mack H]
Georgia Gun Owners Media Watch
Via email:
If interested in participating, contact Ashley Rodriguez at: press@georgiagunowners.org
Georgia Gun Owners is creating a network of liberty and gun rights activists who:
Write letters to the editor to a local newspaper
Write guest Op-Eds in a local newspaper
Cut out and send in newspaper articles
Email online links to articles of interest
Call in to local talk radio stations
Arrange a media interview for a representative of Georgia Gun Owners
If interested in participating, contact Ashley Rodriguez at: press@georgiagunowners.org
Trained Professionals
There's some discussion about this being fake. I don't care.
What the hell is wrong with you morons who made this?
[Via Skip]
A 2010 Eloi Award Finalist
New East Palo Alto license plate readers will run plates through crime databases [More]Perhaps the Chamber of Commerce would like to hear why you will not be coming to East Palo Alto--not that you need this as an excuse.
But it's been done before:
"I'm all for it," said Tiburon resident Dorothy Larson. "I don't have any paranoia about (police) knowing when I'm coming and going. I don't know whyYour cattle car awaits, cud-chewer.
anybody would object to it."
The Third Way
First, the Obama Administration is so gutless, so feeble, that they were unwilling to take any aggressive action to shut down WikiLeaks...Second, it is possible that the Obama Administration did not care whether such information was released. [More]You forgot third: Eliminate the competition.
It's a Jersey Thing
We're the Only Ones Keeping Abreast of the Situation Enough
Woman gets $245,000 settlement in deputy sex assault lawsuitHow do I love the? Let me count the ways:
Single mother alleges that a sheriff's deputy touched her chest during a 2008 traffic stop, then followed her home and assaulted her in the driveway. The deputy faces a criminal trial in the incident as well as two others. [More]
One-two, one-two...
[Via FFFW]
We're the Only Ones Using Cop-Logic Enough
Layoffs May Force Residents to Report Crime Online...You know:
The department has been considering using an online self-reporting system called Cop-Logic. It's a system that is currently used by 150 police departments nationwide including in Cleveland and Columbus. [More]
Cleveland...
Columbus...
That's some cop logic.
Left unasked: When government fails to perform its most basic function, who needs it?
And, perversely, might this actually make the citizens safer?
Should actor Mark Ruffalo be prohibited from buying guns?
If they’re to be consistent in their demands, the Brady Campaign must show no favoritism: Mark Ruffalo must be disarmed.Today's Gun Rights Examiner column focuses on a threat to national security so grave, it may even eclipse the giant inflatable pink pig menace.
Our national security depends on it. [More]
Also join me in congratulating the "Trigger Sports Live!" crew on the occasion of their 100th episode.
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This Day in History: December 1
Fuser was there only to create a diversion and on December 1, decided to withdraw back to Major Prévost. As the Royal Americans left the town a detachment of Patriot horsemen arrived and fired a few shots, but to no effect. [More]
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
GRE Round Up for November 30
Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:
Mike Stollenwerk/DC:
Dave Workman/Seattle:
Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis:
Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:
Mike Stollenwerk/DC:
Dave Workman/Seattle:
Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis:
Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:
And Remember...
...they hate us because we're free... [Watch]
Here's more.
Fortunately, most of us would rather watch a basketball game or a Lady Gaga concert than guard with jealous attention the public liberty...
Still, the thought strikes that a rag, a Coke bottle and a dollar's worth of gas could pretty much render useless one of these multi-million dollar investments. So maybe before we let people near them, we ought to make them go through another line first, where we can give them the rape scan/junk grope...oh, I'm sorry, I mean the "Freedom Fondle" option...
[Via wyreconmarine]
Here's more.
Fortunately, most of us would rather watch a basketball game or a Lady Gaga concert than guard with jealous attention the public liberty...
Still, the thought strikes that a rag, a Coke bottle and a dollar's worth of gas could pretty much render useless one of these multi-million dollar investments. So maybe before we let people near them, we ought to make them go through another line first, where we can give them the rape scan/junk grope...oh, I'm sorry, I mean the "Freedom Fondle" option...
[Via wyreconmarine]
We're the Only Ones File-Sharing Enough
A Lost Cause?
No, I'm not talking about GRendell's rantings. [Read]
I'm talking about allowing RINO political whores like Kate Harper to remain in power.
Better to let an anti-gun democrat have the seat as an object lesson that the GOP had better get someone acceptable to run if they want back in.
But that's stupid politics! If we do that we could lose all our gun rights!
Only if you believe the ultimate test will be political. Only if you surrender them. Only if you think it's a lost cause.
If you allow betrayals without non-negotiable consequences, what incentive is there to stay faithful?
And what's the deal with Dominc Pileggi? He comes out speaking for NRA, which has given him an "A" rating, but this says he "broke with Republicans - and some Democrats - to support closing the so-called Florida loophole..."
I'm talking about allowing RINO political whores like Kate Harper to remain in power.
Better to let an anti-gun democrat have the seat as an object lesson that the GOP had better get someone acceptable to run if they want back in.
But that's stupid politics! If we do that we could lose all our gun rights!
Only if you believe the ultimate test will be political. Only if you surrender them. Only if you think it's a lost cause.
If you allow betrayals without non-negotiable consequences, what incentive is there to stay faithful?
And what's the deal with Dominc Pileggi? He comes out speaking for NRA, which has given him an "A" rating, but this says he "broke with Republicans - and some Democrats - to support closing the so-called Florida loophole..."
No Surprise
Proponents hailed Heller and McDonald as setbacks for gun control advocates. They predicted a shift in gun policy throughout the country.Ayup:
But so far it hasn’t happened that way. While there have been challenges throughout the country to local, state and federal gun laws, few have been successful. [More]
However, if they accept either Seegars or Parker, I believe the court will not dare say there is no individual rkba. But if they find there is one, it will be so heavily burdened with "reasonable restrictions" as to ensure the status quo. They'll never admit the truth unless someone, that would be us, has enough power to compel them.Men don't voluntarily give up power over others. There has to be an "or else" attached to if they don't, followed by a cost/benefit tradeoff analysis.
That's the way it's always been.
GOA Says ‘Ask Your Senators to Filibuster Traver Nomination’
Click here to read the alert from Gun Owners of America, and what you can do about it.
Hopefully, the senators will have a say in the matter.
As I noted in that column, it’s good to see the National Rifle Association “urge” Obama to withdraw the nomination. Still unknown: Will we also see a pledge to score a confirmation vote against any senator who approves it?
Come on, guys, act like you mean it.
I mean, what the hell...?
Hopefully, the senators will have a say in the matter.
As I noted in that column, it’s good to see the National Rifle Association “urge” Obama to withdraw the nomination. Still unknown: Will we also see a pledge to score a confirmation vote against any senator who approves it?
Come on, guys, act like you mean it.
I mean, what the hell...?
Question...
What if she'd really had a gun? [Read]
After all, this is Wisconsin...
And yeah, I know open carry is "legal." Tell these guys.
[Via Mama Liberty]
After all, this is Wisconsin...
And yeah, I know open carry is "legal." Tell these guys.
[Via Mama Liberty]
Former congressman urges ATF oversight hearings
While this hardly touches on many of the issues we’ve discussed in this column, from arbitrary classifications to baffling rulings to motivated persecutions to perjury to unreliable records used to prosecute citizens, and much more, it’s at least a start.Today's Gun Rights Examiner column notes a move in the right direction. Whether enough momentum will build up or not is up to us, meaning your personal involvement is required.
To those of us who feel like we’ve been lonely voices in the wilderness—for a long time—it’s nice to be joined by another, especially one so prominent. [More]
Will you share the link and contact your representative?
This Day in History: November 30
Washington used the Middlebrook grounds again in the Winter of 1778–9. He brought about 8-10,000 troops to the camp site by November 30, 1778. Soldiers constructed cabins from logs covered with clay similar as they had done at Morristown. [More]
Monday, November 29, 2010
GRE Round Up for November 29
Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:
John Longenecker/Los Angeles:
Dave Workman/Seattle:
Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis:
Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:
John Longenecker/Los Angeles:
Dave Workman/Seattle:
Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis:
Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:
Wrapped Around the Axle
Just busier than anything today with several unexpected tasks and no time to do all that must be done...
Bunches of you sent me tons of links over the weekend--afraid I won't be getting to them--good rule of thumb for those who haven't noticed--I pretty much slow down to Examiner columns on Sat. and Sun. and if a bunch of stuff builds up, chances are there just isn't enough of me to do much about it.
Tomorrow looks to be much of the same. Sorry, like the robot V.I.N.CENT said in "The Black Hole":
Bunches of you sent me tons of links over the weekend--afraid I won't be getting to them--good rule of thumb for those who haven't noticed--I pretty much slow down to Examiner columns on Sat. and Sun. and if a bunch of stuff builds up, chances are there just isn't enough of me to do much about it.
Tomorrow looks to be much of the same. Sorry, like the robot V.I.N.CENT said in "The Black Hole":
A pint can't hold a quart. If it holds a pint, it's doing the best it can.Personally, I'm about ready to go hold a fifth.
Gun Criminals Flout Law
Somalian traders have been arming themselves with illegal weapons to defend themselves against gangs of ruthless robbers in Cape Town's townships. [More]Something must be done! For the children!
Playing the Percentages
An alleged gang member who police say was behind 80 percent of the killings in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, over the past 16 months was arrested over the weekend, officials said. [More]And here we all thought that 80% was due to weak American gun laws...I know, apples and oranges...
I get so confused trying to wade through made-up statistics designed to make it easier for government to do something to me....
[Via Christopher C]
More Suppressed Machine Gun Fire
The apologists are out in force in comments here. Seems the idea of doing things openly doesn't set well with those who have appointed themselves our representatives--and their lackeys. Funny how they have more of a problem with people who want to know the details than they do with BATFU.
Here's more of what the subguns boys are trying to keep their members from seeing.
Which lasted until noticed:
But keep up the comments, fellas--funny how you're allowed to express your views on my site.
Here's more of what the subguns boys are trying to keep their members from seeing.
But keep up the comments, fellas--funny how you're allowed to express your views on my site.
It's Not Easy Being Green
"i'm [sic] planning something big around a government building here in Broward County, maybe a post office, maybe even a school, I'm going to walk in and teach all the government hacks working there what the 2nd amendment is all about . . . [Read]
Oh no! Not another violent right-wing extremist!!! Could the SPLC have been right about us?
Relax, it's just another hate-filled leftist loser loon acting out on her projections...
And just in case you didn't know where that Green Party she belongs to stands on "gun control"...
We're the Only Ones Administering Prenatal Care Enough
A pregnant woman in the Philippines has survived being stabbed 24 times in an attack allegedly led by two police officers facing robbery and extortion charges, police said on Friday. [More]Fortunately, they enjoy strongly enforced "gun control" laws over there...
Meanwhile, Across the Pond in Sarah Brady Paradise...
The subjects are arguing succession.
I guess now's not the time to bring this up:
I guess now's not the time to bring this up:
"Of more worth is one honest man to society, and in the sight of God, than all the crowned ruffians that ever lived."Of cabbage heads and kings...
"[T]he idea of hereditary legislators is as inconsistent as that of hereditary judges or hereditary juries; and as absurd as an hereditary mathematician, or an hereditary wise man; and as ridiculous as an hereditary poet-laureate."
--Thomas Paine
Dead and Loving It
R.I.P. Leslie Nielsen.
I don't know where the guy stood politically--his brother was a big shot Canadian pol, and being Hollywood he no doubt was influenced by that culture, but he did make me laugh at the "Only Ones"--a lot. He was also cool in "Forbidden Planet," and I'll always remember him as "The Swamp Fox."
I don't know where the guy stood politically--his brother was a big shot Canadian pol, and being Hollywood he no doubt was influenced by that culture, but he did make me laugh at the "Only Ones"--a lot. He was also cool in "Forbidden Planet," and I'll always remember him as "The Swamp Fox."
Felon laments he can’t vote for gun control
So he can’t control himself and he won’t work to pay his own freight? But he wants to stake a claim on controlling you, your rights, and how the fruits of your labor are divvied up? [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column shows how once more, the gun grabbers are allying themselves with criminals to push their citizen disarmament agenda.
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Sunday, November 28, 2010
‘The Social Contract’ exposes Southern Poverty Law Center
We’ve covered the defamation/conflation angle from a gun owner perspective many times at Gun Rights Examiner. TSC expands that to show how other groups that the SPLC agenda finds convenient are also smeared in order to advance their agenda and bring in the cash. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column notes there's pretty damn good money to be made exploiting hate.
Also see how the guy with taxpayer-funded armed bodyguards thinks you defending yourself is an affront to "the sanctity of life," and determine the type of ammunition that's best for flushing out stuffed bears.
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Saturday, November 27, 2010
ATF attempting to reclassify small arms ammunition without public input
A “working group” has been established. A pledge of sorts to “make certain that ‘we get this right’” has been made, and we’re told to expect progress updates.Today's Gun Rights Examiner column relates an explosive new development and notes that not all interests have been invited to the table to discuss how the blasting might affect them.
So: crisis averted, our leaders are on the job and we can go back to sleep now, right?
Not so fast. Let’s take a closer look. [More]
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