"Moreover, the point intended to encourage the federal Executive to request the extradition of U.S. agents who executed the program, for having committed the crime of trafficking in arms against the Mexican government..." [More]Things just got a lot more interesting in a story that appears to have no end to the twists...
Friday, March 11, 2011
Mexican politician calls for extradition of ATF 'Gunwalkers'
Thursday, March 10, 2011
GRE Round Up for March 10
Here are the latest offerings 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:
We're the Only Ones Tripping the Light Fantastic Enough
DA Issues Report on the Eurie Stamps Raid: Cop Who Killed Unarmed, 68-Year-Man Tripped, Accidentally Fired His Gun [More]Which, in a way, proves the stumbling "Only One" is way more experienced than you or me at this sort of thing...
Making the Grade
If anyone has time, could you look this over and let us know in comments what you think?
I heard about it during a radio interview and it seems like a pretty good idea. But Gunwalker calls and I don't know when I'll get time to give this site a test drive.
I heard about it during a radio interview and it seems like a pretty good idea. But Gunwalker calls and I don't know when I'll get time to give this site a test drive.
Of Course You Realize This Means War
I know we non-Marxists are the ones being told to tone down the rhetoric, but bring it on. [Read]
Did Anyone Know Anything About This?
Why not?
I see opposition, but I don't recall seeing an alert. Of course, I've been pretty busy of late...
[Via Michael G]
I see opposition, but I don't recall seeing an alert. Of course, I've been pretty busy of late...
[Via Michael G]
Holder says ‘gunwalking wrong’
He guesses that's the term? Like this is all new to him?This afternoon's Gun Rights Examiner report guesses what the Attorney General is up to.
...Left unsaid is whether stonewalling when people reporting to him have done it is wrong or acceptable. Perhaps we're meant to guess. [More]
Also tune in to two more interviews and see what objects are in motion up in Oregon.
Project Gunblogger
I've been so busy with "Project Gunwalker" I haven't had time to acknowledge some folks who are doing outstanding work helping spread the story. Here are a few links I encourage you to read and share:
- Douglas Hester: Events are moving quickly in the ATF scandal
- John Richardson: The Washington Post Is Finally Heard From
- ΛΕΟΝΙΔΑΣ: Project “Gunwalker” UPDATED
A Journalist's Guide to 'Project Gunwalker-Part Two
Examiner.com article character limits preclude adding more updates to the Journalists' Guide to Project Gunwalker. This is a continuation of updates from this column and Sipsey Street Irregulars beginning with March 9, 2011. It includes contributions from regional Gun Rights Examiners. [More]I guess we're producing more information than they can handle. So this was my workaround.
House Judiciary Committee Republicans want answers from Holder on Gunwalker
“Republicans Want Answers on ATF Gun Trafficking Program,” a news release on the website of Rep. Lamar Smith proclaims. [More]This morning's Gun Rights Examiner report notes an extremely significant development. Any bets on whether Eric Holder meets the Mar. 18 deadline or stonewalls?
What...? No takers...?
Also catch up on some easy listening.
Wednesday, March 09, 2011
NRA calls for Gunwalker investigations
NRA’s leadership in this effort, and the participation of its membership in supporting this call are essential. Adding their powerful voice to calls from the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms and Gun Owners of America to hold Senate and House hearings increase the likelihood of this happening to near certainty. [More]This is good.
NRA News Interviews Grassley
From Dave Workman:
Ah, look:
Great. Now if they'll just put out an alert and get their members to start demanding hearings--including in the House--I'll stop harassing them over this.
Ah, look:
NRA-ILA Executive Director Chris W. Cox Calls for Expedited Hearings into BATFE Investigative TacticsMike has his own way of welcoming them.
Napolitano: "I Know Him Not"
"Did you sign off on this operation, and if so, when?" Grassley asked.
"No," said Napolitano, "this is within the Justice Department." [More]
Man, the cock didn't even have to crow, did it?
[Via Jim N]
Project Gunwalker ‘becoming a major scandal’
It’s past time mainstream “authorized journalists” stopped parroting the line ATF would like them to follow—certainly Project Gunrunner had catching big players as a goal, but the directed way the specific walking operation devolved leads to a conclusion the mainstream press has yet to explore: that elements within ATF intended guns to be found exactly for the reasons reported by Vanderboegh and me, to score some media success stories, to justify expansion of ATF power and authority, and to help gin up public demand for more “gun control” laws, such as a renewed “assault weapons” ban prematurely floated by Eric Holder two years ago. The anti-gun coalition has been using the Mexican crime gun canard ever since to try and build political support for just such an attempt, resorting to—you guessed it—padding statistics to do it. [More]This afternoon's Gun Rights Examiner report notes the story just keeps growing. But it needs a bit of steering to make sure it grows in the right direction.
Has “Project Gunrunner” Become “Project Gunwalker”?
Editor’s Note: Due to the timely nature of David Codrea’s “Rights Watch” column we have decided to begin running it here on the website first. The stories below will also run in the print edition of GUNS in June and July, respectively. Be sure to check back and read “Rights Watch” here first—while it’s hot. [More]The magazine has noticed the story picking up steam and decided not to wait for it to hit the newsstands.
Mexican government calls for ‘working group’ to examine gun-walking charges
Congressman Humberto Trevino has estimated the toll of “Project Gunwalker” guns linked to injuries or deaths to date at 150, although his authoritative source for making that claim has, as yet, not been publicly disclosed. Still, with the totality of guns allowed to cross the border and the duration of such operations in question due to stonewalling and deception, the probability that these firearms have been and will continue to be used in crimes of violence on both sides of the border remains high. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner report notes a price in blood and a proposed U.S.-Mexico group grope that further drops this mess into Hillary's lap. If you were Holder, would you want to be sitting there?
Also: Read a magazine article before it hits the stands and then walk those guns over to the talk show circuit.
Tuesday, March 08, 2011
BREAKING NEWS: PROJECT GUNWALKER
Two links, hot off the keyboard:
Share these links. And join us in banging pots and pans to get every representative to add their name to calls for an investigation and every media outlet to make this their headline story.
Grassley asks for independent investigation of ATF
CBS: ‘Documents point to ATF gun running since 2008’
And the hits just keep on coming.Share these links. And join us in banging pots and pans to get every representative to add their name to calls for an investigation and every media outlet to make this their headline story.
Safer Streets/Liberty News
John Longenecker has a few talk radio tips and some action assignments for those willing to help out. [Read]
Gunwalker? Nope, No Gunwalker Here...
These people are worse than useless. They're collaborators. [Read]
Stop Traver
Tell your senator to vote "No"...[More]
Yeah, but first tell him to ask him some tough questions. Hell, depending on who your senator is, you may want to dare him to have those hearings.
But telling members that wouldn't fit in with the leadership plan, would it?
Let me guess--something about "political capital"...?
Some ‘illegal’ U.S. guns being used to defend Mexican lives
Mexico is a perfect real-world laboratory for looking at what happens when the gungrabbers get their wish list fulfilled, and anti-gun policies are enacted at a societal level—the old adage that when guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns (aside from the military and police, that is, the “Only Ones”)—proves out. Which leaves citizens who simply wish to protect themselves the terrible consequences of breaking the law and facing life-destroying penalties...[More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column notes all guns "flowing" south aren't necessarily "bad".
Also get used to a new term and turn on that radio.
Monday, March 07, 2011
GRE Round Up for March 7
Here are the latest offerings from my fellow GREs:
Sean McClanahan/Des Moines:
Liston Matthews/Knoxville:
John Pierce/Minneapolis:
Dave Workman/Seattle:
Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis:
Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:
Sean McClanahan/Des Moines:
Liston Matthews/Knoxville:
John Pierce/Minneapolis:
Dave Workman/Seattle:
Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis:
Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:
White House pleads ignorance to ‘Project Gunwalker’
Watch the exchange in the sidebar video player. And help raise the president’s awareness level if so inclined. That is if you believe the most powerful and one of the best-informed men on the planet is truly in the dark about a major scandal being reported on network news concerning his administration. [More]This story now officially reaches all the way up to the White House. The next time asked, they won't be able to claim they don't know.
We're the Only Ones Triumvirate Enough
A Danville police officer was arrested Friday on suspicion of drug and gun offenses, becoming the third law enforcement official in a month held in the widening investigation of a Contra Costa County drug task force chief and a high-profile private investigator, law enforcement officials said. [More]I guess depending on who you talk to, they represent either a few bad apples or else a spate...
[Via Dave Licht]
We're the Only Ones Unretentive Enough
Police believe the gun fell out of an officer's holster during a foot chase of a suspect... [More]If this could happen to a highly-trained officer, isn't it time we admitted guns are just too dangerous for you and me? And until such time as someone invents a device to keep this from happening, we can expect such tragedies-in-the-making to continue.
[Via ma0]
That's ONE Way to Find Out...
Ask Chuck Grassley
Guess who's now my new e-BFF?
And yes, of course I know it's not really him but a staffer. Still, we can find out some good information.
Like this:
How about it, those of you who are social media-savvy?
Like this:
How about it, those of you who are social media-savvy?
A Beverly Lawmaker
Great idea there, State Rep. Bill Cunningham (D-Chicago), you dolt. [Read]
Create a whole new class of "prohibited persons" based on the say-so of academics and administraitors.
Hell, why not include Democrat party and SEIU officials among those authorized to point and scream "Witch!" too?
Create a whole new class of "prohibited persons" based on the say-so of academics and administraitors.
Hell, why not include Democrat party and SEIU officials among those authorized to point and scream "Witch!" too?
Congressional Marxists Think Gunwalker...
...a great reason to speed up citizen disarmament. [Read]
Make no mistake: Those "spearheading" this are domestic enemies. Literally.
There can be no peace with them. They will not allow it.
Make no mistake: Those "spearheading" this are domestic enemies. Literally.
There can be no peace with them. They will not allow it.
We're the Only Ones Approaching the Bench Enough
NC bill would allow prosecutors to carry concealed weapons in courthouses [More]Because we all know officers of the court have better judgment and morals than you and me.
‘Project Gunwalker’ now ‘an international incident’
The big question now? How will Secretary of State Hillary Clinton handle her end of things, now that State has been irrevocably dragged into Project Gunwalker? [More]That's actually a HUGE question. Provided enough of us raise enough of a ruckus to keep this from being buried.
You'll help do that, won't you?
I mean, who wouldn't like the idea of also opening this up to the House Foreign Affairs Committee?
Oh...yeah, that's right...
This Day in History: March 7
Sir: Your Letter of the 15th. Ulto. was handed me by Captn Beall. That you may not be embarrassed for want of money in reinlisting such of your men whose times of service have expired or will soon terminate, I have given a warrant to Captn Beall for 15,000 Dollars for this purpose and that of filling up the corps by new recruits. You will proceed in reinlisting agreeable to the terms and principles established in the general orders, which accompanies this letter. [More]
Sunday, March 06, 2011
Issa silence on ‘Project Gunwalker’ enabled by NRA inaction
In the week when CBS News aired two follow-ups to its groundbreaking “Gunwalker” reporting, including an on-camera interview with a whistleblowing agent and a phone interview with Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry’s sister, in a week when The Los Angeles Times ran the story on its front page, and the story has been picked up by CNN, the BBC…Today's Gun Rights Examiner column demands leadership from those who claim to be our leaders.
...NRA issues a nationwide “alert” to its members that mentions not a word of any of this, let alone any call to action. [More]
Saturday, March 05, 2011
Grassley: Federal officials made whistleblower feel like skunk at picnic
“The ATF agents who spoke with my staff warned their supervisors that this kind of risky operation would get someone killed,” Grassley writes. “Tragically, they were right. [More]This just came to my attention so I thought I'd call it to yours.
As some in media pick up on ‘Gunwalker,’ others remain (intentionally?) clueless
Meanwhile, it would appear regional management is stepping up to follow the marching orders from ATF’s chief of spin to “proactively push positive stories this week, in an effort to preempt some negative reporting, or at minimum, lessen the coverage of such stories in the news cycle by replacing them with good stories about ATF.” OregonLive.com reports ATF’s Kelvin Crenshaw has released the Kraken and “proactively pushed” on cue... [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column demonstrates the difference between reporters and "Authorized Journalists."
Friday, March 04, 2011
On Radio Saturday Morning
I'll be talking "Gunwalker" Saturday morning at 9:00 EST with Sergio Sanchez, News Talk 710 KURV.
Click here then "Listen Live."
Click here then "Listen Live."
BREAKING NEWS: Another CBS "Project Gunwalker" Report Tonight
Just got this from my -press contact at CBS--don't have time right now to do anything but post it here in its entirety--please spread the word asap:
March 4, 2011
TONIGHT ON THE "CBS EVENING NEWS WITH KATIE COURIC":
Sister of Slain Border Agent Murdered by Guns Linked to ATF Reacts to CBS News’ Interview with Agent
Tonight on the CBS EVENING NEWS WITH KATIE COURIC (6:30 PM ET), Kelly Willis, the sister of murdered U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry, responds to John Dodson, the ATF agent who risked his job to speak with CBS News about the agency’s practice of letting guns “walk.” Investigative Correspondent Sharyl Attkisson uncovered “Fast and Furious,” a secret case in which the ATF allowed guns to be purchased in order to track them, build a big case, and take down a major Mexican drug cartel. Two assault rifles the ATF let go as part of this strategy were found nearly a year after purchased at the scene of Terry’s murder.
Agent Dodson spoke out in an exclusive interview that broadcast on the CBS EVENING NEWS WITH KATIE COURIC on March 3. When asked by Attkisson about what he would say to Terry’s family, Dodson said, “First of all, I'd tell them that I'm sorry. Second of all, I'd tell them I've done everything that I can for them to get the truth. After this, I don't know what else I can do. But I hope they get it."
Tonight, Terry’s sister responds. Following are advance excerpts from tonight's broadcast. MANDATORY CREDIT: THE CBS EVENING NEWS WITH KATIE COURIC.
Kelly Willis: “You know, within the first five minutes after that was finished airing, my whole family members, we all called each other just in tears that somebody, sorry I'm going to cry…that somebody would put their job on the line like that for my family to give us the information that we need. And that right there was the whole break in the case for us. Sometimes you can't believe everything you read but when someone actually puts the truth to it in person like that it shows us that all our thoughts and speculations are true.”
Sharyl Attkisson: “What have you been told officially about what happened to your brother, where the guns came from, what bullet killed him?”
Kelly: “Nothing. We have been told nothing. Every time we have a question they can't answer it. Nothing.”
Sharyl Attkisson's follow-up report broadcasts tonight on the CBS EVENING NEWS WITH KATIE COURIC, and can be found online at www.cbsnews.com.
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Rush Limbaugh to Talk Gunwalker
Within minutes. Find a local station or do live streaming. I'm listening from here:
http://www.wonw1280.com/mediaplayer/
http://www.wonw1280.com/mediaplayer/
Thursday, March 03, 2011
ATF begins spin in wake of devastating press reports
I guess I spoke too soon about calling it a night...[Read]
CBS interviews ATF senior agent on 'Project Gunwalker'
Last post today. Go watch the video.
I'm going to go have a cigar and about three fingers of the good stuff.
Click.
I'm going to go have a cigar and about three fingers of the good stuff.
Click.
CBS News to air 2nd ‘Project Gunwalker’ segment and Grassley writes Holder again
But the agents who objected within their own agency were repeatedly rebuffed, they were told to keep their mouths shut, to stop complaining about it, in one case we have an internal email that describes a supervisor telling somebody ‘If you don’t like it you can go work for the Maricopa County Jail—if this isn’t fun to you then you can go find something else to do.’ [More]Plus read Sen. Grassley's latest to Eric Holder, where he flat out tells him "the Justice Department's denials simply don’t hold water.”
Pass this link to everyone you know. And watch tonight!
Now back to work--there is more breaking on this.
Also don't forget--tonight at 8:00 pm EST I'll be doing a live chat.
Rumor confirmed: Murdered agent Terry armed with beanbag rounds
So of course this means the government also knows which gun was used to kill Agent Terry. That the Justice Department refuses, as yet, to confirm that points to the same intentional stonewalling that kept the beanbag information suppressed for so long.Today's Gun Rights Examiner report notes the government's response so far isn't worth a hill of beans.
Officials who do not want information about the circumstances of Agent Terry’s death and about wider “Project Gunwalker”* allegations to come to light are engaging in a cover up. [More]
Also watch a rerun, join a chat, witness a proof and find out why I've decided to muzzle everyone but myself.
Wednesday, March 02, 2011
GRE Round Up for March 2
Here are the latest offerings 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:
Idaho Rep. to urge Darrell Issa to investigate ‘Project Gunwalker’ charges
That is exactly what is needed. House Oversight Committee hearings conducted alongside Senate Judiciary Committee hearings are the only way the scope of the Gunwalker story—how widely it is spread and how high it reaches up to in the government—is likely to be determined. It would also provide the needed impetus to get the rest of a so-far reluctant media to follow the lead established by CBS News. [More]This afternoon's Gun Rights Examiner report notes a Gunwarrior, a Gunweasel and a Gunwaffler.
Let's get three out of three, and put terror into the hearts of the Gunwalkers.
Share the link?
We're the Only Ones Showing Solidarity Enough
The Department of Pre-Crime Meets "The Cage"
But, should causation be shown one day, what would that mean for our legal system and society at large? Should we be doing skin conductivity tests on toddlers and then locking them up based on the results? [Read]If the Keepers only knew what I was thinking...
[Via CM]
Epic Success
This comment by Epic Failure on CleanUpATF, that is... [Read]
Senator Grassley and Congress, demand the documents and make Ken Melson explain them!A-yup.
Is Nothing Sacred?
Good question. [Read]
Unalienable rights are supposed to be. After all, they were endowed by our Creator. Or inherent to the condition of being human for those of you who reject such notions.
So it's no surprise that when you allow mere men to presume authority to commit the blasphemy of dispensing or withholding them, they will continue to make profane every sacred blessing they can pull within their foul reach.
Seeing as how that's been permitted to happen, and submitted to without defiance in solidarity by believers, this latest move by the defilers in Illinois to out gun owners seems perfectly understandable in the context of rendering unto Caesar that which is his.
Isn't it interesting though--the state idol worshipers at the Associated Press are all in an ecstatic frenzy to get their claws on the names of "law-abiding" gun owners. But as for law-breaking enforcers, we have yet to hear a peep.
Unalienable rights are supposed to be. After all, they were endowed by our Creator. Or inherent to the condition of being human for those of you who reject such notions.
So it's no surprise that when you allow mere men to presume authority to commit the blasphemy of dispensing or withholding them, they will continue to make profane every sacred blessing they can pull within their foul reach.
Seeing as how that's been permitted to happen, and submitted to without defiance in solidarity by believers, this latest move by the defilers in Illinois to out gun owners seems perfectly understandable in the context of rendering unto Caesar that which is his.
Isn't it interesting though--the state idol worshipers at the Associated Press are all in an ecstatic frenzy to get their claws on the names of "law-abiding" gun owners. But as for law-breaking enforcers, we have yet to hear a peep.
We're the Only Ones Walking Guns Enough?
A sophisticated operation run out of a Bessemer home removed serial numbers from guns, replaced them with fake numbers and possibly put thousands of untraceable firearms on the street, according to federal authorities and court records. [More]And then there's this:
The operation was stopped by the ATF during a two-year undercover investigation of gun trafficking from Oklahoma to Alabama.So at what point did they learn about this guy, at what point did they intervene, who issued directions, and what damage was done in the interim?
Perhaps Sen. Grassley ought to add this to his "to do" list...
Look for the Union Label
Howard Nemerov looks at some bargaining on behalf of the collective. [Read]
Heating Up?
From your lips to God's ears, Jim Shepherd at The Outdoor Wire...[Read]
I'm very grateful to see someone with influence in the wider shooting community informing them about this important story.
[Via HH]
I'm very grateful to see someone with influence in the wider shooting community informing them about this important story.
[Via HH]
Was ICE agent killed with ‘walked’ gun?
When the killing was first reported, two separate journalists investigating the unfolding “Project Gunwalker” story asked this correspondent if walked guns were involved, but at the time it was premature to even speculate. Since revelations in this arrest show “the [arrested] men were the subject of an undercover investigation by agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Drug Enforcement Administration in November," it’s no longer premature—at least to speculate. [More]This morning's Gun Rights Examiner report concludes maybe yes, maybe no. Say, here's an idea: Why don't we have Congressional investigations and find out for sure?
Also listen to an interview, listen to another interview, watch still another interview and then let's all go to Oregon.
Share the link? Maybe yes...?
This Day in History: March 2
In Congress, March 2, 1779
the Board of War having represented, that application has been made to the Board for Arrearages of Cloathing due to two regiments for the year 1777 ... which ought to be adjusted and paid with all the dispatch compatible with the prevention of frauds to the United States : resolved, that a proper person be forthwith appointed and commissioned, to settle and pay all accounts of arrearages of cloathing ... [More]
Tuesday, March 01, 2011
GRE Round Up for March 1
Here are the latest offerings 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:
Safer Streets/Liberty News
Unrest: will it happen here? [More]Longenecker looks at shortages that would result--in liberty.
Gunwalker Hedgecocker
From T.L. Davis, via email:
I will be on the Roger Hedgecock show aroundThere's a "Listen Live" link at the top of the page, so you can listen from your computer. I don't see a station guide, however, if you're just near a radio...OK, here we go. No idea how reliable it is.6:307:30 Eastern. I am providing a link to his website. Check out to see if you can find a station to listen to. It's only a ten minute gig, so be ready.
We will be discussing Project Gunwalker and hopefully I can get him interested in doing more on it and expanding away from me.
http://www.rogerhedgecock.com/Default.asp?cchk=yes
No Comment...
Yet.
On the MAIG-sponsored Fix Gun Checks blog.
They want us to write the Senate to get the Traver nomination back on track.
I told them as long as we're contacting the Senate, there's a bigger matter concerning ATF:
Here's what they tell me:
Think they'll post it?
Mark Roote, who sent me this link, left one in the review queue too:
S'OK--it will allow us to charge MAIG with suppressing Gunwalker and then prove it.
On the MAIG-sponsored Fix Gun Checks blog.
They want us to write the Senate to get the Traver nomination back on track.
I told them as long as we're contacting the Senate, there's a bigger matter concerning ATF:
Mark Roote, who sent me this link, left one in the review queue too:
I submitted a comment as follows:Wouldn't that just be an unprecedented shocker.
Traver?
http://waronguns.blogspot.com/search?q=traver We'll see if it gets posted... but I doubt it.
S'OK--it will allow us to charge MAIG with suppressing Gunwalker and then prove it.
Her Greatest Accomplishment
Iorio said she considers the eight-year decrease in crime her greatest accomplishment as mayor.[More]Where have we seen people making questionable claims based on numbers before?
Via Ed M, who notes:
Not a single mention of the doubling of the number of Florida Concealed Carry of Weapons licenses, which is managed by the Florida Department of Agriculture, free from the interference of city or county politics. There has also been a dramatic increase in Florida handgun sales the last two years.No, of course not. That would hardly serve the agenda.
The Brady Wishlist
In which Paul Helmke and Dennis Henigan engage in a duet playing the same old song that could be titled "Dueling Flaccidity."
I read "Big Bullet-Blasting Boxes" and actually almost felt sorry for them--it's like they need to bring their arguments down to that level because, well, look at who their stupid arguments appeal to. It actually reminded me of a line from a funny old Bruce Campbell flick I channel-surfed through the other night and hadn't thought of for a while:
Kurt further deconstructs those primates.
I read "Big Bullet-Blasting Boxes" and actually almost felt sorry for them--it's like they need to bring their arguments down to that level because, well, look at who their stupid arguments appeal to. It actually reminded me of a line from a funny old Bruce Campbell flick I channel-surfed through the other night and hadn't thought of for a while:
This is my Boomstick!
Kurt further deconstructs those primates.
Researchers challenge UN Arms Trade Treaty gun death claims
The global violence monopolists will have to throw more than phony numbers at those of us who take that position, and I would remind them that if they’re going to use real numbers, they may want to come up with a realistic accounting of how many they think it will take, and then share the methodology they intend to use to make their mad dream happen. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner audit crunches some numbers.
Transfer the link to some friends' accounts?
This Day in History: March 1
Sir: Persons presenting themselves at your post with passports signed by Colonel William Patterson, are to be sufferedto pass and repass without interruption, and without search of their Canoes or baggage; they are farther to be supplied with five days provision on their applying for it; and you will afford them any other assistance their circumstances may require. [More]
Monday, February 28, 2011
GRE Round Up for February 28
Here are the latest offerings from my fellow GREs:
Sean McClanahan/Des Moines:
Liston Matthews/Knoxville:
John Pierce/Minneapolis:
Dave Workman/Seattle:
Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis:
Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:
Sean McClanahan/Des Moines:
Liston Matthews/Knoxville:
John Pierce/Minneapolis:
Dave Workman/Seattle:
Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis:
Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:
Don't Have a Cow
SB 1246 by Sen. Jim Norman, R-Tampa, would make it a first-degree felony to photograph a farm without first obtaining written permission from the owner.[More]Jeez, that could get you up to 30 years. And make you a prohibited person.
Nice digs, Jim. With any luck, maybe we'll be able to stop by the side of the road and take pictures of the bulls supervising you on the work farm, and the prohibited person will be you.
We're the Only Ones Going for a Ride-Along Enough
According to Lt. Ray Evers, an altercation broke out inside a car between a civilian and an off-duty police lieutenant. [More]Yeah, I can't begin to tell you how many times I've gotten into arguments in my car that ended in shots fired.
We'll be there when we're there. And you should have gone last time we stopped.
[Via Tango Down]
A Good 'Buy Back'
To Be or Not to Be?
John Richardson says HR 822 looks like "a pretty good bill."
Dan Gifford forwarded an email that says not so fast:
Me, I've always been kinda partial to Constitutional carry...
Dan Gifford forwarded an email that says not so fast:
If You Want to Follow my Lead…: A few list members shared with me their comments to congressmen and the NRA-ILA regarding HR 822. These are the comments I sent to my representative, Paul Gosar, by means of GOA’s contact option at http://capwiz.com/gunowners/dbq/officials/:I suppose now advocates for both viewpoints are going to hash this out on blogs and in forums...
I am a dedicated and long-term activist for the restoration of the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. Still, I must ask that you vote "no" on HR 822, the Stearns-Shuler bill to mandate nationwide recognition of state carry permits. Laudable as the goal sounds, the concept is a Trojan horse.
Sen. Feinstein has already announced her intent to establish federal standards for the issuance of concealed-carry permits at state level, to include a California-style requirement for proof of need. Costly medical and psychological testing, along with police-level "qualification" courses could also be included.
While none of this is in the current bill, making the carry of firearms a federal matter creates a ready vehicle for amendment when the political pendulum swings back to the left. The nation's experience with the 55 mph speed limit showed how easily the federal government can obtain compliance with federal standards simply by threatening to withhold federal funds.
Me, I've always been kinda partial to Constitutional carry...
We're the Only Ones Witnessed To Enough
"The inclination might be to try to stop it. We don't want people to do that. We want store employees to be witnesses to shoplifting, not victims of assault," says Skoogman. [More]So should we assume that Skoogman & Co. wouldn't try to stop it either, or just that they think they're the "Only Ones" qualified to try, because, chances are, whatever a mob wanted to do to you would be fait accompli by the time they got there and swilled down some free coffee while they took down their report?
Seems to me like one of those "30 round clips" we're hearing so much about lately might just persuade a mob to leave quietly and not assault anyone.
[Via cycjec]
We're the Only Ones Setting the Bar High Enough
Recently, here in the state of Washington, King County prosecutors announced that they would not charge Seattle Police Officer Ian Birk for the shooting death of Native American woodcarver John T. Williams despite a police firearms review board deciding that the shooting was unjustified. In this case, prosecutors cited Washington State law which they say sets such a high bar against prosecuting police officers in such cases that they could not charge Birk even though his actions appeared negligent at best. [More]If we don't like it, we are told, we can always change the law.
I wonder who could possibly be against such a change? Aside from all the usual suspects.
And, of course, it would still leave those mourning victims killed before any change SOL as far as any legal recourse goes.
So much for securing the blessings of Liberty...
[Via Ron W]
What's to Debate?
Wyoming Governor Has a Big "But"
Mead, a former U.S. Attorney for Wyoming who has prosecuted federal firearms cases, has said he supports gun rights but will wait until the bill reaches his desk before deciding whether to sign it...[More]What's to decide?
Will Libya retain its progressive monopoly of violence?
Then just call gun owners who believe their right to keep and bear arms is another check and balance against tyranny “extremists” or “hatriots” or—what does Saif call them?— “terrorists.” It’s not like media supportive of that government monopoly of violence, either here or in the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, are going to challenge it. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner commentary nominates some domestic Gaddafi sympathizers for a well-deserved international award.
Field Report
Verbatim reports from the field via FreeFor counterprotesters in opposition to Saturday's union/fellow traveller demonstrations in Atlanta and Raleigh...[More]Here's a special message to the trivial Teajacker who somehow thinks the struggle is about effects instead of causes. Believe it or not, yours is not the last word.
But you're right: Those men did not speak for you. That you're oblivious to the irony of that tells us all we need to know.
Photos and videos.
This Day in History: February 28
Ten days after the event, on February 28, 1779, General Henry Knox wrote a letter to his brother William describing the Grand Alliance Ball: "We had above seventy ladies, all of the first ton in the State, and between three and four hundred Gentlemen. We danced all night--an elegant room, the illuminating fireworks were more than pretty." The entertainment was given by the artillery corps, which erected a temple, or frame, of 13 Corinthian arches, about 100 feet in length and proportionally high, each arch containing an illuminated painting emblematic of the Revolution. [More]
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Even ‘pro-gun’ representatives ignoring and ducking ‘Project Gunwalker’
If enough politicians try to hide from this or keep it at arm’s length, perhaps a contest of sorts, to determine which one has responded in the most evasive manner might be in order. And the “winner” could receive appropriate recognition. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner report introduces a new political competition: Project Gunweasel.
Enter your rep?
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Mexican government shrugs off CBS News investigation on ‘walked guns’
So why the deliberate indifference? [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner report follows a timeline and connects some dots in an attempt to find out.
Bottom line: Because it's not in their interest to. Nor is it in Eric Holder's. Nor Hillary's...
Anybody surprised?
Friday, February 25, 2011
GRE Round Up for February 25
Here are the latest offerings 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:
There's an App for That
The goal of the project is to make sure that our users are protected against abuse and lies by police, the TSA and other authority figures by capturing the events as they happen and then sharing them so that the whole world can see. [More]Just in case you run into one of the few bad apples with authoritah issues...
[Via Carl S]
Null and Void
That concept, called jury nullification, is highly controversial, and courts are hostile to it. But federal prosecutors have now taken the unusual step of having Mr. Heicklen indicted on a charge that his distributing of such pamphlets at the courthouse entrance violates the law against jury tampering. He is to appear in court on Friday for a conference in his case. [More]Here's to the day when his persecutors will enjoy the benefits of a fully informed jury at their trial.
Yetta Yetta Yetta Goes Yadda Yadda Yadda
By placing those whose job responsibilities might call for firearm licensing (myself, other officers of the court and law enforcement like the Queens DA) alongside glamorous celebrities, you risk portraying guns as inviting, even fashionable...Instead of glamorizing or trivializing guns, I wish your paper would bring attention to important efforts to control gun sales around the country, including the efforts of our Mayor. [More]Yetta Kurland, professional trained "Only One".
And you're not.
I mean it's obvious, just from her priorities:
Perhaps the greatest privelege I had while on the campaign trail last year was to be invited on stage with Rev Billy to sing 'we shall overcome' with Joan Baez. Joan kissed me on the cheek that night. I didn't wash it for a while...OK then.
I suppose you could let this member of the elite know what you think.
This guy pretty much speaks for me.
[Via JJC]
Call to Action
Feast or Famine
The St. Gabriel Possenti Society, Inc. commemorates the February 27 feast day of St. Gabriel Possenti this weekend with a call for action...[More]A collection basket protest to starve off contributions as a protest against anti-gun activism by Church officials will definitely get their attention...
We're the Only Ones Helping Ourselves Enough
Two State Police troopers and a Monroe County man were charged Wednesday with embezzling money, jewelry, drugs and other property seized from criminal suspects through a Monroe narcotics investigation...[More]They're lieutenants, meaning they set the tone around the place, but no doubt the fact that there were only two of them validates the "few bad apples" hypothesis...
[Via Tom R]
Anti-gun groups silent on ‘Project Gunwalker’
Since Henigan invoked Agent Terry’s name, let’s see if he’s capable of joining with some of those “courageous officers” he lauds who have put their necks on the block to do the man’s memory justice. I call on him and Brady Campaign President Paul Helmke to issue a public statement demanding full and public Congressional hearings... [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column asks a loudmouth why he being so's tight-lipped.
Also read a very good "Gunwalker" report from The Shooting Wire.
Shout, shoot or wire the link over to your friends?
This Day in History: February 25
On the morning of February 25, 1779, Lieutenant Colonel George Rogers Clark, elder brother of explorer William Clark, accepted British Lieutenant Governor Henry Hamilton's unconditional surrender of Fort Sackville at Vincennes, Indiana. [More]
Thursday, February 24, 2011
GRE Round Up for February 24
Here are the latest offerings from my fellow GREs:
Rob Reed/Detroit:
Steve D. Jones/Fort Smith:
Liston Matthews/ Knoxville:
Dave Workman/Seattle:
Rob Reed/Detroit:
Steve D. Jones/Fort Smith:
Liston Matthews/ Knoxville:
Dave Workman/Seattle:
- Bellevue’s Gottlieb, CCRKBA want ATF funding cut over ‘Gunrunner’ scandal
- This Seattle teen is likely to stop a bullet
- Bellevue v. Beltway: Gottlieb tells Holder ‘Investigate ATF or resign’
- Pushing even anti-gun senators to investigate 'Project Gunwalker' can bear fruit
- Will Media Matters apologize to Gun Owners of America's Larry Pratt?
Gunwalker too big to ignore any longer
They're even talking about it in Knoxville, thanks to Liston Matthews. [Read]
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