Monday, July 11, 2011

Last Chance

Got yours?

Gun ‘preppers’ go mainstream as more people realize no one is immune to disaster

KIRK: What was it you sensed?
SPOCK: The touch of death.
KIRK: And what do you think they felt?
SPOCK: Astonishment. [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner commentary notes some people may be in for a big surprise.

This Day in History: July 11

The soldiers strictly forbidden to burn the rails belonging to the inhabitants. Humanity dictates to every soldier that he should not all [add?] to their distress being already made miserable by a savage enemy. [More]

Today, on The War on Guns: Notes from the Resistance Radio

  • Misconceptions on Gunrunner
  • Bad self-defense advice from Chi-Town
  • NRA sues IL
  • Gun-free zone "Only One"
  • Ex-con kills with stolen gun
  • Drugged man takes cop's gun
  • Gunwalker T-shirt
  • Charles Heller assumes helm at JPFO
  • Walther PPQ
  • Gunwalkin' with Vanderboegh
Join us at 7:00 am Pacific/10:00 am Eastern on NBC 1260 AM/96.1 FM, Scottsdale, or click "Listen Live."

Archives are here.  They're posting by the week and replacing the show at each day's link the evening of the broadcast date.

Spread the word on this, OK? Nobody else is doing a daily exclusive gun rights broadcast in a major market during morning drive time, and if this works, it could not only create an opportunity to spread to other markets, but also open doors for efforts by others.  We complain our voice is not heard in the media--here we've got a foot in the door at an NBC affiliate station to promote a full-blown no compromise message.  Just a few short months ago I certainly would never have predicted I'd see that happen--or that I'd be a  part of it.

Lineup subject to change without notice.

Saturday, July 09, 2011

Rediscovered information on Project Gunrunner leading to misconceptions

GUNRUNNER has been well known. For a long time. See those "Journalist Guide" icons in the left margin of my WarOnGuns blog? Guess where I got the cover art to modify from? And Gunrunner is NOT synonymous with Fast and Furious--that was a component strategy presented as a sting op. that turned out to be something else. [More]
This morning's Gun Rights Examiner commentary attempts to contain some misconceptions that are spreading like wildfire.

Friday, July 08, 2011

A Voice from the Past


Took me a while to figure out who this guy is and what the hell he's talking about.

Here it is. He's just now getting around to an April post?

OK, Ed, I'll respond to you directly.

Yeah, you're either ignorant or a liar--you either don't know that there is no legal loophole to purchase automatic weapons without background checks or else you do, and don't care. I didn't point it out  because what kind of moron presumes to write authoritatively about guns and doesn't know that?

You, apparently. And after reading the April post you still can't figure it out?

And yeah, I know absolutely nothing about your military service except for one thing: You swore an oath to support and defend the Constitution, and you've not only reneged on it, you've relegated yourself to domestic enemy by virtue of your subversion of the Second Amendment to the Bill of Rights.

Libelous?

Sue me.

And if you wish to respond, comment here.  That's where I intend to post any further entertaining emails I get from you.

VTV

Vanderboegh is on his way to the local Fox News studio, wearing his Sunday boonie hat, to talk Tampa and more.

He called me up and asked how he should refer to me as, and I said I thought "youthful ward" was pretty cool (except I'm actually older than the youngster by a few months)...

Anyway, no idea when it will air, but let's keep our eyes peeled and keep each other apprised via comments, below.  As soon as I know something, I'll post it.

UPDATE: Just spoke with Mike--the deed is done. His appearance on Special Report with Bret Baier will be broadcast tonight at 6:00 pm Eastern.

Project Garbwalker Update

Get your orders in if you want this T-shirt to happen. [Read]

Safer Streets Commentaries

Longenecker's latest...[Read]

Let's Get One Thing Straight

We shouldn't try to contain the fire to one room. [Read]

ATF’s Melson urged to prove he’s still director and stop alleged Tampa cover-up

How Melson responds to Vanderboegh’s open letter with actions—if at all—will be an indicator of whether his interests go beyond self-preservation. [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at what I think is just a brilliant chess move.

Today, on The War on Guns: Notes from the Resistance Radio

  • 43 more walked guns found in Phoenix traffic stop 
  • Anti-gun NFL 
  • RKBA in Russia
  • Indianapolis Judge understands 2A
  • Suicides up in gun-free Japan
  • NEA vs NRA
  • Joel Rosenberg benefit
  • Open range with Steve Schreiner
  • Concealed Carry Killers
  • Gunwalkin' with Vanderboegh
Join us at 7:00 am Pacific/10:00 am Eastern on NBC 1260 AM/96.1 FM, Scottsdale, or click "Listen Live."

Archives are here.  It looks like they're going to post by the week and replace the show at each day's link the evening of the broadcast date.

Spread the word on this, OK? Nobody else is doing a daily exclusive gun rights broadcast in a major market during morning drive time, and if this works, it could not only create an opportunity to spread to other markets, but also open doors for efforts by others.  We complain our voice is not heard in the media--here we've got a foot in the door at an NBC affiliate station to promote a full-blown no compromise message.  Just a few short months ago I certainly would never have predicted I'd see that happen--or that I'd be a  part of it.

Lineup subject to change without notice.

This Day in History: July 8

July 8, 1779 at Fairfield, Connecticut - On July 8, during the Connecticut Coast Raid, the town of Fairfied was occupied by the British. They then decided to destroy the town and proceeded to do so by setting fire to all of the buildings. The British managed to burn down the entire town.
Conclusion: British Victory [More]

Thursday, July 07, 2011

Help Wanted: Inquire Within

[Click to enlarge]

Breaking News: Tampa SAC 'in full meltdown...shredders are buzzing'

The source reporting Special Agent in Charge of ATF's Tampa Field Division Virginia O'Brien "ran a gun-running investigation that was walking guns to Honduras using the techniques and tactics identical to Fast and Furious" contacted these correspondents again this evening with this follow-up report...[More]
Another exclusive special report from Mike Vanderboegh and me...

GRE Round Up for July 7

Liston Matthews/Knoxville:
Dave Workman/Seattle:
Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis:

Obama Unveiled

Supposedly we're going to find out what that "under the radar" gun control is all about. [Read]

I'm sorry, whenever I hear the word "stakeholder" I automatically think of Abraham van Helsing.

Pretty good instincts, huh?

[Via Texas Shooter]

43

No, not the Ultimate Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, The Universe, and Everything--that was "42."

43 is the number of additional walked guns turned up in a Phoenix traffic stop and reported by ABC15's Lori Jane Gliha.

Read.

Watch:

How Would You Like a Nice Hawaiian Punch?

No thanks.

That's why it's fair to shoot someone who insists on duking it out when you don't want to.

CUM ULLA SELLA, 'n all that.

I Want this T-Shirt

Thanks for the idea, Sean D Sorrentino!

BREAKING NEWS: HELL FREEZES OVER!

That's the key to this mess -- and the reason that Operation Fast and Furious might turn out to be the biggest Washington scandal since Iran-Contra.

As Issa and Grassley note in their letter, had the other agencies shared information -- theoretically the goal of the post-9/11 revamp of the intelligence and law-enforcement agencies -- "then ATF might have known that gun trafficking 'higher-ups' had already been identified."

So if the identities of the Mexican criminals were known to the feds, what was the point of Project Gunrunner -- and why is Holder so desperately trying to stonewall by withholding hundreds of documents from Congress?

Law-abiding gun owners and dealers think they already know. With the Obama administration wedded to the fiction that 90 percent of the guns Mexican cartels use originate here -- they don't -- many suspect that "Fast and Furious" was a backdoor attempt to smear domestic gun aficionados as part of its stealth efforts on gun control by executive fiat. [More]
The New York Post publishes a kick-ass Gunwalker column that doesn't call for more citizen disarmament and power for government.

[Via Michael G]

Gungrabbers can count on Authorized Journalists to help with their deception

“Semi-automatic machine gun”? [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner commentary looks at some water-bearers--whether they do it out of ignorance or laziness is beside the point--they do it.

And their reach is a lot longer than ours.  Which is why I continually harp on regular readers to share the link.

This Day in History: July 7

The Commander-in-Chief approves the sentence and releases him from his arrest. Elijah Rippee, soldier in Col. Spencer's Regiment, charged with desertion, was tried by the same Court and being found guilty was sentenced to one hundred lashes on his bare back. The General approves the sentence, but pursuant to the recommendation and request of the Court Martial his punishment, is remitted and he is ordered to join his regiment. [More]

Today, on The War on Guns: Notes from the Resistance Radio

  • Gunwalker tummy ache
  • Why the need to carry in WI?
  • SAF wins Chi-Town injunction
  • Authorized Journalists
  • Willard Alderman
  • VA campus carry
  • Unloaded guns in parks
  • FFL Guard
  • Rolling Steel target
  • Gunwalkin' with Vanderboegh

Join us at 7:00 am Pacific/10:00 am Eastern on NBC 1260 AM/96.1 FM, Scottsdale, or click "Listen Live."

Archives are here.  It looks like they're going to post by the week and replace the show at each day's link the evening of the broadcast date.

Spread the word on this, OK? Nobody else is doing a daily exclusive gun rights broadcast in a major market during morning drive time, and if this works, it could not only create an opportunity to spread to other markets, but also open doors for efforts by others.  We complain our voice is not heard in the media--here we've got a foot in the door at an NBC affiliate station to promote a full-blown no compromise message.  Just a few short months ago I certainly would never have predicted I'd see that happen--or that I'd be a  part of it.

Lineup subject to change without notice.

Wednesday, July 06, 2011

Breaking News: Source claims ATF's Tampa SAC walked guns to Honduras

"From a first person source she is sh*tting herself trying to cover it up," the report stated. [More]
Exclusive special report by David Codrea and Mike Vanderboegh

A GOOD "Only One"

"If you think you are right, there is nothing wrong with being the only one," he said last year in explaining his fondness for the movie. "I have no problem being the only one." [More]

Me neither, if that's the criterion. 

[Via Portly Pirate]

Better for Whom?

If I were a conscienceless predator, I'd agree.  More "gun-free" zones, please... [Read]

I'm Not So Sure...

...it's ignorance. [Read]

No doubt there are plenty of idiot "Authorized Journalists," but somewhere in the decision loop there's agenda and intent.

A Hasty Retweet

Here. [More]

Is It Time Yet?

Law enforcement is failing to prevent American guns from fueling the war on our southern border. Maybe it's time to consider limiting the guns themselves [More]
Yeah, you go ahead and consider that.

No. Now what?

Melson 'sick to stomach' over Gunwalker

"We are disappointed that no one had previously informed him of that provision of the agreement. Instead, Justice Department officials sought to limit and control his communications with Congress. This is yet another example of why direct communications with Congress are so important and are protected by law." [More]
Breaking...

Complaint filed on lying Bloomberg ad

So what are we to do if we see a violation? The FCC says it focuses its content oversight on “obscene, indecent, or profane broadcasts.”

Well, I consider lying rights violators obscene, but I don't think that's what they have in mind.They hand false advertising off to the Federal Trade Commission...[More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner commentary employs any chair in a bar fight.

This Day in History: July 6

Henry Dearborn, Lieutenant Colonel, 3rd NH, "One Winslow a Soldier in the 3d. N. Hampshire regt.was drown'd this morning by going in to bathe a very severe shower of thunder hail rain & wind came on at abt. 1 P. M. many pieces of the hail were as large as hens Eggs but of a very errrugular form" [More]

Today, on The War on Guns: Notes from the Resistance Radio

  • Obama and Mexico
  • Terry family says don't prosecute ATF
  • Bill Berry on Open Carry
  • Festival of Only Ones
  • Al Jazeerah and the Fourth of July
  • Girandoni air rifle  
  • Author Chris Bird: "Thank God I Had a Gun" 
  • Winchester Ammo Aiming for Cure 
  • Gunwalkin' with Vanderboegh

Join us at 7:00 am Pacific/10:00 am Eastern on NBC 1260 AM/96.1 FM, Scottsdale, or click "Listen Live."

Archives are here.  It looks like they're going to post by the week and replace the show at each day's link the evening of the broadcast date.

Spread the word on this, OK? Nobody else is doing a daily exclusive gun rights broadcast in a major market during morning drive time, and if this works, it could not only create an opportunity to spread to other markets, but also open doors for efforts by others.  We complain our voice is not heard in the media--here we've got a foot in the door at an NBC affiliate station to promote a full-blown no compromise message.  Just a few short months ago I certainly would never have predicted I'd see that happen--or that I'd be a  part of it.

Lineup subject to change without notice.

Tuesday, July 05, 2011

GRE Round Up for July 5

Mike Stollenwerk/DC:
Dave Workman/Seattle:
Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis:

"A Rough Patch"

And I suppose the dead people are unfortunate byproducts. [Read]


For the masters of hysterical anti-gun hyperbole, they certainly can calmly understate the case when it suits their agenda.

What's the difference between a New York Times editor and a domestic enemy?

It's not a joke lead-in--I'm asking...

I am the VIPR!

And no, unlike the old joke, they're not here to vipe your vindows. [More]

Obama: Good U.S.-Mexican relations demand we spare guilty and let innocent die

How telling that he does not place his emphasis or concern on an operation conducted under the authority of his administration that has resulted in estimates that up to 150 Mexican nationals may have been killed—people who were never given due process and their day on court, that is, people who are legally innocent. [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner commentary notes some curious life-and-death priorities coming out of the Obama administration.

This Day in History: July 5

July 5, 1779 at New Haven, Connecticut - In July, Maj. Gen. Sir Henry Clinton decided that he was fed up with the activities of Connecticut in Long Island Sound, where the Americans had continually harassed and ambushed his supply boats and raided across to Long Island. On July 5, he landed British detachments on either side of New Haven, and marched on the town. The local militia came out, and a body of students from Yale contested the British advance, but the locals were not in sufficient strength to offer more than nuisance resistance. The town was plundered and several prisoners were carried off.
Conclusion: British Victory [More]

Saturday, July 02, 2011

Spelling isn’t only thing SNUG does backwards

And do you think those submitting art, poems and essays will be able to persuade the local warlords to give up their turf-feuding—along with their lucrative rackets—and give peace a chance because the Kumbaya sincerity of the artistic pleas will quell their baser ambitions and move them so? [More]
This morning's Gun Rights Examiner commentary notes that childish superstitions are no match for adult resolve.

Friday, July 01, 2011

No Sharks in St. Petersburg!

"I always want to know my officers are representing this city in a very positive light," Foster said. [More]

Here's Foster having a word with his errant, truth-prone public servant:

The Safer Streets Newsletter and Commentary

Longenecker's latest...[Read]

Forget it, Jake...

...it's Chi-Town. [Read]

Thumbs Down on S&W Lawsuit

The civil lawsuit claims Smith & Wesson negligently designed and inadequately warned consumers about the dangers of a large-frame hunting revolver. [More]
Huh--so you're not supposed to do this?
Todd held the pistol grip with his right hand and placed his left hand under the trigger guard of the revolver...
You know, just the other day, while clamping a rifle butt with my feet and gnawing on the muzzle while yanking back on the trigger with my thumbs I was saying to myself "I wish I had someone to sue..."

Closing the Barn Door

Feinstein: Prevent Foreign Felons From Obtaining Firearms [More]
Not "Prevent Foreign Felons From Obtaining Entry...?

How to Tell if You're Being Swindelled

A good rule of thumb--if he complains you're tarring him with a broad brush and then makes the accusation that if you oppose the Swindler in Chief it's because you're a racist...[Read]

Oh, and he's all for guns, too, except, with the typical regressive big "but"-- he can't help taking a swipe at "unlimited weapons acquisition, extended clips and other mechanisms for murder," and adds the insult that we need to police ourselves because the murderers evidently must come from our ranks, as opposed to, say, from the incubator of collectivist regressivism.

Pretty clumsy con job there, chief. Sorry, not buying your snake oil.

Here--you dropped your pea.

ABC15 Phoenix links walked guns to local crime

"Weapons linked to a questionable government strategy are turning up in crimes in Valley neighborhoods," Lori Jane Gliha of ABC15 Phoenix reports. [More] 
Today's Gun Rights Examiner column notes the type of reporting we should encourage. The video is included in the sidebar media player.

This Day in History: July 1

July 1, 1779 - Captain Richard Skinner was killed by a sniper, one of a small group of British and locals who came over from Staten Island and surprised Skinner and others who were holding a 'Public Safety Committee' meeting at the Crossroads Tavern, also called the Six Roads Tavern, about one mile south of Rahway between Rahway and Woodbridge, on what was then called King's Highway (now St. Georges Avenue). The site now faces the Penn. railroad. The group of about four British soldiers and four "refugees' succeeded in killing Skinner, the commanding officer of a troop of light horse. One other person was killed and thirteen taken as prisoners. [More]

Today, on The War on Guns: Notes from the Resistance Radio

  • An anti-gun survey
  • Castle doctrine expands in PA
  • Ohio restaurant carry signed
  • Spreading the word 
  • Cover-up protection act uncovered
  • Thoughts on weapons
  • School shooting expert speaks out
  • A slumber party gone bad
  • Chad Baus on Advocacy Journalists
  • Authorized Cheeseheads
  • Gunwalkin' with Vanderboegh

Join us at 7:00 am Pacific/10:00 am Eastern on NBC 1260 AM/96.1 FM, Scottsdale, or click "Listen Live."

Archives are here.  It looks like they're going to post by the week and replace the show at each day's link the evening of the broadcast date.

Spread the word on this, OK? Nobody else is doing a daily exclusive gun rights broadcast in a major market during morning drive time, and if this works, it could not only create an opportunity to spread to other markets, but also open doors for efforts by others.  We complain our voice is not heard in the media--here we've got a foot in the door at an NBC affiliate station to promote a full-blown no compromise message.  Just a few short months ago I certainly would never have predicted I'd see that happen--or that I'd be a  part of it.

Lineup subject to change without notice.

Thursday, June 30, 2011

GRE Round Up for June 30

Anthony Bouchard/Cheyenne:
Rob Reed/Detroit:
Dave Workman/Seattle:
Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis:

Oregon Senate Democrats Vote to Share Private Data Of CHL Holders.

Well...yeah.  They're Oregon Democrats. [Read]

Heroes of the Revolution

Who needs the Fourth of July...

When we offer such attractive alternatives...?

I guess Harvard "intellectuals" don't put much stock in trends...

Newell Blows...

...the whistle? [Read]

That Darrellax works wonders!

NRA warns firearms dealers of anti-gun survey

“[P]articipating in the survey in any way would give Dr. Wintemute credibility in the eyes of the anti-gun organizations that fund his efforts, which would only increase his chance of obtaining more money for more anti-gun research,” they add. [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner report revisits out old pal "The Hero of Medicine"--still up to his sneaky...uh..."heroic" tricks.

This Day in History: June 30

Today, on The War on Guns: Notes from the Resistance Radio

  • Interview: Jay Dobyns on Vince Cefalu
  • Interview: Doug Ritter, Knife Rights
  • Democrat Gunwalker hearings
  • I Left my Rights--in San Francisco
  • Obama press conference
  • An anti-gun bigot
  • Vanderboegh on Gunwalker
  • More as time permits
Join us at 7:00 am Pacific/10:00 am Eastern on NBC 1260 AM/96.1 FM, Scottsdale, or click "Listen Live."

Archives are here.  It looks like they're going to post by the week and replace the show at each day's link the evening of the broadcast date.

Spread the word on this, OK? Nobody else is doing a daily exclusive gun rights broadcast in a major market during morning drive time, and if this works, it could not only create an opportunity to spread to other markets, but also open doors for efforts by others.  We complain our voice is not heard in the media--here we've got a foot in the door at an NBC affiliate station to promote a full-blown no compromise message.  Just a few short months ago I certainly would never have predicted I'd see that happen--or that I'd be a  part of it.

Lineup subject to change without notice.

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

GRE Round Up for June 29

Dave Workman/Seattle:
Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis:

Word

Ayup. [Read]

A Belated Response

Gun rights advocates did not immediately respond to phone calls seeking comment. [More]
Well, you didn't ask me. I don't think you'd like my answer though.

Indy Radio Factor

My appearance on Sean Young's Indy Radio Factor is here, starting at around 28:40.

Here's the main site. Look around.

I always have fun talking with this guy.

Deepest Sympathy

A Manitoba judge who expressed sympathy for a Winnipeg man who bought a handgun to protect himself says the law gives him no choice but to jail him, a move gun advocates say highlights the need for renewed discussion about Canadians’ right to self-defence. [More]
I haven't been this touched since the Walrus wept for the Oysters.

Note all the pathetic government worshipers in comments who endorse the idea of someone else defining their freedom for them.  And what can I say about Adam Bergen?  And still keep it clean?

If you're happy and you know it, clank your chains.

Romney says he can work with Democrats

You don't say. [Read]

Cummings, Schumer to hold ‘Gunwalker’ show trial against gun rights

And for those who say the suspicion that Gunwalker being exploited to justify more power for ATF and impose more “gun control” on you and me is a baseless right wing conspiracy theory, just what the hell do you think every effort by the regressive left to do just that, right in front of our eyes—from the gungrabber groups to the oath-breaking political whores to the “Authorized Journalist” Fourth Estate/Fifth Column—has been about? Just what the hell do you think tomorrow is going to be about? [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner commentary provides more proof of intent--not that it will stop those inclined to press on with lies in the face of it.

This Day in History: June 29

On June 29th, the Impertinent spotted the sloop HMS Harlem and gave chase. The Harlem tried to gain speed by throwing her guns overboard, but to no avail. Then, the Harlem's captain and crew tried to escape by launching a landing boat - but, it overturned and all drowned. [More]

Today, on The War on Guns: Notes from the Resistance Radio

  • Murder in a government-controlled gun-free zone
  • Comedy Central's newest underpants gnome
  • Mayors say "Disarm for terrorists!"
  • Saying "No" to elder abuse
  • Brady's eat sour grapes to get that hollow feeling
  • We're the Only Ones driving enough
  • Giving them what they deserve
  • It's not about the bike
  • Strut your stuff
  • Interview: Author Alan Korwin
  • SOF Awards
  • Gunwalking with Vanderboegh

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Archives are here.  It looks like they're going to post by the week and replace the show at each day's link the evening of the broadcast date.

Lineup subject to change without notice.

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

GRE Round Up for June 28

Dave Workman/Seattle:
Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis:

Calling out excuse-mongering Jon Stewart and Media Matters on Gunwalker intent

Sorry, fellas—I realize I can’t match you for urbane snark or snotty punk judgmentalism, but that really seems to be the only hand you’re holding. So OK, smart guys, if finding U.S. civilian market weapons at Mexican crime scenes was NOT part of the objective—and then, once the joviality wore off, exploiting that information, then you tell us: How do you go from Phase 1, letting thousands of guns destined for Mexican cartels escape into the wild in the hands of straw purchasers, to Phase 3, bringing down “the big fish”?

How exactly does that work, smart guys? Explain it to us, oh wiser, more progressive ones.

What the HELL happens in Phase 2? [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner column accepts the call-out from media Underpants Gnomes.

This Day in History: June 28

Today, on The War on Guns: Notes from the Resistance Radio

  • Did Eminem commit a public "gun crime"?
  • WI politicians protect us from ourselves--by disarming us!
  • Expel Michael Moore from NRA
  • Walked guns turning up in AZ neighborhoods
  • Protected Kurds give up their guns
  • One of those machine guns that don't require paperwork
  • David Hardy interview
  • Writer John Taffin on concealed carry guns
  • Mike Vanderboegh on Gunwalker
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Archives are here.  It looks like they're going to post by the week and replace the show at each day's link the evening of the broadcast date.

Monday, June 27, 2011

GRE Round Up for June 27

Yih-Chau Chang/Oakland
Dave Workman/Seattle
Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis

Shocking Breaking Gunwalker News!

The ABC15 Investigators have uncovered new information showing weapons linked to a questionable government strategy are turning up in crimes in Valley neighborhoods. [More]
Not that--hell, we expected that. Still to be determined: How many deaths have happened/will still happen on THIS side of the border, as if we'll ever know.

The shocker is ABC News is reporting on it.

Note to Waco Jim

Shut your pie hole.

Or else.

Day by Day

Chris Muir presses onward...[Read]

New Eminem video continues entertainment industry’s ugly portrayal of guns

No, what strikes me as curious about this piece—aside from the profound hypocrisy of the music industry when it comes to guns—is the gun itself used in the video: Is it real or is it a prop? [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner column makes note of a bad rap.

This Day in History: June 27

There is a man on York Island living on or near the North River, of the name of George Higday who I am told hath given signal proofs of his attachment to us, & at the same time stands well with the enemy. -- If upon inquiry this is found to be the case (and much caution should be used in investigating the matter, as well as on his own account as on that of Higday) he will be a fit instrument to convey intelligence to me while I am on the west side of the North River, as he is enterprising and connected with people in Bergen County who will assist in forming a chain to me, in any manner they shall agree on. [More]

Today, on The War on Guns: Notes from the Resistance Radio

  • Attack of the Underpants Gnomes!
  • Headlines
  • Kwame, How I Love Ya, How I love Ya, My Dear Old Kwame!
  • SAF sues NYC
  • Aloha, Only Ones!
  • Howard Hughes' Gun
  • Oathkeepers: Stewart Rhodes Interview
  • Bedside Gun Rack
  • Best Gunwalker Cartoon: Chris Muir Interview

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Archives are here.  It looks like they're going to post by the week and replace the show at each day's link the evening of the broadcast date.

Sunday, June 26, 2011

‘Day by Day’ does best Gunwalker cartoon yet!

Chris Muir, who produces the popular webcomic Day by Day, features a "Project Gunwalker" storyline in today's strip—hands-down the most on-target and brilliant skewering I’ve seen to date... [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner commentary says forget the news and read the Sunday funnies. You'll learn more about what's really happening that way.

Saturday, June 25, 2011

A Journalist's Guide to 'Project Gunwalker'-Part Four

Examiner.com article character limits preclude adding more updates to the Journalist's Guide to Project Gunwalker. This is a continuation of updates from this column and Sipsey Street Irregulars beginning June 20, 2011. It includes contributions from regional Gun Rights Examiners. [Read]
Scroll down the left sidebar on this blog for click-through graphics that link to all the guides.

Friday, June 24, 2011

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

Castle Doctrine, UK-style...[Read]

This just says it all: 
“I don’t want to be drawn into a detailed debate about the law. That is not my job”.

Cefalu on Fox Tonight

From CleanUpATF:
Who: ATF Special Agent Vince Cefalu
What: Appearing on Fox's National Cable Television Program America's Nightly Scoreboard
When: TODAY! 6:05 eastern / 3:05 pacific
Where: Nationwide on your television.
Why: Because ATF retaliated against Cefalu for blowing the whistle in the face of  Congressional warnings and DOJ representatives stating that this never happens
How: Because ATF management does not care what anyone says, tells them to do or the law states
Background information: Breaking: ATF heeds Issa's 'no retaliation' warning by...retaliating

Don't Think of It as "Tone Deaf"

Think of it as "Morality Challenged." [Read]

Mr. Lennon
?  Matter of fact, why not open this link in a separate tab and have it playing in the background while you read the above post?

Resistance Radio: Join the Resistance!

Speaking of guns and racism, my special guest today will be Rev. Kenn Blanchard, the “Black Man with a Gun.” Tune in to The War on Guns: Notes from the Resistance, this morning at 7:00 Pacific/10:00 Eastern and all points around and in between on NBC 1260/96.1, Scottsdale, or just go to NBC1260.com and click "Listen Live."

And for weekend listeners, check out tomorrow’s schedule for encores. Plus, they are now posting program MP3s to download every night by 6:00 pm Pacific/10:00 pm Eastern. Click on the WarOnGuns logo at the above link.

Top Chi-Town cop invokes Orwellian definition of racism to disarm citizenry

“I want you to connect one more dot on that chain of African-American history in this country, and tell me if I’m crazy,” McCarthy continued, “Federal gun laws that facilitate the flow of illegal firearms into our urban centers, across this country, that are killing black and brown children.” [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner commentary connects those dots and concludes yeah, he is. Either that or...

This Day in History: June 24

Thursday, June 23, 2011

GRE Round Up for June 23

Yih-Chau Chang/Oakland:
Dave Workman/Seattle:
Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis:

Breaking: ATF heeds Issa's 'no retaliation' warning by...retaliating

This appears to be in direct contradiction of assurances Darrell Issa received from ATF which he reminded Deputy Director William Hoover of in his June 21 letter. This, along with the stonewalling Issa's Committee has received demonstrates that the Administration's Justice Department is determined to continue to defy, resist and obstruct the Congress in performing its lawful oversight responsibilities. [More]
Of course you realize this means war.

Resistance Radio: Join the Resistance!

On today’s The War on Guns: Notes from the Resistance radio show:
  • Issa to ATF: Don’t retaliate against whistleblowers!
  • Gun violence in Bloomberg Paradise
  • “The Daily Show” does Gunwalker
  • Illinois holds out on concealed carry
  • Oppose the Cover-up Protection Act
  • The Only Ones meet Authorized Journalists!
  • Puppies not guns? Don’t ASK
  • Al Capone’s gun
  • Inteview with John Longenecker, on a virtual book tour
  • VA BB guns and my boyhood in Iran
  • Bond, James Bond:  Shaken, not stirred by guns
Join us tomorrow on NBC 1260, at 7:00 AM Pacific/10:00 AM Eastern when my special guest will be “Black Man with a Gun” Rev. Kenn Blanchard. You can Listen Live or access archived shows at your convenience, and also listen to encore presentations on Saturday.

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‘A Tale of Two Pharmacies’ shows danger of giving attackers what they want

I wonder if corporate risk management departments ever factor in a liability for the results of policies prohibiting armed defense? [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at two different outcomes...no wait, make that three...

Also: Watch Trigger Sports Recorded, view Gunwalker Cartoons and Join the Resistance!

This Day in History: June 23

John Adams added some clarification in his Diary on June 23, 1779 when he revealed that the Virginia Declaration of Rights "made by Mr. Mason" had been published in Philadelphia before he, Franklin and Jefferson prepared the Declaration of Independence, and that Pennsylvania copied it "almost verbatim." [More]

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Issa to ATF's Hoover: There will be no retaliation against whistleblowers

"The Committee relies on whistleblowers to conduct unvarnished and thorough oversight," Issa explained. "During a meeting on May 5, 2011, you assured my staff that ATF leadership would see to it that witnesses would not suffer for choosing to have communications with our staff. "[More]
This afternoon's Gun Rights Examiner report looks at a letter no one should have to send.  That Issa felt compelled to should tell us all we need to know.

The Safer Streets Newsletter and Commentary

Guess who's coming to  Resistance Radio tomorrow? [Read]

Resistance Radio for June 22

My special guest today will be Dr. John Lott, economist, scholar and author of “More Guns, Less Crime.” Also find out how to “friend” the Taliban, find out why Democrats are not at all pleased with Obama, and watch some piranhas devour each other while Mike Vanderboegh pushes a lapdog into the feeding frenzy.

Join me this morning at 7:00 AM Pacific/10:00 AM Eastern and all points around and in between on “The War on Guns: Notes from the Resistance” NBC1260 Scottsdale, or from your computer at NBC1260.com, where you can also click on the WoG graphic to download previous shows (updated each day at 6:00 PM Pacific).

Also note: I’ve posted the Saturday “encore” schedule here.

UPDATE: Those of you who noticed Mike V. did not appear as announced, no worries--he was stuck in a traffic jam in a lousy cell reception area.  I had to ad-lib and hope my substitute baton-twirling act worked. It was either that or the dancing poodles.

‘Paper of record’ should recognize hypocrisy better than most

It’s not liberal bias? And the mighty “Authorized Journalists” at The New York Times can find nothing new to report, but a couple of mere “bloggers” can come up with fresh finds on an almost-daily basis? But they somehow have the resources to jump on the gun control bandwagon—even though it’s not a scoop and every regressive rag and network out there is parroting the talking points from the Brady Campaign and the new Feinstein/Schumer/Whitehouse report?

Another damn lie. This is my shocked face. Talk about hypocrisy locked and loaded. [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner commentary notes there are lies, damned lies, and The New York Times.

Help correct the [paper of] record by sharing the link?

This Day in History: June 22

The act of the General Assembly passed on June 22, 1779, which established the Virginia Land Office, also provided for the awarding of bounty lands for specified Revolutionary War military service. The purpose of the bounty land system was to encourage longer military service. In order to qualify for bounty land, a soldier or sailor had to serve at least three (3) years continuously in the State or Continental Line or State Navy. Militia service did not count. The process of obtaining bounty lands was lengthy, and, in many cases, land speculators acquired the right to the land from the veteran or his heirs. [More]

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

GRE Round Up for June 21

Dave Workman/Seattle:

Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis:

We're the Only Ones Electrifying Enough

That'll teach him to...uh, what exactly did he do that merited death? [Read]

Here's another account. And another.

I love all the lies. Of course they did nothing wrong, this was standard protocol.

You got a problem with that?

Resistance Radio Debuts Encore and Archived 'War on Guns' Programs

This just in—here’s the encore schedule:
  • SAT-6AM-MONDAY SHOW (the only encore in the morning—the others are evening programs)
  • SAT-7PM-TUESDAY SHOW
  • SAT-9PM-WED SHOW
  • SAT-10 PM-THURSDAY SHOW
  • SAT-11PM-FRIDAY SHOW

You can hear them at 160 AM/96.1 FM if you're in the Scottsdale area, or from the NBC1260.com website by clicking "Listen Live."

Plus, they are starting to post program MP3s to download every night by 6:00 pm Pacific/10:00 pm Eastern. Click on the WarOnGuns logo under my picture.  I see yesterday’s show is up.

We're the Only Ones "Everybody's Doing It" Enough

Sgt. Marrier stated that it was common practice and that ‘everyone' does it... [More]
The more than marrier? (Sorry) 

I haven't heard an excuse this lame since I used "Billy's Mom let's him do it!" on my Mom.  Who thinks that worked?

No, everyone doesn't do it. Just the "Only Ones."

Although to be fair, I'm sure they would arrange for anyone they caught doing it to get free meals in lockup.

[Via  Brian F]

Bad Day at BlackRock?

Whose Paranoid wonders what PR software has to do with things... [More]

Today's GRE

In a hurry prepping for show--no time for full post--go here.