A New York State of Mind

So let me get this straight--when it comes to New York accepting a national standard, Vance pleads "home rule." But then he turns around and wants to impose New York rules on everybody everywhere else. [Read]

I guess propaga...uh...reporter Sally Goldenberg couldn't find any alternative viewpoints to consult to lend balance this "straight news" piece and correct some of its "misassumptions"?

Sipsey Street Scrutiny?

I am told that I will be the focus of a forensic email audit to find out who tipped me off. [More]

Jeez--noting whose Scribd account someone talked someone into posting the latest on, I wonder if we'll be in the same barracks at the fedlager?

Say, that's not a bad concept for a TV pilot...Vanderboeghans Heores.

The thing will practically cast itself...

This Day in History: December 16

The Frigate the Sensible, is found to be in so bad a Condition, that I am advised by every body to go to France by Land.—The Season, the Roads, the Accommodations for travelling are so unfavourable, that it is not expected I can get to Paris in less than thirty days. But if I were to wait for the Frigate it would probably be much longer. I am determined therefore to make the best of my Way by Land. And it is possible that this Journey may prove of some Service to the Public, at least I hope the Public will sustain no loss by it, though it will be tedious and expensive to me. [More]

A Botched Thing Operation

I'll accept that terminology here. [Read]

Issa: Brian A. Terry Memorial Act passes House

Representative Darrell Issa released the following statement today on passage of the Brian A. Terry Memorial Act from the House of Representatives...[More]

This evening's Gun Rights Examiner column announces a symbolic act. It is up to us to make sure it's not allowed to remain just that.

Bloomberg online gun sting creates more questions than answers

Which leads us to the jaw-dropping conclusion that criminals don’t obey the law! In Ohio, in Texas, or in New York City.

Does anyone seriously think an investigator couldn’t make and record street buys there, in spite of all the edicts commanding otherwise? And that Bloomberg’s Finest wouldn’t ruin the life of anyone trying to set up and record a reverse exposé?[More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner report looks at another enemy action designed to establish a beachhead from which further incursions can be launched.

This Day in History: December 15

It is but just that I should render an account of the conduct of those who have most deserved thanks for bravery in this legion. I take advantage of the occasion and with much pleasure in my capacity of Captain of Volunteers, attached to the suite of General Pulaski to certify that Benjamin Nones has served as a volunteer in my company during the campaign of this year and at the siege of Savannah in Georgia and his behavior under the fire in all the bloody actions we fought have been marked by the bravery and courage which a military man is expected to show for the liberties of his country, and which acts of said Nones gained him the favor and esteem of General Pulaski, as well as that of all the officers who witnessed his daring conduct. [More]

The Ash Heap of History

We need to outlaw firearms in the hands of all civilians and start to collect every one of them and melt them down for railroad track. [More]

Try it. 

Thing is, this hive insect claims to be a descendant of Declaration-signer Josiah Bartlett.

Meaning also he's a descendant of John Bartlett, the guy who hid his gun in a chimney from confiscators only to retrieve it years later and have it used by a grand nephew fighting against tyranny in the War of the Rebellion.

Bernard H. Ash, you betray your country and you betray your forebears with your contemptible degeneracy.

Here It Comes

Going after Holder for Gunwalker is racist. [Read]

OOOOOH . . . More Wiretap Information.

Now there's something that the committee will end up seeing one of these days, don't you think? [More]

Mike posts another email and attachment that somehow eludes the professional "Authorized Journalists" for one reason or another...

Democrat "Friends"?

Why would anyone with any self-respect have anything to do with parasites, useful idiots and evil collectivist traitors? [Read]

Not that I'm endorsing RINO-flavored KoolAid...

You Like Ron Paul, Except on Foreign Policy

Sent to me by a career Naval officer with a plea to help make it go viral... [Watch]

Don't argue with me--argue with the policy experts and veterans in this video.  And if you agree with it, share it.

Out of Stock?

Marines found 133 rifles, five grenade launchers, 29 grenades and 36 pistols at the scene of the raid near a highway.[More]

See, every time I go to gun shops and loophole markets I can never find grenades...

Having quite a bit of inventory control experience in my professional background, I can't understand why my "legal" sources, who are blamed for the violence, can't keep up with such obvious and lucrative demand. 

You don't think the cartels might be getting their stuff from other suppliers, do you...?


[Via Plug Nickel Times]

Linda Thorpe, All UnAmerican

Committee chairperson Linda Thorpe added that there are options for a county employee that feels threatened during the course of their duties other than carrying a concealed weapon.

"In instances [where] an employee feels that they may be threatened, they have contacted the sheriff's department and a deputy has gone with them," Thorpe said. [More]

OK, Linda, let's try a workplace thought experiment.

Say you're in your office goofing off surfing the Internet and you come across this blog post. Now let's say you hear what sound like gunshots coming from down the hall and people screaming--and the commotion is quickly approaching your door. Now let's say that once what's happening sinks in and you feel the hot knife of terror in your gut, that is, you "feel threatened," you decide to pick up the phone and...oops--too late. He's here.

I'd suggest maybe James Behling could save you, except...oh, for God's sake, James, don't you think your ass sticking out from under your desk while you whimper to be spared is a pretty undignified way to check out?

Too bad Robert Egan and Martha Milanowski won't be any help either.

But at least they knew enough to tell the non-ruminants what to do!

Was walked gun recovered in Mesa shooting?

There’s enough circumstantial evidence to warrant uncovering the truth of the matter, and it’s an important enough puzzle piece to see if it truly fits in the overall picture. Recalling that today is the anniversary of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry’s murder, reports about other uniformed officers (and indeed, anyone else) being threatened with Fast and Furious weapons need to be looked into. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner report  hands off a stalled inquiry to those with the clout to get answers.

This Day in History: December 14

In this letter, Washington is responding to an urgent request “from his Excellency Governor Jefferson” for additional Continental troops. [More]

An Ounce of Prevention

Rachel Madcow knows the truth.  She understands it.  She just can't bring herself to override her collectivist predisposition and apply it. [Watch]

One gets the feeling her concerns are solely for those who might be "profiled" for jihadist tendencies, and do not extend to those of us who might sport the wrong bumper sticker expressing more "homegrown" sentiments.

“These Guns Are Used to Kill People”

So are yours, a$$****. [Read]

“This has nothing to do with the Second Amendment,” said the mayor.

Liar.

You evil f***ing liar.

"Revolver"

[More]

Not just "Authorized Journalists"--Across the Pond in Sarah Brady Paradise "Authorized Journalists"!

Sipsey Street Irregular

At least the formatting is. [Read]

Mike has been having the dickens of a time with the Blogger template--the "new" look is not intended to be permanent.  The problem started with the inability to insert paragraph breaks and it looks like when he started pulling loose threads the whole damn fabric unraveled.

I've tried to help him but it's beyond my clumsy capabilities. His entire publishing tool and dashboard looks completely different from mine.

Be patient. 

Anybody know any trustworthy volunteers who could advise him?

We're the Only Ones Up a Pole Enough

Just think how much worse it could have been had he not been a highly trained professional...[Read]

Recycling at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

What's another returning anti-gunner among friends? [Read]

What to Do if Your Home’s Being Broken Into

If only Sharon Tate had subscribed to Readers Digest...[Read]

Free Speech Kit

Don't leave home without it. [Read]

Casper Turns Unfriendly

“I would like to see a policy in that if someone shows up with a weapon, and they want to come down and visit with us, we should have one of our armed police officers accompany them down, and that would probably slow ‘er down more than anything.” [More]

Is there some influx of migrant Californian nest-foulers happening there or what?

This Day in History: December 13

...[December 13] Day Light [?] the army had to be Pad’d. [paraded] -- befor then [?] marched beyond Gulfe Mills about one mile from the ford -- went into the woods & built us fires -- Refreshed ourselves with what we had with us & Drew half a gill of whiskey Pr. Man -- it Cleared off this Morning & was Pleasant for Decemr. -- Last Night our Horse took 11 Hesians & brought them here to this Place -- we heard that the Enemy Plun[dere]d. a House of Every thing they Could find at the mills & that they took Prisoners 3 horse men Last Night belonging to the Continental Army here -- This is Saturday the 13th of Decemr. in the morning etc. -- we tarried here all Day & the Night falowing we sleept in huts made with Bushes & Leaves -- here we Drew more Provisions & Cooked it [More]

SPLC Shill Paudert Still Making LEOs Wet Pants Over Bumperstickers

And "Authorized Journalistette" Deanna Bettineschi parrots all the talking points right on cue. [More]

You remember this authoritarian menace, right? He teamed up with Waco Jim to make a video that  I wrote about here...

And then decided his enforcers needed "patrol rifles" to make routine traffic stops?

And we're the scary ones.

[Via Dan B]

From My Fellow GREs

Workman: "Exclusive: Texas Rep. Poe: ‘F&F a ruse to go after U.S. gun sales’"

Hofmann: "Washington Post wonders if gun rights advances are responsible for police deaths"

Do you have these guys bookmarked? Are you sharing their links?

All You Need to Know

Merken.  [Read]

[Via Mack H]

Meanwhile, Across the Pond in Sarah Brady Paradise

Council bosses penned in the plastic sheep on the Shoreham A27 roundabout over fears they might leave drivers in a spin. [More]

Good grief, I wonder what this lot would do with live elk?

And speaking of plastic sheep...

[Via Steve T]

I Actually Think It Would Be Neat...

...to live here. [Watch]

One of the things I love about where I live now is I get deer in my yard practically every night.

[Via Skip]

Katie Bar the Door

Vanderboegh has more emails. [Read]

Every time I hear about Dennis the Menace, I hear this in my mind...

He certainly seemed to think so.

Bullies with Weapons

The mean old scary gun owners are bullying the poor county government in Palm Beach. [Read]

I won't post this on any social media sites--I know how cyber-bullying the weaker-minded juveniles among us sometimes leads to sui...hey, now wait a minute...

Speechifyin'...

...in PA. [Read]

If you're in the area on Jan. 7, why not consider attending?

We're the Only Ones Opting for Early Retirement Enough

A retired Bedford cop shot and killed three people in his Cambridge home last night and later turned the gun on himself, according to authorities, in what prosecutors called a horrifying end to a simmering family dispute. [More]

Hey, maybe VPC can find some way to add him to their "Concealed Carry Killers" website...? Along with that other sick, but still-employed animal we talked about earlier today...

[Via Brian F]

Researchers predict UN Arms Trade Treaty will be finalized by summer

Does this mean we need not concern ourselves, that any such talk amounts to “sound and fury, signifying nothing,” and that any effort spent by grassroots activists and their representative organizations would be a waste of "political capital"?

I would not make that assumption because I would not put any underhanded maneuver beneath the enemies of freedom, and that includes a caution to those who (correctly) maintain a treaty cannot supersede the Constitution—if the folks behind this power grab had any respect for rights, they would not be behind it in the first place. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner report  looks at a globalist wish list that's being compiled.  Also listen in on someone else's conversations and find out how self defense for FFLs involves more than guns.

We're the Only Ones Employed Enough

A former rural Missouri sheriff's deputy is suspected of killing his ex-wife and her new boyfriend before leading officers on a high-speed chase that ended with a shootout at an upscale hotel hosting a Christmas party for hundreds of doctors, nurses and their families, authorities said Sunday. [More]

And we learn:

Rice had worked as a Dent County sheriff's deputy from 2004 until he was terminated in 2009, the sheriff's office said without elaborating on why Rice was fired. He previously worked for the Houston, Mo., Police Department and, after leaving the sheriff's office, got a job with the Missouri Department of Corrections. A department spokesman confirmed Sunday that Rice is a correctional officer at the South Central Correctional Center in Licking.

Seems there's always a place in the system for good "Only Ones."

[Via several of you]

How's That Again?

Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) also said Lowe's is choosing to disregard the First Amendment. [More]

Followed by:

Sen. Ted Lieu, D-Torrance, told The Associated Press he would also consider legislative action if Lowe's doesn't apologize to Muslims and reinstate its ads.

This Day in History: December 12

[More]

Getting Ready to Go on Armed American Radio

Will be joining Mark Walters in the 10:15 pm Eastern segment.  Click here then find a station or listen via live stream. Don't wait for the last hour--it's on right now.

Vol. VII Update

Includes Gunwalker-related posts from yours truly, Mike Vanderboegh, Dave Workman and Kurt Hofmann made since Dec.4. [Read]

Anybody think you'll get this stuff from the "Authorized Journalists"?

Gungrabbers equate armed self-defenders with ‘executioners’

Denial and misplacing blame seem to be common traits plaguing the gun ban crowd, and Haas is no exception. Her experience has turned her into not just a vocal anti-gunner, but one who regards the act of armed self defense as an act of evil...[More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at just who the anti-gunners--in their own words--regard as their "brothers."  Hint: It ain't you and me.

Project GunTALKER

My Thursday interview with Scott Horton of Antiwar Radio is now archived online.

Click here to listen.

Hollywood gunman enabled by anti-defense sentiments and laws

For all intents and purposes, the “rampage” happened in a “gun free zone.” And the ruling class has just upped the odds in favor of the predators and against those they ostensibly represent by banning open carry.  Which, based on who they elect to office suits ‘the majority” of voters just fine... [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner report looks at some fish demanding their--and your--confinement in a barrel.

More On Virgina Tech

School spokesman Larry Hincker said the alert system worked exactly as expected.
"It's fair to say that life is very different at college campuses today. The telecommunications technology and protocols that we have available to us, that we now have in place, didn't exist years ago," he said. "We believe the system worked very well." [More]

I'm sorry-I meant moron from Virgina Tech.

How does this...this thing live with himself?

A Modest Proposal

Operation Fried Deceiver? [Read]

[Via Concerned American]

Federal judge decides who is an ‘authorized journalist’—and who is not

Indeed, just looking at the lack of media reporting on “Project Gunwalker” in the early days of the story’s development—I was practically begging them to investigate for themselves, telling them what questions to ask and who to ask them of, only to find the few who did show interest acted like they were doing us a favor and then demanded Mike Vanderboegh and I give up our sources now that they, the “pros,” might look into it… [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner report looks at an exclusive club that doesn't want to let "those people" in--and the government likes that inequality just fine.

Gun Advice, Anyone?

This is from Suz:

Hi David,

I'm here to ask advice on guns and ammo. I read a handful of gun blogs, and I think most of their authors read your blog, so if you publish this, I can ask them all at once, along with others.

Next spring I'll be moving to the east coast and I'd like to make a habit of open carrying, both for personal protection and as a public statement. If I end up working in a potentially dangerous place, I will apply for a concealed carry permit, but that is farther down the road. (I don't currently carry because I'm well known in my town as the Bookmobile Driver, and I'm pretty sure "certain parties" would disapprove. That's a battle I'd rather not fight for the next few months.)

I'm looking for expertise on the pros and cons of what gun to carry. My husband and I are willing to buy a new gun eventually, but if it's manageable, I'd as soon carry one that I already have. We own two revolvers and one pistol. The pistol is a S&W .22; I enjoy shooting it and I'm fairly accurate with it. On the plus side, it's light and has a slim profile. My concerns are: I prefer revolvers for their simplicity, but more importantly, it doesn't have much oomph. If I need to shoot in self- defense, I can't afford to bet my life on the accuracy of my aim. If I shoot a thug, but miss the head or heart, he may have time to wreak plenty of havoc before he collapses. I don't even keep it readily accessible in the house. I've pretty much ruled out that gun, but I'm open to broader insights.

One revolver is a S&W .38 police service revolver, probably as old as I am. I love that gun. I like the weight, the balance, the mild kick, everything about it. My aim is extremely accurate with it. Shooting it is just plain fun. But...The other is a Ruger .357 Magnum, and it Makes. A. Statement. (which is part of my reason for carrying in the first place.) Because it's heavier and has more kick, my aim is slightly off, but only by a few inches. With a stationary target.

My husband is ex-army and my son is a small arms tech in the USMC. They both agree that the .22 is not the right gun for me. Between the revolvers, my son recommends the Ruger. Of course he's a young Marine, and rather fond of firepower. My husband (who's about the most sensible person I know) isn't exactly pleased about the open carry idea at all. He thinks it might be "asking for trouble." 10 years ago I would have agreed with him, but now I find myself appalled by the alarmed response of so many ordinary people, when they see a gun. Then again, I do spend more time around women than he does. My perception is that far too many people now associate guns only with cops, criminals and hunters. I don't like it.

So. Should I get the chip off my shoulder and only carry concealed? Concealed or open, which gun should I carry? What other (reasonably priced) guns should I consider? New or used? What kind of ammo is best for self defense? I'm looking for some wisdom born of experience.

As for my shooting habits, I will take an approved class to qualify for a permit, but my only real training is in safe handling. I'm essentially a plinker (except with the Magnum because it doesn't "plink" at all) - I occasionally blast a few twigs and paper targets in a ravine on my property. I haven't been to a range in over two decades.

With gratitude,
Suz

I don't do a lot of gun and self defense stuff on this blog because I'm in this for the ideological fight. Besides, plenty of you know a lot more than I do, so I don't pretend to be an authority on best guns, carry techniques, etc.

I support open carry on principle if that's what you want to do, but am not comfortable doing it myself. In terms of the best gun, caliber, etc., that's the stuff debates are made of. I never have been a "one size fits all for all situations" kind of person anyway, and always figured the best weapon was the one at hand, and that the most important factors in an insane situation are presence of mind and will, not meaning to minimize skill and trained reflexes.

Please feel free to weigh in and share your insights and advice by posting a comment.

When There's No Fan for it to Hit

As i remember coffee and cigarettes was hard to find and expensive through all of the time, everything else changed, sometimes was expensive and hard to find, sometimes not.

But important to remember is to make it easier to you, so obliviously, it is much easier to carry and trade candles and batteries than 20 liters of fuel. [More]

Makes a lot of sense. So much for my plan to invest in Princess Diana collector plates and Disney figurines...

[Via Skip]

Brooking No Competition?

So it is a crime...? [Read]

No Other Option

Editorial: Gun show laws aren't getting the job done [More]

I realize no one is going to register to read this, but all we need to look at are the title and subhead anyway.

I don't suppose it would occur to them that if something is proven repeatedly over time not to work you should get rid of it it instead of demanding more of it?

They have a lot of damn gall charging two bucks an article for demonstrable nonsense.

Simple Harmonic Motion

I wonder if this would work with tyrants? [Watch]

Disarm Africans!

Looks like the UN takes essentially the same position as the Klan and Jesse Jackson. [Read]

You know, this one.

Because we all know only African governments are the "Only Ones" who should have weapons.

If I Had a Hammer

Allen said he and three others surrounded the man as he got up from the spill and reacted wildly.

"He’s just swinging it around,” Allen said of the hammer. [Read]

The Fox Run Mall site isn't connecting for me this morning and I can't find anything on security or code of conduct on the Simon Malls site. Anybody from around there know mall policy on concealed carry?  I did find this...

What, Me Quirky?

Mike and David are certainly quirky, and way too direct for mainstream sensibilities, but they are the real deal.  You want the full story on Gunwalker, you go to them. [More]

Thanks, Kevin Wilmeth!  This is exactly the kind of stuff that really helps get the word out, and is especially relevant to the GRE column I have in mind for today.

Darling kid in the profile photo, btw.  Reminds me of the one I posted of me with feral sons Uday and Qusay on our old GunTruths site.  The one in the hat  is a college junior and the one in my lap is a high school senior who's as tall as I am now.

Here's an old family video of me applying my parenting skills and them responding in kind.

"Quirky" indeed.

This Day in History: December 9

His Excellency is extremely anxious to have the Roads in front and rear of the Camp accurately surveyed as speedily as possible. He therefore wishes to see you immediately at Head Quarters that he may give you particular directions as to the Business which he wants executed.  [More]

What If?

Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose... [Read]

If You Could Not Watch Today's Hearing Live

Watch it at your convenience. [Watch]

Issa threatens Holder with contempt of Congress charge

Per Holder, no one lied.

'It all has to do with your state of mind and whether or not you had the requisite intent to come up with something that would be considered perjury or a lie," he said in reply to a line of questioning by Rep. James Sensenbrenner.  [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner report summarizes some of the highlights from today's hearings.

Junior JBT

From the makers of Wacky Waco Playset? [Read]

Larry Hincker's 'Very Sound Policy' in Action

Virginia Tech shooting: Gunman at large, two victims, campus on lockdown [More]

In spite of this?

[Via W3]

Project GunTALKER

Getting ready to go on Liberty Radio Network with Scott Horton in five minutes... [Listen]

Right Costumes, Wrong Party

Tea Party = KKK? [Read]

Disregard the Klan's true origins.

This is just standard MO for the national socialists.

Going Postal

If one of their employees does, they want to make sure there's nothing anyone can do about it.

Europreppers

UBS advice for a euro collapse: ‘tinned goods, small calibre weapons’ [More]

They'd better watch that--it might get them placed on a watch list.

[Via Jeet]

We're the Onry Ones Irriberal Enough

Of course they do. [Read]

Holder Hearings

Listening live [Click]

This Day in History: December 8

The assembly have not yet concluded their plan for complying with the requisitions from Congress. It may be relied on that that cannot be done without very heavy taxes on every species of property. Indeed, it is thought questionable whether it will not be found absolutely impossible. No exertions, however, ought to be omitted to testify our zeal to support Congress in the prosecution of the war. [More]

Georgia Gun Owners going for ‘Constitutional carry’

Law-abiding citizens should not have to be fingerprinted and cataloged like common criminals...[More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner report looks at some folks who expect their rights not to be treated like granted privileges.

Perspectives

The breakdown.

Historical.

Evidence of Guilt

Knowing your rights. [Read]

I note the JBT's name is blacked out on the posted affidavit.  As long as we realize Sow Lanier deploys a number of feral hogs, I guess which one it is doesn't matter...but it must make it tough on the few good apples.

No Limits

On the other hand, we've got plenty of historical examples of how well unlimited government works. [Read]

Credit Where Due: CCRKBA Alerted Gun Owners to Halligan Vote

Remember this and this?

At the time, I didn't know about this.

Here's the CCRKBA Alert that was sent out to more than a million gun owners. I don't know how I missed it.

Sticks and Stones

Tea party activists, gun-rights fanatics, and others on the right...[More]

Thanks for establishing the requisite tone for a response, Stephanie Mencimer.  At least we know what you're about, and that you'd rather play administration apologist than concern yourself with the fate of whistleblowers who put their necks on the block to make the truth known, or with  human beings who have been and have yet to be killed.

As a propagandist, you do have a lot of damn gall calling yourself a "reporter," but then Orwellian perversion of the language is one of the more useful tools employed by useful idiots.

Meanwhile, Across the Pond in Sarah Brady Paradise

Girl gang who kicked woman in the head while yelling 'kill the white slag' freed after judge hears 'they weren't used to drinking because they're Muslims' [More]

Pip pip! Jolly good! Eh, wot?

Best comment:

Great Britain = Benny Hill tune....

When (not "if") it's needed again, would you?

[Via Harvey]

When You Declare War...

In other words, don't expect the occupier's (sidenote to OWS--as opposed to "liberator's") helmets to be blue.  [Read]

I like Vanderboegh's upbeat outlook.

[Via Skip]

It Can't Happen Here?

Of course it can. And seems to more and more. [Read]

[Via Arctic Patriot]

Let Me Get This Straight

Pun intended.

Apparently, if you like to do males, it's their age that determines whether or not your orientation is skewed that way. [Read]

I'm trying to follow the logic here and all I can come up with as a consistent parallel is if Walt Hawkins liked to do puppies, that wouldn't mean he's into bestiality--he'd have to graduate to full-blown (!) dogs.  At least that's what  he and the HuffPo regressives agreeing with him in comments appear to be asserting.

Ignorant me, who can't claim to have the expertise that comes from having "treated more than 3,000 child molesters," which Hawkins appears to believe is the final word in dismissing any dissent from the unilluminated. But I do note his "expert" can't claim to have cured any...which won't be necessary in 20 years time at the rate we're going, when dinosaurs like me will be looked down on as hate-filled pedophobes.

If we last another 20 years.

The Orwellian perversion of what words mean for calculated political and cultural ends continues...for instance, tolerance, the essence of live and let live, does not require embracing...

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas...

Make sure you take the poll at the bottom of the page and give the ruminants apoplexy... [Read]

[Via RH]

This Day in History: December 7

To gather the scattered fleet, which returned ship by ship to the West Indies, was hopeless. D Estaing stood for France, meeting the "Provence," which gave him an anchor, and on December 7, 1779, reached Brest. [More]

Also, a young man received some disturbing news on his 20th birthday that would end up sending him to Guam, his brother to Guadalcanal... Happy 91st birthday to my father.

"Well, I'm Here."

[Read]

A Sacrificial Lamb

“Inaccuracies.” Is that how they spell “lies” these days at Eric Holder's Justice Department? [Read]

Now if they're just going to just accuse him of "screwing up," I suppose he can be induced to take it.

Only if he thinks there will be a severe price to pay will he have incentive to finger the bosses.

Otherwise, it's all kabuki. 

A Question of Priorities

Clueless

If contemporaneous emails sent by Justice Department officials are any indication, they didn’t have any clue what Grassley was talking about. [More]

 Is that kind of like saying if contemporaneous trace requests selectively sent by the Mexican government are any indication, 90% of cartel crime guns come from U.S. gun stores...?

TPM Schmuckraker Ryan J. Reilly is quickly proving himself to be quite the loyal administration apologist.

By all means, throw the little guys under the bus--that could be just the push they need to spill their guts.  Assuming anyone has the balls to make this a criminal matter with prison sentences.

Republicans block Halligan confirmation

We learn that "all 53 members of the Democratic caucus" voted to end debate, including the supposedly "pro-gun Democrats."  Joining them was Alaska Republican Lisa Murkowski.  Republican Orrin Hatch did not join the filibuster and voted "Present." [More]

This afternoon's Gun Rights Examiner report asks why a vote to support a gungrabber shouldn't affect a politician's grade.

Failure of Kurdistan gun control demonstrates universal truths

The place sounds like Brady Paradise.  At least the results are the same. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner commentary notes some things are the same wherever you are.

Schooling Kurt

Unintentional honesty from gun rights Quisling? [More]

Excellent send-up of sellout Bob Pope. What a nitwit.
 
Kurt should have posted it as a Gun Rights Examiner column so he'd get page view compensation for it, just like he gets for his latest piece on NRA going for suppressor reform.

I don't know how else he's going to learn his lesson unless we all go over to his GRE page and then read and pass along the links for his individual columns.

That'll learn him.

We're the Only Ones Camera-Shy Enough

Evil tyranny in action by the violence monopolists. [Watch]

Here is their agent.

Tom Wiseman: Anyone who is not a willing creature of darkness would resign before taking part in this, and join in condemning it. I'm not addressing you as a prosecutor, I'm addressing you as a presumed human being and American:

What the hell is wrong with you? "The banality of evil" applies to creatures such as you.

[Via Michael G]

Arrested Development

But before you deputize yourself neighborhood sheriff, there are a few things you need to know about making a citizen’s arrest. If done properly, you can indeed become the local hero. If done improperly, you can be at the receiving end of an expensive lawsuit or even criminal charges.

Or you could just end up looking like a Gomer Pyle...[More]

Or you could just end up looking like a corpse.

There's no one-size-fits-all and all situations are different, and what any of us would do really depends on our inclinations and the circumstances, but this is a pretty good general primer that includes deadly force situations.

I've never made a citizens arrest, but have intervened a few times in my life to stop violence to others or the threat of it. The only time I ever felt compelled to produce a tool to back my intent was in defense of myself and my family, and fortunately things did not escalate beyond that.

This Day in History: December 6

The Georgia loyalists in the Ebenezer area wasted no time in regrouping following the retreat of General Lincoln and the Southern Army into South Carolina. A Muster of Major James Wright’s Georgia Loyalists was made on December 6, 1779 at Abercorn, less than 10 miles southeast of Ebenezer. These records reveal that the Georgia Loyalists suffered substantial losses in the siege of Savannah. [More]

Vanderboegh exclusive: Melson thanked Burke for work on Fast and Furious

Blogger Mike Vanderboegh of Sipsey Street Irregulars has obtained a copy of a Feb. 3, 2011 email from Ken Melson, then-Acting Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to Dennis Burke, the former United States Attorney for the District of Arizona who resigned in the wake of revelations concerning his role in the Fast and Furious gunwalking scandal. [More]

Beating the "Authorized Journalists" at their own game yet once again...

Issa broadens DOJ investigation to include drug money laundering report

“Given your upcoming testimony this Thursday,” Issa continued, “it is imperative that Congress be apprised of the true dimensions of these alleged operation immediately. Please arrange to provide a briefing to my staff no later than Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at 5:00 pm to address these allegations.” [More]

This evening's special Gun Rights Examiner report looks at yet another new dimension to the hearings facing the embattled (and soon to be overwhelmed?) Eric Holder.

GOA sounds alarm on anti-gun judge nominee while NRA stays silent

NRA must, this afternoon, alert its members to oppose Halligan, and, as they failed to do with Eric Holder, put senators on notice that a confirmation vote will be scored against them—especially the so-called “pro-gun Democrats” we’ve heard so much about. It would take NRA all of an hour and the cost of emailing their membership list to make this happen. [More]

This afternoon's Gun Rights Examiner column has an assignment that will take you about as much time to complete as it will to enter a comment complaining about why it's no use.

When the Time is Right

If you needed further proof that this creature is just plain evil...[Read]

Hey Newt: When are you and the Stupid Party ever going to learn that you can't play kissy face with the enemy?  For that alone you deserve to crash and burn.

In tangentially-related news, you'll never have to pull out if you don't put it in to begin with.

An Innovative Approach

There is a provision in the Kingpin Act for “authorized” law enforcement and intelligence activities, however the only procedure by which an Operation Fast and Furious program could have been “authorized” under the Kingpin Act was by the U.S. attorney general requesting a waiver (known within the Treasury Department as a Specific License), prior to any such operation being undertaken. [More]

Oh, that is good! 

Kind of like the only way they could have gotten around ITAR provisions would have been if State had authorized it.

The Inability of "Authorized Journalists" to Let Go of a Delusion

Operation Fast and Furious — the “botched” gun-tracking program run by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives — did, in fact, deliberately allow some 2,000 high-powered weapons to be sold to Mexican drug cartel agents and then waltzed across the border and into the Mexican drug wars — just as Sen. Chuck Grassley and Rep. Darrell Issa, who are leading the congressional investigations, have charged all along. [More]

So if it did what it was designed to do, and that was to deliberately allow guns to walk--why would you still characterize it as a "'botched' gun trafficking operation"?

[Via Michael G]

How many have died from DEA’s ‘Project Buckwalker’?

Hey, you can’t make an omelet without scrambling some eggs. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner commentary wonders if there is any criminal enterprise our federal overlords are not up to their necks in.

We Hold These Truths to Be Self-Evident

Bridgeton Police Chief Mark Ott is of the opinion that no matter what is done to stop them, criminals will always be able to gain possession of a gun if they really want it.

“Here’s one way to look at it. If criminals can import tons of illegal narcotics into the country they can import tons of foreign firearms,” he said. [More]

No duh.

Dance? Five Cents a Dance?

Gillibrand backs guns measure [More]

Of course she does.

This Day in History: December 5

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