We're the Only Ones Walking Dead Enough

“We’re just having a little bit of fun.” [More]

Who's paying for it?

I see they mention the CDC zombie apocalypse preparation campaign.  I don't even have to ask you to guess what they left off from their list of emergency survival essentials, do I?

Or ask who's paying for that nonsense, either?

This Day in History: September 19

General Weedon delivered me your excellency's letter of 2d. currt. ordering one thousand camp kettles to be forthwith made at my works, and as many waggons & teams to be procured as shall suffice to carry them on, the whole being intended for the use of the army of the United States under the command of your excellency. [More]

Vigilante of the Month

"Vigilantism"...? [Read]

Really?

That'w what these morons call "self-defense"?

If they really want some dirt on Workman, man, have I got some stories for them.

Of course, none of them will be true, but since when has that stopped these pantie-wringing hive insects?

"Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence": that's a major fail on two claims, right there.

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

Two unarmed female police officers were shot dead today...[More] 

So much for the theory that they could protect somebody else...

DOJ and Media Matters coordinated Fast and Furious reports

“Nice to know the Gunwalker criminals are paying attention,” Mike Vanderboegh of Sipsey Street Irregulars observed in his response to the story, which included emails where Media Matters’ Matt Gertz told DOJ spokeswoman Tracy Schmaler that Vanderboegh was “three inches away from being an insurrectionist.” [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner report notes some media matters that Media Matters would rather not have attention called to them. It also includes links to responses from Mike, from Dave Workman and from Kurt Hofmann.

A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Holder Justice Department

Well, well, well...look who's been giving them their talking points:

Emails reveal Justice Dept. regularly enlists Media Matters to spin press

The emails sure fixate a lot on Mike. I like the way Gertz says he's "three inches away from being an insurrectionist."  Just how long is one, anyway, Matt?

Mike responds. As usual, I'm jealous.  What the hell do I have to do to be condemned as disreputable by these characters, put a national socialist in uniform?

I'm also kicking myself. Here's an email I sent to Mike and some of our advisers in April:

I also note Holder spokesflack Tracy Schmaler is the one who dismissed our Bar complaint as "specious" and frivolous."

Media Matters. I never did like puppet shows.

UPDATE: Fox News weighs in.

Gimme That Old Time Religion

...Civic Religion...[More]

Don't prejudge based on those words. Click on the link and read. And hopefully learn.

Who's the Embarrassment?

Look, we all get it. He is exercising his right to carry a firearm. But his exhibitionist approach is rude and inconsiderate of his fellow citizens who have no idea who he is or what he is up to. [More]

I don't think you DO get it.

If you can't see something it can't hurt you?  Isn't that equivalent to a child pulling his covers over his head to keep the boogeyman from getting him?

What you're really saying is, you judge everything by your provincial outlook.  When I went to the Georgia Carry Annual Meeting, hundreds were open carrying--in a real nice hotel in the metropolitan Atlanta area--and nobody freaked out because the practice has been socially normed there--as it has been in many places.

That won't ever happen in "gun friendly" Evansville if the very people pretending to support the right to keep and BEAR arms publicly scorn regional pioneers of the practice as "fools."

We're the Only Expunging Enough

Cops shoot Unarmed Man 41 Times Delete Witness's Video [More]

And surprise, surprise, surprise, the dashcam video doesn't support "initial reports" about whose car did the hitting.

[Via Thaddeus F]

This Day in History: September 18

At about 0800 hours on September 18, Cruger’s column advanced down the Martintown Road and came within sight of Augusta. [More]

Brink's Update

The court denied the motion, meaning they proceed tomorrow with the revocation hearing.

A Distinguished Professor of Law

I wonder how many people committed to defying him this cowardly, evil subversive is willing to have others take hostage or kill in order to do his bidding?  [Read]

And if he thinks we're just going to stand around and let them...?

I'm sure the pragmatic neocons would disagree with me. Good grief, was he distinguishing himself on the toilet when they took that picture?

An Unbelievable Scenario

This being on NBC...

A New York State of Mind

Perhaps the most hysterical, but not unexpected, handwringing came from The Boston Globe’s warning that “The best-trained police officers can be in error when actually facing an enraged gunman. If even these professionals end up shooting and injuring bystanders outside the Empire State Building, how can private citizens be expected to discern an attacker from innocent people inside a darkened theater?” [More]

"A New York State of Mind" is my latest "Rights Watch" column for GUNS Magazine.

So How Come...

...WE'RE still using them...? [Read]

Meanwhile, Over at the Eloi Dining Hall*

It warns the public not to take action but to call 911...[More]

Good grief. Because we, obviously, are not highly-trained professional Morlocks.

And why am I reminded of this...?

*

Meanwhile, Over at the Reichsministerium für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda...

The media is not just a stumbling block to liberty, it is an enemy combatant against liberty. [More]

Or as I like to call 'em, Fourth Estate Fifth Columnists.  The ones who aren't merely useful idiots...

We are Controlling Transmission

 

See?

Highly Recommended

I've been told to go see "Last Ounce of Courage."

Anybody know where it's playing that doesn't have a "No Guns" sign?

Ask a Simple Question

Authorities spent Friday afternoon looking for explosives inside the vehicle of a man who walked into the Kansas City federal building and asked if he was on a terrorist watch list. [Read]

Well hell, with all the stupid Fusion Center/DHS bs, I'd like to know if I'm on the list, too. 

Figures he "never made any threats" and everyone overreacted. And that, lo and behold, he appears to be a productive member of society.

Figures they're not receptive to Mike's offer to educate them.

Here's more on the Richard Bolling Federal Building.  Oh shoot, looky here:

All employees and visitors must present a valid form of identification and pass screening before being granted access into the building or if waiting in the lobbies for an extended period of time.

Racists.

[Via Plug Nickel Times]

A Special Day

Holy Moly, younger feral son Qusay turned 18!  If I release him from the pit and he mauls someone, I'm no longer responsible!

He's a good kid. He picked a good day to be born.

S-M-R-T...I Mean S-M-A-R-T

Study: Sex Can Make You Smarter [More] 

Then this guy ought to be f-ing genius.

Hit it, Homer.

Surpise, Surprise, Surprise

One round was hidden in the chamber... [More]

You know, right where anyone who knew the first thing about what they were doing would have known it was.

I have a tough time with the word "accident" on stories like this. What an inexcusably stupid way to throw away your life and to devastate the ones who loved you.

Red Sky in Morning

Scary.  Especially realizing who's ginning up the rage.  [Read]

The weasel with the "boycott Japan" bumper stickers on his Japanese car reminds me of cars I see here with police suck-up stickers--he's just advertising his appeasement hoping the injustice passes over him and happens to someone else.

[Via bondmen]

Securing the Blessings of Liberty...

...one act of absurd, heavy-handed authoritarianism at a time... [Read]

[Via Kevin Starrett]

A Spree Grows in Brooklyn

[More]

Fortunately, "The NYPD and the Brooklyn District Attorney's office say they recovered 85 weapons during a gun buyback program, including 40 revolvers and an assault rifle."

What do you want to bet two months from now, this map will be populated with unicorn and teddy bear icons?

This Day in History: September 17

Whilst I am master of my own sword, I am governor of my own fate. [More]

The Week in Review

A captured Fast and Furious murder suspect, a documentary in the making, and a Federal Firearms Licensee fighting revocation by ATF were all subjects explored last week in the Gun Rights Examiner column. [More]

Here's a summary for AmmoLand readers of exclusive stories presented over the past week in my GRE column.

Armed American Radio

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Three from Sipsey Street

Mike posted a spate of noteworthy pieces yesterday:

• "Our national experiment in extermination." The Chemists War: How the United States government deliberately killed 10,000 of its own people in the name of Prohibition. (Enforced by the predecessors of the ATF.)
• "It was learned in discovery materials that he was also an ATF Confidential Informant." The Clark Case -- which the ATF thought they'd bullied their way out of -- still has the chance of overturning their (and their snitches') applecart.
• Sipsey Street Exclusive: File this under Praxis. Department of Homeland Security using drones that look like civil aviation.

Court grants hearing to FFL day before scheduled ATF revocation meeting

Based on what the court decides on Monday, the ATF revocation hearing scheduled for Tuesday will either take place then or be postponed until such time as Brink’s can obtain the deposition and information it needs to defend itself and spotlight ATF policy compliance. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner exclusive report notes a hopeful sign.

Well, Since She Asked

[Read]

Give it to her.

It doesn't matter if the person running against her is anti-gun. They can't be any more anti-gun than Jeannemarie.

All you really need to know is Bloomberg is for her. 

And for good reason.

If you let the Republicans succeed with this domestic enemy, they'll rightly know they can get you to swallow anything.

Looks like she just screwed the pooch exploiting 9/11 for self-promotion.  Good. What a ridiculous control freak of a woman.

[Via Mack H]

Royal Treatment

"Only Ones" exempted, naturally.

Is "Rest assured" some kind of code phrase for "F--- you"?

Let's see what kind of response I get, if any...

 

Here's the text of the "contract":

Personal Safety Guarantee

The [Name of Company or Agency] agrees that a special relationship exists between our organization and [Name of Individual Entering Premises Disarmed] by virtue of his/her abiding by our “No Firearms” mandate. Because we have encouraged him/her to be personally defenseless, we hereby agree to assume responsibility for his/her personal safety and protection, and admit liability should we fail in this duty.

[Signature/Title/Date]

Rest assured, they'll assume no such thing.

[Via Mack H]

Popularity Contest

Most New Yorkers Favor Stricter Gun Laws, Poll Finds [More]

What do "most "New Yorkers" know about the subject, about the nature of rights, about tyranny of the majority...?

I wonder how many of them would also support banning dihydrogen monoxide?

What If?

Looks like he's got things figured about right. [Read] 

[Via Ron W]

Where We're Going We Don't NEED Roads!

Not really. It's just that the attercops won't let us have them. [Read]

Very Cosmopolitan

Cosmo has taken a break from confusing anyone ditzy enough to buy it with articles championing militant Sandra Fluke feminism followed up with "Let Him Be an Animal" sex tips, and given us a poll on guns.

If you're not too busy railing against the patriarchy while increasing your bust size, go ahead and take it.

Special Effects

An order of protection obtained in December against Seelall was still in effect, records show. [More]

Don't they mean "still ineffective"?

An Expanding Universe

Survey: One-Third Of Americans In ‘Lower Classes’ Since Obama Took Office [More]

Does this mean they might reach a point where they don't need the "public service" unions anymore?

Answering the Call

This call.

Jeffersonian did.

The Broken Patriot did.

Every Blade of Grass did.

UPDATE:

Robert's Gun Shop did.

This Day in History: September 13

[More]

Answering the Call

This call.

The Wandering Minstrel did.

Meanwhile, Over in Furious Mike Paradise...

New York City Plagued By Rash Of Overnight Stabbings And Shootings [More]

Thank goodness the Mayor Against Guns, protected 24/7 by taxpayer-funded armed bodyguards, remained safe throughout.

ATF creating ‘legal’ injustice for FFL fighting revocation

The problem with that, sources close to the case tell Gun Rights Examiner, is Brink’s then produced proof of service to show ATF gave the court false information, but by that time the hearing was already off the calendar and replaced with another case. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner notes the arrogant bureaucrats are lying and screwing people over again. The good news is, this time, their victim has the wherewithal to fight back.

Calling All "Gun Bloggers"

Bloggers: Please consider telling your readers about this project.

Readers: Please ask them to.

If you're on my WoGroll, send me the link to your post.

Gray State

Now this looks interesting...[More]

Survey Says

Now ask them if they'd like more restrictions on their businesses and heavier penalties if they make a misstep. [Read]

Texas State FITASC, Rock Creek Clays, Grandview, Texas‏

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Arab Spring

I don't know who couldn't see the Libyan or Egyptian blow-ups coming. Every time "we" engineer the removal of a strongman, the gates of hell open up.

Tell me State doesn't know that.  And count on it.

And the reaction from our "leaders"?

Apologize for hurting their feelings.

I understand the producer of the "film" cited as the catalyst for this latest eruption of ignorance is in hiding--from seeing the trailer (trust me, don't waste your time), I'd be in hiding too, just out of shame for producing such an amateurish piece of crap (although I wonder if he's got room in his refuge for everyone dumb enough to let him put their names and faces out there).

The question our "Authorized Journalists" need to ask--and most won't:  What effect have weapons and other material support provided by the U.S. and its allies--first to the regimes and then to the opposition--had in all this?

So much for buying friends. "It's about growth and business" my...eye.

How many more young American lives are going to be thrown into this new outbreak and pay with blood for the ambitious manipulations of the spiders at the center of the web?

And you'd better believe Putin and Hu Jintao won't be compelled to feel less adventurous by this forced demonstration of international impotence.

It seems the only ones cowed and subdued by domestic Leviathan are We the People, the heirs of Liberty...and some are increasingly questioning if they really should be, especially when they note Elvis has left the building.

The Lamest Show on Earth

Today’s Republicans do not. Indeed, they cannot, because they have accepted the progressive framework. Their argument is not that the welfare state, deficit spending, federalized education, sharia-democracy promotion, and the rest are bad policies. Their argument is not that Washington needs to be dramatically downsized. It is that progressive governance is fine but needs to be better executed. [More]

And:

The gospel among GOP insiders these days is that no way, no how, Mitt Romney should attack Barack Obama.  Doing so, a sliver of independent voters might get huffy and throw the election to the president. [More]

Following the Bob Dole/John McCain Presidential Campaign Playbook again, I see...

What a circus. The Big Tent is so full of RINOs and jackasses, there's no room left for the elephants--who are increasingly regarded as a liability by the ringmaster anyway...maybe still fit for a sideshow to sucker the rubes, but no way for the center ring.

[Via Mack H]

This Day in History: September 12

As a result of this victory, Maj. Ferguson came to the erroneous and fatal conclusion that the resistance to the Crown in western North Carolina was at an end. [More]

What I Saw at the Coup

And then the shooting started. [More]

Matt Bracken's indirectly-related speculative companion piece to "When the Music Stops"...

The Keynote Speaker

"He will surely have some thought-provoking insights." [More]

But they're all protected under  executive privilege...

The Commissar Vanishes

Yesterday:

And today:

We know why. They sure didn't waste any time covering their tracks.

Small wonder.

It's an old Stalinist trick, purging not just inconvenient former allies, but also the public memory of them.

There's even a Newspeak term for this.

Pointing Fingers

William LaJeunesse has obtained pieces of the OIG report.  That is a real coup. [Read]

It looks like the blame game may be used to get the scapegoats interested in self-preservation, an outcome many of us have been hoping for.

NOTE: For some reason, direct linking to Fox News reports from this blog has been generating "Access Denied" messages of late.  Paste his url into your browser address bar to read the article I'm trying to link to:

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/09/11/exclusive-long-awaited-furious-report-spreads-blame-across-agencies/

Anybody Try This?

I understand some will be skeptical.  But I'm interested in hearing from those with actual  chi...uh...hands-on experience. [Read]

[Via Jess]

Four Legs Good, Two Legs Bad

Students would lose their concentration during tests and stare aimlessly as the lights reflected off the steel of a .57 magnum.  [More]

Well, as long as this is the expert opinion of a real authority on the subject...

[Via John Richardson]

Not Following the Logic

How is it elitist for legislators to dispense with taxpayer-funded armed guards? [Read]

Братья...

...from a different мать... [Read]

If you don't know about Katyn, you should. We'll be discussing it again soon.

Yin and Yang

Brad Pitt is adamant politicians should ignore calls to outlaw firearms...[More]

That's why he supports Obama!

The New Zumbo

Jerry Tsai. [Read]

Memories are short, though.

Just ask David Petzal.

LA Officially Racist

How dare they require a government-issued ID to check out library books! [Read]

How to Commemorate 9/11

Us? We get to continue the charade that we give a damn about freedom and the dead right in front of the live ones we're manhandling and stripping at will. We're betting the indoctrinated and conditioned NextGen won't see it that way based on the fact that PresentGen took it all in stride without missing a swallow of their cuds. [Read]

You? Don't you have some "community service" to do or something? Hey, if you go on any of those highways we're turning TSA loose on, tell 'em Ray sent you.

No, don't do that. You'll probably get detained and beat up.

Anyway, Happy 9/11 from the government we all belong to! (Phoenix...?  Dennis Burke...? Naahhh...)

And don't forget to vote!

UPDATE: This just in.

This Day in History: September 11

[More]

Tactical Resources

Here are some that recently came to my attention:

• Contact! A Tactical Manual for Post Collapse Survival  
• Rapid Fire! Tactics for High Threat, Protection and Combat Operations

Learn more here.

Last Night on Armed American Radio

I was on in the third hour Roundtable:

• 9-9-2012 Hour 1
• 9-9-2012 Hour 2
• 9-9-2012 Hour 3

Delay of Game

Tuesday’s Hearing Featuring DOJ Inspector General Rescheduled for Wednesday, September 19 [More]

What, no five-yard penalty?

No word on if they have the final report yet, so the safe guess is "No" unless someone leaked a copy and they're keeping mum.

Target Acquisition

Interesting question. [Read]

Something is preventing this blog from establishing a direct link--if you copy the link http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/09/10/did-colorado-shooter-single-out-cinemark-theater/ and then paste it into the browser address bar, it opens up fine.

Documentary to show ‘civil right’ to arms ‘under fire’

While spring-boarding off the restrictive gun environment in California, Koenig's project will deal with principles and issues of concern throughout the United States, particularly as many of the initiatives implemented there have been or will be mirrored elsewhere, with resultant losses of liberty. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner report looks at a story in the making that we can become a part of.

World Travelers

'Fast and Furious' guns ended up in Colombia  [More]

Have you ever seen those local free papers that publish photos of vacationing readers holding up the rag at places all over the world, like with the Great Wall of China or some such behind them?  I'm envisioning something similar here.

For the Children

I love it. [Read]

Turn Down $400 Million Deal, 16% Pay Raise...
Highest Average Salary In Nation...
Average $76,000 per year before benefits...
SOME SCHOOLS OPEN -- BUT JUST TO SERVE FREE MEALS...
400,000 STUDENTS UNLEASHED...
Cops Pour Onto Streets to Deal With 'Unsupervised Kids'...
GODFATHER 'DISAPPOINTED,' VOWS TO END STRIKE...
Rahm's kids' school open; attend elite $25,000-a-year 'lab'...

And this one's my personal favorite:

He says he’s working with the Chicago Public Schools to make sure rival gang members aren’t placed in the same school.

Forget it Jake, it's Chitown.

A Post-Purchase Survey

Why would a clerk report this? [Watch]

I sent the link to Stewart Rhodes.

Poll Watchers

But whatever we will do, it will be legal and lawful under the Constitution of the United States. [More]

Then we shouldn't have a problem.

Plan B

OK, I'm totally not clear on the threat here: How would the UN Programme Against Small Arms be enacted and implemented here, and how would it be able to bypass Congress as this implies? [Read]

I'd like to see the proponents of this line of thought flesh out the mechanism for imposing the Programme's wishlist as enforceable requirements here while leaving our legislature out of the loop.

Equity Management

Indoctrinating tomorrow's proletariat today! [Read]

Coming Soon to a Neighborhood Near You?

Iran threatens to bring war to U.S. shores [More] 

Look for an open border and gun-free zones to play their parts. 

[Via Jess]

Oh No, Not ANOTHER One...

Mayor of NJ's capital arrested in corruption probe [More] 

Guess what group HE belongs to...?

What is it with these guys?

[Via Fred W]

The Apex of Civilization

And this is just them having fun. Now imagine them hungry and desperate... [Watch]

We're the Only Ones Salting Away Enough

Two correctional officers from the Illinois Department of Corrections were arrested Wednesday for possession of bath salts. [More]

One more prison guard story today and I'll have a "spate."

We're the Only Ones "Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes?" Enough

A toxicology report provided during a preliminary hearing in Lompoc before Judge Rodney Melville showed that McNally and Victorville prison guard Gary Bent may have been using illegal drugs in a Lompoc motel room where the fatal shooting occurred. [More]

 At least it doesn't look like he'll have much adjusting to do...

Just a Few Details to Work Out

Lady Gaga: If Romney Wins, Let's Move to New Planet [More]

There is a way...first they'll need some purple shrouds and Nikes...oh, and three quarters and a five-dollar bill...

Bottoms up!

It's Not About Guns

More useful idiocy from the tolerance, diversity and choice herd...[Read]

Maison on the Range

Brad Pitt gives Angelina Jolie gun range for hand in marriage [More] 

Ah yes, rich, famous Obama-supporters living in socialist France...

But they like guns! I'm sure we'll be able to count on them for RKBA leadership.

TV Pilot

Someone ought to make a FEMA camp comedy along the lines of "Hogan's Heroes."

A Little Bird Told Me...

...someone is very mad at me.

And actually, it was multiple little birds, all independently of each other.

Can't We All Get Along?

"I'M NOT anti-gun," insists Max Nacheman, the 26-year-old director of CeaseFirePA. [More]

No, of course not. Notice how he doesn't tell us what he's for in terms of gun rights?  And "Authorized Journalist" Julie Shaw doesn't ask?

Funny, he doesn't mention people who would be exempt from his "stolen gun reporting" centerpiece...because if we looked at that too closely, the entire "illegal guns" curtain they're hiding behind might be ripped down.

Say, whatever happened to ol' whatsisname from CeaseFirePA...?  You know, that "Esp. the Nigers" embarrassment they couldn't run away from fast enough?

I haven't been paying attention to them of late, so perhaps some Keystone Stater who has can fill us in on their latest doings.  It looks like they got this slick young Hillary apparatchik to do the old Grima Wormtongue "common sense anti-violence gun safety" sleight of mind instead of the clumsier and unsuccessful frontal assault bellowing Bryan Miller employed with such ham-handed tactical ineptness...

This Day in History: September 10

On September 10, 1780, Ferguson issued a challenge to Patriot leaders to lay down their arms or he would “lay waste to their country with fire and sword.” [More]

Tonight on Armed American Radio

Host Mark Walters will be joined by Rob Pincus, Wes Doss, Massad Ayoob and Larry Yatch. The program is broadcast from 8:00 - 11:00 pm Eastern, and I'll be joining in during the 10:00 Roundtable to talk about the latest "Gunwalker" developments.

Click here to find a station near you or to listen via live streaming.

Treaty with Mexico takes death penalty off table for Terry murder suspect

That’s because, by treaty, “When the offense for which extradition is requested is punishable by death under the laws of the requesting Party and the laws of the requested Party do not permit such punishment for that offense, extradition may be refused unless the requesting Party furnishes such assurances as the requested Party considers sufficient that the death penalty shall not be imposed, or, if imposed, shall not be executed.” [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner report notes a concession that must be made if the Mexicans are to cooperate with the prosecution of a captured murder suspect.

Chief Counsel’s Office still calling shots at ATF despite report, source alleges

“After the issues detailed by the FAAP were first posted on the intranet homepage - they were quickly taken down by order of the Chief Counsel's Office,” the source maintained, citing retaliations that have occurred since Brandon was presented with that document. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner follow-up to yesterday's report notes the prime directive is not reform, but holding the line at all costs.

ATF document admits to retaliation and ‘ethical violations’

The document, represented by the source as the result of meetings between Deputy Director Thomas E. Brandon and a “working group” that took place earlier this year, accuses Counsel of “inhibit[ing] leaders from doing the right thing” by having “too much involvement in all bureau processes,” and among its solutions recommends “Do not tolerate ethical violations from Counsel” and “Establish transparency wherein counsel cannot mask activities, records, etc. with ‘privilege.’” [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner exclusive brings you an inside document that includes some corroborating admissions and some stiffly-pointed fingers--a precursor of what we can expect from the IG report?

Ethics, "Authorized Journalist"-Style

Buying official merchandise at the DNC means making a donation the Obama campaign, an activity that is generally frowned upon for members of the media. [More]

As opposed to giving the campaign free advertising in the form of "straight news" stories.

I watched the speeches last night--I think the talking heads who say the message was weak have it all wrong--it's not about meaningful content, it's about revival tent evangelism, and anybody who thinks there is still a substantial segment of "undecideds" out there to sway by staying middle-of-the-road is engaging in wishful thinking.

Biden repeating the bumper sticker BinLaden/GM mantra is what it's all about, that and branding.

If it were about logic, when The One kept telling the writhing faithful "You did that!" someone would have called him on his own words and shouted back "Oh no you di-n't."

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Concealed Permit Holders Gone Wild!

If he did it, punish him. [Read]

But we all know the main reason the factoid of his license is considered headline-making newsworthy is to feed the meme that you and I aren't as trustworthy as, say, since we're talking Jackson, MS, these guys. Or...

I am informed I need to move my links up a few states...

Abby Rogers, "Authorized Journalist"

How would you say "Law and Order Reporter" in German?  [Read]

And naturally, she starts out a "straight news" story on lawful political activity to protect an article in the Bill of Rights with a reference to Aurora.

Jeez, Abby, got much of a transparent agenda here?

We're the Only Ones Making Honest Mistakes Enough

The man added, “It was an honest mistake because the cops were frightened, as they were patrolling, he came running out.” [More]

I love the way they trivialize and justify killing the wrong man.

The antis say we can't carry concealed because the cops won't be able to tell the bad guys from the good.   It would appear, gun or not, in Furious Mike Paradise, they can't tell the victims from the perps--or else are just too scared to make the distinction.

And naturally, "The police account...differed from what people who witnessed the shooting said."

Ah well, the important thing is, our community heroes made it home at the end of their shift.

[Via Mack H]

Intolerable Acts

This allows prosecutors to dispense with pesky constitutional rights...[More]

Which legal doctrine ought to be called by it's real name, ABOMINATION.

The Mote, the Beam and the Elephant

The mote he focuses on:

Jesse Jackson was one of the few willing to come out and say he wants to ban all guns except bolt-action rifles, shotguns and revolvers. 

The beam he avoids:

...97 percent of all shooting suspects in the city were black or Latino...

The elephant in the room he dares not speak of:

And we also can't forget to look at race--not as a cause of violent crime, but as an indicator of populations most directly affected by and responsive to a continuing history of destructive government policies.

 ...because that would expose him for the profiteer that he's always been.

FFLGuard eNewsletter

Issue 2, August 2012 is now online. [Read]

Many of you don't know this about me, but I spent many, many years specializing in policies, procedures and system manuals for a large defense contractor and a medical practice management conglomerate, as well as being directly responsible for compliance in a pharmaceutical manufacturing firm and a medical device manufacturing operation--all intensely regulated industries with rigorous government oversight audits that can carry severe civil and criminal penalties for noncompliance.

I can't imagine setting out in any highly-regulated business without controls in place to assure my organization was demonstrably operating within industry requirements any more than I can imagine setting off across the sea in a ship without charts and instrumentation/navigation aids and operations, maintenance and repair protocols and instructions. A service like this makes such validation systems available and affordable for not just the big establishments, but for smaller operators, too.

Having documented the business and life-changing dangers FFLs face many times over the years, from what ATF did to Red's Trading Post, to Project Gunwalker to the persecution of the Reese family and more, I consider such services and tools essential for competitiveness and for basic survival.

By way of full disclosure, I never have received a dime from these folks and I'm not an FFL, so there's nothing in it for me to call your attention to them one way or another except that having a thriving firearms supply and distribution network in this country is something I consider essential to freedom (actually, recommending this works against my personal financial interests--I get compensation for my Examiner articles, and writing about gun dealers who get in trouble with ATF always seems to generate page views). My support is based on professional respect for the services they provide and personal respect for the way I've seen them express and conduct themselves.  If you are an FFL, or have a friend who is one, I suggest you follow this link to learn more.

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