Tuesday, January 15, 2013
AP "News"
I guess it hasn't occurred to AP that everyone clearing shelves in record numbers is a more effective way of counter-protesting, and that's where the real story is? [Read]
What else should we expect from Fourth Estate Fifth Columnists who did their best to bury "Gunwalker"?
They're going to still be clutching at guns from their deathbed, aren't they?
What else should we expect from Fourth Estate Fifth Columnists who did their best to bury "Gunwalker"?
They're going to still be clutching at guns from their deathbed, aren't they?
Demand a Plan
Long on emotional sloganeering, short on content--just the way the propagandists designed it. [Watch]
I'd like to see someone who knows how produce one called "Demand a Plan to Reduce Illegal Mayors."
I'd like to see someone who knows how produce one called "Demand a Plan to Reduce Illegal Mayors."
By David Nakamura and Jon Cohen
You know, fellas, there was a time when "most Americans" supported internment camps for those of Japanese heritage and didn't give a damn about the plight of Jews. Besides which, assuming that's still the benchmark you think ought to be applied to rights, you're also making the totally unfounded presumption that "most Americans" are studied enough on the issue to make an informed call, and as we've seen time and again, even (especially) you exalted "Authorized Journalists" are woefully inadequate. [Read]
This Day in History: January 15
I have a Letter from Bourdeaux a Vessel arrived there the 1 Jany. from Anapolis in Chasepeaks Bay—the News she brings is, that Leslie entered the Bay and landed at Hampton. They retreated a few days after, leaving their Camp Kettles and other Baggage in Camp. Their precipitate Retreat, was given out to have been from advices, received of the Landing of a considerable Body of French Troops, at George Town in S. Carolina. Cornwallis was also obliged to call in all his out Posts to avoid being cutt off, and was confined to a small Circuit round Charlestown. These French Troops are supposed to be a detachment from the Cape. Mention is also made of some Ships being taken off, Charlestown, by the Squadron that transported these Troops. [More]
Monday, January 14, 2013
Schumer calls for gun sale halt as wavering gun ‘allies’ float concessions
Indeed, why the gun retailers should voluntarily cede there is anything wrong with their lawful activity, particularly to someone who has made no secret throughout his political career of wanting to criminalize a major portion of their business, makes their voluntary compliance with the wishes of someone who wants to make it involuntary is problematic. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner analysis notes the only way to deal with enemies is to repel them, not treat with them.
The Ban Wagon
Jeff Knox tells us about those who would take us for a ride--whether we want to go on their one-way trip or not. [Read]
Some Day My Prints Will Come
Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley will propose fingerprinting for gun owners in his state ... [More]I'll give ya a fingerprint, Marty.
Guess which one?
Andrea Shea King Show
She'll be interviewing Ben Shapiro about his Piers Morgan interview. [More]
He handled the guy well, totally outclassed him in terms of conduct. I would like to question him about what he means by "better screening for mental illness ... better background checks," why he supports the removal of automatic weapons from the marketplace as "a good start," and why he wants to allow for a federal registration list. I read that, and I question whether it was the Brit who "got owned."
I want the antithesis to the doctrinaire gungrabbers to be a confirmed SNBIer, otherwise, the debate is all to the left of us and our voices aren't heard.
He handled the guy well, totally outclassed him in terms of conduct. I would like to question him about what he means by "better screening for mental illness ... better background checks," why he supports the removal of automatic weapons from the marketplace as "a good start," and why he wants to allow for a federal registration list. I read that, and I question whether it was the Brit who "got owned."
I want the antithesis to the doctrinaire gungrabbers to be a confirmed SNBIer, otherwise, the debate is all to the left of us and our voices aren't heard.
Sins of Omission
What the "Authorized Journalists" don't want you to see is often a more important story than the one they're sticking in your face. [Read]
[Via CDT]
[Via CDT]
"No One Wants to Take Your Guns"
Somebody'd better tell Ed to shut up--he's gonna give away the end game prematurely and undo all the placating denials... [Read]
Constitution Watch
Here are the latest bills being proposed. [Read]
Interesting, posting odds of them getting out of committee and then being passed. I need to find out if that's based on feel or formula.
Also make sure you check out the latest from the GREs.
Interesting, posting odds of them getting out of committee and then being passed. I need to find out if that's based on feel or formula.
Also make sure you check out the latest from the GREs.
Hey, Look What Works!
I Can Really Only Think of One
And that would be NO guns on campus. [Read]
You can only read a teaser for this article without registering (people pay for this crap?), but I'll tell you right now you aren't missing much.
Did somebody leave the cage unlatched and let the Junior Authorized Journalists get loose again?
UPDATE: Workman weighs in.
You can only read a teaser for this article without registering (people pay for this crap?), but I'll tell you right now you aren't missing much.
Did somebody leave the cage unlatched and let the Junior Authorized Journalists get loose again?
UPDATE: Workman weighs in.
Simplification
Any person in Colorado who wants to sell a gun to someone else should be able to call the state and give the name and birth date of the person trying to buy the gun. The seller would get a simple yes no answer from the CBI as to whether the buyer is prohibited from buying the firearm. The seller could take it from there. Federal and state laws already forbid knowingly selling a firearm to a person who is legally disqualified from buying one. Other information, regarding the make and model of the weapon, has no bearing on the buyer’s qualification.
The state-operated NICS system should be available by phone to any citizen, and not just federally licensed dealers, if we want to screen all gun sales. It must require no paperwork on the part of the seller. It need not ask for the seller’s identity or information on the firearm. It must be truly instant, so that law-abiding citizens who want to keep firearms out of the hands of criminals can do so with minimal barriers. [More]So there will be no registration lists to abuse? Why hasn't anyone thought of this before?
Oh.
A Blunt Assessment
“I intend to spend most of my personal energy on looking at the real gaps in the mental health system and the notification system,” Blunt, R-Mo., told reporters recently. [More]But that's just crazy unless you're also going to guarantee genuine due process and restoration provisions instead of just throwing out another blanket dragnet (albeit, it's perfectly in line with where the industry and NRA are trying to steer legislative efforts).
Jeez, Roy, why not spend most of your personal energy on, oh, I don't know, let me just throw this out there, ENDING GUN FREE ZONES or something...?
We're the Only Ones Forging Ahead Enough
Steven Johnson, 49, of Northeast Philadelphia, a former SEPTA police lieutenant who later worked for the Philadelphia Sheriff's Office, was charged with criminal conspiracy, forgery, and related offenses. [More]There's nothing quite like on-the-job training...
"Authorized Journalist" Jr.
The Calhoun County Sheriff’s Department is still investigating the case and no charges have been filed at this time. Officers are checking to see if the two men had licenses for the weapons involved, a .20 mm rifle and .9 mm pistol. [More]What, you mean those licenses that aren't required by the state of Mississippi?
And those are some interesting calibers.
I guess he can be forgiven because I see from his info blurb at the bottom of the story that he's part of their cub reporter program. Still, it does make one wonder about the quality of adult supervision.
Hey, I've got a slogan for them: "Training tomorrow's Authorized Journalists today!"
Now all they need to do is get their application link to work better than their mentors.
An Easy Question
Rats in the Maze
So if we push the right button, does a food pellet get dispensed instead of a shock? [More]
This is one of the more stupid, expensive and defeatable ideas I've seen. No wonder the talking head "Authorized Journalists" are wetting their panties in approval, and the rope-selling economic fascist is licking his chops at the prospect of government contracts.
This is one of the more stupid, expensive and defeatable ideas I've seen. No wonder the talking head "Authorized Journalists" are wetting their panties in approval, and the rope-selling economic fascist is licking his chops at the prospect of government contracts.
Sunday, January 13, 2013
Gun burglary attempt tied to Journal News gun owner map
Ball “announced that a burglary has been reported on Davis Ave. in White Plains, New York that evidently ties into The Journal News gun maps,” the release revealed. “It is reported that the burglar used The Journal News’ interactive gun map to target a home included on the map. Luckily the gun was locked up and no one was hurt.” [More]This evening's Gun Rights Examiner report indicates the fears have not been unfounded.
National radio programs explore threats to gun rights
I hope Gun Rights Examiner readers can tune in to any or all of these programs and will spread the word so others can, too. With most of the media doing a full court press to control the narrative, it’s important to take advantage of a megaphone every time one is handed to us. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner reports explains the virtues of stabbing and burning out our enemies' eyes.
Saturday, January 12, 2013
Java Jive PSA
Be warned: "Feds issue warning on Java security"
The problem and touted solution are defined at these links.
The problem and touted solution are defined at these links.
- http://www.politico.com/story/2013/01/feds-issue-warning-on-java-security-86090.html?hp=r3
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/625617
- http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/08/30/how-turn-off-java-browser/
Promised Sweeping Gun Control Reforms: What does that mean?
I Spy can now be heard on two different stations at different times!
Listen on Saturday: 11:00 to noon (Pacific time) on KYKN (1430-AM) or, if you’re outside of the Salem, OR, listening area, go to www.kykn.com and hit the "listen live" button. Or on Sunday, 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. (Pacific time) tune to KAJO (1270-AM) or if you’re outside of the Grants Pass, OR, listening area, go to www.kajo.com and hit the listen live button at the top of the page.Our Guest: Author David Codrea, and Arizona Cattle Rancher Jim ChiltonThis week: On Wednesday, Governor Cuomo from New York called for sweeping gun control reforms and promised they’d be the toughest in the nation. He states, “It’s simple, no one hunts with an assault rifle! No one needs 10 bullets to kill a deer!” And that’s great, provided we only ever have to worry about deer kicking down our doors.Constitutional scholar, Stephen Halbrook said, “In recent years it has been suggested that the Second Amendment protects the ‘collective’ rights of the states to maintain militias [but not] the right of ‘the people’ to keep and bear arms. If anyone entertained this notion in the period during which the Constitution and Bill of Rights were debated and ratified, it remains one of the most closely guarded secrets of the 18th century. No known writing, surviving from that period states such a thesis.”This week on I Spy we talk about the latest gun control efforts by the Obama administration with author David Codrea who was instrumental in bringing the Fast and Furious story to national attention. We also talk with an Arizona rancher, Jim Chilton, whose ranch abuts the Mexican border. Listen to what he’s up against on a daily basis and then tell me he doesn’t have a right to own the most powerful guns he can get.Have you heard our very popular “I Spy Minute,” aired weekdays at 10:00 a.m. during KYKN’s peak listenership? We’re looking for personal and corporate sponsorships to help keep these educational and informative minutes on the air. Are you a business owner (or know one) that would like “prime real estate” to advertise? We have two :30 ad spots following the I Spy Minute available, but you need to contact karla@ispyonsalem.com or marcia@ispyonsalem.com to take advantage of these.Saturday’s, 11:00 a.m. to noon, (Pacific time). Listen live on KYKN(1430-AM), or, if you’re outside of the Salem listening area, just go to www.kykn.com and hit the listen live button.Or Sunday’s, 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. (Pacific time). Listen live on KAJO (1270-AM) or, if you’re outside of the Grants Pass, OR listening area, go to www.kajo.com and hit the listen live button at the top of the page.
Busy on Saturday or Sunday? Not a problem. Monday, after the show airs, you can go to our webpage www.ispyradio.com and download it from our “past shows” page.
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Friday, January 11, 2013
Reese motion for new trial to be heard next week
“First the public learned the government withheld information from the defense during trial and only recently provided it to the defense,” the report continues. “Second, defense attorney Robert Gorence mentioned during the hearing [that] defense attorney Jason Bowles apparently may have uncovered a link between the Reese case and Operation Fast and Furious.”[More]This evening's Gun Rights Examiner report notes a ray of hope for some political prisoners.
Masks off anti-gun end game in Connecticut
Meyer wants that to happen by amending the general statutes “to establish a class C felony offense, except for certain military and law enforcement personnel and certain gun clubs, for (1) any person or organization to purchase, sell, donate, transport, possess or use any gun except one made to fire a single round, (2) any person to fire a gun containing more than a single round, (3) any person or organization to receive from another state, territory or country a gun made to fire multiple rounds, or (4) any person or organization to purchase, sell, donate or possess a magazine or clip capable of holding more than one round.” [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner report notes the antis aren't trying to hide their true intent any more, which actually does us a huge favor.
Another Damn Judas
You have to wonder what other outcomes he intended for the Heller "victory" to produce. [Read]
Cold Shoulder
On border state long gun registration:
You should also know both these Nazgul were Clinton appointees.
Speaking of which, you need to register to read this and they want money. But I thought you should know about this.
Senior Judge Harry Edwards and Judge Judith Rogers dominated the hearing with questions for Richard Gardiner,the lawyer representing gun dealers J&G Sales Ltd. and Foothills Firearms LLC. Edwards, in particular, appeared perplexed by his argument that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives was demanding any records that dealers weren't legally required to maintain.
The argument, Edwards told Gardiner, is "one you're losing everywhere." [More]
You should also know both these Nazgul were Clinton appointees.
We're the Only Ones Doing Shovel-Ready Jobs Enough
A Springfield police officer was reportedly arrested in Connecticut Tuesday night after she and another family member allegedly used a shovel to damage a car during a domestic disturbance with a Springfield woman outside their Suffield home. [More]But note she's too sick to go to work.
[Via Jim P]
Bit Off More Than They Can Chew, Eh?
Good. Ram it down their throats before they can spit it out. [Read]
What, No Duty to Retreat?
The Polyphemus "I Will Eat You Last" Act of 2013
The term `gun show' ... does not include an offer or exhibit of firearms for sale, exchange, or transfer by an individual from the personal collection of that individual, at the private residence of that individual, if the individual is not required to be licensed ...At least not until the next bill.
Go to the Library of Congress THOMAS site and enter "H.R.141" in the "Bill Number" search box.
The Escape Clause
...after he wielded the prop... [More]I've been wondering when that would become the "defense" talking point, and didn't want to be the one to give it to them.
Thing is, it's "illegal" to lie to a police investigator, so if they try it, we need to establish who gave it to him and who they got it from, and that they are prosecuted if it can be shown they lied.
Let's see who's willing to take one for the team.
Your Lips to God's Ear
Yes, by all means, make this tyrant the frontrunner with a citizen disarmament platform. [Read]
On the other hand, it will give the RINOs another chance to offer up a tepid Quisling.
Gee, it's almost like we're being played or something...
On the other hand, it will give the RINOs another chance to offer up a tepid Quisling.
Gee, it's almost like we're being played or something...
They Did It! They Missed the Barn!
There are a couple of problems with this, chief among them being that the NRA is not one of the sponsors, nor is it involved in the GAD movement. [More]What's line from "Cat Ballou"?
Thank Goodness They're Protected!
By men with real "assault weapons" and "high-capacity clips"! [Read]
Now turn in your lookalikes or be destroyed, peasant.
[Via Skullz]
Now turn in your lookalikes or be destroyed, peasant.
[Via Skullz]
Talk About Being Disappointed
“We attended today’s White House meeting to discuss how to keep our children safe and were prepared to have a meaningful conversation about school safety, mental health issues, the marketing of violence to our kids and the collapse of federal prosecutions of violent criminals,” the gun lobbying group said in a statement. [More]So you didn't attend prepared to tell them we won't stand for scapegoating, that the only thing that will stop school shootings is to end phony "gun-free" zones, and that if anybody in Congress betrays us we'll do everything in our power to kick him off the damn gravy train?
The Cliffs of Insanity has an interesting observation about what NRA wants "to have a meaningful conversation about":
Wayne, could you please go off and found the National Keep Our Children and Schools Safe and Mental Health Issues and The Marketing of Violence and Federal Prosecution Of Violent Criminals Association? Seriously. You have a burning passion for this, so go for it.
Morning Joe
“I disagree with a lot of [Sen.] Dianne Feinstein’s suggestions and recommendations, but background checks, the banning of military-style assault weapons, the banning of high-capacity magazine clips, it’s all constitutional under Heller. It’s not even a close call.” [More]Oh, look, an MSNBC-designated "conservative."
Sure it is, Joe. You're just to insulated to understand why.
Dropping All Pretenses
Pretend 'Gun-Free' School Zones: A Deadly Legal Fiction [More]To believe otherwise is simply childish.
One way to defeat the NRA
Thing is, Jens 'n Ethan, they're not just holding you back from us. [Read]
Think long and hard if you really want to move this out of the realm of politics.
Think long and hard if you really want to move this out of the realm of politics.
Easier Said Than Done
Executive orders... [More]
If only Congress holds fast. Meaning if only we let them know we will back them if they do the right thing and cast them out if they do the wrong.
Everybody here has already done what's called for here, right?
And spread the word so others do it, too?
Because we're going to need to do it again next week, and the one after that to show these people we're serious. If they won't do the right thing out of principle, they need to fear doing the wrong thing out of self-interest.
Talk about something that's easily done...
If only Congress holds fast. Meaning if only we let them know we will back them if they do the right thing and cast them out if they do the wrong.
Everybody here has already done what's called for here, right?
And spread the word so others do it, too?
Because we're going to need to do it again next week, and the one after that to show these people we're serious. If they won't do the right thing out of principle, they need to fear doing the wrong thing out of self-interest.
Talk about something that's easily done...
We're the Only Ones All-Seeing Enough
"Police officers, they know," Jimenez said. "They are able to pick up things that we cannot see." [More]It's awful tough for me to argue that anyone who would vote for this sow is sane enough to own a gun.
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Paging Mr. Orwell
“Calling the gun prohibition lobby a ‘gun safety’ group is tantamount to suggesting that Ted Bundy was an advocate for battered women.” [More]How's it go again?
WAR IS PEACE - FREEDOM IS SLAVERY- IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH
Pool Transcript of Bidens Comments to "Sportsmen's" Groups
I just received this via email from the press pool. This is from the 11:45 AM: Sportsmen and Women and Wildlife Interest Groups meeting listed in today's GRE, and before the NRA and "gun groups" meeting.
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Below is your pooler's transcript of Biden's remarks. Ellipses are included where the pool audio did not pick up his words.
"Let me begin by
thanking you all for being here. You represent the bulk of the sportsmen
in this country and you all know this is a complicated issue. There is
no singular solution to how we deal with the crime
that happened up in Newtown, or in Colorado, or in the general gun
violence that takes place in America today. The President and I and the
Cabinet understand that it’s a complicated issue.
"That’s why the
President asked me to do this in conjunction with my colleagues in the
cabinet. What we did was put together a pretty extensive list what we
considered the stakeholders in wanting to deal with the
issue of gun violence in America. The first groups we met with will not
surprise you…all the national law enforcement organizations. But also
just to give you a sense of what we have done so far… We have met with
the medical community, the Academy of Family
Physicians, the Academy of Neurology, Pediatrics, etc, a group of about
15 leading medical doctors who represent an organization across the
country… We’ve met with at risk youth, and children advocacy groups from
the After School Alliance, to Promise America,
to Boys and Girls Clubs, because part of this is cultural as well as it
is the actual weapons themselves. We have met with the domestic
violence prevention community.
"We’ve met with
justice organizations like the ABA . . . the National Legal Aide and
Defense Association, prosecutors. We’ve met with civil rights
organizations. We’ve met with national service organizations… Kiwanis,
Rotary International. We’ve met with youth groups. We’ve met with gun
safety advocates. Yesterday that meeting took place here. Probably best
known is the Brady Campaign, but also a dozen other organizations that
are concerned about gun safety. And then we
met with educators and parents from the school boards to the state
school officers associations, we met a dozen or so of those folks. And
then one of the most important things we have been focusing on is the
mental health community. The American Academy of
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Mental Health of America, the National
Empowerment Center, the National Council of Community Behavioral Health
Centers, because there is an argument among health providers that this
is a major component, to deal with particularly
a lot of suicides as well that we see today.
"And yesterday we
finished up in this room with I think it was 17 members of the faith
community, which in all the years I have been doing this, the first time
there has been an overwhelming consensus, from the
evangelical groups nationwide, and particularly those in rural areas,
to the National Conference of Catholic Bishops to the National
Conference of Churches, the Muslim community, because this does have a
significant moral dimension—how we make the American
community safer and how we go about it. Today we meet with you. Later I
meet with some industry representatives as well as the NRA, and
executive director of the Defense Small Arms Advisory Council,
importers, etc.
"So the point I am
trying to make to you is we realize this requires all the stakeholders
to give us their best ideas to what is, as I said at the outset, a
complicated problem. There is no single answer. I go
back,like a lot of you, having been dealing with this issue since my
days as chairman of the Judiciary Committee, and all the way back to the
1970s. If you at every one of the tragic events that have attracted so
much attention it’s hard to be able to pinpoint
what you should have done to assure that wouldn’t have happened. But
there’s also things we know. We know that there are certain actions we
take that have diminished the extent of the gun violence that otherwise
would be occurring in the United States.
"There is an emerging
set of recommendations not coming from me, but coming from the groups we
have met with. And I’m going to focus on the ones that relate primarily
to gun ownership, and the type of weapons we
own. And one is there is a surprising—so far—a surprising recurrence of
suggestions that we have universal background checks, not just close
the gun show loophole but totally universal background checks including
private sales. There has been a lot of discussion
from the groups we have met with so far, and I think the attorney
general has been in almost all the meetings will tell you, is how we
strengthen our background checks. What additional information should be
available, if any, and how do we get the information.
For example, convicted felons in a state—how do they get on the NICS,
that is the thing the gun dealer goes to check when you are a felon. It
doesn’t do a lot of good when in some states they have a backlog of
forty-, fifty-, sixty-thousand felons that they
never registered here. So we have got to talk about, there is a lot of
talk about how we entice, or what is the impediment keeping states from
relaying this information.
"There is also a good
deal of talk about gun safety, and what responsibility goes along with
gun ownership, which is something I would really like to talk to all of
you about. There has also been a surprise. Among
my colleagues, my former colleagues in the Senate, who have been pretty
universally opposed to any restrictions on gun ownership or what type
of weapons can be purchased etc., I have never quite heard as much talk
about the need to do something about high
capacity magazines as I have heard spontaneously from every group I
have met with so far.
"And the last area,
which is an area that has come up, has to do with the ability of any
agency to do any research on the issue of gun violence. For example,
we’re meeting before the week is out with the gaming
industry—I don’t mean gambling—with the video game industry. To use Pay
Moynihan’s expression, when we first started talking about the Biden
crime bill back in the ‘80s, he used the example of, he said ‘We’ve been
defining deviancy down.’ He used the example
of the assassination of a mob boss in 1936… making the front page of
every paper in America. And then he stood on the Senate floor and he
held up the New York Times and on page 54, he picked it up, at the very
back of the paper, where an entire family,including
grandmother, mother, father, children, were basically assassinated in
their apartment, thinking it may have been about a drug deal, and it
made page 54. And he said, ‘We’ve defined deviancy down.’
"Well one of the
things that we’ve been prohibited from doing beginning in the early part
of this century in 2004 is even the Center for Disease Control
gathering up information about the kinds of injuries. What
are the injuries and what are the source of the injuries? … I was
around in the 70s, the only guy who may remember this, I hope I don’t
insult him, is Ray LaHood, because he knows about the automobile
industry as well as the wholequestion of traffic safety
and highway safety. There was a big fight when Ifirst got to the Senate
that had begun in the late 60s and early 70s, where the automobile
industry was very reluctant to allow the Department of Transportation to
acquire statistics on the type of accidents
that occurred. They were not able to literally acquire the information,
because the concern was it would lead to calls for some rational
regulation, from guardrails toautomobiles. And I remember, Ray you may
remember, that when we finally broke through and
NITSA started keeping this information, we find out, if my memory is
correct that the vast majority of drivers operating an automobile, and
killed in an automobile accident, was because the steering wheel
actually broke their solar plexus, damaged their heart
or penetrated their upper body cavity. The reason why the industry
didn’t want everybody knowing that, at least my supposition was, it
became logical: Do something about steering wheels, so they can
collapse. Make sure that front end collisions had the ability
to absorbshock. And what does it lead to? It lead to, all of a sudden,
we said to automobile manufacturers you cannot make an automobile that
doesn’t have a steering column with the following attributes. You have
to make an automobile that can absorb x amount
of shock. All of a sudden when we found out passengers were being
killed because they were being thrown through windshields, or, if my
memory serves me, skull fractures from being thrown into the crossbar,
all of a sudden we started talking about, it made
sense, why don’t we have airbags? They didn’t want to have airbags.
Well guess what, you have airbags. We are saving lives.
"So there was a real
effort to deny the government just gathering the information. Well as
you know there are restrictions now on any agency in the government just
gathering the information about what kind of weapons
are used most to kill people. How many weapons used are trafficked
weapons? Are weapons used in gang warfare in our major cities—are they
legally purchased or are they purchased through strawmen? We don’t have
that information. And the irony is we are prohibited
under laws and appropriations bills from acquiring it.
"So I want to talk to
you a little bit about—as an owner of shotguns, as a guy, I’m no great
hunter, it’s mostly skeet shooting for me—I don’t quite understand why
everybody would be afraid of whether or not we
determine what is happening. So there is a whole lot of things that I
want to talk to you about. But I did feel it wise to tell you what we
have done so far and what we are doing from here. We are going to be
meeting again. This afternoon we have meetings.
Tomorrow I have meetings, and I am trying to set up telephone
conferences with the manufactures. Because there has got to be some
common ground to not solve every problem but diminish the probability
that what we have seen in these mass shootings will occur,
and diminish the probability that our children are at risk in our
schools, and diminish the probability that weapons will be used and
firearms will be used in dealing with aberrant behavior that takes place
in our society.
"So that’s what this
is all about. There is no conclusion that I have reached, and my
colleagues and I are putting together a series of recommendations for
the president. I committed to him that I would have these
recommendations to him by Tuesday. It doesn’t mean that this will be
the end of the discussion, but the public wants us to act.
"I will conclude by
saying, in all my years involved in the issues, there is nothing that
has pricked the consciousness of the Americanpeople, there is nothing
that has gone to the heart of the matter more than
the image people have of little six year old kids riddled, not shot,
but riddled, riddled, with bullet holes in their classroom. …I’m not
sure we can guarantee this will never happen again, but as the President
said even if we can onlysave one life it would
make sense. And I think we can do a great a great deal without in any
way imposing on and impinging on the rights of the Second Amendment.
That’s what this is about. And I thank you all for being here.
[He was asked by a reporter what he will talk about with the NRA later today.]
"Well we are going to talk about all the things I talked about here."
Biden meets with gun ‘stakeholders’ as ‘civil’ sell-outs begin
“Let’s agree to require the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) at gun shows,” the release further advocates. “NRA’s Wayne LaPierre supported this to Congress back in May 1999. Our proposal is called the Gun Show Preservation and Protection Act of 2013.” [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner report questions how offering chunks of raw flesh to circling jackals works in nature.
Having the Means
The principal reason the colonists won the American Revolution is that they possessed weapons equivalent in power and precision to those of the British government. [More]Well, that's changed, but we are everywhere, and I have no doubt that upgrade transfers would soon be forthcoming.
[Via Mike McNulty]
What's Sane About Starting a Civil War?
E.J. Dionne must believe the fire he's trying to start will only spread to other people's homes. [Read]
Funny thing about wildfires. The wind shifts and before you know it, they're engulfing everything in their paths.And people aren't too happy when they find out they were started either intentionally or through negligence, and then they find out who was responsible.
Funny thing about wildfires. The wind shifts and before you know it, they're engulfing everything in their paths.And people aren't too happy when they find out they were started either intentionally or through negligence, and then they find out who was responsible.
The Obamacare Loophole?
And according to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), that's exactly right. He says he added the provision in order to keep the NRA from getting involved in the legislative fight over Obamacare, which was so ubiquitous in 2010. [More]OK, but what about this?
[Via Jess]
A Good First Stomp
Ammunition bill OK start to distant goal [More]But if you worry about a "slippery slope" you're a paranoid.
It Depends on What the Meaning of the Word "Tilt" Is
A Mother's Arms
Good show! [Read]
What I actually find most interesting about this are some of the comments. There are some true idiots out there.
What I actually find most interesting about this are some of the comments. There are some true idiots out there.
Common Ground
Three areas where Biden and NRA can find common ground [More]
Somebody fed this guy the agenda, possibly this guy, because all of these points track closely with an embargoed copy of the press release his group doesn't want going out until after today's group grope.
All I can say is, if NRA doesn't lead, if they let NSSF and IFoA push compromise, or if there's some kind of stupid good cop/bad cop they're going to play to give them plausible deniability that they had to come up with something, remember this post and remember this one.
On the plus side, I heard James Jay Baker will be there today instead of Wayne. We'll see.
Lock-Out
Not a single person is on the panel from the firearms industry, which has 2,900 people directly involved in making and selling firearms ... [More]
Y'know, there's another way of looking at this I wish more of our connected industry reps would grok: They participate in this crap, and the government proposes something, and they try to mitigate the effects and propose something else, and what they end up doing is helping the oppressor make their edict bulletproof due to negotiated closed-door concessions.
Why not just let the greedy bastards throw in everything including the kitchen sink, and create something that is not only legally challengeable, but so offensive on its face that it will inspire massive noncompliance and a commitment for political revenge?
Don't pull away from the leopard, it will rip your arm off and kill you. Reach down the damn thing's throat.
Oh, and Connecticut gun companies? Your response should be the same as the one some of us would like to see for Illinois.
Good God, when are our "leaders" going to grow a pair and start slapping these little fascists around and putting them on the defensive?
We're the Only Ones Revoking Enough
In revoking permits for such events, Chief Michael Gugliotti said, with justification, that he was concerned that firearms bought at shows in his city might later be used for the type of mass shooting that happened at Sandy Hook Elementary School. [More]So using that "logic," guns should not be permitted to be sold anywhere.
Hey-- wanna see him lying?
He takes fan mail here.
Living in Fear
That's entirely your choice, pally. [Read]
I was just wondering what kind of idiot takes lessons from Kurt Eichma ... uh ... Buchenwa ...uh ... Eichenwald.
Julia Goren would like to have a word with both of you.
You're no threat. You're just something to point and laugh at.
[Via SamAdams1776]
I was just wondering what kind of idiot takes lessons from Kurt Eichma ... uh ... Buchenwa ...uh ... Eichenwald.
Julia Goren would like to have a word with both of you.
You're no threat. You're just something to point and laugh at.
[Via SamAdams1776]
Location, Location, Location
The following is a letter a WarOnGuns correspondent sent to Armalite, headquartered in Illinois:
I am one of your customers and I have many and varied of your product line.
I live in Arizona. I moved here from California 2 +/- years ago in part so I could be your customer.
I was born, raised and work(ed) in California. I am also a lifetime gun collector. Finally, the legal environment in California became intolerable and I refused to do any business in the state and ultimately, at 51, I moved to Tuscon.
Moving was a hardship. But I could not further support or fund the lack of freedom that California races to embrace.
In light of the relentless attacks on gun owners by Illinois "representatives" at all levels, I do not understand how you can remain in the state. Illinois is on the front line of demolishing the Second Amendment and your tax support of it's economy would be better spent in a free state.
Remaining in Illinois would cause me to wonder if Armalite was more interested in military contracts than with the potential confiscation of U.S. citizens rights (and actual firearms) and the concept of your product being used against U.S. citizens to enforce such policy.
Make a statement. Let me know you will stand up for my grandchildren. Move to a free(er) state.
Again with the Wrong Questions
It's not "How to Get a New Assault-Weapons Ban Through Congress," it's "Are You Prepared to Handle the Consequences After You've Got It?" [Read]
Sure, Let's Repeal It
Let’s Repeal the Second Amendment [More]
Kurt Eichenwald is one of those who presumes to teach but shows he doesn't even belong in the classroom.
What a Dick-ey
Jay Dickey, a Republican and life member of the NRA, represented Arkansas in the House from 1993 to 2000. Mark Rosenberg, president and chief executive of the Task Force for Global Health, was director of the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from 1994 to 1999. [More]
And what are Rosenberg's goals again?
Maybe you can help me ... I'm doing a crossword puzzle right now, and I'm looking for an eight-letter word meaning "traitor and collaborator" that starts with "Q."
Let it Begin Here
Bob Owens just keeps on inspiring. [Read]
So does Chris Muir, whose cartoon embedded in this piece pays tribute to another inspirational piece of art.
So does Chris Muir, whose cartoon embedded in this piece pays tribute to another inspirational piece of art.
There's That Question Again
The Cuomo plan has the support of law enforcement officials. [More]So ... what do you need an "assault weapons" for?
This Day in History: January 10
Wednesday, January 09, 2013
Missteps and setbacks impacting gun ban momentum as gun owners start to advance
WE WON’T STAND FOR SCAPEGOATINGThis evening's Gun Rights Examiner commentary says now is the time to show courage and resolve, because the other side has overplayed their hand, and we can and will win. That goes especially for you, NRA and NSSF leaders.
NO NEW GUN LAWS
DENY SUCCESS TO MASS MURDERERS BY ABOLISHING PHONY ‘GUN-FREE’ VICTIM / KILLER ENABLING ZONES NOW
WORK WITH US OR WE WILL WORK TO RETIRE YOU [More]
The Wrong Target
New General Assembly should target guns [More]The criminals thank you for that sentiment. But then, we all know this isn't really about crime anyway, at least not the kind the tyranny fetishists are scaring anyone stupid enough to stiff-arm salute them with.
A Numbers Game
New York's 62 district attorneys propose tougher state gun laws [More]Just remember, there are only 62 of them.
Patriot Dawn
I've already got several books for review in the queue and and just don't see having time to read more in the coming month or longer, so for the time being, the best I can do is pass on links. [Read]
Biden promises anti-gunners 'executive action can be taken' on guns
"The president IS going to act," the release again quoted the Vice President, who emphasized the White House has determined that "executive action can be taken" without specifying what actions they believe they can enact that bypass Congress. [More]Today's first Gun Rights Examiner report lists attendees at this morning's group grope, and shows that little things like representative government aren't considered obstacles by those who would rule us.
Arming, Prepping and Linking In
If you're a Linked in member, John Longenecker would like for you to check out and join his new "The armed citizen as essential in disaster preparedness" group. [Link in]
"No One Wants to Take Your Guns"
One of the beneficial unintended consequences from all this hysteria is that so many of the lies antis have previously used can now be easily exposed as just that. Thanks, Iowa State Rep. Dan Muhlbauer! [Read]
Tuesday, January 08, 2013
Five-Minute Activism
Kurt has a new column, about how "our 'men' in the gun ban camp," the hissy-fitters at CSGV, are trying to do a "grassroots" blitz against a politician who rejected demands for background checks as "extreme."
Here's the five-minute activism assignment for today:
Please read and share the link to Kurt's column, which contains contact info for Senator Heitkamp and do just that.
Come on. Five minutes.
Here's the five-minute activism assignment for today:
Please read and share the link to Kurt's column, which contains contact info for Senator Heitkamp and do just that.
Come on. Five minutes.
Meanwhile, South of the Border, Down Mexico Way
A brutal pack of wild feral dogs is being blamed for mauling four people to death in a Mexico City park - including toddler who was found partially eaten and a young woman whose arm was torn off. [More]Thank goodness no one was killed with a gun!
[Via DMJ. No animals were harmed in the production of this blog post.]
Poisoning Minds
Looks like someone on the Hill is not a Freedom Feens fan. [More]
Keep that poison flowing, guys.
Dang it! I just scrolled down and saw that's the exact same thing Mama Liberty said to them!
Keep that poison flowing, guys.
Dang it! I just scrolled down and saw that's the exact same thing Mama Liberty said to them!
Radio Flyers
I was also on "Diggin' with Dayton" Saturday morning out of Panama City, FL, but they don't seem to have that archived. Plus I have another gig lined up for tomorrow, but I'll post about that then.
Restoration, not Revolution
Then - and only at this point - what must take place is a restoration of Constitutional law and order. [More]Or as Mike says, "No Fort Sumters."
The true "American Revolution" wasn't the War of the Rebellion anyway.
NRA 'inhibiting' political agenda, not 'medical research'
And we've seen how media outlets stumping for "gun control" carry the administration's water and it's talking points, again, and again and again, In a further overt display of confidence and arrogance, the "Authorized Journalists" aren't even hiding the fact that Nancy Pelosi is feeding them the terms they will be coordinating on to create the sanctioned meme. All pretenses of impartiality, lack of bias, journalistic integrity, being a "free press" and guarding the public interest as"government watchdogs" have been cast aside as the Fourth Estate Fifth Columnists proudly adopt the mantle of Official Propaganda Corps (just don't ask Obama to pronounce it), or more appropriately, Reichsministerium für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner rebuttal exposes sins of omission -- by the Fourth Estate Fifth Columnists, and more insidiously, by apathetic gun owners who refuse to lift a finger, even now.
We're Number One!
California wants to keep its place as the #1 Brady Showpiece State. [Read]
Take that, New Jersey and Illinois!
[Via Dave Licht]
Take that, New Jersey and Illinois!
[Via Dave Licht]
Another Gun Owner Map Published
This time in Texas. [More]
It reminds me of something I wrote a long time back in response to an anti saying they wanted to know who had guns: Assume we all do. And conduct yourself accordingly.
[Via Rick Oltman]
It reminds me of something I wrote a long time back in response to an anti saying they wanted to know who had guns: Assume we all do. And conduct yourself accordingly.
[Via Rick Oltman]
Death By a Thousand #Cuts
If #cutforbieber being a "trend" doesn't guarantee Western civilization's collapse, whatever will can't be all that far off. Perhaps the fact that there are Twitter "trends" to begin with?
Seriously? Girls cutting themselves because a teenybopper "idol" smoked pot? More seriously? Bleeding hearts chastising anyone making fun of that?
Meanwhile, setting religious sensibilities aside for a moment, the Caliphate setting up the occupation of Piersland would love to see more "men" like this.
Sure are a lot of MREs (Morons, Ready to Eat) out there. I guess having a plethora of softer targets will encourage the jackals to deplete the supply before testing the resolve of the fortified.
Seriously? Girls cutting themselves because a teenybopper "idol" smoked pot? More seriously? Bleeding hearts chastising anyone making fun of that?
Meanwhile, setting religious sensibilities aside for a moment, the Caliphate setting up the occupation of Piersland would love to see more "men" like this.
Sure are a lot of MREs (Morons, Ready to Eat) out there. I guess having a plethora of softer targets will encourage the jackals to deplete the supply before testing the resolve of the fortified.
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