Friday, September 06, 2013
The Monthly Caller
The Daily Caller picked up another one of my monthly GUNS Magazine pieces, the one I did about B. Todd Jones being confirmed. [More]
Thanks for the kind sentiment in "comments," Kurt. A crisp new $5 bill is on its way.
Thanks for the kind sentiment in "comments," Kurt. A crisp new $5 bill is on its way.
About Those "Outside Special Interests"
It's OK if they're anti-gun. [More]
It's just those meddling rights advocates we need to show "courage to stand up to," right, Chickenp ... uh ... Hickenlooper?
It's just those meddling rights advocates we need to show "courage to stand up to," right, Chickenp ... uh ... Hickenlooper?
We're the Only Ones Smuggling Enough
And not in a good Mike Vanderboegh kind of way... [More]
Yo -- "Authorized Journalist/Real Reporters" Shimon Prokupecz and Jonathan Dienst:
And they "purchased guns through the internet"...?
How?
Oh, and "Some of the assault rifles were military-grade"?
Explain?
Yo -- "Authorized Journalist/Real Reporters" Shimon Prokupecz and Jonathan Dienst:
...some capable of piercing buildings...Really? You guys really wrote that?
And they "purchased guns through the internet"...?
How?
Oh, and "Some of the assault rifles were military-grade"?
Explain?
But for a Moment Let’s Enter the Wingnut World
OK, but just for a moment. Any more than that will make my head spin. This loopy broad sounds like she actually believes her own line of manipulated statistics BS. [More]
A few incidents within a smaller population will yield a higher RATE than many incidents within a larger population. And we can further break things down in terms of neighborhoods and demographics and pesky things like legality and...
But if we're going to stick with homicide rates, and if the problem really is the guns, I wonder what we'd find if we sampled what is arguably the most heavily-armed civilian population on the planet...
That Mary Sanchez looks about like a humorless ogress, doesn't she? I can just picture her in a Mao suit, with that red star fatigue cap he wore...
A few incidents within a smaller population will yield a higher RATE than many incidents within a larger population. And we can further break things down in terms of neighborhoods and demographics and pesky things like legality and...
But if we're going to stick with homicide rates, and if the problem really is the guns, I wonder what we'd find if we sampled what is arguably the most heavily-armed civilian population on the planet...
That Mary Sanchez looks about like a humorless ogress, doesn't she? I can just picture her in a Mao suit, with that red star fatigue cap he wore...
What We Have Here is a Failure to Communicate
“But yes, that’s the beginning of the semester,” it said. “I’m always optimistic. By October, I’ll be wanting to get up to the top of the bell tower with a high powered rifle — with a good scope, and probably a gatling gun as well.” [More]I understand that the guy being an instructor and all makes such a post questionable, but this looks like hoplophobia writ large. I find it hard to believe this is not just hyperbole and dark humor, and could have easily been resolved as such just by talking to the guy.
I mean c'mon, do these people have any idea, first, how expensive it would be to acquire a Gatling gun and then what it would take to haul it to the top of a bell tower?
Yeah, OK, in today's era of everybody in academia being an hysterical wuss with the vapors, I see where posting this on Facebook was poor judgement, but my biggest beef with the guy is that a communications professor should have capitalized the "g" in Gatling.
What we have here seems more than a failure to communicate. What we have here is a chilling warning on what we can and cannot say on social media. It seems to me the bigger danger is having the state automatically respond by sending in men with guns, prepared to kill us if we cross an arbitrary threshold between joke and threat.
[Via bondmen]
A Path to [the] Citizenship
I guess if we call them "illegals," someone will take offense. [More]
How about "undocumented partisans"...?
How about "undocumented partisans"...?
Thursday, September 05, 2013
Precinct Project provides blueprint to ‘take back Republican Party’
The Liberty Prize will help Dan Schultz continue pursuing a quest he has persisted on, at times all alone. This new recognition will help build awareness so others can discover the remarkable blueprint he has created for those aspiring to “the most powerful office in the world,” complete with step-by-step instructions, links to “How to guides and information by state,” videos and more. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner report presents a novel alternative to complaining. It's called getting involved and working.
Just What IS Victoria's Secret?
Meanwhile, Over at the Gun Free School Zone
Oh, I'm sorry. Did the sign also say "No Knives"? [More]
Physician, Heal Thyself
Organized medicine’s decades-long campaign to have firearm-related fatalities considered as a public health rather than a criminal justice issue is not evidence-based. Its reliance on weak, even tainted evidence and spurious reasoning, and its attempts to suppress or discredit contrary evidence, is consistent with a political agenda of incremental civilian disarmament. [More]I wonder if Nature will issue a more complete correction this time...
[Via Sierra Gulf/Breitbart]
Campus Shooters
To the best of my knowledge, the only time the Garand was used in a domestic school shooting was when it was a service weapon deployed in the hands of the Ohio National Guard. [More]Ah, see? It's happened!
My Flip-Flop
I just signed my support to this.
Now I'm having second thoughts.
Maybe we want them tied up over there...
[Via Andrea Shea King]
Now I'm having second thoughts.
Maybe we want them tied up over there...
[Via Andrea Shea King]
Meanwhile, Over at the Vidkun Quisling Fan Club
NSSF continues to urge lawmakers and regulators alike to remember that there is a bipartisan solution advanced by the gun industry — strengthening our current background check system ... NSSF has committed itself to FixNICS. And we’re not alone – even Michael Bloomberg’s Mayors Against Illegal Guns actually agrees with us. [More]How telling. With friends like these...
So much for:
WE WON’T STAND FOR SCAPEGOATINGThere has been a "leadership" contingent eager since Day One after Newtown to come up with a sacrificial goat to give to government. We also saw an under-the-bus candidate search by manufacturers who have traditionally been eager to protect their interests and the hell with everyone else's. These are the ones apologists would have us keep quiet about when they urge us that we need to stand together -- as if the divisiveness is coming from the SNBI crowd. I'm sure Fairfax would have caved by now if not for our rude, strident voices...
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
It's simple. You don't throw a scrap of flesh to circling jackals and think they'll go away. You don't give the enemy a beachhead from which they can launch their next assault deeper into the interior. And while Polyphemus may have promised to eat you last, eat you he most certainly will, particularly after you've served up the ones hardening a sharpened pole in the fire...
And the Crowd Went Wild
Kuzawa expressed his opinion on why guns should be allowed on city property, but Sharon Fairchild-Soucy, vice-president of Council, responded that she did not feel safe in a city that allows guns.Oberlin is one of those "progressive" college-dominated towns. They take pride in being an Underground Railroad stop, and even in being known as"the town that started the Civil War."
“I want my grandson to grow up in a town where guns are not necessary, and I think I have the right to live in a protected environment where guns are not a factor,” she said to a round of applause. [More]
There are plenty of photos of a plaque commemorating that, but for some reason it's difficult to find any of its reverse side, that says:
In 1859, Oberlin's African American lawyer and activist, John Mercer Langston recruited two of the town's prominent young men of color, John A. Copeland and Lewis Sheridan Leary into John Brown's band of twenty-one raiders. They attacked the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. Leary was killed during the unsuccessful attempt to bring about emancipation through a slave insurrection. Before his hanging in Charleston, Virginia on December 19, 1859, Copeland wrote to his family in Oberlin: "how dear brother could I die for a more noble cause?" Oberlinites memorialized these two martyrs and co-conspirator, Shields Green, with the only monument erected for any of the five African Americans who fought with John Brown. The monument stands in Oberlin's Martin Luther King Park.I wonder if ol' Sharon would have approved of these ...uh... insurrectionists fighting the violence monopoly for freedom -- with guns. I suppose I could always ask her -- if I gave a damn about this bleating ungulate's opinion.
[Via Neil W]
Not an Option
“States are required to take effective measures to review governmental, national and local policies, and to amend, rescind or nullify any laws and regulations which have the effect of creating or perpetuating racial discrimination wherever it exists,” said the Special Rapporteur on racism, Mutuma Ruteere. [More]Mutuma Ruteere. How many divisions has he got?
Hey, isn't that the same guy who emailed me about transferring $25,000,000 from his late finance minister father's account? Oh, wait, I was supposed to keep quiet about that.
[Via Neil W]
Good for Them
Nice to see NRA proactively recognizing that their "single issue" is affected by others. [More]
An amicus brief is appropriate here. What also would be appropriate is a bill to prevent and/or defund this, with the understanding that NRA grades would be affected.
And it would also be appropriate to extend that to other "tangential" issues.
UPDATE: Workman has more.
An amicus brief is appropriate here. What also would be appropriate is a bill to prevent and/or defund this, with the understanding that NRA grades would be affected.
And it would also be appropriate to extend that to other "tangential" issues.
UPDATE: Workman has more.
The Return of Captain Freedom
The legislation from Sen. Rod Wright, D-Inglewood, expands the state's gun-storage law to those who know or should know they are living with someone who is not allowed to possess a firearm. [More]All together now:
Thank you, Captain Freedom!
Playing Chicken
"He hath sent hither swarms of officers to harass our people..." [More]
Ah, more Intolerable Acts being tolerated, I see. For now.
Y'know, one of these days, these thrill-seeking punks are going to run into a driver who refuses to swerve. Maybe one of those men with nothing left to lose.
Ah, more Intolerable Acts being tolerated, I see. For now.
Y'know, one of these days, these thrill-seeking punks are going to run into a driver who refuses to swerve. Maybe one of those men with nothing left to lose.
This Day in History: September 5
On September 5, 1781, a French fleet of twenty-four ships of the line engaged a British fleet of nineteen ships of the line in the Battle off the Virginia Capes. The French fleet prevented the British fleet from relieving the besieged army of Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis, 2d Earl Cornwallis, at Yorktown, Virginia, leading to the eventual surrender of some 7,000 British troops to the combined American and French arms. [More]
Wednesday, September 04, 2013
Two from WRSA
A just war:
A nation of Dorners:
The fifth criterion is “last resort.” Every REASONABLE alternative must have been tried first, before resorting to war. Have the “less than war” alternatives have been exhausted? Have they even been tried? Jumping to war without trying less-lethal alternatives first would be unjust.If they can do it...
A nation of Dorners:
And he did it all with less than two magazines of ammo.I'll bet some people are hoping no one noticed that.
Winging It
Chicken wings cause smaller genitalia? [More]I know it's coming from PETA, but you've got to admit it would explain a lot...
Don't Be Alarmed
...because it's just a training exercise. [More]You know, to protect you.
Yeah, that's the ticket...
[Via Andrea Shea King]
Mindset to keep safe taught in ‘Lessons from Unarmed America’
As the title suggests, this is not a book about defensive gun uses. Rather, it’s a series of lessons, and that word is truly appropriate, where Walters relates dangerous situations that actual people found themselves in, leaving Pincus with the task of assessing what could have or should have happened had they made different choices. [More]This afternoon's Gun Rights Examiner column reviews a book that can help us prepare for some choices we'd rather not be forced to make.
Reese family attorneys may withdraw over compensation issues
Changing that dynamic does not appear likely, due in no small part to a virtual media blackout on the story, with the exception of limited reach niche readership efforts like this column and Tea Party Patriots of Luna County (which has done exceptional work fleshing out the details and back story of the case). Add to that a predisposition of gun owners, at least those who have even heard about this case, to talk about it but not really do much else, especially when it comes to informing their friends and adding a few dollars to the defense fund now and then. [More]
Today’s Gun Rights Examiner report notes we’d all better
pray we never need help.
On Nullification
Robert Levy has a NYT op-ed. [More]
Here's the thing about nullification. My friend Russ Howard responded to an article I wrote last month by sending me this observation:
Here's the thing about nullification. My friend Russ Howard responded to an article I wrote last month by sending me this observation:
As ______________ recently pointed out to me, our side should stop using "nullified", nullify, nullification, etc, which is clearly a loser with the public, and start using phrases like "fair trial", "righting wrongs", acquitting, clearing, honoring the oath, obeying the highest law of the land, law enforcement, etc. E.g., "Jury Nullification" is a loser. "Fair Trial", use of discretion to right injustice, etc, are winners.Of course some would tell us that's not our place to decide -- and that if the composition of the Supreme Court can change enough to shift just one vote, well, turn 'em all in, Mr. and Mrs. America...
The Sheriff did not "nullify the law". The arrest / prosecution / statutory law would've nullified the Constitution. He obeyed and honored the highest law of the land, and prevented a lesser law or act from nullifying it. He did his job and obeyed The Law. Anything contrary isn't law and doesn't need to be "nullified". He was even preventing illegal activity, ending an illegal arrest, which is his job. Law enforcement.
An Incomplete Simulation
Boy, will those people be in for a big surprise when they see what they haven't prepared for. [More]
[Via Florida Guy]
[Via Florida Guy]
A Moral Obscenity
You'll know it when you see it, that is, assuming your "community standards" don't embrace degeneracy. [More]
"Progressive" Consistency
Just had this sent to me via email--wish I knew who to attribute it to:
“We are told NOT to judge ALL Muslims by the actions of a few lunatics." BUT... We are encouraged TO judge ALL gun owners by the actions of a few lunatics.”
A Former Psychotic
Tom is a former psychotic criminal who later found God and devoted himself to serving his fellow man. In a strange twist of morality, this led to his life's work: shooting wild dogs. [More]Alrighty then.
Interesting "gun control" they practice in Australia there...
If Only We Had "Common Sense Gun Control"
Just think of all the suicides we'd prevent! [More]
And not just suicides. If the gungrabbers' thesis is correct, there ought to be no safer place on Earth than a maximum security prison.
And not just suicides. If the gungrabbers' thesis is correct, there ought to be no safer place on Earth than a maximum security prison.
This Day in History: September 4
On September 4, not long after the birth of his and Peggy's second son, Arnold's force of over 1,700 men raided and burned New London and captured Fort Griswold, causing damage estimated at $500,000. British casualties were high—nearly one quarter of the force sent against Fort Griswold was killed or wounded, a rate at which Clinton claimed he could ill afford more such victories. [More]
Tuesday, September 03, 2013
Documents point to ATF raid on 'Lanza gun shop' being a staged media event
It’s fair to ask how The Courant was able to produce such a detailed report practically simultaneously to the events without advance information of the ongoing raid. It would appear to be especially relevant as the situation was deemed by professional federal law enforcement to be dangerous enough to send dozens of armed agents and police officers ostensibly into harm’s way, not to mention posing real risks to store employees and any customers who may have been on premises. [More]
Today’s Gun Rights Examiner report notes a carefully-planned media event disguised as a law enforcement operation. Funny, isn’t it, how they then turn around and refuse to answer oversight interrogators using the “ongoing investigation” excuse to avoid compliance?
Isn’t it?
A Marked Improvement
Kurt explains an ISP milestone reached in spite of all their foot-dragging. [More]
Hey, at least they're no longer just telling women to vomit.
Hey, at least they're no longer just telling women to vomit.
EXCLUSIVE: Executive Actions
What they’re filtered by is an administration bent on having its way regardless of whether Congress will give it to them or not. [More]My most recent GUNS Magazine "Rights Watch" column, covering the administration's current assault against gun trusts and imports, is now online.
Screenshot
The purpose of this posting will be clear after I publish today's GRE.
I need a place to park this screenshot, taken last December, so that I can link to it in my column.
UPDATE: Here 'tis...
I need a place to park this screenshot, taken last December, so that I can link to it in my column.
UPDATE: Here 'tis...
Forget it Jake
8 Dead, 25 Wounded In Shootings Over Labor Day Weekend"Gun violence" and no "gun violence."
[and]
Man Recovering After Being Attacked By Five Pit Bulls
Fortunately, as far as the former is concerned, there is a solution.
That is, if you think making kids show the world what valuables they're carrying on their way through the turf is any kind of solution...
Yep, it's Chi-Town, alright...
Talking Guns Encore Presentation
Now I started this show on this station a year ago with David Codrea of Gun Rights Examiner, The War on Guns, GUNS Magazine, AmmoLand and it was fitting that we started with David today for our monthly hour talking about all that's happened during the month... As usual there is always more to talk about than time to do it in... [More]Kate Krueger has posted the archive copy of Sunday's program.
Armed American Radio Redux
AAR celebrates its 4th anniversary in national syndication tonight. Guests include co-host Robert Zimmerman, Emmy Award documentary producres Peter Gould and Chris Theroux,WEZO’s Doug Alan, Guns and Patriots Editor Neil McCabe, JPFO’s Charles Heller, David Codrea, The Ogre, and Seanto takes hour 3 all by himself!
My Mother Lives in Hackensack
We're probably responsible for the actions of another (former) Bergen County Prosecutor, too. Assuming we're getting the full story.
But don't worry about Molinelli. He's immune.
And just the kind of guy I'd like to give up my guns to.
Demonstrating What, Exactly?
“Californians will wear empty holsters because that state’s laws are so strict.” [More]What, let's publicly parade our humiliating abject surrender and call it a "gun rights" demonstration?
I'd be embarrassed and ashamed to participate.
I think some states need to sit out on this one and focus on what they can do.
Chasing Tails
Are State Freedom of Information Laws Optional? [More]Point: Oooohh...Christine is threatening arrest!
Counterpoint: Dang! Speaking to ol' Christine like she's an employee. I like that.
I wonder if Christine does?
So Much for Precedent
One way to slow down and reverse the proliferation of guns in Connecticut would be to give gun violence victims the right to sue gun manufacturers for the damage caused by their products. [More]The antis will never accept that they lost this one, just like they will never accept an individual right or incorporation to the states or...
It figures, the same ones who rely on stare decisis over original intent throw precedent over the railing when it suits their purposes.
They're the same ones who bellow about "home rule" when lifted restrictions apply to all, but then turn around and demand federal edicts for all.
That's because they are evil manipulators and liars who will do whatever it takes to gain total control.
That's because they are the enemy.
We're the Only Ones Trigger-Happy Enough
Cops Will Shoot Gun Carrying Citizens Because of His Training [More]You don't say?
I just don't get why so many old stories seem to be getting recycled right now--it's like the people who are just now "discovering" the Kates/Mauser Harvard study.
Hey...how about that USA Today poll...!
Handing Off the Ball
Obama tosses Syrian hot potato into Republicans' laps [More]And it looks like his top two embedded agents are making his sales pitch for him.
When is there going to be a national effort to purge these two as an example to all others?
Reinforcements on the Way
Three of our leaders, Ken Hanson, Sean Maloney, and Linda Walker, will travel to Colorado September 2 through 9 and work with the NRA and local grassroots groups to run a "get out the vote" campaign. [More]But they need gun owners to help. We don't have a Bloomberg to just bankroll things.
Friends with Benefits
Q. M'hum. And you would not consider that being an informant? [More]It depends on what the meaning of the word "snitch" is.
This Day in History: September 3
...Mr. Constable's Detention here wou'd materially injure him as an Individual, without the smallest Benefit to the American Cause, & as it is not in his Power to give any useful Intelligence to the Enemy, or if it was, I know him to be a Man of more Honour than to abuse any Indulgence you shall be pleased to grant him, and can venture to engage for his conduct. [More]
Monday, September 02, 2013
We're the Only Ones "Blessed are the Peacemakers" Enough
A mother who called Louisiana sheriff's officers because her daughter and son-in-law were fighting saw the officers respond by shooting them both to death, the mother claims in court. [More]I really don't know what to believe here, considering the "progressive" AlterNet source. The subversive fools present stories like this and then turn around and do everything in their power to promote a government monopoly of violence.
Gun lawyer group calls for tomorrow to be NFA ‘day of reckoning’
While the FIGC effort has been tailored to the NFA community, including “individuals who have been denied a CLEO signature” and Federal Firearms Licensees, any changes ultimately impact all Americans, and as such, Gun Rights Examiner urges all readers to make their views known. After all, it was a petition initiated by a niche group doing things quietly for the interests of its membership of collectors and investors that the administration seized upon to instead tighten its grip. Openness and full participation will now be needed to undo the damage. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner report calls on the clean up crew, that would be you and me, to help mop up the mess.
We're the Only Ones "Bleeding is Fundamental" Enough
Police are investigating after an officer’s gun was accidentally discharged by a child at August’s Literacy Fair in downtown Lodi. [More]This story need some background music.
UPDATE: Those of you on Facebook-- join me in asking a relevant question...?
Lost in Translation
"Close Combat" - a Red Army Knife-Fighting Manual [More]
Boris Karpa is looking for some funding to get this translated so that the lessons it imparts are not lost.
Extra Security Precautions
Bill Barratt oversees security at the Bloomsburg fair. He says this year the board of directors will take extra security precautions such as banning people from bringing guns onto the fairgrounds. [More]Really, Bill? Wouldn't it be more accurate to say you oversee insecurity? And can I assume the parking lot is on the fairgrounds?
I need to find a poster for this, and put in a notice to predators looking for easy prey that everyone going to and from this is ... uh ... fair game.
Meanwhile, Over at that "Wall of Separation"...
During the entire prayer, State Senator Jack Hatch and Rep. Tyler Olson, both of whom are running for governor, kept their heads bowed and eyes closed, joining in the group prayer. [More]I thought "progressives" advocated keeping politics and religion apart...?
A Proper Verdict
The grand jury found the dad not guilty due to a state law that allows deadly force to be used to stop an aggravated sexual assault... [More]Seems reasonable to me.
Our Own Worst Enemies
Remember the mental health blanket dragnet?
Nothing like throwing the ones least capable of defending themselves under the Bloomberg bus, as if that will stop it from rolling and the crazed driver won't just aim it at somebody else. (And why does that remind me of the way some regimes have treated "mental defectives"?)
Remember how, in spite of some movement and industry "leaders" urging that we'd have to give up something after Newtown, because congressmen can't just do nothing, some of us instead warned against throwing circling jackals a scrap of flesh and thinking that would make them go away?
Remember how some of us advocated:
Where it originated hardly surprises me. But that no longer matters, as the church sells indulgences (and just forget who really pays that bill).
What's disturbing is how many in "our ranks" seem not just oblivious to the danger they're inviting, but enthusiastic about embracing it. Most of them know not what they do, but that doesn't help. We're responsible for our actions, and "I didn't know the wolf would kill" is hardly a sympathetic excuse for opening the door in the first place and letting it in.
To those who counsel we need to stand together: That presupposes some are actually taking a stand, instead of engineering preemptive concessions.
Get on the right side of the damn line and we will.
Nothing like throwing the ones least capable of defending themselves under the Bloomberg bus, as if that will stop it from rolling and the crazed driver won't just aim it at somebody else. (And why does that remind me of the way some regimes have treated "mental defectives"?)
Remember how, in spite of some movement and industry "leaders" urging that we'd have to give up something after Newtown, because congressmen can't just do nothing, some of us instead warned against throwing circling jackals a scrap of flesh and thinking that would make them go away?
Remember how some of us advocated:
WE WON’T STAND FOR SCAPEGOATINGYes, thank you to those of you sending me links to this petition. I mentioned it in that January column.
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
Where it originated hardly surprises me. But that no longer matters, as the church sells indulgences (and just forget who really pays that bill).
What's disturbing is how many in "our ranks" seem not just oblivious to the danger they're inviting, but enthusiastic about embracing it. Most of them know not what they do, but that doesn't help. We're responsible for our actions, and "I didn't know the wolf would kill" is hardly a sympathetic excuse for opening the door in the first place and letting it in.
To those who counsel we need to stand together: That presupposes some are actually taking a stand, instead of engineering preemptive concessions.
Get on the right side of the damn line and we will.
A Serious Push
Thanks, Kurt! I was writing about the executive orders for my latest GUNS Magazine piece, and H.R.2247 will be an important piece of information to add. [More]
Echoes of Segregation
Ain't it something, when AlJazeera gives gun ownership a fairer shake than the U.S. press... [More]
Two quibbles: Black disarmament started before the 1860s, and guns are not a "cause of death."
Two quibbles: Black disarmament started before the 1860s, and guns are not a "cause of death."
This Day in History: September 2
Rochambeau, by orders of his own government under the command of Washington, was brought to New York, where, by feigned activity, Clinton was made to believe that he was to be besieged ; and finally, with admirable celerity, a combined American and French force numbering 6000 was moved to the head of Chesapeake Bay and thence by water to the James river, where it landed, and, joined by Lafayette, instituted the siege of Yorktown, September 2, 1781. [More]
Sunday, September 01, 2013
Radio Flyers
- I'll be rejoining Kate Krueger on "Talking Guns" at 3 p.m. Eastern for our monthly chat. If you don't live in the broadcast range for KFNX News-Talk Radio in Phoenix, you can pick up the show via live streaming.
- I'll also be rejoining "Armed American Radio" (find a station or listen live) for my weekly gig during the 10 p.m. hour, this time a special one hosted by producer Sean "Seanto" Young, and including special guests Neal McCabe of Human Events and Charles Heller from JPFO. Mark Walters will be handling the first two hours, beginning at 8 p.m. Eastern, and one of his guests is going to be Peter Jay Gould of "Infringed."
Screenings for gun documentary require activist support to succeed
Think of it as a muster call, and a very easy and rewarding one to answer. [More]Today’s Gun Rights Examiner column presents a “Five Minute Activism” challenge. It’s difficult to fathom an excuse for not doing this, as that's just what it would be.
Saturday, August 31, 2013
It's All a Misunderstanding
IOW, the Administration has misrepresented the position of the NFATCA, which I find unsurprising. Leftists and Marxists have always sought to divide their opposition, frequently through the use of false flag operations and disinformation. [More]My response:
How about you get them to post their original petition that kicked this whole thing off so we can see for ourselves where the disinformation is coming from and how badly they've been misrepresented?Funny that they haven't done that already, and instead think an after-the-fact statement and clean-up pledge will suffice.
As an aside, I did get a laugh out of the phrase "collaborative work environment."
‘Gun control’ no solution against criminals with ‘total disregard of life’
“The new criminal we’re seeing, they’re bold, they’re brazen, and they have a total disregard for life,” Cabrera admitted. [More]Today’s Gun Rights Examiner report notes that maybe anti-gun politicians have a point, and perhaps anyone ignorant enough to vote for gungrabbers really is too ignorant to be trusted with a gun.
Friday, August 30, 2013
NFA firearms collectors group initiated ATF gun trust rule change
The rule change itself, the draft continues, was instigated by a petition from the National Firearms Act Trade and Collectors Association. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at some enlightened self interest, which is a pretty nice way of saying a group invested in appreciable assets is stumping for more "gun control" for a reason.
Not That I Want to Make Trouble for Anyone, But...
...with all the militant gun owners out there insisting companies leave states like Colorado and Connecticut, I'm surprised no one has expressed similar sentiments about NRA teaching law enforcement-only classes in those states.
In light of recent edicts, I have a tough time enthusiastically accepting this as being in the best interests of members like me:
In light of recent edicts, I have a tough time enthusiastically accepting this as being in the best interests of members like me:
[Click to enlarge]
Ah well, I'm sure it's just me.
Skinning the Smoke Wagon
Why does the administration's saber-rattling followed by what's gotta be humiliating back-pedaling over Syria remind me of this scene? [Watch]
It's Not Our Fault
We were just playing with matches. How were we to know that could start a fire? [More]
We're the Only Ones Crack Professionals Enough
MPD Officer Left Gun For Drug Debt [More]This guy gives a whole new meaning to the phrase "stimulating career in law enforcement"...
[Via Florida Guy]
"An Honest Mistake"
AARRGGHHH! [More]
I don't care about the excuses. This negligence, particularly by this person, is inexcusable.
Texas, huh?
I say she deserves the same treatment as Juan Hinojosa.
I don't care about the excuses. This negligence, particularly by this person, is inexcusable.
Texas, huh?
I say she deserves the same treatment as Juan Hinojosa.
And a Splendid Time is Guaranteed for All
With officials from the Judicial Branch demanding that Congress end across the board budget cuts from the sequester, federal judges from the Tenth Circuit start to gather today for a judicial conference at a "five star" Colorado resort that features three golf courses and a "scenic mountain backdrop." [More]Tenth Circuit, eh?
So while the Reese family continues their interminable waiting for justice, denied their own earned resources on which they can sustain themselves with the basics and defend themselves against two years of persecution, these robed parasites are out there living the high life on our dime without a care in the world.
I never used to sympathize with prankster kids who pulled hotel fire alarms at 3 a.m...
Thursday, August 29, 2013
Mississippi Supreme Court overturns injunction against House Bill 2
“This Court now finds that the Circuit Judge erred as a matter of law when he found House Bill 2 to be vague and, therefore unconstitutional,” the Supreme Court found. “He also erred when he stated that ‘a reasonable person reading the bill could not discern what the law allows and what it prohibits.’" [More]This evening’s Gun Rights Examiner brings some happy news from the Magnolia State, where an anti-gun judicial activist has not only been overturned, he’s been exposed for all the world to see as an agenda-driven incompetent.
FFL who sold Lanza gun could face jail for record errors
"Regulatory consequences...? Of course. But criminal? Never. This is a watershed event." [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner report notes a rule change. Don't think of it as a penalty enhancement, think of it as a way to further cut off sources.
All for Show
B. Todd Jones received the ceremonial oath–of–office as Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) administered by Vice President Joe Biden today, 10 a.m., at the White House. [More]The key word here is "ceremonial."
Bloomberg "Gun Owners" Storming Over the Ramparts -- Not
In New Jersey fer cryin' out loud...???
[Via Cemetery's Gun Blob]
Relevant Questions
Will CMP be exempted? [More]
Should it be? Or if they're locked out with the rest of us, will that give them incentive to bring their influence to bear?
If someone has their place at the table, how much attention do they pay to the hungry outsiders peering through the banquet hall window? Anybody seeing cop unions clamoring to let non-"Only Ones" hitch a ride on the national concealed carry bandwagon
Should it be? Or if they're locked out with the rest of us, will that give them incentive to bring their influence to bear?
If someone has their place at the table, how much attention do they pay to the hungry outsiders peering through the banquet hall window? Anybody seeing cop unions clamoring to let non-"Only Ones" hitch a ride on the national concealed carry bandwagon
And Laugh They Did...
Seems no sooner did gun owners get a reason to celebrate when the antis threw up an illegal roadblock.
Grassroots North Carolina tells us about the latest "official" outrage, where the Macon County School board is considering an unlawful gun ban, and what we can do about it.
This is totally me talking, and I hope it doesn't make GRNC wince: Do you realize how lucky you are to have leaders of the caliber of Paul Valone and his colleagues, who take point on this stuff with awareness, energy, knowledge and commitment? If you're a North Carolina gun owner who benefits from their advocacy, and if you don't share this latest alert, take a moment to do what they ask, and then kick a bit into the kitty to help supply the front line troops doing the fighting, how is that any different from being, say, a welfare parasite?
A Great Democracy Does Not Make it Harder to Vote than to Buy an Assault Weapon?
I beg to differ. Sure it does. [More]
But it depends on what the meaning of the term "great democracy" is.
Some of us note subtle differences between mob rule and a system where individual rights are unalienable no matter how many raving collectivists covet them.
Some of us aren't sympathetic to disarming at the demand of the former Gun Nut in Chief, particularly since you now aspire to be First Philanderer.
Oh, and by the way, Slick, how about an unequivocal "Yes" or "No":
Is Juanita Broaddrick a liar?
Sent:
[Via Bluesgal]
But it depends on what the meaning of the term "great democracy" is.
Some of us note subtle differences between mob rule and a system where individual rights are unalienable no matter how many raving collectivists covet them.
Some of us aren't sympathetic to disarming at the demand of the former Gun Nut in Chief, particularly since you now aspire to be First Philanderer.
Oh, and by the way, Slick, how about an unequivocal "Yes" or "No":
Is Juanita Broaddrick a liar?
Sent:
[Via Bluesgal]
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