Meanwhile, Over at the NBA

Oh, wait, this is the other NBA... [More]

Is that anything like the other NAMBLA...?

And let's kick their asses for stealing our domain name!

[Via Mack H]

He'd Probably Be the First to Tell You...

...he deserved it. [More]

I wouldn't argue, but for a different reason.


[Via Florida Guy]  

We've Got Ours

Screw the rest of you riff-raff. [More]

I'm trying to figure why Seattle protesters don't target those neighborhoods. Can you imagine what would happen if security-for-the-rich offed some "unarmed gentle giant"?

Think the guys doing easy duty for an extra paycheck would stick around if things really went to hell, and word got out what about all the lucrative -- and defenseless -- targets of opportunity conveniently already gathered into enclosures?

We're the Only Ones Procuring Enough

The indictment alleges that in order to buy firearms at reduced prices for personal use or resale Mavia devised a scheme to falsely certify that the firearms would be owned by the Bel Aire Police Department and would be used for law enforcement purposes. [More]

Looks like they went a step or two beyond Abramski, and we know how that turned out.

[Via Jerald R]

Damned if You Do, Damned if You Don't

If he says, "No," he is lying to a police officer, which is a crime. If he answers truthfully, "Yes," he has just incriminated himself. So what's a person to say? [More]

Seems to me Haynes v. U.S. would invalidate the requirement to self-report, and might even be used to toss evidence from a search based on such refusal. Of course, I'm not really a lawyer, nor do I play one on TV...

What It Takes

Legal Insurrection wins FOIA suit over David Gregory gun law non-prosecution [More]

That's because the "government" in DC is a bunch of goddamn criminals, including the chief of police. So it's not like a citizen can just ask them a legitimate question and get a straight answer, because they know they're a bunch of goddamn criminals.

I know.  I tried doing it the easy way. And again.

But Lord help you if you're not one of the elites.

Bunch of goddamn criminals... telling US what to do.

[Via Michael G]

Yeah, Right, "Molon Labe!"

What's happening in Nevada WILL be spreading to the states. The group doing the fighting there has "a Twitter feed where the latest news and information will be posted for sharing." Despite that being shared, only 39 are currently even doing the bare minimum of following them to get that information.

The enemy likes it that way.

Which means even fewer are actually doing anything to help. So much for the vaunted power of "grassroots." No wonder some of our "leaders" feel compelled to compromise. It's not like the ones doing the loudest bitching ever raise a finger to help with the heavy lifting.

But hey, we can no doubt count on costless anonymous internet bravado to win that next civil war for us!  I can't think of a better way to guarantee one than doing nothing now to use the considerable resources still at our disposal.

Nope, It's Not DC

Figures, unlike every other Secretary of State corporations website I've been to, DC makes you register to do an entity search.  Anyway, these guys -- the ones behind them who filed them and where -- remain intentionally concealed at present.

Why would that be?

This Day in History: December 10

They say the underlying intent in making the populace sport rosettes, as the drunkards had done, was to have all the pensionaries murdered, recall the Duke of Brunswick, conclude a separate peace with the English, take charge of the nation, and so on. [More]

Nevada accepts Bloomberg ‘gun control’ ballot measure despite irregularities

“There’s plenty of time to challenge the certification,” Turner noted in response to Miller’s decision. “We’re probably going to end up in court.” A complete statement regarding the group's reaction was posted Tuesday evening. [More]

This evening's Gun Rights Examiner report notes the first  hurdle has been overcome, and provides the point of contact for erecting new ones.  The question now becomes who will help?  Not from Nevada?  Would you rather wait until it's your sector being invaded by troops fortified and emboldened by another victory?

Thanks to You, It Works

Or, thanks to whomever took action from this and other appeals for pointing, laughing and daring...

Because it worked.

We're the Only Ones Serving and Protecting OurselvesEnough

A New York police officer, arrested in South Florida for allegedly trying to buy drugs, is facing cocaine trafficking and weapons charges. [More]

Somebody tell Liberty-Lynchin' Patrick those Florida cops lifted a finger at one of his guys.

[Via Neil W]

Unintended Consequences

Sen. Kurt Schaefer, who sponsored the constitutional amendment, has filed a court brief saying it wasn’t meant to invalidate the felon gun-possession ban. [More]

Why not? If he's "safe" enough to roam freely among us,why should it matter?  And if he's not, just to be consistent, when would you let Leo here out?

[Via bondmen]

And They Say There Are No Stupid Questions

Is America's gun culture putting pressure on police to shoot first? [More]

I knew this was mostly our fault, because that's the same argument Garry McCarthy uses to justify murdering pesky citizens exercising their rights.

That's what they do in "progressive" societies, don't they?

Welcome to the Party, Pals

[More and More]

Two from Mike

• About that "venting"
• A taxing dilemma

Standing Up

It sure beats groveling. [More]

And what if activists let every club and range and dealer in Oregon know if they do not help out, their lack of support will be noted and made known?

There ought to be a list of criteria for businesses to fulfill, after which they can be listed as preferred for patronage -- and another for those who are no better than collaborators.  Kind of a "seal of approval" or some such...

Midnight Ride

[More from Oath Keepers]

Hat Tip

Calling all Fudds! This'll go great with your socks!

We're the Only Ones Unrecorded Enough

There’s only one apparent reason for imposing a higher penalty on people who record police in particular: to make people especially afraid to record police. [More]

Isn't that the whole point?

It would help if articles like this made it convenient to determine who voted for this police state enabler, so that we the people could hold them accountable.  If I weren't in a hurry to handle another priority, I'd go looking.


[Via Florida Guy]   

Who ARE These Guys?

That's something I'm trying to look into. [More]

First I've got to find out where they're registered. News accounts make it sound like a DC operation, and I don't see anything listed with various secretaries of state in likely places like New York.  Naturally, the DC corporations website differs from every other I've tried in terms of offering an intuitive way to do an entity search -- perhaps it's there but not obvious to me.  In the interim, I've sent this, not that I have high hopes it will be responded to:

[Click to enlarge]

My guess is we'll find a familiar name behind it -- one with an MO of hiding from the media until he wants something, at which point they all line up to give him all the free advertising a grassroots-trampling billionaire could ask for.

Oh, and Barbara Bollier? There's literally no difference between your public position and Barack Obama's.If I lived in Kansas, I'd make you a special project.  Let's hope gun owners there do, and tell doctrinaire "Republicans" they can offer acceptable candidates or they can go to hell.

Hogan's Zeroes

Yeah, you wouldn't want to "get bogged down tinkering with" protecting unalienable rights, would you, you fraud? [More]

Hey, you got what you wanted. Why pay after you've been serviced? Besides, the other guy's wasn't as clean.

Naturally, "An NRA representative did not comment on the new word from Hogan." Hey, what could he possibly add?

New Rules

Anybody see anything about not using Second Amendment advocacy for fusion center profiling? [More]

A Victim of White Privilege

Obviously a casualty of discrimination...[More]

Anybody remember stoop tag?  Even as a kid, I always thought it was just about the dumbest game, instinctively chafing at phony imposed protections from the penalties and rewards of competition. This reminds me of that, except instead of stooping when about to be caught, these "adults" just yell "Racist!"

I'm sure real racism victims of the past would have totally identified with Whitaker's plight, and not thought he was pissing on a struggle they died for in the name of shallow personal motives.

This Should End Well

Obama Deputies Free 30,862 Foreign Criminals [More]

Who needs a Reichstag fire when you've got thousands of smaller flames?

Gassing Mascots

Several thousand people, some dressed as animal characters, were evacuated from a Hyatt hotel in suburban Rosemont when an “intentional” chlorine gas incident at the hotel, which was hosting the Midwest FurFest convention, sent 19 people to hospitals early Sunday. [More]

I'm sorry, I know freedom provides for all kinds and it's not right for one man to discourage the pursuit of happiness deemed desirable by another, but I have admittedly limited horizons in some areas and my first thought is, with all the threats out there to those pursuits, "What kind of adult would find this something worthwhile to spend considerable time and money on?"

Evidently this kind (click graphic to enlarge):

Chicago Airport Hyatt Regency? Oh, gosh, it looks like some rule-breakers and scofflaws could have gotten into all kinds of trouble for taking measures to ward off real beasts.

Push to destroy toy guns raises questions media not asking

Matthews is a bit more of a known quantity. The “community activist” formerly served as co-director of Birmingham’s Office of Citizen Assistance under then-Mayor Larry Langford. Langford, in turn, was one of Michael Bloomberg’s “Illegal Mayors” who was sentenced by a federal judge to 15 years for “bribery, fraud, conspiracy, money laundering and filing false tax returns.” [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner reports notes a curious preponderance of criminal Bloomberg associates among those who don't even want the rest of us to have BB guns.

This Day in History: December 9

Captain Duncan of your Regiment has preferred a Complaint of Injustice done him by an Arrangement made in Regimental Orders of the 1st of Jany last wherein Captains Goslain, Lee and Selin are appointed to the Command of Companies, though younger Officers than himself I shall be glad you will inform me of the principles on which this Arrangement was made that I may be able to Judge of the propriety of the Complaint. [More]

Last Night on Armed American Radio

Real crime does happen to real people and can visit you where you live, work and play. Mark brings examples of crime in his own neighborhood as a reminder to stay aware. Stewart Rhodes, founder of the Oath Keepers along with David Codrea address the state of affairs in the nation today, Concealed Carry Magazine Executive Editor and active duty law enforcement officer, Kevin Michalowsk. [More]

Stewart and I were on in Hour Two.

Fighting Bloomberg in Nevada

You could spread the word.  You could donate. [More]

Will you?

Captain's Log

Circumstances have me behind the 8-ball, so I don't have time right now for individual post links per my normal practice. Just go over to the site and check out all that's new. [More]

It Can't Happen Here

Guess again. It already has. [More]

[Via Eric]

"I Will Not Comply"

And guess who will be encouraging that... [More]

Jump-Starting AZ

The Bradys are staking a claim so Bloomberg doesn't totally overshadow them. [More]

This Kitaeff Kapo appears to be Arizona's answer to Mike Weisser. It looks like he does custom stuff out of his house. Regardless, any gun owner who does business with him is giving aid and comfort.

We're the Only Ones Afraid Enough

I don't suppose you guys would like our help or anything...? [More]

Gun disability relief funding ban could be challenged in spending bill

If restrictions remain unchallenged, it will recall the many times rules objectionable to gun owners have quietly been allowed to remain in place. Still, there is one change that could be insisted on now, and if it derailed the spending approval process either in a Harry Reid-controlled Senate, or if Barack Obama rejected it, that decision would fall squarely on the Democrats: Congress could, if it wanted to, restore funding to allow for relief of firearms disabilities -- or at least it could after January if it passed a short term resolution and left the long term bill for the incoming majority. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner report notes the more we're told things will change, the more they invariably stay the same.

Madres Demanda Acción

Not exactly what Mike 'n Shannon had in mind, is it? [More]

[Via Jake S]

UPDATE: It pissed me off to realize this is based on a 2013 video and presented as a new story by an "author, researcher and investigative journalist."

We're the Only Ones Searching Enough

Beloit Police Ask Residents To Volunteer To Have Their Homes Searched For Guns -- Chief Of Police Says He Hopes Initiative Can Help Residents Begin Thinking Differently About Guns [More]

Remember the old legend that a vampire can only enter your domicile if you invite him across the threshold?

You can send your "invitations" to @BeloitPolice1, message them on Facebook, or just approach Chief Dolt Norm Jacobs directly.  Make sure you let him know you fully appreciate just what a Wisconsin Only One who "thinks differently about guns" is capable of.

[Via Keith D]

Yep, It's Pretty Much Like That

Good comment. [More]

This Day in History: December 8

The Evening promising a favorable Time, the Troops were upon the point of embarking when a very sudden Squall of Wind from the West, & a heavy rain came on, which prevented the execution of my Design. [More]

Tonight on Armed American Radio

Messed up on my Tweet and gave the link for last week's (12/7)--here is the correct info for the 12/14 show:

Mark moves the AAR Crossbreed Holster Studies on site to the classroom in Norcross, GA for a live broadcast immediately upon completion of the Massad Ayoob Group MAG 20 class. Joining Mark "in-studio" for this special event program are guest hosts Massad Ayoob and Gail Pepin with their guests, AAR Regular Contributor, Amber Kunau, Concealed Carry Magazine columnist, Beth Alcazar, David Codrea, Claude Werner, and more!

Also, Mark told me later by phone, Rob Pincus will be calling in. Also, George "Mad Ogre" Hill.

The program broadcasts from 8 to 11 p.m. Eastern (adjust for your locale). Click here to find a list of stations nationwide, or here to listen via live streaming.

Wahlberg pardon bid ignores outstanding gun questions

The questions those processing his pardon application may want to investigate include, has Wahlberg -- and those providing him with weapons in the course of his acting career -- been in violation of the law on multiple occasions over the years? What would happen to a “prohibited person” of lesser fame, wealth and connections for possessing firearms without receiving a full pardon, and would they have the means to obtain one? [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner report notes anti-gun actors shouldn't be the only ones who can flout "gun laws."

The Handmaiden of Apathy

I'm talking about negativity. I see it being used all the time as an excuse for doing nothing, in particular as a response to observations on how gun owners could pressure NRA to help repeal Obamacare by scoring votes. It generally manifests itself in three ways:

• It's not part of the "single issue" and NRA should stick to guns: It IS a "gun issue" if those making that charge would actually read the article and face the points it makes. And as shown in yesterday's follow-up, that is exactly what the antis are hoping gun owners will say.
• It's useless to try to get the NRA to do anything: Oh really?  That will come as a shock to those of us who dragged them kicking and screaming into Gunwalker, and into scoring votes on Kagan, Sotomayor and Murthy, or who made sure they knew the ruckus that would be raised if they caved after Sandy Hook. Funny how MOST saying that have never tried, or of the ones who have, how many have helped to create outside pressure. A friend tells those who maintain NRA is unresponsive: "They figure they've already got your money, and they figure if you're lobbying them directly instead of embarrassing them publicly and multiplying your effort to hundreds or thousands of other members, then you're not a threat and they've got you in the harmless trap of thinking they give a crap what you think. IMHO, forget lobbying the NRA directly. Forward widely [he's talking about my article] and call the talk shows. That's where the NRA can be pressured, where they can't keep you from directly and indirectly informing other members and donors. There are lots of folks who are donors and annual members who could be pushed to GOA. Only lever on the NRA, only thing they really give a flying F about is $$$,$$$,$$$ and power. If they get too much heat they will be forced to take a position to keep from losing members." 
• Someone else quoted the definition of insanity the other day, without ever documenting what it is he has done over and over again, or how a new idea being offered for the first time qualified as a repeat. I'll tell you a same result you can expect every time: Badmouthing as an excuse to do nothing, creating a self-fulfilling prophecy to claim "See? I told you so!" Lather, rinse, repeat. That's what's insane. And toxic to freedom.

Rational and moral people will do everything in their power to protect themselves and their loved ones from the terrible and personally unpredictable consequences of everything going to hell. Why anyone should believe that those who, through inaction guarantee such an outcome, will suddenly summon all that is needed to resist and prevail under a bold "Molon Labe!" cry of Internet defiance, is beyond me, especially when many of those same people invariably reject and discourage simple things they are easily capable of supporting.

I sure hope Mike is right about Three Percent who are actually serious, with all that implies. We're going to need every one of them, because I have no doubt most comment commandos are neither prepared nor predisposed to actually do anything besides bitch and act like anonymous badasses. The enemy is counting on those talking the liberty game to be doing just that, too personally ignorant and weak, disorganized and squabbling to even put on a decent show of strength to peaceably resolve something they all complain about -- while that is still possible.

I've seen too many powerful concepts expire unnoticed in the crib from ideological SIDS instead of growing to their full potential, all of their premature deaths preventable, but all condemned by neglect. That and by infiltrator/disruptors.

A Day That Will Live in My Heart

It was more than a day of infamy.

The man who gave me the love, support and example I needed turned 21.

I miss you, Dad.

Other Key Facts

Comment from "Carlos Perdue" under yesterday's GRE:

Excellent article. Another key fact, Obamacare passed cloture with exactly 60 votes. Only one Democrat would have needed to be flipped and it never would have passed. On Christmas eve day 2009, the day of the cloture vote, the NRA had 10 "A" & "A+" rated Dems, 2 "B" rated (including Harry Reid), and 4 "C" rated. They could've easily flipped one D for the reasons Mr. Codrea points out. But they followed the establishment Republican/NRA tradition and worked with Reid & Obama to "fix" a socialist program, giving "A" & "B" rated Dems in pro-gun states the necessary cover to vote for it. Doesn't take much searching to find articles with statements like this: "U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid wrote the now famous Obamacare gun provision which he inserted into PL 111-148 with the help of NRA President Wayne LaPierre. Why would a Democrat, Senator Reid, do this? When Senator Reid was up for re-election a couple years ago, he (a well known gun advocate) contacted Mr. LaPierre to help him get gun owners to vote for him." The NRA is responsible for the passage of Obamacare. But the NRA can now undo the damage and play the key role in repealing it. For the reasons Mr. Codrea discusses, now that 0-care is increasingly unpopular with the electorate and even anti-gun Democrats like Schumer are showing buyer's remorse, if the NRA does the right thing it could be easier in 2015 to get a 2/3 majority of those voting (e.g. 12 D votes for 66/99), than it would've been to get just one vote to kill it in the first place on Christmas eve day 2009. That's because it may again be the case that all the NRA has to do is flip one vote and the rest will follow, like the cascading fall of the Iron Curtain after Poland legalized Solidarity and it won 99% of the seats up for election, followed by the mass defection of 600 East Germans into Austria at the Pan-European Picnic. Given Zerocare's unpopularity and buyer's regret, it would most assuredly be far easier to get one "A" to flip now than it would've been in 2009, even though there are not as many "A" rated Dems now. But chances are the NRA would get every "A", and some or all "Bs" and "Cs", and indirectly some Ds and Fs, like Schumer. The NRA can be pressured to do the right thing by members, gun rights activists and conservatives calling talk shows, and by quitting NRA and moving to Gun Owners of America. GOA identified Obamacare as gun control and a Trojan Horse confiscation vehicle from day one, still maintains that position, and never fell for the Reid-NRA "fix". Similarly, the NRA is the key to winning the immigration/amnesty issue. The same pressure can be applied to get the NRA to stop indirectly supporting amnesty and excessive immigration. GOA has been alone among national gun rights groups in identifying invasion and amnesty as the great destroyer of gun rights in America, pointing to the tragic immigration-induced loss of California and studies showing that today's immigrants, including Catholics, come from corrupt, anti-freedom, anti-gun cultures and continue to lean heavily Democrat, socialist, and anti-gun after they get here despite craven establishment-Republican his pandering efforts. Others such as Rush Limbaugh observe that "Amnesty is Republican Party Suicide" -- which means it is also permanent gun rights suicide.

Those are important factors to include in the mix.  Compare them to this bit of "apologia":

Looks like the type of "reasoned" sentiment we routinely see from self-styled "pragmatists" arguing limited "political capital," doesn't it?  Thing is, a quick click on the guy's DISQUS profile shows other comments including "Another Teahadist meets her maker" in response to a "gundeath" from someone who actually appeared to be one of his. That marks him as a troll, acting out the demonstrable sadist-psychopath / infiltrator-disruptor role that defines such pathetic moral and intellectual defectives.

Still, the comment is not without value -- just as we see editorials and statements by doctrinaire Democrats advising what Republicans should do on this or that issue -- under the guise of being helpfully observant, of course -- what's really happening is they're hoping idiots will be persuaded to put their (and our) heads in a noose. What's obvious is, "progressives" do not want NRA to become more effective by including issues that impact gun rights in the scoring criteria -- and that ostensible "pro-gun" voices discouraging that by crying "Single issue!" (a demonstrably false excuse) are pulling on the same side of the rope as the gun-grabbers.

They can try, but there's no getting around that key fact.

Anti-gun bigot’s projection shows just who the true ignorant and fearful haters are

Funny, isn't it, how “progressives” represent themselves as caring about the people on the lower-end of the economic spectrum, yet are the biggest cheerleaders the “One Percent” could hope for when it comes to the true egalitarian power sharing that an armed citizenry provides. And it’s curious, how an ideology that once extolled the virtues of “peasants” and “workers,” at least until power was secured, has produced effete snobs who attack the worth and question the refinement of other human beings who do not share their infatuation with degenerate totalitarianism. [More]

My latest JPFO Alert notes a self-styled sophisticate, who in true "progressive" Opposite Day fashion, reveals himself to be just another prejudiced, provincial clod.

A Winning Combo

Your entries and this month's gun giveaway contests... [More]

We're the Only Ones Illuminating Enough

A Denver police officer accidentally fired his gun while trying to turn on a flashlight mounted on his weapon in March, the department's third flashlight-related discharge in two years, records show. [More]

I can't tell you how many times that's happened to me.

Maybe that's why Chief White calls for "progress on gun control," questioning why we mere citizens would want the same "no practical use ... soldiers in a war" firearms his trained "light'em up" Only Ones are obviously so much more qualified to handle.

Illuminating, isn't it?

[Via cydl]

Pardoning Pokey Poke

Mark Wahlberg seeks pardon from Massachusetts for assaults committed in 1988 [More]

The article seems kind of tame in describing what this guy did. And why would he need a pardon?

Maybe there's something to that "speculation" about him not being able to touch guns in the course of his employment...

Wannabe Gun-Grabbing Hack Admits "Progressives" Lied About Murthy

Obama should deliver on gun control promise [More]

And how would he do that?

He can do that by appointing a surgeon general.

But wait a sec-- weren't Viv and his supporters trying to allay our fears on his doing just that?

Murthy ... said at the hearing that he believed the surgeon general should focus on areas where there is broad agreement, including prevention of chronic diseases, efforts to curb smoking, and programs to improve diets. And [Sen. Elizabeth] Warren said Monday that the surgeon general has no authority to set gun control policy.

"Progressives."  Opposite Day. Liars.

Is it any wonder we should love them so?

If gun owners demanded it, NRA could lead repeal of Obamacare

That’s where NRA could come in – if Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre and ILA Executive Director Chris Cox wanted it to, or could be persuaded to follow through on. NRA political grades are a powerful tool the politicians in all but incontestable “blue states” vie for, and there are so-called “pro-gun Democrats” in states like Montana who are dependent on them to retain their seats. Even those currently rated lower than an “A” would have powerful incentives not to go into their next election with a markedly lower rating than their challenger. It may even take only one or two “defections” to act like a crack in the dam, convincing balkers that their political fortunes are best served by opposing an administration centerpiece that Americans are increasingly rejecting, with approval at “a new numerical low” providing additional cover for crossing party lines.[More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner report notes the power is in "our" hands --where it's always been, if "we" would only realize it and use it.

The Best Laid Schemes O' Mice an' Moms

Gang aft agley... [More]

Give Them an Inch

You can't compromise with totalitarians any more than you can negotiate with terrorists.  As their name implies, they want it all. [More]

Ayoob on Ferguson

Liston Matthews sums things up. [More]

We're the Only Ones Authorized Enough

Despite their background and prior experience as U.S. soldiers, police, or firefighters, civilians seeking to offset what the police are trained, equipped, fully-relegated, and LEGALLY authorized to do is tantamount to allowing the local boy scouts’ troop to camp out in the battle-torn terrain of Taliban insurgents. Catastrophic results seem imminent.

Respectfully-speaking... [More]

You mean anything but "respectfully speaking." Capped by this:

Language on the Oath Keepers’ web site hints at extremism and anti-government sentiment.

"Progressives."

Opposite Day.

Combine that with "Only Ones" arrogance, and this obnoxious Oswinski character comes off like the perfect tool for the police state.  I wonder if there are any orders he would not obey, and if so, how he would justify it.

[Via Stewart Rhodes]

Thanks to You it Works

Now, more than ever, we need your help in defense of the right to bear arms and the right to defense of life, liberty, and property. We simply can't do our work without your financial support. [More]

If you're a Florida gun owner, why wouldn't you help?  I just don't get people who enjoy the benefits of hard work by others and do nothing to support them.  Seems to me, they belong on "the other side."

Toys for Totalitarians

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! [More]


[Via Florida Guy]   

We're the Only Ones Cleared Enough

Yeah, why not add more fuel to the fire? [More]


[Via Florida Guy]   

A "Progressive" Inconsistency

Not that we've ever seen those before, but I thought these were the same folks who would insist only police should have guns... [More]

Hey, when you see a crack in the "progressive" dam, I say break out the sledgehammers...

[Via cydl]

The Background Check Loophole

Hey, I thought these were the guys we were promised would be stopped... [More]

Just in Time for Christmas

A judge of this Court having made a sua sponte call for a vote on whether this case should be reheard en banc, the parties shall file, within 21 days from the date of this order, simultaneous briefs setting forth their respective positions on whether this case should be reheard en banc. [More]

Oh, and look:

This sort of “sua sponte” call for rehearing en banc, even without a petition, is a pretty well-settled procedure, though not one that’s often used.

It's used a hell of a lot more by black-robed judicial Nazgul than "shall not be infringed," that's for damn sure...

But It LOOKS Like We Seriously Oppose It!

The House of Representatives took its first action protesting President Obama’s executive action on immigration. The bill, which was called “purely symbolic” by critics, is unlikely to be considered by the Democrat-controlled Senate. [More]

But what can they do?

Oh, I don't know.

And this, the allegation that it's not really an executive order but a department-level memorandum, makes such an action appear even more doable. I haven't given up on exploring the details, including who would have standing.

A Faith-Based Initiative

"I believe we will remain in charge of the technology for a decently long time and the potential of it to solve many of the world problems will be realised," said Rollo Carpenter, creator of Cleverbot. [More]

Ain't it something, Rollo? You believe.

Based on what?  Got any empirical backing for that conclusion, or is it actually about as well-defined and measurable, as, say, a religious proclamation, if not even less so? What the hell do you actually know, aside from the fact that there could be a nice paycheck waiting for you some day, and consequences be damned? What does anyone know?

And define "decently long time."  What happens then?

When we wanted to carry guns in national parks, some damn "progressive" judge-for-life said we needed to study environmental impacts first. Meanwhile, the engineers and conductors responsible for her ticket on board that gravy train continue to stoke a smoke-belching engine.

I guess I should feel fortunate CERN didn't 'disappear" us in a black hole while searching for the "God Particle."

I don't mean to come off like the "Mr. Scientist" military head in South Park.  But as we all know, real science is quite different from agenda (Opposite Day) "science," or as it should be properly regarded, cult doctrine.

This Day in History: December 5

Motion in re Coercing Vermont [More]

Molen Labia

Ron Molen, that is. [More]

Comment posters I've seen so far are no better, including the obligatory "gun owner and former NRA member" who is incensed and indignant over the right to keep and bear arms meaning just that, and all the Markley's Law hacks who seem to think they;re being original.  Maybe there's something in the water...?

Oh, yeah: Salt.

Victory in Corvallis

...for now. [More]

And then there's this bit of doublethink/newspeak:

Davis added that she supports the Second Amendment right to bear arms.

Right. That's why she's against it.

"Progressives."

Opposite Day.

I reminded of Brian on "Family Guy" asking Peter "Do you listen to yourself when you talk?"

We Get Letters

From the Feb. 2015 issue of GUNS Magazine, now in mailboxes and at newsstands throughout the Republic:

He's referring to this column.

I've never seen that explained in a gun mag before. The thought strikes: I may be a bad influence on these people...

Laughing here. This made my day. Can't wait to show the wife.

Activists defy new Washington gun law to demonstrate its unenforceability

Further explaining he and the seller are not exempt from background check requirements, the physical transfer of a “Glock Model 22” for “a wad of cash” is then completed. What’s not clear is if there is anything authorities can do about it. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner report notes a great tool for exposing Bloomberg "background check" ballot measures for the total scams that they are, that will all utterly fail at keeping their fraudulent core promise.

Captain's Log

• A superior "progressive"*
• The Butterfly Effect
• Notes

* Or, technically, something else... (and I may have more to say on this Morford later.)

The Irrelevant Collaborator

“The immigration system is broken, but this is an issue that should be addressed through collaborative federal action, not unilateral action by the president.” [More]

Hey, no fair! I want to help sell out the Republic, too...

KSDK, Where the News Comes First

Yeah, I guess in this case the race of the bad guys and their dead victim isn't important for people to be told. [More]

"A Gannett Company."

Figures.


[Via Florida Guy]   

An Idea Whose Time Has Come

Yeah, we'll eat at the Wooloworths lunch counter. The rest of you stand around and hold hands in solidarity. [More]

Segregation!

"Progressives"!

Opposite Day!

You Can't Stop the Signal

See for yourself. [Watch]

[Via Keith D]

Saturation Point

In 2012, Slate.com crunched numbers from a variety of manufacturers, as well as federal statistics on background checks, and extrapolated that nearly 3.3 million AR-15s were in the country. But that was before Newtown and calls for bans, which drove sales through the roof. In congressional testimony last year, the National Shooting Sports Foundation estimated assault-style weapons domestically in the range of five million-8.2 million. [More]

"In common use at the time," baby.

"The best laid schemes o' mice and men..."

This Day in History: December 4

We are Under sails With 9 ships of the line, And about 6000 Men Recruits Included [More]

Michael Brown Died for Our Sins

Damn us gun owners anyway... [More]

"Progressives." Is it any wonder I love them so?

Stop the Threat: "Fighting Back"

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We're the Only Ones Getting You All Choked Up Enough

I can't breathe. I can't breathe. [Watch and Read]

Well, jeez, being accused of selling unlicensed cigarettes, why the surprise?

I see our old pal Liberty-Lynchin' Patrick of the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association-- and talk about your Orwellian oxymorons -- is "pleased."

Well  no wonder:

The guy lifted several fingers.

Suddenly, these lyrics take on new meaning:

Bad boys, bad boys

What'cha gonna do?

What'cha gonna do when they come for you?

I wonder if they ever think about that.

Oath Keepers reject orders, refuse to stand down, remain on Ferguson rooftops

“To assert that the property owners of Ferguson do not have the right to invite the Oath Keepers to assist them would be tantamount to telling an individual that they do not have the right to assist a neighbor in need. Additionally the property owners and Oath Keepers have numerous other Rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution including the right to freely assemble which may not be restricted by any County Ordinance or State Statute.” [More]

This afternoon's Gun Rights Examiner report notes an order that will not be obeyed.

Anonymous Baltimore gun tip reward line creates new dangers

What is clear is the promise of a reward and the guarantee that the person receiving it will not have to provide their name lends itself to the potential for abuse. Not only could gangland competitors be effectively removed, an opportunistic criminal could reap rewards for phoning such a calculated tip in, including the possibility of exploiting unsuspecting police to permanently eliminate reported rivals. Also unstated is what safeguards are in place to ensure rogue law enforcement officers don’t themselves create a tip to do an end run around Fourth Amendment protections, artificially establishing phony “probable cause” opportunities for stops, searches and seizures that would otherwise not present themselves. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner report notes nothing quite creates more opportunities to say "he went for his waistband" and set the stage for more Fergusons like Opposite Day "progressives" setting out to reduce minority "gundeaths."

Moms Demand Wrong Action

It's not like Opposite Day "progressives" know of any other kind... [More]

FFLGuard December vBlast

The last one for 2014... [Watch]

Hoist with His Own Petard

Not that I expect self-enabled martyrdom to shake anyone's "progressive" faith... [More]

[Via Michael G]

No Justice No Pizza?

Paging Al and Jesse... [More]

Barack Obama, Eric Holder, the Congressional Black Caucus and Minister Farrakhan may want to weigh in on this as well...

We're the Only Ones Mollified Enough

‘I was stupid': Boy apologizes to Cleveland police for having BB gun [More]

I evidently have some serious groveling to do myself.

A Symbolic Vote

In the meeting, “the lawmakers began coalescing around a two-part plan that would allow a symbolic vote to show their frustration with President Obama’s executive action on immigration, before funding the government ahead of a Dec. 11 deadline,” according to the New York Times. [More]

Frustrated? Getting cold feet?

Just slip on a pair of George F.U. Bush socks!

This is how establishment Republicans have their feet held to the fire.

This Day in History: December 3

From a consultation with the Secy at War we concluded that it would be fruitless, and therefore unadvisable to solicit either a repayment or sale of powder from the Magazines of the U. States. We were informed by him however that there are in the magazine within Virginia three hundred thirty six barrels of loose powder and seventy of fixed ammunition: that additional supplies will be forwarded as prudence may suggest; that this resource will on all emergencies be open to the State, and to ensure it the more satisfactorily that orders will be given to the Keepers in cases of invasion particularly, to comply with requisitions from the Executive. [More]

Nevada grassroots gun rights group challenges invalid Bloomberg signatures

The letter to Sec. Miller, signed by Nevadans for State Gun Rights President Don Turner, contained three requests for invalidation. The first noted petitions delivered after the required submission date. The second pointed out the lack of required affidavits for each page of signatures submitted, and that it specified the wrong county. The third showed an example of an affidavit signed and dated before all the signatures appearing on it had been obtained. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner report notes some of the sloppiest election rigging money can buy, and not just on the part of Bloomberg's hired signature gatherers.

Corvallis Reminder

If you're an Oregon gun owner, you already knew about this, right, and you've already taken steps to spread the word and provide/urge support for the people fighting on your behalf? [More]

Yeah...?

We're the Only Ones Going to the Dogs Enough

Probably not, as long as they don't face personally-compelling consequences to incentivize alternatives. [More]

Oh, and "Mark @ 11/27/2014 11:21 AM"-- I can't wait for you to retire, either.


[Via Florida Guy]   

Another Ben Carson Gunfail

Sorry, those still promoting this guy for high office. The answer is "No." [More]

I also find it hard to believe someone advocating something this ignorant --strictly from a physiological capacity standpoint -- is qualified to be a medical professional.

We're the Only Ones Anti-Social Enough

Anti-social media, that is. [More]

Really? "[D]isorderly conduct and illegal use of computer communications"...?

These guy ever hear of the Streisand Effect?

Once and For All

I see plenty of opportunities here to destabilize things by upping the violent crime numbers and creating an (amplified) outcry for government to "do something." [More]

You know, kick the agenda into higher gear...

Unsatisfied

"After careful consideration of the iP1’s design, we have determined that it does not satisfy the statutory definition (of a smart gun) because, as a matter of design, the pistol may be fired by a person who is not an authorized or recognized user. That is, as long as the pistol is situated within 10 inches of the enabling wristwatch, it may be fired by anyone - the authorized user or any other person who is able to pull the trigger." [More]

The antis will never be satisfied anyway, but good.  Let's hope they're sputtering in impotent rage.

Funny -- they seem awful quiet about it at this writing. Nothing on their website, their blog or Facebook page yet, either.

I'm sure we'll see something soon, won't we? Perhaps they want to put more thought and patience into their excuse-making than they did in their lawsuit...?

Speaking of "Progressives"...

One of those  sadist-psychopath / infiltrator-disruptors is trying to reframe the terms to exempt his brand of "pure" collectivism.

Gosh, "Newspeak" to discourage all but approved communication. No one's ever thought of that before.

A Disparity of Force

This German incident brings to mind a question of potential life or death: Which would you rather have? An equalizer or a memorial candlelight vigil? [More]

Curious, how Opposite Day "progressives," who represent themselves as being egalitarian and pro-choice, would impose the latter on us all under force of state arms, whether we agreed with them or not.

[Via William T]

Behind Closed Doors

Why?  Doesn't this affect all of us? [More]

One thing's for sure. They won't try this as a delaying move to stop things in their tracks.

American Gunfighter

Check out the latest edition. [More]

Unauthorized Journalists Need Not Apply

What? You mean Opposite Day "progressives" aren't against all forms of discrimination? [Watch]

So Jesse Jackson wants to come to town and badmouth guns and gun owners, and the only chroniclers the general public are likely to hear from are all "legitimate news media."

What are you, personally, going to do to change that? Will you take a moment -- right now -- and share the video link?

Keep Calm and Carry

• Behind Enemy Lines
• Meeting Mike Vanderboegh

The November 2014 Connecticut Carry Newsletter is out, and guess who is featured on pp 26 - 32. [More]