Thursday, February 05, 2015
Stop Them Before They Kill Again!
Some experts predict that for the first time in decades, firearms will kill more people nationwide this year than motor vehicles. [More]Somebody who thinks that inanimate objects "kill" is considered an "expert"?
By Opposite Day "progressives," I guess yeah...
No mention of DGUs, naturally, which is another front where they've resurrected an old lie for a new audience of ignoramuses.
And if they're really intent on bringing suicide front and center, perhaps they ought to take a look at the Only Ones they want having guns (for now)...
[Via bondmen]
UPDATE: Correspondent MM advises John Lott has deconstructed the numbers, once more illustrating the truism about lies, damned lies and statistics being used by Monopoly of Violence cultists in order to con the gullible into surrendering their rights.
Stolen Valor
Brian Williams admits that his story of coming under fire while in Iraq was false... [More]It's not the first time he's been caught in a lie, but that time it was an "approved" one.
Maybe I'm being too harsh with that characterization. After all, he says:
I made a mistake in recalling the events...That's reminiscent of:
So I made a mistake. That happens. It proves I'm human...Besides, what difference does it make?
This Day in History: February 5
I am also informed by that General Officer, that there are two obstacles which still greatly oppose & retard the success of collecting your Recruits, viz. the want of Provisions to support and carry them to the place of general Rendezvous; and the want of efficacious means for apprehending Deserters... [More]
Wednesday, February 04, 2015
The Blood Dancers' Wish List
And we want one of these, and one of these, and... [More]
Kurt looks at "progressives" working themselves into an eye-rolling frenzy fantasizing about all the edicts they'd love to be able to impose, and have somebody else can enforce.
Kurt looks at "progressives" working themselves into an eye-rolling frenzy fantasizing about all the edicts they'd love to be able to impose, and have somebody else can enforce.
‘Hobbit ring’ school suspension merits closer look
What’s unknown is how much of the story as reported comports with the totality of events and what was actually said and done. If all is as related in the OA Online report, it recalls other hysterical overreactions on the part of teachers and school administrators, such as the account of a child suspended for biting a strawberry tart into something supposed adults said looked like a gun, or the teen confronted by officials and police for fantasizing about shooting a neighbor’s pet dinosaur, or my personal favorite, a county-wide school lockdown and detention of a student after a worker misinterpreted the lyrics to “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” that accompanied a voicemail. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner report looks at those who covet the ring of power to the point of madness.
Be That Way
If that's the way you want it. Karma has a way of catching up. Too bad the animals will no doubt prey on others before they're sent to the oblivion they deserve. [More]
Pity such nullification never seems to take place when a gun rights advocate is charged with the victimless exercising of his right to keep and bear arms.
Hey, if I said anything about deporting the goddamn Somali back to the hellhole he came from to see how he likes justice there, would that make me a racist?
[Via Florida Guy]
Pity such nullification never seems to take place when a gun rights advocate is charged with the victimless exercising of his right to keep and bear arms.
Hey, if I said anything about deporting the goddamn Somali back to the hellhole he came from to see how he likes justice there, would that make me a racist?
[Via Florida Guy]
Markley's Law Writ Large
Maybe it's penis envy? [More]
Oh, wait, I know -- its' submission to the will of the dominant males in their lives, because everyone know an armed woman is 3,473,683 times more likely to be the victim of domestic abuse and killed after her gun is taken away from her.
It's settled science!
Sorry, ladies. The people who promote that are "progressives," and we have to assume they're smarter than us and know what's best, right?
Oh, wait, I know -- its' submission to the will of the dominant males in their lives, because everyone know an armed woman is 3,473,683 times more likely to be the victim of domestic abuse and killed after her gun is taken away from her.
It's settled science!
Sorry, ladies. The people who promote that are "progressives," and we have to assume they're smarter than us and know what's best, right?
No on Lynch
GOA explains why. [More]
We will all come to regret that NRA stood by and did not lead in this, as they have not led in so many other vital areas. This should be a scored vote.
Sadly, the near certain outcome is all too predictable.
We will all come to regret that NRA stood by and did not lead in this, as they have not led in so many other vital areas. This should be a scored vote.
Sadly, the near certain outcome is all too predictable.
Get Well Soon
Sheriff Richard Mack is recovering from a heart attack. [More]
Interesting story, how he drove himself to the hospital rather than wait for second responders.
Interesting story, how he drove himself to the hospital rather than wait for second responders.
We're Not the Only Ones
Detroit police chief James Craig – nicknamed “Hollywood” for his years spent in the LAPD and his seeming love of being in front of the camera – has repeatedly called on “good” and “law-abiding” Detroiters to arm themselves against criminals in the city. [More]What is this guy, some kind of manhood-compensating anti-government white racist?
Quick! Somebody think up a new charge to level, because white-privileged Shannon couldn't very well play the Uncle Tom card without massive blow-back.
When East Meets West...
You know, the cultural revolutionaries who call those with the power to make forced obedience costly "human rights violators"...
[Via cydl]
A Game of Inches
We're the Only Authorized Journalists Simulated Enough
The Social Engineering Network
Oh, look, twice in one morning I'm harping on the tactical and strategic importance of being on "social media." [More]
[Via Florida Guy]
[Via Florida Guy]
Washington State Patriots Bail Fund Info
It's nice to see others are thinking of this in advance. It would also be nice to see a tally for how much they collect that's earmarked for legal defense, just to see how deeply declarations of support prove out.
Switching gears, you know how I'm always bugging people to get on social media, saying it's not about trivial pursuits but about command, control, communications and intelligence? And not ceding an important front to the enemy? In the words of a friend and colleague:
If you have any comms with any of those folks, tell them (pls) to get their damned Twitter feeds up, running, tested, and publicized NOW, with a comms plan to live-Tweet events there on Sat so that the world knows WTF is happening live-- It is the second most important thing (besides being there) and is a helluva lot more important than a 6 or 12 hour delayed-After Action Report..I'd add have someone there streaming live video.
Back to the defense fund: Support it and spread the word, or be ready and committed to provide aid on a moment's notice, like Mike knows I am.
Stop the Defen...Uh...Violence
Moretti Underground Redux
My Monday night interview discussing ATF/DOJ "fraud on the court" in the Jay Dobyns case has now been archived. The segment begins at 1:01.
This Day in History: February 4
George III issues Cornwall’s Proclamation of Cessation of Hostilities (which would later culminate, in September, with the Paris Peace Treaty), ending the American Revolution. [More]I'm probably going to continue this series through the year 1783 until then, and maybe even afterward to highlight conflicts of establishing the new system, but perhaps not daily. Or perhaps I may go back to the beginning of conflict and start doing things chronologically from the start of action. Or I may just hang up this feature altogether, or figure out some other way to present a daily account of what it took to shake off a crown.
Those of you who have been following this feature have no doubt noticed that in addition to the "big" stuff, I've tried to present everyday stuff to give a feel for the sacrifices "ordinary" people went through, and factors that need to be considered to obtain a more whole picture, stuff like supplies, logistics, tactics, personalities, regional matters, schisms, etc. Those are things that would have relevance should all avenues of peaceable redress be blocked and should some decide an "obey or be destroyed" alternative is not acceptable.
Tuesday, February 03, 2015
There's a "Good Reason" for Tyranny?
The rulers in D.C. seem to think so. SAF hopes to persuade them otherwise. [More]
They'd better, before protesters decide there's more than one Washington to make a statement in. It's not like it hasn't been proposed before. Several times over the years. And the way things seem to be going, some day it's bound to happen.
They'd better, before protesters decide there's more than one Washington to make a statement in. It's not like it hasn't been proposed before. Several times over the years. And the way things seem to be going, some day it's bound to happen.
Carter SecDef nomination raises concerns for gun owners
Gun owners have a vested interest in seeing this area of authority explored in further detail. The hearings would allow Carter’s position to be made absolutely clear so that interested parties will be informed parties who can then decide on how they want to advise their senators. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner report notes you sometimes find a gun rights nexus in places you'd never think to look...
For Better or for Worse
Like it or not, it's gonna happen. [More]
Like it or not, Mike's going.
That means all the pro and con advice is now a moot point.
This is the new paradigm all of us, but especially the "gun groups," need to get used to, because it effectively nullifies any "compromises" some may be inclined to agree to. Ultimately, people are going to choose to obey or disobey. Ultimately, people are going to choose if they wish to confront. Once the decision is made, our approval and agreement don't matter. Nothing we say or do is going to stop it.
Once the decision is made, we can condemn them as extremists who make us all look bad, or we can remind any so inclined that the real extremists are those who would deny rights and force their will on others.
I suppose we'll see how many urging "go" will go themselves, and how many who won't will help with the legal costs. But for now, let's think positive, and hope that this turns out to be the genius move some believe it to be.
I don't recall ever praying to be proven absolutely wrong before. That is now my prayer.
Like it or not, Mike's going.
That means all the pro and con advice is now a moot point.
This is the new paradigm all of us, but especially the "gun groups," need to get used to, because it effectively nullifies any "compromises" some may be inclined to agree to. Ultimately, people are going to choose to obey or disobey. Ultimately, people are going to choose if they wish to confront. Once the decision is made, our approval and agreement don't matter. Nothing we say or do is going to stop it.
Once the decision is made, we can condemn them as extremists who make us all look bad, or we can remind any so inclined that the real extremists are those who would deny rights and force their will on others.
I suppose we'll see how many urging "go" will go themselves, and how many who won't will help with the legal costs. But for now, let's think positive, and hope that this turns out to be the genius move some believe it to be.
I don't recall ever praying to be proven absolutely wrong before. That is now my prayer.
Newsworthy
Not Quiet on the Western Front
The culture war is still in the cold stage. [More]
There are some people who need to realize that could quickly change if the pressure doesn't let up. And there are others who do realize, and are intentionally provoking with each new calculated assault on liberty.
There are some people who need to realize that could quickly change if the pressure doesn't let up. And there are others who do realize, and are intentionally provoking with each new calculated assault on liberty.
The Particulars
NRA beating this particular drum in this particular way is particularly galling. [More]
They had to be dragged in -- and you can prove that for yourself by following the way the story was finally forced into the public consciousness -- which naturally assured they would never, ever acknowledge those doing the prodding. It's hardly surprising to see that "tradition" continue.
They never weighed in until after Grassley started making noises. Guess what had to happen before he did.
No offense or disrespect is meant toward the outstanding and original work done by Sharyl Attkisson, but if you click on the "prove...yourself" link, you can see how much preceded the first CBS News report. If your exposure is limited to what the big boy media and the guys driving the weinermobile say, you'd never know any of that.
They had to be dragged in -- and you can prove that for yourself by following the way the story was finally forced into the public consciousness -- which naturally assured they would never, ever acknowledge those doing the prodding. It's hardly surprising to see that "tradition" continue.
They never weighed in until after Grassley started making noises. Guess what had to happen before he did.
No offense or disrespect is meant toward the outstanding and original work done by Sharyl Attkisson, but if you click on the "prove...yourself" link, you can see how much preceded the first CBS News report. If your exposure is limited to what the big boy media and the guys driving the weinermobile say, you'd never know any of that.
You Win Some, You Lose Some
Lane County Flip Flops, Wasco County Steps Up [More]Politicians cheese out because they think they can. They think they can because not enough gun owners have convinced them they can't.
One Hurdle Cleared
A bill to repeal the requirement for background checks on firearm transfers between private individuals and the fees levied to carry out the background checks passed the Senate Judiciary Committee today on a 3-2 vote. [More]I'll bet these guys are going to be relieved. My sources tell me they've basically been shut down, frozen in fear over the prospect of running afoul of a "gun law."
[Via cydl]
UPDATE: I am told "All the house bills died in committee along partisan lines, 6 -5. These are the repeal of the mag ban, repeal of the 'universal' background check and extending self-defense rights to one’s business."
For the Children
Who would you rather have on your side in a self-defense situation -- any number of "prominent" anti-gun males, or this 11-year-old girl? [More]
[Via bondmen]
[Via bondmen]
This Day in History: February 3
Mr Fitz-Herbert presents his Compliments to Mr Adams, and as he is obliged to go to Versailles tomorrow, begs leave to propose to him and the other American Ministers Plenipotentiary for the Peace to meet at his (Mr F’s) lodgings on Wednesday next at eleven o’clock for the purpose of conferring together upon the subject of the definitive treaty... [More]
Monday, February 02, 2015
School FOIA response points to law violation by anti-gun filmmaker
With events and actions established, the Oakland Police Department probably won’t do anything unless public pressure makes ignoring things problematic. They have evidence that a gun, real or imitation, was brought into a school within their jurisdiction. They have the ability to determine if exemptions were in force if the firearm was real. They have a statement from the school director that if the gun was a replica, it was not authorized. They have cause to investigate to determine if any violations occurred, and no excuse not to aside from they don’t want to. On the flip side, it’s tough to believe they would not throw the book at gun rights supporters for bringing a nonexempt real gun or unauthorized replica gun into a school in order to make a pro-gun advocacy point. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner report notes it looks like real law was broken by those demanding more laws, and wonders if the David Gregory Effect will once again come into play.
Exclusive: “Green Decoys” Lure Sportsmen Into Deceptive Trap
Employing a “divide and conquer” strategy against gun owners, often pitting sport shooters against those who own firearms for the primary purposes of protection and freedom, is hardly new. It’s been tried before with other well-funded shill groups established by those who can’t push citizen disarmament edicts through if they’re up front about their intentions, so they instead package them in a way to induce well-meaning but poorly informed gun owners to take the bait. [More]My latest GUNS Magazine "Rights Watch" column is now online.
What's to Consider?
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Consider contacting your commissioners and sheriff to let them know that many counties are taking courageous steps and they should too. [More]I rarely find myself not in lockstep with my friends at Oregon Firearms Federation, but in this case, my reaction is to say "'Consider,' hell, just do it."
Nothing to See Here
So 18 million foreign students and workers — including many university-trained workers — have jumped into the U.S. economy since Obama was inaugurated in 2009. [More]What could this possibly have to do with guns?
And just to add insult to injury...
Thank goodness the Republicans will save us.
Last Night on Armed American Radio
Record setting US Army Ranger Sniper Jim Gilliland, Next Level Training's Mike Hughes, US National Rifle Team shooter Anette Wachter, David Codrea. [More]Host Mark Walters was planning on Jay Dobyns making a return appearance, but an important family matter came up, meaning he'll be scheduled for another program.
It did give Mark and me the full third hour to have a good in-depth conversation.
Suing Everytown
Caught in a damaging lie, and this time, it may cost them... [More]
Bob Owens has the scoop. This is a case to watch.
Bob Owens has the scoop. This is a case to watch.
Ask a RadFem
A Commitment to Core Principles
Evidently that involves "progressive" academics yakking at some egghead group grope and doing nothing to address getting their cowardly hindquarters out of the way and to stop presuming to make personal defense choices for others... [More]
Not that I have strong feelings on the subject...
It's funny. 40 years later, I only remember the names of four professors, and I'm a guy who can quote Star Trek verbatim and knows all the words to old TV theme songs. The one I remember best was Joe Begala.
As for everything else, Fr. Guido Sarducci was right.
Not that I have strong feelings on the subject...
It's funny. 40 years later, I only remember the names of four professors, and I'm a guy who can quote Star Trek verbatim and knows all the words to old TV theme songs. The one I remember best was Joe Begala.
As for everything else, Fr. Guido Sarducci was right.
The Way Things Oughtta Be
The bosses ought to be able to freely come a-callin', with everything that implies. [More]
[Via Florida Guy]
[Via Florida Guy]
Perpetual Hickenlooper Blues
From CYDL:
Hick was on a local show over the weekend where the public was encouraged to send him questions. Apparently more than a few folks asked about the repeal of our Bloomberg laws. Here’s what he said:
@9NEWSpolitics@hickforco what do you think about the overwhelming push to recall your draconian #2A bills that you didn't even read??
— Dr Conner (@askdrconner)
"Well, I haven't seen the overwhelming desire," Hickenlooper said. "That's a legislative issue." The governor says he hears plenty of support for his background checks bill. (He's said before that the magazine limits measure was tougher for him.) "I think it makes Colorado a safer place," Hickenlooper added. "No one has brought to me information or data that suggests otherwise."
Then, a more, umm… urgent issue. A lack of restrooms on the highways...
Here’s the whole enchilada.
Temporarily Going Underground
Too bad it's gotta be done underground, as most "real reporters" have no incentive to tell people about corruption in the administration they still have a giddy crush on. The problem with that, of course, is if it's not "headline news," the politicians figure it's safe to ignore and they can get more ink making noise about something else.
That's why I keep asking for force multipliers to spread the word.
You'll be able to click here to listen.
Paging Jojo Krako
Who's offerin' amnesty? We're reformin'. [More]
Ain't that right, Jojo?
These people sure are adept at weasel-wording and avoiding admitting the inevitable. What liars -- both Walker and the increasingly useful-to-the-establishment Breitbart, which is proving increasingly useless in other vital areas.
Ain't that right, Jojo?
These people sure are adept at weasel-wording and avoiding admitting the inevitable. What liars -- both Walker and the increasingly useful-to-the-establishment Breitbart, which is proving increasingly useless in other vital areas.
Repeal Rally
The text of Graham’s measure, HB 1886, is fairly simple. It would send the 18-page gun control measure, passed by voters last November, back to the voters at the next general election. [More]If there is information that says gun owners can expect better funding, a superior information campaign and different results from last time, I haven't seen it. The other factor to be considered involves all those "wild cards" who are determined to force the issue.
Maybe this week I can find time to flesh out some further thoughts on that.
Guidance Counselors
So if this isn't an admission that despite denials, the administration was stiffing and choking disapproved industries, why the need for clarification? [More]
Like a Good Neighbor
I have a very good friend whose neighbor is on vacation. Because of beaucoup snow, he has been putting tire tracks in the neighbor's driveway so the house appears occupied from the road. Due to the current heavy snow conditions, this morning, after he cleared his own driveway, my friend took his snowblower next door and did that one, too, on his own initiative and without being asked.
This has multiple benefits of establishing continual goodwill, and also in keeping his neighborhood protected by removing a telltale sign that could attract burglars. While my friend is also active in national and state-level matters -- and in a good way or he wouldn't be my friend -- this is getting involved locally and personally, something we also can't overlook.
And sure, it would have been a lot easier to ignore things, with plenty of excuses to justify non-involvement. My friend is not the type who considers his sole contribution to be having an opinion.
I'm certain there would be no shortage of private jetsetter-funded environmentalcases who would condemn my starting-to-get-up-there-in-age friend for using a gas-powered Briggs & Stratton assaultblower, and would prefer he increase his heart attack risks by doing things the Gaia-friendly way (hey, do we have to show respect and spell that G--a?). Besides, he's one of those evil gun owners, and we could all do with fewer of those selfish haters, right?
This has multiple benefits of establishing continual goodwill, and also in keeping his neighborhood protected by removing a telltale sign that could attract burglars. While my friend is also active in national and state-level matters -- and in a good way or he wouldn't be my friend -- this is getting involved locally and personally, something we also can't overlook.
And sure, it would have been a lot easier to ignore things, with plenty of excuses to justify non-involvement. My friend is not the type who considers his sole contribution to be having an opinion.
I'm certain there would be no shortage of private jetsetter-funded environmentalcases who would condemn my starting-to-get-up-there-in-age friend for using a gas-powered Briggs & Stratton assaultblower, and would prefer he increase his heart attack risks by doing things the Gaia-friendly way (hey, do we have to show respect and spell that G--a?). Besides, he's one of those evil gun owners, and we could all do with fewer of those selfish haters, right?
Looks Like I Kicked Over Yet ANOTHER Hornet's Nest
My challenges to those of you urging Mike to go:
- Do so publicly under your own name.
- Go with him.
- Start a fundraising campaign -- right now -- to cover anticipated legal costs.
A Libertarian Paradox
This time, frequent comment poster russn8r, whose conclusions about the destructive results of "amnesty" I happen to agree with, crosses swords with my friend Bruce Krafft in addressing "no borders" libertarianism as endorsed by another friend, L. Neil Smith. See comments under the linked article. [More]
I agree that, assuming we're not on the cusp of a new dark age, governments, which are a form of social technology, can evolve to the point where the advantages of voluntary and contractual associations and self-government, with private enforcement via positive and negative incentive mechanisms, would replace what is currently being haphazardly and unjustly done through coercion and force. Once we had tribal chiefs, then kings, and now, evidently, sorcerers. Perhaps there will come a time when we can rule ourselves without interference, and render those who would control us lunatic curiosities and pariahs .
That said, I don't see how we are to get from here to there by opening the floodgates to the system currently in place and occupying the same territory with disparate cultures, especially with the next step in that plan apparently being civil war by selective assassinations after the political consequences some of us are warning against actually occur. I didn't see that point denied.
As I've noted before, and will repeat here again, if anyone has actual data -- not opinions or wishful thinking-- to refute the documented observation that the millions of illegal immigrants the Obama administration says "have earned the right to be citizens" will not politically identify overwhelmingly with the Democrats and the gun-grabbers, present your evidence. That's the dispassionate discussion I am offering once more.
But do me a favor and present your views over there. That's where more people need to see the conversation, plus I'm overwhelmed with work today and will make comment moderation here a lower priority than getting my primary tasks done.
I agree that, assuming we're not on the cusp of a new dark age, governments, which are a form of social technology, can evolve to the point where the advantages of voluntary and contractual associations and self-government, with private enforcement via positive and negative incentive mechanisms, would replace what is currently being haphazardly and unjustly done through coercion and force. Once we had tribal chiefs, then kings, and now, evidently, sorcerers. Perhaps there will come a time when we can rule ourselves without interference, and render those who would control us lunatic curiosities and pariahs .
That said, I don't see how we are to get from here to there by opening the floodgates to the system currently in place and occupying the same territory with disparate cultures, especially with the next step in that plan apparently being civil war by selective assassinations after the political consequences some of us are warning against actually occur. I didn't see that point denied.
As I've noted before, and will repeat here again, if anyone has actual data -- not opinions or wishful thinking-- to refute the documented observation that the millions of illegal immigrants the Obama administration says "have earned the right to be citizens" will not politically identify overwhelmingly with the Democrats and the gun-grabbers, present your evidence. That's the dispassionate discussion I am offering once more.
But do me a favor and present your views over there. That's where more people need to see the conversation, plus I'm overwhelmed with work today and will make comment moderation here a lower priority than getting my primary tasks done.
Missing the Bigger Picture
Comment poster Russn8r schools a couple of willfully blind and excuse-making deniers, not that I expect either will do anything but argue with someone they ought to just shut up and listen to. [More]
Not Helping
[More]
But not you, right, chatroom warrior?I always wonder if these things come from antis trying to create an impression. In this guy's case, we may find out, as including the president in his online fantasies may catch the notice of those who do not take such comments lightly, and who have the capability of compelling Disqus to share everything it has on the guy:
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We're the Fauxnly Ones Pulling Over Enough
A police impersonator tried to pull over an off-duty officer early Thursday morning, police said. [More]Be aware of these, and how often they've been documented, if for no other reason than the phenomenon may help with a legal defense claim some day.
We're the Only Ones On Thin Ice Enough
You know the nearer your booger hook to the bang switch, the more you're slip firin' away...Police say an officer in northern Ohio slipped on the ice during a drug search and accidentally shot himself in the hip. [More]
I'm thinking musical extravanganza here, Lee Paige On Ice...
[Via Sweet Baboo]
This Day in History: February 2
The Points to be considered are 1. Passports to be given to and received from the British Minister, for British and American Vessells, and 2d Preparations for the Signature of the definitive Treaty, both upon the Propositions of the British Minister Plenipotentiary. [More]
Sunday, February 01, 2015
Tonight on Armed American Radio
- Hour One -- Sniper Jim Gilliland discusses the attacks against Chris Kyle and his sniper brothers by the likes of the loony left
- Hour Two -- US Rifle Team shooter Annette Wachter; Founder of Next Level Training and Send Me Ammo dot com Mike Hughes
- Hour Three -- Now that national media has noticed the unprecedented action by the federal judge in his case alleging "fraud upon the court" by Department of Justice attorneys, Mark and I will be resuming our conversation with retired ATF Agent Jay Dobyns to assess where we -- because this affects all of us -- are now, and where we need for this to go.
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.
Yeah, I know, there's supposed to be some kind of game on or something this evening, but at least here there won't be any under-inflated balls.
Saturday, January 31, 2015
‘Vindictive prosecution’ subjects self-defense to ‘community standards'
In the doctor’s case, Berberian revealed the standards he wants imposed when he argued Simon sought a confrontation and should have locked himself in his home (presumably making sure he could safely usher his wife in first). Berberian also criticized the number of firearms Simon owned, alleging that showed the doctor was “hypersensitive,” and prone to using unlawful deadly force due to “a victimization complex.” [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner report notes what the doctrinaire monopoly of violence fanatics mean by "common sense gun safety laws." Perhaps a new term to describe the type of society they envision would be "Berberic."
Friday, January 30, 2015
Dobyns prepares ‘21 questions’ for indifferent-to-date legislators
First, read the 21 questions. Ask yourself, were this your case against the government, if you’d want them answered. Then be a force multiplier and help spread the word -- something even now most major media with a few notable exceptions has avoided doing -- just like with Fast and Furious. That means if the word is to get out, it’s up to people who care to bypass a resistant “legitimate news media.” [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner report is also today's Five-Minute Activism project. The establishment press will ignore this, so the politicians will figure it's not important. Help convince them otherwise. Please take a moment and spread the word.
'One Percenters' may find escape leads to trap of their own making
Men may die for a lot of things, for loved ones, for convictions, for country... but for their boss? [More]My latest JPFO Alert wonders what well-heeled anti-gunners with bug-out plans will do should "servants" take a page from the government playbook and assume the role of masters...
Maybe, just maybe, it will prove better to be a member of the Three Percent rather than the One Percent.
Another County Steps Up. Gun Rights Rally Reminder.
Oregon Firearms Federation has a new advisory. [More]
What Would YOU Do?
Step One: Ignore the evil "Gun Free Zone" sign. [More]
When I lived in SoCal, I never listened to the stupid Only One sheriff then-- had I, there's every chance I would not be here typing this -- and I wouldn't listen to his successor's arrogant crap now.
Red cards and fire extinguishers my ... eye.
Bleaters are slaughtered. If I go down, it will be fighting.
[Via Bluesgal]
When I lived in SoCal, I never listened to the stupid Only One sheriff then-- had I, there's every chance I would not be here typing this -- and I wouldn't listen to his successor's arrogant crap now.
Red cards and fire extinguishers my ... eye.
Bleaters are slaughtered. If I go down, it will be fighting.
[Via Bluesgal]
We're the Only Ones Spicing Up Your Life Enough
That's the old pepper! [More]
Somebody needs to do something about this shrieking, violent, incompetent lunatic. Like give us her name, for starters.
I love how the "progressives" she's no doubt indiscriminately spraying also almost universally hold the position that police are the "Only Ones" who can be trusted with guns in a public setting. I'll bet they'd all be fine if Officer Bipolar/Possessed here walked into the House and Senate galleries and other public buildings with a gun, solely because of the magic badge and uniform. I have been to many an armed event over the years, and never once seen a gun owner act like this.
Somebody needs to do something about this shrieking, violent, incompetent lunatic. Like give us her name, for starters.
I love how the "progressives" she's no doubt indiscriminately spraying also almost universally hold the position that police are the "Only Ones" who can be trusted with guns in a public setting. I'll bet they'd all be fine if Officer Bipolar/Possessed here walked into the House and Senate galleries and other public buildings with a gun, solely because of the magic badge and uniform. I have been to many an armed event over the years, and never once seen a gun owner act like this.
The Case of the Overlooked Office-Seekers
I can't wait to get to the end, when he breaks the housekeeper down to admit she did it, and she's glad.
More here and here...
Survey SAYS
Some believe rights in Oregon are a matter of opinion. [More]
It may come as a shock to them to find some don't agree, and are willing to demonstrate how much.
It may come as a shock to them to find some don't agree, and are willing to demonstrate how much.
We're the Only Ones Giving You a Choice Enough
Police Union: You Can Have Safe Neighborhoods Or Be Free Of Flashbang-Burned Toddlers, But Not Both [More]Oh, gosh, decisions, decisions...
I guess it depends on what the meaning of the term "safe neighborhoods" is...
Americans Have Obeyed Their Last Gun Law
A cyberpamphlet by L. Neil Smith [More]Can't wait to read it. Unfortunately, I won't be able to get to it until the weekend, as there is much work yet to do today.
A "Progressive" Reaction
To this.
What a maroon.
I also wonder if any of the critics from "our side" -- who were taking the earlier headlines as all the proof they need to pronounce the guy out of control -- will walk back any of their opinions.
I guess if everybody keeps the pressure on and the spotlight focused, they're bound to spot something and then get all frenzied over it. Kind of makes me wonder who's more dysfunctional...
Here's the only question I think it's any of my damn business to know, because due process affects us all: Did he get his guns back?
I also wonder if any of the critics from "our side" -- who were taking the earlier headlines as all the proof they need to pronounce the guy out of control -- will walk back any of their opinions.
I guess if everybody keeps the pressure on and the spotlight focused, they're bound to spot something and then get all frenzied over it. Kind of makes me wonder who's more dysfunctional...
Here's the only question I think it's any of my damn business to know, because due process affects us all: Did he get his guns back?
A Brief History of Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership
JPFO served a function matched by no other group in the freedom struggle, mobilizing a constituency that up to that point lacked voice. Oddly enough, it resonated as loudly with Gentiles as with Jews, a point that surprised Aaron but one he took in stride. He happily accepted any support in the quintessential battle that would never again allow government—or anyone—to attempt to wipe out His People—or anyone. [More]How we got from there to here. This is really a good behind-the-scenes narrative.
I am painfully aware of some friends who do not accept the new "here." I can tell you this much from discussions I am not at liberty to share in detail: This came from the heart of Alan Korwin and those he credited with assistance. It was not directed and controlled and finessed from "on high."
I do see one assertion I expect to be contested:
Some of the writers, apparently led by Claire Wolfe, considered taking the group over, but they lacked the resources to do so.I do not have specific knowledge of what that entailed or what resources were on the table. I won't be surprised to hear more on that from The Zelman Partisans, and if a rebuttal is presented there, I'll make sure and link to it from WarOnGuns.
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This is tangentially-related, but it's not part of my promotion of Korwin's piece, so I'm fine-printing it to set it apart:
There's one other personal note I think it's important to add -- In group discussion, I requested clarification if there is any topic I am prohibited from writing about for JPFO, or any desire to pre-approve or censor what I say. Alan Gottlieb assured me I am free to continue as I have been since before the merger took place. Naturally, I would not abuse that with an attack against the group or any of its leaders, or anything that runs counter to the mission and principles of JPFO, and expect it to be posted on their website -- If I feel that strongly, it will be time for me to leave and do the criticizing from my own house, not theirs.
I've seen comments posted around that my association with JPFO could make people perceive me as being a "sellout," particularly since I have not joined in on some of the more scathing criticisms of Gottlieb, some leveled by good friends of mine. If anyone is dishonest or dumb enough to buy into that, I can't get too worked up over it, because that type attacks me all the time. Anybody who thinks I do this to be popular hasn't been paying attention. I have some big differences with Alan, and he knows about them (my friend Dave Workman and I are polar opposites on this, for instance), and I'd have written about what I consider to be a "new paradigm" this week except the breaking Dobyns story and another tip I'm tracking down requiring immediate attention and focus.
I'll disagree with anybody when I think an alternative voice merits being heard. If that means it makes people -- any people -- want to have nothing to do with me, so be it.
UPDATE: Claire Wolfe comments.
UPDATE: And again.
Once is Happenstance
Remember that Goldfinger quote?
Happenstance?
That must make this "coincidence."
So when do we hear about number three?
[Via BJH]
Happenstance?
That must make this "coincidence."
So when do we hear about number three?
[Via BJH]
In Timor Veritas
Decree: "We do not recognize your rights and demand you surrender them to us."
Response: "They aren't yours to deny. We will defy you."
Dangerous stuff. Stay tuned.
Response: "They aren't yours to deny. We will defy you."
Dangerous stuff. Stay tuned.
[More]
This Day in History: January 30
The Clothing is forwarded on to the troops but as the paymaster informed me no Blankets had arrived in stores at New Burgh when he was there but that some were dayly expected, And as considerable proportion of the troops are without Blankets. [More]
Thursday, January 29, 2015
Could They Bury the Damn Thing Any Deeper?
One Giant Leap for a County -- One. One Small Step for a State
By a unanimous vote the board approved a “2nd Amendment Preservation Ordinance“. We have been informed that the audience cheered! [More]Oregon Firearms Federation brings us another incremental step in the right direction. Isn't that what a journey of a thousand miles begins with?
Glad Someone Noticed
Federal judge blasts DOJ lawyers in case of ATF whistle-blower [More]Over target. Payload delivered. Dismissive/insulting flak/talking points for the Fourth Estate Fifth Columnists to parrot in three, two, one...
Have you heard the exclusive we did on this with Jay last Sunday on Armed American Radio?
And just in case you need more background:
Dances with Poodles
Oh, look: Another Hollywood Me-Me-Me hypocrite. [More]
I guess it's been a while since last he yapped.
I guess it's been a while since last he yapped.
NRA Ignoring Immigration Threat To Gun Rights
Yet GOA seems to be the only gun group drawing attention to the issue. As David Codrea noted in a series of columns last year, the NRA avoids addressing the immigration issue like the plague. [More]I repeat my challenge: It's incumbent on anyone who disagrees to refute this with more than mere opinion. If you have superior numbers, let's have 'em.
No "Yeah, buts." No phony "they're conservatives at heart." No changing the subject to the merits of stateless anarchy.
Address the damn numbers we're going to have to live with in the real world.
A Disarming Proposition
Several of them, actually. [More]
- Gun bans happen because oath-breakers know they can get away with them politically. How they'll respond when victims sick of having their rights stolen by government criminals cease obeying the bans on a massive scale remains to be seen.
- It's funny, how those who say trust your life to technology couldn't even get a projector to work.
- And, of course, the hive insects behind both of those infringements want to suspend due process and just take guns away on the say-so of someone who may or may not be bearing a grudge or have a will to contest.
Silver State Progress
Not the "progressive" kind, the real kind. [More]
Who thinks what happens in Vegas is going to stay in Vegas?
Realizing you and yours are also at risk, would you rather try to deflect a killer asteroid when it's a billion miles out or wait for it to enter the atmosphere?
A nudge right now would not only be appreciated, it is essential.
What Julianne Belives
Julianne Moore Believes in Therapy, Not God (and Definitely Not Guns) [More]Well God bless her.
Now how tolerant will she be of people with different beliefs?
What? She wants the state monopoly of violence to bend them to her will under force of arms? And destroy them if they refuse?
Rich Hollywood stars. Is it any wonder I love them so?
Blast from the Past
The following is instructive in more ways than one. For it shows that free African American citizens had arms in 1841. And that citizens had military cannon. Interesting how that this event isn't taught in history classes...[More]I'm thinking of a different word than "interesting"...
About the Dobyns Story
I just got paid a very nice compliment by a reader. After thanking him, I replied:
Please do everything you can to notify everyone from other activists to Jason Chaffetz at Oversight to big media-- just like in the early days of Fast and Furious, we had to pound and push and scream to get things noticed. The only way we can get attention for this is to do the same, meaning we need all the voices we can get spreading the word, sharing the links, demanding it not be buried and banging pots and pans until they can no longer ignore us. I have another story I'm still trying to verify that points to more corruption, and again, I expect to be pestering folks on that one, too...:-)I wish I didn't have to, but what else am I to do?
Revoked judgment in Dobyns case reveals further government misconduct
Contained between such surprisingly literary judicial bookends is much “legalese,” and much “backstory” that in many cases reads more like a novel than like a record of dry facts. It's almost surreal when figures from Operation Fast and Furious appear in this account, and they act in character consistent with how they established themselves in that story. This time, with additional “cast members” (and the legal document at times reads just like a script), the technique of “slow walking” (as in deliberately dragging their feet investigating the arson of Dobyns’ home) brings to mind another “walking” technique employed by ATF in that other installment of the bureau’s directed misadventures. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner report notes more sordid details about the criminals who would apply that designation to you and me.
Free at Last! Free at Last! Thank God Almighty, She's Free at Last!
Wife jailed for 20 YEARS for firing warning shots to scare off abusive husband finally walks free - after legal campaign against 'unfair' Stand Your Ground law made infamous by George Zimmerman's trial [More]Now these people know how to write concentrated talking points!
Except they may have left out the "white privilege" part (I don't know because I couldn't force myself to slog through so much dense hyperbole).
Which means it's up to an old ammosexual gun-humper to recall an inconvenient truth:
To show discriminatory application of the law, the Zimmerman outcome is juxtaposed against that in the Marissa Alexander case, ignoring that Alexander was not under attack when she left her house, went to her garage, retrieved a gun from her vehicle’s glove box and returned to the house to point the gun “in the direction” of her alleged abuser who had his hands in the air, and then fired a shot. To cry Jim Crow racism here, especially since all involved were black, is at best misguided. So that, naturally, is what the editorial does.That, and of course, Zimmerman's attorney didn't present a SYG defense.
Personally, I'm glad she's finally out. I hope she learned her lesson and everyone now agrees if she's safe enough to be living among us, she's safe enough to get her gun back.
What? We're being lied to? And none of the "progressives" screaming about how Alexander has been denied her rights want her to get a fundamental and supposedly unalienable one back?
[Via Mack H]
A Two-Edged Sword
I dunno -- if somebody votes to convict me of a "gun crime" instead of nullifying the charges, I think their role in violating rights and helping secure a monopoly of violence ought to be exposed. [More]
It's a tough one though -- what do you do when you have John Gotti on trial? Or even scarier, Eric Holder?
[Via Andrea Shea King]
It's a tough one though -- what do you do when you have John Gotti on trial? Or even scarier, Eric Holder?
[Via Andrea Shea King]
"This isn’t About the Second Amendment"
No, of course not. [More]
That's about not being infringed. This is about Fourth Estate Fifth Columnists-in-training trying to swindle readers into giving up their rights to a monopoly of violence, and using deceptive cost-only ruling elites-developed talking points that purposely don't acknowledge benefits in order to facilitate the con job.
You know, the same old reliance on fraud by lying "progressive" tools...
[Via Michael G]
That's about not being infringed. This is about Fourth Estate Fifth Columnists-in-training trying to swindle readers into giving up their rights to a monopoly of violence, and using deceptive cost-only ruling elites-developed talking points that purposely don't acknowledge benefits in order to facilitate the con job.
You know, the same old reliance on fraud by lying "progressive" tools...
[Via Michael G]
About Those NRA Elections
I proposed one way to figure out who you want.
Here's one who under no circumstances should be allowed back on the board -- which naturally means he's a nominating committee darling, and further explains the sellout and why LaPierre, Cox & Co. refuse to even acknowledge the "pathway to citizenship" danger to RKBA:
DO NOT VOTE FOR GROVER NORQUIST.
You remember him-- Mr. Amnesty, the NRA director who put on his other special interest hat to endorse a gun-grabber...?
[Via Florida Guy]
Here's one who under no circumstances should be allowed back on the board -- which naturally means he's a nominating committee darling, and further explains the sellout and why LaPierre, Cox & Co. refuse to even acknowledge the "pathway to citizenship" danger to RKBA:
DO NOT VOTE FOR GROVER NORQUIST.
You remember him-- Mr. Amnesty, the NRA director who put on his other special interest hat to endorse a gun-grabber...?
[Via Florida Guy]
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An Important Message from Rancid Prepuce
From an RNC email:
Got more money to waste? We've still got plenty of these:
This is the most valuable resource the Republican Party will offer our 2016 presidential nominee, and we can't map a path to victory without your support. Contribute to the RNC Presidential Trust today.And that way, we can make sure one of our establishment-picked amnesty-supporting gun squishes can continue the sellout, and siphon off funds that could have helped one of those nasty extremist Teatards. It's a win-win (for the Chamber of Commerce, and ultimately, for the Democrats)!
Thanks, Reince
Got more money to waste? We've still got plenty of these:
We're the Only Ones Anteing Up Enough
Our hand wins. We take the pot. [More]
Cards?
We ain't got no cards.
We don't need no cards.
I don't have to show you any stinkin' cards!"
You can thank our militarized anti-gambling special ops for not shooting you and keeping you from getting robbed by free-lancers down at the station.
Hey, we can't have these small-time private operations going on -- it upsets our anti-gun big business partners.
[Via Neil W]
Cards?
We ain't got no cards.
We don't need no cards.
I don't have to show you any stinkin' cards!"
You can thank our militarized anti-gambling special ops for not shooting you and keeping you from getting robbed by free-lancers down at the station.
Hey, we can't have these small-time private operations going on -- it upsets our anti-gun big business partners.
[Via Neil W]
Night Will Fall
A video reminder of what an armed group can do to an unarmed one... [Watch]
You'd think our stupid domestic Kapos for Kristallnacht would never forget, but then we have to factor in that truism about "progressives" and Opposite Day...
[Via Mike H]
You'd think our stupid domestic Kapos for Kristallnacht would never forget, but then we have to factor in that truism about "progressives" and Opposite Day...
[Via Mike H]
This Day in History: January 29
I scarcely need assure you that the intelligence communicated in your last of the liberation of the Southern States from the power of the Enemy, has afforded us infinite satisfaction, & that the event must be attended with very interesting consequences, whatever the future intentions of the British Cabinet may be... [More]
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