Inmate Found Carrying Gun in Courthouse

[T]he county jail inmate and convicted felon hid a .38-caliber snub-nosed revolver with hollow-point bullets, the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office said...

"We're still investigating how he got the gun," Sheriff's Office spokesman Lt. Chuck Lesaltato said. "We're looking at the whole thing from the time he was arrested to the time he was arrested at the courthouse."

Government "authorities" are at it again, with the same non-proprietary competence we've all come to expect.

How does the cliché go? When guns are outlawed...

And it's not like finding someone in custody with a firearm hasn't happened before [warning--graphic video].

And before.

And before...

Desperate Bradys Resort to Insults

The Brady Center will be protesting Florida's new self defense law.

In a flier the group plans to pass out at Miami International Airport and possibly Orlando International Airport, tourists will be admonished to take precautions that include: "Do not argue unnecessarily with local people."

Can you believe the nerve? Trying to make people think Floridians are violent hotheads who will shoot people over disagreements?

These liars have been waving red flags at gun owners for years. Yet the instances of violence and criminality we see all seem to come from the anti-defense zealots--not from armed Bill of Rights advocates.

I can think of a few creative and funny ways to (peaceably) monkeywrench these dolts--but I have a feeling they're going to make fools of themselves just fine without any outside help at all.

Miers to Replace O'Connor?

Will Harriet Miers be Bush's pick for the Supreme Court?

God, I hope not.

She's a big proponent of "Project Safe Neighborhoods", so we know where she stands on "shall not be infringed."

Shoulder-to-shoulder with other supporters of the federal gun control program.

A Temporary Delay

House Majority Leader Tom Delay has temporarily stepped down from the leadership position following his indictment by a Texas grand jury on campaign finance conspiracy charges.

Rep. Roy Blunt of Missouri, the current Republican whip, will temporarily fill the leadership position.

This should not change much for gun owners. Delay has an A rating and Blunt has an A- rating from GOA.

Government Gun Control

The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is joining the investigation of a state-run gun museum in Claremore... three cannons and about six-thousand guns are missing from the museum. Officials have said one gun from the museum was found at a crime scene in New York and another was found in Maine.

Sometimes I think if we just let the incompetent boobs run everything without opposition, we might actually end up with more freedom.

Homeowner Buys Gun After His Home Was Robbed In Montgomery

I guess it's better late than never.

Can you imagine watching intruders break into your home--and being helpless to protect your family?

I wonder if he's been sufficiently awakened to start helping in the fight to preserve rkba that's been going on while he slumbered?

The Braindead Tree

To some, who played cops and robbers and cowboys and Indians by the hour in their youth, this zero tolerance could seem like overreacting, but times are different now. An aggressive approach against weapons in school, real or toy, is a necessity in this age of violence.

More manipulated nonsense from those in charge. What are the chances inmates raised under this level of hysteria will grow into free citizens--jealous of their heritage of liberty and prepared to defend it?

What, the IRA HASN'T Disarmed?

"The more spotlight is put on this, the more we discover there is a cover-up.

"Part of the weapons that should have been decommissioned have disappeared and security forces admit they are probably in the hands of dissidents."

What a surprise.

Who could have imagined this might happen?

New Direction for Faulty Compass

P. Edwin Compass III has resigned.

Wonder if he'll be allowed to keep his guns?

Hessian Continues War on Guns/Reuters Continues War on Truth

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said on Friday that citizen patrols of his state's border with Mexico must be unarmed to avoid violence... Schwarzenegger had expressed support in April for the vigilantes, who began patrolling the U.S.-Mexican border in Arizona to draw attention to illegal immigration...

Arnhole's move doesn't surprise me--I would expect no less from a foreign national (he never gave up his Austrian citizenship--even though he swore an oath to renounce it when he "became" an American) who was the first governor to ban, among other things, politically incorrect caliber bolt action and semiauto rifles. I also expect California gun owners will roll over in fear and vote for him again because of the Democrats--again giving the Republicans carte blanche to continue their betrayals under the can't-prove it-by-me "lesser of two evils" doctrine. And I expect the major gun groups to continue giving the Hessian a pass--just like they did last time--and to withhold the truth from their members about their involvement with Arnold, as evidenced by this deleted page.

Also deleted for some (CYA) reason is Reuters' explanation for why they no longer use the word "terrorist" when describing head-sawing, civilian-bombing savages. I bring this up because "reporter" Jim Christie isn't shy about branding peaceable Americans who simply observe and report crimes to the authorities as "vigilantes." So much for Reuters' vaunted editorial pledge:

We do not take sides and attempt to reflect in our stories, pictures and video the views of all sides. We are not in the business of glorifying one side or another or of disseminating propaganda. Reuters journalists do not offer their own opinions or views.

Right.

[Liberty Belles]

Who Could Be Kookier Than Wendy?

Wendy Cukier, that is.

Cukier, president of the Toronto-based Coalition for Gun Control, says the long hours she's put in lobbying the government to bring in tougher gun laws have been therapeutic.

The Ryerson University professor says the 1989 Montreal massacre, in which 14 young female students were gunned down, prompted her to take up the cause.

Therapeutic for whom?

Seems to me if people are helpless and being slaughtered, the answer is to make them not helpless. And how will forcing those who don't engage in massacres into telling you what guns they own gonna help?

The Canadian government has spent [visualize Dr. Evil here] $2 BILLION Dollars on a gun registration boondoggle that most Canadians just ignore.

But apparently it's "therapeutic" for Wendy to know she's an apologist for coercing, criminalizing and destroying her countrymen if they don't bend to her sick will.

I guess the question is, how long are Canadians going to allow kooky broads like this any say at all when it comes to their rights?

Disasters, Unease Draw New Customers to Firearms

I suppose it's better late than never. And such trends--especially in "liberal" places like Oahu--gotta show the Bradys how irrelvant they are when TSHTF, which is a good thing.

But sometimes I feel like an alien in my own culture:

What is this permit you speak of?

Irish Republican Army Officially Disarms

I didn't believe it when the media first started making noises about it and I don't believe it now.

Bill St. Clair on Handgun Club of America

I wrote a letter last Thursday to HCA about their membership requirement that you promise to "observe all firearm laws." Josh Manheimer wrote back to me the same day saying that his editor agreed with me and that they would remove it from the pledge. They removed it. I joined.

Video: Only Following Orders

That excuse didn't work at Nuremberg.

It shouldn't work in America.

So much for taking an oath to defend the Constitution.

I love the way the "watchdog press" covers up for these stormtroopers--saying they're not using force when they clearly show them using force. And I love the way New Orleans officials are now saying they never issued any orders to confiscate firearms. If that's the case, this news clip is evidence of crimes being committed under color of authority.

But it is a new twist: I was only following orders that were never given.

The Eye of Sauron

Internet users hoping to protect their privacy by using anti-virus software, Web anonymizers, false identities and disabled cookies on their computer's Web browser have something new to worry about – a patent filed by the National Security Agency (NSA) for technology that will identify the physical location of any Web surfer.

But, hey, if you aren't doing anything wrong...

HCA Update Request

One of the frequent commenters to my original Handgun Club of America post recommends calling attention to the 35 comments it has generated to date. Because it is now buried by newer posts, he doesn't want to see the debate end because visitors don't know it's there.

I've done a few updates to this, including reporting that HCA has now added Second Amendment-related information to their site, but then regretfully relaying that in order to join, you must pledge to "observe all firearm laws."

Anyway, the comments range from spirited defenses of HCA by its officers and supporters, to spirited negative comments. Check them out and decide for yourself, and feel free to leave your own comments, criticisms and testimonials.

"Compliance With Gun Registry 'Virtually Nil'"

Canadian patriots are ingoring the edict to register their firearms.

The government is demonstrably unable to enforce a law defied by so many. It comes out looking like a bunch of impotent fools.

American gun owners could learn a lesson from our northern brothers.

American "gun rights leaders" could learn a lesson from "Jim Turnbull, president of the 5,000 member Canadian Unregistered Firearms Owners Association."

Lead us. Demand repeal of existing gun laws, not enforcement. Encourage defiance, not obedience.

GUNS EFAD Thread at THR

Author Matthew Bracken has started a thread over at The High Road about my review of "Enemies Foreign and Domestic" in the November issue of GUNS Magazine (on sale now, hint, hint).

One comment from "Sharps Shooter" made my day:

Quite the coincidence - I just read the review, not 5 minutes ago. I picked up the November issue of "GUNS" while in town earlier today. After reading the review, I decided "ENEMIES, FOREIGN and DOMESTIC" is going to be my next book purchase. I think the review is very positive and I'm looking forward to reading the book.

That kind of feedback really makes a difference, because the odds are, it's not a random isolated sentiment.

I remember after my GUNS review of "The Black Arrow" came out, Vin Suprynowicz wrote this to me:

I'm not sure how to deal with one $24 check that arrived here in the handwriting of an apparently very old fellow from Tennessee, made payable to "David Codrea" and itemized "for the Black Book."

Like "The Black Arrow," I can't recommend "Enemies Foreign and Domestic" highly enough. And while I'm not at liberty to post the entire review here due to copyright ownership, I can give an excerpt that I think summarizes the book's central thesis:

But back a man into a corner with other men—all proficient in modern weaponry, and all unbending believers in liberty—make it clear that you mean to destroy them, and a most dangerous type of resistance is born: a competent one.

Buy this book.

Check Out "The Gun Guy"

Ooops--wrong one!

This is the sheet-soaker who honored GunTruths.com with a "despicable five bullet rating" (5 out of 5 rounds!) a few years back. He accused us of "trivializing the holocaust, and equating gun control to the Nazi's extermination of the Jews, gypsies, gays, and political dissidents."

Don't tell him about JPFO or "Innocents Betrayed" or "'Gun Control': Gateway to Tyranny.". Don't tell him about "Registration: The Nazi Paradigm," or "The Darker Side of Gun Control." We mustn't upset his genocide-enabling ignorance.

Besides--who are you really inclined to believe--the leader of a Jewish civil rights group and an attorney/scholar who has argued cases before the Supreme Court, or some smarmy punk who anonymously belittles your right, and the right of those you love, to the means of self defense?