Notes from the Resistance...
A New York City tow truck driver claims that police are harassing him for enforcing the law against them on private property..."Enforcing the law." Against them?
"He was handcuffed behind his back in his wheelchair," Povman said. "While under arrest, he was denied medication and there was no handicap accessible bathroom."
I observe by a Return of Military Stores made the 12th. January, that there were 5000 Muskets unfit for service in the Magazine at Albany. I most earnestly desire that you will use your utmost endeavours to have them put into repair by the opening of the next Campaign. I also observe, by the same Return, that there is a considerable deficiency of Bayonets, which you will endeavour to make up if you have Armourers skilled in that branch of business. The loss and abuse of Arms in the course of a Campaign, in which We are obliged to call in large Bodies of Militia, is so great, that unless the utmost attention is paid to the repair of the Old, our Stock must soon be exhausted, for, of all the new imported last year, it is amazing how few remain in the different Magazines.
In arguing that strict scrutiny should not be applied to laws infringing rights guaranteed by the Second Amendment, Petitioners assert that Second Amendment rights are not fundamental” ... In this, Petitioners could not be more mistaken.
As the Framers made clear in the very text of the Second Amendment, they considered the right to keep and bear arms “necessary to the security of a free State.”
We're still waiting for confirmation, but let's assume for the sake of argument it's a done deal.He danced the complete Kabuki, right down to the mandatory move about considering John McCain for his VP slot. But at the end of the day, Mike Huckabee has admitted the obvious: he'll take the Veep nomination if John McCain offers it.And there will be no shortage of self-deluded gun owners telling themselves that's good enough for them, putting a "conservative" (!!!) a heartbeat from the presidency.
Craig and Crapo say they are concerned that the ATF is already too aggressive in enforcing gun laws. Are we missing something here or isn’t that what the ATF is supposed to do?It's a real victory for Newspeak when the subversives at The Ledger get away with representing themselves as "Patriots." And while it wouldn't be prudent to take the opposite side of the "shooting down" metaphor they bring up for Maximum Mike, one might still safely speculate on negligent wiener mishap, nothing too serious, just something that can be safely extracted with forceps...
White rear-ended a car in the 7400 block of University Avenue around 6 p.m. on Nov. 29, causing a chain-reaction accident with four cars, Esparza said. Instead of checking on the people or helping, he just backed up and left.
Esparza said it is unknown if drugs or alcohol played a role in the accident.He wouldn't be "The Only One" who's reacted that way...
The ATF and has since used this as an opportunity to build their case against us. Scrutinizing everything and continuing to make remarks like, "I am going to have to put this in my report".Vendetta? What vendetta? Certainly not from die Helden der BATFU ...
There intentions were not to bring us into compliance as they have claimed in the past but it was to specifically try and drum up violations in an attempt to paint us in a bad light before the Judge.
I got to see Acting ATF Director “Maximum Mike” Sullivan, I happened to be speaking with a reporter when I looked up Sullivan and about 8 or 9 other guys in suits came walking by…all with hot dogs (I am not kidding).Wieners. Why am I not surprised?
Shannon: “You can buy these, body armor piercing bullets, at a gun show locally?”And not just "Contact Five Investigators," but undercover "Contact Five Investigators." I wonder if they ran into this guy? He's generally disguised as a potted plant, but sometimes hides in the covered trash containers à la Agent 13 from Get Smart.
Sheriff Bradshaw: “Oh absolutely.”
Shannon: “I can buy this at our local gun show?”
Sheriff Bradshaw: “You can buy any of those--a bullet is a bullet.”
This means anyone, even a team of Contact Five Investigators, with no training, and no license to carry a gun can buy bullets—lots of them.
As if it's not foolish enough to make violent crime more illegal if the weapon used is a so-called "assault weapon," Florida lawmakers want to punish gun dealers for failing to read minds.Armed and Safe explores the primitive juju that is "gun control," and discovers another spate along the way.
The Continental Congress having been pleased to order, and direct, that there shall be one Chaplain to two Regiments, and that the pay of each Chaplain shall be Thirty-three dollars and one third, pr Kalendar Month -- The Revd. Abiel Leonard is appointed Chaplain to the Regiment of Artillery, under the command of Col Knox, and to the 20th. Regiment, at present commanded by Lt. Col Durkee.
The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms today announced its support for legislation introduced by State Sen. Mark Christensen that would amend the state’s concealed carry law to provide a residency exception to non-resident military personnel stationed in the state.
I thought I'd posted on this a couple weeks back, but I guess I didn't.
In short, no.
I just don't get giving special "Only One" exemptions to the standing army while denying it to "We the People." It's not like they have any incentive to invite the rest of us in from the cold once they have their place at the table.
That's not to say I think the state has legitimate power to prevent a service member--or anyone else who's not in due process adjudicated custodial care--from carrying. I just can't get behind unequal protection under ther law.
Maybe if more, not fewer, people felt my pain, there'd be more pressure to get something done about that.
UPDATE: Laughingdog tells me I'm all wet. It ain't the first time, and certainly won't be the last.Johnson was arrested and jailed over the weekend on a marijuana charge while awaiting sentencing on a federal weapons conviction.
On Tuesday, police added a theft charge stemming from reported use of a debit card that was left at a convenience store where he had worked. Johnson had a court appearance scheduled Tuesday.
The Washington State House Judiciary Committee cast its votes today to strip Washington gun owners of the right to a trial by jury. Since at least 1959, Washington citizens have had the right to a jury trial with a standard of “clear, cogent, and convincing evidence” before losing their right to bear arms due to being involuntarily committed for an alleged mental health illness.And yet again, there's nothing from our leaders.
House Bill 3095, sponsored by Committee Chairwoman Rep. Pat Lantz (D-26), effectively removes these protections by stripping citizens of their right to bear arms, perhaps permanently, after being involuntarily committed for a mere 14 days. In these “probable cause” hearings there is no jury, no elected judge, and the standard of guilt is a mere preponderance of the evidence.
Forcing churches to allow guns in their parking lots and use state-mandated language for signs forbidding firearms is an unconstitutional infringement on religious freedom, the state Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday.I guess my puzzlement is why any gun owner would want to go to a church like these. And why any predator would not--particularly at collection plate time.
"I am totally ashamed of what I did and I am sorry that I did it. I have already paid a heavy price, having been in three prisons, suffered public humiliation, lost my job and my livelihood."
