A Thousand Cuts

Have you heard about the latest from Customs and Border Patrol? They now want to classify nearly every pocket knife out there as a “switchblade.” If that weren’t enough, they’ve limited the period for comments to only 30 days and refused to consider extending that period by 120 days. The deadline is June 21. But wait! There’s more!!! [More]

Parrothead Jeff comments on an issue we touched briefly on here.

I've been meaning to weigh in but have had other priorities. Fortunately, some of my fellow Gun Rights Examiners have been able to address this in their columns:

From Dave Workman: "Obama’s Customs agency declares war on pocket knives"
and Kurt Hofmann: "When gun bans are not enough--the war on . . . pocket knives?"

We're the Only Ones in a State of Rage Enough

O’Carroll said the veteran paramedic was trying to protect his patient and that the trooper had no reason to stop the ambulance, let alone try and arrest White. The trooper’s arms were bruised when White resisted arrest, James said. [More]

We talked about this here.

On the job injuries? I'm surprised the "Only One's" not claiming carpal tunnel syndrome from repetitive work-related throttlings.

[Via The Bitter Clinger]

Dash-cam video of the authoritarian, life-endangering thug in action. Punk deserves bruises on more than his arms.

[Via Ed M]

And the delusional bully thinks it proves he was justified.

TXMarko sent me this last link, along with the following commentary:

The Ambulance yielded as soon as it could, another vehicle was in its way, yielding to the ambulance.

He was apparently running high-speed Code 3 to pick up his wife at the restaurant. A “Mystery Woman” enters the vehicle at the restaurant (purported to be his wife), and off he goes again to start trouble.

Why is he running Code 3 after picking up his wife, and involving her in the dangerous “chase”?

The ambulance immediately yields and stops.

The cop disrespects the authority of the paramedic immediately, even after the P-medic informs him that he is the senior official onboard the ambulance.

Even after being told that they have a patient onboard, and that this can be sorted out at the Hospital, the little tyrant still presses and escalates the issue.

The press release on Fox above states that the Troopers decided not to press charges against the P-medic because it would leave that County without a Paramedic. Last time I checked the law was supposedly the law, regardless of circumstances?

The tyrants’ attitude pisses me off to no freakin’ end. His attorney trots out that he is a US Navy Vet that just got back from a tour in Iraq.

I hope you can find the opportunity to work this in, David. The video says it all.

This is an out-of-control child throwing a hissy fit because he didn’t get his butt kissed just the way he likes it (or he was late picking up the wife for dinner, what an excuse to risk public lives).

What Could 'Hate Crime' Bill Mean for Gun Owners?

One thing we should agree on: the right of the people to keep and bear arms is inclusive. It belongs to us all. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at the prospects of adding concealed carry reciprocity to a federal "hate crimes" bill. We need to consider real costs, not just perceived benefits.

Also get the latest from my fellow GREs.

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This Day in History: June 16

General Mifflin writes me yesterday the City Militia, will move this morning, I am informed there is about Two thousand Of them, they bring Ten pieces Cannon four, Sixes, & Twelve Prs & One Royal Howitizr, Two hundred Tents, One Thousd felling Axes, One Thousd Spades, & Shovels, One quarter part of the Militia of this State are Ordered out immediately, except two of the Western Counties, the whole, including the City Militia, I am informed will Make Ten thousd Men... [More]

No Country for Old Men

With black bear populations rising, run-ins have become almost commonplace — more than 15,000 in the past year in states east of the Mississippi River...

In a 2006 attack, a 210-pound male bear killed a 6-year-old girl and mauled her 2-year-old brother as well as her mother who tried to fend off the animal....

14 people have been killed in attacks by black bears in North America since 2000...another 10 people were killed by grizzlies during the period, mostly in Alaska and Canada. [More]

Or, as "astoundingly flawed" Paul Helmke tell us:

Concealed weapons have no place in our national parks, which have always been safe places to enjoy our nation’s magnificent natural and historical treasures...

It's no country for ignorant men, either.

[Via Ed M]

Responding to a Variety of Notional Events

These linked exercises are referred to as ARDENT SENTRY 09. Events will take place in multiple venues across the country including Iowa, Kansas, Oregon, Wyoming, and off the East and West Coasts. [More]

Not that I'm getting a notion that this is anything other than standard exercises to protect us while we do our duty as sovereign citizens by borrowing and spending...

[Via Dave Licht]

Are You Deliberately Trying to Start a Civil War?

Just answer the question. Yes or no. Don't insult us with elisions, evasions, dithering, qualifications, or conditional answers. [More]

OK. I will.

Absolutely not. We have repeatedly expressed our desire to be left alone. Our warnings of resolve are in the hopes that you collectivists will stop squeezing.

So no, we're not trying to start one. But some of us are preparing to finish it if you do.

[Via Stewart Rhodes]

We're the Only Ones "To Serve Man" Enough

The family of an Australian Aboriginal elder who died after being "cooked" in the back of a prison van on a scorching hot day is considering suing, they said. [More]

Prostitute Dies After Being Held in Scorching Outdoor Prison Cell [More]

"To serve man...it's...it's a cookbook!"

Ah well, it's a small price to pay for our heat 'n serve....I mean, serve 'n protect "Only Ones" to keep us all safe from drunken Aborigines and aging hookers.

If I Had Said...

If he had said, "Gun ban attempt is coming," I wouldn't bat an eye. I disagree with him about how successful such an attempt is likely to be. You don't get much more paranoid than gun owners. [More]

And you don't get much more ignorant than opinionated chatroom blowhards who pronounce judgments on articles and writers without reading what they actually said.

We're the Only Ones On Our Own Enough

Officers often must choose between doing drug gangs' bidding or risking death by refusing. Some who have come to the U.S. to escape the dilemma find the system unsympathetic. [More]

When you think about it, why should Mexican "Only Ones" not take bribes?

Why Didn't OH AG Sign Letter Opposing Semi-Automatic Firearms Ban?

From NRA I learn:

"23 State Attorneys General To Attorney General Holder: 'No Semi-Auto Ban'"...

Your signature is not among theirs. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column asks a question of an NRA "A-rated" democrat.

It also has a link and time if you care to listen to my appearance tonight on a Texas radio program.

And as always, get the latest from my fellow GREs.

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This Day in History: June 15

I never forgot your declaration when I had the pleasure of being at your House in 1768 that you was ready to take your Musket upon your Shoulder, whenever your Country call’d upon you, I heard that declaration with great satisfaction, I recollect it with the Same, & have seen it verify’d to your Immortal honor & the eminent advantage of the Illustrious cause in which we are contending. [More]

Prior Restraints on Speech and Guns Enable Tyranny

We've seen how some would like to exploit the Holocaust Museum shooting to erode liberty. We've seen how some would like to enact preventive measures against what they perceive as "hate speech" to the point of rounding up it's "promoters."

Which brings us to a question I said I'd explore today: At what point do others have a right to intervene with our freedom of expression? And what does that have to do with "gun rights"?

A piece I wrote ten years ago opens the door to that conversation [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column challenges the assertion that you can't yell "Fire!" in a crowded theater.

Also get the latest from my fellow GREs.

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This Day in History: June 14

On June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress, seeking to promote national pride and unity, adopted the national flag. "Resolved: that the flag of the United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation." [More]

Round Up 'Hate Speech' Promoters?

Why is it your "Final Solution"...I mean, "Last Roundup" to oppose neo-Nazism sounds just like something the Nazis would do, Bonnie? [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner...y'know, this one is just unbelievable. Honest to God, it's like some people want to start a civil war. Either that or she's just a stupid b****.

Just go read it.

Also learn about a sheriff in Oregon who refuses a newspaper's request for disclosing information on permit holders, learn which gun show some Nevada friends will be attending, and get the latest from my fellow GREs.

Weekends are typically slower traffic days, so I'd appreciate it if you passed this column's link along and helped get it wider readership.

This Day in History: June 13

June 13, 1777 Colonel Daniel Morgan assumes his first Continental command position [More]

What's Brown and Stinks?

The chairman of the Hamilton County Democratic Party is asking local officials to take action to keep guns out of parks and restaurants. [More]

All guns, or just the ones owned by people who obey citizen disarmament edicts?

Maybe Jeff Brown could clarify if he's seriously this full of peristaltic extrusions or if he knows damn well what the score is and just wants to get his name in the paper?

Why not email info@hamdems.org and ask.

Just be sure to wash your hands after any contact. And leave the fan on.

[Via RCB]

Coyote Ugly

A Haverhill woman says she had a harrowing brush with the wild, when she was surrounded by coyotes while walking her dogs in a wooded area. [More]

That's what happens when we forget our place in the food chain.

Hey, at least they weren't turkeys...

[Via Ed M]

If You're Into Muzzleloaders...

...and you buy them from this guy, you're giving business to someone who publicly advocates ending private sales under force of government arms.

I thought of naming him and his business, and even linking to his blog, but reconsidered. Nobody I know has ever heard of him, and it looks like he's intentionally trying to stir up controversy and get it to spread.

I see no reason to give him free publicity so the AHSA-holes can patronize him.

[Via RF]

The Appleseed Militia

Court documents said anti-terrorism agents keep an eye on the gun range because the informant says it's known as a militia training center.

But Faire claims the word "militia" is just a part of an inside joke. He says his group is a local chapter of Project Appleseed, a nonprofit organization dedicated to teaching marksmanship and preserving gun rights. [More]

Yeah, those are some dangerous hombres there.

Just more bigotry against gun owners, gun ranges, and that thing the Founders deemed as being necessary to the security of a free state.

I guess if you don't intend to allow a free state, all that becomes unnecessary.

The controlling bastards wanted to shut the range down so they decided to smear them as rightwing extremists. And note the convenient "undercover informant." There was one of those tied up with von Brunn, too:

Todd Blodgett, a former White House aide who worked as an informant within white supremacist groups...

Hmmm...

Anyway, I guess society will be safer if gun owners don't practice. And also if we don't have any gun owners.

They're just going to keep coming after us, aren't they?

Anybody know anything about this "Andrew Gray"?

[Via Jeffersonian]