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Good one! [Read]

[Via Steven K]

That'll Create a Free Citizen

Don’t tell your child to fight back. [More]

Just give attackers what they want. And by not fighting back, you'll guarantee they get it.

Whatever they want.

You might want to wipe your chin there, Sharon Kennedy Wynne. You seem to have a bit of cud drool...

[Via Ed M]

We're the Only Ones Unchaperoned Enough

In 20 years of running his exotic dancing business, Galland said he’s never had a problem on this scale before.

“Nothing ever like this,” Galland said. “Nothing like this by civilians, let alone police that we trust to protect us -- that we put in positions of power.” [More]

And if this can happen with better-than-you "Only Ones," no wonder some don't want to put mere citizens in a "position of power"...

[Via Ed M]

Are Concealed Gun Carriers More Likely to Kill than Police?

Do you really want to draw conclusions about group conduct, Josh? And while I admit to operating under the same handicaps you whine about—that is, being limited to using search engines and not being able to get my hands on much legally and union contract-protected information (not to mention receiving no funding from rich benefactors)—two can play the anecdote game:

Shall we discuss Kathryn Johnston? [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at a numbers game being played by one of the more insidious anti-rights zealots.

Also get a recap on yesterday's Trigger Sports Live!

Share the link? Regular readers...?

This Day in History: April 1

A bit more than six weeks after leaving Massachusetts, the Boston reached the coast of France, and on April 1, 1778, Johnny and his father landed at Bordeaux. Arm in arm, the two walked about, gawking unabashedly at the sights. After shipboard fare, they could not speak too highly of the fine food served to them by a citizenry evidently pleased to be host to this emissary and his son. [More]

Risk Management, Bold Republican-Style

Why...nobody told us there's be risks... [Read]

I trust nobody thought their howls of protests were calculated to do anything but give them a political advantage?

Quigley....Paging Professor Quigley...

GRE Round Up for Mar. 31

There's some good stuff being turned out. I hope you're availing yourself of it, and importantly, sharing these links via emails, on blogs and forums, with your local newspaper editor, etc.

A common complaint is media bias and absence of representation for "our side."

These people work hard to change that and ask for nothing from those of us their labors serve other than to help spread the word. I hope no one thinks that's too much to ask.

Here are their latest offerings:

Anthony Bouchard/Cheyenne:
Anti-Gun Bill Ayers UW engagement cancelled, not so fast

Don Gwinn/Chicago:
For anti-gun Northwestern professor, Constitutional ignorance is no excuse

Dave Workman/Seattle:
D.C. court ruling reveals what anti-gunners call ‘common-sense gun laws’

Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis:
ICHV exploits 'Hutaree' hysteria to gin up support for 'assault weapon' ban

Go. Read. And please share these links.

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Where There's Smoke...

An eastern Pennsylvania hospital says it plans to stop hiring new employees who are smokers. [More]

I wonder when someone's going to get around trying that with gun owners...

We're the Only Ones Getting Our Story Straight Enough

When police questioned him, the man, who later turned out to be Officer Thomas, said he didn’t hear any gunshots. [More]

and then:

...Officer Thomas told police the men were able to get the gun from him and they fired the shots. He said he was able to get the gun back after the shots were fired.

Kind'a makes you wonder how many other official police reports this apparent liar has lied on...

And noting the Raven Bar and intoxication mentions, it also fills me with a warm sense of justice to know that "Only Ones" are exempted from that CCW reform their mouthpieces are against. Because they're better than us.

[Via Ron Bokleman]

If Only We Had...

...more cameras. [More]

Of course, that depends on what they record...

[Via Ed M]

We're the Only Ones Down the Up Staircase Enough

Police: Cop charged in man's death had pushed him down steps...

...Joe Hamilton told the Post-Dispatch on Tuesday that when he gave the tape to police, "I thought they were on my side." At that time, he didn't know a police officer is the one who allegedly pushed his brother. By the time Overland police had turned the tape over to county investigators, it had been erased... [More]

So I guess we'll have to settle for a reenactment?

[Via Mama Liberty]

Judge Urbina's Wisdom Prevails!

Four Die in D.C. Drive-By Shooting [More]

Say, that's some "compelling government interest" you're preserving there, judge.

Thanks for being on the judicial forefront of promoting "public safety concerns."

[Via Zachary G]

Hamblen Petition

I've been following this case for some time. It's a shame more haven't, because at the very least, being unaware of such things can't be good.

If you need background, click here.

Mr. Hamblen has posted his Petition for Writ of Certiorari.

Click here to read it.

Was Key Evidence Left Out of DC Gun Case?

With these stakes, The Times' critique is serious, all the more so because Halbrook has earned such an august reputation, not just as a lawyer, but as one of the foremost scholars and champions of the right to keep and bear arms. There's nothing stated in the editorial he doesn't know inside and out. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at an omission with potentially disastrous consequences.

Also link over to today's Trigger Sports LIVE!

Tell a friend?

This Day in History: March 31

March 31, 1778
"I hope a due attention will also be paid to keeping up a sufficient quantity of Cloathing, that the Soldiers may never be reduced to want and nakedness. Not only a loss from Sickness, follows the want of covering, but desertion to a very great degree. I am astonished, considering the sufferings the men have undergone, that more of them have not left us." Washington to James Bowdoin (Fitzgerald, Vol. XI, 181) [More]

GRE Round Up for Mar. 30

There's some good stuff being turned out. I hope you're availing yourself of it, and importantly, sharing these links via emails, on blogs and forums, with your local newspaper editor, etc.

A common complaint is media bias and absence of representation for "our side."

These people work hard to change that and ask for nothing from those of us their labors serve other than to help spread the word. I hope no one thinks that's too much to ask.

Here are their latest offerings:

Howard Nemerov/Austin:
U.S. Concealed Carry Association has supporters, detractors

Anthony Bouchard/Cheyenne:
NRA gives Senator Reid more praise - enough already!

Dan Bidstrup/Denver:
Who are we protected from with a gun free zone?

John Longenecker/Los Angeles:
Safer Streets 2010: American Militias.

Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis:
Even MSNBC forced to admit numbers don't support 'gun control'

Chris Woodard/Tucson:
Arizona gun law is on the move.

Go. Read. And please share these links.

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Can a Politican Be "Too Pro-Gun"?

He introduced and pushed for a right-to-carry bill that would have given people recognized the right to carry a gun, concealed or otherwise, without having to obtain a permit. [More]

There--I fixed it for you. I hate it when "our side" does that.

I've addressed this on Gun Rights Examiner--several different columns, actually, presenting both sides of the debate:

Competing concealed carry bills in Iowa divide gun owners
Iowa Gun Owners promote 'real right-to-carry'
Iowa Carry says NRA bill 'best chance at getting (concealed carry) into law'
Competing concealed carry bills in Iowa divide gun owners

[Via Boris Karpa]

Causus Belli

William Grigg offers invaluable insights (as he always does) into the Hutaree story and more. [Read]

[Via Ron W]

A Massive Stockpile

"We have no reason to believe they had any intent to sell these weapons," a police source said. "They just shouldn't have had them in the first place." [More]

Well of course not. They're not Furious Mike "Only Ones," are they now?

And a family had dozens of pills!!!

When I take a look at that Fudd gun collection spread out over the table, for some reason I channel Crocodile Dundee:

'at's not a stockpile.

'at's a stockpile.

Meanwhile, Over in Furious Mike Paradise...

In an unusual move, a heavily armed NYPD security battalion with enough firepower to wipe out Downtown Brooklyn descended onto the city's subway trains yesterday in response to suicide bombings in Russia that killed dozens of passengers in Moscow's subway. [Read]

Geared up for war, are we? Just in case anyone had any ideas about lifting any fingers, look what we can be trusted with...although I wonder what good shooting someone after they've exploded themselves will do

I'm waiting for the first "the gun went off" report...

Remember: "They" hate us 'cause we're free!