The Secret Formula

There isn't one.  The best prescription is well established, but you can't force people to take it. Sometimes, they just need to get desperate before they realize they should have taken better care of themselves back when they could.  Sometimes they die never realizing the part they played in preventing a happier outcome. [Read]

A Drop in the Bucket

Not that I'm accepting 62,000 at face value, but I guess we can add these to the untold millions that were already out there from before any of this idiocy started being imposed. [More]

[Via Michael R]

We're the Only Ones Humble Enough

A Humble police officer remains on administrative leave after authorities said he accidentally shot and killed a suspected car burglar at Deerbrook Mall. [More]

"Humble" or "Bumble"?

The Pistolero has more.

A Liberal Arts Major

"This is one of those scenarios in American politics where the smartest, most intuitive citizens need to force legislation upon the people, even when it is not the popular choice...The logical concept is to separate everyone from their guns" [More]

Try that, you ignorant , unjustifiably self-impressed child, and you just might find yourself in a situation where you say "Wow, good thing I had my gun."

Oh, wait--you mean have OTHERS do your forcing for you...

Grandma was right, Sponge Bob. Lay off the weed.

Future "Authorized Journalist" material, this one...

[Via Kurt Hofmann who says the future looks dim]

Should you just give robbers what they want?

As for this latest attack, note that the police, who cannot protect anyone beforehand, have yet to produce after-the fact results. They’ve “searched several homes,” but the attackers are still at large, and even if they do arrest suspects, there is no guarantee they will be convicted, and if so, removed from society until it’s safe to release them back into it—if ever. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column questions how it can be determined with certainty what a dangerous and evil man wants.

Also attend a press conference and wat...uh...listen to The Watchmen.

If you think your friends might want this link, just give it to them.

This Day in History: January 25

January 25, 1779 at Briar Creek, Georgia - On January 25, at 4:00 A.M., Lt. Col. Archibald Campbell marched the British force 10 miles to Hudson's Ferry. He sent the Light Infantry and the South Carolina Royalists to Briar Creek, an additional 14 miles away, to secure the bridge there. The Patriot force at the bridge had learned of the British approach and set fire to the bridge. The British surprised them as they arrived at the bridge.


For 45 minutes, the skirmish raged on. The British finally forced the Patriot force to withdraw. This allowed the British time to put out the fire and capture the bridge.

Conclusion: British Victory.
Casualties: British: 3k, 6w, 7c [More]

GRE Round Up for January 24

Here are the latest offerings from my fellow GREs:

Rob Reed/Detroit:

• NPR producer defends choice of former AHSA shill as a ‘gun rights advocate’

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• Pro-2A Wilbur already being demonized as state GOP chair

Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis:

• Using Tucson to push Traver confirmation?

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Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
• LA Anti-Establishment
• Michigan Firearms

We're the Only Ones and You're Not Enough

Elected officials of all stripes would be able to carry a concealed weapon anywhere in South Carolina, in the course of their official duties, if a bill to come up this week in a House panel becomes law. [More]

Mr. Mason? Comment?

[W]ho are the militia, if they be not the people of this country...? I ask, who are the militia? They consist now of the whole people, except a few public officers.

Just so we're clear on who's who.

New Bumper Sticker

[Read]

Meanwhile, Across the Pond in Sarah Brady Paradise...

More guns does not equate to more crime! [Read]

A Boundary Violation

Felony for Doctors to Ask Patients About Guns? [Read]

And the "Vote Freedom Firsters" back this affront to...uh...freedom?

I thought they were single-issue... and I don't suppose anyone's brought up that a violation of this would create a new felony crime to create more "prohibited persons"...?

There's a better way to deal with the problem. But I guess since it wasn't invented there, it doesn't qualify for serious consideration.

When Meat Thermometers are Outlawed...

And it was one of those digital assault thermometers, with no legitimate cooking purpose, as opposed to a "patrol thermometer"...[Read]

We're the Only Ones Finishing You Enough

In Obama-Land! [Read]

You know what they say--what works in Naiorobi may not work in Cheyenne--but that won't stop us from trying...

Gun Control Without a Ban

If you can't control the guns, control the people!  Ingenious! [Read]

Due process?  Are you serious?

And they may be right about "bipartisan support."  It looks like the Dead Elephants are just that stupid.

The Anti-NRA?

You flatter these privileged dilettantes, Paul Merrion. [Read]

How many members do these astro-turfers claim?

Let's see, a tiny group of individuals who desperately want to control everyone, vs. a huge group of individuals who simply want to control themselves...

Go ahead. Keep pushing.

We're the Only Ones Camera-Shy Enough

Tarpon Springs Police arrest a college student taping police activities as part of a group called "Cop Watch" [More]

How does the question constantly put to us go? If you aren't doing anything wrong...

Perhaps they'd feel better if this had the unintended consequence of forcing freedom activists to observe their conduct through telescopic (camera) lenses?

[Via Ed M]

Fewer Snouts, Less Crime

Grigg has a corollary for Lott's thesis. [Read]

[Via Zachary G]

Meanwhile, Over in Furious Mike Paradise...

A middle-class enclave on the South Shore of the city's southernmost borough is the gun capital of New York, with 509 residents -- or about one in every 57 males -- legally packing heat. [More]

I'm not sure they're packing--it sound to me like they have permits for home possession. I dunno, am I reading this wrong or making bad assumptions? Even so:

The well-armed area is also one of the city's safest.

I wonder if that tells us anything that flies in the face of what some want us to believe...?

I also wonder if someone could take this and maybe have grounds for a discrimination lawsuit...?

[Via Michael R]

We're the Only Ones Keeping Under Surveillance Enough

On January 13, 2011, a jury awarded damages of $476,200.00 against Kenneth Wayne Ryals, a landlord who had serially spied on his young female tenants by means of a micro video camera hidden in a DVD player he provided with the rental. Mr. Ryals, who is an Internal Revenue Service agent, had confessed to the Davie Police Department that he had watched Plaintiff for his viewing pleasure...[More]

As in "armed IRS agent"...? 

Or just a jack-off booted thug?

[Via Michael R]

We're the Only Ones Pointed Enough

The story is that they allows the beautiful young lady reporter to take a loaded weapon and point it over her cameraman’s shoulder. [More]

Assuming they didn't have a remote-operated camera...James Towle & crew use those all the time to capture near-target point of view action.

There are some interesting admissions from the reporterette:

It can shoot up to 90 rounds, great for confronting a serious adversary.

Ah, so that's why we might "need" such magazines...?

And the Sheriff actually touts the virtue of being able to penetrate body armor!

Meaning that's a desired capability, but only on "patrol rifles"?

[Via Jeffersonian]