GOA Radio

From host Bill Frady:

Tonight on the show I will have David Thweatt, Texas school superintendent that oversees the Guardian Project that allows Teachers in his district to carry concealed. Followed by Brannon LeBouf, Chief Instructor of NOLATAC, as we discuss how a techer could be trained. Friday I have State Rep Phillip Rowe of SC, who has introduced a bill in the General Assembly to allow teachers to carry concealed. The link is www.stickam.com/gunownersofamericaradio and the call in number is 703-776-9264.

A Middle Ground

A middle ground on gun limits [More]

And look who's offering it!

You'll find no shortage of ground occupants, especially in places controlled by human rights advocates!

A Question for Those Opposed to Armed Teachers

Do you really expect those who go into panic mode at the sight of an umbrella and a warm weather cap to do anything to protect your children?  [Read]

This one happened in my neck of the woods, where-- my goodness, have you looked outside? Why would anyone be wearing a hat or carrying an umbrella?  Especially an elderly person?

[Via Roger J]

Semper Bye?

I'm told the USMC has set internet blocks on blogspot sites.  Anybody know anything about this?

Per Bloomberg, Guns Aren't the Only Thing Wal-Mart Sold Out On

Wal-Mart entered into an agreement in 2008 with the Mayors Against Illegal Guns that included video recording of purchases and the use of databases to identify people who have bought guns recovered in crimes. [More]

Why would anyone willingly go along with that?

[Via Jim P]

Tueller Drill with Instructor Steve Vandermolen

From ATSNTV:

ATSN Host, James B. Towle meets up at Thunder Gun Range in Conroe, Texas with Master Instructor Steve Vandermolen and Shooting Coaches Michael Walters, Mark DeFord and John Cobb to discuss and enact the Tueller Drill.

Created in the 1980s by Dennis Tueller, the Tueller Drill is a self-defense training exercise to prepare against a short range knife attack when armed with only a holstered handgun.

Watch and learn about this life-saving technique and visit Thunder Gun Range for advanced training.

Pursuit Channel (DirecTV 604 PRST/ Dish /Network 240 HUNT)

Thursdays  10:00pm PST

Fridays-Shooting Destination Night
6:00pm PST
1:00am EST/ 9:00pm EST

Slate cites gun blog 'Wanted' poster as threat to 'gun violence researcher'

"There is a wanted poster on the Internet." [More] 

Today's second Gun Rights Examiner effort explores the nature of the threat.

Anybody up for a game of "Where's Wintemute"?

Safety Through Defenselessness

In their letter, Dennis Van Roekel of the NEA and Randi Weingarten of the AFT called the idea of arming teachers “astounding and disturbing,” saying it runs counter to educators’ vow to provide safe and secure public schools. [More]

It reminds me of that line from "Family Guy":

Do you listen to yourself when you talk?

Just to Show You How Rabid We Are Against Common Sense Reasonable Compromises

The Republicans and the gun lobby have rabidly opposed any and all gun restrictions, even those that don’t impinge on Second Amendment rights. In the 1990s, for example, Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan of New York introduced a bill to levy a 10,000 percent tax on hollow-tipped bullets, the kind designed to tear flesh. (The man who killed Ms. McCarthy’s husband and wounded her son on the Long Island Rail Road in 1993 carried dozens of them.) Nothing came of it. [More] 

Gee, how unreasonable is that?

I wonder what kind of handgun bullets the Gray Lady would endorse us carrying in our guns?

What Motivates Most People to Support 'Gun Control"?

UPDATE: I just figured out why people are going to that old post.

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I just received a comment on an old post and thought I'd bring it up to the front for discussion, if anyone is so inclined.  Here is what has transpired so far:

Anonymous said...

A quick question, guys, about something that has puzzled me for years about the NRA and others who oppose essentially any restrictions on firearms: what exactly do you think the agenda of gun control advocates ("anti-defense fanatics") is? I grew up in a small town in Texas surrounded by guns, and spent many a Sunday afternoon firing them with my dad and his friends; I've also listened to quite a bit of Alex Jones' material, so I understand there is a fear that the federal government is planning to herd everyone into concentration camps (or whatever), and that this would be much easier to do to an unarmed population. Avoiding the question for the moment of why they would ever want to do this (it would immediately destroy the US economy and evaporate the wealth of the Powers that Be, which wouldn't seem to be to their advantage). What I'm curious about is what you think the ulterior motives of millions of private citizens who favor controls on gun sales are? What motivates them if it's not a genuine desire not to see so many people murdered with firearms? Thank you for your time and consideration.

Anonymous said...

FYI: I'll concede that I'm puzzled why a gun-control advocate goes around with a suit and a ponytail. I'm guessing I'm considerably less socially conservative than most of you good folks, but that look screams liberal douchebag even to me.

David Codrea said...

Anon, this post is 5 1/2 years old. Nobody is going to be coming here engaging in discussions. To answer your question, I believe the majority of ordinary citizens who agree with gun control have motives of wanting to see fewer killings and an inclination to look to government for the solution.

I don't consider that to be an excuse, though. I consider it to be citizenship malpractice -- we owe it to ourselves and to our countrymen to be informed, and to understand that our votes have consequences that can lead to the use of force against others by those we enable.

Don't expect a debate here from me. I'm far too busy to drop what I'm doing for a one-on-one exchange where no one will see it. I'll put your comment and this reply in a standalone post later today, and if anyone wants to jump in and engage, go for it.

And assuming you also just posted the other comment, no argument about the ponytail, except to say that any aging man who has one has a right to do so without being hassled by me -- and if I try to hurt him for it, or for anything else about him or his lifestyle, he should be able to have the means to repel me with all appropriate levels of force required to make me stop.

I know sincere people who just don't know any better, and they have been manipulated by those who do via the news, political posturing, etc. They have never considered the weight of arguments our side presents, and their natural inclination is to not be receptive to it, since it conflicts with what they "know."

Like I said, if you're so inclined, jump in.   I try to get around to moderating comments several times a day.

In Our Considered Opinion

Be interesting to find out exactly what kind of defensive firearms training the people so quick to push their opinions out there as authoritative have... [Read]

Bloomington anti-gun council members illustrate need for local activism

Local activism is every bit as essential as paying attention to what happens at the state and national level, and often easier to force a course change/direct a positive outcome. I talked about a successful effort I participated in, in a column from a few years back that shows how it can be done. [More] 

Today's Gun Rights Examiner commentary notes Tip O'Neill's observation that "All politics is local."

This Day in History: December 20

I am extremely unhappy that our want of Magazines, and precarious mode of supply, subject us, to such repeated inconveniencies and distresses; but hope the flour from Ringwood or Red hook will arrive soon, to give at least a temporary relief. [More]

Grassley ties gun from cartel shootout to central Gunwalker figure

Gillett’s involvement is also significant. Readers who have been following this story since the beginning will recall the post from Clean Up ATF, the whistleblower website established by so-called “dissident” agents, that was the catalysts for Mike Vanderboegh of Sipsey Street Irregulars and this correspondent to begin looking into allegations that would result in whistleblowers coming forward and blowing the lid off of what the world would learn to be Operation Fast and Furious:

"…Word is that curious George Gillett the Phoenix ASAC stepped on it again. Allegedly he has approved more than 500 AR-15 type rifles from Tucson and Phoenix cases to be “walked” to Mexico. Appears that ATF may be one of the largest suppliers of assault rifles to the Mexican cartels! " [More] 

This evening's Gun Rights Examiner report notes a strange coincidence for someone who has been tied in with gunwalking since the Clinton era.

We're the Only Ones Withdrawing Enough

A grand jury has indicted a retired Dayton police detective on charges of robbing a bank in eastern Ohio. [More]

Didn't he recall the department frowns on freelancers?

‘Stunning developments’ in Reese case as father, son are led shackled in court

In spite of this, and in spite of growing evidence that the family has been subjected to a chronic and habitual liar of a snitch trying to save his own skin and demonstrably false testimony from government agents, despite the fact that all of their actions have been consistent with clearing their names in a court of law, and despite the fact they have nowhere to go and no resources to go anywhere with, the prosecution continues to characterize the incarcerated father and son as flight risks, and the court evidently buys into that. [More] 

Today's Gun Rights Examiner report looks at continued outrageous persecution as yet more government misconduct comes to light.

We're the Only Ones Groping for Answers Enough

Female US cop caught on tape giving two women body cavity search during routine traffic stop... and 'using the SAME gloves on both'  [More]

When are people going to learn not to talk to the police? Why did they consent? Why did they submit without objection?

Their answers were perfectly lucid, and they exhibited no visible signs of impairment in their conduct, so there was absolutely no probable cause for these fascist pervert thugs to conspire and commit rape and sodomy on two citizens under color of authority, and for potentially exposing both to STDs, although I suppose when it's done under the threat of being kidnapped or killed, it's never "safe sex."  And at the end of it all, their "suspicions" turned out to be totally bogus.

Kellie Helleson and David Farrell  and those like them have come to believe they own us and can do anything they want with impunity. The system they work  in has encouraged and rewarded them for conducting themselves accordingly.

These are who the monopoly of violence freaks want to enable and give absolute power to over us all.

Deliver Us from "Differently-Abled"

Confusing Asperger’s with mental illness, and mental illness with evil [More]

Look, lady, if terrorizing and slaughtering little children isn't evil, then nothing is.

Schizophrenics and psychos and sociopaths may be as lost in their hard-wiring as Gollum and the Ring, but the end result is evil.

See, if there's no evil, then there is no good.

I guess, according to the moral relativists, Hitler was just Semitically-challenged.

The Yawning Loophole

The Fourth Estate Fifth Columnists at The New York Times want more citizen disarmament edicts. [Read] 

Yawn...

Martin Heinrich Has a Big "But"

Rep. Martin Heinrich of New Mexico loves to hunt, has opposed an assault weapons ban and proudly touts his support of the Second Amendment right to bear arms.

But... [More]

Is it you no longer feel you have to keep up pretenses, Marty, or is this maybe your way of sticking it back to 'em...?