April 19: “Enforce Existing Gun Laws” Commemoration Day

“For years NRA has said that the best way to fight illegal gun use is to enforce the laws already on the books.” To their delight, even the Progressive Policy Institute agrees, and they apparently view that as a source of bragging rights.

In commemoration of April 19, WarOnGuns presents two historical examples of the government enforcing existing gun laws.


The government "enforcing existing gun laws."--April 19, 1775


The government "enforcing existing gun laws."--April 19, 1993

A question for Wayne LaPierre: Would you please point out the section(s) in this document delegating authority to the government to comply with your urgings?

Fellenzer Stirs Up "Controversy" at Virginia Tech

Nicki?

Controversy?

Naaaah!

In a rational world, the controversy would be that there is any controversy.

Air Liberty

The Liberty Belles have a new radio spot that will air on The Terry Anderson Show, Sunday at 9:00 PM PST. Click here for details.

Los Angeles County Lincoln Club: The New Judenrat

I just got done taking a supposedly “pro-gun” Republican to task for supporting Jim Hahn for Mayor of Los Angeles.

Enter Linda Boyd, Chairman of the Los Angeles County Republican Party, who says in an email:

“While the Republican Party of Los Angeles County is taking no official position on this race, we as leaders are very concerned about the prospect of militant left-winger Antonio Villaraigosa becoming Mayor of Los Angeles.

“This newsletter from the Los Angeles County Lincoln Clubs provides some information on the race.”

The newsletter states in part:

“In an unprecedented and historic action, the Los Angeles County Lincoln Clubs Board of Governors endorsed Democrat Los Angeles Mayor James Hahn on April 5, 2005 for reelection. The Lincoln Clubs had never previously endorsed a Democrat in their twenty-six year history.”

What, they want us to believe Hahn isn’t a “militant left-winger”? And Linda Boyd thinks denying her specific endorsement, while passing along that of a group she has close ties to, gives her plausible deniability?

As long as we continue to accept evil-based choice making, we will continue to be manipulated into surrender. Linda Boyd and the Democrat wing of the Republican party can go lead themselves. If they truly represent the leadership of the Republican party, they deserve their pathetic minority status in LA. That it’s courtesy of their “leaders’” lack of fundamental line-in-the-sand principles escapes them, I’m sure.

Hahn is an anti-gun socialist. Yeah, I know Villaraigosa is, too. But it makes no difference as far as I’m concerned. The proper response to a tyrant is defiance. We’ll never see that point reached by Linda Boyd and the cowardly house slaves of the Lincoln Club. We have NO choice in this election—Tyrant A or Tyrant B. Broken arm or broken leg. Good Lord, how could any moral person impose either one of these criminals on another human being?

Perhaps the Lincoln Club ought to change their “Board of Governors” banner header to read “Judenrat”—willing to appease at any cost, instead of leading their people in resistance.

Point to one instance in history where people have gained their freedom through base compromise and abandonment of principles. Follow this crop of capitulating losers at your peril.

Hey, Everybody! Let's Point and Laugh at Deborah Mathis!

“I belong in a special category because the gun control I propose would be total and absolute. Under my plan, the number of Americans with legal possession of guns would be reduced to a few thousand, if that.

“The truth is, I despise the guns and, increasingly, the people who defend their accessibility."

Start off your morning with a hate-filled and moronic rant. Naturally, Deborah Mathis throws the race card into the mix (if she didn't, she just wouldn't be Debbie!), blaming everyone and every thing but the responsible individuals.

Continue being a slave, you wretched woman. Oh, and molon labe. What I said to Sallie goes double for you.

Sunday Sermon

Unalienable Rights are just that.

Sons Uday and Qusay had the time of their lives creating messages at each others' expense last night.

The Church Sign Generator provides hours of mindless fun!

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night...

Follow-up to "The Last Gun Shop"

Per Dave Polaschek:

"Stopped by KGS yesterday. They have filed an appeal with the Zoning Board of Adjustment in Minneapolis, and have an extension of their deadline until May 19, 2005, when a hearing will be held downtown. The public hearing will be at 2pm on May 19, 2005 in City Hall. Room 220CH. This buys them another month, and in that month, they’re planning to file in state court, as well."

Good for them. They're fighting for their life and won't give up or go down easy. That's essentially a microcosm of the struggle to salvage the Bill of Rights.

I do note times are tough for them financially, and they're selling mugs (hey, those ought to become collector's items). I also note their plea to get the major gun groups involved.

What, they're not? Not even with statements of support?

NRA Maintains the Tradition

Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss. [More]

More status quo from National Rifle Control, Inc., aka the LaPierre Center to Prevent Gun Violence:

"Shortly after the Minnesota school shootings, [NRA president-elect Sandra Froman] said, 'I'm not saying that that means every teacher should have a gun or not, but what I am saying is we need to look at all the options at what will truly protect the students.'

"NRA Chief Executive Officer Wayne LaPierre clarified the following week that the NRA is not advocating arming teachers and supports the federal law that bars most guns from schools.

"On Tuesday, Froman seemed to retreat from her initial comments.

"'The only people that ought to have firearms in the schools are law enforcement and trained security personnel,' she said."

Well, we knew that was coming.

Coincidence? We Don't Think So.

On Wednesday, I posted "Hysteria on the Homefront."

Within two days, and to their credit, Science & Spirit deleted the sentence about "child" gun deaths.

Special thanks to my buddy and specialized headgear joint venture partner (sorry, it's an inside joke and I ain't sharing it) Uncle Tom for engineering that outcome by forwarding the War On Guns link along with some relevant CDC stats to the S&S editor.

Hardyville Taxes the Taxman

Claire Wolfe treats us to another masterpiece. As with all consummate pros, her style makes the painstaking labor, skill and training needed to produce such compositions seem effortless.

In a rational world, genius would be rewarded with widespread patronage.

Tribune Co. to Show Circ Losses; 'L.A. Times' Down More than 5.5%

The civilian disarmament propagandists at The Los Angeles Times are losing readers.

Awwwww.

To The Men Of England

Percy Bysse Shelley had the timeless nature of government and governed pegged:

The seed ye sow another reaps;
The wealth ye find another keeps;
The robes ye weave another wears;
The arms ye forge another bears.

Sow seed, -- but let no tyrant reap;
Find wealth, -- let no imposter heap;
Weave robes, -- let not the idle wear;
Forge arms, in your defence to bear.

It may be too late for the men of England. Is it too late for us?

Read the complete poem here.

"O, what a tangled web we weave...

...when first we practise to deceive!" (Walter Scott)

From Frederick P. Blume, Jr.:

"Follow this link, let the applet load, and see the connections. This is an incredible job of connecting - with neural netware - the various groups that are working in concert to undo the United States of America. The folks at DISCOVERTHENETWORK.ORG have done a spectacular job and you should see what they've done."

The Fruits of "Pragmatism"

Self-Proclaimed "Pro-Gun" Candidate Endorses Gun Grabber

Walter Moore ran for mayor of Los Angeles. Among his claims in an email to me: “I fully support our Second Amendment rights.”

He even addressed the Westside NRA Members’ Council to recruit gun owner support. I’ve spoken to some members who gave it.

I didn’t involve myself with his campaign because Moore refused to go on record answering specific questions about how he would support the right to keep and bear arms.

“Publicizing my stand on the Second Amendment to people who hate guns before the election would be counter-productive,” he told me. “It's fine for people WITHIN the Second Amendment community to know my stand, but if we start trumpeting it to the world, well, we risk losing a lot of votes unnecessarily.”

I pressed him on that, and his reply was “I've stated my position. Anyone who disagrees with my position can instead vote for one of the liberal Democrats against whom I'm running.”

Mr. Moore’s strategy of hiding from his claimed principles in order to glean votes resulted in a sixth-place finish, with 2.8 % of the vote.

And now, Mr. Moore, who had a problem “publicizing [his] stand on the Second Amendment” has no problem publicizing his support for a gun-grabbing rival.

The Los Angeles Times reports “Walter Moore, a Republican lawyer from Westchester…endorsed [incumbent mayor James] Hahn.”

That’s the same James Hahn who, according to The Coalition to Stop Gun Violence joined other big city mayors and “called on the Senate not to support legislation to give gunmakers, distributors and vendors immunity from civil liability.”

“As the city’s chief prosecutor,” Hahn’s website advertises, “he used innovative approaches to curbing gang violence, sued gun manufacturers to stop the illegal distribution of guns…”

In his Candidate Statement, Hahn brags that he “Joined members of the Million Mom March and other local organizations in calling for the renewal of the federal assault weapons ban. As City Attorney, Hahn wrote the law banning assault weapons in Los Angeles, the first major city in California to do so,” and “Signed into law an ordinance that prohibits the sale or transfer of large caliber handguns and rifles in the city."

I'm sure Mr. Moore will have plenty of justifications for voting "for one of the liberal Democrats against whom [he was] running." And we can all see how well his political "pragmatism" works to advance and secure freedom.

"Jim Hahn is straight with you," Moore told The Times, "and he follows through on what he says he's going to do."

Yeah, we know.

If you’re a gun owner who supported Walter Moore, this is what you got for your time, money and efforts. This is what you'll always get when a candidate won't proudly champion all of the Bill of Rights and makes excuses to avoid doing so.

At Least They're Consistent

Sarah Brady complained about state preemption legislation in Kansas, calling it the “No Local Rights bill.”

“[W]e should all agree that in a democracy,” she commands, “the people of a local community should be able to take the appropriate steps to ensure their safety locally. That's what democracy is all about. To pass this wrong headed language into law is contrary to democracy.”

Meanwhile, fellow gun grabber California Assemblywoman Jackie Goldberg is backing state legislation to ban public school sports teams from using the name “Redskins.” Why the need for action from Sacramento?

“If local control were to govern civil rights," Goldberg said, "there would be none.”

What Do You Call a Cop Who Points a Gun at His Own Head?

Reinstated.

I'm sure glad the bill was passed so guys like this can legally carry a concealed firearm in 50 states and us ordinary citizens can't. I mean, we all know LEOs are more "professional" than you and me.

Hysteria on the Homefront

[Scroll to “Hatred on the Homefront,” toward bottom of page.]

“Each day in the United States,” Heather Cunnigham states authoritatively, “10 children are murdered, 16 die from guns, and 8,042 are reported abused or neglected.”

“16,” Heather? The gungrabbers used to say “13.” I guess they’ve updated their stats since the FBI released their Uniform Crime Statistics in 1997.

Have they also updated their statistics so they don’t—depending on the source—include “children” from 19 to 24 engaging in criminal gang activities?

(See Guy Smith’s excellent online resource, Gun Facts, “Myth 13”.)

Shot Grouping

The Liberty Belles tell us “How to Start a Shooting Group.”

The Last Gun Shop

Coming Soon to a City Near You

Per Dave Polaschek, "The last gun shop in Minneapolis is about to be shut down (deadline April 18th)."

So much for being "paranoid" about the "slippery slope."

Lynch Mob, Anyone?

Statement of Sarah Brady on Kansas Legislation
(Translated from the original German)

Sarah thinks local communities should be able to violate unalienable rights because the majority rules, and “that’s what democracy is all about.”