Say Uncle is Having a Contest

He needs a logo for an AR15 lower receiver he's working on.

I don't enter contests, but if I did, I'd submit this:

Innocence Betrayed: Excellence Confirmed

"The JPFO production 'Innocents Betrayed' has just won a Certificate for Creative Excellence (third place) in the Documentary category of the U.S. International Film and Video Festival ."

Did you get your copy yet?

The End is Near!

And Bill St. Clair got the scoop before all of us.

Gun Club to Lockyer's DoJ: You're Not Welcome Here

Kudos to Tom Hause and the Board of Directors of the Folsom Shooting Club for their bold and appropriate letter to California Attorney General Bill Lockyer, that states in part:

"The Board of Directors of the Folsom Shooting Club (FSC) has directed me to advise you, in writing, that Department of Justice staff, while acting in their official capacity, are suspended from using the Sacramento Valley Shooting Center (SVSC). The FSC is concerned that your staff will further your efforts regarding AB 352 and SB 357 while using our facility."

It's nice to see others joining in the Barrett response.

Thank you, Mr. Hause. You and your fellow directors deserve our commendation and support on this. Good job.

I hope many fellow Second Amendment supporters join in sending you a note of encouragement and thanks.
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[I learned about this ketter from KABA Newslinks, which featured the hysterical misrepresentations of the "Million" Moms.]

Senate Gives FBI More Patriot Act Power

Great--just what we need.

"Ranking Democrat Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., supported the bill overall but said he would push for limits that would allow such administrative subpoenas 'only if immediacy dictates.'"

I wonder how large of an armored vehicle the feds could drive through that hole he just made?

"Rockefeller and other committee members, such as Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., also are concerned that the bill would grant powers to federal law enforcement agencies that could be used in criminal inquiries rather than intelligence-gathering ones."

Hey, they're not investigating gun owners for edict infractions, they're investigating "militia extremist domestic terrorists".

See? Fix a few words and we don't have a problem here...

Fish Or Man: "I am Finished"

"I was sentenced June 2nd. It amounts to $500 fine, $250 deferred. 90 days in jail, 90 days suspended. Deferred jail time and money is on condition that for 12 months I have no future criminal offense. This entire sentence will not take effect unless I lose my appeal, (sentence stayed upon appeal)...I did have a letter from the SAF when I got home last night, of course, it was only for another fund raiser. Meanwhile, somewhere in America another unconstitutional 'gun law' was applied to an otherwise law abiding gun owner. A gun owner who will bow his head, cry for America, and then take the plea deal. I am finished."

You Don't Need a Gun Because the Police Will Protect You

Ri-ight.

And why can't I get this song out of my head?

Son of Real ID

I guess if you'd let an employer tag you like a cow, there's not much chance you'll ever stand up on your hind legs and demand any rights.

It's almost like the rulers have a drinking bet going on as to how outrageous they can make things and still achieve compliance.

NRA “Researching the Possibility”

Is that anything like investigating looking into?

NRA still hasn’t taken a public position on the Second Amendment Protection Act.

They still won’t even inform their members that it exists.

Typical.

Weapons of Choice

My June 2005 GUNS Magazine "Rights Watch" column is now online.

Déjà Vu All Over Again

Lotta bloggers talking about SCROTUS ratcheting up tyranny another notch in their medical marijuana decision.

A lifetime ago, an earlier generation used similar arguments in an attempt to ease restrictions against another controlled substance:

"And in the early months of 1921, a dedicated group of brewers, physicians and imbibers attempted to convince the U.S. Congress that beer was nothing less than vital medicine. Whatever craven thirsts might have inspired its advocates, the right of physicians to prescribe 'medical beer' was the subject of intense national debate, drawing the attention of officials at the highest levels of government and provoking arguments within the American Medical Association and other professional groups."

I've never been comfortable with the "medical marijuana" exceptions. It seems to me the argument aknowledges the legitimacy of government coercion when other substances are involved.

Interesting and all too predicatable what our rulers have done with the commerce clause. Time was, "the court construed the clause so narrowly...it ruled that not even so vast an industry as coal mining fell within the commerce power."

That's when FDR rolled up his sleeves and got to work on the last vestiges of federalism.

I find it intriguing that the polar flip in interpretation of the Constitution came about "because one justice, Owen Roberts, switched his vote. Ever since, historians have argued about why he did so."

Sounds like somebody protecting his butt at the expense of everything else to me. Hopefully somebody can tell us more about this character who helped doom the Republic--I'll have to look around.

Finally, anybody thinking Bush really wants strict constructionists on the court needs to square that fantasy with his support of the War on (Some) Drugs and Guns. As if such a jurist would make it through "advise and consent" anyway.

Full Disclosure

TriggerFinger raises concerns about a Bitch Girls post concerning Of Arms & the Law, specifically that a $10,000 funding grant by NRA was not disclosed.

It was. To millions, via NRA's June membership magazines.


From AMERICAN RIFLEMAN, June 2005, pg. 77

David Hardy does not warrant being scrutinized unless it is to confirm the wonderful work he has done and honor him for it. As a member of the Silveira support team from the outset, I know that Roy Lucas held him in the highest regard--and Roy was a guy who would let you know if he had issues with you.

Lest these comments be misunderstood, Matthew, no criticism of you or your decision to post on this is implied. I appreciate your blog and consult it every day.

"This is Not a Right"

Kevin Reece relates the outrageous tale of Cecelia Beaman, a middle school principal victimized by TSA JBTs for accidentally having a bread knife.

It's what Reece doesn't say that catches my attention. Like most Establishment reporters, he doesn't dig very deep.

For example:

"...a security screener announced..."

"...screeners refused to give her paperwork or documentation..."

"'They said "no" and they said it's a national security issue. And I said what about my constitutional rights? And they said "not at this point ... you don't have any".'"

Who "announced"?

Who "refused"?

Who "said"?

Do these people have names? Why do we know private citizen Cecilia Beaman's name, but not those of her thug oppressors?

Case in point:

We know the name of Elian Gonzalez.

We know the name of "fisherman" Donato Dalrymple.

Quick--who's the guy in the goggles?



One purpose of the press is to act as a watchdog over oppressive government, yet time and again I read stories where the agents committing abuses remain anonymous. By not identifying who they are as individuals, they face no personal consequences. They can continue abusing sovereign citizens with impunity.

If some Naziwannabe on the public dole is telling citizens they have no Constitutional rights, I want to know who that creep is. I want him out of any position of "authoritah".

Meanwhile, don't feel too sorry for new civil libertarian Cecelia Beaman, who is shocked, shocked that this could happen to her. As principal of Pacific Middle School, she presides over warrantless searches of charges she suspects of wrongdoing as a matter of policy.

Funny thing about Highline Public Schools' "SEARCH AND SEIZURE (BOARD POLICY 3231-3232)". They admit at the outset: "All students possess the constitutional right to be secure in their persons, papers, and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures." But instead of obtaining a warrant based on "probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized," the bar at HPS is lowered to mere "reasonable cause for school authorities to believe that the possession constitutes a crime or rule violation."

So, Cecelia, before you scream too loudly about your rights, maybe you could tell us how many lockers you've ordered searched without a warrant--and what you would do, under the doctrine of "zero tolerance," to some hapless student caught in a situation similar to yours.

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[I found out about the TSA story via FreedomSight, via End the War on Freedom, via What Really Happened.]

"Only the Military and Police Should Have Guns"

Today is the 16th anniversary of the Tienanmen Square Massacre, where only the military and police had guns.

David Rosen--The Non Sequitur King

"Would he have been able to fire at five people, steal two trucks, break into a gated community, beat two children and fatally beat their mother had he not possessed a lethal weapon? I think not."

You "think not." There's an understatement.

It sure looks like all those citizen disarmament edicts were effective at stopping this career criminal from getting a gun. And for that Rosen blames the "enforce existing gun laws" NRA?

The Times, of course, knows the truth and chooses to lie. Leave it to them to unethically advance their agenda by publishing such desperate and moronic hysterics.

Laser Etching and Microstamping

I can't decide which one is my "favorite" sentence from this article:

"It would link purchasers to handgun ammunition through an electronic swipe of a driver's license at the point of sale."

or

"Sen. Joseph Dunn, a Garden Grove Democrat who introduced the bill for Lockyer, said he is working with law enforcement groups to resolve concerns about how to treat a massive existing inventory [and] possession of unmarked ammunition in homes..."

Squeeze, baby!

The War on Guns: Project Disarmed Neighborhoods

Blog Chez Jacq' adds some good commentary and links to the topic.

Love the picture of Dubya.

Blogs, Media and Magazines

I see Say Uncle wrote an article based on a series of email exchanges with me.

Minor point--I'm "a" contributing field editor with GUNS Magazine, as opposed to "the field editor" All it really means is I get a masthead credit. I still have to work a real job.

Dana and Real ID

"We met with Rep. Dana Rohrabacher yesterday. I asked about the Real ID proposal, which our editorial strongly opposed. Unlike some Real ID defenders, he didn't say it wasn't a national ID card. He said Americans' data already can easily be accessed by the government, so this isn't a new imposition. I asked where authority to impose a national ID card was in the Constitution. He didn't provide an answer."

[Scroll down about 2/3 of the page to "Wednesday, June 01, 2005" to read the entire commentary.]

GUNS Magazine: June 1955 Issue

Each month, in commemoration of their 50th Anniversary, GUNS Magazine is posting .pdf files of issues from their founding year. The June 1955 issue is now online.

I get a kick out of looking through these windows to a different time, and the articles are still fascinating reads.

That's Fred MacMurray and Donna Reed on the cover, playing Meriwether Lewis and Sacajawea in "The Far Horizons." The accompanying article features the guns used by the Lewis and Clark expedition (note the blunderbuss, and that the infamous Miller decision centered on challenging short barrel shotguns not having an acknowledged military utility.)

You can read about a seven-shooter, a brief bio on Buffalo Bill, and see "The First New Revolver in 50 Years." You can peruse the classified ads--God bless whoever it was selling this:

NEW-YOUR Constitutional Guarantee (The
Second Amendment) now available on colorful
patriotic wall plaque Hand-screened on blond
wood 9"x7", ready for your wall or gun rack.
Return if not delighted. $2.95 postpaid.
Merryfield, Bristol 2, Vermont.

Take a trip back through time. And best of all, it's free.