Shameless Plug: Terror Havens or Gun Show Pinholes?

Two shotguns and a box of ammo hardly seem to prove an arms pipeline from your local gun show to bin Laden’s mountain lair—particularly with all those undercover BATFE agents milling about dealer tables asking where they can get a good deal on machine gun conversion kits.

"Terror Havens or Gun Show Pinholes" is my Rights Watch column for the August issue of GUNS Magazine, on sale now at non-terrorized newsstands throughout the Republic.

BONUS: See pg. 100 to learn how you can win a Springfield Armory XD .45 ACP.

Doh!

And if the Second Amendment is no longer applicable, what other rights have also grown obsolete through neglect? Do we even know what it is we so cavalierly surrender?

“Americans know more about The Simpsons TV show than the US Constitution’s First Amendment,” the BBC News reported about a McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum poll.

"Doh!," my Rights Watch column for the July issue of GUNS Magazine, is now online.

GUNS Magazine, July 1956

"Why Marines Outshoot Our Soldiers"

"The Man Who Teaches Hollywood Stars to Shoot" (Pity someone can't teach them to think.)

"Why Shooting Doesn't Go Professional"

And much more.

The July 1956 issue of GUNS Magazine is now online.

"Well, I'm back."

Please don't take it personally if I haven't responded or reacted to an email. I've been that occupied.

Too Busy to Blog

Work is demanding my all. I will be back after the Independence Day holiday.

Please remember that it is not all about backyard barbecues and entertainment. Good people paid the last full measure to secure the blessings of liberty for ourselves and our posterity.

Reflect on that, and what part you will play / what price you will pay in restoring our usurped freedoms.

We're the Only Ones on Full Auto Enough

THE UZI sub-machine gun which fired the shot that killed former Anti-Kidnapping Squad (AKS) police constable Carlos Guerra was tendered into evidence yesterday...

AKS constable Sheldon Narine, who shot and killed Guerra, is contesting that it was an accident.

I'm confused. In the lead paragraph, they implied it was the Uzi that was responsible...

[More from "The Only Ones" files...]

We're the Only Ones Getting Special Treatment Enough

The commander of the Utah Highway Patrol's anti-DUI squad turned in his resignation this afternoon, just days after being arrested on suspicion of drunken driving...

He was cited for DUI and released to the custody of his supervisor, who was called to the scene of the crash.

So they hustled him out of there and didn't cage him with the orcs until he bailed out? Who does this guy think he is, a Kennedy?

Hey, at least he was put on "paid administrative leave."

[Thanks to Stan White]

[More from "The Only Ones" files...]

Boxer Jabs Back

Professional boxer Andrew Golota plans to come out fighting against weapons charges filed against him this week, his attorney said Friday.

The Polish-born Chicago resident plans to plead not guilty, his attorney said, to 12 misdemeanor counts of failing to register a weapon -- a charge for each of the 12 guns that police say were found in his Northwest Side home -- and for possessing a revoked state firearm owner's identification card.

I see no indication that he plans to introduce the Second Amendment anywhere in his defense...

J'Accuse...!

"I fear what he will do to me. He has guns - five hunting rifles. He has them hidden."

All it takes is a relationship gone bad...

Let's Hear It for New Zealand "Gun Control" Laws

Four elderly women were forced from their card table and into the Devonport Bowling Club toilets by a nail-gun shooting robber who then stole their handbags.

This is what the cowards, traitors and fools supporting citizen disarmament would reduce us all to.

This Day in History: July 1

THIS DAY IN AMERICAN REVOLUTION HISTORY is currently available only for December through June dates. We will be rolling out the remaining months as soon as possible.

Looks like I'll need to find another source for the time being...but no time this morning...

Citizen's Self-Arrest Form

You know you're guilty of something...

[Thanks to John Schaefer]

"If You Really Cared About the People That Elected You..."

I was copied on an email related to yesterday's "Be Careful What You Wish For" post, and got permission to share it with WarOnGuns visitors.

Dear Mayor Seng,

The arrogance of elitist politicians never ceases to amaze me. Thankfully, those who wish to truly educate themselves and are transparently committed to serving and protecting the public understand that simple relationship between criminals and the law. Specifically that the first don't care about the latter.

I won't waste my fingers trying to convince you that your local ban actually makes the good citizens of Lincoln LESS safe. If you really cared about the people that elected you, a little research on your part would open those eyes right up. But then you might actually have to admit that you had no idea what you were talking about and that would be quite unpleasant. Wouldn't it?

Anyway, I'm sure you'll be instructing all local law enforcement officers to lend their support and encouragement to all those good citizens who wish to obey the law and begin carrying their weapons openly for all to see. That should certainly put all those battered women's minds at ease. The irony for you is - That's exactly what it SHOULD do.

J.T. McAdams
Louisville, KY

"Knife Amnesty"

They're serious.

Good Lord.

We're the Only Ones Backing You Up Enough

Charleston Police Capt. Tim Tucker's gun should have been in his holster instead of his desk drawer when his partner Sgt. Eric Johnson was shot earlier this month in a Kanawha City motel parking lot, city officials said Thursday...

[Johnson] called his own ambulance, called backup, gave Metro 911 a vehicle description and voiced concern multiple times that he could not find Tucker...

Tucker had Johnson's handheld radio, but it was tuned to the wrong frequency when he tried to use it after the shooting and he dropped it...

I don't know that keeping the gun in his drawer wasn't the safest place for it.

[More from "The Only Ones" files...]

What's the Big Deal?

What's the big deal about Mayor Frank Melton wearing a handgun? The way things are going in Jackson, it's not a bad idea to be armed.

Here's the "big deal," George.

Jersey City Creates New Law to Enforce

"New Jersey has some of the strictest gun laws in the country," Caso said. "The illegal guns on the street are coming from outside New Jersey. What we need is better enforcement of the law, not penalizing law abiding citizens."

Sorry, Frank. Are you going to use that same argument against their next attack? And the next?

You just lost any sympathy I might have had for you.

This Day in History: June 30

On this day in 1775, the Continental Congress drafts its rationale for taking up arms against Great Britain in the Articles of War.

Be Careful What You Wish For

A Lincoln resident made his point at a City Council meeting that it's perfectly legal to carry a gun.

Tim Tyrrell Sr. made the point by visibly sporting his own holstered and loaded .40-caliber semiautomatic Glock at Monday's council meeting.

Excellent, Mr. Tyrell. That was a brave and admirable thing you did, and you deserve our gratitude. You shouldn't have had to go it alone.

I hope Mayor Coleen Seng wet herself.

City Searches for Answers

Fed up with increasing violence in involving children in Memphis, the city council held an emergency meeting on Wednesday to discuss possible solutions.

Maybe what they ought to search for first is the proper question.

Let's see...what could possibly be "necessary to the security of a free State"...?