A Hacking Tool

I've got five good reasons why restricting hacking tools is not like gun control.

But you seem willing to throw guns under the bus in order to keep those tools, and carve out yet another exception for "The Only Ones," as if that will do anything other than ensure corrupt exclusivity.

If you're going to make a statement like "many incidents of gun violence are not caused by criminals," I'd be interested in seeing if you know what you're talking about. How many is "many"? What percentage of "gun violence" perpetrators have no prior criminal affiliations, and what is your source for this claim?

Only a hack or a tool would go around promulgating seemingly authoritative assertions without actual knowledge, don't you think?

Long Distance with Wayne Fincher

I spoke with Wayne Fincher on the phone for probably about 20 minutes yesterday. I'm not going to go into details here.

I was impressed with his knowledge, intelligence, insights and bearing. There is much good about this remarkable man. An outrageous injustice has been, and is continuing to be done.

This Day in History: July 16

Lead is in such short supply that the residents of Philadelphia melt down the lead from their window weights and downspouts to be turned into bullets for the Army.

Signs of a Common Sense Gun Ban

“Anybody with common sense isn’t going to carry a gun into a school."

...So expect to see more gun signs popping up this fall

Yep, if only there had been bans in effect at Columbine or Virginia Tech. Keep it from happening again by getting those "NO GUNS" signs up. Rick Gammill, have I got a sign for you.

And know this: Wayne couldn't agree with you more.

NewTimesLive Reporter Doesn't Know What He's Talking About, No Seriously

Under old gun laws, a gun dealer faced a slap on the wrist for selling an illegal handgun.

Under new laws, its 3-and-a-half years for a loaded handgun, said New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

Forgetting for a moment the federal consequences, it's hard to believe that any "authorized journalist" could be this incapable of separating apples from oranges, but there you have it.

Ignorance and bias: so much journalistic malpractice in so little space.

The Invisible Men

Federal agents not usually visible at local gun shows...

Too bad. It would be nice to ID them and post their pictures at entrances and dealer tables.

Archives By Category

So much for expecting even-handedness. You'll note no category for "Religious Left Watch," which can only mean that the Separatists endorse and exploit holes in "the wall" for them.

I posted a couple comments on their blog pointing out their double standards.

This Day in History: July 15

Resolved Unanimously, that the Reasons assigned by the Continental Congress for declaring the United Colonies free and independent States, are cogent and conclusive, and that while We lament the cruel Necessity, which has rendered that Measure unavoidable, We approve the same and will at the Risque of our Lives and fortunes join with the other Colonies in supporting it.

Snuffy Still Flouts Tax Law as Separatists Turn Blind Eye

Snuffy Pfleger is still up to his liberty-snuffing antics, and there's still no outrage from Americans United for Separation of Church and State.

I guess using tax-deductible resources to advocate legislation to the general public isn't as threatening to the Republic as a fundamentalist preacher expressing religious views to his congregation...

It appears their moral outrage is consistently selective, does it not?

3 Quick Observations

1894C said...
...I can't wait to read your opinions of DC V Parker & the impending Aug deadline to appeal to SCOTUS, the CA pending bill to ban lead ammo for hunting, the OSHA pending ruling regarding the storage of gunpowder and ammo.

I may not have time to do a very thorough job on these, so here are my hipshot impressions. Feel free to disagree:

I hope I'm wrong, but I think Fenty's going to cave on Parker. I don't think the anti-gun establishment is confident enough in their legal position to want to see this one go any further, and they'll carrot/stick the mayor to take one for the team and drop it. Which means we still won't have a SCOTUS ruling--and that will be exploited later in a venue more to the subversives' advantage.

The environmentalcases have made great freedom-destroying strides in this country, and California is at the forefront. Plus, they've been know in the past to enact edicts just to give an in your face! to gun owners. I've pretty much said my piece on the lead issue here, and would only reassert that anything Leonardo Dicaprio thinks is a good idea needs to be vetted for childishness.

In re OSHA and the proposed regs, again, I have no crystal ball, but my feeling is that the issue will be put on the back burner for the time being--at least until the base-alienating republicans succeed in transferring enough power to allow the democrats to force it through. This is just one more example of how freedom is about a lot more than guns. Put another way, anti-freedom is about controlling others--in all aspects of their lives and affairs.

Gun Banners Pledge to Lie

Seeking the attention of presidential candidates taking part in the NAACP national convention, concerned parents and activists said that they plan to conduct a “lie-in” today to protest weak gun laws, particularly on college campuses.

Yeah, I guess complete bans aren't strong enough.

How fitting they choose to call it a "lie in."

Oh, wait--they mean as in "lie down."

I always wanted to go to one of those dressed like Evel Knievel, have a crew set up ramps on each side of the line of protesters...

This Day in History: July 14

To THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS New York, July 14, 1776.

Sir: My last of Friday evening which I had the Honor of addressing you, advised that two of the Enemy's Ships of War and three Tenders had run above our Batteries here and the Works at the upper end of the Island.

"Major Blow" to Major Blowhard

A key Congressional committee dealt a major blow to Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s campaign against illegal firearms yesterday, refusing to allow police departments broader access to data that tracks guns sales.

The bill restricting release of the information, approved by the House Appropriations Committee, must still be passed by the full House and reconciled with a similar Senate measure. But since the Senate bill is considered even more beneficial to the gun industry, the Bloomberg administration appeared resigned to defeat.

Note Paul Helmke's "I'll be back" threat. I half expect him to twirl his moustache and go "Nya-ha-ha" while saying it.

We're the Only Ones Bringing Closure Enough

A grand jury Wednesday declined to indict a former sheriff's deputy in the shooting death of a teenager accused of stealing video game consoles...

"We're very pleased and we hope this will bring closure to a very difficult and tragic set of circumstance..."

I'm sure we'd be seeing the same "closure" and all parties would be "very pleased" had Peyton Strickland been the one to shoot an unarmed "Only One" through a door...

[Via ChareltonHest]

Fincher Denied Appeal Bond

A Washington County man convicted of having illegal machine guns won't be allowed out of jail while his conviction and sentencing are on appeal, a
judge ruled Friday...Fincher is being allowed to remain free on $100,000 bond until he reports to federal prison July 24.

Most outrageous line:

The defense tried to make a case of the Constitution versus gun laws; the government kept the case more simple...

Close runner-up:

A second issue planned on appeal is whether Fincher should have been given more prison time for being an organizer or leader of a criminal activity that involved more than five people.

[More about Wayne Fincher from WarOnGuns]

This Day in History: July 13

A Speech to the Six Confederate Nations, Mohawks, Oneidas, Tusscaroras,Onondagas, Cayugas, Senekas, from the Twelve United Colonies, convened in
Council at Philadelphia.

BROTHERS, SACHEMS, AND WARRIORS,

We, the Delegates from the Twelve United Provinces, viz. New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, the three lower counties of New Castle, Kent, and Sussex, on Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina, now sitting in general Congress at Philadelphia, send this talk to you our brothers.

A Consolidated Post

I still need to keep things extremely limited here at WarOnGuns due to the many tasks facing me each day. Rather than a bunch of posts, I'm going to combine everything into one for today, and possibly for the next several days to come. I still don't have time to act on story tips, so don't feel slighted if you sent me a great new outrage. There's only one of me, and he's approaching overload.

Oh, and yesterday's comments about CEOs and "Saw"? Add Bill Gates to the head-in-a-bear trap category for Vista and their new MS Office. I may yet grow to appreciate it, but for right now, ornery traditionalist that I am, I can't fathom why they needed to futz around with all the old familiar controls. But just to qualify things, I couldn't even figure out the lab monkey intelligence test required to finesse open the plastic box my software came in and just said the hell with it and ripped the damn thing apart.

OK, here we go.

This Day in History

As a show of force, two British frigates sail up the Hudson River blasting their guns. Peace feelers are then extended to the Americans. At the request of the British, Gen. Washington meets with Howe's representatives in New York and listens to vague offers of clemency for the American rebels. Washington politely declines, then leaves.

Author David McCullough covers these events and much more in his excellent "1776."

JULY 1957 GUNS Magazine Now Online

Meet the "Shooting King of Iraq."

No, not this one.




This one.

Of particular interest to me in this issue was a Crossfire section letter reminding the editor "It's a Right, Not a Privilege," and a feature about a lady farmer who knew "Guns are Our Protectors." And, of course, there are the vintage ads (and prices).

Grabbers All?

My Rights Watch column for the July 2007 issue of GUNS Magazine about the leading presidential contenders (as recognized by the "official" media) is now online. And before you jump on me, this was submitted before all the buzz about Fred Thompson, or Ron Paul's strong showing among Internet activists.

I actually liked my working title, "Heil to the Chief," but the publishers do, after all, have sponsors, who are probably more than a bit queasy about having their good names associated with such a disreputable and extreme fellow as myself.

Shameless Plug: "A Very Sound Policy"
My Rights Watch column for the August 2007 issue of GUNS Magazine about the Virginia Tech atrocity enablers is now on sale at sensible newsstands throughout the Republic.

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That's it for today. Maybe I'll have some time to post again tomorrow.

As master pianist Fats Waller observed, "One never knows, do one?"

Fincher Out of Jail

DAD IS OUT JAIL FOR AT LEAST 4 WEEKS. HE IS OUT ON SELF REPORT. NOT SURE ABOUT AN APPEAL BOND. KEEP PRAYING. THERE ARE STIPULATIONS TO HIS RELEASE, HE CAN NOT GO ANY WHERE EXCEPT A FEW PLACES, NO MILITIA MEETINGS, NO FIREARMS, NO FELONS CAN COME AROUND HIM OR ASSOCIATE WITH HIM, HE MUST CHECK IN WITH HIS PROBATION OFFICER ONCE A WEEK. SURE THERE ARE MORE STIPULATIONS BUT CAN NOT THINK OF THEM AT THIS MOMENT. I WANT TO THANK EACH AND EVERYONE WHO HAS CONTRIBUTED TO HIS DEFENSE. THERE IS MORE TO COME AT SOME POINT. THANKS SO MUCH. AS ALWAYS GOD BLESS AND THANK YOU ALL. CONNIE FIELDS AND FAMILY

I found this email waiting for me when I finally got hooked back up to the Internet. Thing is, the message is two weeks old.

In a related development, it looks like the courts won't be satisfied until they steal the man's land. That news is a week old.

My opinion is that both of these developments merited timely mentions on gun rights blogs.

[More about Wayne Fincher from WarOnGuns]

So--Anything Happen While I Was Gone?

Posting will still be limited for the next week or so as things slowly normalize--please understand if I don't have time to reply or follow up on news tips, etc.



Holy Moly, this has been a lot of work. The yard took me 4 hours even with a tractor because of all the edging and trim mowing. The TV deliverytards couldn't get either set to work until I showed them how you need to take the little strip of plastic off the remote, and no, you won't get a signal until you select an input source, plus the main set has a master ON/Off switch in the back--and then noticed one of them had tracked dozens of black grease spots all over carpets I just spent $350 having professionally cleaned before we moved in. I also would like to produce a special sequel to "Saw" featuring the CEOs of companies that import furniture assembly kits--give them an hour to follow their own instructions and put the freaking desk together before the bear traps on their heads trip shut.



But aside from that all is well. The finches come to our feeder, the chipmunk grows less timid and may yet end up being a trusted pal, the squirrel chases robins in lunatic bounds, and the deer leave my poor offerings alone because the neighbors are such excellent gardeners. There is a real contentment in sitting under trees in a dark back yard tastefully accented by lightning bugs, drawing on a good Maduro, sipping at a finger of single malt and listening to the distant rumble of wheels on rails a mile away.

6 1/2 Years for Fincher

A leader of the Militia of Washington County has been sentenced to 6 1/2 years in federal prison for possessing banned weapons, including machine guns and a sawed-off shotgun.

"All I can say is, I love my God and I love my country," Hollis Wayne Fincher said before U.S. District Judge Jimm L. Hendren pronounced the sentence Friday.

Just had a moment to check in on my road trip and noticed Google Blog Search doesn't show any other gun blogs commenting on this story. I hope that's just a glitch in the system and it missed all of the posts informing the gun owner community about this. I'd hate to think I'm the only one who thinks this is worth being aware of.

Tell ya what, let's hope none of us ever get in trouble with "the law"...

Signing off for now. Hiatus continues.