The BATFU In-and-Out

Wish I knew what Area Supervisor Linda Young meant by "We're done!" Be nice if they really were...

Click on title link for details from Ryan Horsley at Red's Blog...

[Via George K]

Someone's Got a Sense of Humor...

...and when you're dealing with BATFU, that ain't easy. Having coined and routinely employed the acronym, I would expect Google searches to put WarOnGuns at the top of the hit list. But we were edged out not just by the agency itself, but by the link to their "Kid's Page"!

I'm still disappointed my art submission will never make it to their exhibit wall...

A War of Attrition

“We’ve spent $70,000 [on legal fees] so far . . . and there’s still no court date,” Horsley told American Free Press on July 11. He believes the ATF and U.S attorneys want to avoid setting a court date since the feds might lose the case and receive unwanted publicity.

Their tactic appears to be: Find clerical glitches, if any, make court filings and exhaust Red’s finances.

“They’re trying to win by attrition,” said Horsley, adding that every legal rebuttal to the citations from each ATF visit costs the store $5,000 to $6,000.

Mark Anderson of AmericanFreePress.net gives us a good summation of the continued BATFU assault tactics on Red's Trading Post.

In related news, Ted Nugent may get involved.

[Via Ryan Horsley]

By Popular Demand

2 of the 100 comments the university received about the new policy supported it.

"Baaaa," said one supporter.

"Oink, oink," said the other.

Equality Under the Law

A Facebook profile containing a photograph of young men posing with guns has been cited as a factor in a police shooting that killed an 18-year-old robbery suspect last December.

Hmmm...

The Sex...Uh...Gun Offender Registry

In an effort to fight the city's spike in gun-related crime, Mayor Sheila Dixon yesterday introduced legislation that would let police - and possibly the public - know home addresses of people convicted of gun violations.

These people just won't stop, will they?

Please Please Me

The Democratic governor said he was pleased with the level of security he is provided.

Tell it to Rick Stanley, governor, who was arrested for open carry in Denver despite the clear wording of the Second Amendment and the Colorado Constitution. Hopefully Parker will be the beginning of the end of "home rule" gun bans that allow politicians to enjoy publicly-funded armed security details, but prohibit We the People from protecting ourselves.

Brady/VPC Spin on Fenty Appeal

Brady Center:

If the U.S. Supreme Court follows the words of the U.S. Constitution and the Court's own precedents, it should reverse the Appeals Court ruling and allow the District's law to stand.

Just because Paul Helmke says so, apparently.

Violence Policy Center:

Washington, DC's ban on handguns in the home has long protected DC's residents as measured by the District of Columbia's firearm suicide and overall
suicide rate.

I guess that all depends on who is being protected. If you follow the VPC link, it claims 5 reported suicides per 100,000 persons related to firearms in 2004, with no evidence that the absence of a gun would not have resulted in a different choice of method. In the same year, their murder rate was reported at 35.8 per 100,000, almost seven times higher than the national average of 5.5.

This Day in History: July 17

Washington is waiting our motions here, & has detached Sullivan with about 2500 men, as I learn, to Albany.- My intention is for Pensilvania where I expect to meet Washington, but if he goes to the Northw.d contrary to my / and you can keep him at Bay, be assured I shall soon be after him to relieve you.

Looks Like I Got My Wish...

...to be proven wrong on Parker:

Sources told News4 on Monday that D.C. Mayor Adrian
Fenty will appeal a federal circuit court's decision to overturn the city's 30-year-old handgun ban.

Fenty will have to appeal the case to the Supreme Court.

I hope this is true.

Looks like it's been confirmed.

[Via SayUncle]

We're the Only Ones Going Off Enough

Trooper's Gun Goes Off...Police said Randall McKlveen was unarmed when a trooper's weapon accidentally discharged...The trooper's gun went off...

All by its own self, yet once again, no doubt...

Oh, and government watchdog "authorized journalists": Nah, I don't suppose knowing "the trooper's" name would be in the public interest. Forget I mentioned it.

[More from "The Only Ones" files]

Group Hug

"There's a reason they go out and shoot each other, because they don't love themselves. And the reason they don't love themselves is because we are not loving them enough."

Kumbaya, my Lord, Kumbaya...

Love for everyone! That is, unless you're Obama's pal "the Reverend" Snuffy Pfleger, calling on the mob to "snuff out...John R-I-G-G-I-O."

What better way to promote glowing warmth and good will than by promoting edicts that will result in storm troopers killing anyone who doesn't bend to your will and surrender their personal defense tools?

Do I hear an "Amen"?

Oh, and what do you know? The Vernon Park Church of God, which just gave an exclusive forum to a presidential candidate, doesn't file with the IRS because they're tax exempt. I'm sure The Separatists will get right on it.

(Fits has more.)

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.