Fred on 2A

I strongly support the Second Amendment of the Constitution, which protects an individual’s right to keep and bear arms. Gun control is touted as a major crime-control measure. But some of the places with the strictest gun-control laws also have high violent-crime rates. Disarming law-abiding citizens does not prevent crime. The answer to violent crime is smart, effective, and aggressive law enforcement. The real effect of these gun-control measures is to place onerous restrictions on law-abiding citizens who use firearms for such legal activities as self-defense, sport-shooting, hunting, and collecting. I am committed to:

Strictly enforcing existing laws and severely punishing violent criminals.

Protecting the rights individual Americans enjoy under the Second Amendment.

So you're "committed to strictly enforcing" this?

And this?

And this?

And this?

And...

You wouldn't care to square any of that with this, would you?

Tell me something, Fred, you wouldn't be interested in responding to this, would you?

I know, I know: "Ron Paul can't win and this'll just help Hillary. The perfect is the enemy of the good. Politics is the art of compromise."

How's that working out for us?

RED'S TRADING POST BREAKING NEWS: Our Latest Audit

From Ryan Horsley:

I just posted about our latest audit yesterday:
http://redstradingpost.blogspot.com/2007/09/and-yet-another-atf-auditenough-is.html

I am prompting people to contact the Office of Inspector General for the Department of Justice. As I reported the other day the National Ombudsman is calling for a High Level Review of the ATF's treatment in our case:
http://redstradingpost.blogspot.com/2007/09/spotlighting-atf-abuse.html

I want to thank you for your continued support.

Thanks again,

Ryan

This Day in History: September 19

When General Washington heard that the British General Clinton had landed in New York September 19, 1776, he sent a hurried order to General Putnam to evacuate the city and join him on Harlem Heights. Putnam was ignorant of the route leading from the city, and his aide, Aaron Burr, offered to guide the troops. He got lost, and Captain Mead's Company suffered losses in a
skirmish with the pursuing British Light Calvary.

Busy With Work Today

I may have a few minutes later today for this, but probably not. My dang kids expect to eat.

If someone with lots of money would adopt me, this kind of stuff wouldn't happen.

Now This Really Grinds My Gears

A school officer found a Swiss Army knife in Chandler’s car’s console. Under the school’s zero tolerance policy it was an automatic suspension for Chandler.

The next day, the Chandlers found out Will had also been charged with a felony.

I just sent the following email to the Superintendent of Cobb County Schools:

What in the world is wrong with Cobb Schools that they would destroy a young man's life over this?

Whoever possesses such rigid lack of judgment and discretion that the rules supplant the reason for the rules--educating young people--ought to be ashamed of themselves.

This is like a bad reenactment of "Les Miserables."

Stop this evil foolishness at once and get real. Good grief.

[Via KABA Newslinks]

Microstamping Not Ready for Prime Time

"It gets a lot of attention because it has the word 'guns' written on it," said Fred Tulleners, director of forensics at the University of California, Davis, where a graduate student conducted a small-scale test of microstamping this year. "But it's not really ready to implement in prime time."

But that won't stop anti-freedom politicians from imposing it on those they rule. Anybody who wonders why they would do that hasn't been paying attention.

Incidentally--have you called Arnold yet? If not, good grief, why not?

[More on "Microstamping" from WarOnGuns]

We're the Additional Ones the Left Wants to Disarm Enough

"These were highly trained police officers," Soneson said during an open forum on campus last month. "The UNI campus security guards have asked to carry guns for years now. ... Guns are unsafe."

Even highly trained police officers make mistakes, and no amount of training will keep this from happening," Soneson said.

Yep, guns are unsafe. You can take that straight from the experts, an associate professor of religion and philosophy, a professor in social work who's a Quaker from Norway, and the head of a socialist foundation.

Cool. Campus Commies for Gun Control. What an unexpected shock.

Here's an argument we will see more of--Paul Helmke has already released the talking points, and they go something like: If we can't even trust highly-trained "Only Ones" with guns, how can we possibly trust mere mortals? As his case in point, Helmke even has the gall to reference the Godfather of the Only Ones, Lee Paige.

Here's something else that will start gradually working its way into the public consciousness through time-released manipulation and propaganda--so far, the antis have been cautious not to tip their hand on this, but the day will come when the police will be required to check weapons in and out of lockers, and when not on duty will be required to trust their safety to the system, just like everybody else.

In other words, guys, keep on doing what you're doing. Eventually it will be your turn in the barrel.

For whom the bell tolls and all that...

We're the Only Ones Saving a Room Full of People Enough

"Now what you have here is a sawed-off, 12-gauge shotgun," he said, snapping the weapon's foldable stock into place. "A very good street sweeper. You can conceal this gun and take out a room full of people with one shot."

And that could conceivably have been the case had the Brunswick Police Department not held its gun buy-back program in conjunction with the Anguilla Freedom Project at Howard Coffin Park in Brunswick Saturday.

Hyperbole, anyone?

But "authorized journalist" Cody Trawick isn't finished! He tells us about "killing machine[s]," and a "sinister appearance" and how "It doesn't take too much work to make a weapon like this fully automatic," not to mention filling even the stoutest of hearts with dread over "completely fresh, hollow-point rounds," or the horrible, narrowly-averted fact that "There's no telling where they would have ended up if they hadn't been willing to sell them to us."

And we can have confidence Cody (and his police informant) knows what he's (she's?) talking about, because of the reference to the "75-round clip," plus the creative way he spelled "Reuger."

And all this in the name of "Freedom," Only Ones-style. Great job there, Cody. Nothing like reporting straight news, although next time, you might want to bring your pom pons.

Darwin...Paging Mr. Darwin...

"When Callan saw me flinch away he reacted by saying `hey, I had better make sure this is empty' and he cocked the gun back once causing a bullet to fall out of the gun on to my bed," Mr Popple said.

"He held the gun up to the side of his head and pulled the trigger. I don't think he realised the gun was loaded. I think he just didn't realise ... that there were bullets left in the gun."

The solution to preventing such future tragedies, of course, is to disarm you and me.

This Day in History: September 17

On September 17, 1787, the delegates to the Constitutional Convention met for the last time to sign the document they had created. The National Archives and Records Administration celebrates this important day in our nation's history by presenting the following activities, lesson plans, and information. We encourage teachers and students at all levels to learn more about our Constitution and government.

Yeah, that would be nice, particularly since many of the history books being foisted on unsuspecting students/future voters "teach" them all about states' rights to form militias.

Mukasey for AG?

President Bush plans to choose Michael B. Mukasey, a former federal judge who was nominated to the bench by Ronald Reagan, to replace Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, Republicans close to the process told The Politico.

How does this bode for gun owners? At this point, I don't have anything but inferences--look for more to come to light in the coming days.

First, we know the guy is for Giuliani. A Constitutionalist who believes in the Bill of Rights could not be.

More troubling is this guy who wanted him on the Supreme Court and/or as AG:

In June 2003, Democratic New York Senator Charles Schumer submitted Mukasey's name, along with four other Republicans or Republican appointees, as a suggestion for President George W. Bush to consider for nomination to the Supreme Court. On the March 18, 2007, episode of Meet the Press, Schumer again suggested Mukasey as a potential Attorney General nominee who, "by [his] reputation and character, shows that [he] put rule of law first."

I haven't had time to look into the record of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York as it pertains to guns, or what Judge Mukasey's history is--I'm hoping someone on our side with legal expertise will weigh in and give us all some insights.

Online Gun Sale Opportunity for PMSNBC to Go Into PSH Over RKBA

A Collier County man is having second thoughts about selling his AK-47 online because of the buyers the rifle has attracted this week. He says most of the people that responded to his Craigslist.org posting are convicted felons.

"Jeremy's" story stinks, and I am left wondering about his identity, his sympathies and his motives. I note the quoted dealer runs buyers through NICS, so it looks like this is more PSH from PMSNBC. And I find it curious the denied checks haven't resulted in a BATFU response for a federal felony by prohibited persons--I guess they're just too busy hounding Red's.

But re-reading this, it looks like the dealer was just someone the "reporter" picked to interview--Jeremy says "he does a background check on every person." Without access to NICS, how would he do that? And why does this article deliberately obfuscate the realtionship between "Jeremy" and the dealer?

But aside from that, I just did a cursory search on CraigsList and couldn't find a gun being advertised--albeit I only looked for a few minutes. I wonder why the "authorized journalist" didn't see fit to mention CraigsList's "Prohibited or Restricted Items Policy":

Weapons and related items, including firearms, disguised, undetectable or switchblade knives, martial arts weapons, sniper scopes, silencers, ammunition, large capacity magazines, BB guns, tear gas or stun guns.

I seriously doubt that "Jeremy" had time to remove his listing as he claims. My guess is, it was flagged and deleted before he would have had the chance, and they probably have his IP blocked from further posting. That is, if he really did so in the first place, and thus far, I see no reason to give him any credence.

You don't think a fair and balanced mainstream establishment news outlet might be pushing an agenda disguised as journalism, do you?

We're the Only Ones Taking Back Enough

Cosmos Onyigbo bought a gun from an acquaintance at a Police station and gets arrested less than five minutes later for unlawful possession of firearms.

"The Only Ones" giveth, "The Only Ones" taketh away.

Funny--no mention of what became of the deposit collateral. But they've got you sobbing and terrified and ready to give them anything they want, Cosmo, and that's the important thing.

And here's "'The Only Ones' Philosophy" in a nutshell:

The State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Paul Iseghohi while addressing journalists on the issue said it was unimaginable for someone of his status to acquire a gun without any desire to use it for negative purpose.

It works that way here, too, regardless of the subterfuges those who want other human beings disarmed employ. Some animals are more equal than others, and they intend to keep it that way.

Linda Mah Won't Be Safe Period

Instead of those namby-pamby ``Give me five'' requests where all the kids are expected to clap, raise their hands and shut their traps, just let a teacher fire a round into the florescent lights. That will get the little brats' attention.

Linda Mah thinks she's clever and authoritative.

She's neither.

And it's "fluorescent" unless the lights are blossoming.

We're the Only Ones Selling Online Enough

The Deerpark police commission is investigating a police sergeant who is accused of listing department equipment for sale on eBay.

I'm surprised they caught her, what with the rest of the department out at Hooters...

[Via Declan]

[More from "The Only Ones" Files]

This Day in History: September 16

Great Seal of U.S. used for 1st time

We're the Only Ones Snacking Enough

This village's only convenience store decided to do something nice for its police officers: give them a free fountain drink or coffee at closing time. But somewhere along the way, investigators say, it got out of control. Now, all three of the village's officers are accused of stealing snacks.

"It" got out of control?

Boy, patrolling sure works up an appetite, doesn't it? Glad to see they're still on the job.

[Via Chris T]

[More from "The Only Ones" Files]

We're the Only Ones "Let's Make a Deal" Enough

An Orange County sheriff's lieutenant accused of selling civilian guns from an evidence room he supervised has been offered a plea deal under which he would plead guilty to a misdemeanor and resign.

And what did Juvenal ask us?

Besides, does anyone doubt they couldn't get the same deal? Otherwise, that would mean "The Only Ones" are...uh...never mind...

[Via Declan]

Federal Flunkies

Ten years after Congress ordered federal agencies to have outside auditors review their books, neither the Defense Department nor the newer Department of Homeland Security has met even basic accounting requirements, leaving them vulnerable to waste, fraud and abuse.

Oooh...ooohhh...audit BATFU next...audit BATFU next...

Seriously, this is obscene. The same administration that's trying to destroy a family business over minor paperwork glitches like putting "Y" or "N" on a form instead of "Yes" or "No" doesn't have the needed controls in place to run a hotdog stand--and these are the "authorities" we look to to safeguard nothing less than the physical security of the nation--and the same authorities who bring the hammer down on "We the People" when some opt to assume responsibility for their own security.

The system is insane.

[Via HZ]

Matt Sedensky: Authorized Journalist

I just don't have time to deconstruct this right now, but will say Matt Sedensky is either totally ignorant of his subject matter, that is, incompetent, or a deliberate liar--meaning he's reached the pinnacle of his profession and is now a Master Authorized Journalist.

Besides, you don't need me to do this for you. How many lies can you find?

[Via HZ and Sam and Joe Bethancourt]