...about this video by Tom Gresham and Clint Smith, where they ask the Republican presidential candidates which "gun control" laws they would work to repeal.
You'll recall WarOnGuns urged gun owners to contact CNN and press them to include this question in the upcoming YouTube debate, Wed., Nov. 28, 8:00 PM EST.
What say we give them a last-minute surge and let them know there is strong interest in getting this question aired and answered?
[Thanks for the reminder to D.W. Lawson]
Monday, November 26, 2007
Vigilance
The Vigilant Hose, Myersville, Brunswick and Jefferson volunteer fire companies are selling 2008 Sportsman's Calendars, which offer a chance at winning either money or a gun every day of 2008.
These are my kind of first responders. It's nice for an outsider to realize Maryland's not all like Baltimore.
"The Yahoos Win Again"
Thanks, Jewell. That wouldn't be a code word for "white," would it?The third measure was withdrawn after the first two were voted down. Its chief sponsor, Rep. Jewell Williams, D-Philly, said, "The yahoos win again.
"The yahoos? "Yeah," he says, "the old boys with the boots and the guns."
You've removed all doubt as to what this is all about--using force of law to impose your evil prejudices. You've certainly relieved us of any obligation to be civil in our communications with you. But tell me: how many "Yahoos" committed "gun murders" in your district over the past year--as opposed to your constituents?
And hasn't gRendell stopped howling in mad pain yet?
Academics for the Second Amendment Want YOU
Preparing and filing the amicus brief will take thousands of additional dollars. A2A will be facing attorney fees, printing expenses, filing fees, travel and lodging expenses, etc. We have some money but not enough.
Follow the title link to find out how you can help support the important and historic Heller effort. Please don't sit on the sidelines on this one.
R-E-S-P-E-C-T
We should be able to combine respect for those traditions with our concern for kids who are being shot down. This is a classic example of us just applying some common sense, just being reasonable, right? And reasonable would say that lawful gun owners – I respect the Second Amendment. I think lawful gun owners should be able to hunt, be sportsmen, protect their families.Why is it when Obama says "repect" in this context, I hear backup singers going:
Sock it to me
Sock it to me
Sock it to me
Sock it to me...?
Meanwhile, Over in Brady Paradise
Japan's parliament on Monday passed legislation strengthening gun control following a spate of shootings by gangsters, including the assassination of a city mayor in April and the recent murder of a hospital patient in a case of mistaken identity.They're making everything even more illegal.
Easy Access to Pipes Cited in SA Suicide
A 22-year-old KwaZulu-Natal man built a home-made firearm at the weekend and used the weapon to kill himself, police said on Monday.Where there's a will there's a way, and no "law" will ever change that.
We're the Only Ones Claiming Our Inheritance Enough
An arsenal of weapons, including assault rifles and artillery shells, was secretly seized three years ago from the home of a deceased former Albany police official who had helped dozens of officers illegally purchase machine guns in the mid-1990s.Well, gee. No wonder they're trying so hard to keep this a secret.
But fear not. David Soares is on the job. To make sure non-"Only Ones" don't have any "illegal guns."
[Via cbar10]
We're the Only Ones Well-Muscled Enough
After the matter was resolved Parfrey said the RCMP shift supervisor, a “very big, well-muscled man”, told him he didn’t like the way his officers had been treated and said if he had been the one to stop them things would have gone worse. Parfrey took exception to what he saw as intimidation by the supervisor.Apparently, if you're an "Only One," ignorance of the law is an excuse--to continue being an abusive, law-breaking (and apparently head-breaking) thug. Too bad they didn't publish the muscle-head's name.
Kassen thought the officer was threatening and said, “I had the feeling his superior overruled him and that he might be feeling vindictive.” He remains concerned that there may be negative consequences for the duo for standing up for their rights.
[Via Brian T]
"Most Dangerous and Vile"
FOREWORD: I have not personally verified the following text. It was sent to me by correspondent "Don," who tells me "You need to go to the Arizona Room at the main library and ask for the book of the Arizona Constitutional Convention of 1910. See pgs 678,679....the minutes are all there."
The Records of the Arizona Constitutional Convention of 1910
Pages 678 and 679 Edited by: John S. Goff (C) The Supreme Court of Arizona
Mr. Chairman: Are there any objections or corrections to Section 32?
Mr. Baker: Mr. Chairman, I move to strike out all of Section 32. I never in all my life found it necessary to carry a six-shooter and I have passed through nearly all the scenes and experiences of this world and unsettled country. Carrying arms is dangerous. It is a very dangerous thing to oneself and to one's associates and should not be permitted under any circumstances. I have seen lives lost and innocent blood spilled just through the carrying of arms, concealed weapons under one's coat or shirt. It is most dangerous and vile; a practice that should never be permitted except in times of war and never in times of peace. Think of it; carrying a six-shooter or a knife or some other terrible arm of defense, and then in a moment of heated passion using that weapon. I do not believe in it and I move to strike out that section.
Mr.Webb: I second that motion for I agree with the gentleman from Maricopa that it is a pernicious thing and should not be included in this bill. I too, in all my experiences, have never seen the time when it was necessary to carry concealed weapons except in times of Indian troubles, and have had many and varied experiences, in cow camps. I have been in many places where some might deem it necessary to come armed, but I did not, nor do I believe it necessary to do so now. We are no longer a frontier country, and if we did not need arms in the early days of pioneering in this country, we do not now, and I second the motion.
Mr. Crutchfield: I move to amend by inserting after the word "impair" in line 9, page 7, the following words: "....but the legislature shall have the right to regulate the wearing of weapons to prevent crime."
Mr. Baker: That is all right and I second the motion.
Mr. Parsons: Mr. chairman, I move to amend by striking out all of Section 32 and substituting the following in lieu thereof:, "The people shall have the right to bear arms for their safety and defense, but the legislature shall regulate the exercise of this right by law."
Mr. Feeney: I second that motion.
Mr. Chairman: The question comes up on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Cochise, Mr. Parsons, to strike out Section 32 and insert in lieu thereof his amendment. Those in favor of this motion answer "aye", opposed "nay". The motion is lost. The question now comes up on the amendment offered by Mr. Crutchfield to insert after the word "impaired" in line 9, page 7, the following words: " but the legislature shall have the right to regulate the wearing of weapons to prevent crime." Those in favor of the amendment say "aye", those opposed "nay". The secretary will call the roll.
Roll Call showed: 22 "Ayes" 23 "Nays".
Mr. Chairman: The motion is lost, and Section 32 will stand approved as read unless there are other amendments. Are there any objections to Section 33?
[ 25 November, Evening ]
SECTION 32: The right of the individual citizens to bear arms in defense of himself or the state shall not be impaired, but nothing in this section shall be construed as authorizing individuals or corporations to organize, maintain or employ an armed body of men.
[ Later renumbered: Article II, Section 26, Arizona Constitution ]
This Day in History: November 26
My opinion is, to draw our whole force together, take post and fortify Germantown, considering it as our Winter Quarters. When the works there are in a tolerable state of defence, I should be for taking our whole force (except one Brigade to guard the works) and proceed [struck: as] near the enemies lines, offering them battle, which, if they declined, would in the opinion of every national man, fully evince our superiority in point of strength. If they should come out, fight, and defeat us, we have a secure retreat and Winter Quarters.
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Securing the Blessings of Liberty in Washington
Federal officials are routinely asking courts to order cellphone companies to furnish real-time tracking data so they can pinpoint the whereabouts of drug traffickers, fugitives and other criminal suspects, according to judges and industry lawyers.Oh, now, come on. I'm sure they need this tool to help track Homegrown Terrorists.
In some cases, judges have granted the requests without requiring the government to demonstrate that there is probable cause to believe that a crime is taking place or that the inquiry will yield evidence of a crime.
[Via AvgJoe]
Easy Access
FOREWORD: This little essay, which I wrote in 2001, has disappeared from other sites where it originally appeared, so I'm going to give it a home here at WarOnGuns:
Half a lifetime ago, my friend Howard's dad bought him a Stevens bolt-action, single-shot .22 with a Weaver 4X scope. By the time he was 13, his dad trusted him enough to take the gun by himself to the range in Santa Monica. The rest of the world didn't have a problem with it either.
Stevens rifle in hand, he and a friend walked down the street and boarded a bus, opening the action to show the driver that the gun wasn't loaded. After getting off at their stop, they walked another half-mile to the range. And they returned home the same way.
Fast-forward to the present. The place is Hawthorne, California, the scene, the 99 Cents Plus Mini Market. Two predatory teenagers have decided the store is a low-risk target, with vulnerable prey. This is the third robbery at the place in two months. It's not as if the cops are around. And when you're an easy mark, word spreads on the street.
Still, there is nothing like an overwhelming show of force, just to make sure your victims know who's in charge, and violent criminals always seem to understand this. To that end, one approaches a 62-year-old female clerk and sticks a gun to her head, a machine pistol according to the news accounts.
Another gun crime committed by troubled adolescents. Isn't this further proof that youth today have all too easy access to guns, and that if we don't do something about it, the senseless killings will continue?
Let's stop for a moment and examine the facts. In California, a juvenile cannot legally own a gun. He cannot legally handle one outside the supervision of an adult. He cannot legally carry a concealed weapon, nor can that weapon be loaded, even if carried openly, which he's not allowed to do. So at this point, we have several violations of state gun control laws, each enacted under the promise that it will help end this sort of thing. And, as automatic weapons have been regulated, licensed and taxed by the federal government since 1934, illegal possession of a machine pistol makes this a federal rap as well.
Like any of this matters to any but opportunistic politicians and those incapable of separating reason from emotion who elect them. Street hoodlums are smarter than that. They know they can get a gun any time they want. They laugh at anyone who thinks that another law is going to slow them down one bit, as if someone who would commit armed robbery and assault with a deadly weapon by sticking a machine pistol to a 62-year-old woman's head would worry about the penalties for violating one of the 20,000-plus gun control laws already in place. No?
But let's return to the 99 Cents Plus store and see what harvest easy youth access to guns has reaped. There is a struggle. The woman's 12-year-old grandson grabs a hidden handgun and fires at one of the attackers, killing him and causing his accomplice to flee.
He has repelled two monsters, this brave youth, most certainly saving his grandmother, and probably himself, as murderers tend not to look upon witnesses with favor. He has stopped a violent crime from happening and assured that at least one sociopathic reptile will never again find human victims.
So where are the headlines: RESPONSIBLE ARMED YOUTH SAVES LIVES...? I mean, the press is supposed to be objective and unbiased, right?
Do you think the scenario may have played out differently had the wonks at Handgun Control, Inc., been heeded? What do you think the outcome would have been had the grandmother kept her gun unloaded, locked up and separated from its ammunition, or if she had installed a trigger lock? What about if her firearm was a personalized "smart gun" that no one but herself could fire? And had these "safety methods" resulted in the death of this valiant boy and his grandmother, would HCI have exploited this to call for yet more gun control?
Half a lifetime ago, a boy carrying a scoped rifle boarded the Santa Monica bus and no one gave it a second thought. There can be no doubt what the result would be if he tried the same thing today, in our climate of "easy youth access to guns."
Half a lifetime ago, my friend Howard's dad bought him a Stevens bolt-action, single-shot .22 with a Weaver 4X scope. By the time he was 13, his dad trusted him enough to take the gun by himself to the range in Santa Monica. The rest of the world didn't have a problem with it either.
Stevens rifle in hand, he and a friend walked down the street and boarded a bus, opening the action to show the driver that the gun wasn't loaded. After getting off at their stop, they walked another half-mile to the range. And they returned home the same way.
Fast-forward to the present. The place is Hawthorne, California, the scene, the 99 Cents Plus Mini Market. Two predatory teenagers have decided the store is a low-risk target, with vulnerable prey. This is the third robbery at the place in two months. It's not as if the cops are around. And when you're an easy mark, word spreads on the street.
Still, there is nothing like an overwhelming show of force, just to make sure your victims know who's in charge, and violent criminals always seem to understand this. To that end, one approaches a 62-year-old female clerk and sticks a gun to her head, a machine pistol according to the news accounts.
Another gun crime committed by troubled adolescents. Isn't this further proof that youth today have all too easy access to guns, and that if we don't do something about it, the senseless killings will continue?
Let's stop for a moment and examine the facts. In California, a juvenile cannot legally own a gun. He cannot legally handle one outside the supervision of an adult. He cannot legally carry a concealed weapon, nor can that weapon be loaded, even if carried openly, which he's not allowed to do. So at this point, we have several violations of state gun control laws, each enacted under the promise that it will help end this sort of thing. And, as automatic weapons have been regulated, licensed and taxed by the federal government since 1934, illegal possession of a machine pistol makes this a federal rap as well.
Like any of this matters to any but opportunistic politicians and those incapable of separating reason from emotion who elect them. Street hoodlums are smarter than that. They know they can get a gun any time they want. They laugh at anyone who thinks that another law is going to slow them down one bit, as if someone who would commit armed robbery and assault with a deadly weapon by sticking a machine pistol to a 62-year-old woman's head would worry about the penalties for violating one of the 20,000-plus gun control laws already in place. No?
But let's return to the 99 Cents Plus store and see what harvest easy youth access to guns has reaped. There is a struggle. The woman's 12-year-old grandson grabs a hidden handgun and fires at one of the attackers, killing him and causing his accomplice to flee.
He has repelled two monsters, this brave youth, most certainly saving his grandmother, and probably himself, as murderers tend not to look upon witnesses with favor. He has stopped a violent crime from happening and assured that at least one sociopathic reptile will never again find human victims.
So where are the headlines: RESPONSIBLE ARMED YOUTH SAVES LIVES...? I mean, the press is supposed to be objective and unbiased, right?
Do you think the scenario may have played out differently had the wonks at Handgun Control, Inc., been heeded? What do you think the outcome would have been had the grandmother kept her gun unloaded, locked up and separated from its ammunition, or if she had installed a trigger lock? What about if her firearm was a personalized "smart gun" that no one but herself could fire? And had these "safety methods" resulted in the death of this valiant boy and his grandmother, would HCI have exploited this to call for yet more gun control?
Half a lifetime ago, a boy carrying a scoped rifle boarded the Santa Monica bus and no one gave it a second thought. There can be no doubt what the result would be if he tried the same thing today, in our climate of "easy youth access to guns."
Just a Gun
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After one outdoors writer saw his career ruined when he said he saw no place for "black" rifles in hunting, this writer wanted to use such a rifle for hunting himself.True, it ain't about hunting, but otherrwise, Dennis Anderson does a good job setting the record straight. About the only thing I'd add--and his readers should know about this--is how the term "assault weapon" was an intentionally deceptive term employed to exploit public ignorance. We all deserve to know when we're being lied to, and who those liars are.
We're the Only Ones "No Show" Enough
Despite a court order, a police detective has repeatedly failed to show up to give a deposition in a Brooklyn man’s lawsuit charging police brutality. Now the city says the detective has retired and cannot be found, an explanation that has failed to satisfy the judge overseeing the case...All I can say, Mr. Victor, is you're lucky you didn't "lift a finger" against him.
The detective accused of beating Mr. Victor, Dwayne L. Chandler, has missed five appointments to give his own sworn account of the case.
D'ya think former "Only One" Chandler still carries a gun...?
[Via Peter R]
Let's Do a Warrrantless Gun Search on YOU, Jeanine
HZ sends us a link to Jeanine Pirro demonstrating how a Republican fascist can be just as loathsome (if not more) as those with "D's" after their names.
If she's so into warrantless searches, I have one for her--or hell--get a warrant--I insist:
"I have a .22, a .38 and a Mauser," she bragged to the annual New York Conservative Party conference in a shameless pandering session to lie about her record and whore for votes.
OK, Jeanine, since we the little people apparently have nothing to hide, where do you keep them? Because as we all know, your husband is a convicted felon, and he can't have access to firearms--which again, for we the little people generally means living in a place where they are present.
For someone who enthusiastically put convicted felons in prison over firearms possession violations, I'm wondering why the double standard, Jeanine--and how it is we ever got to the point where our ruling elites can flout laws they impose on the rest of us with impunity.
If New York law enforcement had a shred of integrity, they'd investigate and prosecute--they do in the poor community based on less reliable tips than a person's own words quoted in a major newspaper. And if this...woman had a shred of decency, she'd go crawl in a cave somewhere in shame instead of flaunting her status as exhibitionist for the police state.
If she's so into warrantless searches, I have one for her--or hell--get a warrant--I insist:
"I have a .22, a .38 and a Mauser," she bragged to the annual New York Conservative Party conference in a shameless pandering session to lie about her record and whore for votes.
OK, Jeanine, since we the little people apparently have nothing to hide, where do you keep them? Because as we all know, your husband is a convicted felon, and he can't have access to firearms--which again, for we the little people generally means living in a place where they are present.
For someone who enthusiastically put convicted felons in prison over firearms possession violations, I'm wondering why the double standard, Jeanine--and how it is we ever got to the point where our ruling elites can flout laws they impose on the rest of us with impunity.
If New York law enforcement had a shred of integrity, they'd investigate and prosecute--they do in the poor community based on less reliable tips than a person's own words quoted in a major newspaper. And if this...woman had a shred of decency, she'd go crawl in a cave somewhere in shame instead of flaunting her status as exhibitionist for the police state.
Me and My 30'06
Joe Bethancourt punches little holes in pieces of paper in this offering from his "Naked Banjos" CD.
This Day in History: November 25
The British and Hessian forces were ordered to withdraw from New York on November 25, 1783. As the retreating armies relinquished control of northern Manhattan, the American army advanced toward the city at a respectable distance behind the Royalist army (about an hour apart). General Washington along with General George Clinton (who served as Governor of the State of New York from 1777 to 1795) marched to Manhattan through what is now Washington Heights and Inwood. While in the area, Washington and Clinton stopped at the Blue Bell Tavern, which was located at what is now 181st Street and Broadway. Both men were on their horses with the army passing in review as they marched southward to McGown’s Pass and lower Manhattan.
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