Rambo Opens Today

We need one person in an influential position to stand up and tell the truth about gun control lobbies... Until America, door to door, takes every handgun, this is what you're gonna have... this is an escalating problem that’s eventually going to lead to, I think, urban warfare...It [2nd Amendment] has to be stopped, and someone really has to go on the line, a certain dauntless political figure, and say, ‘It’s ending, it’s over, all bets are off. It’s not 200 years ago, we don’t need this anymore, and the rest of the world doesn’t have it. Why should we?"

Any gun owner who goes to see this is helping this mudhead hypocrite pretend warrior disarm everyone else.

45Superman tells me Sly is a McCain man.

Figures.

Ryan has more.

Boycott this movie and tell every gun owner you know to do the same.

Image posted as First Amendment protected/Fair Use for noncommercial parody legal purposes. PSH graphic shamelessly stolen from Sharp as a Marble

Military for Paul

Stewart Rhodes posts a video by a soldier who could very well get in serious trouble for speaking out the way he has, as well as some compelling commentary from his own perspective as a veteran, with links to other veteran websites that support Ron Paul.

I'd also like to call your attention to:

Veterans for Ron Paul

Why the US Military Loves Ron Paul

The Military.com Poll on the Iraq War

It's just food for thought for those of you who are worried about Paul's ability to inspire and lead the troops.

PC/DC

...41 District workers have been fired or suspended after visiting pornographic Web sites on government computers...

Of the fired employees' estimated 200 work days a year, the investigation showed that they visited pornographic Web sites 100 times per day, Mayor Adrian Fenty says.

Employees from 18 city agencies, including the Office of the Attorney General, were accessing pornographic or sexual Web sites.

"Home Rule" at its finest, no doubt. Well, with their obscene position in Heller, this should really come as no surprise.

I wonder if the DC Million Moms'll give 'em an American...uh...Apple Pie Award?

Aid and Comfort to the Enemy

I caught a clip on CNN the other night, John Edwards shaking hands with men inside a gun store in South Carolina.

Seriously, what the hell?

Who were these fools smiling and greeting him? And who is the idiot gun store owner hosting the photo op?

Good grief, are the "sportsmen" and truly that clueless? That's a rhetorical question--I know from bitter experience that this should not surprise me.

I've looked high and low for the clip but no luck--anyone finding it, please chime in.

Strokeback Mountain

If Ms. Wolozin is really digging her knuckles into the sore muscles of her clients without benefit of a state-issued piece of paper, and if authorities choose to make an issue of the matter, she may lose her right to vote (at least temporarily), to own firearms, to hold a liquor license (you need government permission to sell booze, too) and face other restrictions.

Who'da thunk there's be an RKBA tie-in with Heath Ledger?

Kinda reconfirms how trying to do the right thing is used against us by the overlords, doesn't it?

Ignorance Personified

Why are there no charges concerning the weapon? Answer: The gun was probably in the residence legally...Because the federal assault weapons ban expired in 2004, if you can pass a background check, you can legally own such automatic guns...

We don't need to get into the cliche debate of general gun control, but I hope few would argue the need for automatic assault weapons within city limits.

Yes, the Constitution protects the right to bear arms, but we know that is not a license to hold exceptionally dangerous weapons such as bazookas, machine guns or assault weapons. As the federal government decreed in 1994, assault weapons just don't belong in our communities.

I urge the city council to further investigate this matter and consider, at least, passing a measure requiring all owners of assault weapons to be registered with the police department. I would personally advocate a ban of such guns within the city.

[Sigh]

Say what you will about him, Josh Sugarmann has done his work well.

College liberal arts juniors. Is there anything they don't know? No wonder campuses are in such sorry shape.

Go ahead and write this child if you think it will do any good.

[Via HZ]

The Leading Man

Paul got 52 of 142 votes, while Romney got 35 and Huckabee 30. John McCain came in fourth with 20 votes and Rudy Giuliani had four. Fred Thompson came in last with one vote, despite having dropped out of the race earlier in the day.

In Arkansas.

[Via Paul W. Davis]

A Question About Homeland Security...

...for those who think maintaining our current foreign policy is necessary to defend the nation against Islamic terrorists:

What's the ONLY delivery system they have for deploying WMD against us here at home?

Basically, in order to get one--and the personnel over here to exploit it, they merely need to take advantage of our non-existent border and port security, and our criminally negligent immigration "controls".

That's the foreign policy you think will keep us safest? Really?

Kwa-me, How I Love Ya, How I Love Ya...

Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his chief of staff lied about their relationship last summer at a police whistle-blower trial that has cost the cash-strapped city more than $9 million, according to records obtained by the Free Press.

The false testimony potentially exposes them to felony perjury charges, legal experts say.

What...you mean Mayor Against Guns Kwame might be a felon for citizen disarmament?

Let's look in on the misunderstood young lovers:

Beatty: "And, did you miss me, sexually?"

Kilpatrick: "Hell yeah!
You couldn't tell. I want some more. "

Not family man Kwame...!!!

Mayor Kilpatrick and his wife Carlita have three sons: 12-year-old twins, Jelani and Jalil, and 6-year-old Jonas.

And not Capable Christine...!!!

As chief of staff, Christine Beatty has built a solid “can-do” reputation.

I'll bet!

But Kwame, ever the gentleman and respecter of "strong women" asks that "the media respect the privacy of my wife and children and of Christine Beatty and her children at this deeply painful moment for our families."

Yeah, I guess that is private, except:

Because they were sued in their roles as city officials, Kilpatrick and Beatty did not personally have to pay the costs from the $9-million legal fight.

That and the part about lying under oath.

Take a good look at the creatures who would control you and me, but will not control themselves.

This Day in History: January 25

I am very sorry that Arms are so scarce with you, that none can be furnished on Account of the Continent, at this critical period. I know not what will be done. Those of the three Regiments, they will be allowed to carry away when their Service is ended, unless they choose to sell them. I will gladly buy, but never had an Idea of detaining them against their consent.

George Washington's idea of a "gun buyback."

"It's the Economy, Stupid!"

Stop what you're doing right now, click on the title link and watch the whole thing--it takes a little under 9 minutes.

Does anyone really think national security will be served if we don't have the money to finance the military--or anything else?

As Pat Buchanan noted recently:

We are thus in the position of having to borrow from Europe to defend Europe, of having to borrow from China and Japan to defend Chinese and Japanese access to Gulf oil, and of having to borrow from Arab emirs, sultans and monarchs to make Iraq safe for democracy.

We borrow from the nations we defend so that we may continue to defend them. To question this is an unpardonable heresy called "isolationism."

I've been called a single-issue voter, and freely admit the right to keep and bear arms is for obvious reasons the cornerstone, but it truly is all about freedom.

With what we've got facing us, anybody who doesn't put everything they've got into backing the only candidate who won't continue steering the economy over the precipice, and the only candidate who won't attack gun ownership, needs to reexamine the fundamentals.

A New Word for "Three"

But the spate of shootings begs the question: Did the castle law – which gives people the right to use whatever means necessary to protect themselves and their property without fear of civil liability – unleash a flurry of gunfire? [More]

"Spate."

Thanks, Dallas Morning News. I was looking for the answer to 14-down, triad, begins with "s"...

[Via Tony G]

I'm Mad as Hell...

Joe's Crabby Shack tells the GOP he's not going to take it any more.

We're the Only Ones While the Cat's Away Enough

A former Rockland County prosecutor is facing sex abuse, rape, and endangering charges in a case involving teenage boys... The incidents allegedly happened last summer at Modica's home in Sloatsburg while her husband, Spring Valley Police Chief Paul Modica, was out of town.

Because, you know, "The Only Ones" are so much more moral and everything than the rest of us...

[Via Declan]

Principles in Politics Matter

Even though I've left California, I've stayed on State Senator Tom McClintock's mailing list. I backed him in his run for governor and tried to warn people about Schwarzenegger, but, as with the current Ron Paul bid, the compromisers and "pragmatists" sided with the establishment, not only earning themselves the .50 ban, the lead ammo ban, microstamping--but providing a template for antis across the nation to use against the rest of us.

In his latest email, Sen. McClintock lists some bills he is supporting and opposing, along with why, and one he is neutral on, Prop. 93, Term Limits. As he explains:

Since I’ve only served eight years in the Senate, Prop. 93 would give me one final term; if it fails I must retire this year. Because I have a conflict of interest, I’m staying out if it.

Power does not corrupt if one places principles before it. Character counts. It counts.

But continue making excuses for following proven frauds--monsters, really, who have made no bones about trampling your rights into the ground, making you a criminal if you defy their edicts and destroying you if you don't comply.

Hey, maybe McCain will pick Fred as his runing mate...I guess there's no amount of excuse-making people won't tender. (And incidentally, McClintock endorsed Thompson, so I don't agree with him on everything, just as I don't agree with Paul on everything.)

Besides, "Ron Paul can't win." We've told ourselves so, and we're bound and determined to make it a self-fulfilling prophecy. It's a lot easier than rolling up our sleeves and trying. Thank God that attitude of pre-ordained defeatism didn't stop the men who won us our freedom by putting their very lives on the line to secure it for themselves and their posterity. Against all odds--conventional wisdom said they couldn't win, either.

We can either honor them by maintaining that spirit, and realizing yeah, there actually is a price to pay, or we can posture ourselves as leaders and warn how if Hillary wins, we'll lose our gun rights!!!

Some of us won't, at least not that easily. And I'm sure there'll be no shortage of forum warriors to assure each other how such extremists make them all look bad.

Bedtime for Bono

U2 lead singer and activist Bono visited the Pentagon to discuss Africa and the fight against global poverty with U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, representatives of the two men said on Wednesday.

Among the topics at the 20-minute meeting on Tuesday afternoon were U.S. plans to set up a new U.S. military command for Africa, Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell said.

OK, all you gun owners who claim the best course for our national security is to stay the course with foreign military interventions. Do you mind telling me what the hell business this globalist jet-setting environmentalist tax cheat (who expects others to fund his social engineering while he shelters his assets in foreign banks) has getting the undivided attention of the SECDEF, and why you think edging closer to George Clooney's war will better secure national interests than Washington and Jefferson's warning against "foreign entanglements"?

We're the Only Ones Clipping Your Wings Enough

A passenger who went through an airport security checkpoint -- before remembering that he had a loaded gun -- is facing charges after going back to report his error, authorities said.

Yeah, that's because he proved to them what a big threat he was. Plus, it's not like he's somebody important, like mayor Frank Melton or state senator Juan Hinojosa, or district court judge Sylvia James or anybody...

Note to everyone: "The Only One" functionaries are not your friends. And based on results, they're not much in the way of protectors, either.

He should have walked back out and did whatever he needed to to secure the gun, even if it meant missing his plane. It sure would have been a lot cheaper than what he's facing now.

See what trying to be a good citizen gets you?

I'd have been tempted to proceed with my flight and take care of things on the other end. But then, that's hypothetical, because I've never been in possession of a firearm where I didn't damn well know it.

Now, here's another story about TSA professionalism I thought would brighten your morning, courtesy of Jeffrey H...

Like Father, Like Son

Andrew Goddard, whose son Colin survived four bullet wounds in Norris Hall, said he and other families of the Tech victims will continue to push for the legislation.

I guess the apple doesn't fall very far from the tree...

Do you have "full trust" in the police to protect you, too, Andrew?

CeaseFire PA Director's Watch: 01/24/08

Whoever warned me to "erase [my] tracks" from the Internet over this sure has been quiet lately. Maybe it's the calm before the storm...?

This Day in History: January 24

...in 1776, Colonel Henry Knox reached the headquarters of the Continental Army in Cambridge. The young Boston bookseller had pulled off a daring plan. He had led a small group of men on a 300-mile journey from Boston to Fort Ticonderoga in New York State. Once there, the party disassembled cannon taken when the British surrendered the fort and retreated to Canada in May 1775. In less than two months time, Knox and his men moved 60 tons of artillery across lakes and rivers, through ice and snow to Boston. On March 7th, 2,000 Continental soldiers maneuvered the guns to a hill overlooking the city. The British had no choice but to evacuate Boston.