Jericho

Gray Anderson, the Mayor of Jericho, is at a 'constitutional convention' for the Allied States of America. He's chatting in an elevator with another delegate. The delegate says there was a 20 minute orientation, an hour round table discussion, a two hour lunch, a 1000 member 'town hall' meeting and boom, no more Second Amendment. Gray says that it would be easier to 'pacify' the country if the people can't shoot back'. WOW! This has NEVER been stated on any other show so bluntly. Let me tell you about Jericho.

I've been pretty hard on TV lately, but make no secret that I watch it myself and enjoy it--when I can find the time. Like anything else, I think it's up to the individual to decide whether they are in control of things or whether things control them.

I've heard of "Jericho" but never found the time to sit down and watch it. MikeH inspires me to give it a try.

McHenry County Sportsmen

Check out their new website. If you live near there, check them out for real.

[Via Discontented Cookie]

We're the Only Ones Who Want to Do Something Enough

And he wonders: Could he have done more to prevent the deaths of five Northern Illinois University students when a former student opened fire in a crowded auditorium last month?

“I know intuitively there’s nothing I could have done to protect them,” said Grady, the 54-year-old campus police chief.

“But it doesn’t change the fact that, inside, I feel like I wanted to be able to do something.”

How about just doing nothing, Chief?

Or if you must do something, how about becoming a vocal proponent for armed self defense, and conducting training classes for students and faculty at your police facilities?

Your physical courage is not at issue here--you acquitted yourself bravely. But you'll never be able to get there in time and you know it. And despite your belief to the contrary you're not "The Only One" capable of an approprate armed response.

Why should someone who wishes to defend himself fear you as well as a criminal assailant? And considering "the supreme law of the land" and what your likely response would be, why are you so sure there's a distinction?

[Via Discontented Cookie]

A Stung Beekeeper

A 77-year-old Illinois state representative is happy to be alive after a man with a gun pushed his way into her home and robbed her of $7.

So do you think Wyvetter H. Younge may back off from her traditional anti-defense zealotry?

This robbery and what's happening to this community is the result of a lack of a supportive system for our youth.

Yeah, it's the system's fault. That means we need to fix the system, as opposed to holding individuals accountable. We all share in the blame, so we all must be regulated.

The individual or the hive collective. It's up to the workers to feed the drones. And all serve the queen.

Are we men or are we insects?

This is the primary ideological battle between those pursuing freedom and those following Marx.

[Via Shooting the Messenger]

What Did YOU Do for "Earth Hour"?

The environmental group WWF urged governments, businesses and households to turn back to candle power for at least 60 minutes starting at 8 p.m. wherever they were.

Me, I went out on my enclosed porch, cracked a sliding door for ventilation, lit a carbon-emitting maduro, poured a little Cabernet and watched me some teeveee. Of course, I needed the space heater going full blast, 'cause man-made global warming notwithstanding, it's still pretty dang cold out there...

"A Bad Precedent"

The act of a governmental entity banning commercial sales of legal firearms, such as my .50 caliber rifle, not only violates the basic principles of the United States Constitution, but also puts national security at risk by ending the delicate balance between the government and the private sector. Furthermore, it sets a precedent that endangers the future of other vital defense contractors.

Ronnie Barrett tells it like it is and issues a warning.

Compare this bold and self-assured man with timid corporate hacks.

Bravo, Mr. Barrett! How refreshing it is to find a businessman who acts like a citizen is supposed to.

May the rest of the firearms industry notice your example and follow suit.

"America's Favorite" Endangerer

Restaurant officials have suspended the Pizza Hut driver, James William Spiers, while the case is under investigation. Polk County officials today confirmed that Spiers holds a valid gun permit, which was renewed in November....

Vonnie Walbert, vice president of human resources at Pizza Hut, said:“We have policy against carrying weapons. We prohibit employees from carrying guns because we believe that that is the safest for everybody.”

Walbert said Pizza Hut trains employees to report such incidences to police.

Vonnie, did you set out to be this thick, or do you actually know better and you're just mouthing the incantations required by your position? I guess the corporate risk management types have decided staying mum on the subject is tantamount to implied consent, and the fear is one of their drivers will drag them into a wrongful injury or death lawsuit.

And besides, delivery drivers are easy to replace. You might even call them expendable.

Between those two "realities," I guess corporate drones could self-excuse just enough to be able to look at themselves in the mirror.

[Via M. Terry]

We're the Only Ones...What the Hell are YOU Lookin' At?

Democrat Mark Herring said, “Drinking alcohol and carrying firearms is not a good mix. It’s a public safety issue. There was no compelling case for loosening the restriction on carrying a concealed weapon into bars.”

Still at it with this guns and bars crap, eh? Apparently because "The Only Ones" carry theirs all the time, with predictable results?

But "We the People" are just too damned stupid, drunk and trigger-happy, apparently, even though I've had a stocked cabinet and fridge along with my modest collection of defense tools for decades without incident now---say, there's a challenge. Let's see where the danger really lies:

We have what--4 million NRA members? I'll bet a sizable percentage of them keep beer, wine or booze in the home--the site of most domestic violence incidents. Why not publish how many alcohol-clouded shootings they committed last year, Mark, just to show the urgency of your ban. If you need help finding any, go ahead and use the last 10 years.

We're waiting.

Now on the flip side, to address that second bill exempting state elites (No permits? Sweet!), and just to make sure the experiment is complete and comprehensive, why not ban guns and alcohol in the homes of all government "officials," including attorneys and LEOs?

Between the two efforts, we ought to get a pretty good picture of where public policy resources ought to be focused...

This Day in History: March 30

A Detachment from the Regiment of Artillery, to be ready to march on Monday Morning, with the Brigade under Brigdr. Genl. Green.

A Citizens Arrest

A San Diego City Council candidate was arrested Thursday afternoon after he was seen urinating in a cup and masturbating in public...

Police Chief William Lansdowne said Hartley's arrest was a citizens arrest, and that a sex crimes officer interviewed him.

Wait a minute...I thought even writing about conducting a citizens arrest was illegal and could land you in the slammer big time. You're telling me citizens can actually perform them?

Oh, wait, the guy wasn't in power yet. Different set of rules. Never mind.

Interesting platform he's running on, though--abusing himself instead of the taxpayers. Maybe that qualifies him as the lesser of two evils, and it certainly does sound like anyone voting for him would have to hold their nose...

Sounds like the pragmatic, time-honored and recommended course. I'm convinced.

More Power!

The Treasury Department will propose on Monday that Congress give the Federal Reserve broad new authority to oversee financial market stability, in effect allowing it to send SWAT teams into any corner of the industry or any institution that might pose a risk to the overall system.

Yeah, that's the solution. Thanks, "Vote Freedom First President"!

We're the Only Ones Losing It Enough

How do Drug Enforcement Administration special agents lose their guns?

I dunno...maybe some of the "thieves, crooks and dopers" are sampling the evidence?

Faster than ever, according to a new report from the Department of Justice inspector general. From 2002 to 2007, DEA lost 91 weapons, the audit found. The DEA isn't always reporting the losses of weapons or laptop computers to the proper authorities, and when it does, it often comes weeks -- even years -- after the fact.

And the fedgov is worried about Ryan Horsley? They have resources to spend monitoring what I or Aaron Zelman write about?

But don't worry. The American public isn't likely to wake up any time soon, especially with the fascist partnership between media and Masters. I've seen some disturbing commercials for a new "reality show" (talk about an oxymoron!) on Spike TV titled "DEA":

Ride shotgun during dangerous drug busts with the brave officers of the Detroit DEA.

Yeah, sit there in your armchairs letting the boob tube render you even more fat and brainwashed, useless heirs of liberty. Spike seems particularly and insidiously geared to produce intellectual impotence among American males, promoting contentment to settle for a vicarious, voyeuristic, short-attentioned life of senseless, noisy action performed by electrons on a screen (talk about a drug!)

Give us more "DEA," more "COPS," more police state conditioning...

It'll keep our minds off those intent on rendering us completely dependent.

Oh well. Those guys might as well be "The Only Ones." Our wives won't let us have a gun anyway because of the kids.

Between a Painted Rock and a Painted Hard Place

Damned if you do:

Guns are not toys. Making them look like playthings by painting them red or yellow or some other bright, cheery color is a bad idea....there's no good reason to abide deadly weapons painted to look like squirt guns.

And damned if you don't:

Effective January 1 of this year, in order for such toys to be compliant with state law, "the coloration of the entire exterior surface of the device [must be] bright orange or bright green, either singly or in combination."

No fair, you say? I'm mixing apples and oranges by comparing the banning of painted real guns to the banning of unpainted toy ones?

You don't think the miserable anti-freedom wretches behind each of these efforts aren't doing their utmost to ban both?

TSA Nipping Flight Threats in the Bud

Oh, wait a minute...wrong Drudge headline...


Anyway, I'm glad to see our wonderful protectors are keeping abreast of security matters. The last thing we need are some boobs endangering us all.

And its nice to see some in "Authorized Journalismdom" are waking up to the fact that some boobs are indeed endangering us all.

Online Job Application

The following is an exercise in pure chutzpa and self-aggrandizement. Since presuming to write is an act of egotism anyway, what the heck. It's not like wearing tight sweaters and hanging around in Hollywood drug stores has been working out for me.

The publications tracked by Blogrunner are chosen by New York Times editors.

Interesting, Times editors--you also saw fit to use me as a source for your Virgina Tech gun rights analysis (although you omitted my main points). So--how about a job?

It's not like the same old "Authorized Journalism" is working any more, so why not try something new? Surely you're not so far into urban liberal elitism that you don't recognize alienation of a significant public demographic is bad for business?

You know that few issues are more "hot button" than gun rights. You know that every time the subject is broached, the letters pour in. That means high readership. And reader response is always passionate.

Now think of one columnist for a major newspaper focused exclusively on promoting the right to keep and bear arms. You’ll find none. Yet there are over 80 MILLION estimated gun owners in this country. This rich subject area is largely untapped.

You know I can do it--you have access to my work, and somebody with authority made the decision to reference me twice now in the past year.

So why not give it a try? 750 words, once a week? I work cheap and can give you something you've never had before.

Or do you get applications like this all the time?

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We now return to our regularly scheduled obscurity.

This Day in History: March 29

Sentiments of humanity as well as sound policy constrain us to add, that, in a plentiful country, it is cruel not to provide well for those men that step forth to defend the rights of their country. Our common enemies, the Tories, take the advantage of it, and secretly retard the recruiting companies filling, which, for that and other reasons, goes on slowly...

We would beg leave to add that rum is an article very much wanting for the fatigue parties. If a supply of that could immediately be sent up, it would have a very good effect. In case a sufficiency cannot be provided, if we have orders, a plenty of cider and beer can be had, which would answer perhaps as well.

A Matter of Opinion

I sure wish this would translate into political results.

The Long Road to Redemption

Rapper T.I. has admitted having unregistered machine guns and being a felon in possession of a firearm. Now he has a chance to avoid a lengthy prison sentence by telling kids not to make the same mistakes he did.

That's great. That makes the 6+ years Christian family man and patriot Wayne Fincher got all the more understandable. Maybe Wayne should learn to rap about violent, racist and lewd themes.

Read some of his innermost thoughts and tell me if you'd want this thug anywhere near your children.

[Via MacEntyre]

Will SCOTUS Hear Rick Stanley?

An important free speech case will be considered before the United States Supreme Court this Friday, March 28. The Court will decide whether to grant a writ of certiorari in the case of Rick Stanley v. State of Colorado.

Rick Stanley is in prison for six years for threatening to have two Colorado judges arrested for ignoring his Constitutional right to bear arms. He appears to be the only U.S. citizen ever to be imprisoned solely for threatening to issue an arrest warrant.

It's troubling that I can find nothing about this on SCOTUSblog.

But in my opinion, informed liberty activists need to know about this case, and here's a convenient way to get the "Cliffs Notes" version. Take a few minutes and watch this video:



In case you're wondering why I'm making so much noise about recent "adventures" with Marshal Dave, it's because I know what happened to Rick and what can happen to anyone who speaks in a way the masters disapprove of. Those corrupt robed vultures in Colorado are on par with Jimm Larry Hendren.

If you haven't already seen it, please take another minute or so to read this, written almost four years ago to no avail.

VBS.tv Special Report on Front Sight

From Rory Ahearn, VBS.tv:

Hey War on Guns,

Over here at VBS.tv we love guns. Seriously. Like L-O-V-E. So when the chance came to head out to Pahrump, Nevada to attend the gun training mecca Front Sight, it was like Christmas all over again.

Jesse Pearson pulled the short straw and got to head out for a long weekend on the ins and outs of self defense, gun maintenance, and valuable lessons such as the way to put someone down, really, is to place two shots in their thoracic cavity and then, if they are still coming, send one coup de grace to a little box on the human face that’s framed by the eyebrows and the upper lip. We had a blast and think that given the current strife over the 2nd Amendment, the timing of this piece could not be better.

After all, when the meth head kicks down your door looking for cash, do you want a Glock or an egg beater? That's what I thought.

4 Part Series on Front Sight on VBS.tv
Part 1 of 4 - http://www.vbs.tv/video.php?id=1460774120
Tactical firearms training in the middle of the Nevada desert.

Part 2 of 4 - http://www.vbs.tv/video.php?id=1460763090
Jesse's shooting partner is terse, but supportive.

Part 3 of 4 - http://www.vbs.tv/video.php?id=1465378645
A not too surprising consensus on the importance of the second amendment.

Part 4 of 4 - http://www.vbs.tv/video.php?id=1463310997
When someone's at your door, screaming "Where's my drugs?" you should be on the ready.

I thought the content would be perfect for fans of the site, hope you agree.

Stay locked and loaded,

Rory

OK, I know, it starts out a bit spammy and all, but this really is an excellent piece. It takes about 15 minutes to watch all four clips.

It fits in nicely with a recent announcement from Alan Gottlieb about Front Sight's latest promotion.