Friday, April 11, 2008

"An Innocent Mistake"

Officers from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives barged into a South Florida home Wednesday only to discover they had the wrong address.
The tradition of excellence continues. But let a gun dealer have a paperwork glitch, and it's a "willful violation" worthy of closing him down.

Hey, where's famous BATFU spokeflack Thomas Mangan? He's always trying to promote his career by getting his mug in front of a microphone whenever they have something they want to crow about.

Hey Tom: What's with "No one from the ATF would speak to NBC 6 on camera..."?

Even if we let you wear one of these?


[Via Say Uncle]

Anti-Gun Nutter Breaks Law

Nutter defies '96 ruling by signing new gun laws

So if we have equal protection under the law, can I defy laws I don't like, too?

Or is that a privilege reserved for the elites?

I like how this traitor cites the Declaration of Independence as justification for his unAmericanism.

This article says enforcement of the law against normal capacity semiautos will begin immediately.

I'm envisioning a 100+ car caravan in the City Hall parking lot and then each driver calling the police to advise them they have a noncompliant firearm in the trunk--right after calling the local media. Everything would be conducted peacefully, and no resistance offered. The time to fight would be afterward, in court.

Think they'd dare make 100 confiscations and arrests?

I Guess it Beats Admitting Powerlessness

Long-gun amnesty may be extended

That's fine, and those watching the backs of Canadian gun owners are doing good, but this really needs to be looked at from a different perspective.

Those who keep pushing for registration are like sick stalkers who won't take "No--I'm not interested--Leave me alone" for an answer. Why do we accept on a societal level what we would not tolerate on a personal one? (Perhaps that explains why we tolerate betrayals from politicians that would land an errant spouse out on the street.)

What does massive noncompliance tell you?

And why aren't we employing more if it here?

GUN ZEALOTS PUT FLORIDIANS AT RISK!!!

IS THIS THE WILD WEST IMAGE FLORIDA WANTS TO PROMOTE AS IT TRIES TO LURE TOURISTS AND NEW BUSINESS?

A-A-A-A-A-R-R-G-G-H-H-H!!!!!

Goodness. This almost popped out.

CSI: Granby

Environmental police have concluded there is no evidence that a black bear shot by a town man on his property was charging the resident.
"Environmental police"?

Good grief.

I suppose the Hate Crimes Tactical Response Unit cannot be far behind.

Yeah, Menard must be lying. Why else would he have been the one to call the police, who otherwise would never have known?

[Via Plug Nickel Times]

Repeal the Second Amendment

NOTE: The article I am responding to is actually about a year old, but I didn't see it then and think it merits comment.
Fifteen unambiguous words are all that would be required to quell the American-as-apple-pie cycle of gun violence that has now tearfully enshrined Virginia Tech in the record book of mass murder. Here are the 15 words that would deliver a mortal wound to our bang-bang culture of death: "The second article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed."

Thanks, Walter.

"Men" like you remove the need to debate those who ridicule gun owners for being paranoid over "slippery slopes."

You get the same answer I gave Sallie Tisdale (another Salon subversive).

And the same one Mike Vanderboegh gave "Homer Simpson's Dumber Brother."

Bring it on, Walter.

Oh, but I forget--you're merely the cheerleader. You expect men who don't wear these to do your fighting and dying for you.

Sucks to be you, Walter--and you obviously know it. Why else would you demand the state render better men than you equally unmanly?

[Via SaMael]

We're the Only Ones Disarming You Enough

Having a CCW, to me, doesn't make you any different than anyone that's being stopped on a traffic stop. Regardless of the situation, YOU HAVE A GUN, AND GUNS ARE USED TO KILL PEOPLE. Its as simple as that.

What if you decide that you've had a bad day and that you don't want a ticket from the LEO that's giving you one, It only takes a split second to snap and make a bad decision that will cost u the rest of your life, and possibly the LEO that you or anyone else decides to fire at.

Asking why you need a gun in the first place is a good question, but i see know reason to ask if I disarm you and hav in in my possession.
Thanks, "txpolice," for perfectly illustrating the mindset that is "The Only Ones."

[Via Whose Paranoid by way of The Political Inquirer]

Tom McClintock Precinct Walk

From the Tom McClintock Campaign:
McClintock for Congress Precinct Walk in Placer County
Saturday, April 12th 200810:30 AM

We are meeting in Lincoln at McBean Park
65 McBean Park Dr., Lincoln, CA 95648
Meet at the picnic tables near the main entrance
(Look for the McClintock for Congress signs)
For more information please call 916-783-4411 OR
530-613-1188
Stop what you're doing and read this.

To put it bluntly: Any California gun owner who does not help this man's campaign deserves his chains.

We're the Only Ones Knock, Knock, Knockin' on Oakland's Doors Enough

A six-month pilot program where Oakland police officers would knock on doors and ask permission to search homes for guns got the green light from the City Council's public safety committee Tuesday night.

So--y'all know where all the hard core gangbanger cribs are?

You're gonna be knocking on those doors first, right, the same ones you'd bring SWAT in on to serve a warrant? 'Cause, like, wouldn't that be where your problems come from?

Oh, but I forgot--they must not be a problem any more. Capt. David A. Kozicky and all his "Only One" police state co-conspirators convinced the California electorate former mayor Jerry Brown did such a crackerjack job pandering to public emplo..uhh..I mean fighting crime, that he deserved the top enforcement slot.

The fascists keep repeating the same failed grasping at straws that never works. I keep thinking maybe someone in their jurisdictions with some influence will notice, but then again, if they do have influence, their interests are already vested.

[Via Plug Nickel Times]

Paul's Coming to the Falls

Congressman Ron Paul has announced that he will be coming to Twin Falls, Idaho on April 25th.

I just don't get what for.

For all practical intents and purposes, his race for the presidency is over--the GOP nominee is John McCain, and Paul has stated he will not run third party but will focus on retaining his congressional seat.

I suppose I'll hear about how the movement is bigger than one man and he's building a war chest, but until I see who those other men are, I can't be expected to buy into a speculative investment on unknowns.

If someone starts a Draft Ron Paul movement and he consents I'll get excited again. Even if the object is only to get his message to more people, what's the best way of doing that? By making whistle stops in Idaho or occupying a third lectern in nationally televised debates?

This Day in History: April 11

Colonel Chester delivered me your Letter of the 7th. instant, mentioning the appearance of some of the enemy's Ships in the Sound, and your apprehensions thereupon.

I am well convinced, there is no reason to dread the descent you speak of, and that these little desultory motions have no serious design, but are only intended to divert our attention from the important objects which ought to engage it. It would be inconsistent with their general purpose, to diminish their mainbody, by occupying posts, which could be of no use towards facilitating the enterprises they more immediately have in contemplation. At any rate, I cannot think of straitening myself, where the danger is pressing and certain, to give succours where there is little or nothing to apprehend.

Thursday, April 10, 2008

Freedom from War

I haven't written much about State Department Publication 7277, and correspondent Oliver B asks me to . He also asks me to bring Public Law 87-297 to the attention of WarOnGuns visitors.

I've had a hard copy of "Freedom from War" for over a decade now, and probably ought to talk about it more. I guess the reason I haven't is because I figure blue helmets on American soil mean we're past the writing stage, and the only way to keep it from happening is to focus on more immediate domestic threats.

Unfortunately, efforts to ensure public hostility and ridicule for "conspiracy theories" have been pretty successful--to the point that one of the most authoritative sources for information about the globalist agenda, The New American, has been marginalized even in the RKBA community due to bias against and outright contempt and derision for "Birchers."

I suspect if most of us put down our preconceived notions and looked for ourselves, we'd find more common ground than we might expect. But it's always easier to take someone else's word for it that they are somehow disreputable, kooky and hateful.

I've found them to be quite the opposite. But then again, you'll find no shortage of those who think the same of beliefs expressed here.

Some Help Here?

Perhaps someone can assist with the following exchange?

Email from "CH":

A friend of mine and I are having a debate about SWAT teams.

I believe they are almost completely unnecessary. He disagrees.

The sticking point about this is whether SWAT teams, or even the normal police, take fire from houses they serve warrants at. I've only been able to find one news story on Google that references the death of a SWAT officer, from LAPD (only fatality on their SWAT team in the 41 years it's been in existence according to the article.

Are my research skills merely poor or is being in SWAT as safe as I think it is? I am hoping you are more connected than I am about this stuff and have more information available to you.
My reply:

I'm not aware of anyone who has compiled the SWAT-exclusive statistics you are looking for and presented it in a paper for peer review--particularly with context of what prompted the raid. You are correct about the LAPD fatality being a singular event.

You get a fair overview of deployments here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4803570.stm

But you also get different pictures depending on whether you consult Radley Balko or the NTOA, who offer the self-serving assertion that use of overwhelming force decreases the chance of fatalities because people don't dare resist. So their official position actually appears to support yours, that they don't encounter that much return fire--but it's almost a chicken and egg proposition.

Tell you what--let me do a post on this on WoG. I'll keep your name confidential and repro this exchange, and then ask people to offer insights on where we can find this info.
Anybody?

If It's Any Consolation

If It's Any Consolation, I Am Going To Shoot Myself After I Kill All Of You
True, The Onion is a satire site. But I thought they were supposed to be funny.

If it's any consolation, I don't think this will inspire too many who mistake it for a real editorial to disarm.

[Via SameNoKami]

We're the Only Ones Killing Two Birds With One Stone Enough

Howard County police today named the two teens who were shot and wounded by a police officer yesterday. The teens were injured by a shot apparently fired accidentally by a Howard County police officer during an investigation of suspected drug activity in a Jessup neighborhood, police said....

Police did not release the name of the officer involved in the shooting, because he is undercover...
...and we aim to keep it that way, because, well, we're "The Only Ones."

[Via Luke O]

Hasn't This Been Tried Already?

After more than 25 years of holding onto his IDF-issued gun, Moshe Grosberg was surprised to learn from the head of security in Ofra, the Samarian settlement where he lives, that he had to give it up.

"I haven't killed anyone with the weapon," said Grosberg, who notes that he lives close to Palestinian areas and needs the gun for protection when he walks or drives outside of the community.

Still, like 50 others in Ofra, he handed in his gun last week.

That was a mistake. I'd have reported it lost or stolen.

Disarming Jewish civilians. Now there's an idea. And this time, it's being done by their own people.

So much for "Never again."

The fools.

[Via cycjec]

Matters So Petty

Several days ago, I documented that the establishment media has virtually ignored new revelations of radical government behavior (the implementation of a torture regime at the highest levels of government, the suspension of the Fourth Amendment inside the U.S., patent falsehoods about the 9/11 attacks and surveillance laws from the Attorney General) while devoting extreme amounts of attention to matters so petty and juvenile that they defy derision (e.g., Barack Obama's bowling prowess and eating habits, gossip about Hillary and Monica Lewinsky, etc.).
Well, uh, yeah.

That's why they're "Authorized Journalists."

But if it's any consolation, they don't feel appreciated.

[Via Ron W]

Guns and Indoctrination Don't Mix

Less than a day before the March 15 district round of the decades-old N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission competition, one of East Wake's principals, with the support of the area superintendent who oversees that school, stopped the team from participating.

The reason: Ammo and students don't mix, the school officials said.

...That request drew the attention of Danny Barnes, area superintendent, and Sebastian Shipp, one of four principals at East Wake, and prompted them to review the status of Lumley's marksmanship team. This led to East Wake not being allowed to compete because of district policy.
Ah, yes, East Wake High. "The Home of the Warriors."

And let's not forget Wake Superintendent Del Burns. You can also tell him what you think here.

Good grief. Well, what else would we expect from a school that focuses a good part of its curriculum on "global studies"?

Read the whole story--including what outstanding kids these are, and the inane opinion of the stupid gun control goose. This goes beyond outrage.

They are denying a heritage of freedom. They are molding the thralls of tomorrow. They may be deluded or this may be premeditated subversion, but make no mistake: they do great evil here.

Let's hope there is legal recourse and it's pursued, although, in truth, these things are generally resolved at the expense of the tax cows. In a perfect world, the liability would fall squarely on the subversive decision-makers. I'd also want their jobs--these effete nincompoops have no business teaching anyone how to grow into a responsible adult.

Parents who care should also be nailing down members of the school board, finding where they stand, and dispensing reward or revenge when they run for reelection.

[Via Jeffersonian]

The "Duh" Moment

And here's the "duh" moment: "Two-thirds of all ... U.S. murders," he claims, "were accomplished with firearms."

'Nuff said.
That's funny. I don't see what fraction of the murders took place in urban areas where the lawful keeping and bearing of firearms is restricted.

Maybe if they could tell us what fraction of the victims brandished a gun in response to an attack, or returned fire, we could draw some conclusions that would lead us to another "'duh' moment," particularly if such instances were rare.

'Nuff said?

We're the Only Ones Blown Away Enough

A former Edgewater police officer has been sentenced to probation for making a woman perform oral sex on him in exchange for not taking her to jail.

That's what happens when the "Only Ones" with authority have been conditioned to view the people as inferiors to be commanded, that is, as property to dispose of as they will. And if we are to accept that she truly only had two choices, who is to say she did not make the pragmatic one?

And naturally they gave him probation. The in-your-face elitism never fails to blow my...uh...mind.