This Day in History: January 2

Cornwallis marched toward Trenton to attack Washington with 6,000 men. Washington's troops were in great danger, backed up against the Delaware River. Their saving grace was Cornwallis' decision to wait until the next day to finish the battle. [More]

Murder by Numbers

If we're truly interested in solutions, we can't forget to look at race--not as a cause of violent crime, but as an indicator of urban populations most directly affected by and responsive to a continuing history of destructive government policies. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column may not win me many friends.

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Fear Control

Understanding the mechanics of adrenalin greatly lessens its impetus. The shock factor of adrenalin can be scarifying if you do not understand or expect it, rendering many frozen in the face of an ensuing attack. [More]

Read this. Bookmark it if you can't read it now. I've only had time to scan it, but I'm going back to give it the attention it appears to deserve later today.

[Via cycjec]

We're the Only Ones Touching You in Special Ways Enough

A San Jose police officer was arrested Tuesday afternoon on charges that he sexually touched an 18-year-old woman while he was on duty. [More]

There's a difference between being Touched by an Angel and Touched by an Only One...?

[Via Jason R]

Dangerous People

Paul Helmke added, "We should not be making it easier for dangerous people to carry concealed firearms in our parks." [More]

I guess he means you and me. Because he knows damn well the change does nothing to enable those who have been adjudicated dangerous, which I guess makes him a...uh...liar.

Head on over there and consider educating that crowd in "comments"--so far, it's running three-to-one against "our" side.

I note Anne Reich Lane continues in her capacity as Jüdischer Ordnungsdienst spokeswretch.

Talk about dangerous people...

Irena Sendler vs Al Gore

This is over half-a-year old, but the message is timeless. [More]

What messed up priorities the globalensozialistische* (Glozis?) have.

Now might not be a bad time to do something to support JPFO...

[Via Avg Joe]

* Is that how you'd say it?

A School Near You

Duncan has a pretty extensive history of using his position as head of the CPS to push for ever more draconian forcible citizen disarmament laws. [More]

Armed and Safe tells us about the kind of change The Lightworker is hoping to bring to American schools.

We're the Only Ones Irreconcilable Enough

A retired state trooper assigned to the Thruway shot and killed his estranged wife early Wednesday morning and then took his own life, State Police said. [More]

What--not one of those better-than-us retired "Only Ones" qualifying for nationwide concealed carry?

Cotto had been arrested on misdemeanor charges for unlawful imprisonment in the second degree, menacing in the second degree and harassment in the second degree... At the time of his arrest, State Police secured all weapons known to be in Cotto’s possession... At the time of the murder/suicide incident, Cotto was in violation of an order of protection...

Whew, that's a relief! Thank goodness the system worked!

The Loaded Automatic Handgun

They said they found the loaded automatic handgun in the car... [More]

Say, how about that accompanying photograph of the S&W revolver...?

Another thing the WKTV News "Authorized Journalists" didn't tell us is if the arrested people committed any offense aside from not being "Only Ones."

We're the Only Ones Stalk Radio Enough

Former DPS officer walks into KLBJ-AM with gun [More]

"Hi Jeff. Long-time listener, first-time assailant..."

KLBJ-590 Austin: The "Only One" on your AM dial...

[Via Avg Joe]

Greenfield Tries

The Greenfield City Council is proposing an ordinance that would ban city employees from bringing guns to work. [More]

Rules and signs. What could go wrong?

I love the headline: "Greenfield tries..."

What did Master Yoda say about "There is no try..."?

Why free men should allow the hysterics of Fargo extras like Theodore Turnham, and Steve and Leonard Jankowski to lay claim on their rights is beyond me... And "Authorized Journalist" Chris O'Connell manages to get just that right concerned crusader inflection for our welfare into his act, doesn't he?

What any of them are prepared to do should someone with evil in his heart ignore their stupid little sign is beyond them--but any climate where you have to bundle up like that is the wrong place to be wetting yourself.

"Drop-Off"

...is the new "buy back." [More]

Griffin and other church leaders will be collecting guns on Saturday at the Gateway Mall. The new Gun Drop-off program replaces the Gun Buyback.

The buyback program stopped because there was no more funding.

And we know how well that does...

It's like watching one of those cheap battery-driven walking toy animals that get stuck in a corner--they keep going through the motions but they get nowhere, and all they do is make distracting noises until they run down completely.

They'll do anything but consider the truth...

This Day in History: January 1

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Daniel White on NRA News

This link goes to the NRA News site, and the particular show will only be available for a few more hours...

I have no idea why they do it that way, as it seems much valuable information is rendered inaccessible--or perhaps I just don't know how to navigate...?

Anyway, enough bellyaching--the fact is, they gave Dan some time to plug his new Examiner.com gig. When you access the Cam & Co. video from last night, drag the slider toward the end to get to his segment.

Is Any Place Safe?

Though not a consensus, many SCLC members, including such prominent figures as Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, were aware of inconspicuously armed SCLC agents who provided protection for civil rights leaders and other activists. On at least one occasion, a shootout erupted between racist attackers and black defenders from the SCLC. Throughout the South, NAACP members had pistols, shotguns and handguns in their homes and on their person, as did many SNCC members. [More]

This is just one of the stories from today's Gun Rights Examiner column.

Remember--it's going national next Monday.

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The Bucket List

The Apocalypse is Coming: What You Need to Pack [More]

Interesting. But it looks like the techno-weenies forgot a thing or two...

[Via fimvit]

Another Stupid Republican

Mere illegal possession now means time behind bars for all but a few — the result of a bill signed into law in January...

One of those sponsors, Assemblyman Jon Bramnick, R-Essex, Morris, Somerset, Union, said a state attorney general's directive addressing the new law was supposed to provide immediate relief for the unintended targets of the legislation...

...the directive made it far more likely that just about everyone else, including first-time offenders, will spend at least a year in state prison. [More]

Way to go, moron. Thanks a lot.

Where does the GOP find these tools?

I wonder what some people would do to avoid a year behind bars with sociopathic scum and gang-affiliated guards?

At what point will they force people to realize "freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose"...?

[Via Jeffersonian]

A Reasonable Restriction

Ban all guns...[More]

Wait a minute--I thought the new post-Heller talking point from the antis was no one wants to do that and now we can focus on "common sense measures."

Robert Smith Jr. offers the most intellectually impaired opinion piece I have yet read, and I've read a lot of 'em. But at least he takes the mask off--and you'll notice no "leading" anti-gunners have rushed in to repudiate him.

The short answer, Bob, is "No."

The longer answer is two words, starts with "F" and ends with "you."

Your move.

[Via Joe G]

Are You Feeling Blu?

Did you know that Blu-ray discs can report back to studios when you play a disc? Yep. The BD-Live feature (which was initially touted as a way of delivering extra content to customers - as though Blu-ray didn’t offer enough space in the first place) is being used by studios to keep track of how often you play a disc. [More]

I really don't know enough about this technology to articulate an informed conclusion, but figured I'd throw this out there so those of you who do can educate us.

The author's conclusion?

I don’t know about you, but as a consumer I’m getting tired of being spied on.

That and as a citizen...

[Via Carl S]

Sorting Out the Sheeple

You're a woman--maybe even a lady. Walking to your car in a subterranean parking structure, you round the fender and find a hulking, leering troglodyte crouched beside your car door. He rises. grinning, with a length of clothesline and a roll of duct tape in his hands. At that instant, you have your choice of one of three vehicles to pull up beside you...[More]

Carl S reminds me of a column from several months back by a GUNS Magazine colleague. Good stuff.