Showdown Under the Big Sky

I just posted a second Gun Rights Examiner column today to feature a development in Montana that should be of interest to us all. [More]

Please help spread the link around...

[Via Les K ]

A Somewhat Regulated Militia is Better than None

The town's three policemen fled and there was no response from the military and U.N. peacekeepers to the increasingly panicked pleas for help. That's when residents realized they were on their own.

...So Akoyo called a town meeting and told everyone to bring whatever weapons they had: pre-World War II rifles, homemade shotguns, lances, swords, machetes, hunting knives, bows with sheaths of poisoned arrows.

...Since then, the residents of Bangadi have successfully driven off two attacks by the Ugandan rebels, who have killed at least 900 people in this remote northeastern corner of Congo over the past seven weeks. [More]

So much for counting on either "Only Ones" or globalist gungrabbers.

I'd like to see Paul Helmke, Rebecca Peters, et al issue a statement condemning these people.

I dare them to.

[Via Plug Nickel Times]

We're the Only Ones Hitting on the Ladies Enough

Last year’s police officer of the year for Orange County was arrested Friday night, accused of hitting a female acquaintance... [More]

There's a particularly poor taste joke that's been around for many years:

Q: What do battered women have in common?

A: (While shaking head and with an disgusted look) They just don't listen.

I bring it up because that attitude seems to apply to so many cases of "Only One" violence resulting in their beating a detainee, yet the same intense social stigma is rarely attached.

I'm no sociologist, but it sure looks like our culture has a dysfunctional relationship with and dependency on its abusers...

[Via Declan]

An Order of Protection

Authorities say Aasiya Hassan recently had filed for divorce from her husband.

"She had an order of protection that had him out of the home as of Friday the 6th [of February]," Benz said. [More]

So she was beheaded.

Boy, that order worked about as well as hubby's "more positive light," didn't it...?

Dismissing an Unfounded Fear

The New York Times is reporting that, due to our military being stretched to its limits in Afghanistan and Iraq, the US Military will start recruiting immigrant workers who have temporary visas the opportunity to become citizens, in as little as 6 months. [More]

Good. Then we can dismiss the ridiculous notion that our standing army would ever take up arms against their relatives, neighbors and friends...

We're the Only Ones Keeping You Safe Enough

"It is with great hope that we can put a gun lock on every gun to keep kids and the families safe."[More]

Every gun. Except for your super-special "Only One" gun, right, Vernotis?

[Via The Bitter Clinger]

We're the Only Ones Bursting Enough

A lawsuit filed in Circuit Court that seeks $200,000 says two Chattanooga Police officers burst into the wrong house with guns drawn.

...It says the couple was held at gunpoint while the home was searched, placing them, their children, their spouses, nephews, nieces and grandchildren "in mortal fear."

The suit says, the officers left "after realizing they had made a mistake." [More]

What do you think would have happened had Mr. Brady grabbed a gun and repelled the errant "Only Ones," thinking they might be home invaders?

Oh, right...

[Via RCB]

Don't Think of Us as "Anti-Gun"

Think of us as pro-police state. [More]

I've said this before. One way to discourage this practice of newspapers publishing CCW holder names is to target their advertisers. Let them know you're going to pick one of them to drag into the controversy. Set up a protest in front of a car dealership, and then promise another advertiser they're targeted for next week. The message being "XYZ Supports Anti-Gun Subversion."

You'll see change.

That is, you would if gun owners actually gave a damn about getting involved. Hell, if they did, we wouldn't have any gun control laws.

The other option, of course, is to say the hell with permits. Just so you realize the same gun owners who won't join you in a boycott or any constructive peaceable activity will then condemn you for making us all look bad if you get caught, and bloviate on the gun boards about your deserving what you get...

[Via Steven K]

Still More Election Coverage...

No, not for political offices. It's nearing that time of year when eligible members (Life and above, or members for five consecutive years) get to elect candidates for the NRA Board of Directors.

But there's a problem. [More]

You knew there would be.

Also in today's Gun Rights Examiner post:

• Len Savage on Lou Dobbs Radio. Find out how and when to listen.
• A call to action in Arizona...some gun bills need to get moving.
• Guess who the new Columbia Conservative Examiner is?
  

Anyway, click on the title link, and spread it far and wide to help me feed feral sons Uday and Qusay their meager daily crust of bread. It's cheaper than a tip jar, and you may just find the experience worthwhile.

Check out the latest from other Gun Rights Examiners:

Austin: Another Brady hallucination: More guns, more ‘gun violence’ (Part 1)

Charlotte: Phony gun groups, Part 3: 'American Hunters and Shooters Association'

Cleveland: News from the weekend illustrates futility of gun control schemes

DC: DC City Council enables residents’ easy access to mail order handgun carry permits!

Denver: Granny, get your gun

Los Angeles: Gun Control: the very first pig with lipstick on it.

Milwaukee: Time to change our attitude about guns

Minneapolis: The folly across the river

St. Louis: What's next--a .499 caliber ban?

This Day in History: February 16

The time of the Troops, who now Garrison Fort Montgomery will expire the first of March, They must therefore be relieved by some of the Militia in the Pay of the Continent. [More]

We're the Only Ones Retired Enough

Cadigan retired in 1991 as a lieutenant, after being disciplined for calling sex lines and allegedly drinking at a Weymouth bar while on duty. [More]

Sure are a lot of comments indignant over this being included in the eulogy...

What did Mr. Marley say? "I wear the chain I forged in life..."

Sorry if I appear callous. I don't wish harm on anyone. I'm just tired of what the whole concept of "Only Ones" is doing to Liberty.

[Via Ed M]

We're the Only Ones Flowery Enough

Police in South Carolina gave away roses on Valentine's Day. All you had to do to get one for your sweetie was turn in a gun. [More]

I wonder how many "Only Ones" lauding this surrender turned in theirs?

What? None?

Why? Don't the love their "sweeties"?

[Via Mama Liberty, Bruce Mills and Steven K]

A Good Mayor

We talked about A Crossville Gun Ban the other day.

The mayor has weighed in.

Click here to download a Word document with his position.

I am in agreement with those who feel that the interpretation of this ordinance infringes on the 2nd Amendment of the United States Constitution which guarantees our right to bear arms. I will not support the third and final reading of this ordinance if and when it comes before council.

Good man.

Let him know.

The Turning of Kirsten Gillibrand

My reports on the "evolution" of "pro-gun" Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand's public position on guns have struck a nerve in some quarters of the gun rights community. Accusations have included I forget this is New York we're talking about, that I am damning her with quotes of others, that, as usual, I don't know what I'm talking about, and my favorite--and this one is from an officer with a state gun rights group--that I engage in...uh...something I can't repeat here with my "fan boys" while watching "Red Dawn."

Whew. Tough crowd.

Well, there's more. [More]

Hey, if I wanted to be popular, I'd be writing about Miley Cyrus.

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column also links to a special download from Robert K. Brown about fraudulent BATFU pay claims. He asks us to share it far and wide.

Also, make sure you click on the link to "Armed and Safe" at the bottom of my GRE column.

Check out the latest from other Gun Rights Examiners:

Austin: Senator Boxer’s half-truths to promote ‘sensible gun control’ (Part 3)

Charlotte: Phony gun groups, Part 3: 'American Hunters and Shooters Association'

Cleveland: Rifles And Shotguns At Home, Oh My!

DC: DC taxpayers will pay for City Council’s gun ban redux

Denver: Granny, get your gun

Los Angeles: Saturday Special: L.A. City Council composes more ineffective law, more targeting.

Milwaukee: Time to change our attitude about guns

Minneapolis: The folly across the river

St. Louis: Are churchgoers' lives less worth defending?

This Day in History: February 15

John Hancock, President of the Continental Congress signed Andrew Eppele's appointment as paymaster in the 11th Pennsylvania Regiment Philadelphia, PA - February 15, 1777 [More]

Give that Man a Kewpie Doll!

Vanderboegh weighs in on my new BFF.

I don't think he approves. [More]

We're the Only Ones Dealing with the Drug Problem Enough

According to evidence presented at trial, Sease conspired with other Memphis drug dealers to arrange drug deals so that he could rob the other dealers when they arrived. On one occasion, evidence showed that Sease had a co-conspirator resell cocaine that Sease had stolen from one drug dealer to another drug dealer. Sease then pulled the buyer’s car over, stole the cocaine again and resold it. Sease and his co-conspirators kidnapped several drug dealers in an effort to get them to set up additional drug deals for Sease to rob.

Sease was a Memphis police officer from 2001 through 2005. He was discharged in 2005 for misconduct relating to one of the robberies. After he was fired, one of Sease’s co-conspirators, Andrew Hunt, became a Memphis reserve police officer and the two continued to rob drug dealers while pretending to be police officers, according to evidence presented at trial. [More]

This "Only One" brought to you courtesy of the War on Drugs...

Which, as we all know (or should by now), establishes optimum conditions for the War on Guns.

A Rose by Any Other Name...

Blackwater Worldwide is abandoning its tarnished brand name as it tries to shake a reputation battered by oft-criticised work in Iraq, renaming its family of two dozen businesses under the name Xe. The parent company's new name is pronounced like the letter z. [More]

So I wonder if Vanderboegh will have to change the name of Brightfire to eX...?

Oh, wait, I forget--it's fiction. Any similarity is coincidental...

Are You Stimulated?

You will be. [More]

Looks like they're allocating $10M to BATFU for "Project Gunrunner"...

There's a Place for Us...

S: Security...

DC: Yeah...uh...I'm on your website and can't find some information. I don't see a weapons policy for people with concealed carry permits*...

S: No, we don't allow that...[More]

There's been a stalking arrest at a mall. Guess what the mall doesn't "allow"?

Here's today's Gun Rights Examiner column. I'd appreciate the help of the regulars here to share the link.

Also see: Caveat emptor, particularly if unarmed

Check out the latest from other Gun Rights Examiners:

Austin: Senator Boxer’s half-truths to promote ‘sensible gun control’ (Part 3)

Charlotte: Phony gun groups, Part 3: 'American Hunters and Shooters Association'

Cleveland: Beer goggles for the gun grabbers

DC: DC taxpayers will pay for City Council’s gun ban redux

Denver: Granny, get your gun

Los Angeles: An open invitation to L. A. Times writer Dana Parsons.

Milwaukee: Time to change our attitude about guns

Minneapolis: The folly across the river

St. Louis: Are churchgoers' lives less worth defending?