The "Packin' Heat" hand warmer. What could go wrong if you pulled this out at a football game to get some warmth in those cold bleachers? [More]Following publicized reports that the Army National Guard was planning a military training exercise on the streets of a rural Iowa town, the commanding officers have called off the mock "invasion." [More]We talked about this yesterday.
David, these are normal exercises for the Guard. The Guard gets deployed more than active duty units nowadays, and a lot of their missions in Iraq, Afghanistan and Kosovo involve searching for weapons smugglers in urban environments. This is nothing to be alarmed about, and it’s nothing weird.WRSA still isn't buying the official line and give their reasons.
Former Chicago alderman sentenced to 4 years in prisonGood old "special protection" Arenda:
Arenda Troutman joins 'Hall of Shame of politicians,' judge says [More]
"Deserve it? Damn right. I should receive the protection I am receiving. I am an elected official. You're darn right."Is there any Chicago politician who doesn't belong in a Hall of Shame?
A man wanted in the killing of his ex-girlfriend near Denver several days ago could be headed to the area, specifically McHenry County, police said today.That's OK--it'll be alright.
Police in the Denver suburb of Wheat Ridge, along with McHenry County sheriff's police, released photographs of Tyler James Martin, 36, who has been charged in a no-bond first-degree murder warrant in the shooting death of his ex-girlfriend Tuesday night, police said. [More]
There's something happening on Marco Island... And it isn't just a regional anomaly. It's nationwide... People are waking up to their gun rights... Yet despite clear evidence...how do the gunhaters spin it? [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at a phenomenon.
Check out the latest from other Gun Rights Examiners: Austin: Philadelphia cop killers: guns or politics? Charlotte: Guns and the Constitution: The 'well regulated Militia' DC: DC City Council enables residents’ easy access to mail order handgun carry permits! Denver: A thought experiment Los Angeles: Gun control in churches, Part II: The Militia. Milwaukee: Time to change our attitude about guns Minneapolis: Dispelling the myth of “The Wild West” St. Louis: Hunting rifles--the next 'sniper weapons'
On this day in 1777, George Weedon is promoted to the rank of brigadier general of the Virginia Regiment of the Continental Army.Patriots rise from the ranks of the people...
Weedon was an innkeeper in Fredericksburg, Virginia, at the outbreak of the Revolutionary War, but had previously served as a lieutenant under George Washington in western Virginia during the French and Indian War. [More]
State Rep. Kenneth Dunkin sponsors legislation for mandatory $1,000,000 insurance policy for gun owners... [More]It's been done.
The Carroll National Guard unit will train on urban military operations by holding a four-day exercise at Arcadia.Why?
The purpose of the April 2-5 drill will be to gather intelligence, then search for and apprehend a suspected weapons dealer, according to Sgt. Mike Kots, readiness NCO for Alpha Company. [More]
The son of the city detective charged in the Collegedale Wal-Mart assault case is facing charges of his own in connection with an incident with his girlfriend. [More]The fruit doesn't roll very far from the tree?
A Marine has been arrested, suspended from college and ordered to undergo a psychological evaluation for bringing a handgun and knife to campus – even though he holds a concealed carry permit issued by the state. [More]It's been done.
A new character has been introduced on the Hamas children's television show "Pioneers of Tomorrow," the teddy bear Nassur, who immediately expressed a desire to...carry a gun. [More]It's been done.
The deputy says Smoke attacked him, and he shot in self-defense.
Hutts said Smoke was barking, but never attacked the deputy. An eyewitness backs Hutts' account. [More]
I have to say this assessment is looking pretty right on:
People should know that McGuire is armed and dangerous and a threat. He is violent.In other words, he's an "Only One"?
Candidly, the popularity of the "Only Ones" feature surprised me--I get tips every day, and have to make sure the purpose of my WarOnGuns site doesn't get overshadowed. Still, since one of the prime arguments of the gunhaters is that police can be trusted with guns but you and I cannot be, such stories are useful, if only anecdotally, at providing a demonstrable counterpoint to that claim.Today's Gun Rights Examiner column gently indoctrinates a more general readership to something we here are more than familiar with...
Here are two more cases in point...[More]
Check out the latest from other Gun Rights Examiners: Austin: Another Brady hallucination: More guns, more ‘gun violence’ (Part 2) Charlotte: Guns and the Constitution: Rep. Itse responds to readers on secession bill DC: DC City Council enables residents’ easy access to mail order handgun carry permits! Denver: I carry a gun....and I buy groceries Los Angeles: Gun Control: Guns in churches. Milwaukee: Time to change our attitude about guns Minneapolis: Dispelling the myth of “The Wild West” St. Louis: Hunting rifles--the next 'sniper weapons'
The principal design of this is to inform you, that we have strong reason to believe that the Enemy are on the point of making some push. what their object is, whether to beat up our Quarters and to extend their own, to make a large forage and collection of provender, of which they are in great want, or to turn their views towards the Delaware, is a matter of uncertainty; but it seems probable, that one of these things they have in contemplation. [More]
If that were my loved one being mauled, having her face ripped off, being rended limb-from-limb, would I want to have the most effective means at my disposal to immediately save her?Today's Gun Rights Examiner column presents a thought experiment of sorts. Read the column while you listen to a real time animal attack unfold...
Or would I rather be useless, and stand shrieking and blubbering helplessly into a telephone while some government worker on the other end of the line tells me to calm down? [More]
Check out the latest from other Gun Rights Examiners: Austin: Another Brady hallucination: More guns, more ‘gun violence’ (Part 1) Charlotte: Guns and the Constitution: Rep. Itse responds to readers on secession bill DC: DC City Council enables residents’ easy access to mail order handgun carry permits! Denver: Active compliance......or not Los Angeles: Orange County Gun Control: Backing The Sheriff, or backing the people the sheriff works for? Milwaukee: Time to change our attitude about guns Minneapolis: Dispelling the myth of “The Wild West” St. Louis: Mexico's bloody drug war is not the fault of 'lax U.S. gun laws'
