Monday, March 23, 2009

Getting the Word Out About Gun Rights Examiner


I'll be on a couple radio shows and wanted to get the word out--I was going to append these announcements to the column I couldn't post today due to site server problems.

Anyway, click here to read this announcement. I'll be back with my regular GRE column tomorrow.

I Still Can't Access Examiner

Apparently there are intermittent server problems and the tech team is working on it. Some of you can access it and others cannot. I'm in the "cannot" faction.

Because the opportunity to capture traffic today has been so severely impacted, I'm going to hold off posting what I wrote for today about the Oakland shootings.

In the mean time, keep trying to see if you can access my page for what I posted over the weekend. I have an announcement for this Thursday I think the regulars here will appreciate.

UPDATE: Everything appears to be working again.

There Oughtta Be a Law

Now, Jessie's parents are attempting to launch a national campaign seeking laws to address "sexting" - the practice of forwarding and posting sexually explicit cell-phone photos online. The Logans also want to warn teens of the harassment, humiliation and bullying that can occur when that photo gets forwarded. [More]
The Logans are free to warn anyone they want about anything they like. As for the rest of it, my natural inclination to feel sympathy for them has been overshadowed by more negative sentiments.

We're the Only Ones Certified Enough

Cutts was one of 10 officers convicted in the past five years that the AP found still had the authority to make an arrest or carry a gun, at least on paper. [More]
So according to the law, a convicted murderer "Only One" is technically still more trustworthy to keep and bear arms than I am...?

[Via Ron Bokleman]

Propaganda is Routinely Being Parroted

“Firearms are routinely being transported from the U.S. into Mexico in violation of both U.S. and Mexican law,” William Hoover, assistant director of field operations for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF), told the subcommittee. [More]
If that's true, it does kind of show you how well those laws work at stopping bad guys, doesn't it?

I truly am tired of these opportunistic functionaries.

Hey Bill--tell me which gun store or "damned American gun show" I can go to to pick up a few cases of full-auto battle rifles and grenades.

One north of the border, I mean.

[Via Dave Licht]

Gun Rights Examiners Launch Website


While we're waiting for the official Examiner.com site to stop producing error messages, I want to introduce you to a site you can go to that will give you "one-stop shopping" for all Gun Rights Examiner commentary--mine as well as the folks handling a dozen cities nationwide.

Check out (and bookmark) www.gunrightsexaminers.com. It's the creation of Cleveland GRE Daniel White, and I'm very grateful that he took the time, made the effort and showed the leadership to do this. It's especially been a pain because Examiner urls are long and convoluted--so this give us a common link we can use to better publicize our work.

Obama Rewrites Second Amendment?

From the official White House website [More]:
The Second Amendment gives citizens the right to bear arms.

Click to enlarge

I suppose just posting the Bill of Rights without agenda-driven editorial interpretations would be too complicated?

What presumptuous frauds these scoundrels are. Tell me there isn't intent here.

What the government giveth, the government taketh away? Not while I breathe.

And yes--I've checked to see if this is carryover language. So far, it looks like it's new.

Technical Difficulties

If you try to access Gun Rights Examiner this morning, you will probably get an error message.

Try it.

This began becoming a problem yesterday. Now it looks like I and some others can't access the site at all. I'll announce today's column as soon as it becomes accessible. In the mean time, you might want to try back on this link in a bit.

This Day in History: March 23

I wrote to you the 13th, directing you to order eight of the Regiments of your State, to march, with the greatest expedition, to Peeks Kill; I then gave you my Reasons for this alteration of my former orders. Altho' I called upon you in the most pressing manner, to hurry the Troops on, I cannot help again repeating my distress for the want of Men. [More]

Sunday, March 22, 2009

Vigilantes?

Alleged purse-snatcher, tackled by supermarket vigilantes, pleads innocent [More]
"Vigilantes"?

What the hell is wrong with The Patriot-Ledger?

Oh, yeah.

"Authorized Journalists."

We're the Only Ones Towed Enough

Yesterday the Secret Service vehicle used for Jenna Bush’s protection and surveillance was towed from Bush’s Federal Hill neighborhood for numerous unpaid parking tickets. [More]
There's so much one can infer about "Only Ones" from just this brief sentence, isn't there?

Gun Control in Action

Jordan said Mixon had an "extensive criminal history" and was wanted on a no-bail warrant.

"(Mixon) was on parole and he had a warrant out for his arrest for violating that parole. And he was on parole for assault with a deadly weapon," said Oakland police Deputy Chief Jeffery Israel.[More]
So wasn't it illegal for him to have guns? And carry them? And have an "assault weapon"? And kill?

Looks like it's time to disarm you and me some more.

But here's the real thing to keep our eye on:
About 20 bystanders taunted police.
There is an undercurrent of seething hatred. It's a powder keg out there. The citizen militia may yet need to discover itself when things explode.

Howard Nemerov
has more.

[Via Mama Liberty]

The Definitive Fudd

Just unload them and lock them up. [More]
No one is saying locks and safes don't have a place in overall options. But to recommend locking up your safety under all conditions is foolish and dangerous. It can enable terrible unintended consequences like pitchfork murders and dead grandmothers.

I don't see this Zumb...uh...Zimo guy acknowledging that, which makes him an unqualified "authority" to heed.

[Via Avg Joe]

We're the Only Ones Getting Less from More Enough

More US police using gunfire detection system...

But former Boston police lieutenant Thomas Nolan questions whether the money spent on the technology could better be used to hire more police.

"The cops I talk to on the street think ShotSpotter is a joke," said Nolan, associate criminal justice professor at Boston University. [More]
But a sick and dangerous joke nonetheless, considering the overarching "Only One" surveillance society it "normalizes."

By the way, you know the relationship between Shotspotter and "The Black Arrow," don't you? You've read it, right?

[Via Ed M]

We're the Only Ones Scaring You So Bad You Wet Yourself Enough

Shopkeepers say plainclothes cops barged in, looted stores & stole cash [More]
Big, brave men, protecting us all from tiny Zip-Lock bags.

What's the difference between Philadelphia "Only Ones" and sadistic, violent street thugs again?

It does kind of explain why they want "home rule" to override state firearms preemption, doesn't it?

[Via T. Paine]

Reflecting Poorly

The judge made a great ruling. Guns should be restricted when ever and where ever possible.

Bringing a concealed gun into a national park is simply ridiculous. I do not want some trigger happy yahoo packing a gun into a park where me and my family might be spending time.

The fact that commentators on this site are all for breaking the law reflects poorly on the gun rights movement, and only confirms the suspicion that restrictions on gun ownership is a positive for society. [More]
This is a comment to yesterday's Gun Rights Examiner post from the "Portland Enureti...uh...Progressive Examiner." Talk about a poor reflection. Hey, I don't get to choose who they let say what.

I thought you might want a chance to get your two cents in. I see Straightarrow has gone straight to the heart of the matter, as per his usual inimitable style...:)

Coming Thursday: 'Black Man with a Gun' Interview

I'm going to devote this column on Thursday to a very special interview--one where you will be able to directly participate. [More]
Kenn Blanchard will be my guest.

You will be able to ask him questions.

Please spread the word.

Also read the latest from my fellow GREs.

This Day in History: March 22

The little Folk are all happy I hope. May they continue so, to a good old Age. May they enjoy many happy, usefull and honourable Days. [More]
Do you think maybe parents not concerned with such things for themselves, let alone their offspring, might be the major part of our problem today...?

Saturday, March 21, 2009

Take This Poll

Does the news make you more likely to get a gun? [More]
They asked. Tell 'em.

[Via Ed M]

We're the Only Ones "A Few Bad Apples" Enough

Schenectady's Corporation Counsel John Van Norden said, "If you abolish the police department you still have a need - not an obligation - but a need to police the community. You would need something in transition. Declaring martial law would be one way to bridge the gap." [More]
Got that?

The whole damn department is so damn corrupt they can't field a police force. So much for the "few bad apples" theory.

Then they admit they have no obligation to protect you.

So do you think they'll let you protect yourself?

Hah! Not when the option of establishing complete tyrannical control is still on the table.

Last night when I read this story, I laughed. This morning, reading it again, I don't find it funny at all.

[Via Andre]