We Don't Need No Stinking Warrants

FCC can search homes without a warrant, agency says [More]

Fine, David Fiske. You be the one to inspect my house.

Where the hell do these creatures spawn from?

Repeat After Me...

Registration leads to confiscation.

Registration leads to confiscation.

Registration...[More]


[Via Dave Licht]

A Secure Supply

Arms Sent by U.S. May Be Falling Into Taliban Hands [More]

And here I thought they got 90% of their guns from straw purchases routed through Mexico...

Let's hope they entered "Yes" and "No" on those 4473s instead of "Y" and "N."

Here's another report.

[Via Ed M and Brian F]

A Flat-Out Stupid Idea

A detailed proposal to redress the imbalance between state and federal power. [More]

A profoundly dangerous and naive idea--any proposal is subject to political maneuvering and deal-making--witness the ongoing credit card/guns in parks bill. This would be no different, and a constitutional convention could leave us in considerably worse shape than we are now.

Besides which, this presupposes the fault lies within the Constitution--rather than with usurping "lawmakers" who ignore clear proscriptions and do what they want because they can get away with it. This bill would be no different.

You want to fix the Commerce Clause? We know what the founding intent was--follow it. Don't want foreign law? Where is the clause in the existing Constitution that allows it to even enter the equation?

He's trying to fix something that ain't broken.

I like how those who view this as an exercise in academia and political pragmatism think they can deal with corrupt statists and if they just somehow find the right incantation, all will be respected and put right.

The only way to convince a criminal not to press on with an attack is to make him fear the consequences. I see nothing for political predators to fear in this academic wish list.

Don't Think of It as Suspension of Habeas Corpus...

...think of it as "preventive detention."

President Obama told human rights advocates at the White House on Wednesday that he was mulling the need for a “preventive detention” system that would establish a legal basis for the United States to incarcerate terrorism suspects who are deemed a threat to national security but cannot be tried, two participants in the private session said. [More]

Well, when you're dealing with scary people like these, you need to be prepared to do something. Nobody thinks all these "homegrown terrorist" trial balloons have been floated to always limit this stuff exclusively to foreigners, do they?

That's quite some Hopey Hopey Change Change this administration is bringing us. What's funny is seeing some of the less dim cud-chewers starting to realize they've been had.

Right Wing Extremist Plot Foiled

The suspects - three U.S.-born citizens and one Haitian immigrant - at least three of whom were said to be jailhouse converts to Islam, were angry about the deaths of Muslims in Afghanistan, sources told The News. [More]

What?

They didn't fit the DHS profile?

Never mind.

Not that I expect Jewish religious leaders to take the hint that they might just be responsible for their own safety. It seems most of them would rather (once again) trust their fates to a state monopoly of force than listen to this guy...

We're the Only Ones Haunting Your Dreams Enough

Birmingham police beating video

Hey, what's the problem? Those looked like "distraction blows" to me.

Nice comments from the authority-worshipers.

[Via too many of you to list]

And Now for a Little Bathroom Gun Humor- 'Only Ones'-Style

I've posted on stories like these before. Here are a few it took me less time to locate than it takes for one of those Congressionally-mandated 1.6 gallon toilet tanks to refill...[More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column wipes out the myth that LEOs are the "Only Ones" who can be trusted with guns.

Also get the latest from my fellow GREs.

And if you're not too pooped, I'd appreciate help...uh...spreading this around.

This Day in History: May 21

I need not suggest to Congress the necessity of keeping our Numbers concealed from the knowledge of the public. Nothing but a good face and false appearances have enabled us hitherto to deceive the Enemy respecting our Strength. [More]

"Yes, Even Here in Wyoming"

Apparently there are some serious flaws with this story.

Mama Liberty tells me they interviewed Wyoming Gun Owners Association executive director Anthony Bouchard.

Per Mr. Bouchard:

[L]ook how all the statistics were printed as fact.

I want you to know that I disputed the CDC statistics but none of that made it into the article.

Here are good examples of disputed numbers:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,113094,00.html

http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20081013/ARTICLES/810100238/-1/NEWS4525?Title=Gun-owners-often-use-the-weapons-on-themselves

Also unmentioned, are we to give up our rights because one might commit suicide?

Or how many of these deaths were deemed justified shootings or even by police?

The average person will not sift through the data and the more the media slams us (yes even here in Wyoming) with "statistics that purposely leave out the facts", we lose another inch.

The Fighting Haiduci

So these merry bands of armed Romanians took arms and retreated in the Carpathian mountains; they called themselves "haiduci" (spell hayduchy) and they were the Romanian version of Tito's Partizans - only they were fighting the Soviet and the Communist Romanian army. Their guns were whatever they could get their hands on but they benefited from the support of the population in the small mountain villages where they were fighting. [More]

Transylvania Phoenix gives us a recent history lesson from the land of my ancestors that has timeless applicability for freedom fighters.

Fascinating stuff--good job.

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Well She Was There!

“What about an apology? Did they apologize for killing a US Marshal?” [More]

In fairness to HS Precision, I cannot confirm the accuracy of this report. That said, I have no reason to doubt it, and the company's handling of the entire self-created Lon Horiuchi mess does not make me sympathetic to their plight.

I'd say it's up to them to address this to the gun-buying public. If they choose not to, the consequences will be theirs to live with.

As soon as this is posted, I'm going to contact them, give them this link, and invite them to make a public statement.

[Via FatWhiteMan]


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National Parks Gun Bill Presents Dilemma for Constitutionalists

Hey, I'm just pointing out that you don't get benefits without costs, that you dance with the devil at your peril, and that he is unexcelled at making you think you're the one leading. [More]

And everybody is up on what those costs are.

Right?

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column discusses the price of "victory."

Also get the latest from my fellow GREs.

Tell a friend?

This Day in History: May 20

An emission totaling $16,500,000 payable in Spanish milled dollars, or the equivalent in gold or silver, was authorized by ten Continental Congress resolutions passed between May 20, 1777 and April 18, 1778. [More]

A Letter to Congress

Carl S allows me to share his:

I swore an oath to support and defend the Constitution. My word means something to me. I defended one “line in the sand” and if need be, I and my brothers in arms can do so again.

It’s not your job to make that impossible. It is your job to make that unnecessary.

Where the Hell are the Kidnaping Charges?

Two judges pleaded guilty on Thursday to accepting more than $2.6 million from a private youth detention center in Pennsylvania in return for giving hundreds of youths and teenagers long sentences. [More]

We talked about these evil, mercenary, oath-breaking bastards here.

This kind of stuff makes me come close to reconsidering the merits of crucifixion.

[Via Jack A]

We're the Only Ones Escalating the Situation Enough

Travelling down the escalator, she was looking for her fare in her bag when a police officer told her to hold the rail. When she told him she didn't have three hands he demanded to see her ID so that he could write her a ticket. [More]

And naturally, things escalated from there, as only an "Only One" can make them escalate...

I guess it's safer than messing with bad guys who are capable of escalating back...

We're the Only Ones Forgetful Enough

The D.A. believes OC deputies had "blue amnesia" – they lied, or conveniently "forgot" critical facts – when testifying in a case involving one of their own. It's the latest incident in a string of cases involving sheriff's deputies who allegedly covered up for their misbehaving colleagues, ranging from the D.A.'s allegations of departmental perjury and witness tampering...[More]

Keep it up. At some point, people are going to conveniently forget critical facts and cover up for their fellows who are fed up with "Only One" corruption and violence...

Some might just be prone to "red, white and blue amnesia"...

[Via Mama Liberty]

We Have Met the Enemy...

...and he is us. [More]

[Via Ron W]

New York, New York, What a Wonderful Town

Downtown Manhattan, the city's party mecca, has been hit by an alarming spike in vicious street violence.

Assaults in Greenwich Village lead the frightening upturn, with a whopping 43 percent increase so far this year compared with the same period in 2008. [More]

I'm having a tough time giving a damn.

[Via Brian F]