Meanwhile, Over in Boss Daley Paradise

Six Men Shot Dead In 24 Hours In Chicago
Several Others Shot Or Stabbed And Wounded [More]

The mayor was never in any danger. He has taxpayer-funded armed bodyguards.

Forget it Jake, it's Chi-Town.

We're the Only Ones Opening Doors Enough

Via Dan S who notes "Spoof video that might be a little more funny if there wasn't some truth behind it." [More]

When Assault Cheetos are Outlawed...

...only outlaws will have assault Cheetos. [More]

I understand what they mean now by "Dangerously cheesy."

[Via Ed M]

Slowing Down?

Arms Makers Fall Back From Obama Surge [More]

Not that this experience hasn't been valuable, but perhaps we'll see gun and ammo availability and price improvements soon.

[Via Ed M]

Remorseless Killer Executed

The chain saw severed branch after branch with a buzz and a crack and a bang. Dust and sap and heat seeped out. [More]

And notice what the car did, all by its own self.

Where have we run across this mentality before?

[Via Ed M]

We're the Only Ones Parroting Enough

Pirone and his attorney say he was parroting an epithet that Grant first hurled at him... [More]

He badmouthed an "Only One"? Well hell, then, the guy obviously got what was coming to him. Even if the recording doesn't back up that claim.

[Via Andre]

No Borders

Kent McManigal challenges "borderists."

It's his 100th column and he'd like to see it widely read.

I have said I disagree with him. But continuing that debate here is not something I can focus on right now.

Go read what he has to say, and if you have comments, share them with him.

Click here to do that.

South Africa Gun Owners Get Reprieve

Fortunately, some of their citizens recognize madness when they see it. The challenge to the FCA, and the interim reprieve granted by the court, are hopeful indicators. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column notes a legal stay of execution.

Also find out who AHSA is endorsing, and get the latest from my fellow GREs.

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This Day in History: June 29

I this moment received an express from Capt Bouker of Otter Creek by way of Coll Hammond, informing that Ticonderoga is besieged and the communication is cut off by eleven hundred men this side the lake. You are therefor requiered if possible to raise one quarter part of your militia and send forward without loss of time otherwise that Importan[t] Place will be lost [More]

Why not focus on Mexican Cartel/Police Alliance Instead of U.S. Guns?

Who in their right mind believes Mexican police and military personnel rely on "straw purchasers" at U.S. gun shops and gun shows to obtain military-grade firepower? [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at a culture where only the police and military (legally) have guns. The results are what anyone who is rational would expect.

Also get the latest from my fellow GREs.

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This Day in History: June 27

SPANKTOWN June 27, 1777
Gen. Charles Scott's light horse and Col. Daniel Morgan's Rangers harass British after evacuation of New Brunswick. [More]

That's All, Folks!

At least for today. I have out-of-state relatives staying with us. I'll try to get at least a Gun Rights Examiner column out each day during their visit, which will last until early next week.

Please hold off on tips and emails, as I won't be able to attend to them. I will be checking in on occasion to keep the spammers and trolls from taking over "Comments".

What is the Agenda?

A little advertising discretion might go a long way in quieting fears that are manipulated by gun control advocates. [More]

I might well ask what your agenda is, Roberts, making an asinine recommendation like that. Do you really think presenting a kinder, gentler face will make your enemies not hate you?

The agenda is domination and tyranny, something I don't see you addressing, in all your prattling on about "beautiful lines" and "beautiful animals."

Good grief.

[Via Zachary G]

They Hate Us Because We're Free

Oak Forest baseball coach suspended after accusation of tobacco use [More]

This ain't the America I grew up in...

I Wonder if They Have a Corporate Logo T-Shirt?

What were they thinking? [More]

Anti-Gun Book Reviews Hide an Agenda

Still, one of the comments on Workman's article led me to explore something I found interesting--not the book, but its reviews on Amazon.com. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at what people are saying about an anti-gun book--and then looks at the people.

Also read an update on a gun bill in Oregon, and get the latest from my fellow GREs.

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This Day in History: June 26

At the Battle of the Short Hills on the 26th, at four in the morning, Lord Cornwallis marched from Amboy with upwards to 5,000 troops. He met Lord Sterling's Brigade of about 1,400 men and lost 3 pieces of cannon, 70 prisoners, and about 100 men killed and wounded. (June 26, 1777) [More]

Don't Collaborate for the Other Guy

Feds and Firearms Industry team up to stop so-called “straw purchases.” [More]

Sorry, Lawrence Keane. When you abet infringements on the right of the people to keep and bear arms, you lose me.

You think being their bitch will make the antis like you, and the overlords respect you? They may have you convinced they'll eat you last, but eat you they will.

[Via Lane]

We're the Only Ones Defending Ourselves Enough

An off-duty police officer shot and wounded two men who had assaulted him in the crowded Angel Stadium parking lot...[More]

Lucky for him he's one of the anointed.

Because Sandra Hutchens says the rest of us don't have lives worth defending. Just wanting to is not "good cause," plus we all know how much more trustworthy the "Only Ones" are.

[Via Ed M]

Meanwhile, Across the Pond in Post-Nuclear Holocaust Sarah Brady Paradise

In calm bureaucratic language -- loaded with code words to render the book meaningless to those not in the know -- the document describes how as the crisis worsened, civil servants would introduce censorship, evacuate all but the sickest patients from hospitals and eventually be sent to one of 12 underground bunkers scattered around the country.

Britain was to be governed from these bunkers after a nuclear attack, with officials exercising powers of martial law over the remaining population. [More]

And it sounds like they had things planned down to a remarkable level of detail:

Nuclear reactors could provide power almost indefinitely. Greenhouses could maintain plantlife. Animals could be bred and slaughtered. A quick survey would have to be made of all the available mine sites in the country. But I would guess... that ah, dwelling space for several hundred thousands of our people could easily be provided...And a computer could be set and programmed to accept factors from youth, health, sexual fertility, intelligence, and a cross section of necessary skills. Of course it would be absolutely vital that our top government and military men be included to foster and impart the required principles of leadership and tradition. Naturally, they would breed prodigiously, eh? There would be much time, and little to do. But ah with the proper breeding techniques and a ratio of say, ten females to each male, I would guess that they could then work their way back to the present gross national product within say, twenty years.

It would not be difficult, mein Fuhrer! Especially with the population disarmed and dependent.

We must not allow a wheelie-bin gap!

[Via Ed M]