'Pro-gun Pastor' Defends Requirement for Unloaded Firearms

CNN's John Roberts quoted a Gun Rights Examiner column in his "American Morning" interview with Pastor Kenneth Pagano...[More]

I typically don't do two GRE posts in one day, but then again, it's not every day I find out CNN quoted me in an interview. The other thing I like about this is it's the first time national televised media has broached the "Only Ones" concept.

So far, I haven't seen if they posted the video, as opposed to the transcript. If anyone finds out, please let me know. I'm curious to find out if he pronounced my name right.

And please share this with a friend or two...

The Wrong Question

Should guns be allowed in schools? [More]

What did Mr. Pynchon say?

If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about answers.

See, it's not anybody's place to "allow" me to exercise my rights.

[Via David R]

Pleasestopgunviolence.com?

I got a spam email from a site that calls itself--depending on how you access it-- pleasestopgunviolence.com or firearmsfax.com. [More]

As near as I can figure, they want you to pay them to register your guns. That way, you can volunteer to do what some of us have been fighting having forced on us. Or something.

Their "About Us" tab doesn't really tell us much. I did a "Who Is" lookup, and the site is registered to one Frank Sciarra, who I've never heard of as being anyone of significant achievement in the ongoing RKBA struggle. True, they have forums where gun rights are discussed, so I don't want to cast unwarranted suspicion on their efforts.

Thing is, their visitor stats at this writing say:

In total there is 1 user online :: 0 registered, 0 hidden and 1 guest (based on users active over the past 5 minutes)
Most users ever online was 9 on Tue May 12, 2009 6:42 pm

Based on that, I'd assess this as nothing to get excited about, but certainly also nothing I'd be interested in signing up for. I keep my own secured records of what I own.

Experience a Real City

Seven teenagers were wounded — three critically — after they were sprayed with gunfire this afternoon by two masked men at a bus stop near Cody 9th Grade Academy on the city’s west side. [More]

Now that it's in the news and all, I wonder if the Detroit Police will report it...? Hell, I wonder if they've reported themselves yet. In between anomalies.

Ahhh...Pure Michigan!

[Via Ron W]

We're the Only Ones Who Really Know How to Treat a Lady Enough

"If you're going to act like a woman I'm going to treat you like a woman."

..."He punched me in the back (there are bruises), he handcuffed me, and in the scuffle grabbed my breasts and pinched them." [More]

They're so cute when they get mad when "Only Ones" manhandle and feel 'em up, aren't they?

I don't know what she's so upset about--it's not like they shot her dog.

[Via Zachary G]

We're the Only Ones with the Lamest Story Enough

The lamest so far came from a police officer: He said he bought a few military-style rifles, left them in his car and — on the same night — forgot to lock a door. He couldn’t explain why he didn’t file a police report or why he visited Mexico the day after the alleged theft. [More]

I'm sure he had noble reasons. After all, that's why guys like him are the "Only Ones"... and we're not.

[Via Jeffersonian and a bunch more of you I noticed after I posted this]

Cursing Their Luck

Many thought the shutdown of gambling halls would never happen. Casinos are now allowed only in designated, far-flung zones, leaving gamblers and workers cursing their luck. [More]

They ought to be cursing "Pootie-Poot."

Still, there is hope:

For other games, many believed, there would be illegal gambling dens kept running with bribes to crooked authorities.

Yep, just wait until the criminal underworld starts running everything. You guy's ain't seen nothin' yet. Makes me wonder how much they gave ol' Pootie to get him to pull this off for them.

Hey--maybe we can exploit the spike in "gun violence" that always comes with increased gangland activity to further calls for international gun controls!

Franken Senate Victory No Joke for Gun Owners

312 votes. And now this bad political joke will be played out on the rest of us. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at a Senate development that is no laughing matter.

Also get the latest from my fellow GREs.

Tell a friend?

This Day in History: July 1

All the recruits of our regimt that have not yet gone forward are on the point of marching except a few sick & some stragglers which it has not been in my power to collect. [More]

I, Fascist

I thought some here would enjoy the comment by "Fascist Alarm Tingling." [More]

Starve the Beast

We go on a consumption strike until and unless our demands are met. [More]

I wish I could be optimistic that enough people would care to do this that it would make a difference. I'm afraid people are going to need to be brought to their knees for it to sink in.

Meanwhile, they will preoccupy themselves with the pH Factor: Hanna Montana, Twilight, Jon & Kate Plus Eight, Dancing with the Stars, the Bachelorette, The freakin' Cougar fer cryin' out loud...

They'll go in droves to Transformers 2, to reward the slut du jour who wishes many in their families dead.

Sorry to sound so pessimistic. It's a good idea. I'm doing much of it already.

It's just that I'm doing much of a lot of things that most of those around me seem oblivious to.

[Via Tom R]

UPDATE: I rest my case.

A True of False Quiz

It's easy. What's amazing is how many people fail it. [More]

Crabby Shack Remodeling?

Ol' Joe has a long shot chance at landing a media/PR gig with a local firm that reps some of the big players in the boomstick market. [More]

And he'd like our help to make it happen.

OK, but I'll do more than give a testimonial--I'll prove what I claim.

So when I say Joe's Crabby Shack has been a resource that readers here have found value in for years, I'm not just saying it to be nice or to do someone a favor.

Click on this link, King and Queen of Poo-bahs, and see for yourself.

Go over to the title link and leave a comment if you're so inclined, and want to help turn a shack into Stately Crabby Manor. But in the interests of full disclosure, when he finally makes it huge, I've got dibs on the poolside bartender job.

We're the Only Ones "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" Enough

A Maryland Transit Administration police officer has been charged with raping a 15-year-old Elkridge girl who asked him for help finding her way home on the light rail, according to charging documents. [More]

Again with my never answered question...

I'm certainly relieved to find this "Only Ones" story being reported from Maryland, as opposed to New Jersey, where at least their cops are trustworthy enough to buy more guns than the rest of us...

[Via Rick P]

We're the Only Ones Entrepreneurial Enough

A Saint Landry Parish Sheriff's Deputy has been arrested for allegedly smuggling drugs and other illegal contraband into the St. Landry Parish Jail. [More]

My favorite quote:

"If they can bring in drugs, then they can bring in a weapon, and we can't have that"

No, of course not. That's why "Only Ones" are exempt from gun edicts meant for the rest of us.


[Via retrotruckman]

Will N.J. 'One Gun a Month' Bill Stop the Violence?

So when this latest assault on the people who are not responsible for the violence doesn't work, the "solution" will be to drag even more people who aren't guilty into the net. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner looks at the State of New Jersey's latest hate crime against peaceable armed citizens.

Also get the latest from my fellow GREs.

Tell a friend? For real?

This Day in History: June 30

On June 30, 1777, Maj. General John Burgoyne's right wing put ashore on the western shore of Lake Champlain to the north of Fort Ticonderoga, while his left wing under Maj. General Friedrich von Riedesel put ashore on the eastern shore. [More]

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]