Notes from the Resistance...
"There is still time for Congress and the president to take steps to keep loaded firearms away from the valleys of Yellowstone, the cliffs of Yosemite, and the Statue of Liberty — but they need to act quickly," said Paul Helmke, president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. [More]Settle down, Paul. Don't get so worked up that things start popping out.
Interior Ministry says recent surge in violence has it receiving twice as many requests for firearms permits. Number of appeals over denied requests nearly triples; those ineligible for gun license opt for tear gas, knives [More]No doubt the way those ineligible here opt to obey the law...
The superintendent of the isolated Harrold Independent School District, about 30 miles northwest of here, made history last August when he and his school board decided to allow select teachers and staff members at the 110-student school to carry guns on campus — a first for Texas and the nation. [More]I wonder why Wayne isn't calling for more?
Price conducted "business as usual" at City Hall Friday, just hours after he learned he would face at least one criminal charge. [More]That's the thing about all these "Only Ones" stories--they're not unusual.
We're dealing with someone who views guns only in terms of their misuse. Their protective benefits are not even considered in his advocacy for treating them as a public health issue. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column highlights a renewed effort on an old front.
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Bennington, August 18, 1777.
"Dear GENERAL,
"THE late signal success of a body of about 2000 troops, mostly militia, under the command of Brigadier General Stark, in this part of the country, on the 16th instant, over a party of about 1500 of the enemy, who came out with a manifest design to possess themselves of this town, as will appear by the enclosed, is an event happy and important. - Our troops behaved in a very brave and heroic manner; they pushed the enemy from one work to another thrown up on advantageous ground, and from different posts, with spirit and fortitude, until they gained a complete victory over them. [More]
The well-paid exploiters at the misnamed Southern Poverty Law Center are at it again.
At what?
Lumping patriots and Constitutionalists with haters. [More]
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If Howes Army is at Sea, his Men between Decks will suffer, beyond Expression. Persons, here, who have been at Sea, upon this Coast, at this Season of the Year, say, the Heat is more intollerable, on Shipboard than on Land. There is no Comfort to be had any where, and the Reflection of the Sun Rays from the Deck, are insufferable. [More]
Deputy charged in incidentSee, the antis warned us stuff like this would happen, which is why you and I can't be trusted.
Honk apparently led to gun drawn [More]
A Pasadena police officer was hospitalized after he accidentally shot himself in the stomach... [More]In case the thought of guys like this being the "Only Ones" trusted with guns is more than you can stomach...
Officer Ray Dilworth was hit in the head with a simunition bullet at a training facility off Columbia Avenue.What were the "Only Ones" training for there, a reenactment scene from "The Deer Hunter"?
Simunition rounds are basically fake bullets made of gunpowder and primer. [More]
Murphy told state troopers that Lieutenant Sherman punched him in the face, pounded him on the back, and ripped his shirt.I probably should know more before assuming this is an "Only Ones" story. I know it can be a slippery slope, and I know there are other ways to deal with things, but there are times and situations where I believe a man ought to be able to punch another guy out for inappropriate behavior directed at himself or a loved one. I wouldn't want to deny that consideration to Lt. Sherman just because of his job.
He was shouting at him for sending messages to his wife on Facebook and MySpace, Murphy told investigators. [More]
The City Council authorized police this week to arrest students who bring to school objects that could be used as weapons, officials said. [More]So they're going to make them go barefoot now?
It's no secret that Mexico is an astonishingly corrupt place, with many of the players coming from the ranks of its government. In a new report, the Associated Press tells us the problem is not confined to their side of the border... [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner points out the futility of tackling Mexico's violence by disarming you and me.
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In this letter George Washington describes to us the importance of the Battle of Oriskany to achieving the goal of defeating General Burgoyne. He basically says this: Oriskany is the first victory, and if everything else goes our way then we will defeat the British invasion. [More]
