"Your Friends at FaxDC.com"

I just received a rather hysterical spam email from an outfit called FaxDC.com, which is offering me the opportunity to "blast fax" all 535 congressmen.

I can be a part of their "Fax.DC.com Army" for $25/month, I can get their "Ultimate Protest package," they call me (and everyone else on their email list) a "Patriot" and they want me to "Be sure to send this Alert to EVERYONE you know who supports saving America and Protecting our Middle Class."

OK--I'm sending it to everyone I know. Along with some observations:

The email contains a word-for-word copy of a column posted yesterday on WorldNetDaily by Chelsea Schilling. I have no idea if using it is authorized or not.

Thing is, I have no idea why WND even printed that column, which seems to be a rehash of the old Blair Holt HR 45 bill--that is in no imminent danger of going anywhere, and somehow mixing it in with the old, dead SB 2099 "list your guns on your taxes" email that's now making the rounds in email forwards from people incapable of mastering either "BCC" or any font smaller than 24.

Here's the deal: Blair Holt has been languishing in committee since January with NO COSPONSORS!

And the tax bill died in 2000.

There is absolutely no need to blast fax anyone about this. To do so is a waste of energy and resources that are vitally needed elsewhere. But it will put money in someone's pocket.

So who are these guys at FaxDC.com?

Well, the "Who Is" lookup at Register.com lists:

Domain Discreet
ATTN: faxdc.com
Rua Dr. Brito Camara, n 20, 1
Funchal, Madeira 9000-039
PT
Phone: 1-902-7495331

Which doesn't actually tell us anything other than it is discreetly associated with someone on a Portuguese island with a Nova Scotia area code.

They appear to have attached themselves to all sort of "conservative" causes--opposing Obamacare, immigration, guns...

OK, here's the guy: Stephen Eichler, J.D. aka "Minuteman Steve."

I can't say anything for or against the guy--I have no idea who he is or what his motivation is, nor would it be appropriate for me to speculate without knowledge.

But I'll tell you this: Anyone who tells you to spend money faxing to stop Blair Holt is not someone who should be leading gun rights activists in anything. Assuming the guy is sincere, he's simply not demonstrated that when it comes to gun issues he's a leader worth following.

I not only do NOT recommend forwarding the email to your activist friends, it seems to me, the responsible thing to do would be to warn them about it.

Also see:
'Qualifying Firearms'
Kill (the) bill
Kill (the) bill - volume two
Kill (the) bill - volume three
Spreading gun law rumors distracts from real threats

SCOTUS Denies Olofson Petition

They did it without comment, naturally. [More]

This development warranted a second Gun Rights Examiner column for today.

Get a link to the petition and read an embedded copy of the amicus brief.

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We're the Only Ones Forceful Enough

A federal lawsuit filed Friday accuses Dolton police officers of beating up an innocent man and lying about it. [More]

Dolton...Dolton...where was I just reading about a Dolton cop...?

No doubt just another of the "few bad apples"--no need to treat being stopped by one of them as a potentially life-threatening criminal encounter to be responded to accordingly--is there?

Oh, gee, looks like we can't ask. Wonder why?

On the bright side, the "Only Ones" were no doubt armed while being "forceful." If one of those exemption bills pass, they might yet catch a break.

[Via Tommy S]

Pachyderm Petering Out?

Pssst...

Wanna see a well-hung elephant...? [More]

"Inappropriate" Browsing

Man Fired For Looking At Gun Web Sites [More]

Several readers have sent me links to various versions of this story--this one appears to be the most comprehensive breakdown I've seen.

If the supervisor and company truly applied different standards to gun websites than to others, and it appears they did, don't do business with them.

That said, I think we all have personally observed way too many employees spending way too much time web surfing when they're being paid to work--and yeah, that includes the bosses. I've cautioned readers here before--I appreciate all the site visits I can get, both here and at Gun Rights Examiner--but I'd hate to see you get in trouble because of that.

If the enuretics freak out over the Mossberg site, they'd probably call SWAT on you if they found you reading my brand of "domestic terrorism."

We're the Only Ones Hushing You Up Enough

Metropolitan Transportation Authority police said that Hendrick, who was off duty, was riding a Ronkonkoma-bound train about 9:20 p.m. and spotted "a group of unruly passengers following a Ranger game."

"He took out his concealed Smith & Wesson handgun and pointed it at the individuals"... [More]

Kind of ironic that he's one of the "Only Ones" Carolyn McCarthy wants armed on the LIRR. Of course, we've already established she's none too bright.

Seeing as who was holding the gun, the hockey fans are just lucky they didn't "lift a finger."

Too bad for Hendrick he didn't wait to do this, at least until we can make sure violent cops get sentencing exemptions. Hopefully, for his sake, the department will find he acted within established protocol...

[Via Harvey]

We're the Only Ones Global and Noble Enough

When last we checked in with Ronald K. Noble, he was enjoying a lucrative career as a reward for helping cover up a crime against humanity in which he was deeply implicated. [More]

William N. Grigg fleshes out the global "Only Ones" story we discussed yesterday by giving us the low down on their top guy.

It's like they go out of their way to pick movie villains.

[Via Ron W]

Harry Reid Ignores Gun Rights Questionnaire

Arguably, Sen. Reid gets a lot more emails than other candidates, and probably never saw this because a staffer intercepted it. Just to be fair, I'll send them a link to this column and give them another chance to respond to or ignore the questions.

Perhaps they feel they don't have to, because Sen. Reid enjoys the support of NRA--Executive VP Wayne La Pierre calls hims "a true champion of the Second Amendment"--in spite of Reid supporting "the most anti-gun president in American history" and in spite of his votes to confirm both Eric "Ban 'assault weapons' to fight Mexican crime" Holder and Sonia "The Second Amendment does not apply to the states" Sotomayor. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner notes a deafening silence and can't help but wonder if it's intentional.

Also get a "Not Without a Fight" update, and the latest from my fellow GREs.

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This Day in History: October 13

October 13, 1777: “The redoubts for the defence of Philadelphia continued on, though slowly, as none but Inhabitants are employed on it, and that at 8 shillings per day and Provisions.” Captain John Montresor, PMHB 6 (1882), pp. 48-49. [More]

Schwarzenegger Signs Handgun Ammo Registration Bill

If by improving public safety Arnold means making it lucrative for criminal gangs to smuggle in more ammunition from out of state, he's got a point. If he means it will provide more opportunities to harass everyone who jumps through each new stupid, evil hoop the state of California imposes on the "law-abiding," and further throttle a revenue-generating segment of the economy at a time when the state is issuing worthless IOUs, then no argument.

If he means it will stop one evil person from committing an act of violence, he's simply not being truthful. [More]

Today's continued betrayal by the Hessian Kennedy necessitated a second Gun Rights Examiner column.

Freebird Turnaround?

From the latest column by Chuck Norris:

Lynyrd Skynyrd, the legendary southern band that produced hits like "Sweet Home Alabama" and "Freebird," put it well in their new song (and album with the same title), "God and Guns":

God and guns
Keep us strong
That's what this country
Was founded on
Well we might as well give up and run
If we let them take our God and guns

Huh.

Last I remember, they were singing this:

Oh, let me tell you all about it
Hand guns are made for killin'
They ain't no good for nothin' else
And if you like to drink your whiskey
You might even shoot yourself
So why don't we dump 'em, people
To the bottom of the sea
Before some ol' fool come around here
Wanna shoot either you or me

I'll need to see some substantive contributions that go beyond music they get paid for before I trust this is not mere audience-pandering opportunism. If they're sincere, let them donate all "Saturday Night Special" royalties to some pro-gun rights cause.

I won't trust anybody who profits off of both sides in a war.

Meanwhile, Across the Pond in Sarah Brady Paradise...

'There is often an unrealistic public expectation that officers and staff will put themselves at risk to protect the public.' [More]

Not from me there isn't.

Nor, would it appear, from "them."

Hey Brits--here's your green light to get all the guns you want. If anyone objects, just create a risk for them.

Disgusting.

[Via Harvey]

We're the Only Ones Historically Troubling Enough

Lloyd, who's being held in lieu of $110,000 bail, faces up to 20 years behind bars if convicted of rape, criminal deviate conduct, criminal confinement and sexual battery...

A lawsuit filed by his ex-wife, Nicole McKinney, last summer alleges he gunned down her new husband Cornel McKinney in front of their children outside their home...

A Robbins police officer at the time, Lloyd was suspended following the shooting but eventually found work with Dolton police in January, his father said.

Though an autopsy shows he shot McKinney 24 times, the lawsuit alleges, he was not charged because Chicago police accepted his explanation that he'd acted in self defense. [More]

It's like they go out of their way to hire orcs. And this sterling "Only One" was just videotaped beating the hell out of a special needs student for not tucking in his shirt. I could swear I blogged on that, but can't seem to find it now.

I guess what we really need to stop this kind of stuff once and for all is a special exemption.

[Via William T]

Reasonable Restrictions

Even though a pocket knife is not considered a weapon under New York State penal code, the district also prohibits students from possessing anything "that reasonably can be considered a weapon." [More]

Why is it the biggest idiots seem to gravitate toward education administration jobs in public schools and universities?

Bill St. Clair has contact information in case you'd like to ask an expert.

[Via Jeffersonian]

Zombies

Mike H says resist the living dead. [More]

Oh, man, does this give me a low-budget parody movie idea:

Night of the Living Statists: A small band of armed survivors is besieged by entranced hordes--instead of moaning for brains the zombie-like leftists are calling out for various freedoms as they inexorably advance...

We're the Only Ones International Enough

INTERPOL and United Nations Seek Greater Support for Police Role in Peacekeeping Missions [More]

Global "Only Ones"? What kind of right-wing extremist would oppose that?

I wonder if it's too late to give them greater support by modifying these bills to include them? Or better yet, just give them "diplomatic immunity."

[Via Tom Z]

We're the Only Ones Pro-Gun Enough

He said that he was pro-gun but still insisted that I need to take the holster off. [More]

With friends like that...but I guess he must be--he didn't taze, club or shoot her.

I would never particpate in an "empty holster protest." Still, setting my bias aside, what an example of "Only One" elitism--as well as the apologist mentality of some (witness "hunter and NRA member RDW, who feels even this is going "too far.")

A pet peeve: Get and post the names of the harassers.

[Via Mama Liberty]

Should Violent Police be Exempted from Mandatory Minimum Sentences?

These bills are not the way to fix that, nor the way to fix injustices in flawed mandatory minimum sentencing standards, typically championed by "law and order" types, and which will still be imposed on the rest of us. On their face they make a mockery of equal protection by bestowing unequal privileges and immunities. They are misguided attempts at facilitating police protection that, if enacted, will instead facilitate the strengthening of the police state. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at the boot with the "R" on it as they propose to further the divide between citizen and "Only One."

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This Day in History: October 12

I am sorry your force is not more adequate to the uses you have for it, and that such coldness appears in the neighbouring inhabitants as to preclude the assistance you had a right to expect from them. Under the circumstances you mention, I have no objection to you detaining any of the Continental troops now with you; except those which belong to the 8th Pennsylvania regiment. [More]

New York Post Promotes Bigotry against Gun Owners

Ms. Haberman and her editors are engaging in what statist elites like themselves call "hate speech" when it's employed against one of their preferred demographic groups. That makes them bigots, and prejudice, we know, stems from ignorance and hate.

Right, I'll be disarming for ignorant haters real soon. Right after I fall off this dang turnip truck. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column takes a look at what bigots and propagandists some "authorized journalists" are. They don't even try to hide it any more.

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