Sunday, November 15, 2009

Judge Napolitano Asks Key Question: 'Where Does Constitution Authorize?'

It's infuriating, considering the abuses Napolitano outlines, and then reflecting on how little so many of our countrymen seem to be aware of them, and how little they seem to care. [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner column spotlights a key question very few in power are asking, and even fewer are giving honest answers to.

Also get the latest from my fellow GREs.

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This Day in History: November 15

After considerable debate and alteration, the Articles of Confederation were adopted by the Continental Congress on November 15, 1777. This document served as the United States' first constitution, and was in force from March 1, 1781, until 1789 when the present day Constitution went into effect. [More]

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Update to Seattle Gun Owner Defying Park Ban

See update at bottom of my original post.

The guy isn't exactly a gun rights advocate, it would seem.

Very strange.

Click.

An Immediate Retraction

See comment 14. [More]

Your Rights, by Alvin Parks

"You have the right to bear arms, but you have the right to bear them within your home, not on the streets, not in your cars, not inside stores," Parks said. [More]
I guess that settles it then, doesn't it?

Eke

I will keep on keepin on. [More]
Mike H talks determination and preparedness.

We're the Only Ones Guarding Enough

Guarded by police, woman slain [More]
See, you don't need a gun--the "Only Ones" will protect you. Besides, her assailant would have just taken it away from her and used it against her.

The best thing to do is just give him what he wants. Which she apparently did.

[Via Texas Shooter]

We're the Only Ones Planting Enough

Chicago Police are accused of offering a crooked "get out of jail free" card. The catch? A woman says she was told to plant a gun for it. Now the city has paid her $50,000 in a settlement, and the cops have been suspended without pay. CBS 2's Suzanne Le Mignot explains. [More]
That's strange...since when don't "Authorized Journalists" tell us the names of "the officers"...?

That was a joke and I know it's not particularly funny.

Besides, maybe these particular "Only Ones" have more than 10 complaints against them, which invokes an extra-special level of privacy for their public acts.

Why?

Forget it Jake, it's Chi-Town.

[Via Todd V]

We're the Only Ones Going Clubbing in Seattle Enough

The SPD has opened an internal investigation into the violent arrest of a suspect. [More]
Dang--what did the guy do? And will we find this is all within approved department protocol?

Now do you see why I'm calling for observers and recorders when the Seattle "Only Ones" confront this guy in a few hours...?

Huh. I just noticed. Two Kubrick films in a row.

[Via Brian K]

We're the Only Ones White Enough

A Tennessee state trooper who accidentally sent an e-mail proclaiming white pride to 787 state employees has been suspended for 15 days without pay and will have to attend diversity training. [More]
Ah, here he is getting therapy now:


He should be back in fine "Only One" form and ready to join his droogs in no time.

Seattle Gun Owner to Defy Nickels' Park Ban

Something is going to happen today in Seattle that gun owners everywhere should be interested in following: A citizen is going to defy a gun ban. Live and in person, and apparently for everyone who is interested to watch. [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner brings you breaking news that's about to unfold. This one needs eyes on it, so please spread the link far and wide this morning. The more of us watching this, the less chance there will be an over-reaction, and anyone who would bar a fellow human being from keeping and bearing arms--under force of state arms--has already demonstrated there is no perversion of justice they are incapable of.

Also get an update on a gun rights documentary and the latest from my fellow GREs.

This Day in History: November 14

I am sorry to find, by the tenor of your Letter of the 6th. instant, that we still unhappily differ in our Ideas of those just and reasonable Terms, upon which a General exchange of Prisoners might take place, and that an event, so desireable, is, probably, yet at a distance. [More]

Friday, November 13, 2009

A Fellow Defender

I, as a fellow gun owner and Second Amendment defender, enjoy what you are trying to do... [More]
That must be why he thinks bearing arms should not include long ones?

There's a vigorous discussion going on over at Daniel White's place.

Also, Howard Nemerov will be on NRA News at 10:20 EST tonight to discuss this.

Me, I'm going to grill some steaks and then enjoy this wonderful spell of global warming we're having with a backyard fire, cigar and a wee bit 'o scotch.

Enabling All the Right Moves

We saw all the right moves here.

Per the news account:
Sgt. Lori Lavorato said police received a report of a woman possibly being abducted after an argument at a Target store along Merle Hay Road.
Loki1776 shows us how this was all made possible:

Guns in the Wrong Hands

William Grigg talks about the "Only Ones." [More]

As we've seen, some (that would be his defense attorney) say the officer has been "overcharged."

[Via Tina T]

We're the Only Ones "Breath of Fresh Air" Enough

Offenders can expect little sympathy from Master Sgt. Isaiah Vega of the Illinois State Police.

“Driving is a privilege, and drivers should take every precaution,” he said. Hanging anything from the rear-view-mirror “could be a dangerous if not deadly error,” Vega said. [More]
Isaiah said it, I believe it, that settles it. How wonderful we have someone authorized to tell us what our rights are. Let's hope this attitude never results in "little sympathy" for him.

And lest you think the term "Only Ones" applies only to humans, take heart--the ISP has expanded the concept to include state-approved windshield obstructions:
The only exceptions are government-issued items such as I-PASS boxes and parking stickers.
Funny. If this is coming from the ISP, I wonder why I don't see an exception to hang a rat-tailed comb from the mirror...?

[Via Harvey]

We're the Only Ones Top 10 Enough

Chicagoans likely will never see the names of the 662 Chicago Police officers with 10 or more complaints against them. [More]
Because the purpose of government is to secure the Blessings of "Only One" status. And the more "Only" they are, the more Blessings they get.

Forget it Jake, it's Chi-Town.

[Via The Bitter Clinger]

Fudd of the Year Finalists

Two men enter, one man leaves. Except I won't acknowledge either of these morons as a man--not in the sense of a whole one.

Who's the Fudd with the biggest "but"?

Willard Rabert?
I have been a hunter for over 50 years. Yet, I have never owned a pistol and have no intentions of owning one or an assault rifle. On the Internet, I found 361,000 automatic weapons for sale. Why are so many needed?
Or this weed (sorry, link requires a password, so I only have the KABA summary):
I'm a strong Second Amendment rights person. I stand against fire arms registration and government control and confiscation of our guns. But I strongly feel that the firearm manufacturers of our country are making a big mistake in producing the AR-15 sporting rifles.
Hobbies. Yeah, that's what people are willing to fight for.

[Via The Bitter Clinger and KABA Newslinks]

Why Do Police Carry Weapons?

Because they can?

The Bitter Clinger shares some thoughts.

Food Fight!

“My children have to appear in court,” Erica Russell, the mother of two eighth-grade girls who spent eight hours in jail, said Tuesday. “They were handcuffed, slammed in a wagon, had their mug shots taken and treated like real criminals.” [More]
I'm sorry, Erica. What exactly did you think they're being conditioned to be treated like?

I'll bet'cha you've been conditioned too, and just don't know it. I mean, you're from Chicago...Quick: What would you think if you saw a citizen carrying a gun?

See?

The fight is not about food.

[Via Zachary G]