In an article published in the February, 2010, issue of Guns & Weapons for Law Enforcement (a print magazine not available online), Donald J. Mihalek argues that suspected criminals in the United States should be treated the same way “insurgents” are in Iraq. [More]Man, what is it with the tips today?
The European Union Times is reporting here that Obama is using the deployment of additional troops to Afghanistan to cover for the movement of some 200,000 troops, presently on duty in countries other than Iraq and Afghanistan, to USNORTHCOM to prepare for the "expected outbreak of Civil War within the United States before the end of winter." [More]I've been chatting via email with some folks who have been hearing rumblings along these lines, and candidly don't know what to make of them. The source used here does not help, because the European Union Times does not make it easy to find out who is behind them (we learn practically nothing from their "About" tab or from a "whois" lookup).
They're not only willing, they're depending on lies to pass rights-restricting edicts. And the media play right along as willing (ignorant?) dupes. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner notes the deception over "assault weapons" continues.
Did you guys clear this through your risk management departments? I mean, we have Dr. Shapiro here telling everyone how dangerous guns are, that they should only be handled by trained professionals, and here you are encouraging the people who obviously know the least about them to handle them, to carry them, to transport them, to hand them off to others. Shapiro tells people in his pitch their guns must be unloaded. You're sure they know how to check? Do they know that just because you have the magazine out of a semi-automatic doesn't mean there might not be a chambered round? Do they know to keep their booger hooks off the bang switch? Do they know Cooper's rules for gun safety? Do you? And if they know none of this, and someone ends up getting hurt or killed due to a negligent discharge, would not survivors looking for deep pockets be able to establish--particularly with Dr. Shapiro's damning indictment of the dangers of guns in inexperienced hands--that you knew or should have known disaster could happen, but encouraged it anyway? [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at lawmen who ignore the law, gun safety proponents who encourage ignorant gun handling, and a retailer who must not need gun owner business this Christmas shopping season.
December 6, 1777 at Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania - On December 6, a vanguard of Gen. William Howe's army engaged with a Patriot militia force at Chestnut Hill. After heavy firing from both sides, the militia was forced to withdraw from the area. Conclusion: British Victory [More]
After all, we're talking Canada here, where seeing a citizen with a handgun--especially in Toronto--is deemed a shocking (and generally illegal) sight. Still, there are plenty of examples we could point to here in the land of the Second Amendment where our countrymen would react with equal panic, and our police with an equally forceful response. Yet add the magical trappings of a government-issued uniform with a badge amulet, and seeing an accompanying weapon on a fellow human is accepted as the natural order of things... [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column deals with perceptions we must work to change.
Gun owner and correspondent HZ followed up on reports that the Bloomington Herald-Times was "treat[ing] law-abiding gun owners like registered sex offenders."
...Per editor Robert Zaltzberg in his reply to HZ's inquiry:
"It is not true..." [More]
In what may be the most remarkable part of this story is that Sheriff Alberden is publicly backing that position up--saying that his department will not enforce a campus gun ban. [More]Kurt thinks the sheriff's position sounds familiar.
Jeremy Engelking will appear in Douglas County court this afternoon to face a trespassing charge. But here’s the kicker: The Superior man allegedly trespassed on his own property. [More]Squeeze. Like only the "Only Ones" can.
Yes, I've read the Second Amendment but no right is absolute. Police officers and other symbols of government take on a certain amount of risk to do their jobs, if restricting the flow of guns or making it more difficult to purchase guns eases our collective minds somewhat, we should consider it. [More]The best rejoinder I can think of was spoken by Dan Akroyd.
"Outing" someone against their will like this and violating their privacy is flat out an evil act of aggression. Which is why one would hope Baxter would be sympathetic to the plight of concealed carry permit holders in Indiana... [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner notes not all gun owners are ready to come out of the safe, and that's their right.
