Dear Special K

I figure if Mike gets to send an open letter I do too. But mine is more a question.

Dear Special K,

You said here that you were blocking your computers from accessing the CleanUpATF website.

How come you're not blocking them from WarOnGuns?

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Gotta love the Out Click...:)

Dear Ken,

Vanderboegh writes an open letter to "Big Ken". [Read]

While he can tell you I've on rare occasions privately disagreed with him, doing so publicly is an "almost never." But in this case, I'm thinking a better nickname would be "Special K."

We're the Only Ones Catty Enough

A state trooper who wanted to stop animals from climbing on his vehicles trapped his neighbor's 5-month-old kitten and shot it to death. [More]

I'd say that's a character indicator...

Wish I had sound mixing skills--I think the "Meow Mix" jingle with machine gun fire and explosives in the background would make an appropriate accompaniment to this...

[Via jpr9]

Welcome to the WoGroll...

...LibertyBase:

Essays on reason, individual liberty, and free markets.

We're the Only Ones Unapologetic Enough

A mother in Franklin said she wants an apology from police after officers barged into her home with guns drawn after, she believes, mixing up her apartment with another. [More]

That a sincere one was not immediately forthcoming tells us much of what we need to know.

[Via Harvey]

We're the Only Ones Drilling Enough

How’s this for an ill-conceived emergency preparedness drill? An off-duty cop pretending to be a terrorist stormed into a hospital intensive care unit brandishing a handgun, which he pointed at nurses while herding them down a corridor and into a room. [More]

Seeing as how all guns should always be treated as if they are loaded and you should never point them at anything you're not willing to destroy, it would have been well within the rights of any of these victims or a witness to it to blow this fool away.

What the hell is wrong with such people? Who would do something like this?

Right--"Only Ones".

And why no criminal assault with a deadly weapon and kidnapping charges, and charges for conspiracy?

Right--"Only Ones."

[Via Len Savage]

一連串

Near as I can figure using Google Translator, that's "spate" in what they label "Traditional Chinese". I see "gun control" doesn't work over there either.

See? We're not so different after all. [Read]

[Via Ed M]

Welcome to Gun Burger, May I Take Your Order...?

A Nationwide State-by-State Database Of Pro & Anti RKBA Restaurants & Stores [More]

I've written before about similar efforts by state gun groups. It would be nice to see a national resource where such information is merged.

As such things are dependent on supporter inputs, I contacted the site proprietor, and he tells me he monitors entries against abuse.

Go give it a look, and maybe you can help ID some places worthy and unworthy of our patronage. I'd especially like to see more places find it pays to be "gunfriendly" and to have a way to reward them accordingly. This can help do that.

[Via Plug Nickel Times]

If you want a condiment gun of your own...

"Dear God...

...the [people] have guns!" [More]

Go read this.

[Via Carl S]

Lessons from Lithuania

Part I, in ten points. [Read]

I need point 4 explained in more detail, because I'm not sure what the difference is. If the point is that collectivist fascists have hijacked the term to disparage those who believe in individual liberty, I'd like to see it fleshed out more.

I know "progressives" would have us believe Nazis had no ties with national socialists, but that's all part of their sleight of mind routine, because that's what they are.

The jackbooted authoritarian says you and what is yours are theirs. I don't care if they wear a red star or an armband. They're all my "mortal enemy."

I'll forward this to "Concerned American" so he can clear up any misunderstanding on my part about what he's saying. And I'll look forward to Part II.

UPDATE: Point 4 clarified.

Vanderboegh's Take...

...on the Adevărul article. [Read]

He includes a translation.

I'd mentioned it as a sub-topic here but didn't go into as much detail.

Medical Registry Ignores Benefits of Responsible Gun Ownership

"An ailment." Yeah, I got a bad case of the drive-bys flaring up again and the crack's not helping... [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at another way the antis try to deceive the public.

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This Day in History: June 1

The common opinion in the army is that the enemy are about to leave Philadelphia, while some suspect it to be only a political manoeuvre to draw our army into a disadvantageous situation and to attack them. The Tories are stealing out of the City and taking the Oaths to the State. We have no further account of the famous British Commissioners who are to restore peace to America. I believe before this time they are satisfied they will effect nothing unless they enlarge the powers given by their late act of Parliament. One of our Ambassadors tells us the British Ministry publicly gave out that they have sent half a million of guineas to pave the way to a reconciliation and that Lord North informed Count Maurepas that he was sure of a majority of Congress. To such vile shifts are they drove to prevent foreign powers from assisting or acknowledging us; but all will be in vain. [More]

Memorial Day GRE Round Up

I've been doing minimal posting over the three-day weekend because I have a lot of family activities going on, so I haven't been keeping up with bringing you links to my fellow Gun Rights Examiners. Here's what's been posted since my last Round Up:

Paul Valone/Charlotte:
Gun boycott of Marriott to be featured on Tom Gresham's 'Gun Talk' (You can listen to that interview here. His discussion takes place in the second half of the segment.)

Dan Bidstrup/Denver:
Mayor Daley sees what he wants to see

Liston Matthews/Knoxville:
Self-defense, or murder?

John Longenecker/Los Angeles:
Safer Streets 2010: Element Ten to the CPR Corollary, Part I.

Memorial Day, 2010 and Election Day, 2010.

Dave Workman/Seattle:
Wednesday is your chance to quiz SPD’s top cop candidates

Kurt Hofmann/St.Louis:
Brady Campaign compares state determination of gun laws to crack cocaine

Gun-grabbing Senate candidate Mark Kirk also grabs unearned military honors

I do hope you realize the importance of sharing these links and show these guys your support by doing so...?

Memorial

As with many families, I'll be keeping the men in mine who served, sacrificed and are no longer with us in my thoughts and prayers today.

Two in particular stand out for me:

Uncle George and Uncle Nick.

Why Did ATF Suddenly Redefine Firearm Transfers?

It's not like we haven't seen arbitrary rulings and reversals before. Can anyone say for certain they know how ATF will treat past accepted practices under this new ruling, and if the interpretation will be the same a week, a month, a year from now...? [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at rule-making by decree. I guess it's more convenient to do it this way.

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This Day in History: May 31

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CNN's ATF Investigation Glaringly Incomplete

Excuse me if I point out that the entire focus of CNN's "exposé" was on internal conflicts and alleged abuses by ATF against its own employees. None of it addressed ATF abuses against citizens. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at what has to be either an error of omission or...nah, CNN would never resort to misdirection...

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This Day in History: May 30

The Battle of Cobleskill (also known as the Cobleskill massacre) was an American Revolutionary War raid on the frontier settlement of Cobleskill, New York on May 30, 1778. The battle marked the beginning of a phase in which Loyalists and Iroquois, encouraged and supplied by British authorities in Province of Quebec, raided and destroyed numerous villages on what was then the United States western frontier of New York and Pennsylvania. [More]

'Gun Control' Questions Ignore Correct Answer

Ah yes--the "enforce existing gun laws" mantra.

Even if obeying them could get you killed? [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column observes both "sides" missing a key point.

Also learn about a book.

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