Thursday, June 03, 2010

What Have You Got To Hide?

Under the new bill, anyone buying a prepaid phone would have to give identification, and retailers would have to keep the records for 18 months. [More]
And what legitimate reason could you possibly have for not wanting the government to know?

If you're not doing anything wrong, you've got nothing to worry about.

Right?

[Via Mack H]

We're the Only Ones Shaming You Enough

The men featured on the flier do not face charges in the slaying or outstanding warrants for other offenses...[More]
In other words, they haven't even been charged with anything, let alone tried and convicted, but government feels it can single them out for special negative public treatment.

First, that assumes hard core gang members capable of feeling shame--some revel in notoriety, and this solidifies a street reputation that they've pulled something over on the man.

Second, it assumes it is the function of government to punish people who are legally innocent of any crime. If they can do this to gang members, they can do this to people who self-identify as militia members.

And we've seen where that leads.

[Via Ed M]

ATF, ESF-13 and WMD

So what is the real scary thing? That ATF has been put in charge of "Emergency Support Function 13" to "ensure public safety and security in the event a WMD incident overwhelms state and local law enforcement"? Or that two years later, they still haven't done jack shit about it? Both? [More]
Glad to see Vanderboegh bring this up. I was going to do something about it on Gun Rights Examiner today but opted to cover the Hutaree development because I've been following that story.

I still may post some relevant documents on this tomorrow.

How's That DC "Gun Control" Working Out?

Yeah, this seems like a pretty good reason to tell guys like Dick Heller that they don't have a "fundamental right"...[Read]

No shortage of people out there who can't be trusted without custodians...

The Rise of the Thug Left

"Rise"?

Seems to me they've been thugs from Day One. [Read]

[Via Len Savage]

Indictment Adds Weapons Charges Against Hutaree

This raises questions about what role the reported infiltrator may have played, and importantly, will the government be relying on the NFRTR to prove its case? [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at a new tack by the government--and asks if an old problem will factor into things.

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This Day in History: June 3

Thomas Shanks was convicted by a ‘Board of General Officers’ at Valley Forge on June 3, 1778, for ‘being a Spy in the Service of the Enemy,’ and sentenced to be hanged. [More]

Wednesday, June 02, 2010

GRE Round Up for June 2

Here are the latest Gun Rights Examiner posts:

Don Gwinn/Chicago:
The Daley dilemma: what to say when it turns out that "guns is the answer"?

Dave Workman/Seattle:
After today’s UK mass shooting, what makes gun banners think British laws would work here?

Kurt Hofmann/St.Louis:
Mexico City newspaper points to source of drug cartels' guns--the government

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1 Question for Patrick J. Charles

How come you didn't correct your Britannica interviewer after he used the word "grants"? [Read]

Extreme Vigilantism

Homeowner Takes Law Into His Own Hands...

Even though this worked out in this situation, officers do not recommend taking these extreme measures to protect your home. [More]
Leave it to the "Authorized Journalists/Only Ones" alliance to wring their hands over an armed citizen protecting what is his and resolving things without firing a shot.

Best to paint things this way lest people start to think one group may not be as needed as we've been led to believe, and the other may not know what the hell it's talking about...

The Word Made Flesh

So, we have to make sure we’re prepared to answer in this life, or otherwise, as to how we have measured up.” [More]
So I guess that "Wall of Separation" the "progressives" are always pointing to doesn't apply to one of their own...?

I'm sure Americans United will start squawking any minute now...

We're the Only Ones...

...Controlling More than Animals Enough:
Mass. animal control officer accused in gun theft
...Fixing Tickets Enough
Lawtey PD Officer Arrested, Charged with Bribery, Accused of Offering to Take Cash for Tickets
...Unaccountable Enough
"They walked over and talked to him for a minute or two, then walked back to me ... and then stuffed it into my chest, and said, 'He doesn't have to enter your Census. He doesn't have to enter any Census. He doesn't have to fill out any of your forms or answer any of your questions. And if I were you, I'd get into my car and get the hell outta here, right now.'
I just don't have time to do individual posts...

We're the Only Ones Cash Cab Enough

A Chicago police officer was found guilty Thursday of stiffing a cabdriver of an $8 fare and then threatening him at gunpoint. [More]
But aside from that, how is "Bottoms Up" Daley's "Only Ones" paradise working out?

Oh...

Forget it Jake, it's Chi-Town.

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

A taxi driver described as quiet but friendly went on a shooting spree across a picturesque rural area of northwestern England on Wednesday, killing at least five people and wounding 25 before apparently turning the gun on himself. [More]
Perhaps they just don't have enough "gun control" yet...?

[Via Steven K]

We're the Only Ones Counterfeit Enough

A former DeKalb County police detective has been indicted on a federal counterfeiting charge.

Lawana Clinton was initially arrested by her police department on charges of forgery and violation of oath of office... [More]
So that means the rest of them are all genuine Oath Keepers...?

[Via Harvey]

Reconsideration

Perhaps it’s time we reconsider the tactical utility of pistols. [More]
Hopefully no one here ever stopped considering it.

The Crystal Ball

I am now ready to predict that President Obama will not even make it that far. I predict that he will resign in discredited disgrace before the fall of 2012. [More]
I'd have picked more basic offenses...and this assumes his going gentle...

I dunno--all the reasons he gives are ones the masses will have a tough time wrapping their arms around. They make sense to genteel Spectator wonk philosopher types who think it matters how many angels can dance on a pinhead. Try it without that dead girl or live boy and I think you just might have cities going up in flames. You probably will regardless.

Although I have no doubt with noises James Carville has been making about administration reaction to the oil spill that Team Hillary is looking into how they can turn all this to her advantage, repercussions be damned...

[Via Len Savage]

South Africa Not Compensating Owners for Surrendered Guns

Rid society of guns. Turn them into the police. [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at a local step on the march toward a global goal.

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This Day in History: June 2

Tuesday, June 01, 2010

GRE Round Up for June 1

Here are the latest Gun Rights Examiner posts:

Paul Valone/Charlotte:
UN small arms treaty: How big is the threat? (Part 1)

Liston Matthews/Knoxville:
Tennessee Senate overrides the Governor's veto: what will the House do?

John Longenecker/Los Angeles:
Safer Streets 2010: AB 1934 won't bring safer streets.

Dave Workman/Seattle:
Frustrated neighborhood reacts to burglaries: ‘Call 911 and get out your guns’

Kurt Hofmann/St.Louis:
Does arrest of California man mean that Mayor Daley is 'more equal than others'?

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