GRE Round Up for June 4

Here are the latest Gun Rights Examiner posts:

Dave Workman/Seattle:

Brit shooting aftermath: One psychologist clarifies why restrictive gun laws fail…anywhere

Kurt Hofmann/St.Louis:

Has national park carry saved its first lives?

Chris Woodard/Tucson:
Arizona in the Fed’s firing line - Oh well

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

"Fortunately"

Fortunately, NRA members can be confident that NRA will continue, as it has for years, to defend its members’ privacy and its ability to communicate freely with the American people. [More]

By endorsing one of the prime architects of the "campaign finance reform" abomination...? How exactly does that work?

Champion Losers

In yet another nod to the protection of fledgling self-esteem, an Ottawa children’s soccer league has introduced a rule that says any team that wins a game by more than five points will lose by default. [More]

Time was, "Harrison Bergeron" was considered absurd exaggeration to make a point.

What kind of twisted bastard would do this to a child? What kind of loser parent would allow their child to remain under this sick influence? What kind of society would promote this as a policy and expect to survive?

What other species teaches its young to fail?

And how does it serve the ends of those engineering it?

We're the Only Ones "Sexy Time!" Enough

The victims were reportedly as young as 10 years old at the time of the alleged assaults and the assaults continued throughout their teenage years...[More]

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An ex-cop was convicted Wednesday of sexually abusing two women who he promised jobs and child-care program applications. Now he faces a rape trial. [More]

[Via Harvey]

We're the Only Ones Not Smiling and Not on Candid Camera Enough

We talked about this the other day.

Here's more.

These are what all freedom-minded people should regard as "Intolerable Acts."

[Via Todd F]

Cull...Uh...Calling All FFLs,,,

"ATF, in an effort to ensure consistency within the Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL) community, initiated the ruling released today which provides ATF headquarters oversight of all administrative actions prior to notices being sent to the licensee." [More]

And how is Special K going to do that?

Here's how.

They not only initiate the action, they get to decide any appeals. What could be unfair about that?

What, you can't afford to mortgage your house while we've got your business closed down to fight us in court? Bummer.

The Legend of the West

You might want to have this playing in the background before reading on...

We've got this guy.

And we've even got this guy.

So naturally, NRA puts their money on this guy.

You know, the guy who wanted to effectively end private sales...

I'm sure there's a perfectly pragmatic political reason why we "principles freaks" should just shut up with our silly, unrealistic SNBI naivete and trust the chessmasters know better how to play the game...

Assuming the game they're gambling on is chess...

What the Leopard Taught the Eagle

California bill would increase rules on rifles [More]

Damn state is near drowning with existing debt and we've seen the Canadian experience with a long gun registry--so by all means, blow more government resources on this.

And naturally, Mike "Der" Feuer is at the center of things.

Maybe give 'em what they want instead of resisting? If they won't let you pull back, push forward? There's more than one way to kill a leopard.

DOJ Report Says ATF Unprepared for WMD Response

Meanwhile, we can all sleep a little more soundly tonight knowing we're well protected from the Airsoft Menace and that firearms transfers have been arbitrarily redefined to create industry-wide problems where none existed before. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at a report critical of ATF's utter failure to carry out an assigned critical responsibility--issued by the department they report to.

It sure looks like somebody's setting somebody up to take a hit.

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This Day in History: June 4

June 4, 1778: “Today I was ordered to No. 10, but was taken along on this expedition. At the ruined inn called the Risin Sun, to which the command marched, I was detached with 15 men to a hill on the right side of the road where I place 5 sentinels.”
—Journal of Lieutenant John Charles Philip von Krafft, pp. 38-39. [More]

GRE Round Up for June 3

Here are the latest Gun Rights Examiner posts:

Anthony Bouchard/Cheyenne:
Machinegun and cannon shoot, this weekend in Casper

Dan Bidstrup/Denver:
Anyone, anytime, anywhere: Are you aware?

John Longenecker/Los Angeles:
Guns On Campus: Mistaken notions cost student safety.

Safer Streets 2010: Do California and the L.A. Times oppose safer streets?

Dave Workman/Seattle:
Chicago’s 2nd recent self-defense shooting ‘validates lawsuit,’ says SAF founder

Kurt Hofmann/St.Louis:
Will British gun laws get any more restrictive? Is that even possible?

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

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

Teachers leave boy, 5, stranded in tree because of health and safety (then report passer-by who helped him down to police) [More]

Right then.

In case anyone is wondering why I haven't said anything yet about the Cumbria shooting, I'm wrapping up a column this afternoon on that for my "Rights Watch" submission to GUNS Magazine. I needed to wait for some pertinent information to be reported and now have what I need to finish the article.

We're NOT the Only Ones Catty Enough

Because if we were, there'd be none of this:

He was booked into the Middle River Regional Jail, where he is being held without bond. [More]

How Do You Say "Wascally Wabbit" in Belgian?

European regulators on Monday urged EU governments to adopt new rules banning the international export of hunting rifles and other arms for civilian use. [More]

Well, gee, "sportsmen," maybe there's a reason some of you ought not be so quick to throw EBRs under the bus...what with hanging together/hanging separately 'n all that...

Although I'm sure some sporting gun owners may perceive no need for a EuroFudd "sniper rifle"...

[Via Harvey]

We're the Only Ones Off the Record Enough

In Spite of State Law, Maryland Law Enforcement Officials Still Arresting, Charging People for Recording Cops [More]

Here's the relationship:

We watch you.

You don't watch us.

Or else. Backed by armed force.

Get it?

Uppity damn "civilians."

[Via Mack H]

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]