We're the Only Ones Exerting Pier Pressure Enough

An off-duty sheriff's deputy is under investigation for allegedly firing a gun on the crowded Redondo Beach pier during an argument with his girlfriend. [More]

I know that pier well. It used to be a walk from our house. We've patronized many of the places there, for years, including the restaurant mentioned in this story. We've taken the kids there many times, always seeming to wind up in the Fun Factory arcade.

And then you have this stupid bastard endangering families because--because what, he's a frickin' armed headcase with a badge?

Good luck trying to get a carry permit if you live in Redondo. Only "Only Ones" can be trusted there. You're at their mercy.

His psycho mug shot sure looked familiar, inspiring a "separated at birth" insight:

They'll see and they'll know and they'll say "Why he wouldn't even harm a fly."

[Via David R]

Homeland Security

The Preamble is a statement of political purpose, a legal mandate and requirement, and a strict rule of interpretation. All the powers and disabilities (that is, absences of power) that follow in the body of the Constitution are to be construed in light of, and to be employed so as to advance, all of the goals the Preamble sets forth, not to thwart, subvert, or ignore any of them. [More]

Too many have fallen for the fraud that being secured is the same thing as being secure.

[Via Tina Terry]

We're the Only Ones "And Leave the Driving to Us" Enough

An Anderson police officer has been arrested, charged with raping a woman on the way to jail. [More]

Huh. It certainly reveals an attitude that he can do whatever he pleases with someone he has power over. How you treat those really does define character, don't you think?

Kind of makes you wonder why he felt so confident that he could get away with it, doesn't it?

[Via Harvey]

Time to Ban Assault Crosses

Committee holsters guns-in-church bill [More]

I'm sure State Sen. Karen Peterson, D-New Orleans, who "voted against the bill" would be real useful in a situation where someone ignored the damn law and did what they felt like.

Still, perhaps the politicians are focusing on the wrong weapon:

80-year-old beaten cross likely used as a murder weapon, say police.

Churchgoing Lilian Wilson...was found by the pastor of her church Central United Methodist in Hamlin, Ark., Sunday afternoon...

I wonder if someone being bludgeoned to death in church by a maniac would find themselves wishing they could make it stop?

Not that the subversive United Methodist establishment is capable of doing more than regurgitating its collective cud while playing the role of useful idiot.

It's not the first time a cross ban has come up here...

Government to Make Silencers Legal?

Well, political silencers, yeah...[Read]

And who do we have to thank for making the "campaign finance reform" fraud a reality in the first place?

[Via Ron W]

Trivial Pursuits

I know how Mike H feels. My head is a lint trap for minutia, too. Still, sometimes paying attention to the seemingly trivial yields useful situational information overlooked by the more serious (and often-times less imaginative and creative) minded. [Read]

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

Here it comes:

Now an MP is calling on the Home Secretary to look at legislation to stop people having access to guns, as Derrick Bird did. [More]

Orange County for Gun Control!

Sheriff Hutchens wins election [More]

The people have spoken, and your rights ARE subject to their will--if you let them be.

OK, then citizens, reap what you sow. Too bad good people will be hurt. Too bad enough of them didn't choose to educate and involve themselves.

What Does Sharron Angle Victory in Nevada U.S. Senate Primary Mean for Gun Owners?

Ah yes. If you believe in that Constitution Reid swore an oath to uphold, you're "wacky." Let the conflation with extremists and haters begin. You know, the "progressive" M.O. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column explores the all-too-familiar divide between "pragmatist" and "principles freak."

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This Day in History: June 9

In Congress, June 9, 1778: Whereas doubts have arisen, as to the sum which shall be paid for the rations which now may be due and owing to officers in the service of these states ... resolved, that the value of the rations due since the first day of last January till the first instant, be estimated at one third of a dollar... [More]

GRE Round Up for June 8

Here are the latest Gun Rights Examiner posts:

Anthony Bouchard/Cheyenne:

The NRA endorses anti-gun McCain

Liston Matthews/Knoxville:
Arcturus - a book review

John Longenecker/Los Angeles:
Safer Streets 2010: An editorial against our ideology?

Dave Workman/Seattle:
Personal safety, ‘vigilante justice’ and another lesson from Paladin

Kurt Hofmann/St.Louis:

Privacy another casualty of 'War on Terror'

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

And while you're at it, be sure and check out these other liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Kent McManigal/Albuquerque Libertarian
• Kevin Wilmeth/Anchorage Libertarian
• Jesse Mathewson/Cochise County Libertarian
• Anthony Martin/Conservative

Second Chance

For those of you who missed this...

You can attend this...

Mike says he's going.

Elsie's Womanhood

John Jacob H discusses shooting to wound, and how long that literary device has been around...[Read]

To Serve Man

A global shift towards a vegan diet is vital to save the world from hunger, fuel poverty and the worst impacts of climate change, a UN report said today. [More]

Unless you're one of the Kanamit rulers:

Chi-Town Three.333pers

The report’s authors estimated about 1,400 black-market gun sales occurred each year in the Grand Boulevard-Washington Park neighborhood, “or about one sale per year for every 30 people living in this very high-crime neighborhood.” [More]

Me, I think Tim-Tom and Jody the Brave ought to personally go down there and round 'em all up--and stick a bayonet up the butt of anyone who objects.

[Via maxomai]

Who Ordered the McDonald's Combo?

NRA-ILA's Chris Cox has a column about the McDonald case in the July issue of Guns & Ammo. It's not online that I can find, but here's something I'm having trouble with:

This month, the Supreme Court is expected to issue its ruling in the combined cases of McDonald et al. v. City of Chicago and NRA et al. v. Village of Oak Park, Illinois, challenging Chicago's and Oak Park's handgun bans...The two Illinois cases, now commonly referred to as McDonald, follow the Court's landmark 2008 Heller decision, which struck down Washington, D.C.'s handgun ban on Second Amendment grounds..."

Can anyone point to where the High Court accepted any case other than the McDonald case filed by the Second Amendment Foundation? Because they did not accept the NRA's case for review.

I'm trying to square the G&A claim Cox makes about "combined cases" with this:

The Federal District Court, though not combining the three cases, acknowledged that all three were substantially the same lawsuits, and accepted Gura’s case rather than allowing all three to run through the court simultaneously, which is not uncommon.

Sorry, but I've just seen too many times where credit has been an issue--and it's never been due to SAF.

And yeah, I'm aware of Paul Clement's due process argument. That still doesn't mean the cases were "combined."

Anyone have knowledge to let us know there's nothing to see here?

So What Exactly IS...

...a Freedom Outlaw? [More]

And are you one?

I also like the concept of "law pollution" and think we all ought to use it.

It's Time...

...for “In Your Face” Tactics [More]

Hopefully it's not past time...

[Via Ron W]

A Winning Strategy

Don’t let the Conservatives win on gun control [More]

Follow us and we can all lose, eh?

A New Slogan

Attorneys for Legal Community Against Violence will host a conference call with political leaders, law enforcement officials and others to brief members of the media on McDonald v. Chicago on the day the Supreme Court announces its decision. [More]

To add to Orwell's maxims, no doubt?

You know:

War is peace.

Freedom is slavery.

Ignorance is strength.

And now:

Losing is winning.

In a way. But hold off on any victory dance. Yes, expect a close decision that the outright ban must go. But, as with Heller, don't think for a moment that a thousand infringements won't be allowed to stand--and even move forward. And all the High Court has to do to "approve" them is not hear a challenge.

Expect LCAV to tell us all about how they plan on persisting to subvert.