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And now a tangentially-related development has been forwarded to me by a source I am keeping anonymous per request. The Kansas City Regional TEW Inter-Agency Analysis Center has prepared an "Intelligence Brief" for law enforcement based on Mike Vanderboegh's in-development novel, "Absolved." [More]

I was planning on doing just one post today on Gun Rights Examiner about the old GUNS Magazine issue, and then taking this beautiful Fall day off--but then a document fell in my lap that involves this website, Mike Vanderboegh's novel "Absolved," my GRE column, and those of you who comment here, there and in similar venues. Tie this all together with the father in New Hampshire whose tenuous Oath Keepers affiliation was exploited by child protective services, along with the merger of DHS with SPLC, and we have a convergence I could not ignore.

All this and giant pink pigs.

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Most Congressmen in monthly survey fail on Second Amendment

Most of the politicians surveyed showed similar difficulty understanding the concept of "shall not be infringed." Some thought registration might be a solution against juvenile delinquency.  Others thought "well regulated" applied to "the right of the people" as opposed to a standard of practiced militia discipline. Some engaged in the type of weasel-wording many of us nowadays are all too familiar with, assuring everyone they supported the right to keep and bear arms out of one side of their mouths, then showing them what big "buts" they had out of the other. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column notes the sorry mess we find ourselves in today has been some time in the making. 

Read the October 1960 issue of GUNS Magazine.

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What do Balinese dogs have to do with 'gun control'?

Aside from humans falling victims to rabid dogs, and to Sea Dogs engaged in rampant piracy throughout the region, we can also observe, not unexpectedly for those of us who warn against "monopolies of violence," tyrannical government abuse of its exclusive franchise. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at what happens when human beings are afforded the rights of dogs.

Also get the benefit of Neal Knox's experience and maybe win a cool gun.

The December 2010 issue of GUNS Magazine, including my "Rights Watch" column and review of "The Gun Rights War," is now online, in mailboxes and at newsstands throughout the Republic.

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The Four Letters of Self-Defense

In the video the four D's of self defense gun fights are explained. When confronting the bad guy:
Divide his focus.
Disrupt his plan.
Disable his body.
Destroy his will to fight. [More]

I have a similar strategy that also uses four letters, FUHU, with the last three words being:

Up
His
Universe.

No one sane wants a fight, but if one is forced on you, remember:

CUM ULLA SELLA IN PUGNO TABERNA

And it ain't over 'til you say it's over.

We're the Only Ones on a Spree Enough

A 37-year-old Lynwood police officer on medical leave has been arrested in connection with the two-state shooting spree that left one man dead and two others wounded. [More]

Brought to you by "Only Ones" Paradise!
UPDATE: Shooting-spree charges dropped against police officer

The Unarmed Citizen

Levo was stabbed and sliced to death by two young males who he confronted after he caught them burglarizing vehicles in his apartment complex's parking lot, Pinellas Park police said. [More]

Evidently not the best way to handle things...

[Via Ed M]

Yes, I Know

I've been in touch with Stewart. He's looking into it.

For now, I think the best thing to do is let him establish what the facts are.

Request for Comment

Vanderboegh asks politely but firmly. [Read]

He adds a whole new dimension to this.

We're the Only Ones Dirty Enough

The biggest police corruption probe in the 102-year history of the FBI snared more than 130 people Wednesday in Puerto Rico. The bulk of them were law enforcement officers accused of providing security to drug traffickers. [More]

You know, "just a few bad apples"...

[Via Harvey]

Heroes

WRSA has a nominee and asks us to add our voices. [Read]

We're the Only Ones Absolved Enough

Police Raid Wrong Home, Scare Elderly Couple [More]

And naturally:

They left a copy of the warrant, but he absolved himself of any responsibility for the raid or the damage," he told the Tribune.

Interesting word choice there...

[Via The Bitter Clinger]

We're the Only Ones Losing It Enough

The police officer at a South Carolina high school has been suspended after he lost his gun at school. [More]

I like how they're offering "amnesty" for whoever turns it in.

Reminds me of the story of the old man and the talking frog...

[Via FFFW]

Opposite Day Redux

The "Authorized Journalists" can endorse NRA-"A"-rated Sharron Angle, but the NRA can't.

Even though she's so close their nod could put her over the top. They won't.

Opposite Day

[T]here is "significant evidence that some security contractors even work against our own coalition forces, creating the very threat that they are hired to combat." [More]

Imagine that!

Intruder Alert

Sorry, but if an intruder is in my home at 3:30 a.m., I have no way of knowing his intent and am under no obligation to give him a chance to carry it out. [Read]

Looks like another case of opening his yap because he thinks if only he can explain his side of things, the authorities will understand...

A Red's in Progress?

Gun City in Nashville loses court battle, could lose license over paperwork [More]

It's not like we haven't seen that before...

We're the Only Ones Outsized Enough

But it is thanks to their outsized powers of observation... [More]

Huh?

The cops' standout work included spotting the butt of a handgun sticking over a suspect's pants...

That's simply amazing!

Somebody call Stan Lee!

Bigotry against gun owners on display at street fair

They were not there "to debate." They were there to insult, to resort to the childish tactic of questioning the manhood of the open carriers, and to chastise them to "get a life" in a song written especially to attack the gun rights advocates. In other words, these "community leaders" were there to stir up crowd ugliness against a minority they disapprove of. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at prejudice, ignorance and official arrogance in an affluent beach community--ostensibly from the very people who would condemn such attitudes when they are politically incorrect.

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This Day in History: October 8

October 8, 1778
Raid on Unadilla
In reprisal for the destruction of German Flats, a group of Continental soldiers and frontiersmen marches against the Iroquois town of Unadilla, located 50 miles west of German Flats. The Iroquois have previously fled and the patriots destroy the village. [More]

GRE Round Up for October 7

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

Steve D. Jones/Fort Smith

• The other Senate candidate

Liston Matthews/Knoxville:

• The Book of Two Guns

John Longenecker/Los Angeles

• Safer Streets 2010: Contempt for America from the impairment deniers.

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• Is ‘hunter orange’ requirement responsible for accidents?
• Madison, WI newspaper compares gun rights to civil rights…huh?

Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis:

• Why the silence on what percentage of Mexican 'crime guns' are traced?
• So, does Europe have a 'terror gap,' too?
• Why Court should protect hate-filled 'church,' and why gun owners should care

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
• Michigan Firearms