Acting on behalf of a Georgia resident and honorably discharged Vietnam War veteran, the Second Amendment Foundation today filed a lawsuit against Attorney General Eric Holder and the Federal Bureau of Investigation over enforcement of a federal statute that can deny gun rights to someone with a simple misdemeanor conviction on his record. [More]Excellent. I can't wait for them to win this case so that proper credit can be given.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
SAF Leads Again
We're the Only Ones Bubbly Enough
The Toronto policeman dubbed "Officer Bubbles" over an incident during the G20 summit has launched a million-dollar lawsuit against website YouTube. Const. Adam Josephs filed a $1.2-million lawsuit over cartoons that have surfaced since the incident. [More]What, like this one?
[Via Steve T]
Size Doesn't Matter
We need to elect candidates who understand that it's not the size of government that's the issue. [Read]
It's all about staying attached to the host.
The bit about "wasteful contracting out/privatization" almost made me laugh out loud, simply because of the boldness and irony of the lie.
Mostly the Dems in Ohio are running the filthiest political campaigns I've ever seen--all personal attacks, no issues of substance. Anyone who would vote based on these spots is guilty of citizenship malpractice.
In one, a candidate is attacked because he's dared to suggest that people ought to have the option to manage and invest a small portion of their government-mandated/confiscated retirement funds. A quote from the ad as near as I can remember:
I'm not going to let you privatize MY Social Security.Think about that.
Size doesn't matter. Neither does reality.
It will if those clouds on the horizon mean what I think they do.
The Failure of Our Education System
2 workers killed in Tenn. post office shooting [More]
Maybe they can't read, but dammit, you'd think they'd get the idea from that big graphic at the entrance.
The one that says "Designated Bandar Zone"....
Maybe they can't read, but dammit, you'd think they'd get the idea from that big graphic at the entrance.
The one that says "Designated Bandar Zone"....
The Perfect Servant
So worn down by the violence, so subservient and submissive had Bandar become that he was incapable of any effective resistance. [More]Bandarizing--now there's a concept! Have you been bandarized?
And the Nominees Are...
Just when you think nobody can be Cukier than Wendy, The Globe and Mail outdoes itself. [Read]
How can New Jersey imprison a gun owner who broke no laws?
Here's the thing: Once it was determined he did not pose a danger to himself or others, why was Aitken not released and his property returned to him? [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column notes it's a Jersey thing.
Also, don't watch The Watchmen, listen to them.
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This Day in History: October 19
There are several weighty reasons why the Army should be held in as collected a state as possible. vzt The safety of it – its readiness to act offensively upon any opportunity being given by the Enemy. Its discipline. Its reputation, for if the Army is dispersed into [struck: many] [inserted: several] cantonments or not The Calls of [strike-out] many officers who have [2] Families will be so great as to oblige them to obtain [struck: either] furlowe or leave the service – The chance will be equal that the officer who go home for the winter are as good as any in the service. If the army is divided in to several cantonments the loss of these officers for the time will be much greater than if the Army is collected. Duty in the Cantonments will be much more more long than in the main Army. The men will maraud. and most probably the body of troops will be much more unfit at the opening of the Campaign to take the field than when they went into Quarters – [More]
Monday, October 18, 2010
GRE Round Up for October 18
Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:
Sean McClanahan/Des Moines
John Longenecker/Los Angeles:
Dave Workman/Seattle:
Sean McClanahan/Des Moines
- Rules of the road for comments
- Report from the DPS public hearing on 10/13/10
- Ottumwa considers an anti-gun ordinance
John Longenecker/Los Angeles:
Dave Workman/Seattle:
- ‘Unjustified shooting’ report good cause for reflection by police, gun activists
- Wisconsin ruling affirms importance of SAF’s McDonald case
- Mexican drug cartels not getting THOSE through any 'gun show loophole'
- A Wisconsin judge who 'gets it' about the right to self-defense
- Gun rights and marijuana reform--strange bedfellows, or match made in heaven?
Blood on the Streets!
Forget that most of it is bad blood--we'll do our utmost to scour for anecdotes to scare the sheep into demanding someone DO something about those vigilante self-defenders! [Read]
As for those of you with no violent intentions, a comment to one of my earlier posts (I can't find it now to attribute proper credit) said something along these lines, borne out by my own experiences: One great way to not get shot by a homeowner is to not get so drunk you have no idea which house you're trying to enter. Following that simple safety tip has kept me safe all these years, and it couldn't be easier!
[Via Ed M]
As for those of you with no violent intentions, a comment to one of my earlier posts (I can't find it now to attribute proper credit) said something along these lines, borne out by my own experiences: One great way to not get shot by a homeowner is to not get so drunk you have no idea which house you're trying to enter. Following that simple safety tip has kept me safe all these years, and it couldn't be easier!
[Via Ed M]
Liberty News/Safer Streets
We're the Only Ones Hesitant Enough
Some police believe videotaping officers poses broad risks that reach beyond Internet embarrassments: It could cause officers to hesitate in life-threatening situations. [More]Depending on what the situation is and whose life is being threatened, that's not necessarily a bad thing.
[Via lots of you]
A Faith-Based Initiative
Helmke to Pastor: Have More Concern For Fifth Commandment Than Second Amendment [Read]Pastor to Helmke: Explain that to guys like these, will you? In person?
And hope they're Catholic or Lutheran?
A Safer Community
Hundreds of weapons were recovered today in both Atlantic City and Pleasantville.You know, "an effort to make the community safer."
It's all part of a program that calls for surrending [sic] your guns and getting cash in return. [More]
What better way to do that than to induce people who have no knowledge of safe gun handling and even less of New Jersey gun laws to pick them up and transport them across town?
Plus, it helps us pad those numbers!
Unfortunately, it's not just "a Jersey thing."
Over the Top?
In a campaign season of over-the-top ads, one stands out.Guess they either never heard of "shall not be infringed," or else "Anyone who can't be trusted with a gun can't be trusted without a custodian."
A series of mailers accuse at least two Republican legislative candidates of supporting convicted rapists’ and other felons’ possession of handguns.
The claim, made by the Nevada State Democratic Party, is false, according to gun law experts in Nevada and nationwide. [More]
How could any responsible legal system allow some proven monster to walk among us? And if he's a "felon" for reasons like, say, defying this, what kind of proven monster would demand he be disarmed?
Guns and Weed
Michael Dean's new trailer... [Watch]
Even these guys see the danger, if not the same conclusion.
My position? If you don't endanger or victimize anyone, it's none of my business.
Make it my business and expect a disapproving reaction.
Even these guys see the danger, if not the same conclusion.
My position? If you don't endanger or victimize anyone, it's none of my business.
Make it my business and expect a disapproving reaction.
Mine accident brings to mind hypocrisy of anti-gunners
A mine accident strands dozens deep underground. Rescuers from the surface employ an escape tube to bring them to the surface, to reunite with the loved ones they left behind. And as ridiculous as he knows it to be, one of the survivors can't help but think "Ya got me, McDade." [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column takes you on a family tour, down a mine, up an escape tube and into the past...Y'know, this is too convoluted to really explain. If you're intrigued by the teaser, you're just going to have to go read it.
Also hear Tom Gresham interview Chris Cox about some of the recent controversies we've been discussing of late.
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And yeah, I see the typo. Damned Examiner.com has been messing up all morning doing it's best to preclude me from posting a slide show and erasing an entire morning's work--and now it won't let me get back in to edit. I don't think they appreciate my proposed slogan: Just slightly ahead of our ability.
This Day in History: October 18
GENERAL ORDERS
Head Quarters, Frederick'sburgh, Sunday, October 18, 1778.
Parole Tunbridge. Countersigns Thrace, Tenbury.
Lieut. Augustine Taylor 19 of the 7th. Connecticutt Regiment is appointed Pay Master to the same from the 27th. day of July last.
[Note:Lieutenant Taylor was transferred to the First Connecticut Regiment in January, 1781, and resigned in June of that year. ]
Colo. Greaton is appointed President of the Genl. Court Martial which is to sit tomorrow morning ten o'Clock, vice Colo. Patten [More]
Friday, October 15, 2010
Gun owners must consider more than NRA grades
NRA is a single issue organization, and cannot involve itself in other concerns.[More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column expresses some of those concerns.
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IMPORTANT NOTE: I'm not going to be able to post for the weekend. PLEASE hold all comments and emails. I will not be able to moderate the former or respond to the latter, and I'd really appreciate not having to deal with hundreds of messages upon my return to the keyboard.
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