Sunday, December 05, 2010

Why did NFATCA president forward claimant email about legal case to ATF?

Why?  Why would Brown be passing ATF information in their then-ongoing case?  What should we infer from the fact that he forwarded it without comment? Why would he do this without first consulting Savage, or telling him afterward? [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at an interesting correspondence.

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Saturday, December 04, 2010

Vanishing Act

I typically don't blog much on weekends, reserving postings here for GRE column announcements, but WRSA has a message for us.

Seems I've seen this basic idea employed in another time, another place, another manner...

I still think this whole mess may have something to do with this.

Ohio governor proposed licensing firearms possession

"The governor said Tuesday that the sale of a murder gun to a Cincinnati youth prompted him to advocate this course of action. He said he is looking into the possibility of asking the next legislature to make it a felony to obtain lethal weapons for minors and to require the licensing of firearms for private possession." [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner column travels back in time a bit, and notes we didn't get where we are today by accident.

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Friday, December 03, 2010

GRE Round Up for December 3

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

Steve D. Jones/Fort Smith:
Dave Workman/Seattle:
Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis:
Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

The Day the Earth Stood Still

Anybody have a good source for cheap toy robots? [Read]

They'd be a good alternative to Lite-Brite Mooninites, which are so hard to find these days, and Kermit the Frog has already been done to death.

Seriously, this is all it takes?

At least Klaatu had a real robot with frickin' laser beams and everything...

[Via William T]

UPDATE: Vanderboegh had a similar reaction.

It's a Jersey Thing Redux

First Newark and now Camden...[Read]

Fortunately, they still have the resources to keep this hard-boiled character locked up in the animal house where they evidently think he belongs.

[Via William T]

What Might Have Been

On Wednesday, the town's K-8 school was on lockdown, because a woman going through a divorce told officers that her husband might have been driving around with a gun. [More]
See how easy it is? That's all it takes. And if they happen to get spooked and squeeze a few into him and it turns out he was unarmed, that's when department protocol kicks in.

Mentioning divorce in a Disney community does remind me of an old joke, though...

[Via William T]

Not Ripe?

Keep acting like "shall not be infringed" is subordinate to legalistic incantations and chicanery, and that may change... [Read]

Oh, the Weather Outside is Frightful

But the fire is delightful... [More]

I want one too. I'd say it looks like a blast but such a groaner might get me flamed..

We're the Only Ones Sensitive Enough

Police are not releasing the officer's mugshot because he works in a sensitive role at Metro and cannot have his picture shown. [More]
Yeah, besides, people who are in control of themselves tend to get a bit sensitive when some drunk with a gun and a badge starts ordering them around.

[Via Parrothead Jeff]

And They Say There Are No Stupid Questions...

Which Americans don’t want liberty, or support tyranny?[More]
Umm...you?

[Via Ed M]

We're the Only Ones Standardized Enough

“As law enforcement officers, we are held to a higher standard..." [More]
Yo, Chief Lopez: Is that like a standard talking point of yours or what?

That was kind of weird--it's almost like WRAL has a standard template where they can just plug in the new information...

[Via Cocked and Loaded]

If At First You Don't Succeed...

...try, try again. [Read]

For some reason, I don't think those hospitals passed my questions along to their risk management departments...

No Need to Widen Castle Doctrine

The opinion-molders at the York Daily Record will protect you. [Read]

Right after they get this damn thing seated properly...

We're the Only Ones Scrawling Our Signature Enough

It's the signature program for Baltimore police — curtail violence by getting guns off city streets. [More]
Quite simply put, we will brook no competition.

If You Go Out In the Woods Today...

...you'd better go in disguise. [Play]

Vanderboegh reminds us this is the weekend the teddy bears have their picnic. [Read]

Dialog on campus guns helps clear up perceptions

Enter Jack Burch, CEO of Hill Country Shooting Sports Center in Kerrville, Texas. Burch approached Holda with courtesy and reason, and was responded to in kind. They conducted a conversation via email, and he obtained Dr. Holda’s permission to share his thoughts with a wider audience.

To that end, Mr. Burch is allowing me to share it with Gun Rights Examiner readers.[More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner column shows some enlightenment happening in the most unlikely of places, an institute of "higher learning".

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This Day in History: December 3

Lee sent repeated letters to congressmen, members of the military, and the press attacking the character of Washington and complaining of mistreatment by the Continental Congress. After reading Lee's defamatory "Vindication," published in the Pennsylvania Packet on December 3, 1778, Colonel John Laurens challenged Lee to a duel over his slanderous remarks about Washington's character. In the duel, Lee was wounded and could not fight a second duel requested by General Wayne. [More]

Thursday, December 02, 2010

GRE Round Up for December 2

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

John Longenecker/Los Angeles:
Dave Workman/Seattle:
Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis:
Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

We're the Only Ones Cheating in More Ways Than One Enough

An off-duty cop kills a man who finds the cop sleeping with his wife. Again, the force exonerates its own without charges being filed. [More]
Yes, they think they can take it all.

And we're supposed to believe primae noctis is a fiction...well, maybe first is...

[Via John Richardson]