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Wednesday, December 22, 2010
We're the Only Ones Where the Rubber Meets the Road Enough
The Usual Suspects
The Perils of Pauline
Their actions provoked a reorganization and professionalization of the militia, which became known as the National Guard. [More]Just the "organized" part, Pauline.
I hardly believe you don't know that.
Or that "Congress has established the present National Guard under its own power to raise armies, expressly stating that it was not doing so under its power to organize and arm the militia."
Or that you're unaware of the overwhelming documentation detailing the intent of the Founders that the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
But I guess I forget my place. Current accepted thought among the more enlightened is that we mere rustics are simply too unschooled to weigh in on matters best left for interpretation by a qualified class of academics and legal professionals.
I'm sorry, Pau...uh...Dr. Maier. It won't happen again. You were saying?
Enhance Existing Gun Laws!
"They look just like real guns," said Salay. "I know, because I have 20 firearms myself." Salay said he is an NRA-certified gun instructor, a military veteran and a Boy Scout leader. [More]Oh, that explains it.
Plus he's an "Only One"!
Yo, dumb-fu...dd: They're already illegal in CA.
Which would have baffled the hell out of me and every one of my siblings and friends had you polled us several decades back...
Second Amendment attorney: ATF’s proposed long gun ‘emergency’ regs illegal
Further, the report claims “The regulation proposed is outside the statutory grant of authority to record information about multiple sales of firearms,” a concern Second Amendment scholar, author and attorney David T. Hardy details on his Of Arms and the Law blog... [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column clears up some confusion caused by a bureaucrat who doesn't want to confuse us as he confuses usurpation with legitimate authority.
Clear?
Then tune in to Trigger Sports--it's Pre-recorded! this time (don't be confused, just watch and enjoy), and resolve to surround yourself with guns, guns and more guns...
The more people you share the link with, the fewer will end up being confused by all this...
This Day in History: December 22
GENERAL ORDERS
Head Quarters, Middle Brook, Tuesday, December 22, 1778.
Parole Narraganset. Countersigns Otis, Portsmouth.
At a General Court Martial whereof Majr. Genl. Lord Stirling was President, held the 4th. of July last at Brunswick and at other times and places afterwards by Adjournment for the trial of Majr. Genl. Lee on the following charges... [More]
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Tick...Tick...Tick...
Neat clock. Except instead of an alarm, if you don't wake up first, it smashes your skull in. [View]
Perfectly Clear
I wanted to make sure everyone heard from me about this law enforcement initiative so there isn’t any confusion. [More]No confusion here, Ken. I know exactly what this is about.
Some People Have No Shame
BRADY CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE
For Immediate Release
December 21, 2010
Contact: Caroline Brewer, 202-289-5769 or cbrew@bradymail.org
BRADY CAMPAIGN ANNOUNCES ‘GODDARDS ON GUNS’ BLOG
“Father and Son take on gun lobby after VA Tech Tragedy”
Washington, D.C. – A father who nearly lost his only son to gun violence, and that son, who survived being shot four times in the worst school shooting in U.S. history, are adding their voices to the blogosphere, the Brady Campaign today announced.
Virginia Tech survivor Colin Goddard and his father, Andrew, who are both active in the gun violence prevention movement, are teaming up to write a blog about gun issues.
“Since being shot at Virginia Tech, a number of people have told me that crazy people are going to do crazy things and there’s nothing we can do about it,” said Colin Goddard, 25. “I reject that premise. There are things we can and must do. One of them is to speak out against America’s epidemic of gun violence and talk about the solutions. My voice is my greatest weapon, and blogging with my father is one of the ways I intend to use it.”
The Goddards didn’t know it then, but the April 16, 2007 Virginia Tech Massacre, in which 32 students and teachers were killed, would be the event that would help them find their voices on gun violence and spur them to pursue meaningful social and public policy changes to prevent similar tragedies.
The Virginia Tech killer, who carried out the massacre with two semi-automatic assault pistols, should not have been legally allowed to purchase those guns because of his history of mental illness. When the Goddards discovered how easy it is for dangerous people to get guns in America, they vowed to fight for change.
Colin Goddard, who now works at the Brady Campaign as Assistant Director for Federal Legislation, went to gun shows with a hidden camera in 2009 as an intern for Brady to expose the loophole that allows private sellers to sell guns without criminal background checks.
That experience, and Colin’s work at Brady, inspired filmmakers to make the young man’s story the subject of a new documentary, Living for 32, which has been accepted for competition in the Short Films category at the Sundance Film Festival (see http.www.livingfor32.com) and is being screened at select venues around the country. The producer is Maria Cuomo Cole, who blogged about Colin and guns on campus on the Huffington Post recently. The post is available here.
Andrew Goddard, a retired engineer who resides in Richmond, Va., became president of the Richmond Chapter of the Million Mom March shortly after the Virginia Tech shootings.Any bets on whether or not these professional victims will allow "reasoned discourse"?
As Andrew sat near his recuperating son’s bedside that snowy April day and noticed that “sandbags are piled against the wounds to stem the bleeding, but the sheets and pillow slowly turn from starched white to dull red,” questions nagged and tugged at him. “What circumstances caused this terrible event? Where did (the shooter) get his guns and what made him want to shoot all those people? What could have been done to prevent this?” Andrew recalled with Colin in their introductory blog posted at bradycampaign.org and www.hufffingpost.com
The Goddards will blog about “the flow of guns between the legal and illegal markets, state and federal gun legislation and policies, mental health, school and university policies, and America’s culture of gun violence in general.”
Colin Goddard can also be followed on Twitter and Facebook.
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As the nation's largest, non-partisan, grassroots organization leading the fight to prevent gun violence, the Brady Campaign, with its dedicated network of Million Mom March Chapters, works to enact and enforce sensible gun laws, regulations and public policies. The Brady Campaign is devoted to creating an America free from gun violence, where all Americans are safe at home, at school, at work, and in our communities.
I don't see a url and haven't been able to locate the actual blog site--yet.
I just don't think "Goddards on Guns" is as catchy as "The Human Target"...
UPDATE: Here it is. Nope--no comments allowed. This is my shocked face. [Thanks, Sean D Sorrentino]
Examiner Strikes Again
Yes, I know the individual article links aren't working. And that instead they go to my main page. And that it doesn't show any updates past October.
Believe me, after having painstakingly coded individual column links into articles, blogs, social media and had others kindly link to them as well, I know.
I've filled out a ticket and have been told it's a "hiccup" that's been "escalated to our engineers."
I've suggested the corporate slogan "Just slightly ahead of our ability."
Believe me, after having painstakingly coded individual column links into articles, blogs, social media and had others kindly link to them as well, I know.
I've filled out a ticket and have been told it's a "hiccup" that's been "escalated to our engineers."
I've suggested the corporate slogan "Just slightly ahead of our ability."
The Deadly Assault Candy Cane Menace
Skylar Torbett, also a junior, said administrators told him, "The candy canes could be used as weapons by sucking on them and making them have sharp points." He said neither he nor any of their friend did that. [More]
Perhaps the school administrators should be invited to suck on something else.
Mother Kathleen Flannery said a administrator called her and explained that, "not everyone wants Christmas cheer. That suicide rates are up over Christmas, and that they should keep their cheer to themselves, perhaps."Perhaps school administrators should be invited to help push those rates up a tad more--that would probably cheer everyone else up considerably.
Do it for the children.
Or at least change the name from "Battlefield High School." That's gotta be bad for young psyches.
Manassas. Unbelievable.
[Via Smiley Starfish]
All Aboard the Freedom Train!
Metro randomly inspects bags [More]So does that mean the left's foremost legal authority was wrong to tell us we could board with our guns to go shoot in Maryland...?
Anyone Who Can't Be Trusted with a Gun...
...can't be trusted with any tool. [Read]
And thus, can't be trusted without a custodian.
[Via Smiley Starfish]
And thus, can't be trusted without a custodian.
[Via Smiley Starfish]
"Federal Guns"
If you have a "remote" affiliation with a gang or you have a "federal gun" law enforcement is "coming for you." [More]
Oregon Firearms Federation brings us a cadre of masters first inventing--and then dictating the terms of our surrender.
I would also remind everyone that the ability to continue their fine work does not happen on its own.
The overlords can rely on the oppressed to provide them with a virtually unlimited war chest.
The defenders must rely on...us.
Gun Bashing
Personally, I consider this child abuse, and think the twisted bluenoses behind it deserve to have their asses kicked. [Read]
Ah, here we go:
Prosecutor Jim Baum and professor of education at Wheelock College Diane Levin said it, I believe it, that settles it.
[Via Steve T]
Ah, here we go:
The 26-year-old mother of six...Yeah, the problem is obviously toy guns.
Prosecutor Jim Baum and professor of education at Wheelock College Diane Levin said it, I believe it, that settles it.
[Via Steve T]
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