Thursday, January 27, 2011

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

GRE Round Up for January 26

Here are the latest offerings from my fellow GREs:

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

Myrna Loehrlein, Ph.D. is Clearly Detrimental to Your Health

Being shot by a gun is clearly detrimental to your health. [More]

She went to school to learn that!

"Piled higher and deeper," eh?

I wonder if Myrna would fare any better than Michael?  Do cattle understand anything before the sledgehammer falls, or do they just kind of stand there chewing their cuds until the lights go out?

[Via Michael G]

Stymieing

Come on, Algebra.
This is no place for you.
N.R.A. Stymies Firearms Research, Scientists Say...

The reality is that even these and other basic questions cannot be fully answered, because not enough research has been done. [More]
So what you're saying is every claim stated with such authoritative certainty about  the benefits of "gun control" is fraudulent, and the proponents know it, yet work in concert to enact binding legislation depriving individuals of their rights anyway? Using public funds?

Isn't that what's called a "conspiracy"? And worse?

And what does the fact that NRA has enough clout to "stymie" more money down the agenda rat hole say about who legislators dependent on elections listen to and why?  I thought you "progressives" were all about "democracy."

And why drag poor Stymie into it in such a negative light? He didn't do anything, and I always kind'a liked the guy...

We're the Only Ones Stimulating the...uh...Economy Enough

Report: Chief gave cash for sex [More]
I may need to start a new category for "Blownly Ones"...

[Via Ed M]

Me Too!

It's been a while since the media noticed me! Here I am! Look at me! Hey, over here! [Read]

[Via Ed M]

Meanwhile, Up in the Ivory Towers

University Presidents Speak Out Against Arizona Gun Bills [More]
I can't help but wonder what Michael Crow would do if a gunman burst into his office and started shooting people. Specifically I wonder if his bowels and bladder would empty simultaneously, or if not, which would release first...

Bringing the Background into the Foreground

Basically, what this change would do, if enacted, would require police departments to get a court order before getting access to information about lawful firearms purchases. [More]
Oregon Firearms Federation explains.

A Luger Handgun?

Platt, 33, faces several counts of murder and feticide for allegedly shooting Jilani, a 26-year-old mother-to-be, in the head with a Luger handgun. [More]

Really? He's poppin' caps with a collectible? Not just one that uses 9 mm Luger ammo?

Are you zyd...uh...serious?

[Via Matt S]

We're the Only Ones Disciplined Enough

A police chief who pleaded guilty to assaulting his wife, a former sheriff's deputy accused of child abuse and a police chief who falsified documents have lost their certifications to carry a gun and a badge in the state. [More]
Well waddya know?

A spate...

[Via Geek Warrior]

Obama cites ‘guns’ three times in State of the Union address

What he did not do is what the Bradys were publicly demanding and exerting every ounce of influence at their disposal to pressure him to do... [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner column notes the squeaky wheel did not only not get the grease, but it looks like it's been replaced with a spare.

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This Day in History: January 26

January 26, 1779 at Burke County, Georgia - The 120-man Georgia Patriot militia rallied at the Burke County Jail to stop the British advance. They knew that the jail would be a target for the British. Maj. James M. Prevost ordered a 230-man detachment of East Florida Rangers, commanded by Lt. Col. Thomas Brown, and a detachment of South Carolina Royalists, commanded by Lt. Col. Joseph Robinson, on a rescue mission to rescue the Loyalist prisoners at the jail.  [More]

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

GRE Round Up for January 25

Here are the latest offerings from my fellow GREs:

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

Magazine Drive

In light of the folks (Carolyn McCarthy, Dick Cheney, Peggy Noonan, Bob Brady, and dozens more) willing to use the awful Tucson murders to try to take away more liberties from Americans, I am giving away five politically-incorrect, full-capacity G3 magazines that they wish were illegal.
1. The first five of my Facebook friends in the Knoxville area to comment below and ask for one will get one, free of charge.
2. If you already own at least one mag (pistol or rifle) that holds more than ten rounds, you are ineligible. .22 ...LR mags don't count against you.
3. Limit one per household.
4. If there is enough interest, I might do this again in the future.
Click here to continue.

Was Hughes Amendment lawfully passed?

And then, if you come to believe we’ve been swindled, ask yourself what we can do about it.  Because it’s a cinch no one in Congress is motivated to resurrect this, nor is the anti-gun media.  [More]
Activists have obtained a video of the proceedings wherein the Hughes Amendment machine gun ban was "passed" in the FOPA '86 bill.  What a cluster...

Run, Don't Walk

Mike thinks he knows where the other three are hiding. [Read]

This is the result of the press conference he talked about earlier.  We've been working behind the scenes to get the right questions asked and I'm told at least one of the reporters we've been speaking to was there.

Stay tuned.

I'm Mad as Hell and I'm Not Going to Take it Any More!

Self-appointed experts who operate from a framework of theories, assumptions, and conclusions that are impenetrable to the common man are already in possession of considerable power over individual liberty.  Granting them an expanded authority over the very freedom of the individual is therefore an idea which should be approached with the utmost caution. [More]
To do otherwise would be madness.

There are those with agendas who portray resistance to the state as mad.  That's hardly original.

Forget guilty until proven innocent. They're working on crazy until proven sane.

[Via Mack H]

A Panning Review

“It truly isn’t about law enforcement,” he said. “It’s about calling attention to the grievances and concerns about the federal government.” [More]
Well, uh, yeah.

And your point is...?

[Via Gary Marbut]

The Art of the Possible

What possible threat do gun owners think they will face at the library that they would need to come in packing heat? [More]
Oh
I
don't
know.

Gee, that took me all of two minutes to find.

And to think they pay these useful idiot "Authorized Journalists" good money...what possible reason could they have to give these ignoramuses such a broad public reach?

Cooking the Books

Antis routinely lie about numbers? [Read]

Who knew?