GRE Round Up for February 15

Here are the latest offerings from my fellow GREs: 

Richard Nascak/Ft. Myers: 

• Campus carry: why not?

Dave Workman/Seattle: 

• ‘King Co. executive’s plan could pave way for NRA’s return to Seattle

Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis: 

• Gunfight in the Illinois legislature?

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Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
• LA Anti-Establishment
• Michigan Firearms

Reminder from the Firearms Coalition

In what has been dubbed “Project Gunwalker” ATF is accused of allowing hundreds of AR and AK- type rifles to be sold in questionable sales and smuggled across the border – including two rifles recovered after a shootout with bandits on the border in which Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry was killed.

The implications of the Project Gunwalker scandal are that ATF has already been receiving significant, voluntary cooperation from gun dealers in the border states, but that the agency has used that cooperation more to build support for their Project Gunrunner interdiction program and justify the need for the emergency reporting regulation by inflating the numbers of illegally “trafficked” weapons tracked across the border. [More]

Time's up. If you don't email your objections now, today, this afternoon, it will be too late.

Do it right now:

To: barbara.terrell@atf.govThis e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Subject: Oppose Regulation Expanding Multiple Sale Reporting

See the Firearms Coalition link if you need help composing an email.  Mine was simple:

Two words: Project Gunwalker.

Let's see what allegations of ATF management's mishandling of the Southwest Border Initiative prove out in Sen. Grassley's investigation before we start giving them even more power.

Do it now.  Get your friends to do it now. The flat-out plain truth: Any regular here or at Sipsey Street shouldn't need to be asked.

We're the Only Ones Once More Into the Breach, Dear Friends, Enough

‘‘I have communicated with the Wellesley Police Department and the MassBay public safety office to express my dismay about this breach of security in no uncertain terms,’’ said MassBay president Carole M. Berotte Joseph in a letter today to students, faculty, and staff. [More]

So basically you're admitting nothing you and your rules and your "Only Ones" and the illusions they provide can be relied on to protect people within your jurisdiction, and instead what we're likely to see in time of critical need is a total system failure?

Seems to me someone realizing and essentially articulating same would be culpable if they still insisted on preventing people from protecting themselves...

[Via Ed M]

We're the Only Ones Not Considered Serious Enough

A New York Police Department detective has accidentally shot herself in the thigh, but the injury isn't considered serious. [More]

Furious Mike's Finest have a Lee Paige Award contender.

Just remember--they're the "Only Ones professional enough" and you're not.

[Via William T]

We're the Only Ones Searching Enough

Oregon State Police (OSP) is asking for the public's help for information that will lead to the recovery of a department handgun that was left Wednesday afternoon in a restroom at Legacy Emanuel Medical Center. [More]

I want to show you something. It's my shocked face.

But thanks, guys. It works swell.

[Via Kevin Starrett]

A Policy Violation

Man Charged After Shooting On MTSU Campus [More]

Dammit, don't even college students know how to read these days?

Boy, if ever there was an argument to not let moral and responsible people have guns on campuses, this is it!  Or at least some will make it out to be...

[Via William T]

"High-Capacity Ammo Clips"?

What the hell are those?  [Read]

"Purposefully Misleading"?

Per Congressman Mike Ross:

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As for it passing "in a legal manner," I'd be curious to know where in the Constitution he presumes that authority exists.

[Via MicroBalrog]

Keep Pushing

County Commissioner Burt Aaronson called for the ban last month, during a meeting of the commission and the county's legislative delegation. [More]

Not that I would urge anyone to tell Burt to go **** himself...

VA Panel Promotes "Shovel-Ready Jobs"!

Panel Kills Bill Allowing VA Residents to Use Deadly Force [More]

I don't seem to recall asking anyone for permission...

From the Department of Redundancy Department

"Armed militias"!!! [Read]

See, in times of total breakdown of civil order, Josh here prefers the alternative.

Media response to ‘Project Gunwalker’ story practically nonexistent

A paper with a “conservative” reputation has finally noticed. It’s one of the few media outlets that have reported on this developing story, and focuses entirely on a major story that broke on Gun Rights Examiner a full six days ago. Other “mainstream press” organizations covering this to date can be counted on one hand.  [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner report notes the absence of interest--not necessarily in the story, but in making it known.  This is the reason I constantly ask for links to be shared. 

How about it?

This Day in History: February 15

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GRE Round Up for February 14

Here are the latest offerings from my fellow GREs:

Mike Stollenwerk/DC: 

• Nation's Gun Show comes to DC metro area this weekend

Sean McClanahan/Des Moines: 

• Firearms bills in the Iowa Legislature

Sean Caranna/Orlando: 

• Florida Carry Reform Bill before Senate Committee Tues Feb 22nd.

Dave Workman/Seattle: 

• ‘Headhunter’ jail sentence leaves WA hunters furious

Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis: 

• Egypt, the 2nd Amendment, and the Oath Keepers
  

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Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
• LA Anti-Establishment
• Michigan Firearms

Safer Streets/Liberty News

Longenecker's latest... [Read]

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Meanwhile, Across the Pond in Sarah Brady Paradise...

Don’t put wire on your windows – it might hurt burglars! Villagers outraged after police order them not to protect garden sheds [More]

This is my shocked face.

I thought they had already established an open door policy.

Where the hell do they think they are, New Jersey?


[Via Luke]

Meanwhile, Over in Furious Mike Paradise...

Gelman is accused of stabbing three people to death...[More]

Are they sure they don't mean "spate" instead of "spree"?

The main thing to take away from this story: Furious Mike, Paul Helmke, Josh Horwitz, Josh Sugarmann, Carolyn McCarthy, Chuck Schumer, Dianne Feinstein, Frank Lautenberg, every member of the Congressional Progressive and Black Caucuses, et al., would all rather see you and your loved ones brutally, terrifyingly and agonizingly stabbed to death by a maniac than armed.

They really would.

[Via several of you]

Swiss Miss

Swiss voters firmly rejected a referendum that would have forced soldiers to end the longstanding practice of keeping army-issue firearms at home and tightened restrictions over civilian gun ownership. [More]

Who but a traitor or a fool would push the alternative?

[Via several of you]

Project Gunflooder

Pentagon Fingered as a Source of Narco-Firepower in Mexico [More]

I want to show you something. It's my shocked face.

[Via several of you]

Define "Pressing"

Fox News host Greta Van Susteren is pressing for the White House to come clean with the family of a slain Border Patrol agent and provide details about his death. [More]

Hey Greta: Here are some details.  He even uses the phrase "come clean," so it would appear you share a common goal.

And here are some more details.

I see you're more than eager to give plenty of exposure to Pravda DC's crusade to exploit the Mexican situation to implement a new domestic "assault weapons" ban.

Care to live up to that "fair and balanced" claim?

Press, Greta.