Grassley to Holder: ATF refused to answer specific questions in briefing

This demonstrates the senator is serious about this and will not tolerate willful noncompliance. It also marks a serious miscalculation on the part of ATF bureaucrats and their Department of Justice handlers, and has produced what, for them, is no doubt the unintended consequence of steeling Grassley's resolve to pursue his investigation over all attempts to refuse cooperation. [More]

This evening's Gun Rights Examiner column notes the stakes just got higher. It also notes you're not getting this news from any "mainstream" networks or newspapers--which is why I keep on harping for regular readers to share these links.

GRE Round Up for February 16

Here are the latest offerings from my fellow GREs:

Paul Valone/Charlotte:  

• First 'Castle Doctrine' hearing Thursday

Sean McClanahan/Des Moines:

• HSB18 - Once again, "carry" under attack
• Results of the House Public Safety Committee on HSB18

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• Case clearly not ‘closed’ in ‘Seattle woodcarver’ shooting

Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis: 

• Anti-gun IL lawmakers seeking power to effectively halt ALL (legal) gun buying?

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Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

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

Too Much, The Magic Bus

The Criminal Mayors have started a Treason on Wheels cross-country tour.  George Stephanopoulos does a great job being impartial instead of just a sympathetic sob-sister tool for Furious Mike, don't you think? [Read and watch]

You don't?

And OK, it's a truck, not a bus.  But it's still magic.  Because there's certainly nothing grounded in reality about it.

Huh--I see they're posting Tweets and they're now in Newark. Does this mean they won't announce their destination and dates in advance, so maybe people can greet them? Armed and openly carrying, where feasible?

And Huh again--all the comments so far appear to be solidly in the "disarm us for our own good" camp, almost as if they primed the pump or something. Let's just see if they entertain reasoned discourse:

[Via Zachary G]

On ICE

To all who have sent me links to various accounts, yes, I know about this.

And no, I think it's premature to conclude "walked" guns must have been involved.

But I do think it should be determined.

Safer Streets/Liberty News

Should teachers be armed?

As long as they want to be and can be trusted with scissors, why not?

Here's Longenecker's latest. [Read]

Not the Whole Truth-O-Meter

"Mostly True" [More]

Not really, because it's not the whole story.  It's not even the most significant fraction of the whole story.

Without accounting for lives saved, I'd say this graphic is more appropriate, as would be referring to you agenda-pushers as "Politif****d":

Joke of the Week

Angelenos have a meaningful opportunity to make our city a model of gun violence prevention. [More]

Hahahaha! Good one, Eric Garcetti and David C. Bohnett!

I'm looking forward to you explaining how that will work to these guys. Just get rid of those NRA troglodytes and it'll be Kumbaya City!

$2M in foundation grants for this control freak nonsense, eh, DB?  Nothing like knowing this is a true grassroots movement, as opposed to elites using their inordinate influence to impose themselves on everybody else.

Banging Pots and Pans

That's a description I use for the process we're going through to get the "Project Gunwalker" story noticed in the absence of "Authorized Journalist" interest.  Mike even tells us there's a name for that when other people join us: Cacerolazo!

Here's some recent activity you should be aware of:

•  Cliffs of Insanity: Open Letter to Matt Drudge
  
• Western Rifle Shooters Association:  Gunrunner: An Open Letter To Matt Drudge
• Moonbattery: ATF Gives Guns to Mexican Drug Cartels to Undermine Second Amendment
• TSRadioNotes: The NRA called today
• The Intel Hub: Project Gunwalker: ATF Weapons Smuggled Into Mexico, Possibly Used In Border Agents Killing (Note I will be on their program Sunday at 5:00 pm EST).

I don't mean to miss posts by others, but there's just not enough of me to track them down by myself.  If you have a blog that has posted in support of getting the word out on this, please send me the link.

FOIA request filed with ATF over Grassley ‘Gunwalker’ briefing

This would include any memorandum, report, summary or other communication that describes what happened at the meeting, including a description of any oral briefing and what was said by both sides, and include copies of any such documents filed or stored, or designated for filing and storage, at the Office of Public and Government Affairs. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner report notes there is no (legitimate) reason why this information should not be shared.

Also find out what makes anti-gunners so angry later today on Trigger Sports LIVE!

Submit you own FOIA? Or at least share the link?

This Day in History: February 16

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[Via American Memory]

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...