Perhaps

Perhaps that’s why they all sat on their hands for Restore The Constitution last year.


Perhaps that’s why they’re all sitting on their hands for Project Gunwalker now. [More]

Perhaps.

When We Want the Servants to Speak, We'll Tell Them To

The state's top law enforcement officer said he doesn't oppose a looser requirement for carrying guns, but the state's Sheriffs' Association disagreed. [More]

Time to figure out which sheriffs back that position and modify their career plans...It's hard  for me to imagine anything more "meaningless" than executive director Jeff Moore having any say whatsoever in any of this.

[Via Zachary G]

Liberty News/Safer Streets

John Longenecker asks us to pick a number between one and seven... [Read]

How does he do that...?

A Public Challenge

Gun Owners of South Africa (GOSA) publicly challenge the Minister to request that the Auditor-General, Mr. Terrence Nombembe, conduct a forensic audit of the implementation of the Firearms Control Act of 2000 since it was signed into law 11 years ago. [More]

 I suspect the government already knows what the results will show...

Crazy About You

N.Y. warns laggards: 'The quality of our background check is going to be compromised' [More]

Seeing how that has absolutely no effect on limiting access to those who would criminally misuse guns, and seeing how insanity has been defined as doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results, why, that's just crazy talk.

Hey, I know how we can make a difference! Let's put a ton of resources into sending a truck with a billboard around the country! That'll show those inclined to homicide what-fer!

And...

[Via Ed M]

Naming Names

As expected, if a bit later than expected, the Oregon legislature (well some Oregon legislators who don't want their names used) have introduced or drafted new anti-rights bills. [More]

I guess if I were abusing authority to undermine human liberty and dignity, I'd want to kind of do it on the sly too...

At least initially.

Playing the Percentages

No specific numbers on how many of those guns "recovered in Mexico and traced back to the United States" were, in fact, military purchases, but the State Department cables indicate a portion of the fewer than 12 percent of the traceable weapons actually came from the United States in gun shop/individual type purchases. Remember, that's not 12 percent of the tens of thousands of weapons recovered - it's only 12 percent of the weapons recovered that were traceable. It's nowhere near the 12 percent figure that has been misquoted and used as evidence of the United State's "horrific" problem of illegal gun sales. [More]

Who is using a paltry "12" to misrepresent things?

Try "80."

Or "90."


Hell, try "95 to 100."

When the antis lie, they lie big.  It's what they do.

What have they got to lose?

They figure most people won't know any better, and the media they're BSing will either be too ignorant to know the difference, or else glad to have something that helps advance their own agenda.

[Via W-III]

Deportation raises questions for Grassley gun investigation

That is curious.  Especially in the absence of information about who decided the Mexican nationals are not accessories (or even material witnesses), and how that was determined. After all, whether they were complicit to the shooting or not, they were illegally present at the scene of a crime in which a law enforcement officer was killed.
 
No?  [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner report wonders if everybody who needs to has had a chance to ask questions.  Ain't it something that we have to question that?

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This Day in History: February 18

One of the most noted events in Pluckemin (Washington spelled it Pluckamin) was The Grand Alliance Ball of 1779 in Pluckemin.(Sometimes spelled Pluckamin) General Washington and 400 others attended the celebration held on the grounds of the Boylan House in 1779. The ball celebrated the first anniversary of the alliance with France, which ended in victory for the allies at Yorktown. The ball was attended by more than 400 dignitaries. [More]

GRE Round Up for February 17

Here are the latest offerings from my fellow GREs:
 
Steve D. Jones/Fort Smith:

• The schizophrenic Hammer
  

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• A conspiracy of silence in ATF inquiry? Where are Murray, Cantwell? 
• Woodcarver shooting aftermath: Change the law, don’t crucify prosecutor

Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis: 

• Brady Campaign staffers call gun rights advocacy 'oppression'

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Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

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

50/50

Feedback that Gun Owners of South Africa are receiving indicates that up to 50% of gun license applications are being refused. [More]

I was hoping to do a Gun Rights Examiner column on this, but Project Gunwalker demands have me so wrapped around the axle I doubt I'll have the time--so just wanted to help get this link circulating before GOSA's  email gets lost in the deluge...

"Real Journalism"

The decline of "real journalism" justifies federal involvement, according to Copps.  [More]

Not the stuff Mike and I have been doing.

The stuff the people who won't report on it are doing.

So by "federal involvement," they must mean some kind of approval, not some kind of exposure.

You know, Authorized Journalism.

It's the only kind that real.

Safer Streets/Liberty News

John Longenecker notes the help is forgetting its place. [Read]

As Much Fun to Make As It is to Eat

Looks like things are gonna start poppin'...[Read]

The View from Baja Arizona

Looks like they can see Rio Rico from there... [Read]

[Via W-III]

A conspiracy of silence in ATF inquiry? Where are Murray, Cantwell?

As it is, Grassley seems to be out there all by himself, trying to uncover the truth. He deserves some company from fellow members of the U.S. Senate... [More]

Dave Workman's latest.  And yes, Grassley does. 

I trust the regulars here are taking the initiative to get him some of that company he--and the men who put their necks on the block--deserve?

The Gold Standard

Professional victim Colin Goddard has managed the alchemists' dream of turning the lead of the four bullets with which he was shot, into the gold of a paid position...[More]

Ol' Kurt just keeps getting better and better at this, doesn't he?

Grassley told of gun dealer cooperating with ATF on ‘straw purchases'

Further corroboration has been given to Grassley staffers by a gun store employee. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner report offers an alternative to  those with no "personal knowledge."

Also meet the parson of the week on Trigger Sport Live!

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This Day in History: February 17

[More]

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.