Wednesday, March 02, 2011

We're the Only Ones Showing Solidarity Enough

L.A. Police Union Urges Members to ‘Stand in Solidarity’ with SEIU and MoveOn.Org [More]

Dang it--I keep coding in the wrong link!

Here.

[Via William T]

You Can't Keep a Good Man Down

Still, I don't think anyone would mind a prayer...[Read]

The Department of Pre-Crime Meets "The Cage"

But, should causation be shown one day, what would that mean for our legal system and society at large? Should we be doing skin conductivity tests on toddlers and then locking them up based on the results?  [Read]
If the Keepers only knew what I was thinking... 

[Via CM]

Epic Success

This comment by Epic Failure on CleanUpATF, that is... [Read]
Senator Grassley and Congress, demand the documents and make Ken Melson explain them!
A-yup.

Is Nothing Sacred?

Good question.  [Read]

Unalienable rights are supposed to be. After all, they were endowed by our Creator. Or inherent to the condition of being human for those of you who reject such notions.

So it's no surprise that when you allow mere men to presume authority to commit the blasphemy of dispensing or withholding them, they will continue to make profane every sacred blessing they can pull within their foul reach.

Seeing as how that's been permitted to happen, and submitted to without defiance in solidarity by believers, this latest move by the defilers in Illinois to out gun owners seems perfectly understandable in the context of rendering unto Caesar that which is his.

Isn't it interesting though--the state idol worshipers at the Associated Press are all in an ecstatic frenzy to get their claws on the names of "law-abiding" gun owners.  But as for law-breaking enforcers, we have yet to hear a peep. 

We're the Only Ones Walking Guns Enough?

A sophisticated operation run out of a Bessemer home removed serial numbers from guns, replaced them with fake numbers and possibly put thousands of untraceable firearms on the street, according to federal authorities and court records. [More]
And then there's this:
The operation was stopped by the ATF during a two-year undercover investigation of gun trafficking from Oklahoma to Alabama.
So at what point did they learn about this guy, at what point did they intervene, who issued directions, and what damage was done in the interim?

Perhaps Sen. Grassley ought to add this to his "to do" list...

Look for the Union Label

Howard Nemerov looks at some bargaining on behalf of the collective. [Read]

Carolyn McCarthy Speaks Out on Magazine ban

The gist of her argument...

Oh, sorry, this is the link...

It was so easy to get the two mixed up.

Heating Up?

From your lips to God's ears, Jim Shepherd at The Outdoor Wire...[Read]

I'm very grateful to see someone with influence in the wider shooting community informing them about this important story.

[Via HH]

Was ICE agent killed with ‘walked’ gun?

When the killing was first reported, two separate journalists investigating the unfolding “Project Gunwalker” story asked this correspondent if walked guns were involved, but at the time it was premature to even speculate. Since revelations in this arrest show “the [arrested] men were the subject of an undercover investigation by agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Drug Enforcement Administration in November," it’s no longer premature—at least to speculate. [More]
This morning's Gun Rights Examiner report concludes maybe yes, maybe no. Say, here's an idea: Why don't we have Congressional investigations and find out for sure?

Also listen to an interview, listen to another interview, watch still another interview and then let's all go to Oregon.

Share the link? Maybe yes...?

This Day in History: March 2

In Congress, March 2, 1779
the Board of War having represented, that application has been made to the Board for Arrearages of Cloathing due to two regiments for the year 1777 ... which ought to be adjusted and paid with all the dispatch compatible with the prevention of frauds to the United States : resolved, that a proper person be forthwith appointed and commissioned, to settle and pay all accounts of arrearages of cloathing ... [More]

Tuesday, March 01, 2011

GRE Round Up for March 1

Here are the latest offerings from my fellow GREs:

Dave Workman/Seattle:
Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis:
Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

Safer Streets/Liberty News

Unrest: will it happen here? [More]
Longenecker looks at shortages that would result--in liberty.

Scary Billionaires

To the left, that is...

Arctic Patriot explains.

I wonder how this Koch guy feels about guns...?

Gunwalker Hedgecocker

From T.L. Davis, via email:
I will be on the Roger Hedgecock show around 6:30 7:30 Eastern. I am providing a link to his website. Check out to see if you can find a station to listen to. It's only a ten minute gig, so be ready.

We will be discussing Project Gunwalker and hopefully I can get him interested in doing more on it and expanding away from me.

http://www.rogerhedgecock.com/Default.asp?cchk=yes
There's a "Listen Live" link at the top of the page, so you can listen from your computer. I don't see a station guide, however, if you're just near a radio...OK, here we go.  No idea how reliable it is.

No Comment...

Yet.

On the MAIG-sponsored Fix Gun Checks blog.

They want us to write the Senate to get the Traver nomination back on track.

I told them as long as we're contacting the Senate, there's a bigger matter concerning ATF:
Here's what they tell me:
Think they'll post it?

Mark Roote, who sent me this link, left one in the review queue too:
I submitted a comment as follows:
Traver?
http://waronguns.blogspot.com/search?q=traver We'll see if it gets posted... but I doubt it.
Wouldn't that just be an unprecedented shocker.

S'OK--it will allow us to charge MAIG with suppressing Gunwalker and then prove it.

Her Greatest Accomplishment

Iorio said she considers the eight-year decrease in crime her greatest accomplishment as mayor.[More]
Where have we seen people making questionable claims based on numbers before?

Via Ed M, who notes:
Not a single mention of the doubling of the number of Florida Concealed Carry of Weapons licenses, which is managed by the Florida Department of Agriculture, free from the interference of city or county politics. There has also been a dramatic increase in Florida handgun sales the last two years.
No, of course not. That would hardly serve the agenda.

The Wrong People...

...being sued. [Read]

I think the people who put this sign up are much more culpable.

The Brady Wishlist

In which Paul Helmke and Dennis Henigan engage in a duet playing the same old song that could be titled "Dueling Flaccidity."

I read "Big Bullet-Blasting Boxes" and actually almost felt sorry for them--it's like they need to bring their arguments down to that level because, well, look at who their stupid arguments appeal to.  It actually reminded me of a line from a funny old Bruce Campbell flick I channel-surfed through the other night and hadn't thought of for a while:
This is my Boomstick!

Kurt further deconstructs those primates.

Researchers challenge UN Arms Trade Treaty gun death claims

The global violence monopolists will have to throw more than phony numbers at those of us who take that position, and I would remind them that if they’re going to use real numbers, they may want to come up with a realistic accounting of how many they think it will take, and then share the methodology they intend to use to make their mad dream happen. [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner audit crunches some numbers.

Transfer the link to some friends' accounts?