Police said a juvenile court liaison and member of the Iowa City Police Citizen's Review Board was the host of a party that turned violent...Police said the fight resulted in broken tables and a broken piano bench. There also were reports of one to three guns being displayed. [More]How exciting! How come this never happens at any of the parties I go to...?
One can only imagine Greenwoods desperation, frustration and despair at the situation caused by firearm organisations complacency and acceptance of defeat. Of trying to curry favour for themselves and appease governments desire to "control" guns, which culminated in a handgun ban and even more restrictions on everything. Of organisations refusal to listen to reason and rushing headlong into defeat pulling firearm owners who trusted them into the abbess of darkest and total defeat.South Africa gives us a real world example of where trusting in appeasing, favor-currying organizations gets you.
Our organisations are no different and are following exactly the same pattern of defeat. They will not fight and dream up puerile, incredible excuses that can be compared to the lies and propaganda of GFSA and gun control. [More]
In a 5-2 decision, the Ohio Supreme Court has recently affirmed that Cleveland's elected officials, at least those not under indictment and awaiting trial on multiple felony charges, are jackasses. [More]The sickest part of this April Fool's joke is that there are enough stupid and parasitic constituents to elect such subversive buffoons, and not just in Cleveland.
I will be doing an interview with IRN Radio at 1:00PM Central today on the News and Views show with Chuck Bates and John Russell.Here's the Gun Talk announcement.
Also I'll be on Gun Talk Radio this Sunday, 3 April at 1:05pm Central.
This column also reported yesterday:Issa subpoenas ATF. This morning's second Gun Rights Examiner column is very good news indeed.
"Committee spokesman Seamus Kraft...advises that further developments to uncover the truth will be forthcoming."
This is the first of those developments. This is huge news. Chairman Issa is serious. [More]
"Besides the issues I mentioned to you before about how our reporters in Mexico and Arizona are pretty busy, I think another reason we haven't jumped on this is just the realities of journalism--we don't often follow big, original, exclusive investigative scoops by other organizations. It's just too difficult to replicate, for one. Anyway, the point is, it's not liberal bias..." [More]This morning's first Gun Rights Examiner column notes if it's not bias, then it's gotta be something else...
Note the word “legally.” The AP demands to make public the names of everyone who has shown a willingness to jump through hoops and comply with the law. That will do nothing to identify criminals, the ones creating all the problems, who just ignore it. So naturally, the anti-gun lobby, the “mainstream” media and opportunistic government officials are all for it, including Attorney General Lisa Madigan, who issued a ruling saying the list must be disclosed. [More]
"This betrayal at the highest levels of our government is consistent with the other betrayals we have documented across the board," said William Gheen, President of ALIPAC. "The Executive Branch of the federal government has been caught lying about border security, leaving our borders wide open during a time of war, failing to protect states from invasion as required by the US Constitution, and now providing military grade arms to the invaders. We are calling on the Congress today to use all possible remedies including investigations, prosecutions, impeachments, and possible charges of treason." [More]They asked me to look at it before they published it. Here's my response:
They're not really military grade weapons per se--the AK47s allowed to walk were semiauto variants--militaries use select fire weapons capable of multi-round bursts and/or full auto. It is an important distinction, as the anti-gun media often confuses the public on the difference in order to gin up hysteria for further bans, and the strategy for them doing this, either through ignorance or intent, is one invented and promoted by anti-gun groups. Besides which, full auto weapons manufactured after 1986 are illegal for civilian ownership, meaning the price of a pre-86 gun is many thousands of dollars, as opposed to hundreds for the semiauto version. Calling an AK clone an "assault rifle" and a Barrett, which many use for just plain fun a "sniper rifle" demonizes the tools. I know it does not gin up as much hysteria, but you'll alienate knowledgeable gun owners using the same terms the antis and the media employ. Suggest dropping "assault rifles" and using "semiautomatic", and dropping "sniper" from the Barrett ref.--sure, it can be used for sniping, but so can any accurate rifle.
Committee spokesman Seamus Kraft called this correspondent in response to a request made earlier today, and confirmed that "ATF did not meet our request deadline." [More]Big mistake.
This refusal is exactly what some politicians want. If the “failure to cooperate” continues, ATF is in for another blood bath . . . maybe a fatal one this go-around. It could be an effortless task, a simple matter–while appearing logical to most uninformed citizens. Cost-cutting measures, directed at government employees, are a ready-made excuse to lop off heads. In 1992 - ‘93, ATF appeared to eat their own by purging nonconformist with a disastrous reorganization scheme where smoke and mirrors were the management tools of the day. [More]Yeah, he's talking cost-cutting. The real blood bath comes from ethics-cutting by top management.
Chairman Issa wrote a letter to ATF AD Kenneth Melson on Mar. 16 requesting specific information and documentation regarding Project Gunrunner to be provided to his committee "no later than 5:00 pm on March 30, 2011."Today's Gun Rights Examiner report asks a simple enough question, and wonders why a simple "yes" or "no" is so tough to extract from those who decry stonewalling when it happens to them.
Was the information provided by the deadline?
I am seeking a for-the-record quote to share with readers who have been following this story. [More]
Our conflict is not likely to cease so soon as every good Man would wish. The measure of iniquity is not yet filled; and unless we can return a little more to first principles, and act a little more upon patriotic ground, I do not know when it will, or, what may be the Issue of the contest. [More]
Malkin followed up this column with an appearance Wednesday evening on the Sean Hannity program on Fox News, and again acknowledged our role. [More]Video included.
Just an update on campus carry in Texas. Last Tuesday Senate Bill 354 was heard in the Criminal Justice committee with public comment. After 4.5 hours of public comment the committee left it pending. I called the committee clerk this morning to find out the status of this bill as the committee is scheduled to meet again today. She told me that the bill was not currently scheduled for a vote but felt that it would probably be voted on by the committee on the floor of the Senate by the committee members instead of in the committee chambers. A call to the author of the bill, Senator Wentworth, was fruitless as well as they said they knew nothing. The bill has the support of at least 5 of the 8 committee members at this time so passage is likely. As it progresses I will keep you informed. In the house the bill has been passed out of committee and is currently waiting to go to the floor for a vote by the entire house. I suspect it will wait for the Senate to move forward before it goes to the house floor.
As an update, he just sent me this:
SB354 Texas Campus carry is scheduled for a vote in the Criminal Justice committee tomorrow. No question that it will pass and be heard on the Senate floor. Rumor control has it that one senator will offer a floor amendment to change the bill to require private institutions to allow CHL carry. This senator is against the bill and is trying to bring problems to it on the floor. In any event carry in college buildings looks like a good bet.
On another note, I just got off the phone with Cong. Lamar Smith's office to find out what he is doing as the chair of the Judiciary Committee on Fast & Furious. As you might remember Mr. Smith sent a letter to Eric Holder demanding answers and gave him a deadline of 18 March to answer. To date I have not seen any answers published. To no surprise I got "We are not aware of any reply by Mr. Holder". I contacted our local rep from his office and she stated that she would call and find out what she could. Guess I'm a dumb redneck but it looks like they will not answer until Holder et al are brought in front of a committee and put under oath. Wonder how long it will take to get them there. Adding pressure where possible.
