GRE Round Up for May 2

Here are the latest offerings from my fellow GREs:

Rob Reed/Detroit:

• The impact of Osama bin Laden's death for Michigan residents

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• House Judiciary meets Tuesday and Holder may be on hot seat 
• Headlines don’t say it all 
• LaPierre demands Holder’s ouster over ‘Gunrunner’

Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis:

• Do 'gun control' groups think rights of minorities less important? 
• Author of study quoted by anti-gun groups changes story, implicates 'Gunwalker'

Unauthorized Journalists

On Saturday evening at a Second Amendment Foundation reception, that point was brought home when the pair of bloggers who uncovered and then doggedly pursued the story that is now the "Gunrunner/Fast and Furious" scandal...

Their fine work, individually and collectively, may well be the tipping point that convinces industry leaders that the new media contains both solid writers and responsible journalists, despite the fact most don't have business cards with familiar logos or mastheads. [More]

I almost hung up on a snotty CNN producer some months back when he deferred investigating Gunwalker unless we gave up our sources to him because they "need to be more careful than bloggers."

Of course the commie statist dinosaur media solution is government subsidies, along with a "progressive" tax for those who "overproduce information."

Breaking News: Holder to appear before House committee tomorrow

"Tomorrow, Attorney General Eric Holder will testify before the House Judiciary Committee," an email sent this afternoon by the Deputy Press Secretary, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform announces... [More]

What did he know, when did he know it, and what will he admit to under oath?

This evening's late-breaking Gun Rights Examiner column includes a link where you'll be able to watch live.

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Project Gunwalker updates on Armed American Radio

I had the pleasure of returning to Armed American Radio last night to update host Mark Walters and special in-studio guests author Kathy Jackson and Armed Citizens Legal Defense Network founder Marty Hays on the latest “Project Gunwalker” developments. [More]

This afternoon's Gun Rights Examiner commentary gives a recap of last night's national radio appearance and includes a link where you can listen to an archived copy of my interview.

Questioning Authority

Yih-Chau Chang asks Facebook users what he should ask John Longenecker. [Read]

So....... What’s up with the University of Kentucky?

It's run by steaming stool samples...? [Read]

Big Brother is Watching You

...in ways Orwell never dreamed of...[Read]

[Via Ron W]

We're the Only Ones Time for Our Close-Up, Mr. DeMille Enough

City officials failed to discipline two traffic officers who appeared in a pornographic film while on the job, NBC4 LA has found. [More]

I think I'm starting to understand--if you film them when they don't want you to, you get beaten up. But if you film them when they want you to, they get beaten o...or something...

[Via William T]

Bitter Clingers

You know, guns and religion...[Read]

Nationwide Video Conference. Great Economic Collapse Draws Near

Received via email from Oath Keepers:

When: Tuesday, May 3, 2011. 7:00 PM Eastern Standard Time - 9:00 PM Eastern Standard Time

Where: A video conference from your desktop or laptop

Subject: Preparation for the collapse of the currency and social unrest. Global Structure and the transformation of America.

Oath Keepers Founder, Stewart Rhodes, will be participating in a Nationwide Video Conference this coming Tuesday, May 3, 2011, from 7pm - 9pm Eastern.

Click here for details.

Laying the Foundation

John Bolton suggested Friday that Barack Obama is laying the foundation to push an ambitious gun control agenda if he wins a second term. [More]

Oh, absolutely.

That's what "Project Gunwalker" has been about. And that's why it's important we not let things stay under the radar.

That's why we need to push back now--and hard.

An open letter to NRA’s Wayne LaPierre on ‘Project Gunwalker’

Why isn’t every single office-holding recipient of NRA generosity on record demanding full and open investigations into how the Gunwalker scandal came to be, who authorized it, what damage has been done, what dangers still exist, and who is behind the evident cover-up?  What reason do any of these beneficiaries of gun owner trust and benevolence have for not being vocal and tireless leaders in demanding something they owe us anyway—the truth? [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner commentary notes it's time to put an "or else" behind the words. There's really no valid reason not to, and if it doesn't happen, we may as well just fold up the Gunwalker tent and stop making noise about it.

Will you help increase the likelihood of action by sharing the link?

This Day in History: May 2

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Armed American Radio

AAR will air live from the Pittsburgh studios of WORD tonight. My in studio guests include editor and author Kathy Jackson, trainer and founder of Armed Citizens Legal Defense Network, Marty Hays, also Top Shot casting director Semi Aboud, Gun rights blogger David Codrea with an update on ATF and NRA spokesperson, Rachel Parsons, plus George, your calls, emails and more! [More]

Mark Walters and I will discuss recent Gunwalker developments. Go to http://armedamericanradio.org/ and you can find stations in your area or listen live via the internet. My segment starts in the 9:00 pm portion, but I recommend you tune in and enjoy the entire show, broadcast nationwide from 8-11 pm (EST).

The Scorpion King

David Codrea is an anti's dream come true. He makes all gun owners look stupid.  [More]

My pals at Calguns are at it again. You know, the place where self-defense against unprovoked lying attacks will get you banned.  Because--what does their moderator say?

We do not allow personal insults or attack posts.

OK then.

So What?

Gun ownership in the nation is at the lowest level ever recorded by the General Social Survey, according to an analysis issued Tuesday by the Violence Policy Center. [More]

Well, as long as it's coming from an unbiased, trustworthy source. Josh and Paul said it, I believe it, that settles it!

Even if true, which coming from this group of treasonous liars I have absolutely no reason to believe, so what?

All we really need is 3%.

Snuffy in Suspension

Looks like Snuffy challenged his boss's authoritah once too often. [Read]

Now if we can just get HAL to cut the power again...

An Excellent Opportunity...

True, but the discussion will have to be held across the street. [Read]

Center ring will be celebrating American values. The award scheduled there will be presented in the name of this guy.

Let George Do It

From GunLeaders.com, via email:

ATF has renewed their Rifle Registration scheme plans.
http://www.gunleaders.com/blog/2011/04/29/atf-again-seeking-comments-on-registering-certain-rifles/

In the previous period for comments mayors against illegal guns submitted roughly 10,000 comments in support. We barely generated 2000 ( Gunleaders.com FOIAd the responses, and while we didn't get a full counting, I am personally calling BS to the number of opposing comments listed in register -3752. I don't think we had that many ).

More importantly, we observed a very strange silence on the part of pro-gun groups.

That needs to change. Please do everything you can to get the word out to gun owners to oppose this scheme.

Only 2,000?

I don't understand what the hell the problem is.

But I find it increasingly difficult to give credence to the notion that gun owners who won't even lift a finger to send a simple correspondence--or throw a few bucks at someone they receive regular value from--or share a fricking link--ought to be taken seriously when they go on about making real "from my cold dead hands" sacrifices when TSHTF.

Better men than us pledged their lives, fortunes and sacred honor.  The Heirs of Liberty all too often make excuses for their inaction.

"Profiles in apathy."  It's a greater threat than anything the antis are throwing at us.

Superman a ‘prohibited person’

And there’s one other legal matter they probably haven’t considered, a prohibition against owning firearms established in United States Code. He’s forbidden to even touch a gun under two federal disabilities... [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner commentary notes that the Man of Steel may want to think twice about renouncing the "American way" part of his mission statement...