Monday, June 27, 2011

This Day in History: June 27

There is a man on York Island living on or near the North River, of the name of George Higday who I am told hath given signal proofs of his attachment to us, & at the same time stands well with the enemy. -- If upon inquiry this is found to be the case (and much caution should be used in investigating the matter, as well as on his own account as on that of Higday) he will be a fit instrument to convey intelligence to me while I am on the west side of the North River, as he is enterprising and connected with people in Bergen County who will assist in forming a chain to me, in any manner they shall agree on. [More]

Today, on The War on Guns: Notes from the Resistance Radio

  • Attack of the Underpants Gnomes!
  • Headlines
  • Kwame, How I Love Ya, How I love Ya, My Dear Old Kwame!
  • SAF sues NYC
  • Aloha, Only Ones!
  • Howard Hughes' Gun
  • Oathkeepers: Stewart Rhodes Interview
  • Bedside Gun Rack
  • Best Gunwalker Cartoon: Chris Muir Interview

Join us at 7:00 am Pacific/10:00 am Eastern on NBC 1260 AM/96.1 FM, Scottsdale, or click "Listen Live."

Archives are here.  It looks like they're going to post by the week and replace the show at each day's link the evening of the broadcast date.

Sunday, June 26, 2011

‘Day by Day’ does best Gunwalker cartoon yet!

Chris Muir, who produces the popular webcomic Day by Day, features a "Project Gunwalker" storyline in today's strip—hands-down the most on-target and brilliant skewering I’ve seen to date... [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner commentary says forget the news and read the Sunday funnies. You'll learn more about what's really happening that way.

Saturday, June 25, 2011

A Journalist's Guide to 'Project Gunwalker'-Part Four

Examiner.com article character limits preclude adding more updates to the Journalist's Guide to Project Gunwalker. This is a continuation of updates from this column and Sipsey Street Irregulars beginning June 20, 2011. It includes contributions from regional Gun Rights Examiners. [Read]
Scroll down the left sidebar on this blog for click-through graphics that link to all the guides.

Friday, June 24, 2011

Meanwhile, Across the Pond in Sarah Brady Paradise...

Castle Doctrine, UK-style...[Read]

This just says it all: 
“I don’t want to be drawn into a detailed debate about the law. That is not my job”.

Cefalu on Fox Tonight

From CleanUpATF:
Who: ATF Special Agent Vince Cefalu
What: Appearing on Fox's National Cable Television Program America's Nightly Scoreboard
When: TODAY! 6:05 eastern / 3:05 pacific
Where: Nationwide on your television.
Why: Because ATF retaliated against Cefalu for blowing the whistle in the face of  Congressional warnings and DOJ representatives stating that this never happens
How: Because ATF management does not care what anyone says, tells them to do or the law states
Background information: Breaking: ATF heeds Issa's 'no retaliation' warning by...retaliating

Don't Think of It as "Tone Deaf"

Think of it as "Morality Challenged." [Read]

Mr. Lennon
?  Matter of fact, why not open this link in a separate tab and have it playing in the background while you read the above post?

Resistance Radio: Join the Resistance!

Speaking of guns and racism, my special guest today will be Rev. Kenn Blanchard, the “Black Man with a Gun.” Tune in to The War on Guns: Notes from the Resistance, this morning at 7:00 Pacific/10:00 Eastern and all points around and in between on NBC 1260/96.1, Scottsdale, or just go to NBC1260.com and click "Listen Live."

And for weekend listeners, check out tomorrow’s schedule for encores. Plus, they are now posting program MP3s to download every night by 6:00 pm Pacific/10:00 pm Eastern. Click on the WarOnGuns logo at the above link.

Top Chi-Town cop invokes Orwellian definition of racism to disarm citizenry

“I want you to connect one more dot on that chain of African-American history in this country, and tell me if I’m crazy,” McCarthy continued, “Federal gun laws that facilitate the flow of illegal firearms into our urban centers, across this country, that are killing black and brown children.” [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner commentary connects those dots and concludes yeah, he is. Either that or...

This Day in History: June 24

Thursday, June 23, 2011

GRE Round Up for June 23

Yih-Chau Chang/Oakland:
Dave Workman/Seattle:
Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis:

Breaking: ATF heeds Issa's 'no retaliation' warning by...retaliating

This appears to be in direct contradiction of assurances Darrell Issa received from ATF which he reminded Deputy Director William Hoover of in his June 21 letter. This, along with the stonewalling Issa's Committee has received demonstrates that the Administration's Justice Department is determined to continue to defy, resist and obstruct the Congress in performing its lawful oversight responsibilities. [More]
Of course you realize this means war.

Resistance Radio: Join the Resistance!

On today’s The War on Guns: Notes from the Resistance radio show:
  • Issa to ATF: Don’t retaliate against whistleblowers!
  • Gun violence in Bloomberg Paradise
  • “The Daily Show” does Gunwalker
  • Illinois holds out on concealed carry
  • Oppose the Cover-up Protection Act
  • The Only Ones meet Authorized Journalists!
  • Puppies not guns? Don’t ASK
  • Al Capone’s gun
  • Inteview with John Longenecker, on a virtual book tour
  • VA BB guns and my boyhood in Iran
  • Bond, James Bond:  Shaken, not stirred by guns
Join us tomorrow on NBC 1260, at 7:00 AM Pacific/10:00 AM Eastern when my special guest will be “Black Man with a Gun” Rev. Kenn Blanchard. You can Listen Live or access archived shows at your convenience, and also listen to encore presentations on Saturday.

Join the Resistance! Tell a friend?

‘A Tale of Two Pharmacies’ shows danger of giving attackers what they want

I wonder if corporate risk management departments ever factor in a liability for the results of policies prohibiting armed defense? [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at two different outcomes...no wait, make that three...

Also: Watch Trigger Sports Recorded, view Gunwalker Cartoons and Join the Resistance!

This Day in History: June 23

John Adams added some clarification in his Diary on June 23, 1779 when he revealed that the Virginia Declaration of Rights "made by Mr. Mason" had been published in Philadelphia before he, Franklin and Jefferson prepared the Declaration of Independence, and that Pennsylvania copied it "almost verbatim." [More]

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Issa to ATF's Hoover: There will be no retaliation against whistleblowers

"The Committee relies on whistleblowers to conduct unvarnished and thorough oversight," Issa explained. "During a meeting on May 5, 2011, you assured my staff that ATF leadership would see to it that witnesses would not suffer for choosing to have communications with our staff. "[More]
This afternoon's Gun Rights Examiner report looks at a letter no one should have to send.  That Issa felt compelled to should tell us all we need to know.

The Safer Streets Newsletter and Commentary

Guess who's coming to  Resistance Radio tomorrow? [Read]

Resistance Radio for June 22

My special guest today will be Dr. John Lott, economist, scholar and author of “More Guns, Less Crime.” Also find out how to “friend” the Taliban, find out why Democrats are not at all pleased with Obama, and watch some piranhas devour each other while Mike Vanderboegh pushes a lapdog into the feeding frenzy.

Join me this morning at 7:00 AM Pacific/10:00 AM Eastern and all points around and in between on “The War on Guns: Notes from the Resistance” NBC1260 Scottsdale, or from your computer at NBC1260.com, where you can also click on the WoG graphic to download previous shows (updated each day at 6:00 PM Pacific).

Also note: I’ve posted the Saturday “encore” schedule here.

UPDATE: Those of you who noticed Mike V. did not appear as announced, no worries--he was stuck in a traffic jam in a lousy cell reception area.  I had to ad-lib and hope my substitute baton-twirling act worked. It was either that or the dancing poodles.

‘Paper of record’ should recognize hypocrisy better than most

It’s not liberal bias? And the mighty “Authorized Journalists” at The New York Times can find nothing new to report, but a couple of mere “bloggers” can come up with fresh finds on an almost-daily basis? But they somehow have the resources to jump on the gun control bandwagon—even though it’s not a scoop and every regressive rag and network out there is parroting the talking points from the Brady Campaign and the new Feinstein/Schumer/Whitehouse report?

Another damn lie. This is my shocked face. Talk about hypocrisy locked and loaded. [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner commentary notes there are lies, damned lies, and The New York Times.

Help correct the [paper of] record by sharing the link?

This Day in History: June 22

The act of the General Assembly passed on June 22, 1779, which established the Virginia Land Office, also provided for the awarding of bounty lands for specified Revolutionary War military service. The purpose of the bounty land system was to encourage longer military service. In order to qualify for bounty land, a soldier or sailor had to serve at least three (3) years continuously in the State or Continental Line or State Navy. Militia service did not count. The process of obtaining bounty lands was lengthy, and, in many cases, land speculators acquired the right to the land from the veteran or his heirs. [More]