The Cutting Edge

Knife Rights shares February legislative developments in Washington, South Carolina, Alaska and Kansas. [Read]

The enemy within

The thing is, most of us depend on specialization. If a pipe breaks, we call the plumber. If the car makes a funny noise, we get a mechanic to check it out. That’s understandable; life and technology are complicated. We may not have the knowledge, or we may not have the tools. Besides, there are people who can do that for us, whatever “that” is, and if the price is right, it’s in our interest to let them.

The trap is, we’ve done that with self-government, too. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner commentary notes there may be time enough for love, but other essentials are being ignored.

There's a Term for This

In contrast, a family in New Mexico has now been languishing in jail for almost six months. They have been denied bail, and all of their assets have been seized. [More]

It's called an "economic Waco."

Jeff Knox follows up on his first report.

I'm in communication with some folks on this, including a close relative, and hope to have something more to say soon.

The Seven Dwarfs

Funny--they all look like they're grumpy to me...[Read]

A Religious Intervention

Moreover, arms cannot simply be compared with other goods exchanged in global or domestic markets. The quest for a world more respectful of the dignity of human person and the value of human life must be the founding principle of the ATT.

Viewed from this perspective, the international community requires a strong, effective and credible legal instrument that is capable of regulating and improving transparency in the trade of conventional arms and munitions, including the trading and licensing of technologies for their production. [More]

So, pally, are Benedict's more-trustworthy-than-the-rest-of-us Swiss Guards gonna keep their SG 550s?

I don't suppose it's occurred to you that an armed citizenry might have been able to help you guys avoid a certain amount of "controversy"? And I don't suppose it occurs to you that those wielding a "monopoly of force" are also the ones who would require you to pay for abortions in Catholic health care plans?

The Magic Number

Is there some magic number of cops or congresswomen who have to get shot in the head before something happens in Washington? [More]

Let's all pray we never have to find out.

I May Not Agree with What You Have to Say...

...so I'll do my utmost to silence you. [Read]

The War on Freedom continues.

We're the Only Ones on ICE Enough

A confrontation between law enforcement agents erupted in gunfire Thursday evening at the federal building in Long Beach, leaving one dead and one seriously injured, authorities said. [More]

Obviously because only the "Only Ones" can be trusted with guns--not just at federal buildings, but in Southern California in general...

Back when I was young and immortal, I lived a few blocks from there (before the Anderson building was constructed--matter of fact, I can see my old complex in the interactive map)--the first property I ever owned, and the...uh...only one I could afford due to insane SoCal real estate prices, a condo in an area trying to be "gentrified."  It was anything but safe.  Funny--our resident drug dealer was a guy known on the street as "Ice"--he got into our place on a VA loan, set about immediately never making a payment, and knew every trick in the book to keep delaying eviction.

The stories I could tell...

Due to "may issue"I could not get a permit to save my life.  Due to principle, I did what I thought best, lest I be the one to end up on ice.

[Via several of you]

This Day in History: February 17

A serjeant, corporal and ten men from General Hand's brigade to be sent this day to Commissary Gambles to assist in securing the stores from the weather and to continue 'till that business is done. [More]

Fire in the Hole

Glory be! [More]

Simply unbelievable.

Boehner Speaks

He doesn't really say all that much, but it's more than we've ever gotten out of him before...[Watch]

At least he doesn't blame it on the mess boys...

UPDATE:  When  you see what the question was, he really comes across like a spineless, equivocating  weasel.

Will Obama strip gunwalking prohibition and add anti-gun provisions to budget?

If The Washington Times has budget information that is different from what is posted for public scrutiny on the White House website, or can point to additional provisions in the multiple and complex documents that challenge a non-accountant layperson to understand things, it would be helpful to those of us following their lead to be told the specific sections or documents they are deriving their conclusions from. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner report crunches some numbers and comes up short in its audit.

Boehner Scrutiny

You can't be too careful these days, which is why we have examinations and get second opinions. [Read]

We're the Only Ones Sharing the Wealth Enough

FORMER NYPD OFFICER AND NEW JERSEY CORRECTIONS OFFICER PLEAD GUILTY IN MANHATTAN FEDERAL COURT TO CONSPIRING TO DISTRIBUTE FIREARMS AND STOLEN GOODS [More]

If only Carolyn McCarthy and Furious Mike had more control over you and me...

[Painting: Domenico Fetti - The Parable of the Mote and the Beam]

Takes One to Know One

Maxine Waters: Boehner and Cantor ‘Demons’ [More]

So much for toning down the rhetoric. Not that we should expect anything else from Acolytes of Darkness who would rule nothing less than our very souls.

Right After We Ban the Shoulder Thing that Goes Up*

Rep. McCarthy on Shootings of NYPD Detective & Officer: Congress Should Pass Fix Gun Checks Act [More]

If the object is to prevent NYPD police shootings, I'll see your two and raise you another two.

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This Day in History: February 16

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What would you do with $40? Obama asks for pictures

Well, OK then. The picture’s right there accompanying this article. $40 would let me get a couple more magazines, or several boxes of 7.62x39 FMJ ammo. And while the gun is unarguably one the administration doesn’t want me to have, it is, regretfully, not one that their “Justice Department” had walked down to Mexico—I say “regretfully,” because in my hands it would not be used to victimize innocents. Still, I did try my best to be a "gun felon" and make sure it was “illegal”—for several years. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column points to an opportunity to let our president hear our voices, see our faces, and get to know us all a lot better.

You don't think you're not already on the list, do you?

We're the Only Ones Standoffish Enough

SWAT situation on near north side ends with officer's surrender [More]

Evidently, comment poster "Animal Lover" doesn't grok the irony...

[Via Larry P]

I Hate Those Meeses to Pieces!*

And we're not talking Pixie and Dixie. [Read]

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