Holder testimony belies early and continued citizen journalist reports

In order to buy into that, one must also believe that the head of the United States Department of Justice, with the virtually unlimited resources of the federal apparatus at his disposal, knew less than two relatively obscure, home-based bloggers in Alabama and Ohio, who had uncovered and amassed quite a bit of documentation, and obtained significantly wider recognition of those efforts by the time Holder claims, under oath, he got his first inkling. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner report notes contradictions can be identified if one knows where to look--and wants to. At this point, they've been dared to do something about it. If investigators don't press forward with consequences it will be because they don't want to.

A Durham Democrat

Sen. Floyd McKissick, a Durham Democrat, had a similar concern. “We keep going down a path and I don’t know where it ends,” he said. “We continue to allow guns in more and more places.” [More] 

In other words he's just another race cardshark who thinks photo IDs discriminate against black voters but evidently not against black gun owners? And he thinks his function is to "allow"?

Feel free to let this freedom-hating gasbag know your concerns.

"The Gun Went Off"

"He wasn't driving down the road in a passenger vehicle. He wasn't on a road at all. He was in their yard when the tractor rolled over on him and killed him," the lawyer said. [More]

All by its own self. "Acute ethanol intoxication" had nothing to do with it.


Which reminds me of a joke.

Bloody Good Ideas

The Swiss Army Survival Tampon — 10 Survival Uses [More] 

I don't think I'd better type what I'm thinking.

[Via Russ H]

What We MEANT to Say

Army officials acknowledged June 6 that TACOM’s message was poorly written and not intended as a directive on the use of PMAGs. [More]

SNAFU...

[Via W³]

Giveaways

WeaponBlog has the latest contests. [Read]

We're the Only Ones Pompous and Circumstantial Enough

Seventeen-year-old Tiarra Brown was focused on her future, but the excitement about graduation turned to fear when police came to her school and arrested her.

Prosecutors said they dropped the case after realizing she was not involved in a crime. It appears to be a horrific case of mistaken identity... [More]

I imagine an honor roll student could learn a valuable lesson from this educational opportunity.

[Via William T]

We're the Only Ones "It's Not Easy Being Green" Enough

A Utah police officer fired for dropping his pants and flaunting a green Speedo during a "Princess and the Frog" birthday skit at a school function wants his job back. [More]

Maybe if he'd said "Ribbit, ribbit" instead of "Rub it, rub it"...

[Via Bad Cyborg]

Things Going Swimmingly Down Under

Two Australian Olympic swimmers who posted pictures on Facebook of themselves brandishing weapons have been ordered to take them down by the country's swimming authorities. [More]

Peeing in the pool--it's what regressives do.

[Via Russ S]

Diamond in the Rough

From American Trigger Sports Network:

TONIGHT: DIAMOND CLASSIC SPORTING CLAYS TOURNAMENT on PURSUIT
Greater Houston Gun Club, Houston, Texas 
6:00pm Pacific 
7:00pm Mountain 
8:00pm Central 
9:00pm Eastern 
DirecTV Channel 608 PRST 
DISH Network Channel 240 HUNT 

Also, today is the last day to vote for ATSNTV's Telly Award candidates.  Please go here and here and give them a thumbs up.

If At First You Don't Succeed...

...sue. [Read]

Lot'ta leftist snouts in that trough...

Don't they realize what could happen if a southern bluefin tuna or a Spix's macaw swallowed one of these...?  And let's not even get into the environmental impact of producing these things, from tapping trees and exploiting indigenous labor in Brazil or Southeast Asia, to creating molds and manufacturing equipment, to production operations (say, have you seen some of the stuff that requires, like sulfur and ammonia and "PAN bad actor" chemicals like zinc oxide they use for vulcanizing agents?) all the way to clogging sewer systems after disposal...

Besides, if they're going to pass out promotional swag, I'd much rather have a Center for Biological Diversity gorilla hand ashtray for those cigars I get that are probably rolled from tobacco grown on slashed and burned rainforest land...

Gadgetwise, Pound Foolish

[More]

Who?  Oh, you mean the guy who was already on the phone with the dispatcher? 

I hope this guy is just being sarcastic.

[Via ParaLarry]

This Day in History: June 8

Union Square on Elizabeth Avenue is best known for being the site of the Continental Outpost of the battle of June 8, 1780. Five thousand British Regulars arrived in Port Elizabeth and marched down Elizabeth Avenue-known as one of the oldest streets in North America-to attack General Washington and the Continental Army. [More]

Authorized Journalist in Bed with Administration

Literally. [Read]

GOA Sues ATF

Yeah, baby! [Read]

510,000 people, 126,654 guns

Heavens!  Why isn't that ratio reversed? [Read]

I guess it's a more sensationalistic headline to help bring about those "tougher restrictions" Roland Browne is stamping his feet for than the more honest "Gun Registration an Utter Failure at Reducing Violent Crime."

'Stand your ground' needs to go

Yeah, well, f-you, Lloyd Constantine. You need to go. [More]

I see you were an adviser to Spitzer-Swallows. Did you tell him what socks to wear?

Mexican attorney prepares civil lawsuit on Fast and Furious

"I'm risking my life, my things, my family, everything, but it's something that someone has to do,” González Saldaña told Proceso, saying she is proceeding because “everyone is afraid” and “because nobody has had the pants to do so. I cannot believe no one has come up with this idea.” [More]

Today's second Gun Rights Examiner report introduces us to a lady whose courageous example should shame our so-called "leaders."

Holder to appear before House Judiciary Committee on Fast and Furious

Perceived stonewalling, not only by the Justice Department in responding to subpoenaed information by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, but also by the Republican leadership in aggressively pressing forward, has resulted in competing speculation on the willingness of investigators to proceed with a threatened contempt of Congress citation against the Attorney General. [More] 

Today's Gun Rights Examiner asks if this morning's hearing will result in fireworks or fizzle, and includes a link to the live hearing feed.

We're the Only Ones Domesticated Enough

Authorities say a western Massachusetts police officer responding to a domestic violence call has been fatally shot by a New York City correction officer who critically wounded his former girlfriend before killing himself. [More]

This kind of stuff could shake our confidence, not just in Bloombergian dungeon masters...I mean, "New York's boldest," but also in the efficacy of restraining orders in general!

[Via Kevin Starrett]