The Quake Czar

How come they never call them "führers"? [More]

So, Lucy: Do your best laid plans include people defending themselves and their neighborhoods from roving hordes while "civil authority" is either AWOL or triaged?

A Safety Feature

Who could be against doing this with guns...? [More]

Farenheit 451

Burn, baby, burn. [More]

Maybe the Problem is Just Multiple Personalities

So does this mean she's disqualified from owning a gun? [More]

This Day in History: March 17

From present appearances, I do not expect that the number will exceed 800 by the 10th of April, including Cavalry, Artillery & Infantry, after which time, I am of opinion few will be obtained by the ordinary mode of Recruiting... [More]

Tonight on Armed American Radio

Host Mark Walters welcomes:

• Georgia Carry President Jerry Henry in studio
• National Rifle Association spokesperson Catherine Mortensen who will discuss current 2A affairs across the nation
• Student of the Gun's Paul Markel
• Combat Focus Shooting's Rob Pincus
• George "Mad Ogre"Hill
• Yours truly. And yeah, you know I'll be talking this.

The program broadcasts from 8 to 11 p.m. Eastern. Click here to find a station near you or to listen via live streaming. You can also listen via TalkStreamLive courtesy of The Chairman of the Board Operators, Sean "Seanto" Young.

Warrant application shows Ares Armor referenced in wider investigation

The answer to that turns out to be affirmative, but tangentially, with no implications of criminal activity by Ares, and rather providing documentation that they were seeking to ensure their operations remained lawful. [More]

Today’s Gun Rights Examiner report notes if something looks like a scapegoat and walks like a scapegoat...

Gun Talk Radio

I'll be joining Tom Gresham briefly today at 3:30 p.m. Eastern to talk about Ares Armor developments.

His other guests include trainers Tiger McKee and Massad Ayoob, and Keith Morgan, president of the West Virginia Citizen's Defense League.

The show airs from 2 to 5 Eastern. Click here to find a station near you, or here to listen via live streaming.

3:42 P.m. Eastern UPDATE: Gene Hoffman of CalGuns will be on in the next hour to tell listeners who have purchased the EP Armory receivers from Ares what NOT to do if the feds come knocking.

UPDATE: BREAKING--ATF RAIDS ARES ARMOR NATIONAL CITY--INCLUDES VIDEO

Updated today's GRE.

ATF accuses Ares Armor of illegal gun sales in response to restraining order

District Judge Janis L. Sammartino of the United States District Court, Southern District of California issued an order Friday to prevent Oceanside's gun parts supplier Ares Armor from divesting itself of inventory and records subject to a temporary restraining order the court issued Tuesday. Also included in the order was notice that the TRO did “not restrain lawful criminal proceedings,” as well as a modification of the briefing schedule ordering “the parties [to] fully address all of the facts and circumstances as alleged by one another." [More]

Today’s Gun Rights Examiner report notes an administration presumption that they have authority to forbid supposedly free citizens from possessing a piece of plastic they don’t want to allow us to have. That’s the ridiculous and inevitable result of accepting any exceptions to “shall not be infringed.”

UPDATE: BREAKING--ATF RAIDS ARES ARMOR NATIONAL CITY--INCLUDES VIDEO (See above link)

Late Start, Continued Recovery, and Still an Abbreviated Blog

I did manage to get about six hours sleep last night, albeit with a two-hour intermission--the medicines are really kicking around my sleep patterns.

Anyway, between that and some personal stuff I need to attend to, I will again today present this site as an abbreviated blog post containing multiple links -- assuming I have time to get to them.  Again, please excuse no credit tips and email replies for the time being -- any limited time I have must be focused.  Matter of fact, if you would still hold on the tips and the comments, that would be helpful.

I don't know if I will have time for a GRE column today or not.  In the mean time, Workman and Hofmann have each weighed in on the Ares Armor vs. ATF story. We may see more developments on that today.

Here's what I have time to link you to at the moment.  If I can get back to things, the list will probably grow:

Three Links from Herschel:

• http://www.captainsjournal.com/2014/03/13/york-county-cop-shoots-seventy-year-old-man-for-picking-up-walking-stick/ 
• http://www.captainsjournal.com/2014/03/13/supreme-court-wont-block-ban-on-high-capacity-magazines/ 
• http://www.captainsjournal.com/2014/03/13/notes-from-hps-32/

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Question of the Day

Just why the hell is it in anybody's vested interest to sustain evil animals who do heinous things to helpless people?

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Freedom of Speech?

If he didn't threaten or endanger, what's the problem?  Or as the saying describing Prozi philosophy for eviscerating liberty in favor of their emotions: "Your rights end where my feelings  begin."

And if he did threaten or endanger, make him regret it. I can't imagine circumstances where I would tell a stranger I was carrying a gun. If his behavior truly merited his knowing, he'd find out soon enough.

And as for "Only Ones" being shocked, shocked that he "had his firearm 'cocked and loaded,'” a hearty What about it? seems in order.

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A Curious "Honor"

So do I (buy guns, that is).  So why should this collaboration inspire me to buy them from you?

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had his firearm “cocked and loaded.”

Court restrains ATF from seizing Ares Armor inventory and customer records

The order is the result of a motion filed Tuesday by Ares Armor for a temporary injunction, directly naming ATF Director B. Todd Jones as a defendant “in his Official Capacity as Head of The San Diego ATF Field Office,” citing that “Ares Armor is likely to succeed on the merits ... The ATF’s planned seizure violates the Fourth Amendment [and] The ATF mischaracterizes ‘EP 80 percent lower receivers’ as firearms as a pretense to seize customer information,” among the reasons. [More]

Today’s Gun Rights Examiner report notes ATF still reversing its own precedents, making things up to suit administration purposes, and our right to property and privacy be damned.

Still Recovering--Abbreviated Blog

The blog is going to take an abbreviated format today as I continue recovering from what turned out to be pneumonia, and which put me in the ER a couple nights ago after I came to on the floor following the mother of all 3 a.m. coughing fits.  I'm doing much better, and humble thanks to those of you who sent prayers and well-wishes my way.

I am going to try to do another GRE today, but in order to get that done, I need to minimize things here.  It's already after noon and I am just getting started due to an interrupted sleep schedule and the need to fight my natural inclination to gut things through.  As such, instead of multiple blog posts, I'm just going to add links and commentary to this post as I go through the day--so expect this post to grow as I add more items. And my apologies, but I'm going to need to forgo credits and reply emails today.

Again, please hold off on emails and comments until I signal things are back to normal.  Here's the list I'll be adding to:

We're the Only Ones Apologetic Enough

"The cops are having the threats…. they are scared," he told us.

Then the Second Amendment does work as a deterrent against jackbooted police state tyranny?

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Bossy the Cow

Sesame Street is in trouble now.

“I think the word ‘bossy’ is just a squasher,” “Glee” star Jane Lynch says in a campaign PSA, while Beyonce states: “I’m not bossy… I’m the boss.” Actress Jennifer Garner asserts that “being labeled something matters,” and famed fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg adds the kicker that we “should just ban the word 'bossy'.”

I guess it doesn't strike these privileged cows as ironic that they're being ... uh... bossy about this?  Leave it to the Prozis to not be satisfied burning books -- in their insatiable quest to control everything, including and especially the language and the framing of terms -- they demand to ban words.

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With Malice Aforethought

How the NSA Plans to Infect ‘Millions’ of Computers with Malware

Talk about chilling the First Amendment. How is this not an act of war, justifying a physical retaliation against their facilities if no peaceable means of redress are available?

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Indoctrinating the Inmates

Grand Island Student Refuses to Change NRA T-Shirt

Good for the kid.  He's certainly a better man than the "adults" running the school.  I know a recurring comment on stories like these is to take your kid out of public school.  For some families, overburdened by taxes where they are paying for public schools anyway, and a manipulated economy, that could mean the difference between getting by or living in poverty. Massive and deep changes must be made to "the system" itself before it's realistic or fair to expect that of them, which is why being an involved parent leading by example and taking responsibility for instilling and guiding values is still the first and best defense in preparing children to deal with the outside world and the insanity it often tries to impose.

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The Difference Between Demanding and Doing...

...explains the difference between Moms I'd Like to Honor and the stupid MILMs.

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A "Progressive" Oregonian Dilemma

Can you imagine how useless this p***y would be if his family were ever faced with a real threat? This is the type that needs to disarm you and me, for obvious reasons.

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Ain't Gonna Take My Gun

You Tube music video from Russell Jinkens and the Sinners...

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NRA to Score Murthy

I just received this email from WarOnGuns Correspondent JM:

I just watched Chris Cox on The Kelly File flatly state that they would be scoring the Surgeon General vote in the Senate. Mr Codrea, I want to thank you for being a decisive factor in this. Without the pressure and public shaming of the NRA, they certainly would have weaseled their way out of scoring this vote as they were clearly attempting to do.  Thank you! I apologize if this is bothering you because you have been sick, but I think you deserve credit for causing the NRA to do what it's membership wants for once!

I hope I played a small role in making that happen.  Mike Vanderboegh told me "I await the NRA official announcement but the trend is good."

I await it, too.

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"Jim Vernon," Liar

If anybody knows this creep, tell him there is no excuse for this and shun him. Tell the folks here, too.

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From the GREs:

• Workman: Idaho governor signs guns-on-campus bill, cites 'sworn responsibility' 
• Hofmann: Worst of CT cop's 'bang your door in and come for your gun' rant underreported

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About Yesterday's GRE:

Just fyi, I am not endorsing this effort--I tried to do a straight reporting job on this to allow people to learn more and to assess the pros and cons for themselves--I believe their hearts are in the right place and don't want to discourage grassroots activism, but I also tried to steer folks to understand some of my concerns and some of the flaws.

That said, commentator russn8r expertly defines those flaws.

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Dubious Mayors Against Legal Guns

Capital Research visits a wretched hive of scum and villainy -- no, not Mos Eisley.

Petition seeks to add constitutional protections for California gun owners

The petition is not absolutist, and does make concessions to existing edicts. Potential supporters will need to decide for themselves whether an approach conceding to existing realities is something they perceive as a practical vehicle to make incremental gains. If not, what preferred route toward the goal of “shall not be infringed” is likely to produce superior results? [More]

Today’s Gun Rights Examiner report looks at the pros and cons of a grassroots constitutional initiative effort to recognize RKBA in California.

GRE Updates

Until I am back in full, I'm just going to remind you that Dave Workman and Kurt Hofmann continue to produce outstanding columns, so just because I haven't been up to making individual posts, please take it on yourself to go to their home pages, linked above, to see their most recent offerings.

And share their individual column links, won't you?

EVOLVE with The Daily Caller

They've picked up my latest GUNS Magazine "Rights Watch" column. [More]

Rate Kate

RadioRatingZ has a survey up for listeners of Kate Krueger's Talking Guns.

I always look forward to my monthly chats with Kate--we cover a lot of ground but have a lot of fun doing it, and I think when people are having a good time and an enthusiastic conversation, that shows through and makes for good radio.

If you're a reader who also tunes in to her Sunday program, why not make giving her your rating today's One Minute Activism task (see, it won't even take five)?  Or do you feel there's too much pro-gun information  out there in the mass media?

Click and do, please.

And no, this post doesn't mean I'm back in full operational mode.

Sick Day

I'll live, but please hold off on comments and emails until I'm back in full.

UPDATE--DAY TWO  (March 12):

I'm going to try to get a GRE column out today, and have an announcement or two I may post here, depending on if I feel up to it. This gives me a whole new understanding and respect for what it must take out of Mike to be as prolific as he is considering his challenges and how mine pale to them.

Please continue to hold on inputs--I just won't be able to get to them.

‘Pro-gun Democrat’ once more places Obama administration over gun rights

In spite of that, one “A-rated” Democrat, Sen. John Tester of Montana, joined with confirmed anti-gunners Chuck Schumer, Dianne Feinstein, Dick Durbin and others. [More]

Today’s Gun Rights Examiner report notes a politician playing both ends against the middle – and evidently getting away with it.

Armed American Radio Redux

Grassroots from CA with Gene Hoffman of CalGuns.  Mike Vanderboegh returns to AAR and talks CT gun control and the dangers associated with enforcement of the new law, Alan Gottlieb of the Second Amendment Foundation, David Codrea, George Hill, Seanto and more!

• AAR 3-9-2014 Hour 3
• AAR 3-9-2014 Hour 2
• AAR 3-9-2014 Hour 1