Citizen's Self-Arrest Form

You know you're guilty of something...

[Thanks to John Schaefer]

"If You Really Cared About the People That Elected You..."

I was copied on an email related to yesterday's "Be Careful What You Wish For" post, and got permission to share it with WarOnGuns visitors.

Dear Mayor Seng,

The arrogance of elitist politicians never ceases to amaze me. Thankfully, those who wish to truly educate themselves and are transparently committed to serving and protecting the public understand that simple relationship between criminals and the law. Specifically that the first don't care about the latter.

I won't waste my fingers trying to convince you that your local ban actually makes the good citizens of Lincoln LESS safe. If you really cared about the people that elected you, a little research on your part would open those eyes right up. But then you might actually have to admit that you had no idea what you were talking about and that would be quite unpleasant. Wouldn't it?

Anyway, I'm sure you'll be instructing all local law enforcement officers to lend their support and encouragement to all those good citizens who wish to obey the law and begin carrying their weapons openly for all to see. That should certainly put all those battered women's minds at ease. The irony for you is - That's exactly what it SHOULD do.

J.T. McAdams
Louisville, KY

"Knife Amnesty"

They're serious.

Good Lord.

We're the Only Ones Backing You Up Enough

Charleston Police Capt. Tim Tucker's gun should have been in his holster instead of his desk drawer when his partner Sgt. Eric Johnson was shot earlier this month in a Kanawha City motel parking lot, city officials said Thursday...

[Johnson] called his own ambulance, called backup, gave Metro 911 a vehicle description and voiced concern multiple times that he could not find Tucker...

Tucker had Johnson's handheld radio, but it was tuned to the wrong frequency when he tried to use it after the shooting and he dropped it...

I don't know that keeping the gun in his drawer wasn't the safest place for it.

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What's the Big Deal?

What's the big deal about Mayor Frank Melton wearing a handgun? The way things are going in Jackson, it's not a bad idea to be armed.

Here's the "big deal," George.

Jersey City Creates New Law to Enforce

"New Jersey has some of the strictest gun laws in the country," Caso said. "The illegal guns on the street are coming from outside New Jersey. What we need is better enforcement of the law, not penalizing law abiding citizens."

Sorry, Frank. Are you going to use that same argument against their next attack? And the next?

You just lost any sympathy I might have had for you.

This Day in History: June 30

On this day in 1775, the Continental Congress drafts its rationale for taking up arms against Great Britain in the Articles of War.

Be Careful What You Wish For

A Lincoln resident made his point at a City Council meeting that it's perfectly legal to carry a gun.

Tim Tyrrell Sr. made the point by visibly sporting his own holstered and loaded .40-caliber semiautomatic Glock at Monday's council meeting.

Excellent, Mr. Tyrell. That was a brave and admirable thing you did, and you deserve our gratitude. You shouldn't have had to go it alone.

I hope Mayor Coleen Seng wet herself.

City Searches for Answers

Fed up with increasing violence in involving children in Memphis, the city council held an emergency meeting on Wednesday to discuss possible solutions.

Maybe what they ought to search for first is the proper question.

Let's see...what could possibly be "necessary to the security of a free State"...?

We're the Only Ones Homophonous Enough

Two brothers were sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison for stealing Sheriff Michael Hunt's gun during a rash of car break-ins in October 2004...

"Until your own family is affected by crime, you don't realize how hard it is to deal with it," said Hunt...

I'm sorry, but Mike Hunt feels violated?

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How Do You Spell "Success"?

When a widow in her 70s heard about the provincewide gun amnesty running this month, she was reminded of an unusual weapon her husband had stashed in the attic.

And now that's one less armed little old lady on the streets.

We can all breathe easy now.

But They'll Never Take Our Freedom?

There has been a fourfold increase in the number of people murdered with guns in Scotland. The number of homicides as a result of knives is also at its highest level on record.

The figures make grim reading for the Executive especially as there has been a raft of legislation to tackle gun and knife crime.

Hmmm.

Forgive Me If I'm Not Impressed

The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to overturn a recently enacted law requiring safety trigger locks on all hand guns sold in the United States.

Well, yeah.

It's an election year, and posturing is expected.

It's not like the Senate will carry it, or that, if passed, anything of substance would change.

This Day in History: June 29

On this day in 1776, Edward Rutledge, one of South Carolina’s representatives to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia, expresses his reluctance to declare independence from Britain in a letter to the like-minded John Jay of New York.

Do Your Job and Protect Me

An armed robbery in broad daylight with a store full of customers. It sounds like a scene from a movie but it happened in one local community.

And now residents are wondering if there are enough law enforcement officers in their rural community to keep them safe...

"They're going to have to get busy and do something about it," Justice said.

And who, Ms. Justice, will protect you from your protectors?

[Thanks to Jason M]

UN: We Don't Want to Ban Guns. Honest

"I would want to repeat, because there are people around who either have not heard this, or do not want to hear," United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Monday. "We are not negotiating a global ban, nor do we wish to deny law-abiding citizens their right to bear arms in accordance with their national laws."

So if the laws say "no guns," then no guns it is.

Here's the thing, though: Most of our "pro gun" leaders are making great media hay out of the UN conference and riling up gun owners. There is a lot of opportunistic hype going on from "our" side, designed to put the troops in a donating frame of mind.

The fact is, the UN is powerless to take our guns away, and will remain that way unless our elected and appointed representatives betray us. If you want to ensure the UN remains powerless, don't lose focus of domestic representatives.

We won't get the US out of the UN until politicians start losing their cushy gigs over it.

More thoughts...

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The Outrage Is He's Right

A DARWIN magistrate has caused outrage by suggesting Wadeye residents should be "arm(ed) with machine guns" and allowed to "finish what they started 2000 years ago".

Stated another way:

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

Treason on the Agenda

Guns will be on the minds, and on the agenda, at tonight's Jersey City City Council meeting, scheduled to start at 6 in City Hall, 280 Grove St.

An ordinance to limit handgun buyers' purchases to one per 30-day period and a second measure banning the sale of so-called "Saturday Night specials" are to be considered on second reading.

God forbid the council should concern themselves with fixing potholes and the like...

Meanwhile, these mini-tyrants have the gall to sponsor a "4th of July Freedomfest," and, of course, their constituents will love 'em for it.

This Day in History: June 28

On this day in 1836, James Madison, drafter of the Constitution, recorder of the Constitutional Convention, author of the “Federalist Papers” and fourth president of the United States, dies on his tobacco plantation in Virginia.

MySpace vs OurRights

The hottest new hit on MySpace.com isn’t a wacko with a manifesto, but a teetotaler Gemini who’s into firearms reduction.

So just how would propagandist Laurel J. Sweet define "a wacko with a manifesto" then?

Kalashnikov Backs Weapons Control

Of course he does.

He's a communist.

[Thanks to HZ]

We're the Only Ones in Training

A trainee from the Montana Law Enforcement Academy was picked up by a Lewis and Clark County Sheriff’s deputy early Tuesday on charges including drinking and driving, and possession of marijuana.

And when we become real Only Ones, we want to bust you for doing the same thing...

Thanks for this story to Charles Baker, who notes:

One of the things about the MLEA, trainees are almost always already working for a police or sheriff's department. The department pays to send them to the academy after they have shown they are a good fit for the job. While there are "pre-service" students at the academy, they are the exception rather than the rule. As such, although the paper doesn't mention it, this guy is probably already working for some law enforcement agency.

That wouldn't surprise me one bit, Mr. Baker.

This Day in History: June 27

On this day in 1775, the Continental Congress resolves that Major General Philip John Schuyler should travel to Forts Ticonderoga and Crown Point in order to examine the troops, their supplies and their ability to navigate Lake Champlain and Lake George, as well as “obtain the best intelligence he can of the disposition of the Canadians and Indians of Canada.”

We're the Only Ones Possessive Enough

A traffic officer was arrested after two people were shot and wounded in Volksrust in a dispute over a girlfriend, Mpumalanga police said on Monday...

[T]he gun used in the incident was the officer's service pistol.

Thank goodness they were only wounded. It's a good thing for them they weren't armed and trying to defend themselves, because The Mail & Guardian tells us:

Minister of Safety and Security Charles Nqakula said in an interview with the South African Broadcasting Corporation that anyone who points a gun at a police officer will be killed.

That's 'cause they're The Only Ones, and they're as possessive of power as they are of their partners--whether that attention is wanted or not.

We're the Only Ones Spinning Enough

A Palm Beach County sheriff's deputy serving as a disc jockey at a neighbor's birthday party was arrested Saturday night after he allegedly pulled a gun on a fellow deputy responding to a complaint about loud music...

Howell laughed at the deputies and said, "Who the (expletive) are you? Don't yell at me, I'm a deputy, I don't have to do (expletive)"...

That claim just may rival "I'm the Only One" as a succinct example of institutional arrogance.

Buy a Gun and Help Cincinnati's Finances

You can walk into your local sporting-goods store and buy a 50-round box of 9mm ammunition for about $6, or 12 cents a bullet.

The cost of that bullet increases exponentially on the streets of Greater Cincinnati if it rips through the gut or the spleen or the spine of a victim of a gun crime.

Time to encourage the good people to keep and bear arms then--think how much violence they could deter and how much money they could save the city...

This Day in History: June 26

On this day in 1784, Delaware Patriot Caesar Rodney dies.

2nd Amendment Carnival

Free Constitution is hosting "the second edition of the 2nd Amendment Blog Carnival!"

Unprincipled Statist...Uh...Principled Statesman Endorsed By Brady Campaign

Senator Michael DeWine of Ohio today became the first Senate candidate of the 2006 election season to get the endorsement of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, the nation's leading gun violence prevention organization.

Bradys win either way on this: If outraged gun owners ignore GOP Kool-Aid dispenser Hugh Hewitt and withhold support from DeWine, an equally bad potentially balance-tipping democrat will win a senate seat. If not, they've still got a GOA and NRA "F-rated" traitor in office.

AHSA Subversives: Forget Our Past and Trust Us

Robert Ricker wants people to take a close look at him and not be afraid.

Don't worry, Bob. We're not afraid. The overwhelming emotion is disgust.

They ask that you overlook their past associations and listen to their message.

Right. Forget all their past and current actions aimed at subverting the right to keep and bear arms and just trust them.

Care to back that turnip truck up so we can climb back on and fall off properly?

"For Mary's Sake"? Oh, For Pete's Sake!

For 12 years, I fought lawlessness as DCI Jane Tennison in the television series Prime Suspect. The crimes I solved on television were sometimes horrific, but I have since discovered that they can pale in comparison with the real-life horrors faced by millions of ordinary people when guns are easily available and fall into the wrong hands.

Newsflash, you clueless moonbat: You never "fought lawlessness." You never "solved" any "crimes."

That was all play acting.

Why someone who can't tell the difference between that and reality should have a voice in serious matters is beyond me.

We're the Only Ones Pointed Enough

A Warren police sergeant is facing charges that he pointed a gun on a colleague.

Let me prove the lie to the adage "There are no stupid questions":

If one of us pointed a gun at one of The Only Ones, what are the chances we'd now be "on paid administrative leave"?

We're the Only Ones Untrained Enough

The New South Wales Opposition is calling on the Government to extend a deadline for police gun training to prevent hundreds of detectives being removed from frontline duties.

On the bright side, that ought to ensure a steady supply of fresh Only Ones posts...

Josh Sugarmann Wets Self and Cries Over Non-Issue

So in case you wanted to know what the top model of gun traced to crime in America is... Or how many assault weapons are traced to crimes... Or what Southern state supplies the highest volume of crime guns used in urban areas... Or what types of guns kids are carrying... Forget about it.

Hey Josh, there's no law prohibiting sharing data on criminals.

You just want to be able to selectively sue and incrementally ban under the fraudulent "weapons of choice" subterfuge.

This Day in History: June 25

On this day in 1745, future Patriot physician and U.S. Treasurer Thomas Tudor Tucker is born to a prominent family in Port Royal, Bermuda.

We're the Only Ones Subversive Enough

The Subversive has a pretty good summary of those blogs maintaining their own "Only Ones" features, and has started one of his own.

Be nice to see this grow even more.

We're the Only Ones Criminally Incompetent Enough

Witnesses say a sheriff's deputy in Washington State is distraught after she shot a man in a tree.

The deputy apparently meant to fire a Taser but grabbed the wrong weapon.

The Taser, manufactured by Taser International of Scottsdale, is similar in shape to the compact .40-caliber gun the deputy carried.

Good Lord, how stupid and irresponsible can someone be?

I noticed many news outlets were carrying this story and they all had one glaring common deficiency, explained by our good friends at the WaPo:

The deputy, a five-year veteran of the force whose name was not released...

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This Day in History: June 24

On this day in 1803, Matthew Thornton, one of New Hampshire’s delegates to the second Continental Congress and an ex post facto signer of the Declaration of Independence, dies at age 89 while visiting his daughter in Newburyport, Massachusetts.

The Assumption

Armed police have stormed a family's home after spotting a teenage son playing with a toy gun in his bedroom.

Officers had staked out the home of solicitor John Trimbos before smashing down the door of his Victorian mansion flat in Belsize Park, north London.

The police were tipped off by someone staying in a nearby hotel...

Mr Trimbos, his wife, Lucy, and their two sons, Olly and seven-year-old Felix, had just finished their family dinner when the firearms officers burst through their front door.

He and and his eldest son were handcuffed and taken outside for an hour while police searched their flat - finding only the plastic pellet-firing toy replica.

The assumption is the people are the enemy.

And I'm sure the enuretic snitch feels indignantly justified.

We're the Only Ones Craven Enough

Three Chicago Police officers ran away when a fellow officer was struggling for his life with an armed man in a Dominick's store on the South Side, officials said Wednesday.

But the tyrant Daley expects his subjects to be defenseless (hell, his CAGE unit enforces that) under the lie that such as these will protect them.

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[Thanks to Bounty Hunter]
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We're the On...Gimme the Damn Keys!

A Boston police officer sent a .40-caliber round speeding through the hip of a fellow officer early yesterday morning in West Roxbury as the two argued over whether he was sober enough to drive...

Maybe Mayor Menino can figure out where he got the gun, and join forces with Mike Bloomberg to sue the supplier...

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[Thanks to 1894C]

We're the Only Ones Frozen Enough

A Toronto police officer did not draw his weapon when he saw Jeffrey Reodica swing at him with a knife because he "froze up" just moments before the teen was fatally shot by his partner, a coroner's inquest heard yesterday.

So how will The Only Ones save us if they're too paralyzed by headlights to even save themselves?

Before the Cock Crows

Assembly hopeful Joel Tyner has accused incumbent Assemblyman Joel Miller of telling an "outrageous falsehood" when he denied receiving money from the National Rifle Association.

I'm still waiting for a politician with the stones to publicly and angrily scourge an opponent for daring to infringe on the right to keep and bear arms--and to educate their constituency on what that right means. Instead, most of these weasels take the money but then try to hush it up and hide it from the general populace.

Yeah, we see a few who go to banquets and pose with shotguns and orange vests, and equate the Second Amendment with "our hunting heritage" and the like, but I want to see someone eager and unafraid--in front of the cameras--to growl back "Go visit Dachau and then come back and tell us about 'gun control."*

And then launch into a powerful, educational and passionate advocacy of why an armed, informed and involved citizenry is the ultimate guarantor of freedom.

I have this fantasy of a president doing a televised "fireside chat" on individual rights, and turning it into a weekly address. Good Lord, can I still be that naive?

* I heard this line from former Citizens of America colleague Jim Houck.

Dave's Not Here

A minor affectation on my part:

Dave's not here.

I am "David."

If you're my wife or one of my sisters, you can call me "Davy."

This Day in History: June 23

On this day in 1776, off the coast of Charleston, South Carolina, British Commodore Sir Peter Parker notifies General Henry Clinton that he will land on the South Carolina mainland the next day on the flood tide, if the wind blows from the south.

Bob Confer Responds

You've opened my mind and given me understanding of assualt rifles. You've clarified the issue for me greatly and eliminated the grey area I had with this issue.

So does this mean you're going to publicly correct the record with your readership after telling them such firearms are "justifiably maligned"?

Bill Schneider Responds

Yesterday, I posted about an outdoors writer allowing himself to be courted by the American Hunters and Shooters Association. He replied to the numerous comments on the New West website:

Guns sure are a touchy subject, and I suppose I should follow up this article...Yes, we can't hunt without guns, but likewise, we can't hunt without game...

It sounds like he still puts "sport" on one side of the scales and "rights" on the other, as if they somehow have comparable weight. Besides, it's a false alternative to claim you can't have both. Freedom produces more...

Thanks to You, It's Working

The money comes from a Joyce Foundation grant, and grants from such local agencies as United Way and the Community Foundation of Northern Illinois.

So I guess until United Way comes up with a policy prohibiting its local chapters from engaging in subversion, the safest course is to find a more worthy charity to support. Otherwise, you just might find your contributions working to erode your freedoms.

What Do You Expect From a Commie Thug?

The former South African president has told how he buried the weapon on the farm where he was hiding at the time.

He and other ANC leaders were later arrested on the farm, and were jailed for their work against apartheid. Mr Mandela was freed in 1990.

So when they came for his gun, he defied them and kept it hidden.

But now that he's on the ruling side, he's all for disarming everyone else, even lending his likeness and signature to gun turn-in certificates.

Saving Hunters From Bill Schneider

AHSA seems to want the middle ground, to be pro-gun and pro-conservation.

It's no secret I have my differences with current NRA management, but I'd be more interested in saving hunters from surface-deep writers like Bill Schneider. I posted the following and encourage you to add your thoughts:

Good grief, Bill, I can't believe anyone could write anything this ignorant unintentionally. Ten minutes worth of research would have told you all you needed to know about AHSA--assuming you don't know perfectly well what they're about.

And as for being a "new group," where have you been? Pro-Bill of Rights activists have been warning gun owners about them for almost a year now.

AHSA's president, John Rosenthal, founded "Stop Handgun Violence," and is as big a gungrabber as you will find. Their Board of Directors include honchos from Crime Guns Solutions, ex-BATF careerists who worked to give ammo to the gun maker lawsuits. CGS exec Gerald Nunziato had this to say:

"“If it wasn'’t for criminals, there wouldn'’t be a gun industry in this country. The only people [NRA and other gun-rights groups are] protecting are criminals."

AHSA has ties with a democrat consulting group, DCS, whose clients included Nancy Pelosi and John Conyers.

[Robert] Ricker may as well change his name to Judas--here's what he said about the gun lawsuits [when he] worked for "the gun lobby":

"We'’ll be able to show that what these lawyers are actually after is money."

Now that he's betrayed the people who put his name on the map, he's become an "expert witness" FOR the gun lawsuits.

So was he lying then for money or is he lying now for money--and either way, how can anyone believe a thing he says?

As for the machine guns and hunters LIE, c'mon, Bill, if you don't know the "assault weapon" ban covered semiautos, you really have no business making public commentary on the matter until you do some learning. The confusion between the two types of firearms is intentional deception proposed by Josh Sugarmann of the Violence Policy Center, who stated:

"The semi-automatic weapons' menacing looks, coupled with the public's confusion over fully automatic machine guns versus semi-automatic assault weapons - anything that looks like a machine gun is assumed to be a machine gun - can only increase that chance of public support for restrictions on these weapons."

Besides which, maybe you can show us where the Second Amendment, that is, the right of the People to be the final guarantor of their own liberty, concerns itself with mere sporting purpose (which, by the way, was one of the rationales employed in Nazi "gun control" laws)?

David Codrea
The War on Guns
http://waronguns.blogspot.com