Friday, April 29, 2011

The Scorpion King

David Codrea is an anti's dream come true. He makes all gun owners look stupid.  [More]
My pals at Calguns are at it again. You know, the place where self-defense against unprovoked lying attacks will get you banned.  Because--what does their moderator say?
We do not allow personal insults or attack posts.

OK then.

So What?

Gun ownership in the nation is at the lowest level ever recorded by the General Social Survey, according to an analysis issued Tuesday by the Violence Policy Center. [More]
Well, as long as it's coming from an unbiased, trustworthy source. Josh and Paul said it, I believe it, that settles it!

Even if true, which coming from this group of treasonous liars I have absolutely no reason to believe, so what?

All we really need is 3%.

Snuffy in Suspension


Looks like Snuffy challenged his boss's authoritah once too often. [Read]

Now if we can just get HAL to cut the power again...

An Excellent Opportunity...

True, but the discussion will have to be held across the street. [Read]

Center ring will be celebrating American values. The award scheduled there will be presented in the name of this guy.

Let George Do It

From GunLeaders.com, via email:
ATF has renewed their Rifle Registration scheme plans.
http://www.gunleaders.com/blog/2011/04/29/atf-again-seeking-comments-on-registering-certain-rifles/

In the previous period for comments mayors against illegal guns submitted roughly 10,000 comments in support. We barely generated 2000 ( Gunleaders.com FOIAd the responses, and while we didn't get a full counting, I am personally calling BS to the number of opposing comments listed in register -3752. I don't think we had that many ).

More importantly, we observed a very strange silence on the part of pro-gun groups.

That needs to change. Please do everything you can to get the word out to gun owners to oppose this scheme.
Only 2,000?

I don't understand what the hell the problem is.

But I find it increasingly difficult to give credence to the notion that gun owners who won't even lift a finger to send a simple correspondence--or throw a few bucks at someone they receive regular value from--or share a fricking link--ought to be taken seriously when they go on about making real "from my cold dead hands" sacrifices when TSHTF.

Better men than us pledged their lives, fortunes and sacred honor.  The Heirs of Liberty all too often make excuses for their inaction.

"Profiles in apathy."  It's a greater threat than anything the antis are throwing at us.

Superman a ‘prohibited person’

And there’s one other legal matter they probably haven’t considered, a prohibition against owning firearms established in United States Code. He’s forbidden to even touch a gun under two federal disabilities... [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner commentary notes that the Man of Steel may want to think twice about renouncing the "American way" part of his mission statement...

This Day in History: April 29

Purrysburg was the first headquarters of the Continental Army within South Carolina under Gen. Benjamin Lincoln. On April 29, British Gen. Augustine Prevost of Savannah, Georgia crossed the Savannah River to begin his march towards Charleston in hopes of capturing it. On this date, a brief skirmish occurred between Lincoln's Continentals and Prevost's Loyalists near Purrysburg. [More]

Thursday, April 28, 2011

GRE Round Up for April 28

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

Safer Streets/Liberty News

Longenecker's latest...[Read]

No Fool Like an Old Fool

Can't wait to get me one of those full-autos available without background checks!

A retired criminology professor has put out his own press release announcing his anti-gun blog.  While there's nothing noteworthy about that, his hawking a self-published book caught my eye.

Go to the Amazon link and then click on the "Look Inside" option.  If you read the first few pages, it's obvious he has a "gunman" shooting up a thinly-disguised NRA headquarters, replete with Wayne LaPierre clone "William LaPlante."

Naturally, the gunman sprays "automatic gunfire" from an AK-47, and naturally, the intrepid hero is an "Authorized Journalist" who asks LaPlante:
Now that you've seen first hand the terrible damage from assault rifles, aren't you willing to back legislation to ban them?"
In other words, this author is either ignorant or a liar.  And he published a book that's based on a demonstrably false premise.

Then there's this whole business about shooting up NRA HQ while innocents soil themselves--and the author justifies it using a hospital massacre to blame NRA, or what it ostensibly represents--you know, you and me.

Pretty warped fantasy, but pretty revealing about what makes this guy tick. 

Say, do you think if I take his lead and write a similar fictitious piece about somebody violently raiding, say, Grady Campaign headquarters with a machete--to prove that if they'd had guns they could have repelled him--that it might get some folks upset? Not that I would.  That doesn't have near the dramatic potential of taking a steamroller to one of those anti-gun "Lie-Ins"...

Hey, he started it...

Grassley urges citizens to call reps about 'Project Gunwalker' on Gun Talk Radio

Grassley gives an update on his efforts as well as those of Rep. Darrell Issa of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.  Explaining that his Senate Judiciary Committee powers to issue subpoenas are stymied due to Democrat control of the committee, Grassley informed Gresham’s audience he is working closely with Chairman Issa, who does have the subpoena powers to require information from those stonewalling at ATF and the Department of Justice. [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner column notes a politician trying to do the right thing and asks if each of us are doing what we can and should to support his efforts.

You could start by sharing this link--and then contacting your senators and representative and demanding they get behind Grassley's and Issa's "Gunwalker" investigations.

This Day in History: April 28

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Say a Prayer for Mike and Family

UPDATE-4/28/9:20 am: Just spoke with Mike--he and family are OK, although power is out and there is no telling when it will be restored. He'll try to get to a library today to log on and post to his blog.

---

Looks like Tropical Storm Lanny is on its way to Sipsey Street.  I just got off the phone with Vanderboegh and they're getting ready to head down to the basement. He's telling me he heard they could get an EF5 with 200 mph winds, and the National Weather Service classifies the threat as "Severe-Dangerous Tornado Outbreak Ongoing." You can learn more here.

Here's the latest from The Weather Channel:


It's terrifying to go through these--I know--I've been in a building that was hit by one and had part of the roof torn off, and another one that missed a direct hit by less than a hundred feet.  Plus I've seen several others up close and personal. Probably about the worst feeling is being with your family and knowing that ultimately, the power to protect them is beyond you.  They're doing what they can and taking all prudent measures humanly possible.

If you're inclined to say a prayer, now might be a pretty good time. Not just for Mike, but for all good people in harm's way.

UPDATE (8:13 pm EST): Mike just called-- he says it passed them by, but area reports say the watch is in effect until 2:00 am.  As of right now, their power is out.

GRE Round Up for April 27

Here are the latest offerings from my fellow GREs:

Dave Workman/Seattle:

Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis:

Room for Discussion

Room 343, to be exact, at 8:30 am tomorrow.

Oregon Firearms Federation has the details.

Here are the bills being discussed.

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

Farmer menaced with death threats by gang of travellers dials 999... and police turn up to confiscate her shotguns [More]
Well, as I've been chastised by a subject who approves of that state of affairs:
Liberty is not wielding a weapon that could inflict harm on another. Liberty is freedom from a society in which such instruments of death abound.
[Via cycjec]

We're the Only Ones Punchy Enough

I agree with Mama Liberty, who sent me the link to this video and said:
The sad part is the cop worshiping comments below.
Nobody ordered to dig their own grave ever made the excuse "They're just doing their job."

We're the Only Ones Exposed Enough

During his interview with Union Township police, McDonough said he had pulled his zipper down "in an attempt to determine who would advise him that his zipper was down," according to a court affidavit. [More]
Hmmm...sounds plausible.

That reminds me of a story I heard about a guy who told the emergency room doctor his robe accidentally slipped open while he was doing housework using the canister vacuum suction tool and...

We're the Only Ones Judgmental Enough

She said other officers explained to her that they have families too and they want to make it home alive each night. [More]
Those of us already in our homes with our families and trying to live our lives in peace would like to stay that way, too.  And we'd appreciate it if you had the judgment to get the damn address right before initiating an armed raid.

[Via William T]

Another Country Heard From

Seems a Brit [?] is quite upset with me. [Read]

He left his comment on a WoG post from a year ago, but it has to do with yesterday's GRE column, so I copied and pasted his complaint there for the benefit of those who wish to add comments of their own.

National news magazines ignore ‘Project Gunwalker’ story, embrace statist fluff

Perhaps limiting searches to those three terms is short-sighted, and a more refined search would yield exculpatory findings but it should be noted that all three national “news” magazines also fail to produce anything relevant for the search terms “Grassley” and “Issa.”

Why is that, do you think? [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner column notes there's no shortage of reporting on stories promoting those who rule--but if you're looking for any exposés on bad stewardship, well, just keep turning the pages and have a piece of royal wedding cake.

This Day in History: April 27

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

GRE Round Up for April 26

Latest offerings from my fellow GREs:

Dave Workman/Seattle: 
Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis: 

ATF Seized Firearms

As published in the Wall Street Journal on April 14...

We've covered such seizures before here, and I post them when I find out about them to make public information actually...uh...public, as opposed to confined to a limited venue where most gun owners will probably never see it.

As I asked in an Examiner column some time back: Does ATF want seized property notices noticed?

I also included this supplement.

I've loaded a new batch of scans to Scribd--they were sent to me over the weekend by correspondent Dan W. There are four files--here are their links:
By saving the files to my own computer and viewing them there (not on Scribd) I'm able to use Adobe reader to rotate them to vertical and then enlarge. Sorry, it's the best solution my limited (!!!) tech abilities can come up with.  If you have a better way, make it so and we can all go visit your site.

It seems ATF really ought to post this type of info on their site.  If they do and I just don't know about it, please educate me, because if I don't have to do any extra work, I'm all for it.

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

A spokesman said: "The only legislation that applies to attacks on humans by animals is the Dangerous Dogs Act and that does not apply to pigs."

...Mr Jefferey said that pigs had been attacking people in the area for the past two years. [More]
So the "Only Ones" won't act and the subjects can't act.

Fitting when you realize who makes the rules.

[Via Steve T]

First Contact

Tips for armed close encounters. [Read]

[Via Kevin Starrett]

National Firearms Heritage Month/Teach A Friend To Shoot Week

Good idea. [Read]

Now if we can only get the Not Invented Here folks with the influence and reach to make this happen big time get behind it--and give proper credit when they do.

The Proof is in the Pudding

A politican makes a pledge.

How serious was he?

About as serious as he was when he swore that oath of office on his "personal Bible."

You know, this serious:
Gov. Bill Haslam and Senate Speaker Ron Ramsey are working against a bill to allow faculty and staff to carry guns on the campuses of Tennessee’s public universities.
The Stupid Party continues leading the way with politically-calculated betrayals.

Take Ramsey--please:
“I want to concentrate on what I think is meaningful and what will help Second Amendment, gun carry permit holders the most,” Ramsey said. “And I do think that guns on campus is a sideline that we don’t need to be getting to right now.”
That's the same Ron Ramsey endorsed by GOA. And rated A+ by NRA.

"Who else are gun owners gonna vote for?" the strategy goes.  They're counting on us being that desperate. Meaning we'll never have the political will to punish and give up a seat for the short term to teach a lesson for the long term.

Meaning without a credible "or else," there will never be sufficient incentive to keep these despicable  Three Card Monte hustlers honest.

Obama 2012!  These principle-devoid whores seem bound and determined to guarantee it.

Safer Streets/Liberty News

Longenecker begins a virtual book tour.

A what?

Click here and find out.

We're the Only Ones Dancin' to the Jailhouse Glock Enough

A handgun went off in the Assumption Parish jail Monday afternoon, and two Sheriff's employees are on unpaid leave while the shooting is investigated, authorities said. [More]
The biggest assumption being that these two rubes--and those like them--are the "Only Ones"  professional enough to carry guns...


[Via Matt S]

Here's an Idea...

Move back to Jersey. [Read]

[Via Scott J]

A New Low

From the Violence Policy Center, natch. [Read]

I'm sure those who bandy about statistics will be quick to put these numbers in their proper perspective.The rest of us, who believe unbendingly in the right to keep and bear arms, simply don't give a  damn what these impotent subversives say.

If this is the best effort their desperate attempts to have any sort of relevance in the debate can produce, I say let 'em expend even more resources putting together such nonsense.

F...ing idiots.

[Via rog]

Royal wedding preparations show elitist hypocrisy of ‘gun control’

Mr. Mitchell, of course, was prohibited from carrying a gun for his own defense Across the Pond in Sarah Brady Paradise, something his assassins laughed at as he begged for his life. [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner notes some animals are more equal than others--at least in the minds of those who would rule.

Share the link with other commoners? 

This Day in History: April 26

Monday, April 25, 2011

GRE Round Up for April 25

Have much to do today so here's the only abbreviated Round Up I'll have time for:

Dave Workman:
Kurt Hofmann:

Minute(man) of Angle

Alvie needs help with a picture and has a very specific requirement. [Read]

Partisan Politics

"All are registered Democrats..." [More] 

You know, the people the Stupid Party keeps trying to emulate so that they can be inclusive...

Here's How

I don’t know how you get reelected with numbers even close to this... [More]
Easy. The Stupid Party will put up yet another RINO and practically guarantee it.

[Via Skip]

Rallying Cry

An armed Restore the Constitution Rally takes back lost ground. [Read]

And there's a special message from a first-timer :
Stop using this as an excuse to not attend.
Indeed.

Angry Mob Shows Up at My House

This is the same group that descended on Vanderboegh a while back.  And then on Len Savage.

Very nice--I was feeling left out.

Thank you, anonymous mob-inciter. I appreciate the kind gesture of spending time and money you made to send me a gift, and will treasure and display this.

The only question: Do I take 'em out of the packaging?  I understand collectibles retain more value if not--but then again, they'll look cooler if I can position them.

Guerilla Jurors

Citizens in our (once) free republic founded under the English common law system, have both the power and the right to vote according to conscience when they sit on a jury and can vote not guilty even in the face of the law and in the face of the evidence. The defendant also has a right to expect that his jury will be fully informed of their rightful power to vote “not guilty” if they believe justice requires it, regardless of the evidence. Anything less is not a real jury trial. [More]

I've been ordered to appear for jury duty in July.  It'll be interesting to see how far I can go in explaining my position to the judge without getting a contempt citation.

Unfortunately, I have a public enough record on jury nullification that I can't just keep quiet about it if asked a direct question.

We're the Only Ones Not Ready for Our Close-Up, Mr. DeMille Enough

Officer Derek Colling Assaulted Video­grapher Mitchell Crooks Because He Didn't Want To Be Recorded [More]

Grab this video and save it before it disappears--it's already been taken down from the Las Vegas Review Journal website, which has a write-up on what happened.

Due to that paper's affiliation with the vultures at Righthaven, I'm not inclined to drive any (admittedly modest) traffic to their site.

[Via Jeffersonian]

Gun owners: What’s in YOUR wallet?

“Sorry, we were unable to approve the image you submitted. We will not approve any images that contain the following: “Violence, hatred, or cruelty to humans or animals, profanity obscenities or any type of death imagery.” [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner column recommends what we should not carry around in that dead animal skin pouch most of us keep in our pockets or purses.

Share the link with your credit-worthy gun/bow-owning friends?

This Day in History: April 25

Secret Negocitions, ought, to be sure, be avoided. And that they may not be too secret, there cannot be too many of those, who are trusted by the Congress Knowing of them, and in particular such as You, who have so just an Idea of the Nature of the Alliance, which demands a strict Observance of Faith between France and America, and by Consequence requires, I think, the Participation of France in every thing offered to America. [More]

Saturday, April 23, 2011

Past statements and actions show Donald Trump wrong choice for gun owners

[W]ithout a major (and most importantly, credible) turnaround,  there are only two words gun owners can presently say to this aspiring political apprentice:

“You’re fired.”  [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner commentary warns "Beware of Teajackers: Don’t let elitist demagoguery masked as populism trump Constitution."

Please make sure politically-involved gun owners are aware of this documentation of Donald Trump's 2A history by sharing the link.

Friday, April 22, 2011

Offending Colin

"It offends me that people who have never faced a gunman in the confined space of a classroom would think that it makes sense to allow loaded guns on campus, and even through rights of way," Goddard said, after the guns on campus buildings portion of the bill was stripped. "Gov. Brewer apparently understood the dangers of allowing guns to be transported through school and college zones, and I applaud her for rejecting this legislation that needlessly put lives at risk. Given the tragedy of Tucson, it's heartening to see elected officials stand up to the gun lobby and wake up to what needs to be done to protect the public from gun violence." [More]
Let us work harder to offend this...this thing.

GRE Round Up for April 22

Have much to do today so here's the only abbreviated Round Up I'll have time for:

Dave Workman:
Kurt Hofmann:
Liston Matthews:
Yih-Chau Chang:

    CUM ULLA SELLA IN PUGNO...

    ...McDonalds...[Watch]

    Lotta chairs there.

    I believe that making an assessment of what is at hand as a matter of habit is an essential component of situational awareness.

    [Via Dan Gifford]

    Trigger Sports LIVE!

    I've been off the lineup for the past couple weeks because of family health issues, but should be returning in the near future. In the mean time, here's James Towle's latest show summary:


    • NRA reports on legislation to prevent ownership of High-Capacity mags.
    • Goose hunters...don't miss one of the best hunts in the USA, 40-50 per day!
    • Patrick Kilpatrick picks up the banner of education to the stars and brings the 2nd amendment to Hollywood.
    • Two police officers murdered, Mark Walters explains
    • Plus, the history of the M-14.
    All this and more, at www.atsn.tv - Your  #1 Network for Trigger Sports!
    On your computer, 24/7, when YOU want to see it!
    Event DVD's available from the ATSN.tv store.

    Tracking Revisited

    Earlier in the month I speculated about the ATF, Project Gunrunner, and GPS tracking chips. My thoughts on the subject were spurred by comments made by Michael Bane in his Down Range Radio podcast. [More]
    This is the first I've heard of this speculation--no source I've communicated with has hinted at this. My initial reaction was to wonder if what we're really talking about is eTrace, but concede this may be a valid development to explore. I'd suggest finding out more about such chips, including specs, suppliers, etc., and seeing if any RFPs/competitive bidding/contract award docs can be discovered.