Gun Dealer Stings Back

Mayor Bloomberg has been hit with another lawsuit in connection with his campaign to crack down on illegal guns.

A South Carolina gun dealer became the second storeowner to sue after Mr. Bloomberg targeted it a few months ago in an undercover sting operation designed to stymie illegal gun sales.

The lawsuit, filed in South Carolina, seeks damages and claims that the city smeared the storeowner's reputation.

Looks like my latest Guns Magazine article, just now on the newsstands but written last June, wasn't that far off the mark...

Shameless Plug: "The Sting"

Bloomberg’s team may not have uncovered crimes at all, and may not have committed any themselves. This may be all about generating publicity for his lawsuits, and the sales could have all been conducted in a perfectly legal manner, despite media hype.

"The Sting" is my Rights Watch column for the October 2006 issue of GUNS Magazine, on sale now at newsstands that do their best to flood the streets of New York City with gun information.

Why not buy a copy for yourself, or make a straw purchase for someone else?

BONUS: See page 106 to find out how you can win a Benelli Supernova 12 gauge shotgun

5 More Days...

...until "The Interview".

Meanwhile, Matthew Bracken informs me John Ross has written a review of "Domestic Enemies" over at The High Road.

I can't give you a clip from that because I'm going to be writing my own review and don't want to see what Ross has written, lest it influences my own reporting.

We're the Only Ones Ignorant of the Law Enough

Charges that an Illinois State Police sergeant illegally possessed a machine gun were dismissed Wednesday by a federal judge, who ruled that the law was "unconstitutionally vague" as applied to him.

...U.S. District Judge David R. Herndon dropped the charges against Sgt. James V. Vest... Herndon's 26-page order says the confusion is over the federal law's exception for police officers, and whether Vest could reasonably be expected to know whether he was breaking the law.

Ignorance of the law is no excuse--unless you're an "Only One."

We're the Only Ones Exploring Enough

A suspended Alhambra police officer was charged Wednesday with 10 criminal counts for allegedly molesting 2 teenage boys, including one who was an Explorer with the Baldwin Park Police Department.

What a waste, being an "Only One" and then blowing it.

A Sophomoric Opinion

While allowing a licensed person to carry a gun on campus sounds like a good idea...I strongly disagree.

Sophomore Renee Maisel illustrates the dangers of allowing a shallow and ignorant little girl's opinions to have any bearing on the rights of free men and women.

This Day in History: August 31

Samuel Mason, a Patriot captain in command of Fort Henry on the Ohio frontier, survives a devastating Indian attack on this day in 1777.

Coming Tuesday, Sept.5

A WarOnGuns Exclusive

The Matthew Bracken Interview

Mark Your Calendars

Tell Your Friends

Prepare Your OWN Question

We will be discussing his new book, Domestic Enemies: The Reconquista.
Mr. Bracken will be checking posted comments that day and answering questions as time permits.

Lest Ye Be Judged Follow-Up

Comment poster Alex observed that pointing a gun in Georgia is classified as a misdemeanor. I had referenced Georgia law that indicated brandishing a gun could be treated as a felony.

Say Uncle speculated there could be prosecutorial leeway, which this article confirms.

Pointing or aiming a gun or pistol at another occurs when someone purposefully and with no legal reason points a gun at someone else, according to Georgia case law. Courts have held it doesn't matter if the gun is loaded.

One example of when the more serious felony charge of aggravated assault occurs is when someone uses a deadly weapon that could or does cause serious injury.

"When can you point a gun at someone and not threaten serious bodily harm?" said Russell Gabriel, director of the Criminal Defense Clinic at The University of Georgia. "I don't know. It's sort of a rhetorical question."

Gabriel said that in his opinion it is somewhat absurd to have both laws on the books, though the existence of both charges gives prosecutors some discretion in how to charge someone. "The law doesn't always make sense," he added.

Sydney Gun Crimes Double

In inner Sydney, robberies with a firearm increased by 111 per cent over the last two years...

Who could have guessed?

Texas Bull

Jones gets to use the weapons to create a longhorn sculpture for the city's Butler Longhorn Museum, which honors the bovine bloodline that originated in League City.

Yep, honor herd animals.

Honor chattel.

[Via KABA Newslinks]

This Day in History: August 30

"The American Revolution" category over at The History Channel website appears to be down again. But you can bet your tricorne something happened.

Second Amendment Carnival IV

Free Constitution presents links to commentary from sites promoting the right to keep and bear arms.

We're the Only Ones Upsetting Enough

Dear Abby: My husband is a great husband and father to our three children, ages 17, 10 and 4. The problem is, he leaves his loaded 9mm gun lying around our house. Last week, I found it on the kitchen table. Now here's the kicker: He's a police officer...

My kids have friends in and out of our home daily...

--Upset in Washington

Dear Upset,

There is absolutely no reason to worry.

Your husband is one of "The Only Ones," and is thus demonstrably immune to any of the mishaps that plague mere ordinary, non-professional citizens, who don't have the judgment or training to own dangerous guns.

Canada's Newest Gun Control Spokesman

In the wake of increasing violence involving his friends, a Calgary man is speaking out against the proliferation of gun use on city streets.

Jeremy Cesaire, 24, a Calgary hip hop artist whose acquaintances include known city drug dealers, said he sees more people arming themselves now than ever before...

Cesaire is facing his own weapons charges after a loaded handgun was found by police in a car he was riding in with his friend Shaun Dixon on Aug. 18.

Right, Jeremy.

It must be the guns.

It couldn't have anything to do with your lifestyle, your friends or your choices.

"Pro-Gun" LA Times Style

I like guns. I come from a gun family. I am a 2nd Amendment, pro-gun liberal--which makes me a very lonely creature when the subject comes up in casual conversation around the office.

Why do I smell a big "but" nearby?

Their big gun--and the most overtly political weapon in the film--—appears to be a Barrett .50-caliber M107 semiautomatic rifle, a 32-pound, 5-foot-long military sniper rifle that was banned in California starting last year, for the altogether sensible reason that it can bring down airliners.

Oh, that's why.

As I said, I'm pretty pro-gun, but I would never belong to the NRA because, well, those guys are lunatics. One of their more far-fetched paranoid fantasies (here comes the e-mail!) is that the United Nations is conspiring to take away America's guns.

And we know there's never been any credible evidence of that...

Congratulations, Dan Neil. Thanks to transparent sterile queen bees like you, people are getting wise to agenda-driven deception by the dinosaur media. And your--what spin do you guys use?--oh, yeah, "flagging revenues" reflect it.

Like a Good Neighbor

As I started walking up my long driveway to see what was happening, the five police officers were coming towards me, already on my property, approaching my house. From a distance they ordered me to put my hands out where they could see them, and as they got nearer, asked if I was carrying any weapons. I said no. Two of them were carrying AR-15's. They asked me if I had been firing guns. I told them that we had been shooting clays in the backyard. "What kind of guns were you shooting?" "Shotguns". At that point they ordered me to put my hands on my head and submit to a "pat-down". They saw my son, (17 years old) standing by the house, ordered him to walk down the driveway, and proceeded to search him in the same manner...

The Mundelein officer, explained to me that the complainant, a remote rear neighbor, had reported "gunshots fired", ( I would characterize it a case of yuppy-itis, irrational fear of guns).

Notwithstanding that the snitch neighbors could have gotten people killed, assuming they are ignorant of local customs as opposed to malevolant, I'd give 'em one chance to establish cordial relations by inviting them to a backyard shoot. If that didn't work, I'd have a lawyer put them and the police on notice that harassment against lawful activities will not be tolerated, and that restitution for injuries resulting from same will be vigorously pursued.

I'm sure some will have more colorful suggestions, particularly if the yuppies remain militantly unrepentant, but that would only be playing into the hands of those who wish to provoke an emotional outburst rather than a reasoned response...

[Via HZ]

This Day in History: August 29

On this day in 1779, at what is modern-day Elmira, New York, near the state’s southwestern border with Pennsylvania, Continental forces led by Major General John Sullivan and Brigadier General James Clinton defeat a combined force of Loyalists and Indians commanded by Captain Walter Butler and Chief Joseph Brant.

I didn't post over the weekend and forgot to include this on Monday, so here are the history links for:
August 26: "Washington Urges Hessians to Desert"
August 27: "Howe Brothers Defeat Washington in Battle of Brooklyn Heights"
August 28: "St. Elizabeth Born in New York City"

Anti-Gun Politicians

Unfortunately, the majority of California voters, legal or otherwise, continue to vote people in office whose primary focus is to undermine the Bill of Righs, our liberties and our freedom. The problem does not rest in California however, as many are leaving the state en masse and will be taking their anti-American ideas with them -- probably to your town. Additionally, U.S. Senators and Representatives who work at the national level undermine us all with federal anti-gun legislation, namely Dianne Feinstein, Barbara Boxer, and Nancy Pelosi.

Jennifer Freeman of Liberty Belles gives us her take on microstamping and other acts of subversion originating in "the Golden State".

2nd Amendment Carnival Tomorrow!

Stan just let me know he's going to post another 2A Carnival tomorrow. If you have a submission, get it in ASAP.

Because It's Worked So Well Everywhere Else It's Been Tried

City leaders like Aldermen Yusuf Shah have had enough and are coming up with a few proposals to curb youth violence. One idea is a gun buy-back program.

It's amazing what passes for a "leader" these days. But I'm sure there will be no shortage of lemmings to follow.

Gun Facts Version 4.1

The updated version of Guy Smith's valuable Second Amendment resource book is now online.

The Gun Went Off

[Use BugMeNot to bypass site registration]

According to law-enforcement officials and other gun experts, you could throw a gun with its safety on from a helicopter and it will not go off.

“I can tell you that we have never had a safety fail,” Atlantic County Sheriff's Officer Phil Tucker said. “If your finger is on the trigger and you pull the trigger the gun will go off. It doesn't just go off on its own.”

Now understand: he just got done explaining the mechanics in detail to "authorized journalist" Madeline Vitaly. He even dispels the common myth about Glocks being prone to accidental discharges. He explains it in terms a child can understand:

"[U]nless you pull the trigger, a Glock won't just go bang.”

So what does our intrepid reporter write in the very next paragraph?

...Detective Adam Brownlee's gun went off and his girlfriend Denise Foley, 22, was shot in the leg.

Do Gun Owners Really Want to Stop Constant Assaults on 2nd Amendment?

This increasingly draconian government is running amok because the feminized men of this country protect it with their fear, laziness or territorial imperatives for fund raising or membership drives.

Devvy Kidd is dead on when she indicts "gun owners who only want someone else to fight for their Second Amendment rights..."

A Walk in the Park

...[Derrick] Redd had been arguing with people in the park before he went to his car, grabbed a gun and fired it into the air. He then headed toward 58-year-old James Woody of Pine Bluff, who was unloading his boat.

Holland said Woody saw Redd approaching, reached into his truck, grabbed a gun and positioned himself behind his truck for protection. Redd chased Woody around the truck and threatened to kill him. But the detective said Woody turned and shot Redd in the head and killed him.

Lurch here ought to tell Mr. Woody why guns in parks are a bad idea...

Lest Ye Be Judged

Judge Haywood Turner is charged with pointing a pistol. Police say it appears to be a case of road rage...Investigators say the driver of the car said an older, white male driving a Mercedes attempted wouldn't let them merge, and then pointed a pistol at them...Police did a tag trace, and found the Mercedes registered to Judge Turner...Investigators say he turned himself in on Friday, and was charged with two misdemeanor counts of pointing a pistol.

Misdemeanors?

In Georgia, "simple assault," which is a misdemeanor, includes when you:

"Commit an act that places another in apprehension of receiving violent injury."

Aggravated assault, which is a felony:

"occurs when you assault someone...2) With a deadly weapon..."

So is Judge Turner being judged the way you or I would be judged?

Judge for yourself.

UPDATE: Reason Engaged appropriately pegs this one as belonging in the "Only Ones" category.

A Fellow Republican

Paul Helmke, the new president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, applauded the California State Senate for "embracing this innovative technology," and he said he hopes Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger "will listen to a fellow Republican and sign this bill once it passes."

If Arnold signs this, the California GOP will still be counting on gun owners voting for him out of fear of Phil Angelides.

[More on microstamping]

A Hard Act to Follow

ESSEX, Vt. -- Hours after breaking up with his girlfriend, a man shot four people Thursday, including the girlfriend's mother and her co-worker at an elementary school, then shot himself in the head, police said.

Vermont? Can't everybody carry concealed there without a permit?

Not exactly.

From Act 113:

...The school board shall regulate or prohibit firearms or other dangerous or deadly weapons on school premises...

No person shall knowingly possess a firearm or a dangerous or deadly weapon while within a school building or on a school bus. A person who violates this section shall, for the first offense, be imprisoned not more than one year or fined not more than $1,000.00, or both, and for a second or subsequent offense shall be imprisoned not more than three years or fined not more than $5,000.00, or both...

This section shall not apply to:

(1) A law enforcement officer while engaged in law enforcement duties.

(2) Possession and use of firearms or dangerous or deadly weapons if the board of school directors, or the superintendent or principal if delegated authority to do so by the board, authorizes possession or use for specific occasions or for instructional or other specific purposes.

I'd guess maniac shooter Christopher Williams didn't have board permission. Any bets no one else did, either?

And guess who wouldn't have it any other way?

Some of us disagree, but alas, our voices don't carry as far.

Can't Explain

JT McAdams takes exception to Mayor Coleen Seng's description of her "primary responsibilities.":

Dear Mayor,

I was wondering if the following sounds like something you recited some time ago:

"I solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Nebraska, and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of the office of Mayor in and for Lincoln, Nebraska, according to law and to the best of my ability."

Please explain where “safety and well being of” the citizens is indicated as your primary responsibility. Please explain why the above oath has been shoved somewhere down the line of your responsibilities. Please explain, Mayor, why you wish to be “Mother” to all the good citizens of Lincoln instead of what people elected you to be. Please explain why you think you know what’s best for everyone despite what the Constitution says. Please explain why your police chief’s opinion is relevant to upholding the Constitution of the UNITED STATES as well as your own state. Please explain to your electorate why they elected you in the first place, because I think some of them are wondering. Please explain. Please.

You have a lot of explaining to do.

Squirrely Democrats

Alphecca defines the problem.

Blognomicon just may have found the solution.

Do it for the children.

I love it when a plan comes together!

This Day in History: August 25

Influential political philosopher David Hume dies in Edinburgh, Scotland, on this day in 1776.

Although Hume died when the American Revolution was barely underway, his essay “Idea of a Perfect Commonwealth” greatly affected the ideas of the drafters of the federal Constitution in 1787.

I stopped posting these a while back because The History Channel website hadn't completed entries for the summer months. It looks like they're back on track, so I'm pleased to once more offer links.

Killing the Messenger

Football game broadcasts are filled with beer and car advertisements. Not to mention, the parking lots next to the stadium filled with drunk tailgaters driving home after the game.

Perhaps we should ban all advertising for any product that could be used in a reckless or illegal manner to injure, maim, or kill.

mAss Backwards shows us antis don't just want to ban guns--they want to ban the thought of guns.

Oh, and the chief whiner is John Rosenthal, you know, the foundation president for the American Hunters and Shooters Association. That's the group that provides a "middle ground" for gun owners--or so foolish "outdoors writers" like Bill Schneider tell their readers...

[Via Gun Law News, via Bitch Girls]

Menino Proves It's Good to be King

Boston Mayor Tom Menino gets a firsthand look at the gun violence plaguing his city's streets.

Menino was on a walking tour in Dorchester Monday night when a man went running by the mayor with a loaded gun in his hand.

Nineteen-year-old Adelino Monteiro was taken into custody after a brief foot chase by Boston police.

Wow, instant subject-funded police protection! Sweet!

And if your Praetorian Guard hadn't been there, Tom?

Why, then you'd have been in the same boat as your tax cows.

The Wrong Hands

The Kent County Sheriff's Department is announcing a gun buy-back program to keep weapons out of the wrong hands...

"It's basically designed for those guns that are unregistered or unlicensed. If it's a gun that was involved in a shooting or crime, then the amnesty is not going to cover that area," Hess said.

So, then, it's not going to "keep weapons out of the wrong hands," is it?

I love the way these people contradict themselves, and the "authorized journalists" are either too dumb or complicit to make that connection.

The Correct Question is "Do I Feel Lucky?"

The number of gun-related crimes in Toronto this summer is down considerably from a year ago. Do you feel safer?

Well, do ya punk?

A Wrong Assumption

A former Utica Common Council member yesterday said he meant to scare a colleague when he put his hand on a gun on his desk...

[Roger] Palek said William Schrader wrongly assumed he was in danger.

You're lucky he didn't wrongly assume you into the morgue, Rog.

We're the Only Ones Domestic Enough

Two studies have found that at least 40% of police officer families experience domestic violence, in contrast to 10% of families in the general population. A third study of older and more experienced officers found a rate of 24%, indicating that domestic violence is 2-4 times more common among police families than American families in general...

[M]ost departments across the country typically handle cases of police family violence informally, often without an official report, investigation, or even check of the victim's safety

Well, ye-ah! If they were treated the way the rest of us would be, including a federally-mandated lifetime prohibition on gun ownership, well, they wouldn't be "The Only Ones", would they?

[Via E. David Quammen]

"My Primary Responsibility"

Lincoln, NE Mayor Coleen Seng responds to a letter from JT McAdams:

August 18, 2006

JT McAdams

Dear Mr. McAdams:

Thank you for your comments on my proposed ordinance on concealed weapons. As you may already know, the City Council voted to remove the proposal from their agenda.

As Mayor, my primary responsibility is the safety and well-being of our citizens. I depend upon our Police Department and it's officers as the experts in dealing with crime and safety issues. Police Chief Casady and at least 85% of the officers believe that the concealed carry law is a bad idea for Lincoln. They are concerned about encountering more guns in their work, guns being taken away or stolen from permit holders, and the increased risk of mishaps such as accidental shootings.

The State’s concealed carry law has several loopholes that pose serious problems for Lincoln, particularly those concerned about domestic violence. The crimes of impersonating a police officer, stalking, and violating a protection order do not disqualify a person from receiving a concealed weapon permit.

The research on the impacts of concealed weapon laws on crime rates is mixed. Most of the conclusions reached depend upon the point of view of the researcher. However, one study validated what our police officers are saying. In the first five and one-half years of the concealed weapons law in Texas, concealed weapon permit holders were arrested over 5,300 times, or nearly three times a day. While some arrests were for very serious, pre-meditated crimes, others were the result of good people having guns at their worst moments. Simply encouraging more weapons does not necessarily produce a safe community.

Thanks again for your comments.

Sincerely,

Coleen J. Seng
Mayor of Lincoln

Escaping the Village: The Great Unifier

[This is the first in a planned series of follow-up observations to "Questions and Answers"]

On the surface, the claim that the gun issue is a unifier seems demonstrably absurd. After all, any "reputable" poll on gun ownership will show most Americans support some form of "gun control," with some demographics overwhelmingly backing increased restrictions and outright bans, and even "pro-gun" voters demanding enforcement of "existing gun laws."

Then you have the infighting between "gun rights activists"--with the self-styled "pragmatists" far outnumbering those they deride as "absolutists," at least if being effective at organizing is any indicator.

The unifier is we "gun rights activists" agree that peaceable individuals ought to have the choice to own guns, and acknowledge that they can play a key role in maintaining freedom. True, there are varying degrees of tolerance for infringements within our ranks, such as those endorsing CCW permitting schemes, but that still leaves us in agreement on the core issue of gun ownership being an individual right.

So you can be an anarcho-capitalist, a libertarian, a Christian conservative, and find common ground on guns.

We need to focus on that unifying commonality and how best to exploit it.

I don't think we'll find that focus through politics. Aside from way too many races being a "lesser of two evils" proposition, this is where our divisiveness really hurts our effectiveness. This candidate may be right on guns, but he's wrong on the border issue, or abortion, or drugs, and besides, voting's a (pick one) [right/duty/joke/exercise in majority tyranny] anyway. I will, however, look at how we can have a greater effect on the political process in a later post (Hint: it involves hijacking a race and extorting the candidate).

I believe we need to focus efforts on expanding the "market demand" for the right to own a gun, that is, on education and outreach. And our biggest obstacle to doing this is ourselves, as demonstrated by...

Next time: "Profiles in Apathy"

What California Republicans Think of Gun Owners

California Republicans believe a handsome, blue-state Republican such as Mitt Romney would turn the presidential map upside down in 2008, appealing to the voters on both coasts who normally back Democrats in national elections.

Here you go, gun owners, a nice big order of GOP ordure to swallow.

And you'll like it, or we'll pull (Boogedy-Boogedy!) Hillary on you!

The Way Things Ought to Be

The first day of the event, I'll admit, I'd do double-takes when seeing someone walk through the vendor mall with a shotgun on their shoulder. By the second day, I didn't even notice.

Seeing all the guns in the open might make city folks a little uneasy - sometimes with good reason. However, any fears politicians had about this facility were misplaced. I can't think of a place in Southern Illinois I'd feel safer.

Les Winkeler still has some growing to do, but he's coming along...

[Thanks to HZ]

Principles for Hire

His growing kitchen cabinet spans an array of issues and backgrounds, and includes James Jay Baker, a former lobbyist for the National Rifle Association...

The rehabilitation of John McCain--or at least his image--with gun owners has begun.

I guess Baker thinks being a Republican is more important than defending the First and Second Amendments.

Gutzmer on Hot Issues

Hernando Zavala asked me to share the following exchange with Peter Gutzmer, Democratic Candidate for Illinois Senate 27th district:

I have been asked to help support your candidacy. I believe that every elected office in state government can act as a stepping stone to a higher elected office at the federal level. Since we are wholly responsible for the people we place in office and bear the consequences of their actions while in office, I strongly believe a critical analysis of a candidate's stance on the issues is in order.

If you would have my help and support, I ask for your stance on the following two issues. I know time is critical when running for office so I will not expect anything more than brief replies. I looked for these two topics on your website but they were not addressed.

• What is your stance on abortion? (i.e. At what point do you believe life begins?)
• What is your stance on gun control? (i.e. Are there any restrictions which you would repeal? Any restrictions which you would support? Assault weapons?)

I know these are "hot button" issues but your responses (or your silence) on these two issues will tell me everything I need to know about you. Please take your time in answering.

Candidate Gutzmer's reply:

Thank you for contacting me, I find it truly encouraging to see people engaged in the political process because your right, voters are essentially responsibly for those whom they elect.

My position on Abortion is as follows: I am not for abortions, any woman or couple who must go through that moral tragedy is a shame. As to when life begins, I believe that is a question for each of us to address personally via our faith and belief structure. Because of this I want to do two things. The first is abortion should always be legal, its illegality pushes a dangerous medical procedure into the shadows and I believe that could be catastrophic to the reproductive health of all women. The second involves an effort to always reduce the number abortions performed each year. I believe that through comprehensive sex education and the interest of engaged parents, we can arm our children with the knowledge of the responsibilities and consequences that come along with having sex. This is an issue that touches people in the most deep of personal places, but that must not stop us from confronting these issues from a rational perspective, one that will allow us to progress rather than regress.

My position on gun control is as follows: I am a gun owner, I own a handgun, a rifle, and a shotgun. As a sportsman I am more than willing to jump through any hoops conceivable when purchasing or using my firearms to ensure these weapons do not fall into the wrong hands. I do believe that every law-abiding citizen has the right to own a firearm. I was also glad that you asked about assault weapons. I find no earthly reason why an average citizen would have a need for weapons specifically designed for military use, I do support an assault weapons ban. Furthermore I do think there is more we can do to track and monitor the sale of firearms in Illinois, and all that can be done to keep our children safe from domestic accidents should be done.

Again I thank you for your engagement. The one promise I can make to all the people of the 27th district is that I am here to listen and will always work for them. My only interest is their interest and what is best for the state of Illinois.

An Act of Faith

RADLEY BALKO SAYS let's start a blogstorm with this 13-minute YouTube video from Law Enforcement Against Prohibition.

I won't have time to watch this until when I get home this evening, but if Claire Wolfe says it's worth promoting, that's good enough for me.

A Snitch Line I Could Support

In an effort to crack down on violent crime in New Orleans, the federal government announced it is "reestablishing" a gun hotline, which allows citizens to report the illegal use and possession of firearms around the clock...

"I encourage the citizens of New Orleans to take back their neighborhoods by calling (504) 581-GUNS," Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said at a press conference on Monday.

I agree. Start by fingering NOPD, and reporting their possession of firearms illegally confiscated from citizens during Hurricane Katrina.

Hezbollah Gun Control

Ri-ight.

We're the Only Ones Who Don't Compute Enough

An LAPD narcotics officer will be investigated for the "negligent" firing of a handgun that discharged while being cleaned, putting a bullet into an office computer, it was announced Monday.

Hey, if the "handgun...discharged" and "the incident occurred," why are they investigating the poor "Only One"?

Oh, you mean that's "authorized journalist" code for he fired the gun?

When a President Betrays His Country

Recent papers released from the Clinton Presidential Library reveal a well-orchestrated and clearly defined roadmap to impose severe restrictions on firearm owners, manufacturers, and dealers. Perhaps the most sinister is the deliberate attempt to financially cripple firearm manufacturers and dealers via class action lawsuits.

Jennifer Freeman weighs in on the Clinton plot to disarm Americans.

Now might be a good time to ask: If the next democrat presidential candidate is Hillary Clinton, will you hold your nose and vote for John McCain or Rudolph Giuiliani?

As I've said before, I'm just trying to determine the "pragmatists'" tolerance threshold for tyranny, and where their line in the sand is.

Madden 2007 to End Philly Gun Violence!

"Look at all the kids involved in gun violence lately. I'd be willing to bet some hard money that most of them play this game. Maybe the hook is to get them participating in tournaments and then get them into something else positive while we have their attention."

The writer hits the mark with this next line:

Later, Lane is going to end teen pregnancy by doing a really neat trick in Super Mario Bros.

Domestic Enemies: The Reconquista

Matthew Bracken informs me his latest novel has been printed and is now available for purchase.

I haven't read it yet, but I thoroughly enjoyed his first book.

Spend some time over at Matt's website. The guy writes a helluva tale.

We've recently explored some issues here at WarOnGuns regarding what we need to do to reclaim the Second Amendment. Don't discount the power of fiction for introducing ideas into the popular culture.

If we can help create a market demand for such ideas, there will be no shortage of entrepreneurs rushing in to promote and fulfill it.