GRE Round Up, Dec. 31

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

David Codrea/National

• Ohio gun ruling must be followed up with police training

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• Closing out the year on a happy note

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
• LA Anti-Establishment
• Michigan Firearms

Happy New Year, everyone.

New Year's resolution: Become a 'Militia of One'

Still, these difficulties do not have to mean that the only option is to throw up one's hands and abdicate responsibility for one's own and one's family's security and liberty, counting on the government's protection. An aspiring "Militia of One" who wishes to "well-regulate" himself can, in numerous ways, improve his ability survive a crisis. Just a few ideas . . . [More]

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GRE Round Up, Dec. 30

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:


David Codrea/National

• Media disinformation on guns continues in Texas open carry hit piece

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• Does Ohio Supreme Court ruling send signal about Seattle parks gun ban case?

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
• LA Anti-Establishment
• Michigan Firearms

Enemies of gun rights can't hide their hostility to Constitution

Or perhaps it's not so remarkable. After all, when the Bill of Rights states that the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed, those who want to do the infringing have little choice but to ignore or disparage the Constitution (or just edit it to one's advantage). [More]

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GRE Round Up, Dec. 29

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

Richard Nascak/Ft. Myers:

• Anti-gun Florida Chamber of Commerce at it again!

David Codrea/National

• Propaganda ‘journalism’ blames U.S. gun laws for Mexican violence


• Aaron Zelman, rest in peace

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• Biggest gun rights story of 2010 based in Bellevue, ignored by local press

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
• LA Anti-Establishment
• Michigan Firearms

CSGV renews push for 'microstamping'

Now one would think that if microstamping were as effective a crime fighting tool as some would lead us to believe, proponents would be thrilled to have their assertions borne out by the National Academy of Sciences. As it turns out, though, the bill was introduced by Congressman Dan Boren (NRA Board of Directors member), and all eight of the co-sponsors are at worst neutral on gun rights, with most being supportive, and some quite highly regarded by the not easily impressed Gun Owners of America. Why aren't Brady Campaign endorsees in droves supporting it? [More]

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GRE Round Up, Dec. 28

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

David Codrea/National:

• Just what does someone have to do for ABC to consider him ‘anti-gun’?

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• Do the math: Washington, with liberal gun laws, relatively safe

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
• LA Anti-Establishment
• Michigan Firearms

Mayors bill taxpayers for security; would forbid them to defend themselves

I won't begrudge the mayors their protective details, or even the public being billed for that security. What is intolerable and unconscionable is that the mayors work to deny their benefactors the right to the means to provide their own security. [More]

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GRE Round Up, Dec. 27

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

David Codrea/National:

• Have a Merry Christmas!


• Will Baucus-Tester opposition to ATF rule be used to forgive bad votes?


• WikiLeaks cables: Mexican military have ‘little faith’ in police

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• Renton road rage shooting: How stupid is that?

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
• LA Anti-Establishment
• Michigan Firearms

Attorney General Holder fans flames of 'homegrown terrorism' suspicion

Then again, the Holder Justice Department claims the authority to kill American citizens, preemptively, without a trial, so I suppose it makes a certain kind of sense that Holder would want the power to disarm them first. Stirring fears of "homegrown terrorists" helps to lay the groundwork for Americans' acquiescence to these usurpations, so Holder's public alarmism makes a certain (twisted) kind of sense, as well. [More]

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GRE Round Up, Dec. 24

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

Mike Stollenwerk/DC:

• When Santa brings guns for kids

Liston Matthews/Knoxville:

• Murder at Knoxville credit union

David Codrea/National:

• El Paso Times on ‘automatic weapons’ purchases: Ignorance or deception?


• Senate ducks Traver ATF vote

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• Local criminal cases not exactly typical of the ‘Christmas Spirit’


• ‘Twas the night before Christmas…

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
• LA Anti-Establishment
• Michigan Firearms

Merry Christmas, everyone.

Ask your congressman to join Rep. Rehberg effort to block BATFE power grab

Congressman Rehberg's press release does not indicate who the 33 co-signers are, so the only safe assumption each of us can make is that our congressman did not sign it, and it's up to us to urge them to send another letter, along the lines of, "What they said--us too!" [More]

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GRE Round Up, Dec. 22

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

David Codrea/National:

• Second Amendment attorney: ATF’s proposed long gun ‘emergency’ regs illegal

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• Fish & Wildlife merger with Parks and this morning’s ‘public’ meeting

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
• LA Anti-Establishment
• Michigan Firearms

BATFE shows its contempt for will of the people

They already "expect" to go through with this--in two or three weeks time--regardless, apparently, of what the public says. Not "propose" to dramatically expand the already unconstitutional regulation of firearms commerce; not "hope" to do so; and certainly not "humbly request the public's permission" for this new regulatory power--they "expect" it. [More]

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GRE Round Up, Dec. 21

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

Ed Stone/Atlanta:

• Georgia Tech Armed Robbery in Disarmed Victim Zone

David Codrea/National:

• Gov. Christie commutes Brian Aitken's sentence


• Attorney says Aitken to appeal for vindication on gun charges

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• Violent crime stays down as more Washingtonians are packing

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
• LA Anti-Establishment
• Michigan Firearms

Defenselessness in the name of 'child safety'

Presumably, she has some awareness of the fact that it's difficult to teach kids about "the difference between toy guns and real firearms," without ever exposing them to real firearms. After all, even the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has trouble figuring out the difference between real guns and toys. It's also interesting that the "four gun safety teaching points" promoted by the California Bureau of Firearms ("Stop! Don't Touch. Leave the area. Tell an adult.") are exactly the four taught in the NRA's "Eddie Eagle" program. Who'd have guessed that Brady Campaign highest-scoring California would use the same child gun safety education that has some anti-gun groups in such high dudgeon? [More]

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GRE Round Up, Dec. 20

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

Mike Stollenwerk/DC:

• DC Metro concedes gun carry often legal on trains, buses

David Codrea/National:

• Anti-defense lobby seeks to nullify Second Amendment when it’s needed most


• ATF ‘emergency’ long gun reporting an agenda-driven power grab


• Reports on Traver nomination increase expectation tensions

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• Hysteria erupts as Brady Campaign battles SAF lawsuit, plays Scrooge

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
• LA Anti-Establishment
• Michigan Firearms

Attorney General's office: 'decades of scholarly literature' support RKBA

Kaplan, in fact, claims that winning the Supreme Court's acknowledgment, in Heller, that the Second Amendment disallows handgun bans, was not "complex." That kinda sounds as if he's saying that it's a simple matter to understand that the Second Amendment guarantees individual citizens' right to keep and bear arms. [More]

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A comment to the BATFE

Friday was the day that the BATFE finally went public with the proposal (pdf file), starting the 60-day comment period (for a proposal they hope to implement in 19 days). Some gun rights advocates in St. Louis and elsewhere may wish to comment, but are perhaps at a loss for words. The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) makes some good suggestions about points to make, but I personally decided to focus on the BATFE's authority (or, more accurately, their lack of it). This is what I sent to BarbaraTerrell@atf.gov . . . [More]

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GRE Round Up, Dec. 17

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

Rob Reed/Detroit:

• Detroit Police harass legal gun owners at 'Gun buyback'

David Codrea/National:

• Police treat pro-gun bumper sticker as probable cause for pat down

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• No surprises here: Seattle suspect’s gun reported stolen


• EXTRA! ‘It takes a while for people to respond’

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
• LA Anti-Establishment
• Michigan Firearms

Gun owners must speak up to stop long gun sales reporting requirement

According to the Washington Post, the idea is to take a smaller (and therefore apparently considered more politically viable) bite of the apple, by somewhat limiting the scope of the new regulations. Thus, the multiple long gun sales requirement would only apply to certain rifles (detachable magazine-fed, semiautomatic rifles above .22 caliber--so called "assault weapons," very broadly defined, in other words), and only gun dealers near the Mexican border would be affected. [More]

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GRE Round Up, Dec. 16

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

Rob Reed/Detroit:

• Sell your stolen gun to the Detroit Police Department

John Longenecker/Los Angeles:

• Safer Streets 2011: Time for gun owners and non-gun owners to unite.

David Codrea/National:

• Atlanta lifts airport unsecured area gun ban

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• Do strict gun laws endanger police?

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
• LA Anti-Establishment
• Michigan Firearms

Defending indefensible gun bans with 'electronic errors'

This is where Cook County brazenly distorts quotes from the McDonald decision, in order to try to bolster their case. The details of how, exactly, Cook County tried to pull (the brief can be seen here--pdf file) a fast one are a bit long to post here, but are summed up very well in this post at Illinois Carry. [More]

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GRE Round Up, Dec. 15

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

Liston Matthews/Knoxville:

• New Shoot House for Knoxville Police

David Codrea/National:

• Florida school board shooting shows failure of ‘gun control’ on multiple counts

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• Will Gov. Gregoire’s plan finally destroy game management for hunters?

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
• LA Anti-Establishment
• Michigan Firearms

BATFE hoping to bypass legislative process to impose draconian new requirements?

If the Obama administration fears the public's reaction to oppressive new firearms regulation (imposed by administrative fiat, to boot), to the extent that it is trying to implement the new regulations in secret, perhaps it ought to give up, in deference to the will of the people. [More]

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By the way, remember to make that call today.

GRE Round Up, Dec. 14

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

David Codrea/National:

• Don King airport ammunition find points to first class justice—for some


• Supporters promote "Call to action day" to free Brian Aitken

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• Outcome in Montana should be lesson for educators everywhere

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
• LA Anti-Establishment
• Michigan Firearms

Force RNC to become TRULY 'pro-gun'

What gun owners can do right now is to click here and submit penetrating questions (not "How many guns do you own?") about the candidates' positions on the Constitutionally guaranteed, fundamental human right of the individual to keep and bear arms. [More]

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Update: Please vote up my question, and this one.

Update 2: And get David's, as well.

GRE Round Up, Dec. 13

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

Richard Nascak/Ft. Myers:

• SB 234 promises to bring big changes to FL gun laws

David Codrea/National:

• ‘Controversy’ over ‘gun-packing Santa’ manufactured by TV news


• ‘Legal’ open carry could get you arrested—or worse


• Justice Breyer says Framers would support ‘gun control’

Sean Caranna/Orlando:

• Florida legislature takes up firearms carry reform

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• SPD advice to women joggers good anywhere, but lacking one detail

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
• LA Anti-Establishment
• Michigan Firearms

Also:
National Gun Rights Examiner David Codrea will be on Doc Bean’s show tonight to discuss this story as well as whatever else comes up.

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Are efforts to reduce Mexican 'crime guns' leaving citizens defenseless?

Obviously, though, "vulnerable and outgunned" is exactly what compliance with Mexican gun laws would leave them, and the BATFE is steadily ramping up its efforts to assist in the enforcement of those laws.

At the same time, Americans are being told that we must have similar laws here in the U.S. [More]

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GRE Round Up, Dec. 10

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

Steve D. Jones/Fort Smith:

• Gun shop owners put Second Amendment rights up for sale

David Codrea/National:

• Virginia Tech official in denial before shootings and after report

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• Story about wounded illegal proves stupidity of Seattle’s ‘sanctuary policy'

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
• LA Anti-Establishment
• Michigan Firearms

Thank veterans by protecting their right to self-defense

And lest any readers believe this was just fear mongering and/or "NRA bashing" on the part of Mr. Valone and Gun Owners of America, such horror stories have come to pass. Fort Smith Gun Rights Examiner Steve D. Jones informed us back in September of the disarmament of Wayne Irelan, who became a "prohibited person" by virtue of the fact that he needed help keeping track of his finances--sounds like a ticking time bomb, doesn't he?" National Gun Rights Examiner David Codrea pointed out that Mr. Irelan's wife became a de facto "prohibited person," too, by virtue of living with Mr. Irelan . . . [More]

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GRE Round Up, Dec. 9

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

David Codrea/National:

• Chicago database a tool to discourage gun ownership, not to fight crime

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• ‘Zero tolerance’ may not always mean zero intelligence


• EXTRA! Seattle park attacks underscore why gun groups opposed ban

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
• LA Anti-Establishment
• Michigan Firearms

Is the lack of a gun registry dangerous, or just 'annoying'?

The most fundamentally offensive aspect of Daley's demand for a gun registry, accessible by officers' in-car computers, is that it treats gun ownership itself as a suspect activity, indicative of a tendency toward criminal violence. That, of course, is exactly how Daley views private gun ownership, and why he finds the lack of the computerized registry "annoying." [More]

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GRE Round Up, Dec. 8

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

Steve D. Jones/Fort Smith:

• Arkansas legislator files open carry bill

Richard Nascak/Ft. Myers:

• HB 45 filed in Florida, will give teeth to 23-year old preemption statute.

David Codrea/National:

• Are ‘guns in bars’ automatically ‘a dangerous combination’?

Sean Carrana/Orlando:

• Florida House Bill 45 aims to protect Florida gun owners

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
• LA Anti-Establishment
• Michigan Firearms

At what age does a person's life become worth defending?

Josh Horwitz, of the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, would have to be considered the "winner" of the race to the ethical bottom, though, in comparing Mr. D'Cruz to the Columbine killers.

[ . . . ]

I suppose, though, that next to lobbying for the continued mandate of Mr. D'Cruz's defenselessness, vilely libeling him is a small matter. [More]

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GRE Round Up, Dec. 7

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

Steve D. Jones/Fort Smith:

• Repeal the Arkansas Gun Tax

John Longenecker/Los Angeles:

• Safer Streets 2011: Anti-liberty debates examined.

David Codrea/National:

• Do Surry County deputies have conflict of interest in gun brandishing case?


• Keeping and bearing arms applies to knives as well as guns

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• Gregoire’s special session may signal upcoming challenges

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
• LA Anti-Establishment
• Michigan Firearms

Urban violence spreading to parks--national park carry vindicated

Of course, that "spilled" violence poses a threat not only to rangers, but to park visitors, as well. The good news is that, since February of this year, national parks no longer ban effective self-defense. This change was not met with universal approval, of course. As we've discussed before, the very need for the ability to defend oneself was scorned by some, including a National Park Sevice retiree quoted by the Violence Policy Center's Josh Sugarmann, in the Huffington Post . . . [More]

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GRE Round Up, Dec. 6

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

Steve D. Jones/Fort Smith:

• No time for cops to be politicians

David Codrea/National:

• Ohio governor proposed licensing firearms possession


• Why did NFATCA president forward claimant email about legal case to ATF?


• Authorities charge gun owner with brandishing…his finger

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• WA gun activists should take lesson from Pennsylvania publisher

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
• LA Anti-Establishment
• Michigan Firearms

Has Obama promised BATFE accountability?

That statement probably sounds a bit odd, coming as it does in a column that tends to focus on Obama's hostility to private gun ownership. And no--I have no knowledge of President Obama specifically mentioning the BATFE as an agency that must be held to account, but let's look at one of the Obama-Biden administration's promises, listed at "Change.gov" . . . [More]

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Is Sen. Claire McCaskill calling for 'Second Amendment remedies'?

Given her longstanding hostility to private firearm ownership, I imagine Josh Horwitz is going to be willing to give her a pass about her "insurrectionist rhetoric," as I expect the Brady Campaign will do, as well. And that strikes me as a bit odd, given the furor raised by those organizations, over Sharron Angle's reference to "Second Amendment remedies," during her attempt this year to take Harry Reid's U.S. Senate seat away from him in Nevada. [More]

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GRE Round Up, Dec. 3

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

Steve D. Jones/Fort Smith:

• Head of corrupt Tulsa Police Department opposes open carry

David Codrea/National:

• Dialog on campus guns helps clear up perceptions

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• Gun prohibitionist hysteria derailed

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
• LA Anti-Establishment
• Michigan Firearms

Guns on a train

Apparently, though, the concern now is that passengers with evil intent will sneak into the baggage car, find their stowed weapons and ammo, and then run amok. Sounds as if some folks have imaginations worthy of "Snakes on a Plane," doesn't it? [More]

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GRE Round Up, Dec. 2

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

John Longenecker/Los Angeles:

• Safer Streets 2011: How the first amendment protects the second amendment.


• Book Review: Poor Lenin's Almanac.

David Codrea/National:

• Can corrupt government legitimately decide who it allows to keep and bear arms?

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• ‘Three Strikes’ in CA, no balls in Portland, no brains in Jersey

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
• LA Anti-Establishment
• Michigan Firearms

Citizen disarmament wears a white coat

And with health care reform moving in the direction of putting the federal government in charge of the purse strings involved in paying for medical care, what's to stop an anti-gun administration (the kind of administration, for example, that would pick Eric Holder for Attorney General, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan for the Supreme Court, and Andrew Traver as head of the BATFE) from putting some rather effective back-channel pressure on the mental health care folks, to come up with a diagnosis that calls for a prescription for disarmament? [More]

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GRE Round Up, Dec. 1

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

David Codrea/National:

• Should actor Mark Ruffalo be prohibited from buying guns?

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• New Jersey case sparks national outrage

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
• LA Anti-Establishment
• Michigan Firearms

VPC attempting to link concealed carry to suicide

Note also that the sucide rate among concealed carry licensees is lower (by a fair margin) than that among law enforcement officers, and yet law enforcement officers are the "Only Ones" the VPC would have us trust with guns (to the extent that Sugarmann advocates an outright national ban on handguns for non-"Only Ones"). [More]

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GRE Round Up, Nov. 30

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

Mike Stollenwerk/DC:

• Federal employees can make tax deductible gun rights gifts 'till Jan. 17

David Codrea/National:

• Former congressman urges ATF oversight hearings

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• In the battle against crime, whose wisdom prevails – SPD or SAF?

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
• LA Anti-Establishment
• Michigan Firearms

Major BATFE 'house cleaning' most pressing gun rights need

More importantly, though, we need stringent congressional oversight of the BATFE's activities. As it happens, former congressman Jim Lightfoot has recommended just that. Having once been chairman of the committee that approved the BATFE's budget, he has some knowledge of that agency, and what he knows about it ain't pretty. [More]

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GRE Round Up, Nov. 29

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

John Longenecker/Los Angeles:

• Safer Streets 2011: Is incoming Congress serious about smaller government?

David Codrea/National:

• ATF attempting to reclassify small arms ammunition without public input


• ‘The Social Contract’ exposes Southern Poverty Law Center


• Felon laments he can’t vote for gun control

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• Rendell veto closes link between anti-gun and anti-self-defense philosophies

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
• LA Anti-Establishment
• Michigan Firearms

Living with 'prohibited person' no grounds for forcible citizen disarmament

As problematical as it is to designate a large segment of the population as undeserving of the exercise the right to keep and bear arms, the problem is brought into even sharper relief when one considers the fact that someone who has in no other respect been deemed unworthy of that right could be prosecuted for exercising it while living with (or being visited by?) a "prohibited person." [More]

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GRE Round Up, Nov. 26

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

David Codrea/National:

• Happy Thanksgiving to all who support the right to keep and bear arms


• Anti-gun rappers' aim to curb violence off target

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• Animal rights extremists declare war


• Let’s see Bloomberg explain this one

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
• LA Anti-Establishment
• Michigan Firearms

Armed St. Louisan gives would-be predator a pain in the rear

The young thug (thuglet?) was taken to the hospital, with non-life-threatening injuries. He also has a story that I suspect he would prefer not to share with his fellow residents in whatever facility he is sent to--such a story is unlikely to go far in burnishing one's tough-guy credentials. One would hope that in his trip to the store, he also picked up a bit of much needed (desperately needed, really) wisdom. That would suit him much better than the bag of potato chips he tried to steal. [More]

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As American gun owners, we have much for which to give thanks

I have the privilege of calling some of today's heirs of that proud legacy friends, and all of them allies. I am secure in the knowledge that I will not be alone in refusing to ever surrender so much as a square inch of the moral and Constitutional high ground. [More]

That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Happy Thanksgiving, folks.

Another blogroll addition

Last week, I added No Lawyers - Only Guns and Money to the blogroll.

Today, I'm adding An NC Gun Blog (No Lawyers is also a North Carolina blog--something about all those paratroopers must do something good for a state). Do yourself a favor, and check both of them out.

GRE Round Up, Nov. 24

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

John Longenecker/Los Angeles:

• Safer Streets 2011: Safer airlines 2011, maybe?

David Codrea/National:

• Should those who oppose TSA excesses be ‘prohibited persons’ for gun ownership?

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• Why we should be thankful…and other stuff

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
• LA Anti-Establishment
• Michigan Firearms

Brady Campaign and VPC not opposed to repealing Hughes Amendment?

Oddly, though, both those organizations also argue, when it suits them, that semi-automatic and fully-automatic firearms are essentially similar. In arguing for a ban of so-called "assault weapons," for example, the VPC claims that not only are semi-autos no less "deadly" than full-autos--they might be more so . . . [More]

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GRE Round Up, Nov. 23

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

John Longenecker/Los Angeles:

• Safer Streets 2011: We are not supervised; We do the supervising. Republicans, call your office.

David Codrea/National:

• Philadelphia ‘secret police’ threaten to ‘lock up’ citizen for open carrying

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
• LA Anti-Establishment
• Michigan Firearms

St Louis #1 in violent crime--and 'authorities' disparage armed self-defense

There are some races in which it would be best to come in last. Unfortunately, in perhaps the best example of such a race, St. Louis leads the pack. [More]

That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. By the way--this is something I just thought of, in reference to Slay's "warning" to Troupe about carry laws and City Hall:

I'm not saying that Mayor Slay's apparent hostility to the idea of Alderman Troupe being armed has anything to do with Troupe's race, but that wouldn't seem out of keeping with the attitudes of that group's founder.

Please give it a look, and tell a friend.

GRE Round Up, Nov. 22

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

Liston Matthews/Knoxville:

• Guns on campus, president mistaken or ?

David Codrea/National:

• Sharpton endorses NYPD community gun snitch program to promote 'civil rights'


• ATF ‘cease and desist’ order to parts-maker defies logic and law


• NJ radio station urges Gov. Christie to ‘Free Brian Aitken’

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• SAF sues in New Jersey; More on gun ‘dealer’ bust

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
• LA Anti-Establishment
• Michigan Firearms

College president lying about concealed carry, and media covering for him

This is, of course, utter hogwash (to be polite), as the Luby's Cafeteria massacre occurred in 1991--five years before the legalization of concealed carry in Texas, and the only guns present were in the hands of the deranged psychopath responsible for the slaughter. In fact, one of the prime movers in the effort that brought legal concealed carry to Texas in 1996 is Dr. Suzanna Gratia Hupp. She was at Luby's that horrible, fateful day, with her parents, and in compliance with Texas law at the time, had left her handgun behind, and was thus powerless to prevent the murder of both her parents. [More]

That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Hope you stop by, and tell a friend.

Where there's a will, there's a way

Pretty amazing:



Makes me feel like a wuss, for giving up long guns when I became paraplegic (because they're awkward for someone confined to a wheelchair.

GRE Round Up, Nov. 19

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

David Codrea/National:

• Do mental health study findings demand disarming one in five Americans?

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• Getting the story straight about Friday’s arrest and the Puyallup gun show

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
• LA Anti-Establishment
• Michigan Firearms

National Ammo Day

Today is the day.

The "official" idea is to buy 100 rounds of centerfire ammo.

Me? I decided to multiply that by 25.

Why? Oh--I don't know . . .

In 1972, when the ATF separated from the Internal Revenue Service and became its own bureau within the Treasury Department, it had about 2,500 agents. At the time, the FBI had 8,700, the DEA 1,500 and the U.S. Marshals 1,900.

Thirty-eight years later, the FBI is up to 13,000, the DEA has more than tripled to 5,000, and there are 3,300 federal marshals.

The ATF, now a part of the Justice Department, remains at 2,500.

Just seemed like an appropriate observance of the nomination of Andrew Traver as head JBT.

These folks would be happy to help you in your observance, I'm sure.

Robert J. Spitzer's views on Second Amendment are far from 'distinguished'

Right from the beginning, he stakes out his opposition to the idea of a Constitutional guarantee of an individual right to keep and bear arms, with his "militia-based" qualifier--and then he declares the right "obsolete." And he's just getting started . . . [More]

That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Please stop by, and tell a friend.

GRE Round Up, Nov. 18

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

David Codrea/National:

• Brady Campaign endorsed ‘gun criminal’ legislator

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• Traver nomination to lead BATFE sparks hot opposition

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
• LA Anti-Establishment
• Michigan Firearms

Focus on the crime, not the gun

I understand the desire to silence any "soft on crime" accusations from the forcible citizen disarmament lobby, but doing that is simply not worth giving up an inch of ground on the "tough on Constitutional rights violation" front. [More]

That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Please give it a look, and tell a friend.

GRE Round Up, Nov. 17

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

Paul Valone/Charlotte:

• 'In Due Time' raises civil liberty issues of concern to all

Sean McClanahan/Des Moines:

• Another Sheriff hits the panic button

David Codrea/National:

• Obama could appoint Traver to head ATF without Senate approval

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• Supreme Court’s 8-0 ruling affirms efforts of Carlson and ‘gun lobby’

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
• LA Anti-Establishment
• Michigan Firearms

Supreme Court agrees with the NRA--AGAINST gun rights

I realize, of course, that the NRA doesn't share my objection--executive vice president Wayne LaPierre has, in fact, criticized the federal justice system for not using such prosecutorial gambits more often . . . [More]

That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Please give it a look, and tell a friend.

Blogroll addition

This deserves a post of its own. I have only recently become aware of the gun blog No Lawyers - Only Guns and Money.

Please consider making it a daily stop--I seriously doubt you'll regret it.

GRE Round Up, Nov. 16

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

David Codrea/National:

• ATF testimony admits many unregistered machine guns allowed by ruling

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• Budget cuts, stand your ground and the ‘Wild’ West

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
• LA Anti-Establishment
• Michigan Firearms

Obama names anti-gun extremist as next BATFE head

The question now is whether or not the Senate will confirm him. The New York Times article says "he may face a confirmation fight" (and David Codrea points out that there had better be one). The recent Washington Post anti-gun series (discussed here) seems to imply that such a fight is inevitable: [More]

That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Please give it a look, and tell a friend.

GRE Round Up, Nov. 15

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

Mike Stollenwerk/DC:

• Open carry Governors win elections


• Black is back

David Codrea/National:

• ACLU head Romero responds to Gresham


• Gun owners dodged bullet on lead ammo ban


• ATF position on pistol grip 'shotguns' creates new danger

Sean Caranna/Seattle:

• Florida community leaders willfully ignoring state firearms laws

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• ‘Winning firearms freedom, one lawsuit at a time'

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
• LA Anti-Establishment
• Michigan Firearms

And . . .

Join National Gun Rights Examiner David Codrea and the Sipsey Street Irregulars' Mike Vanderboegh tonight on the Watchmen Radio Network, discussing the BATFE's new threat to gun owners, the Airsoft fiasco, and more.

Listen live here at 8 PM EST.

'Gun control' gets a new poster boy

Virginia Tech shooting victim Colin Goddard has found that which innumerable medieval alchemists sought so desperately (and so unsuccessfully): a way to transmute lead to gold. The lead in the four bullets with which he was shot is now the gold of a paid position as "professional victim" for the Brady Campaign. [More]

That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Please give it a look, and tell a friend.

GRE Round Up, Nov. 12

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

David Codrea/National:

• Why did ATF issue—and then rescind—a ruling declaring air guns ‘firearms’?

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• Hard ‘Boyle-d’ justice

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
• LA Anti-Establishment
• Michigan Firearms

Airsoft fiasco just latest example of why BATFE must be held accountable

While I agree with Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership, in their contention that we need to "boot the ATF," I am realistic enough to realize it's not likely to happen any time soon. In the meantime, I urge gun owners to push Congress--now reinforced with many new Republicans who at least give lip service to "supporting the Second Amendment"--to pass H.R. 1923, the "Fairness in Firearms Testing Act." [More]

That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Please give it a look, and tell a friend.

GRE Round Up, Nov. 11

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

Liston Matthews/Knoxville:

• Happy Veterans Day!

David Codrea/National:

• Why shouldn’t ‘human targets’ shoot back?

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• Don’t tell me why you didn’t vote, explain it to a vet

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
• LA Anti-Establishment
• Michigan Firearms

Killing for 'gun control'?

Maybe I'm reading too much into this, but when, in a discussion about government violence, Horwitz brings up the "unbelievable amount of firepower on the streets" the officers are "faced with," it seems as if he's saying that law enforcement would kill fewer citizens, if gun laws were even more restrictive than they are now. In other words (while I'm going out on a limb here anyway), maybe if we banned so-called "assault weapons" (for example), fewer citizens would be gunned down by their supposed "protectors." [More]

That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Please give it a look, and tell a friend.

GRE Round Up, Nov. 10

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

Anthony Bouchard/Cheyenne:

• City of Cody Wyoming challenging lawful carry with nuisance code

David Codrea/National:

• Violent leftists agree with SPLC and 'Waco Jim' on threat from the armed right

Regular readers will know that I'm a big admirer of David's work, but the series that he has done this week is especially excellent. See parts 1 and 2.

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• Portland mayor sends signal that WA gun owners better heed

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
• Michigan Firearms

East St. Louisans taking responsibility for their own security

Well, Mayor--it seems some residents have a plan, too. Of course, one problem with the residents' plan is that they are attempting to implement it in Illinois, where armed self-defense in public is utterly prohibited. In fact, about a year ago, I wrote about Mayor Parks' response to the idea of lowly, non-"Only Ones" having the temerity to insist on having the means to defend themselves in public: [More]

That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Stop on by, and tell a friend.

GRE Round Up, Nov. 9

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

Sean McClanahan/Des Moines:

• Iowa Firearms Coalition announces their 2011 legislation agenda

John Longenecker/Los Angeles:

• Safer Streets 2011: The second amendment after the election.


• Safer Streets 2011: Guns on campus mean safer campuses 2011.


• Safer Streets 2011: Recommended reading after the election.

David Codrea/National:

• How Duke the sun-loving bull helped kill a BB gun ban


• Did SPLC just make it dangerous to have a ‘conservative’ bumper sticker?


• Is ATF's Cavanaugh a credible SPLC spokesman?

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• Fitting end to a barbaric crime, and other news items


• ‘What I did doesn’t deserve a life sentence’

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
• Michigan Firearms

Liberty News/Safer Streets

• Click here for the latest from Los Angeles GRE John Longenecker.