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Armed and Safe is a gun rights advocacy blog, with the mission of debunking the "logic" of the enemies of the Constitutionally guaranteed, fundamental human right of the individual to keep and bear arms.

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Monday, May 31, 2010

What 'works' in Chicago . . . ?

If there's anything to be said for Chicago's handgun ban, it's that it demonstrates--for those of us who needed the demonstration--that mandated defenselessness does not "work," except to produce serfs for those who would rule, and prey for those who would be predators [More]
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GRE Round Up, May 31

There's some good stuff being turned out by the Gun Rights Examiners. I hope you're availing yourself of it, and importantly, sharing these links via emails, on blogs and forums, with your local newspaper editor, etc.

A common complaint is media bias and absence of representation for "our side."

These people work hard to change that and ask for nothing from those of us their labors serve other than to help spread the word. I hope no one thinks that's too much to ask.

Here are their latest offerings:

Paul Valone/Charlotte:
Gun boycott of Marriott to be featured on Tom Gresham's 'Gun Talk' (You can listen to that interview here. His discussion takes place in the second half of the segment.)

Dan Bidstrup/Denver:
Mayor Daley sees what he wants to see

Liston Matthews/Knoxville:
Self-defense, or murder?

John Longenecker/Los Angeles:
Safer Streets 2010: Element Ten to the CPR Corollary, Part I.

Memorial Day, 2010 and Election Day, 2010.

David Codrea/National:
'Gun control' questions ignore correct answer

CNN's ATF investigation glaringly incomplete

Why did ATF suddenly redefine firearm transfers?

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Sunday, May 30, 2010

Gun-grabbing Senate candidate Mark Kirk also grabs unearned military honors

Not a great time to be caught in this kind of lie, Congressman--not only right when Richard Blumenthal is still trying to recover from revelations of his invented military heroism, but on Memorial Day weekend, too.

So what does this have to do with gun rights? Mark Kirk may be the most ant-gun Republican in Congress. He sponsored a bill to ban so-called "assault weapons" in 2008 (and another bill to close something he calls the "fire sale loophole" He's a co-sponsor of H.R. 2159, to give the Attorney General unilateral power to block gun purchases by anyone he designates a "suspected terrorist." He's one of the most active Congressional supporters of NYC Mayor Bloomberg's Mayors Against Illegal Guns, voicing support for closing the mythical "gun show loophole," and requiring background checks to work in a gun store. [More]
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Saturday, May 29, 2010

Brady Campaign compares state determination of gun laws to crack cocaine

Yep. According to the Brady Campaign, the exercise of 10% of the Bill of Rights--not even the 10% that usually draws their ire (and their lies)--is "the latest crack cocaine." [More]
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Friday, May 28, 2010

GRE Round Up, May 28

There's some good stuff being turned out by the Gun Rights Examiners. I hope you're availing yourself of it, and importantly, sharing these links via emails, on blogs and forums, with your local newspaper editor, etc.

A common complaint is media bias and absence of representation for "our side."

These people work hard to change that and ask for nothing from those of us their labors serve other than to help spread the word. I hope no one thinks that's too much to ask.

Here are their latest offerings:

Paul Valone/Charlotte:
Will Brownells lead in reforming Marriott anti-gun policies?

Daniel White/Cleveland:
Restaurant Carry passes Senate, heads to House

Dan Bidstrup/Denver:

Liston Matthews/Knoxville:
NRA 2010 convention in Charlotte, Part IV: Miscellany*

John Longenecker/Los Angeles:
Safer Streets 2010: America Speaking Out is still not listening.

David Codrea/National:
Does Mayor Daley dare order 80-year-old 'gun criminal' arrested?

Dave Workman/Seattle:
Vets protected us, let’s protect their Second Amendment rights

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Mayor Daley: 'Guns is not the answer'

So, Mayor, if "guns is not the answer," what, may I ask, is your answer? Please don't tell me that reliance on the police is the answer--not only have courts ruled time and again that the police have no duty to protect the individual (and how could they?), Chicago Police Superintendent Jody Weis has himself recently acknowledged that the police are more or less powerless to prevent homicides inside homes. [More]
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Thursday, May 27, 2010

GRE Round Up, May 27

There's some good stuff being turned out by the Gun Rights Examiners. I hope you're availing yourself of it, and importantly, sharing these links via emails, on blogs and forums, with your local newspaper editor, etc.

A common complaint is media bias and absence of representation for "our side."

These people work hard to change that and ask for nothing from those of us their labors serve other than to help spread the word. I hope no one thinks that's too much to ask.

Here are their latest offerings:

Daniel White/Cleveland:
Irrational opposition to Restaurant Carry bill doesn't stop passage

Liston Matthews/Knoxville:
NRA 2010 Convention in Charlotte, Part V: The Marriott

David Codrea/National:
Jamaica's problems due to government more than anything else

Dave Workman/Seattle:
Why Chicago shooting deflates anti-gun philosophy everywhere…including Seattle

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Elderly Chicago man saves family, self with 'illegal' handgun

Other accounts of the incident reveal that the homowner's firearm was a handgun, possession of which in Chicago is--at least pending the Supreme Court's McDonald v. Chicago decision expected next month--illegal. This upstanding citizen, in other words--by all accounts well liked and respected by neighbors--is a "gun criminal." [More]
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Wednesday, May 26, 2010

GRE Round Up, May 26

There's some good stuff being turned out by the Gun Rights Examiners. I hope you're availing yourself of it, and importantly, sharing these links via emails, on blogs and forums, with your local newspaper editor, etc.

A common complaint is media bias and absence of representation for "our side."

These people work hard to change that and ask for nothing from those of us their labors serve other than to help spread the word. I hope no one thinks that's too much to ask.

Here are their latest offerings:

Paul Valone/Charlotte:
Marriott lies to gun owners: 'No firearms' signs remain

John Longenecker/Los Angeles:
Safer Streets 2010: America Speaking Out not listening.

David Codrea/National:
Jamaica a 'gun control paradise'

AC360 features ATF expose tonight

Dave Workman/Seattle:
As SCOTUS ruling on Chicago gun ban looms, one case defines gun control bankruptcy

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'Better for the police to catch me with it than the robber to catch me without it'

In the intervening decades, though, advocates of forcible citizen disarmament have largely succeeded in framing their agenda as being for the benefit of blacks and Hispanics, and opposition to that agenda as "racist." Now, perhaps they'll have to explain to black Chicagoans why they must choose between defenselessness and becoming "criminals." [More]
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Tuesday, May 25, 2010

GRE Round Up, May 25

There's some good stuff being turned out by the Gun Rights Examiners. I hope you're availing yourself of it, and importantly, sharing these links via emails, on blogs and forums, with your local newspaper editor, etc.

A common complaint is media bias and absence of representation for "our side."

These people work hard to change that and ask for nothing from those of us their labors serve other than to help spread the word. I hope no one thinks that's too much to ask.

Here are their latest offerings:

David Codrea/National:
Mexico's Calderon and U.S. gun grabbers playing a rigged numbers game against our rights

Dave Workman/Seattle:
If budgets are bare and public safety services are cut, what’s a citizen to do?

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Disgraced former Illinois governor thinks Mayor Daley not enough of a thug for 'gun control'

In other words, Blagojevich thinks Daley should threaten several state legislator's "main" jobs (for the city of Chicago), to "muscle" them into more aggressively pursuing the "gun control" agenda. About that "main" job--Blagojevich dismisses the "part-time, $75,000 a year job" as if he's unaware how many thousands of Illinois families would be thrilled to have that kind of annual income--but never mind that. [More]
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Monday, May 24, 2010

GRE Round Up, May 24

There's some good stuff being turned out by the Gun Rights Examiners. I hope you're availing yourself of it, and importantly, sharing these links via emails, on blogs and forums, with your local newspaper editor, etc.

A common complaint is media bias and absence of representation for "our side."

These people work hard to change that and ask for nothing from those of us their labors serve other than to help spread the word. I hope no one thinks that's too much to ask.

Here are their latest offerings:

Paul Valone/Charlotte:
GRNC campaign leads Marriott to say signs will be removed

Daniel White/Cleveland:
Senate vote scheduled on Ohio Restaurant Carry reform

Dan Bidstrup/Denver:
Second Amendment rights for our military

David Codrea/National:
Can IBM car technology pose threat to gun rights?

ATF Under Fire from CNN

Dave Workman/Seattle:
Violent crime declines as American gun ownership rises

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Does Rep. Hank Johnson think guns will make airports 'tip over and capsize'?

But really, is it any crazier to believe that the weight of 8,000 Marines will cause an island to "tip over and capsize" than to believe that people are protected from terrorists by laws that ensure that those very terrorists have a soft target? [More]
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Sunday, May 23, 2010

GRE Round Up, May 23

There's some good stuff being turned out by the Gun Rights Examiners. I hope you're availing yourself of it, and importantly, sharing these links via emails, on blogs and forums, with your local newspaper editor, etc.

A common complaint is media bias and absence of representation for "our side."

These people work hard to change that and ask for nothing from those of us their labors serve other than to help spread the word. I hope no one thinks that's too much to ask.

Here are their latest offerings:

Paul Valone/Charlotte:
Does Marriott gun posting represent Charlotte's hostility toward NRA?

Liston Matthews/Knoxville:
NRA 2010 convention in Charlotte, Part III: Saturday freedom experience

Governor Bredesen, in a typically statist move, vetoes restaurant carry bill

John Longenecker/Los Angeles:
Safer Streets 2010: Second amendment not revenge, but survival.

David Codrea/National:
Do Firearms Freedom Act plaintiffs have 'standing'?

Gun owners should thank 'embarrassing' Mayor Daley

Chris Woodard/Tucson:
The beautiful Arizona desert = illegal superhighway

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Marriott Hotel chain does not want guests prepared to defend themselves--so be it

Actually, if you need another reason not to stay at a Marriott--it would be hard to find a better one than the fact that their policy of mandated defenselessness renders guests vulnerable to being brutally raped, for which Marriott then tries to blame the victim. At least I've not heard of them trying to blame the victims of various murders who were made not one whit safer by Marriott's policy. Apparently, though, Marriott prefers the above outcomes to this one.

Marriott evidently does not want the business of those who insist on taking responsibility for their own safety and security. So be it. Let's respect their wishes, and take our business elsewhere. [More]
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Saturday, May 22, 2010

Is Chicago's Mayor Daley guilty of 'terroristic threats'?

In some jurisdictions, these remarks could probably be interpreted as thinly veiled "terroristic threats." Daley, in fact, in expressing "regret" for his remarks, actually acknowledged his intention of sowing fear.
“I want to shock you, maybe scare you to realize, this is serious. This is not a playbook. This happens in America every day. And we should be outraged. We should be shocked,” Daley said.
[More]
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Friday, May 21, 2010

GRE Round Up, May 21

There's some good stuff being turned out by the Gun Rights Examiners. I hope you're availing yourself of it, and importantly, sharing these links via emails, on blogs and forums, with your local newspaper editor, etc.

A common complaint is media bias and absence of representation for "our side."

These people work hard to change that and ask for nothing from those of us their labors serve other than to help spread the word. I hope no one thinks that's too much to ask.

Here are their latest offerings:

Mike Stollenwerk/DC:
Most states allow gun carry in airports

David Codrea/National:
American gun owners should say 'Gracias, Presidente Calderón!'

Dave Workman/Seattle:
‘Sanctuary city’ philosophy: Disarm citizens, protect criminals

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Mexican president criticizes U.S. gun laws--again

Calderón is clearly banking on Americans being unaware that correlation does not equal causation. In this case, a causal link is clearly implausible. For one thing, the dramatic spike in drug cartel violence started in 2006--two years after the expiration of the ban. From a chronological perspective, a much stronger correlation can be drawn between the massively escalating violence and Calderón's assumption of office in 2006, followed ten days later by his implementation of Mexico's version of the "War on Drugs." [More]
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Thursday, May 20, 2010

GRE Round Up, May 20

There's some good stuff being turned out by the Gun Rights Examiners. I hope you're availing yourself of it, and importantly, sharing these links via emails, on blogs and forums, with your local newspaper editor, etc.

A common complaint is media bias and absence of representation for "our side."

These people work hard to change that and ask for nothing from those of us their labors serve other than to help spread the word. I hope no one thinks that's too much to ask.

Here are their latest offerings:

Paul Valone/Charlotte:
Gun rights Marriott boycott spreads nationwide

John Longenecker/Los Angeles:
Safer Streets 2010: Ambush of guests by a hotel?

David Codrea/National:
Elitist 'police perspective' on open carry attacks our right to keep and bear arms

Brady Center blows Firearms Freedom Act brief

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Chicago mayor considers replacing gun ban with 'expanded' D.C.-style gun laws

As we've discussed before, D.C.'s gun laws are such that to come up with laws even more strict, short of an outright ban, will require some truly creative gun-hatred on the part of the Chicago government. Fortunately (from the perspective of the forcible citizen disarmament advocates), Daley and his minions seem up to the task. [More]
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Wednesday, May 19, 2010

GRE Round Up, May 19

There's some good stuff being turned out by the Gun Rights Examiners. I hope you're availing yourself of it, and importantly, sharing these links via emails, on blogs and forums, with your local newspaper editor, etc.

A common complaint is media bias and absence of representation for "our side."

These people work hard to change that and ask for nothing from those of us their labors serve other than to help spread the word. I hope no one thinks that's too much to ask.

Here are their latest offerings:

Steve D. Jones/Fort Smith:
Oklahoma governor vetoes Firearms Freedom Act… again

Liston Matthews/Knoxville:
NRA 2010 convention in Charlotte, Part II: Friday leadership forum features Sarah Palin

David Codrea/National:
Ohio sovereignty amendment approved for signature gathering

Four Hutaree members released from jail

Dave Workman/Seattle:
Is Sacramento’s Braziel SPD top cop front runner?

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A look at the Brady Campaign's brief against the Montana Firearms Freedom Act

By that argument, though, it's hard to imagine anything that the federal government cannot regulate. Are we to believe that the Founding Fathers included the Tenth Amendment in the Bill of Rights merely out of a desire for a nice, round number? [More]
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Tuesday, May 18, 2010

GRE Round Up, May 18

There's some good stuff being turned out by the Gun Rights Examiners. I hope you're availing yourself of it, and importantly, sharing these links via emails, on blogs and forums, with your local newspaper editor, etc.

A common complaint is media bias and absence of representation for "our side."

These people work hard to change that and ask for nothing from those of us their labors serve other than to help spread the word. I hope no one thinks that's too much to ask.

Here are their latest offerings:

Paul Valone/Charlotte:
Marriott exposes NRA conventioneers to criminal prosecution

Mike Stollenwerk/DC:
American media's reporting on gun rights grows more accurate

Steve D. Jones/Fort Smith:
Arkansas primary election picks

Liston Matthews/Knoxville:
NRA 2010 convention in Charlotte, Part I: Inconsistent security

David Codrea/National:
Guns aren't just for 'straights'

Oath-keeping National Guardsmen refused Katrina gun confiscation

Brady Center and DOJ file briefs against state gun sovereignty

Dave Workman/Seattle:
St. Helens doesn’t seem like 30 years ago, and then, again…

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Oath-keeping before the Oath Keepers: Utah Guardsmen who refused to confiscate guns

Back then, of course, there was no formal organization of Oath Keepers. Even so, some Utah National Guardsmen deployed to the area knew the Constitution, knew they had taken an oath to uphold it, and knew their duty to keep that oath. [More]
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Monday, May 17, 2010

GRE Round Up, May 17

There's some good stuff being turned out by the Gun Rights Examiners. I hope you're availing yourself of it, and importantly, sharing these links via emails, on blogs and forums, with your local newspaper editor, etc.

A common complaint is media bias and absence of representation for "our side."

These people work hard to change that and ask for nothing from those of us their labors serve other than to help spread the word. I hope no one thinks that's too much to ask.

Here are their latest offerings:

Paul Valone/Charlotte:
'Gala for Gun Rights' draws surprise guest

Anthony Bouchard/Cheyenne:
Matt Mead for Governor, Star Tribunes latest praise spells caution

Daniel White/Cleveland:
Cleveland's fight against gun law preemption heats up

David Codrea/National:
Don't look for GOP to block Kagan over guns

Dave Workman/Seattle:
Pierce County case has lesson for anti-gunners, and the press

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Even some gun rights activists need education about guns and 'terrorism'

Even so, it is disheartening to see, even among those presumably concerned about threats to gun rights--and therefore to liberty in general--people so willing to ignore the enormous distinction between terrorists, on the one hand, and accused, "suspected terrorists," on the other, and so willing to abandon the presumption of innocence pending proof of guilt. [More]
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Sunday, May 16, 2010

GRE Round Up, May 16

There's some good stuff being turned out by the Gun Rights Examiners. I hope you're availing yourself of it, and importantly, sharing these links via emails, on blogs and forums, with your local newspaper editor, etc.

A common complaint is media bias and absence of representation for "our side."

These people work hard to change that and ask for nothing from those of us their labors serve other than to help spread the word. I hope no one thinks that's too much to ask.

Here are their latest offerings:

Howard Nemerov/Austin:
Anti-rights groups do our job for us

Dan Bidstrup/Denver:
National Peace Officers Memorial Day

Steve D. Jones/Fort Smith:

Oklahoma governor vetoes Open Carry bill

John Longenecker/Los Angeles:
Safer Streets 2010: No two sides to student safety.

David Codrea/National;
Conservative TVonline presents Second Amendment March videos

Guns Magazine examines McDonald case and more


Dave Workman/Seattle:
Gun rights activists East and West essentially the same, waiting for November

LaPierre speech reminiscent of earlier effort to ‘control borders, not guns’

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From just what kind of danger is Sen. Lautenberg's bill supposed to 'protect' us?

So if I follow correctly, the concern is that terrorists will storm an airport, and, what . . . commandeer a plane? Seems a rather odd way to go about the business of terrorism. Apparently terrorists agree, because I've never heard of any trying such a thing, anywhere, ever. We are also supposed to believe, apparently, that the only reason they haven't done it yet is that carrying guns to the airport has so far been illegal (well, in Georgia and nine other states). [More]
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Saturday, May 15, 2010

Background checks, liberty, and public safety

Once we grow past the concept of "prohibited persons" lists, the entire delicate structure of justification for almost every "gun control" law (or at least all of them devoted to combating gun trafficking) is swept away. No "terror gap" laws, obviously, no "gun show loophole" laws, no "one gun a month," no "lost or stolen," etc. [More]
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Friday, May 14, 2010

GRE Round Up, May 14

There's some good stuff being turned out by the Gun Rights Examiners. I hope you're availing yourself of it, and importantly, sharing these links via emails, on blogs and forums, with your local newspaper editor, etc.

A common complaint is media bias and absence of representation for "our side."

These people work hard to change that and ask for nothing from those of us their labors serve other than to help spread the word. I hope no one thinks that's too much to ask.

Here are their latest offerings:

Dan Bidstrup/Denver:
The next frontier for gun rights

David Codrea/National:
Will Lautenberg anti-gun airport bill increase vulnerability?

Fox News: Airsoft can be converted to real guns. Will that make toy owners felons?


Dave Workman/Seattle:
NRA gathering highlights America’s conflicting values

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Dubious, agenda-driven 'poll' says women prefer mandated defenselessness

"True believers," working to "advance 'progressive' ideals"--oh, yeah--they're impartial, alright.

This sounds a lot like the poll commissioned by Mayor Bloomberg and his Mayors Against Illegal Guns, conducted by a polling agency that advertises its ability to run a poll that gets the desired results. [More]
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Thursday, May 13, 2010

GRE Round Up, May 13

There's some good stuff being turned out by the Gun Rights Examiners. I hope you're availing yourself of it, and importantly, sharing these links via emails, on blogs and forums, with your local newspaper editor, etc.

A common complaint is media bias and absence of representation for "our side."

These people work hard to change that and ask for nothing from those of us their labors serve other than to help spread the word. I hope no one thinks that's too much to ask.

Here are their latest offerings:

Steve D. Jones/Fort Smith:
Oklahoma State Troopers Association joins the 'Only Ones'

David Codrea/National:
Will Arms Trade Treaty reduce human rights violations in Africa?

Chris Woodard/Tucson:
Arizona gun law and Immigration has made the left desperate

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Why is NRA convention a 'gun free' zone?

But doesn't it have a choice? The NRA didn't have to choose North Carolina. With all the NRA's lobbying for state laws that would prevent property owners from implementing "gun free" policies, is this not an odd choice of places to bring $20 million of members' money? Is it sensible for the tax revenue generated on that $20 million to go to a state that not only allows property owners to ban guns, but actively requires the convention center to ban them? [More]
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Wednesday, May 12, 2010

GRE Round Up, May 12

There's some good stuff being turned out by the Gun Rights Examiners. I hope you're availing yourself of it, and importantly, sharing these links via emails, on blogs and forums, with your local newspaper editor, etc.

A common complaint is media bias and absence of representation for "our side."

These people work hard to change that and ask for nothing from those of us their labors serve other than to help spread the word. I hope no one thinks that's too much to ask.

Here are their latest offerings:

Anthony Bouchard/Cheyenne:
Gun control is synonymous with citizen control

Sheridan Wyoming hiring police from out of state, a threat to liberty

Dan Bidstrup/Denver:
New (old) Colorado State University gun policy spreads

David Codrea/National:
Court: Hutaree to stay jailed for now

Dave Workman/Seattle:
NRA convenes annual members meeting this weekend in Charlotte, N.C.

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Money no object for Mexican drug cartels shopping for guns

The gold-plated, diamond-encrusted guns show that they can--and cheerfully do--spend any amount of money on their guns. According to the first article linked to above, Secretary of State Clinton estimated last year that the Mexican drug cartels take in $25 billion a year--and many consider that to be a low-ball figure (and by a wide margin).

Does anyone seriously believe that any laws can be put in place, that can't be easily circumvented with that kind of money? Corruption in the Mexican government is so rampant that the police and military often confronte one another. The ranks of cartel gunmen are filled with deserters from the Mexican Army--even if none take their weapons with them, for the cartels to bribe the military officers and government officials who do control the weapons is a small matter. [More]
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Tuesday, May 11, 2010

GRE Round Up, May 11

There's some good stuff being turned out by the Gun Rights Examiners. I hope you're availing yourself of it, and importantly, sharing these links via emails, on blogs and forums, with your local newspaper editor, etc.

A common complaint is media bias and absence of representation for "our side."

These people work hard to change that and ask for nothing from those of us their labors serve other than to help spread the word. I hope no one thinks that's too much to ask.

Here are their latest offerings:

Rob Reed/Detroit:
Michigan State Police report shows about 1 in 43 state residents has a CPL

Steve D. Jones/Fort Smith:
Open carry and the elite media of Oklahoma

David Codrea/National:
What are Elena Kagan's views on Second Amendment?

Dave Workman/Seattle:
Charges, more revelations in Port Orchard slaying

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Satire about anti-gun 'terrorism' hysteria almost too true for humor

Ott's parody of Bloomberg is amusing, but I could enjoy the chuckle more if not for the fact of my knowing that there are many sick, twisted sheep in the media and in "gun control" groups, and some predatory would-be masters in government, who really do think that way. [More]
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Monday, May 10, 2010

GRE Round Up, May 10

There's some good stuff being turned out by the Gun Rights Examiners. I hope you're availing yourself of it, and importantly, sharing these links via emails, on blogs and forums, with your local newspaper editor, etc.

A common complaint is media bias and absence of representation for "our side."

These people work hard to change that and ask for nothing from those of us their labors serve other than to help spread the word. I hope no one thinks that's too much to ask.

Here are their latest offerings:

Ed Stone/Atlanta:
Supreme Court nominee finds no fault with Heller decision

Anthony Bouchard/Cheyenne:
From crisis to crushing of liberties, happens just that fast

Daniel White/Cleveland:
Keeping guns from terrorists

Dan Bidstrup/Denver:
Will CSU be safe for students now?

Rob Reed/Detroit:
More on how anti-terror laws threaten our Second Amendment rights

Steve D. Jones/Fort Smith:
Oklahoma open carry law in danger of veto

David Codrea/National:
Family of FBI agent convicted on gun charges: 'Battle lost, war still on'

Dave Workman/Seattle:
Public reaction to Port Orchard shooting reveals distrust of ‘system,’ misunderstanding of law

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Will 'pro-gun' Sen. Vitter jump on anti-gun 'terrorism' hysteria bandwagon?

Sen. Vitter has not only an "A" grade from the NRA, but an "A+" from the much harder to please Gun Owners of America, who have very rarely had reason to quibble with his votes. If he supports this bill, look for a great many other "Second Amendment supporters" in Congress to do the same. The mere fact that he is publicly considering doing so provides some cover for Congressmen who are tempted to support the legislation, but are reluctant to tarnish their "pro-gun" credibility. [More]
That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. I'd sure appreciate it if you read it (digg it?) and tell a friend.

Sunday, May 09, 2010

GRE Round Up, May 9

There's some good stuff being turned out by the Gun Rights Examiners. I hope you're availing yourself of it, and importantly, sharing these links via emails, on blogs and forums, with your local newspaper editor, etc.

A common complaint is media bias and absence of representation for "our side."

These people work hard to change that and ask for nothing from those of us their labors serve other than to help spread the word. I hope no one thinks that's too much to ask.

Here are their latest offerings:

Dan Bidstrup/Denver:
CSU surrenders on gun ban for the campus

John Longenecker/Los Angeles:
Guns on Campus: The ubiquitous armed citizen, Part III.

David Codrea/National:
What would YOU say to 'No Guns for Jews'?

What will gun owners supporting Dan Coats tell GOP?

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Gun 'buy backs' and math, Chicago-style

Even with the "though the amount actually offered for any particular weapon varied" caveat, that sounds like quite a shortfall. Where did the difference come from? The city budget? Last summer, we were told that the city's 2010 budget was more than a half billion dollars short.

Chicago math--maybe if the Chicago Public Schools system placed less emphasis on lobbying for more draconian gun laws, and more on simple arithmetic . . . [More]
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Saturday, May 08, 2010

SWAT raid on Columbia, MO family just one more reason to end 'no-knock' raids (and 'war on drugs')

That's not to deny that sometimes real cops do raid the right house, and catch a real drug dealer, with no casualties. Wonderful--someone illegally selling plant parts is going to prison. I feel safer already.

The War on Guns is intimately joined to the "War on Drugs," and they're both really the War on Liberty. [More]
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Friday, May 07, 2010

GRE Round Up, May. 7

There's some good stuff being turned out by the Gun Rights Examiners. I hope you're availing yourself of it, and importantly, sharing these links via emails, on blogs and forums, with your local newspaper editor, etc.

A common complaint is media bias and absence of representation for "our side."

These people work hard to change that and ask for nothing from those of us their labors serve other than to help spread the word. I hope no one thinks that's too much to ask.

Here are their latest offerings:

Ed Stone/Atlanta:
US Attorney General Eric Holder calls SB 291 "very worrisome"

Liston Matthews/Knoxville:
NRA grades candidates on the curve

John Longenecker/Los Angeles:
Guns on Campus: Give me an example of the 'ubiquitous armed citizen', John.

Guns on Campus: The ubiquitous armed citizen, Part II.

David Codrea/National:
Hutaree release blocked—for how long?

Why would prosecutor 'misrepresent' conditions of Hutaree bond release?

Dave Workman/Seattle:
Monroe dog park story spotlights self-defense against animals

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Proposed 'terror gap' laws: Not only unconstitutional, but laughably ineffective

Since we're not hearing such shouting, we can logically conclude that the number of lives that would be saved by such legislation would be right around zero (and that's without getting into the fact that making guns harder to keep and bear legally reduces the number of people who will have lifesaving firepower on hand when they need it). The inevitable next step toward the "solution"? A more expansive terrorist "watch" list (despite it already being bloated to the point of uselessness), of course--which takes us right back to yesterday's discussion: we'll all be "suspected terrorists." [More]
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Thursday, May 06, 2010

GRE Round Up, May. 6

There's some good stuff being turned out by the Gun Rights Examiners. I hope you're availing yourself of it, and importantly, sharing these links via emails, on blogs and forums, with your local newspaper editor, etc.

A common complaint is media bias and absence of representation for "our side."

These people work hard to change that and ask for nothing from those of us their labors serve other than to help spread the word. I hope no one thinks that's too much to ask.

Here are their latest offerings:

Steve D. Jones/Fort Smith:
NRA grades candidates on the curve

David Codrea/National:
Liberty Coalition to Senate committee: Focus on terrorists, not guns

Dave Workman/Seattle:
‘Terror gap’ fraud plays well with Northwest gun prohibitionists

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If 'gun control' advocates get their way, we'll ALL be 'suspected terrorists'

When political dissent is labeled "sedition," and when reminding the American people and their elected officials that the Second Amendment exists as a bulwark against tyranny is branded as "terroristic," the state-worshipers who see The People as pawns of the state have entered into a cold war with those of us who will not surrender are freedom.

When they then use our vocal defense of our liberty as justification to disarm us, that cold war will go hot. Nobody wants that. [More]
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Wednesday, May 05, 2010

GRE Round Up, May. 5

There's some good stuff being turned out by the Gun Rights Examiners. I hope you're availing yourself of it, and importantly, sharing these links via emails, on blogs and forums, with your local newspaper editor, etc.

A common complaint is media bias and absence of representation for "our side."

These people work hard to change that and ask for nothing from those of us their labors serve other than to help spread the word. I hope no one thinks that's too much to ask.

Here are their latest offerings:

Ed Stone/Atlanta:
Two gun bills on Georgia Governor's desk

Anthony Bouchard/Cheyenne:

Open Letter to Ted Nugent - "The Day I'll Join the NRA"

Daniel White/Cleveland:
Newark City Council backing down on illegal gun ban

Dan Bidstrup/Denver:
Brady Campaign: Let's talk

Rob Reed/Detroit:

Steve D. Jones/Fort Smith:
Oklahoma legislature passes Open Carry bill

David Codrea/National:
Little-publicized Senate panel to demand disarming legally innocent under guise of fighting terror

Senate terrorism hearing gives gun grabbers propaganda forum

Dave Workman/Seattle:
Bloomberg (naturally) focuses on terror suspect’s firearm

Chris Woodard/Tucson:
Just how Unconstitutional is Barack Obama?

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'Enforce existing gun laws' means enforcing defenselessness in Illinois

It is long past time that we, as gun rights activists, strike off the NRA-forged shackles of "enforce existing gun laws," and get to work on the task of repealing existing infringements upon that which shall not be infringed. [More]
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Tuesday, May 04, 2010

GRE Round Up, May. 4

There's some good stuff being turned out by the Gun Rights Examiners. I hope you're availing yourself of it, and importantly, sharing these links via emails, on blogs and forums, with your local newspaper editor, etc.

A common complaint is media bias and absence of representation for "our side."

These people work hard to change that and ask for nothing from those of us their labors serve other than to help spread the word. I hope no one thinks that's too much to ask.

Here are their latest offerings:

David Codrea/National:
Does grandma slapping unruly teen warrant lifetime ban on guns?

Dave Workman/Seattle:
Times Square car bomb attempt proves ‘loophole’ does exist

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Not just Mexico anymore--now it's Canada that wants U.S. citizens disarmed

Frustrated by pro-gun gains made in many state legislatures, some high profile court cases, and plunging public support for forcible citizen disarmament (aka "gun control") measures, the gun haters increasingly appear to be exploring their options to bypass our legislative process, our courts, our Constitution, and the very will of the American people, to impose draconian restrictions on gun ownership via international means. Chicago Mayor Daley's intention to sue gun manufacturers in the World Court is the latest manifestation of the international gambit (see links below the photograph for more proposed international attacks on Americans' gun rights). [More]
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Monday, May 03, 2010

GRE Round Up, May. 3

There's some good stuff being turned out by the Gun Rights Examiners. I hope you're availing yourself of it, and importantly, sharing these links via emails, on blogs and forums, with your local newspaper editor, etc.

A common complaint is media bias and absence of representation for "our side."

These people work hard to change that and ask for nothing from those of us their labors serve other than to help spread the word. I hope no one thinks that's too much to ask.

Here are their latest offerings:

Anthony Bouchard/Cheyenne:
Puerto Rico Statehood, another threat to freedom in Wyoming

Daniel White/Cleveland:
Tell your legislators you want Ohio's restaurant carry ban repealed

David Codrea/National:
Pit bull study has parallels for gun debate


Does freeing of Hutaree on bond tell us anything about government's case?


Dave Workman/Seattle:
Gun Safety 101: Mandatory courses in public schools, bounties for thugs

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Forcible citizen disarmament advocacy, and the smearing of the militias

To the Brady Campaign, the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, the Southern Poverty Law Center, etc., no action by a "democratically elected" government can be legitimately resisted with force. If, in other words, the people decided, via Constitutionally approved process, to repeal the 13th Amendment, and re-institute slavery, the newly enslaved would be morally obligated to accept their new status.

Not if a pro-liberty militia has anything to say about the matter. [More]
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Sunday, May 02, 2010

GRE Round Up, May. 2

There's some good stuff being turned out by the Gun Rights Examiners. I hope you're availing yourself of it, and importantly, sharing these links via emails, on blogs and forums, with your local newspaper editor, etc.

A common complaint is media bias and absence of representation for "our side."

These people work hard to change that and ask for nothing from those of us their labors serve other than to help spread the word. I hope no one thinks that's too much to ask.

Here are their latest offerings:

Ed Stone/Atlanta:
NRA at odds with gun law reform in Georgia

Paul Valone/Charlotte:
McVey wanted to see President, but did he commit any crime?

Steve D. Jones/Fort Smith:
Florida concealed carry permits for Arkansas's retired policemen

California anti-gun group attempts to derail Oklahoma open carry vote

Liston Matthews/Knoxville:
Chinese schoolchildren attacked with deadly weapons

David Codrea/National:
'Hatriots' laud armed citizens as deterrent to government gun grab

Law enforcers aren't 'only ones' we can trust with guns

Dave Workman/Seattle:
What is it about gun critics and the ‘Wild West?’

Chris Woodard/Tucson:
Where was the DC outrage when.....

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Resisting tyranny: Neither a new idea, nor an invention of the 'gun lobby'

Josh Horwitz, Dennis Henigan, and all else who claim that the "insurrectionist idea" is an NRA marketing ploy, are, to put it simply, lying. If there has been any recent (within the last few decades), radical reinterpretation of the Second Amendment, it has come in the form of "I support the Second Amendment--I'm a hunter!" as if 10% of the Bill of Rights was devoted to the protection of sport. [More]
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Saturday, May 01, 2010

Gun bills on the move in Illinois and Missouri

As originally written, HB 5751 would ban not only the sale and possession of the "scary" items mentioned above, but also their manufacture. Perhaps surprisingly, given the state's political climate, Illinois has several manufacturers of such items. In past years, in arguing against those bans, it has been pointed out that lawmakers who send good jobs and tax revenue out of the state are doing the state's economy no favors. That, apparently, is why the amendment would permit manufacture of "assault weapons," etc., but only for sale out of state.

What, though, is the underlying message that sends? If these "weapons of war" are the scourge on society that Rep. Acevedo clearly believes them to be, is it not rather unprincipled of him to allow them to be inflicted on other states, simply to protect the jobs and tax revenue? Or is it that Illinois residents are somehow lacking the restraint that prevents residents of other states from shooting up their communities with Illinois-manufactured "assault weapons"? [More]
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