Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:
David Codrea/National:
- New Year’s Resolution? Follow Fast & Furious to the end
- NY City Councilman: ‘Clearly, the (gun) laws are too strict here…’
Friday, December 30, 2011
GRE Round Up, Dec 30
Stumble it!Let's all laugh (some more) at the Brady Campaign
This is too funny to wait for the GRE Round Up later today. Go read about David Codrea's late Christmas present, in "Brady troll stalking WarOnGuns blog a welcome holiday gift to share."
It gets even better, here.
Obama violates his own words in defying Congress to advance 'gun control' agenda
Interestingly, as a presidential candidate, Obama eloquently described the blatant unconstitutionality of these signing statements (see sidebar video, about a minute and a half long, and thanks John Richardson, for finding the video). First, he straight up promises not to use presidential signing statements. Then he (quite justifiably) chastised then-President Bush for his profligate use of them. He closed with this:That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Please give it a look, and tell a friend.We're not going to use signing statements as a way of doing an end-run around Congress. Alright?President Obama is now indisputably an oath breaker and liar. Kinda makes one wonder about his veracity here, doesn't it? [More]
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Thursday, December 29, 2011
GRE Round Up, Dec 29
Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:
Sean McClanahan/Des Moines:
David Codrea/National:
- Armed American Radio producer posts Gunwalker interview with Gun Rights Examiner
- Have a Merry Christmas!
- Holder’s OIG ’Gunwalker’ investigation passes historic milestone today
- Administration/media collaboration continues Gunwalker misdirection
- ATF management to treat Gunwalker crimes as personnel policy violations
- Santa Claus is....
- Looking back on 2011 and its biggest stories, Pt. I
- Top gun rights stories of 2011, Pt. II
- Utah gun bill reflects problem with Washington statute
- Is Microsoft showing some hypocrisy with gamer gun flap?
- Reading behind the lines of police fatalities
- Does WDFW press release reveal serious fault with WA wildlife management?
- Why the silence from WA congressional delegation on Fast & Furious?
If gun rights were treated like voting rights
With governments historically being by far the most prolific mass-murderers in the world, (and with the victims often chosen along ethnic lines), how can protection of the legitimacy of the process by which the government is chosen be considered "racist," while far more onerous requirements for possessing the tools to resist such murderous tyranny is not? [More]That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Please give it a look, and tell a friend.
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Friday, December 23, 2011
GRE Round Up, Dec 23
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Sean McClanahan/Des Moines:
Dave Workman/Seattle:
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Do anti-gun groups oppose 'assault weapons' for retired California 'Only Ones'?
Why retired "Only Ones" would need the ability to wreak such mayhem is left even more murky. Representative Carolyn "What's a Barrel Shroud?" McCarthy (D-NY) and Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) might be able to explain--their respective bills to ban full capacity magazines are justified by the same kind of rhetoric ("The only reason to have 33 bullets loaded in a handgun is to kill a lot of people very quickly"), but both bills exempt current and retired officers from the ban.That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Please give it a look, and tell a friend.
If California lawmakers introduce legislation either to ban private ownership of "assault weapons" by cops, or to allow it, even for retired officers--or both types of legislation--"gun control" groups will have to pick a side. So will cops. [More]
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Thursday, December 22, 2011
GRE Round Up, Dec 22
Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:
David Codrea/National:
- One snowy night in late December...a shooter's Yule
- BREAKING: Border Patrol commissioner leaving; Lieberman blasts process
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
GRE Round Up, Dec 21
Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:
David Codrea/National:
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Tuesday, December 20, 2011
GRE Round Up, Dec 20
Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:
David Codrea/National:
- A Journalist's Guide to 'Project Gunwalker'-Part Eight
- American Trigger Sports Network Television hosts pro-gun panels
- WI experience should be wake-up call to WA senators
- Gowdy and Greta: Who is Holder protecting in Fast & Furious?
Holder still believes U.S. a 'nation of cowards,' counts on it
This, of course, would serve Holder well--the vast majority of Americans quite rightly try hard to avoid such an odious designation. If much of the public can be conned into believing that it's "racist" to demand the heads of the people responsible for the "Gunwalker" atrocity, only those with the courage to face that charge and refute it will be willing to make such a demand. In a "nation of cowards" with regard to racial issues, few will have that courage, which is why the "race card" has become such a favored trump in the so-called "progressives'" hand. [More]That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Please give it a look, and tell a friend.
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Monday, December 19, 2011
GRE Round Up, Dec 19
Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:
David Codrea/National:
- Push on for stronger self-defense law in WA
- Holder plays race card in NY Times profile
- BREAKING! Issa asks Holder to testify in January
Brady Campaign defends 'never letting a (manufactured) crisis go to waste'
It's "just common sense" to get some more infringements on that which shall not be infringed, out of a program whereby the U.S. government helped murder hundreds of Mexican citizens and at least two federal agents. Once upon a time, it was argued that it was "just common sense" to suspend civil liberties in the wake of the Reichstag fire.That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Please give it a look, and tell a friend.
Daniel Vice sounds like the kind of guy who would not only have agreed, but would not have wanted to talk about who lit the match. [More]
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Friday, December 16, 2011
GRE Round Up, Dec 16
Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:
David Codrea/National:
- Issa: Brian A. Terry Memorial Act passes House
- American Trigger Sports Network Television hosts gun rights panel and more
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Why can't Mark Meckler just 'withdraw' his attempt to legally transport his gun?
Going back to Meckler's case, no one seems to dispute the notion that he had attempted in good faith to comply with all relevant laws, and simply failed to adequately familiarize himself with New York's insanely draconian gun laws. Seems tailor-made for a DoJ-style free pass to "withdraw" his attempt to transport the gun.That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Please give it a look, and tell a friend.
Guess it doesn't work that way for the rest of us, though. [More]
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Thursday, December 15, 2011
GRE Round Up, Dec 15
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David Codrea/National:
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1 in 5 women sexually assaulted; IL state police still advise 'vomit defense'
Ironically (and unforgivably), the extent to which the "fighting would probably be futile" statement is true is of course a function of Illinois law, which absolutely forbids carrying the most effective means of self-defense in public. Illinois Governor Pat Quinn announced this summer that he was proud of his support for the continued mandated defenselessness of women in Illinois, and groups like the Brady Campaign consider the failure of legalized concealed carry in Illinois this year a "victory."That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Please give it a look, and tell a friend.
"Anti-gun"? It's more like "pro-rape." [More]
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Wednesday, December 14, 2011
GRE Round Up, Dec 14
Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:
David Codrea/National:
- ATF critics mark anniversary of incident that brought down Fast & Furious
- Grassley: ‘DoJ needs to provide straight answers, not spin’
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
GRE Round Up, Dec 13
Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:
Dave Workman/Seattle:
- Exclusive: Texas Rep. Poe: ‘F&F a ruse to go after U.S. gun sales’
- Wolves killed AK teacher; report adds new fuel to NW wolf war
If the rest of us had the powers of our 'gunwalking' DoJ
Those congressmen had every right to be incredulous, but one must admit that the idea of being able to "withdraw" falsehoods . . . oops, I mean "inaccuracies" has some appeal. Get caught by the IRS claiming much less taxable income than you had actually earned? No problem--just "withdraw" the "inaccurate" tax forms, and no tax evasion charges for you. Get caught "inaccurately" claiming on your ATF Form 4473 that you are buying the gun for yourself, rather than acting as a "straw purchaser" for a felon? Don't worry about it--just "withdraw" that form, and all is forgiven . . . right? [More]That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Please give it a look, and tell a friend.
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Monday, December 12, 2011
GRE Round Up, Dec 12
Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:
David Codrea/National:
- Hollywood gunman enabled by anti-defense sentiments and laws
- Gungrabbers equate armed self-defenders with ‘executioners’
- Researchers predict UN Arms Trade Treaty will be finalized by summer
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Washington Post wonders if gun rights advances are responsible for police deaths
No effort was made to explain how "more firearms on the streets and in the wrong hands" could lead to more law enforcement officers' deaths, without causing violent crime overall to rise (and indeed it has fallen). The editorial certainly didn't try to explain which specific aspects of the "ascendancy" of gun owners' rights are allowing more firearms to end up "in the wrong hands." More states with concealed carry? That doesn't affect who can legally own a gun at all. More "castle doctrine" laws, whereby law-abiding citizens are not required to retreat before utilizing lethal force in self-defense? Again--that changes nothing about who can legally own a gun. [More]That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Please give it a look, and tell a friend.
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Saturday, December 10, 2011
Guardian blames gun shop for gun trafficking, ignores 'gunwalker' connection
There's something else the Guardian article never once mentions. There was not a single word in the article about the fact that Carter's Country had been recruited by the BATFE, in what those who have been following the "Project Gunwalker" scandal will recognize as an operation very similar to "Operation Fast and Furious." That operation, which was run out of the Phoenix office of the BATFE, was only one component of "Project Gunwalker" (CBS News has found "gunwalking" allegations in ten cities, spread throughout five states). [More]That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Please give it a look, and tell a friend.
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Friday, December 09, 2011
GRE Round Up, Dec 9
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Richard Nascak/Ft. Myers:
Dave Workman/Seattle:
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Holder again eschews 'Bush did it too' lifeline as 'gunwalker' defense
Once again, Holder found the "Bush did it, too" excuse to stretch credibility too far to be useful as a defense. Holder argued yesterday argued that there is a fundamental difference between "false" and "inaccurate," and that "lying is a state of mind," but even he lacks the audacity to claim that "Wide Receiver" was much like the gunwalking committed under his watch. [More]That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Please give it a look, and tell a friend.
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Thursday, December 08, 2011
GRE Round Up, Dec 8
Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:
David Codrea/National:
- FLASH! Walsh submits bill to withhold U.N. funds; CCRKBA helped draft
- Warpath: Holder on hot seat, Dems on defensive
'Conspiracy theory' goes mainstream--'Gunwalker' was for 'gun control'
Well, add CBS News to the ranks of paranoid, right-wing conspiracy theorists, because their investigative correspondent Sharyl Attkisson yesterday reported that "ATF used 'Fast and Furious' to make the case for gun regulations." [More]That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Please give it a look, and tell a friend.
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Wednesday, December 07, 2011
GRE Round Up, Dec 7
Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:
David Codrea/National:
- Halligan rejection a win for NW gun rights group
- BREAKING: Grassley calls for Lanny Breuer’s resignation from DoJ
DC police claim knowing your rights is evidence of criminal conduct
CSGV incessantly accuses Second Amendment activsts who arm themselves with an eye toward the potential nightmare necessity of defense against an out of control government, of preparing to "kill our democratically elected officials." They could just as easily--and rather more honestly--have said that citizens "don't need the right to keep and bear arms, unless they intend to wage civil war." [More]That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Please give it a look, and tell a friend.
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Tuesday, December 06, 2011
GRE Round Up, Dec 6
Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:
David Codrea/National:
- Issa broadens DOJ investigation to include drug money laundering report
- Vanderboegh exclusive: Melson thanked Burke for work on Fast and Furious
- Failure of Kurdistan gun control demonstrates universal truths
- Republicans block Halligan confirmation
- Issa turns up heat on Holder as Judiciary hearing looms
- Is former Arizona U.S. Attorney to be F&F sacrificial lamb?
Government hiding numbers of guns LEGALLY sent to Mexico, diverted to cartels
But now, it must be understood that whatever the correct figure for the number of U.S.-sourced guns in cartel hands is, it includes thousands of DoJ-"gunwalked" guns, and perhaps tens of thousands of State Department-transferred guns.That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Please give it a look, and tell a friend.
A suspicious type might suspect that in both cases ("Gunwalker" and the State Department transfers), the intent is to lay the groundwork for more "gun control" in the U.S. And hey--perhaps we just figured out why the State Department has made the numbers secret. [More]
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Monday, December 05, 2011
GRE Round Up, Dec 5
Sorry about having missed the roundups for the last couple weeks, but here's the latest from my fellow GREs:
David Codrea/National:
- ATF memo describes operation designed to get guns to Mexico
- Mexican pledge controversy recalls similar incident with ‘World Anthem’
- Why are El Paso residents ‘under the gun’ when peaceably addressing government?
- How many have died from DEA’s ‘Project Buckwalker’?
- GOA sounds alarm on anti-gun judge nominee while NRA stays silent
- Familiar theme in Seattle’s ‘living in denial’ Supreme Court petition
- FLASH: DoJ Dumps more than 1,000 pages of documents on House
- Newly-released documents reveal Fast & Furious falsehoods
- Hunter backlash begins over wolf plan adoption
Unintentional honesty from gun rights Quisling?
Bob Pope (no--not that Bob Hope), who operated gun shows for 25 years, calls himself "a Newt Gingrich-supporting[?] Second Amendment advocate," and wants to close the mythical "gun show loophole."
But he said his buddies in the Tennessee Firearms Association are irritated by his one-man campaign to close the so-called “gun show loophole,” which he claims allows murderers and thieves to buy stolen guns.Well, a gun show might be Bob's first choice of places to illegally arm himself, but that would seem to put him among the tiny minority of the illegally armed:
“If I was going to buy an illegal gun, I’d go to a gun show and buy it,” said Pope, a towering man perched on an old-fashioned wing chair in the formal living room of his Hermitage home near the Wilson County line.
Purchased from a retail store 8.3 percentBack to the article about Bob. Here's the unintentional honesty:
Purchased at a pawn shop 3.8
Purchased at a flea market 1.0
Purchased in a gun show 0.7
Obtained from friends or family 39.6
Got on the street/illegal source 39.2
“I started doing gun shows in 1983, sold out in 2008,” Pope said.Whether or not the actual date was in 2008, he "sold out," alright.
Traitorous scum.
NRA to make serious push for suppressor (aka 'silencer') law reform?
The NRA tends to get some rather rough treatment in this column, but a serious effort to lift the draconian federal suppressor laws would be a laudable endeavor on NRA's part, and would perhaps be a far less quixotic quest than "conventional wisdom" holds it to be. [More]That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Please give it a look, and tell a friend.
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Wednesday, November 23, 2011
GRE Round Up, Nov 23
Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:
Mike Stollenwerk/DC:
Dave Workman/Seattle:
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Tuesday, November 22, 2011
GRE Round Up, Nov 22
Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:
David Codrea/National:
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Monday, November 21, 2011
GRE Round Up, Nov 21
Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:
David Codrea/National:
- Politicians’ views on guns reflect constituent ignorance and apathy—then and now
- Armed American Radio to discuss concealed carry reciprocity, Gunwalker, and more
- Vanderboegh: Newsweek white supremacist story hides mention of PATCON
- Gunshots freaking out the urbanites?
- Clark Co. judge’s carry decision makes news, but why?
- SAF v. Sacramento in federal lawsuit over Cal. ‘assault weapons’ ban
Friday, November 18, 2011
GRE Round Up, Nov 18
Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:
David Codrea/National:
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Thursday, November 17, 2011
GRE Round Up, Nov 17
Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:
Liston Matthews/Knoxville:
Dave Workman/Seattle:
- House passes CCW bill as antis plead states' rights
- Obama pushing shooters off public lands? Oh, really??
- Grassley going for Eric Holder’s jugular
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
GRE Round Up, Nov 16
Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:
David Codrea/National:
- CORRECTION: House vote was on ‘consideration’ of HR 822
- In self-defense: Walla Walla case has lesson for armed citizens
CSGV laments 'slippery slope'--toward liberty
Horwitz would have us ignore these and many other indications of the very real nature of the slippery slope toward the tyranny of forcible citizen disarmament, and instead look at the impressive progress made by gun rights advocates in the last couple decades as being the "real slippery slope." A "slippery slope" toward greater ability on the part of citizens to defend their lives, families and liberty. Further, we are to join him in mourning this progress toward shall not be infringed. [More]That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Please give it a look, and tell a friend.
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Tuesday, November 15, 2011
GRE Round Up, Nov 15
Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:
David Codrea/National:
Dave Workman/Seattle:
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Senate subcommittee to discuss banning private gun sales, other infringements
This afternoon at 2:30 Eastern (1:30 St. Louis time) the Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism will be discussing Senator Charles Schumer's (D-NY) S. 436, the "Fix Gun Checks Act of 2011." For those who wish to view the proceedings live, this link should allow that, when the hearing starts.That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Please give it a look, and tell a friend.
We have discussed S. 436 several times before, most fully back in mid-March. Among the many deeply invasive infringements specified by the bill (National Gun Rights Examiner David Codrea covered some of them quite well here) are provisions to close the mythical "gun show loophole" that would outright ban private firearm sales--not only at gun shows, but everywhere. And yes--by "ban" private sales, that is exactly what I mean. Any sale that cannot proceed until the FBI probes the prospective buyer's history can hardly be considered to be "private." [More]
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