GRE Round Up, Mar 31

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

David Codrea/National:

• Malkin discusses 'Project Gunwalker' with Sean Hannity


• Did Melson make or miss Issa’s Mar. 30 'Gunwalker' deadline?


• Ex-ATF SAC warns of ‘trap’ and ‘blood bath’ over ‘Project Gunwalker’


• House Oversight Committee spokesman confirms ATF missed Issa deadline

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• ATF director ignores deadline request for Gunrunner documents

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

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

Finally, and just as importantly, see John Longenecker's Liberty News/Safer Streets newsletter, and take the Safer Streets survey, here.

What percentage of Mexican 'crime guns' are 'gunwalked' by Obama administration?

Now, compare that total to the 2-3,000 guns (that we know of so far) that the BATFE has "walked" to Mexico--in two years or less--and one starts to see that the BATFE could be looked at as one of the leading gun suppliers to the Mexican narco-thugs.

Now why would they do that, do you suppose? "Never let a serious crisis go to waste," Rahm? [More]

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GRE Round Up, Mar 30

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

David Codrea/National:

• ‘Pro-gun Democrats’ AWOL from ‘Project Gunwalker’

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• Maybe Kerlikowske should duck Thursday hearing as well


• Shhhhh…..Suppressor bill sent to Gregoire

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

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

Finally, and just as importantly, see John Longenecker's Liberty News/Safer Streets newsletter.

Obstruct and evade: Administration running out of tricks to duck 'Gunwalker'

Enough with the games, administration officials. Every attempt to obstruct and evade the investigation merely delays the inevitable, and compounds your guilt. Congressman Issa can subpoena documents and witnesses nearly at will, and now that he has become heavily involved, he seems to have that will. If formal hearings, with senior administration officials (very senior, perhaps) treated as hostile witnesses are the only way the truth will get out, the truth will still get out.

President Obama would do well to remember that it was not the Watergate break-in itself that undid Nixon--it was the cover-up afterward. Then again, Watergate didn't kill anyone. [More]

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GRE Round Up, Mar 29

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

David Codrea/National:

• Anti-gun campus cop displays 'Only Ones' elitism


• ATF to grant ‘Project Gunwalker’ FOIA inquiry ‘in part’

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• ‘Bordergate’ – Seattle’s gunrunning case: Shades of ‘Project gunrunner?’


• UPDATE: Not Guilty verdict in dog ‘warning shot’ case

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

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

Finally, and just as importantly, see John Longenecker's Liberty News/Safer Streets newsletter.

Steel on Target: New Illinois gun rights blog

Well, newish, anyway. New to me, because I don't keep up as I should.

Anyway, check out Steel on Target, whether you live in Illinois, or not.

Anti-gun forces to hold press conference today in Chicago

As has recently been pointed out here before, the momentum behind defensive handgun carry in Illinois is stronger than it has ever been in the past, with Illinois HB 148, the "Family and Personal Protection Act," having a real chance of passage. That would be a nightmare not only for Illinois anti-gun groups (which were already suffering from dwindling funding), but for national "gun control" groups as well. Illinois, as one of only two states with no provision for legal concealed carry for private citizens (and the only state to ban both open and concealed carry), is considered a "gun control" stronghold (and the Brady Campaign has still felt the need to focus its efforts in the state, largely writing others off). Passage of the Family and Personal Protection Act would, in other words, go a long way toward driving a much-needed oaken stake through the heart of the forcible citizen disarmament lobby, nationwide. [More]

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GRE Round Up, Mar 28

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

Mike Stollenwerk/DC:

• Facebook group aims for open carry nation

David Codrea/National:

• Origins of ‘Project Gunwalker’ important for media to understand

Yih-Chau Chang/Oakland:

• "Take Back Your Rights" Protest Campaign Steams into Fremont

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• Rep. Issa’s March 30 deadline for ATF documents looming

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

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

Finally, and just as importantly, see John Longenecker's Liberty News/Safer Streets newsletter.

'Project Gunwalker' now definitively traced to near top of Justice Department

Are officials very near (or at?) the top of this administration guilty not only of facilitating the illegal trafficking of thousands of guns to Mexico, some of which have been used to kill perhaps hundreds of Mexican citizens and at least one American law enforcement officer, but also of trying to cover the atrocity up; or are they "merely" guilty of letting their underlings run (lethally) wild, without their knowledge? [More]

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GRE Round Up, Mar 25

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

Yih-Chau Chang/Oakland:

• Gun Free School Zones--The Oxymoron Of Our Age

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• To shoot or not to shoot: When an aggressive dog bites


• How high up does ‘Project Gunrunner’ go? (Who knew what and when?)

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

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

Finally, and just as importantly, see John Longenecker's Liberty News/Safer Streets newsletter.

Mark your calendars, Missourians--Gun Rights Rally Day approaches

Wednesday, April 6, Jefferson City will be the place to be (excerpt):

. . .

Kickoff (so to speak) is 10 AM. As the Missouri Sport Shooting Association newsletter suggests. gun rights advocates in Missouri have reason to be energized. We recently discussed some of the gun bills moving in the state legislature. All three have passed in the House, and now go to the Senate. [More]

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GRE Round Up, Mar 24

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• Lawmakers riled up over WSP gun probe, but questions remain


• UPDATE: WSP insists no gun registry intended; no specific suspect in gun loss

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

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

Does Obama have too many 'moving parts' to get handle on 'Project Gunwalker'?

That means that Holder has had more than seven weeks to sort through all the administration's "moving parts," and find out who authorized "Operation Fast and Furious." Remember also that the Inspector General to whom Obama refers works for the Department of Justice--the very same department that seems to be up to its eyeballs in the scandal, which is why Sen. Grassley has been pressing for an independent investigation. [More]

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GRE Round Up, Mar 23

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• WA State Patrol issues mea culpa letter over AR-15 flap


• Is Obama signaling that someone will be tossed under the bus?

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

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

Finally, and just as importantly, see John Longenecker's Liberty News/Safer Streets newsletter.

CSGV finds another 'insurrectionist'--this one in Congress

Um . . . what's the problem again? Saying that infringements on that which the Constitution clearly states shall not be infringed would violate the very basis for the government's legitimacy, thus nullifying any obligation on the people's part to obey that government? That would only be "insurrectionary" if it's "seditious" to demand that the government be contrained by the short leash of the Constitution. Actually, come to think of it, CSGV's position would seem to be that such a demand is indeed "insurrectionary." [More]

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GRE Round Up, Mar 22

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• Prohibitionists can’t get stories straight as ‘Gunrunner’ scandal unravels

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

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

Finally, and just as importantly, see John Longenecker's Liberty News/Safer Streets newsletter.

Just how big is 'Project Gunwalker'?

The Department of Justice encompasses not only the BATFE, but also the U.S. Marshals Service, the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), and the U.S. Attorneys--and now we see that all those agencies were involved. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), of which ICE is one part, is of course a Cabinet-level department, entirely separate from the Department of Justice. Keep in mind that when the Brady Campaign finally acknowledged "Gunwalker," their President Paul Helmke tried to blame the fiasco on BATFE's not having had a permanent director since 2006 . . . [More]

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GRE Round Up, Mar 21

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

Mike Stollenwerk/DC:

• While DC fiddles, Oklahoma burns for open carry

Yih-Chau Chang/Oakland:

• 1st And 2nd Amendment Groups Take Back Their Rights In Milpitas

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• Concerns, complaints pile up over WSP gun dealer letter

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

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

Savagely beaten Illinois woman pleads for right to defend herself

The title of this article is not entirely accurate, constrained as it is by Examiner's character limit for titles. Mary Shepard's plea was not really for the right to defend herself--self-defense is a fundamental human right--no pleading necessary. What she is asking the state for--what the citizens of Illinois must demand--is recognition of that fundamental human right. There is room, really, for only two stances on this issue. One can either stand with the Mary Shepards of Illinois, and for legal defensive firearm carry; or with the brutal thugs, and those who support mandated defenselessness for their victims. [More]

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GRE Round Up, Mar 18

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

David Codrea/National:

• Jim Bohannon Show explores 'Project Gunwalker' with writers who broke the story

Yih-Chau Chang/Oakland:

• The Time Has Come For A National Open Carry Education Campaign

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• WSP jars gun dealers, sets off firestorm, ATF ‘not consulted’

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

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

Finally, and just as importantly, see John Longenecker's Liberty News/Safer Streets newsletter.

CSGV should change name to 'Coalition to Kill Dissenters'

CSGV's Twitter feed is probably not Horwitz's work. Presumably, that's handled by Ladd Everitt, their Minister of Truth . . . er, I mean their Director of Communications (and let's be fair here, and not make too much of Ladd's resemblance to Jared Loughner--for all we know, Everitt could have chosen that look first, and it was a case of Loughner emulating him, rather than the other way around). Clearly, they are commendably united in their support for governmental violence. [More]

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GRE Round Up, Mar 17

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

David Codrea/National:

• Darrell Issa enters ‘Project Gunwalker’ fray
  Yeah, I know I posted the above link in yesterday's Round Up, but I added it late, and it's too important to risk allowing it to be missed.


• Press continues (sober?) assault on right to keep and bear arms

Yih-Chau Chang/Oakland:

• The Timeless Legacy Of The Gun Control Lobby

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• Pressure mounts on ATF for ‘Gunrunner’ info, answers


• Idaho House passes guns-on-campus bill

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

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

Finally, and just as importantly, see John Longenecker's Liberty News/Safer Streets newsletter.

Firearms Freedom Act supporters not legitimate participants in polical process?

The study's most surprising contention, though, is its apparent attempt to cast doubt on the very legitimacy of the right of supporters of such laws to participate in the political process. [More]

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Can the 'Fix Gun Checks Act' prevent violence? Can it respect liberty?

It's as if Obama read through S. 436, and extracted every talking point that could be applied to the alleged shooter. The forcible citizen disarmament lobby is no doubt unhappy that Loughner didn't make his firearm purchase at a gun show, thus leaving Obama with no hook for the "gun show loophole" language in the bill. In that, the President has shown more integrity and restraint than some. Colin "The Alchemist" Goddard has made the "loophole" his signature issue (at least until the progress of legislation to end colleges' status as "gun-free" zones has forced him to play defense), despite the shooting to which he owes his fame (and his job) having been committed with guns not bought at a gun show. [More]

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GRE Round Up, Mar 16

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

Richard Nascak/Ft. Myers:

• Open carry bills advance in FL legislature

David Codrea/National:

• Two more invitation requests for Obama’s ‘common ground’ gun summit


• Darrell Issa enters ‘Project Gunwalker’ fray

Yih-Chau Chang/Oakland:

• A Practical Look At The Reality Of Defensive Gun Use

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• New proposed background check mandate: de facto gun registration?


• Could you survive ‘The Big One’ without a gun?

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

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

Forcible citizen disarmament by fiat: When separation of powers gets in the way

It cannot realistically be doubted that Obama would dearly love to sign Sen. Chuck Schumer's S. 436 (or Congresswoman Carolyn "What's a Barrel Shroud?" McCarthy's House version of the same bill, announced yesterday). We'll probably take a closer look at that abomination tomorrow. Even if he can't succeed with that ambitious agenda, though, a bunch of administrative "rule changes" will go a long way to imposing more restrictions on Americans. He'll take what he can get. [More]

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GRE Round Up, Mar 15

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

David Codrea/National:

• Is Charlie Sheen a menace to society?


• CCRKBA asks Obama for invitation to gun summit that NRA rejected

Yih-Chau Chang/Oakland:

• On Gun Control, Obama Notices The Speck In Our Eye But Misses The Log In His Own

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• NRA to Obama: ‘Stop Fast and Furious immediately’

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

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

Is onslaught of 'gun show loophole' legislation--and worse--about to begin?

If the accused is found not guilty, or if the charges are dropped, he's still out of luck when it comes to buying firearms.

That's Obama's "low-hanging fruit," his "common sense" reform, to be talked about in his "new discussion." [More]

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GRE Round Up, Mar 14

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

David Codrea/National:

• Obama’s latest ‘gun control’ proposal will not close ‘Gunwalker loophole’

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• Spokane newspaper pulls out stops to stop Idaho gun law change


• Bellevue v. Obama: Gun safety, not gun hysteria

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

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

Finally, and just as importantly, see John Longenecker's Liberty News/Safer Streets newsletter.

Obama demands that we 'seek agreement' on guns; will he agree to rein in BATFE?

In other words, don't look for Obama to"seek agreement" with regard to the BATFE's rampant evil. That vile misconduct, indeed, looks to have been a major tool by which Obama had hoped to secure the American people's agreement. [More]

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GRE Round Up, Mar 11

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

David Codrea/National:

• Mexican politician calls for extradition of ATF 'Gunwalkers'
  Yeah, I know I posted the above link in yesterday's Round Up, but I added it late, and it's too important to risk allowing it to be missed.


• Will press ask president about ‘Project Gunwalker’?

Yih-Chau Chang/Oakland:

• The Case For Open Carry In California.

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• Is it gun shops, gun shows or government that is ‘chief source of weapons?'


• Idaho measure would cause shudders in Olympia

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

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

Brady Campaign says permanent BATFE director would have stopped 'Gunwalker'

Oh? Acting Director Kenneth Melson has so little power that he can't direct the bureau to . . . not pressure gun dealers into going ahead with obvious "straw sales," against the dealers' better judgment? What, then, are the responsibilities and powers of an acting director? What, indeed, is the purpose of an acting director, if not to . . . act as director? There would not have been a "Project Gunwalker," without Melson's authorization, and if he were somehow powerless to stop it, that would mean that it was forced on him, against his will, from higher up in the Department of Justice (and there can be no realistic doubt that the operation was known, and at the very least tacitly approved, further up in that department), by people who would outrank a permanent director, as well. [More]

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GRE Round Up, Mar 10

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

David Codrea/National:

• NRA calls for Gunwalker investigations
  Yeah, I know I posted the above link in yesterday's Round Up, but I added it late, and it's too important to risk allowing it to be missed.


• House Judiciary Committee Republicans want answers from Holder on Gunwalker


• A Journalist's Guide to 'Project Gunwalker-Part Two


• Holder says ‘gunwalking wrong’


• Mexican politician calls for extradition of ATF 'Gunwalkers'

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• Central figure in ‘Gunrunner’ controversy refuses to talk to Examiner

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

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

Motive behind 'Project Gunwalker' needs closer look

The "we're incompetent (Underpants Gnomes-incompetent)" excuse should be pretty humiliating for anyone involved, but it does make a certain kind of sense that they would prefer it to admitting that they have been trading Mexican (and some American) lives for more infringements on that which shall not be infringed. That excuse would probably also serve to help insulate some of the higher level officials--perhaps even an elected official who, on April 16, 2009 said, "More than 90 percent of the guns recovered in Mexico come from the United States." [More]

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GRE Round Up, Mar 9

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

Steve D. Jones/Fort Smith:

• ATF Gunwalker Scandal Update

David Codrea/National:

• Grassley asks for independent investigation of ATF


• CBS: ‘Documents point to ATF gun running since 2008’
  Yeah, I know I posted the two preceding links in yesterday's Round Up, but I added them late, and they're too important to risk allowing them to be missed.


• Mexican government calls for ‘working group’ to examine gun-walking charges


• Project Gunwalker ‘becoming a major scandal’


• NRA calls for Gunwalker investigations

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• Low Seattle murder rate belies anti-gun lobby’s hysteria


• Is Washington Post helping ATF circle wagons on ‘Gunrunner’ scandal?

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

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

Finally, and just as importantly, see John Longenecker's Liberty News/Safer Streets newsletter.

FOID data publication has nothing to do with government accountability

The far more fundamental issue, though, is of course that this information is not legitimately the government's to "account for." The Supreme Court has repeatedly ruled that the right to keep and bear arms is fundamental, and explicitly guaranteed in the Bill of Rights. That right's licensure, then, has no legitimacy whatsoever. To keep government "in check," what needs to be done is not to require it to reveal to whom it has granted "permission" to own firearms, but to strip it of the power to either grant or deny that permission. [More]

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GRE Round Up, Mar 8

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

David Codrea/National:

• Some ‘illegal’ U.S. guns being used to defend Mexican lives


• Grassley asks for independent investigation of ATF


• CBS: ‘Documents point to ATF gun running since 2008’

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• Seattle Times wakes up to ‘Gunrunner’ scandal…sort of

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
  The official spin begins on ATF/DOJ gun smuggling scandal
• LA Anti-Establishment
• Michigan Firearms

Finally, and just as importantly, see John Longenecker's Liberty News/Safer Streets newsletter.

Why should any gun dealer cooperate with BATFE?

Sipsey Street Irregulars' Mike Vanderboegh, who along with National Gun Rights Examiner David Codrea, broke the "Project Gunwalker" story, recently offered a sinister hypothesis:

Okay, so Texas is a border state. But what if this is bigger than anybody ever thought? What if this is not about exaggerating the border problem, but the entire problem of criminal access to firearms all across the country?

[More]

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GRE Round Up, Mar 7

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

Sean McClanahan/Des Moines:

• Gun bills that survived the funnel

Liston Matthews/Knoxville:

• What a difference a word makes

David Codrea/National:

• As some in media pick up on ‘Gunwalker,’ others remain (intentionally?) clueless


• Grassley: Federal officials made whistleblower feel like skunk at picnic


• Issa silence on ‘Project Gunwalker’ enabled by NRA inaction


• ‘Project Gunwalker’ now ‘an international incident’


• White House pleads ignorance to ‘Project Gunwalker’

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• KOMO’s Carlson turns up heat on ATF’s ‘Gunrunner’ scandal

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

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

CSGV abandons Max Weber, accuses me of 'insurrectionary thought' (and treason)

Perhaps having become cognizant of this little problem, CSGV seems now to be very reluctant to talk about Weber, with multiple attempts on my part to get them to do so being met with (rather clumsy) attempted evasions. Geez--facilitate the rise to power of one egomaniacal, genocidal madman, who starts the most devastating war in all of history, and suddenly all your friends turn their backs on you. [More]

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GRE Round Up, Mar 4

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

John Pierce/Minneapolis:

• Using brandishing statutes to chill Second Amendment rights

David Codrea/National:

• CBS interviews ATF senior agent on 'Project Gunwalker'


• ATF begins spin in wake of devastating press reports
  Yeah, I know I posted the preceding links in yesterday's Round Up, but I added them late, and they're too important to risk allowing them to be missed.

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• Grassley: ‘Congress needs to get to the bottom of this’

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
  CBS News lead story--ATF whistleblower alleges deep corruption
• LA Anti-Establishment
• Michigan Firearms

Breakfast with the BATFE; Mexican journalist asks Obama to 'veto' 2nd Amendment

That's right: to BATFE leadership, the nameless, faceless (and countless) dead in Mexico--and Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry (who was armed with beanbags), and quite possibly Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agent Jaime Zapata--were "eggs" that the BATFE had to "break."

In fact, as objections from field agents mounted, a supervisor sent out an email telling them that, "If you don't think this is fun you're in the wrong line of work." It should, evidently, be fun to "break some eggs." [More]

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GRE Round Up, Mar 3

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

David Codrea/National:

• Rumor confirmed: Murdered agent Terry armed with beanbag rounds


• CBS News to air 2nd ‘Project Gunwalker’ segment and Grassley writes Holder again


• Also, catch David talking about "Project Gunwalker" on the live webchat on The Truth About Guns, at 8 PM Eastern tonight


• CBS interviews ATF senior agent on 'Project Gunwalker'


• ATF begins spin in wake of devastating press reports

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• NW activists watching today’s Obama-Calderon meet; Idaho rep weighs in

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

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

Is AG's FOID data dump ruling a diversion to thwart concealed carry in IL?

The legislative efforts to block the Madigan FOID data dump have hit a snag, with HB 7 falling one vote short in a committee vote yesterday. House rules allow for another try at some point in the future, and the bill's sponsor, Representative Ron Stephens (R-102nd District), has vowed to bring it up again in the coming weeks.

In the meantime, Illinois residents need to talk to the committee members:

Chairperson: Elaine Nekritz D
Vice-Chairperson: John E. Bradley D
Republican Spokesperson: Jil Tracy R
Member: Michael G. Connelly R
Member: Dwight Kay R
Member: Lou Lang D
Member: Sidney H. Mathias R
Member: André M. Thapedi D
Member: Arthur Turner D
Member: Ann Williams D
Member: Michael J. Zalewski D

Also, the Illinois GOP has started an online petition to demand protection for the confidentiality of FOID data. [More]

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GRE Round Up, Mar 2

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

David Codrea/National:

• Was ICE agent killed with ‘walked’ gun?


• Idaho Rep. to urge Darrell Issa to investigate ‘Project Gunwalker’ charges

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• Washington newspaper pegs it: Left has lost Gun Control debate

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

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

Associated Press wants to know who can own guns in Illinois

The HB 7/SB 27 legislation has a laudable goal, and Attorney General Madigan (who supported the continuation of Chicago's handgun ban in the McDonald case, and whose father, Michael Madigan, is the Speaker of the House in the Illinois state legislature, and a longtime, fervent advocate of "gun control") has clearly decided to make such legislation necessary. On the other hand, perhaps it's past time to aim much higher. Perhaps, indeed, it's time to acknowledge the sordid truth of where the FOID came from, and of what the real motivations behind implementing it were. We've touched on that a couple times before, with a quote from Raymond Benwood's excellent look at the history of the FOID . . . [More]

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GRE Round Up, Mar 1

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

David Codrea/National:

• Researchers challenge UN Arms Trade Treaty gun death claims

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• Bad news for WA CeaseFire: ATF trace mechanism works fine as is

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

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

Finally, and just as importantly, see John Longenecker's Liberty News/Safer Streets newsletter.