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Here's an interesting aspect of Mr. Jones' appointment:That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Please give it a look, and tell a friend.Jones will continue to serve in the capacity of U.S. Attorney when he assumes the role of ATF acting director on Aug. 31, 2011.In other words, President Obama's Department of Justice, under Attorney General Eric Holder, is making leadership of the BATFE a part-time position. That's the kind of move that one might think would draw howls of protest from the forcible citizen disarmament lobby.
The Brady Campaign, some might remember, in what seems to have been their first acknowledgment of 'Project Gunwalker,' back in March, blamed the debacle on the fact that the BATFE did not have a permanent director . . . [More]
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The provided link (pdf file) is to an FBI page breaking down the numbers of people on the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) database, showing that over six and a half million people are denied the right to keep and bear arms. The CSGV finds, apparently, that number to be "scarily" small. How many people deprived of what is supposed to be an unalienable right would be sufficient, in CSGV's estimation? 20 million? 50 million? 100 million? Or, given their enthusiasm for a government monopoly on force, perhaps CSGV would prefer that everyone who is not designated government muscle be denied effective self-defense. [More]That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Please give it a look, and tell a friend.
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Dave Workman/Seattle:
The Boston Globe editorial board, though, thinks that even if such a law doesn't make any sense, if it passes, gun manufacturers should stay put and deal with it.That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Please give it a look, and tell a friend.
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Industries have no moral obligation to remain in states (or countries, for that matter) that actively work against them. They have every right to move their tax dollars and good jobs to states that won't use those resources to implement and enforce laws that work directly against the industries' interests. [More]
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That is what CSGV chose to object to, and the wording of that objection shows the twisted, Orwellian mentality that drives CSGV's agenda. If offering employees the choice of whether or not to join a union is "anti-labor," then the only way to be "pro-labor" is to force them to join. That is the "progressive" philosophy in a nutshell (and a nutshell, being designed to contain nuttiness, is a very good place for it). The same thinking can be seen in characterizing those who don't believe in forcing citizens to buy a government-approved health insurance plan as being "anti-health care." Of course, CSGV also believes that to be "anti-violence" one must support denying people the ability to effectively resist violent criminal predation. [More]That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Please give it a look, and tell a friend.
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Liston Matthews/Knoxville:
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Liston Matthews/Knoxville:
Hardly surprising that someone who views the Constitutionally guaranteed, fundamental human right of the individual to keep and bear arms as "unfortunate" would also see Constitutional protection of the right to be secure against unreasonable searches as a "problem." Residents of Crystal Lake Park, St. George, University City and Maryland Heights might be wise to inquire as to whether or not Martin sees their freedom as "unfortunate," as well. [More]That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Please give it a look, and tell a friend.
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Steve D. Jones/Fort Smith:
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The puzzling thing about this is that one would think CSGV would enthusiastically agree with Senator Coburn about that. CSGV approves of every gun restriction, every "gun free" zone, and every reduction in the number of people armed that is ever proposed.That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Please give it a look, and tell a friend.
Instead, though, they even added Sen. Coburn's statement to their little "Insurrectionism Timeline" (which starts with the Heller decision's citing of resistance to a tyrannical government as a vital function of the Second Amendment--oh, the horror). [More]
Friday, August 19, will be the last opportunity to order the official T-Shirt of the Obama regime's "Project Gunwalker." I'll let Sean explain:
The last full day of ordering is upon you. Orders close on this shirt on Friday, by 4pm EDT. If you haven’t bought a shirt by then, you can only hope that I have an extra shirt in your size. This is the second run of shirts, and it’s taken 3 weeks to gather together enough orders to make a decent print run. I am doubtful that there will ever be a third print run, so don’t delay.Click on the above link for more information, or if you already know enough, click here to order!
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David Codrea/National:
Readers will remember that the ostensible justification for the new multiple long gun purchase reporting requirement in the four southwest border states (Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California) is that it will supposedly help stop gun trafficking to Mexico. How it would do that, when the BATFE and Department of Justice let thousands of guns to be trafficked to Mexico when they knew all about them is something of a mystery. But if gun traffickers are now dispersing their operation throughout the country, the dubious effectiveness of the new requirement in those four states is completely undermined. [More]That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Please give it a look, and tell a friend.
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David Codrea/National:
Are we to believe that high DoJ officials were unaware of "Project Gunwalker," and would never have authorized it, when the very people whom they have acknowledged were heavily involved in it are being rewarded--presumably with the approval of the very same high officials who would supposedly never have authorized it? Would it perhaps be overly cynical and "conspiracy-minded" to wonder if these rewards are actually compensation for low-level pawns and mid-level drones to fall on their swords, thus protecting the higher-level officials? [More]That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Please give it a look, and tell a friend.
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Liston Matthews/Knoxville:
So why is the federal government advising people to conduct themselves in a manner likely to draw scrutiny as a "suspected terrorist?" Maybe they're just looking for new ways to populate DHS's massive new database of American citizens who need to be kept under Big Brother's watchful eye. Not incidentally, this could also add a bunch of names to a list that some propose should be used as the basis to deny firearms purchases, without a conviction, without an indictment, without even an arrest or formal charge. [More]That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Please give it a look, and tell a friend.
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Ah, yes--Representative Eliot Engel's (D-NY) favorite plan for stopping gun trafficking to Mexico (and Jamaica): block (by executive fiat) the importation of popular firearms, in order to (somehow) block the (already illegal) exportation of them. And Luna also wants to "expand the 'regulatory capacity'" of the BATFE.That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Please give it a look, and tell a friend.
Wait a second--he wants the agency chosen by Attorney General Eric Holder's Department of "Justice" to carry out the Obama government's "gunwalking" scheme to be given more power and authority? What could possibly go wrong? [More]
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So the Deputy Attorney General knew at least as early as March 2010 that the BATFE had been watching guns being "walked" to Mexico, but didn't think that was worth bringing up to his boss? How likely does that sound? [More]That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Please give it a look, and tell a friend.
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David Codrea/National:
Perhaps more fundamentally, such a law would be an utter surrender of the Constitutional high ground. Even without the Second Amendment (and how would one reconcile regulation of firearms carry with shall not be infringed?), what Constitutional authority would be cited as empowering Congress to impose such regulation? The interstate commerce clause (which is used and abused for just about every other usurpation Congress can't justify in any other way)?That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Please give it a look, and tell a friend.
Illinois residents are entirely justified in their resentment of (mostly Chicago-area) politicians who hold hostage their Consitutionally guaranteed, fundamental human right of the individual to keep and bear arms, but not justified in trying to dilute their oppression, by distributing it across the entire country. [More]
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Steve D. Jones/Fort Smith:
Apparently, we are to believe that the FAA only knows about civilian aircraft safety. It does seem rather puzzling that a shooting range would pose more risk to military aircraft than to civilian ones--wouldn't it be the other way around? [More]That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Please give it a look, and tell a friend.
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David Codrea/National:
Throughout Winkler's October piece, he made clear that the Tea Party's "gun problem" was that Tea Party politicians opposed infringements on that which the Constitution declares shall not be infringed, that they contend that commerce conducted entirely within one state is not "interstate commerce," and that they even dare assert that the Second Amendment exists to protect we the people's means of resistance against a government bent on tyranny.That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Please give it a look, and tell a friend.
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And yet even this collectivist flunky can no longer deny the major "problem" "Project Gunwalker" poses to the Obama government. [More]
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Anthony Bouchard/Cheyenne:
Things must already have been looking pretty grim for BATFE Acting Director Kenneth Melson. Even though it's clear that he was following orders from above in the "Project Gunwalker" fiasco, "Just following orders" didn't work at Nuremberg, and it has no business working now.
On the bright side, though, if he could manage to stay out of jail, a Clean Up ATF quote I saw at No Lawyers - Only Guns and Money made it look as if he at least had a new career lined up:
So it looks like acting director Melson, breeder of Portuguese water dogs and Captain Crunch stunt double . . .Cap'n Crunch Stunt Double--brilliant!
The Obama administration is after your Lucky Charms, or at least your children’s. The public comment period closed on July 14 for a set of “voluntary” guidelines for the marketing of food to children. If adopted, these rules will transform the advertising of breakfast cereals.Poor guy just can't catch a break.
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These foods may still appear in grocery stores, but not in brightly colored packages adorned with cartoon characters. Toucan Sam, Cap’n Crunch, and Tony the Tiger will have to retire.
In other words, although the Supreme Court's McDonald v. City of Chicago ruling established that the Second Amendment binds state and local governments, as well as the federal government, apparently Madigan argues that as long as you can bear arms in some places (which happen to be the places where people tend not to be in great numbers), your right to keep and bear arms remains uninfringed.That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Please give it a look, and tell a friend.
One wonders what Madigan would say about a law prohibiting newspaper articles and editorials, television and radio broadcasts, internet postings, etc., that were critical of the government--but only if this material were created and/or disseminated in town. Out in the country, you can say what you want, so your First Amendment rights are protected, right? [More]
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Not at Media Matters, though. There, more "gun control" is the only "progressive" position, and must always be supported. As it turns out, the Days of Our Trailers blog can tell us why:That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Please give it a look, and tell a friend.
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In other words, Media Matters' coverage of gun issues is motivated not only by strong political bias, but also by a big pile of "gun control" dollars. [More]
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Some argue that it's "paranoid" to suspect that our honorable elected officials would stoop to using such a law to trample the rights of people whose only "crime" was advocating political positions opposed by the administration in power. Let such casual dismissals be put to rest right now. Those who argue that the desperate situation of our spiraling national debt requires taking desperate measures if our nation is to avoid utter ruination are now being called "terrorists," by powerful officials in the party that occupies the White House and has a Senate majority. [More]That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Please give it a look, and tell a friend.
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