Armed and Safe: 11/01/2011

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]

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Tuesday, November 15, 2011

GRE Round Up, Nov 15

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

David Codrea/National:

ATF classifies Chore Boy pot scrubber pads NFA firearms

Yih-Chau Chang/Oakland:

Two Powerhouse Right-to-Carry Organizations Merge in California

Dave Workman/Seattle:

Grassley follow-up rips Holder’s data on Mexican crime gun traces

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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.

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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Another CSGV triumph!

CSGV's Facebook page alerts concerned cud-chewers to an online poll about campus carry at George Mason University:

Should students/teachers be allowed to carry weapons at Mason?http://fairfaxcity.patch.com/articles/poll-recap

Hmm . . . not looking so good for the anti-self-defense crowd:

Fortunately, CSGV left a comment with an explanation for the cud-chewers' poor showing:

Thanks for the heads-up, Whitney. Unfortunately, online polls suffer badly from pro-gun website spamming.

R-i-g-h-h-h-t. That's the problem--"pro-gun website spamming" is the reason your side has only mustered 12 votes in the three hours that it's been on CSGV's Facebook page (and about 4 1/2 hours since the poll has been up).

Monday, November 14, 2011

GRE Round Up, Nov 14

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

Dave Workman/Seattle:

It was a simple question about ‘justice’

False alarms over nat’l CCW legislation only help anti-gunners

Grassley fires broadside at Eric Holder, DoJ subordinates

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'Gunwalking,' gun rights advocacy and 'treason'

To CSGV, in other words, stating one's refusal to quietly surrender to any potential tyranny, and the therefor implied refusal to allow a government monopoly on force, is "treason," but equipping narco-terrorists with the weapons that they use to kill two federal law enforcement officers is not. What a strange, Orwellian world they live in.

One cannot help but wonder how Patrick Henry might have responded to CSGV's definition of "treason." [More]

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Friday, November 11, 2011

GRE Round Up, Nov 11

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

David Codrea/National:

‘Conservative’ case for Mitt Romney no case at all

Dave Workman/Seattle:

Showdown looming on national concealed carry

Grassley stays on point about falsehoods from Justice

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Why should anyone ever believe anything said by Mayors Against Illegal Guns?

This, obviously, is nothing less than blatant fraud on MAIG's part, claiming the late Mayor Martin's expressed support, when he was clearly in no position to give it.

The excuse MAIG gave (through Mayor Bloomberg's spokesman) does little to reinforce the group's crumbling credibility . . . [More]

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Thursday, November 10, 2011

GRE Round Up, Nov 10

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

Dave Workman/Seattle:

WA Democrat survey interesting for what it doesn’t (dare) ask

Crying Wolf: Methow tale suggests balance, not bigotry is right approach

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Is Chris Rock channeling NRA's Wayne LaPierre?

Granted, Rock never mentioned gun laws. Still, Obama campaigned on a platform that included banning so-called "assault weapons," and closing the mythical "gun show loophole"--for just a couple examples of some "gangsta sh--" we know Obama would dearly love to add to his legacy.

In a second term, Obama will not need to keep his forcible citizen disarmament agenda "under the radar." [More]

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Wednesday, November 09, 2011

Freudian slip?

WDSU.com is running a story today with the headline "NOLA Police Tout Illegal Gun Seizures."

Like most (hopefully just about all) American gun owners, I very well remember some infamous "illegal gun seizures" in New Orleans, in which guns were seized with no regard to law (and even less regard to rights) but would have thought that even the same "law enforcement" agency that illegally disarmed hurricane victims, and then murdered some (unarmed, of course) American citizens, would have the decency not to "tout" their heinous crimes.

Apparently I overestimated their decency. Would not have thought it possible.

GRE Round Up, Nov 9

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

David Codrea/National:

Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry memorial fundraiser to be held Nov. 12

Dave Workman/Seattle:

Pattern of evasion continues in Fast & Furious

Issa wants answers from DoJ official; Terry family statement

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Under oath, Holder discredits 'Bush did it too' excuse for 'Gunwalker'

In 75 seconds of pointed questioning of Attorney General Holder (see sidebar video), Senator John Cornyn has perhaps left the excuse makers scrambling for something better. In that time, he asked Holder if he knew that Operation Wide Receiver (the Bush-era operation) actually did involve an attempt to track the firearms, while Fast and Furious did not. Cornyn then asked Holder if he knew that Operation Wide Receiver was run in conjunction with the Mexican government, while Fast and Furious was kept secret from not only Mexico, but from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) attaché to Mexico, Darren Gil. Gil, in fact, after discovering on his own what was going on, was basically pushed into retirement when he balked at the near act of war of "walking" guns into Mexico without the Mexican government's knowledge or permission.

Holder was eventually forced into the position of having to put the "Bush did it too" excuse out of its misery himself . . . [More]

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Tuesday, November 08, 2011

GRE Round Up, Nov 8

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

David Codrea/National:

Senate Judiciary Committee questions Holder on gunwalking

Bill Engvall owes gun owners an apology

Dave Workman/Seattle:

Grassley’s opening statement: Justice Department lied

Blame shifting, obfuscation in Senate Judiciary hearing

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Article devotes 5 pages marvelling lack of scandals; 1 sentence to 'Gunwalker'

That's it. One sentence. Actually, half a sentence--the hundreds of deaths ("broken eggs," as some in our government think of them) only get the second half of a sentence that starts by discussing the NLRB/Boeing battle. Not a word as to why such a debacle, that as of now has at least 36 members of Congress calling for the resignation or dismissal of the Attorney General of the United States, can be anything less than a "scandal." [More]

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Monday, November 07, 2011

GRE Round Up, Nov 7

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

David Codrea/National:

Gungrabbers resort to character assassination on new WI carry law

‘Wide Receiver’ CI cites plan to smuggle firearms to Tijuana via San Diego

‘Castaway’ inmate charges FL surveillance team let guns escape

Dave Workman/Seattle:

MSNBC analyst, NY Times editorial clearly define media anti-2A bias

Most Northwest activists take Ceasefire threat seriously

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Bill Maher asks what Constitutional rights we should lose--2nd Amendment chosen

Maher, who has shown his hostility to the concept of private gun ownership before, then came in with the "resistance is useless" argument against the Second Amendment as a bulwark against tyranny. He went on to explain that an armed citizenry would not have a chance against the federal government, because "The government has nuclear weapons, and the Marine Corps, and the F-22." This, of course, ignores the fact that would-be tyrants want a people to tyrannize, not a blasted, radioactive charnel house, and that the Marine Corps and F-22 have not changed the fact that we will soon be leaving Iraq with the final outcome still very much in question there. Maher has clearly not read "A Handgun Against an Army." [More]

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Saturday, November 05, 2011

Media 'Matters' fails; Bob Owens would have a right to be angry

I don't expect Media "Matters" to exhibit much in the way of professionalism, so their misspelling of my name (twice) here, while bleating about "insurrectionist," "right wing" folks like me comes as little surprise:

Kurt Hoffman [sic] Suggested It's A "Good Thing" That Politicians Who Support Gun Control Perceive "A Personal Threat To Their Own Lives." On November 3, 2011 writing on Examiner.com, gun rights blogger Kurt Hoffman [sic] suggested that politicians perceiving "a personal threat to their own lives" was a "good thing" . . .

This was in reference to my article from Thursday (the one that upset both VPC and CSGV).

Like I said--nothing surprising so far. But then they quote my Examiner article:

I hope they do feel threatened. Attempts at peaceable protests have been met at turns by feigned ignorance, then mockery, then attacks on the character and motives of those would not sit quietly by. Perhaps it will take a serious review of our capacity for violence to get them to realize we shall not surrender our individual liberties to their lust for power.

The common theme here is that Feinstein, Waxman and others seem to have identified .50 caliber rifles as a personal threat to their own lives. This is a good thing. Those who take it upon themselves to write the laws by which the rest of us must live should fear the wrath of the people they seek to govern. For the nation to be truly free, those who seek to exceed the limits on their power imposed by the Constitution must be made to live in mortal terror of the consequences.

The funny thing here is that the first paragraph appears nowhere in my article, because I never wrote it, although I would have been proud to have been able to claim credit for it.

That is actually the fine work of Bob Owens, and now I feel almost like a plagiarist (and that makes me feel as if I'm mimicking Sari Horwitz).

If I were Mr. Owens, I would be more than a little annoyed that my work was being attributed to someone else. I dropped him a line, to assure him that the misattribution was not my doing, and he was very gracious and understanding.

I certainly appreciate that, but still think he has every right to demand a correction and apology from Media "Matters."

Friday, November 04, 2011

GRE Round Up, Nov 4

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

Liston Matthews/Knoxville:

Joe Jarrett for Knox County Law Director

David Codrea/National:

Open letter to FBI, ICE, Secret Service on apparent Infragard ethics violation

Dave Workman/Seattle:

New revelations in Fast & Furious: gunwalking habit under former ATF field chief

EXCLUSIVE: WA Ceasefire to seek Evergreen State open carry ban

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Fraternal Order of Police rushes to Perjurer General Holder's defense

If Holder did not commit perjury in his sworn testimony claiming ignorance of "Operation Fast and Furious" until a "few weeks" before he was asked on May 3, he has been willfully incompetent and oblivious in the peformance of the duties of his office--and even the incompetence defense looks mighty shaky.

FOP's defense of Holder says nothing good about that organization's credibility and judgment. [More]

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Thursday, November 03, 2011

GRE Round Up, Nov 3

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

Dave Workman/Seattle:

Holder, Napolitano share heat as more trouble brewing

BREAKING: Issa, Grassley digging into Fast and Furious leaks

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Some politicians fear citizens with .50 caliber rifles--and that's a good thing

The common theme here is that Feinstein, Waxman and others seem to have identified .50 caliber rifles as a personal threat to their own lives.

This is a good thing. Those who take it upon themselves to write the laws by which the rest of us must live should fear the wrath of the people they seek to govern. For the nation to be truly free, those who seek to exceed the limits on their power imposed by the Constitution must be made to live in mortal terror of the consequences. [More]

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Wednesday, November 02, 2011

GRE Round Up, Nov 2

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

David Codrea/National:

Project GunTALKER radio opportunities bypass administration media apologists

Dave Workman/Seattle:

Good publicity a higher priority at ATF than interdiction?

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No conspiracy theory: 'Gunwalker' being used RIGHT NOW to justify more gun laws

And now we know what the "time and place" are--a Senate hearing about this administration's deliberate arming of vicious drug cartels. How convenient for her.

The administration's "gun control" agenda is no longer "under the radar." [More]

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Why are 'gun control' advocates so violent?

Dave Begel, evidently a sports writer for OnMilwaukee, is not happy about Wisconsin residents no longer being rendered defenseless by law.

In case you live in a cave, let me explain. In Wisconsin, people now have the right to pack handguns under their coat, in their purse, strapped to their leg under their pants, in their bra, under their hat, in a fake cast on their wrist, in a laptop case, in your jock, under your toupee or underneath your mask on Halloween. You can also carry a stun gun if you just want to electrocute someone instead of drill them full of lead. Or a knife, if slicing or stabbing is your style.

So far, pretty typical anti-self-defense ranting, although he manages a level of puerility in his grammatically questionable snark that perhaps exceeds the average. Well done, Dave.

But now let's get to Dave's penchant for violence:

"For the first time, violent criminals are going to have to fear that their next attack might be their last," [NRA lobbyist Darren] LaSorte said. (By the way, I want to meet Darren LaSorte in a dark alley some night and kick the crap out of him. I don't think he can shoot me if I just punch him into oblivion.)

Dave, then, has very publicly expressed his wish to commit assault and battery on someone for successfully lobbying for legislation he doesn't like. In fact, "kick the crap out of him" sounds like pretty brutal battery. Actually, one might convincingly argue that "punch him into oblivion" sounds quite a lot like a wish to administer a fatal beating to Mr. LaSorte.

Mr. LaSorte would be well advised to commit Mr. Begel's face to memory, and to keep his defensive firearm skills honed. Oh, and as for the "dark alley" in which Begel hopes to commit his (murderous?) assault, he should probably educate himself about the Walther (P99, I believe) pistol pictured in his article. That pistol is equipped with an accessory rail, ideal for mounting a tactical light. A "dark alley" no longer conveys as much advantage as it once did to would-be murderers whose intended victims are armed.

Tuesday, November 01, 2011

GRE Round Up, Nov 1

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

David Codrea/National:

Napolitano and Clinton ‘Gunwalker’ reactions simply not credible

Emails, notes give insight into Gunwalker communications

Dave Workman/Seattle:

SAF victory over Seattle gun ban affirms state preemption

Exclusive: Rep. Gowdy rips stalling tactics of DoJ on Fast & Furious

Bombshells and deflections in Fast & Furious investigation

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Admission of 'Gunwalker' knowledge moves up another level in DoJ

Breuer has, evidently, become the latest (and highest) Obama administration official to agree to sacrifice himself to protect those above him. The chances of that sacrifice paying off look rather dim, especially since the scandal is clearly much wider than Breuer's boss, with at least two other cabinet level departments heavily implicated.

Now that's a tangled web. [More]

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