Feinstein wants more 'gun control' to make other countries like us better

As we discussed less than two weeks ago, such paragons of human rights as Iran and China have recently claimed that the right to keep and bear arms violates human rights. National Gun Rights Examiner David Codrea notes that Germany has just made its already draconian gun laws still more restrictive, quoting a Deutsche Welle ("German Wave") article that went to the unlikely stretch of conflating the new German law with outrage over the Sandy Hook Elementary School atrocity.

Germany, readers will remember, has a well-known history of the kind of "government monopoly on force" so beloved of the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, and U.S. Representative Jerrold Nadler (D-NY). [More]

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Local police chief continues to reject 'gun control' for public safety

Completely absent from the preceding is any discussion of the Constitutional and moral problems inherent to restrictive gun laws, and Chief Fitch does not seem to have weighed in on those questions--not publicly, anyway. Still, he makes a good pragmatic case for rejecting "gun control" as an effective approach to "violence control." [More]

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Ex--'regulatory czar' uses slick sleight of hand to justify banning modern guns

Get that? He claims that the Heller decision recognizes Constitutional protection only for those arms "'in common use at the time' that the Second Amendment was ratified." That would mean that any firearm more advanced than flintlock pistols and muskets can be banned. It is also very clearly a badly flawed reading of Heller, which itself drew on the United States v. Miller decision (a decision reached, remember, without the benefit of any oral arguments--or even a written brief--for the defense) for the "common use" test. [More]

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Parents buying body armor for children, Sen. Durbin wants that outlawed

Sugarmann and his organization, by the way, also lament private citizens' ability to buy guns that can defeat body armor (by the way, the window for commenting on a BATFE proposal to ban more ammo as "armor piercing" closes in less than a week--here is how you can help). In other words, VPC supports the "government monopoly on force" so beloved of the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence (and Representative Jarrold Nadler), and also a "government monopoly on protection from violence."

Can anything reek more of evil tyranny than laws intended solely to require citizens to be more easily killed by the government? [More]

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'Insurrectionist' patches now available with Velcro backing

When I first offered the "CSGV-Designated 'Insurrectionist'" patches, I quickly came to realize that many would-be buyers would have been far more interested if the patches were Velcro-backed. Live and learn.

The good news is that I have sold enough of the "Treason Against Tyranny Is Fidelity To Liberty" patches to justify doing a second production run--this one with the Velcro backing. The "Constitutional Militia Ordnance Engineer" patch will probably never be offered with the Velcro backing--I just don't think the demand is there.

Anyway, the Velcro adds 20% to the price, so the per patch price for one or two is $6, $4.80 apiece for three or more (up to nine), and $3.60 for ten or more. You can still mix and match to get the volume discount. So one "Ordnance Engineer" patch, and two Velcro-backed "Treason Against Tyranny" patches would come $14.60 ($5 for the "Ordnance Engineer" plus 2x$4.80 for the two "Treason Against Tyranny").

Look good at your trial for "treason"!

Feinstein's 'assault weapon' ban would be tantamount to confiscation

Even without confiscation, Feinstein's bill is a new "Intolerable Act," and a direct violation of her oath of office. With it, it's an act of war against the American people. That is a war that she and her allies will lose. [More]

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Sarah Brady says 'time for debating is over'; she had better hope she is wrong

Every one of them had better hope they are wrong.

The reason for that is that there are two ways to end a debate about whether or not to trample a Constitutionally guaranteed, fundamental human right. One is for the would-be violators to admit defeat--something the forcible citizen disarmament lobby is clearly not doing--seeming, in fact, to be much emboldened by their opportunity to exploit the murdered children of Newtown, Connecticut.

The only other way out of the debate is for talks to be abandoned as hopeless. When that happens, the only thing left is open conflict. Winston Churchill had something to say about that--something Brady and her friends should take to heart.

While Churchill's "war-war" would be devastating to everyone in America, it would likely be rather less devastating to those of us who, as Andrew Breitbart said, "have the guns." So tell us, Mrs. Brady, shall it be "war-war"? [More]

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Threat to private gun sales might be greater than threat to 'assault weapons'

Senator John McCain (R-AZ) has (in)famously pushed hard to close the "gun show loophole," (Rick Santorum is another supposedly "conservative Republican" who has advocated closing the mythical "loophole") and even as late as 2008, at the NRA convention, stated that he believed "an accurate, fair and instant background check at guns shows is a reasonable requirement." Even so, the NRA endorsed him for president mere months afterward.

As the Sipsey Street Irregulars' Mike Vanderboegh frequently states, "Not even King George the Third was so grasping" as to attempt to impose such intrusive control over private commerce between individuals. Even so, patriotic Americans--before the term "Americans" really had much meaning--fought and won a seemingly unwinnable war to get out from under his tyranny.

That kind of defiant spirit is desperately needed in America once again. [More]

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China, Iran join America's domestic enemies in calling for citizen disarmament

The Coalition to Stop Gun Violence (CSGV) is fond of accusing gun rights advocates of "treason" (and backing those accusations up with absolutely nothing). It is not gun rights advocates, though, who are vehemently opposed to that which is necessary to the security of a free state, nor is it we who are allied with oppressive governments that spit in the face of everything America stands for. So who are the "traitors," again? [More]

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St. Louis County police chief questions wisdom of schools as 'gun-free' zones

Fitch's proposal will certainly get no support from St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay (we have talked about him before), who has (utterly unsurprisingly) chosen to join the ranks of vultures exploiting the dead for political advantage, calling for a ban of so-called "assault weapons," and even urging President Obama to short out the Constitutionally mandated system of separation of powers, and do an end run around Congress with an executive order (something else we have recently discussed).

Chief Fitch's proposal is not particularly likely to go very far. There will be more school massacres--perhaps, someday, one in Missouri. Those who reject Fitch's measure will then need to come to grips with the fact that they helped make it possible. [More]

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Congressman wants murdered children 'exploited,' wants 'war' with NRA

Curiously, though, he seems not to have uttered a word of criticism of those now explicitly calling for the murder of NRA members and leadership. Or perhaps that is not so curious--he is the one calling for "war," after all, and war tends to involve killing.

It is somewhat puzzling that he seems to believe that he will be on the winning side. We do have the guns, after all--and the will to use them.

You want a "war," Nadler? Here's some free advice. [More]

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St. Louis paper suggests dropping 1 infringement of gun rights, pursuing another

Even so, the ban could not pass without all the "loopholes" that so upset the VPC, and the 10-year "sunset" provision that lifted the ban in 2004. Then, of course, there is the 1994 shellacking of Congressional Democrats, attributed by Bill Clinton himself largely to anger over the ban, according to his autobiography.

What Democrats (and Republicans, for that matter) who wish to ban effective militia-capable firearms need to remember is that getting voted out of office should be the least of their worries. When the people vote from the rooftops, the polls never close. [More]

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Chairman of Chicago City Council black caucus applauds demise of gun carry ban

Yep--the streets are too rife with gangs of brutal, predatory thugs for peaceable citizens to be permitted the means to effective self-defense.

Ethnic minorities tend to bear the brunt of forcible citizen disarmament laws, race-baiters' vile calumny that gun rights advocates are "the new KKK" notwithstanding. It is therefore gratifying to see the chairman of the black caucus supporting self-defense. If only his colleagues were as progressive as he. [More]

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Fight for concealed carry in Illinois just beginning

“If we need to change the law, let us at least craft a law that is very severely constrained and narrowly tailored so that we don’t invite guns out of control on each of our city’s streets,” Currie said. “I don’t want people out of control wandering the streets with guns that are out of control.”

It takes a special kind of control freak to say "out of control" three times over the course of two sentences.

Yesterday, the good guys landed a telling blow. We will need more of them. [More]

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'Plastic gun' ban would make even less sense now than in 1988

In other words, this ban would not make sense as an "airport security" measure even if "plastic gun" technology did exist. The only "sense" such a ban could make would be as a measure to ban every polymer-framed gun.

You do not have enough jackbooted thugs to enforce such a ban, Israel, or enough body bags to store them in after the attempt fails. [More]

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Been called an 'insurrectionist' by CSGV? A 'traitor'? Accused of 'treason'? Blocked on Twitter? Show your pride, with Insurrectionist Wear!

The Collectivists Supporting Government Violence (CSGV) accuse anyone who argues that the Second Amendment is intended to protect the people's means of resisting a tyrannical government, of being "insurrectionists" and "traitors," guilty of "treason."

Take pride in their hatred of your patriotic love of liberty, and your willingness to fight to defend it. Become a well dressed "insurrectionist."

If ammo needs a 'sporting purpose,' slaying aspiring tyrants must be a 'sport'

The far more fundamental problem is the abomination of that agency being empowered to ban or permit guns and ammunition on the basis of "sporting purposes" in the first place--an idea borrowed from a particularly distasteful source. The Founding Fathers did not devote ten percent of the Bill of Rights to the protection of the right to keep and bear sporting goods.

If killing would-be tyrants and their hired muscle is a "sport," shouldn't we CSGV-designated "insurrectionists" have some hot cheerleaders prancing around us? [More]

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Printing guns isn't only way to bust 'gov. monopoly on force'

Liberty exists for only as long as the citizenry has the unstoppable power to enforce its will on the government. When the people can acquire the means of enforcing that will only through the relatively small number of manufacturers and the retail chain, the government can at any time it chooses choke off that supply.

Affordable, anonymous home manufacture of firearms is the only sure means of busting the "government monopoly on force." 3-D printing cam potentially play a large part in that. CNC technology can already.

As Mike Vanderboegh asks,"How many CNC machines do you think there are in the United States today?" That's a question any aspiring tyrants in government should probably ask themselves, as well. [More]

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Printed gun fails after 6 shots: 'Ma Deuce' wasn't built (or printed) in a day*

Mike Vanderboegh, perennial thorn in the sides of liberty-haters, observes that 3-D printing has yet to become anything approaching the most practical, effective means of arming oneself against the government's wishes. That is indisputably true, for the moment. 3-D printers' capabilities, though, will inevitably grow, while costs will inevitably fall. Meanwhile, creative innovators like those involved in the Wiki Weapon project will continue to find better ways to harness the technology that is available now.

Got monopoly (on force)? Not for long . . . [More]

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Whitlock's 'NRA is the new KKK' exhibits historical ignorance on epic scale

Yep--the NRA, with Congress of Racial Equality Chairman Roy Innis on the board of directors, is "the new KKK." UCLA Constitutional law professor Adam Winkler would presumably be very surprised to hear this, having noted that although the KKK has from its loathsome inception been involved in the gun rights/"gun control" debate, it did not take the side Whitlock claims it did. [More]

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CSGV again endorses government's 'nuclear option' against American citizens

In so passionately praising those who argue that the state must not be resisted by force of arms, because the state's "monopoly on force" (so beloved of the CSGV) includes nuclear force, CSGV is endorsing the government's nuclear deterrent--against American citizens, on American soil. Furthermore, since a deterrent that absolutely will not be used, no matter what, is obviously no deterrent at all--anyone condoning the deterrent is condoning its use, if the time is right.

The question thus becomes: under what circumstances does CSGV believe the time would be "right" for the U.S. government to unleash nuclear hell on the American people? [More]

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Father of Columbine victim: Stifle individual rights to benefit 'the collective'

Mauser seems either unable or unwilling to realize that in a culture where every individual looks out for his or her rights, everyone's rights (the rights, therefore, of the entire "collective") are looked out for. Mauser goes on to lament that if the U.S. were as "mature" as the nations of Europe, "the federal government would have a much easier time curtailing the average citizen’s access to weapons."

. . .

Suppressing the rights of individuals, in favor of "the collective," is anathema to a culture of liberty. It does, however, fit very nicely with the "progressive" agenda of the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence. [More]

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Writer sees nothing but race in post-election gun buying spree

In contrast, he mentions fear of a "black liberal president" six times in his one-page column, and simply "Black President" one time each in the title and photo caption.

One thing Hagler shows no interest in discussing is "gun control's" long, sordid and well documented history of being rooted in the motivation to keep blacks disarmed, and therefore easily oppressed--a shameful history that is far from over even today. [More]

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Believe 2nd Amendment is last bastion against tyranny? CSGV wants you dead

Yep--CSGV just admitted their sick belief that if you agree with Tench Coxe and other Founding Fathers, you are guilty of treason, and subject to execution.

How, exactly, does CSGV differ from a "hate group," and who, exactly, are the "traitors"? [More]

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Massive new gun ban for Illinois could be voted on as early as today

Today and tomorrow, and also next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, the Illinois legislature is in veto session, and could vote on Quinn's veto any time (with the Senate expected to do so first). State Senator Dave Luechtefeld (R), the sponsor of the bill, hopes to override the veto. That is not out of the realm of possibility, because it was passed with well over the three fifths majority needed for the override. On the other hand, some of those who voted for the original bill are, as mentioned, anti-gun Democrats, who will likely lack the moral courage to defy the will of the governor (the will of the people--the legislators' bosses--is, of course, of far less concern to them).

Still, Illinois residents should call their state senators as soon as possible, and urge a vote to override this blatant attack on the constitutions of both the state and the nation, and on the liberty of the citizens. [More]

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Assault and battery victim drives off assailant; CSGV wants him arrested

This, remember, is the group whose executive director, Josh Horwitz, urged forcible citizen disarmament advocates to "embrace self-defenders," and thus isolate them from CSGV's main enemy: "Insurrectionists" (a term Horwitz always capitalizes). Horwitz advocates this "embrace," despite directing an organization that only changed its name from "National Coalition to Ban Handguns" (handguns being, remember, the "quintessential self-defense weapon," according to the Supreme Court), because by then they also wanted to ban so-called "assault weapons" (also very valuable for self-defense, especially when attackers are numerous, wearing body armor, etc.).

CSGV, then, is once again siding with a violent criminal, against a bona fide "self-defender," one of the people CSGV wants the forcible citizen disarmament lobby to "embrace." And they call us "traitors." [More]

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No excuse for Black Friday NICS failures

Realistically, of course, the political will to dismantle the background check system will not exist any time in the foreseeable future. That takes us back to the other option--"fixing" NICS to make it robust enough to handle any conceivable volume of sales. That will no doubt require money--not a pleasing prospect in these times of soaring national debt and out of control government spending.

Still, what price can be put on freedom? No cost is too high to protect Americans from any further hardship in arming themselves to protect their homes, lives, families and liberty. A free people cannot afford not to keep access to the tools of life and liberty preservation (and genocide prevention) as easy as possible. [More]

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Obama administration rumored to be considering semiautomatic ban by decree

Still, though, Obama's hostility to an armed American citizenry is well documented, as is his willingness to bypass Congress when that darned Constitution and its inconvenient separation of powers get in the way.

What he needs to realize is that this move, if he makes it, would start a war. It is not a war he would win. [More]

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Writer says gun rights are safe, and gun rights advocates are bigoted white men

Milligan was of course not done yet. No condemnation of "gun nuts" could possibly be complete without describing them as white men ("Ward Cleaver"-types, in Milligan's piece), prejudiced against non-whites, women, homosexuals, etc. (What? Nothing about the inadequacy of gun rights advocates' reproductive anatomy? The space allotted for Milligan's piece must have been running low).

There may be "nuts" and bigots in the gun rights/"gun control" debate--but Milligan and her ideological allies who wish to find them would be best advised to look for them in a mirror. [More]

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Bomb-making, 'assault weapon' hording 'insurrectionist'--and 'Occupier'--jailed

According to CSGV, advising readers to download and file any information they can find on the construction of improvised explosive weapons, in case such information is needed someday to thwart a government bent on tyranny, is "treason," (a capital crime, meaning, basically, that CSGV is calling for the author's execution). Actually acquiring bomb-making materials, to oppose "the capitalist free market paradigm," and to "fight against gross inequality in distribution of income and assets," as part of "the second American independence revolution," does not even merit discussion.

The "Coalition to Stop Gun Violence" seems rather unconcerned about any potential violence to be committed by the Army of "Occupation." And we are the "traitors"? [More]

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Gun-hater calls for forcible disarmament based on ideology

This correspondent would certainly not meet Kamm's ideological requirements for gun ownership--a point of considerable pride. The question is, what does Kamm intend to do about it? Whose sons and daughters is he willing to send into harm's way in order to enforce his dream of ideology-based disarmament? [More]

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Illinois gun owners wishing to secede from U.S. may have it backward

The Illinois state constitution does include its own protection for the right to keep and bear arms, but (at the urging of Cook County politicians) Section 22 of the state constitution was amended in 1970 to qualify the right to keep and bear arms with "Subject only to the police power." In other words, gun rights in Illinois "shall not be infringed"--except to the extent that the state chooses to infringe on them.

It seems as if Illinois gun owners might be better off petitioning to join the United States, since they seem at the moment to be denied one of the rights guaranteed--at least in theory--to residents of the other 49 states. On November 6, in fact, the voters in 10 Illinois counties (100% of the counties that had put the measure up for a vote) approved non-binding resolutions in support of concealed carry. [More]

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Psychiatrist displays his anti-gun insanity

A reduction in violence is not necessary to justify more draconian gun laws--if the laws help express his distaste for guns, that is all the justification he needs.

Doctor, heal thyself--or better yet, find a better, saner healer for that job. [More]

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Anti-gun immigrant chides Americans for 'literal following of the Constitution'

We "need to get off [our] literal following of the Constitution"? We are, in other words, to believe that the supreme law of the land is to be taken figuratively? What point could there be to a Constitution in which every guarantee of the people's rights can be dismissed as not really meaning what it says? What would be to stop the government from claiming, for example, that the First Amendment's guarantee of freedom of speech is a figure of, well . . . speech?

As Americans, we will not be limited to only the rights that meet the approval of someone who believes that the Constitution is no more than a suggestion to the government about the limits on its power. [More]

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Colorado, Washington pot reforms make 'progressive' case for Firearm Freedom Act

The next step should be to protect commerce in both guns and marijuana with legislation patterned off Wyoming's Firearms Freedom Act, which imposes criminal penalties on agents of the federal government who enforce federal gun laws in defiance of Wyoming law (a proposed, but not passed, New Hampshire law would have gone even further, and made the penalty a felony).

Given the power of the federal government, the state police and county sheriffs would likely need some assistance in enforcing these laws against violation by federal agencies like the DEA and BATFE. A strong, well equipped militia would be just the ticket, although the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence would inevitably shriek "insurrection!" [More]

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Post-election guns and ammo panic buying spree has begun: There is a better way

If you do not yet have the weapons, ammunition and ancillary gear you need to defend your family, your freedom and your life, it would certainly make sense to acquire them as soon as possible--while it is possible. For the future, though, think about how preferable it would be to defeat the evil of forcible citizen disarmament, rather than scrambling in preparation for enduring it. [More]

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No election will bring about 'government monopoly on force'

No one wants liberty to hang on "voting from the rooftops" (or perhaps, given the recent dust-up with the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, "voting from the explosives workshop"), but that will happen before we allow ourselves to be disarmed. Depend on it. [More]

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CSGV equates knowledge with 'insurrection,' wants it suppressed

Acquiring theoretical knowledge about how to build such weapons is preparation--and rather early stage preparation, at that. The government's preparations for war with the people could be said to be rather further along, and remember that this administration claims the "clear authority" to kill U.S. citizens without trial. If preparation for war is the same as waging it, as CSGV seems to contend, then the war has already started, with the government as the aggressor.

As Mike Vanderboegh (the real target of Horwitz's latest) has often said (worded various ways), "If the rule of law no longer protects us from government tyranny, it no longer protects that tyranny and its acolytes from us." The government would be very well advised to remember that, and also that the resistance will be equipped with more than firearms. [More]

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Coalition to Stop Gun Violence lowers bar on what constitutes 'liberty'

In a very real sense, CSGV is claiming that there can be no tyranny, no serfdom, no oppression, as long as the government generously restrains itself from actually killing the people (although CSGV advocates a government "right" to do that, too).

Imagine if, for the birth of our nation, we were not blessed with the greatness of Patrick Henry, but instead cursed with the abject, boot-licking cowardice of CSGV. "Give me liberty or give me death" would have been replaced with "Give me liberty, or . . . not, but at least let me keep my pathetic, cowardly life!" If, instead of Benjamin Franklin, we had CSGV: "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve a big pat on the back for being so clever." There would, in short, have been no birth of the United States of America as a free nation. [More]

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Oath Keepers alter 'the guys with the guns make the rules' calculus in our favor

The Oath Keepers are one more obstacle in the path of CSGV's "government monopoly on force," and still more unforgivably, act as that obstacle despite being what groups like CSGV hope would be a primary instrument of that monopoly. Bad news for the government's war at home--and its CSGV cheerleaders. [More]

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'The guys with the guns make the rules'; anti-gun groups know it, prefer it

Still more recently than that, we observed that merely advocating acquiring the knowledge to construct "Constitutional pyrotechnics," as a militia ordnance engineer, is enough for CSGV to advocate sending the FBI (armed, of course) to imprison the offending author, with the understanding that if he resists robustly enough, he will be killed.

The guys with the guns do indeed make the rules, and the "gun control" groups would not change that even if they could. What they would change is the fact that it is We the People who have hundreds of millions of the guns. [More]

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Multiple long gun purchase reporting requirement was 'first step'

If one argues that merely reporting multiple handgun sales is not enough to interdict trafficking, and that what is needed is a multiple handgun sale ban, how can one argue that a multiple rifle sale reporting requirement will be enough to stop the trafficking?

The gun ban groups, and their ideological allies in both the mass media and the government, will not try to make that argument. They are simply waiting for the right time to say that the reporting requirement was a "good first step," but more is needed. [More]

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Take over the 'conversation': Show Brady Campaign real grassroots in action

In Illinois, carrying effective means of self-defense makes one a "criminal" #wearebetterthanthis

Along the southwest border, buying 2 rifles in a week makes one a suspect for international arms trafficking #wearebetterthanthis

Obama admin complicit in killing US law officers & 100s of Mexicans in #fastandfurious to justify more "gun control" #wearebetterthanthis

DoJ says requiring ID for voting is "racist," but requires that PLUS INTRUSIVE BACKGROUND CHECK for exercise of #RKBA #wearebetterthanthis

Even in most states that "allow" armed self-defense, one must ask (and pay) for "permission" to do so legally #wearebetterthanthis

Readers can undoubtedly come up with many more of their own, but feel free to copy the above examples as well.

We are better than a society that allows a "government monopoly on force"--or at least we had better be. If not, we will have only ourselves to blame for the outcome. [More]

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More on Bannerman's ('Laci the Dog's') 'plan' to get me arrested (or at least fired)

Today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner column talked about the laughable campaign that the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence started yesterday to pressure Examiner.com into dropping me as a writer, and maybe even (get this) get me arrested for "Advocating Overthrow of Government".

The "strategist" behind this, especially the get-me-arrested part, is Michael Bannerman (aka "Laci the Dog"), whom we most recently discussed here. Laci the Bannerman . . . oops, I mean Michael the Dog . . . hell--something like that--is an apparently severely mentally handicapped attorney.

Interestingly (well, "hilariously" is more accurate), Bannerman, who enthusiastically parrots CSGV's charges against me of "treason," and of being a "traitor," has himself publicly expressed his great admiration for Benedict Arnold.

Unfortunately, by the time I wrote today's column, Bannerman had, for whatever reason (and that is an interesting question), made his plans for my demise, as outlined on CSGV's Facebook page, unavailable for viewing, by the rather extreme method of closing his Facebook account altogether. But then again . . .

. . . The internet never forgets, and Google Cache comes to the rescue. Don't know how long that will be up, so I of course took screen captures (click to enlarge):

Update: Oops--apparently, Bannerman's Facebook account is still active after all--just blocked from my eyes. Going to his comments in a browser in which I am not logged into Facebook, I see them just fine. Sorry for the confusion.

Most of the details (such as they are) appear in the second one. Here are some "highlights":

report Hofmann here https://tips.fbi.gov

FBI — Tips
tips.fbi.gov
The information I've provided on this form is correct to the best of my knowledge. I understand that providing false information could subject me to fine, imprisonment, or both. (Title 18, U.S. Code, Section 1001).

And . . .

BTW, this violates the examiner's ToS: 6. Prohibited Content and Activities You agree that you will not post to the Site, or use the Site to transmit or make available any Content that: violates any laws or regulations, contains any threats, is abusive, tortious, harassing, vulgar, obscene, indecent, violates any person's rights of privacy or publicity, is defamatory, libelous, hateful, contains any disparaging statements or opinions regarding racial, gender or ethnic background, or is otherwise objectionable;

And . . .

I think if enough complaints are made to the examiner at: legal@examiner.com--don't forget to cite 18 USC CHAPTER 115, Specifically, 18 U.S.C. § 2385, which violates the ToS. And the FBI, they'll begin to get the message.

Oh--CSGV was quite interested in pursuing this:

Michael, please email us your reading of that case law at csgv@csgv.org

Perhaps the most interesting of Bannerman's comments, though, was the last one:

Michael Bannerman I am posting this at the Brady Discussion group. Additionally, I would also suggest that other also fille [sic] a complaint to the FBI using the above link. Dennis v. US says this is treason, and anyone who lived through the 60s knows that the left was persecuted by this statute.

What I find interesting about this is not that Bannerman is whining about the supposed "double standard" of prosecuting a commie in the Dennis v. U.S. case--that's too predictable to be interesting. No, the interesting part is that he complains that "the left was 'persecuted' [not 'prosecuted']." In other words, he seems to be basically admitting that what he wants for me is not prosecution for some notional crime that I obviously never committed, but persecution, for daring to say things that offended his delicate sensibilities.

That would piss me off, if it weren't so hysterically hilarious that he apparently thought (and perhaps still does) that this has some chance of actually working. No hard feelings here--I'll just continue to laugh at his dumb ass.

By the way, am supremely grateful for the support of several of my favorite bloggers:
Why Does CSGV Feel So Threatened By A Blogger In A Wheelchair?
Friday CSGV Nuttery Dump.
The Hofmann Menace
John Richardson asks: Why Does CSGV Feel So Threatened By A Blogger In A Wheelchair?
Ladd Everitt/CSGV Get Their Censorship On

When thwarted in efforts to trample 2nd Amendment, CSGV goes after the 1st

The Second Amendment to the Constitution is the firewall which secures all the other amendments in the Bill of Rights, but to some extent, the First Amendment protects the others, including the Second, as well. If the gun ban lobby can win a "monopoly on authority to define the Second Amendment," they can render that portion of the Bill of Rights irrelevant, thus coming closer to realizing their dream of a "government monopoly on force."

CSGV's push for forcible citizen disarmament is merely the means to an end, that end being a docile, obedient, subservient (and "progressive") society that does not dare--and cannot even imagine--questioning, let alone resisting, the government, no matter its excesses. It should therefore come as no surprise that they see the First Amendment as much an obstacle to overcome as is the Second. [More]

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CSGV demonizes militias, endorses government extortion

CSGV's Twitter feed repeatedly excoriates the county's residents for not agreeing to a tax increase, thus "refus[ing] to give law enforcement the resources they need" (more on that theme here and here). Kinda sounds like a protection racket, doesn't it? "You got a real nice county here. Hate to see anything happen to it." Just give the government more money, and you won't need the means to defend yourself, your family and your community. [More]

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Wisconsin spa victims were not killed by 'loophole' in private gun sale laws

Two things could have prevented this atrocity: the killer's imprisonment before it ever happened, or the ability of his intended victims to effectively resist. The police chose not to make the first happen, and would have enforced the prohibition against the second.

And somehow, this is the NRA's fault. [More]

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'Gun control' not top priority even for gun ban lobby's newest hero

In other words, according to "another great column" (so says CSGV), this "undecided voter" (despite apparently also being a registered Democrat) would vote not for the candidate who has vowed to seek to renew the "assault weapons ban," but for the one who has vowed (credibly or not) to oppose it, if the latter can convince her that he would be better for the economy.

An army of gun rights advocates would be willing to die to prevent the forcible disarmament of America--and a willingness to die for a cause implies a willingness to kill for it, as well. How many "gun control" advocates are willing to die for an "assault weapons" ban? Whatever the number, we have enough ammo for all of them. [More]

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