D.C. prosecutors give hero a break: 'Only' $1000 fine for saving child's life

By the way, the owner of the three pit bulls is now in his own legal hot water--facing three counts each (one for each dog) of possession of a dangerous dog, having an unleashed dog and having a dog without a collar. The maximum penalty for those nine counts is very likely less than what Mr. Srigley could have faced for his seven victimless "crimes," had the prosecutors decided to aggressively make an example of him. That prosecutors are punishing the owner of the dogs seems the height of hypocrisy--by punishing the man who stopped the attack, they've already shown that they're on the side of killer dogs, rather than the people who stop them.

Here's the thing. A law that has to be broken in order to save the life of a child--to prevent him from being torn apart by vicious dogs--is very likely an evil law. And a "justice" system that punishes a man (even if "only" by fining him) for being a lifesaving hero--is institutionalized evil. Why, as a (theoretically) free citizen, does any American tolerate this? [More]

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Holographic Sight Guide

As David has, I have added the Holographic Sight Guide to my list of "Other Recommended Links" in the sidebar. Check them out, but be careful--that place has already tempted me to spend money I can't afford on a Trijicon RMR.

Immigration reform and 'gun control': an alternative view

Such an immigrant sounds to me to be far less likely to become the kind of voter who has made California the voluntarily disarmed "serfdom state" (willing serfdom, no less) it is now, than he is to become the "American by choice," that legal immigrant and American citizen Henson Ong is, who so magnificently articulated the sacred value of the Constitutionally guaranteed, fundamental human right of the individual to keep and bear arms.

That sounds like someone I would be proud to call a fellow American. [More]

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The 'smart gun' that terrifies the gun-grabbers

The gun prohibitionists want to ban so-called "Saturday Night Specials," because they're too small and cheap. They want to ban .50 caliber rifles, because they're too big and expensive. They want to ban so-called "assault weapons," because they can be "spray-fired from the hip" too quickly and inaccurately. And now, $22,000+ bolt-action "sniper" rifles, because they can be fired too accurately. Is there any gun they don't want to ban? Any gun that the various "Goldilocks" of "gun control" would think is "just right" for private citizens?

Of course not. [More]

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Administration scandals demand fresh mass media look at 'Project Gunwalker'

Fears of a tyrannical government, willing to break any law, and sacrifice any number of lives for its agenda, are no longer the exclusive province of "conspiracy theorists." In light of these scandals, is it really so difficult to believe that the Obama administration would deliberately facilitate mass murder on both sides of the Mexican border, including the killings of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry and ICE Agent Jaime Zapata, in order to advance the "gun control" agenda? Is it not, in fact, more difficult to put such evil past these people?

Most of the press has given the White House a pass on "Project Gunwalker." It's well past time to revoke that pass. [More]

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Jen Lawson's 'Cold Dead Hands' would serve well as gun rights advocates' anthem

I rarely presume to try to tell readers what music to listen to, but "Cold Dead Hands," written by Jen Lawson and Bo Dottley, is worth making an exception. The solo acoustic version here combines the song's powerful lyrics with Lawson's driving guitar and strong voice.

It's a song I would enjoy listening to even if the lyrics were not a clenched fist of defiance thrust in the faces of those who would trample the Constitutionally guaranteed, fundamental human right of the individual to keep and bear arms. That's important, because the wider the audience the song gains by virtue of its musical merits, the more people who are not yet gun rights advocates might listen to those lyrics and realize that what the gun prohibitionists want to take away from us is far too precious to give up without the fight of our lives--the last fight of our lives, if necessary.

The YouTube video is great, but the iTunes version might be the best 99 cents you've ever spent.

P.S. for the lyrics, go to the YouTube video, and click on the "Show More" right below the video. While you're there, be sure to click the thumbs-up "Like" button, too.

Federal 'smart gun' mandate going nowhere unless 'Only Ones' are exempted

The thing is, one does not need to be an "Only One" to have the right to choose not to gamble one's life on delicate, failure prone technology--technology that even if it works as designed, could make firing the gun with an injured hand (or one's non-dominant hand) impossible, or that could conceivably be shut down with a "kill switch," whether used by the government or by some other entity that wants you defenseless. [More]

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If armed resistance to tyrany is 'un-American,' America has died

The Coalition to Stop Gun Violence must love Professor Fish, because they too have no line in the sand--including when the government rounds up members of "undesirable" races, religions, etc., for shipment to the camps. It would seem though, that like CSGV, Fish has a bigger problem than he realizes. It's not just "militant" NRA members who do have a line in the sand--it's 29% of the voting public--and that should be more than enough. [More]

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'Printed' guns, the interstate commerce clause, and the Tenth Amendment

As long as every aspect of citizens' lives is ruled to "affect interstate commerce," there is no legal recourse against Congressional usurpation of powers to which it has no legitimate claim.

Without legal recourse, the only remaining option is far messier. But if it's all that is left to us . . . [More]

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