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Mike Stollenwerk/DC:
What we need to take away from all this is that no matter what the Eric Holder Department of "Justice" says, we cannot count on them to not engage in such depravities as "gunwalking." At this point, we have little reason to be confident that something like Operation Fast and Furious is not going on right now. [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:
The only logical reason for the Obama administration to toss Holder under the bus is that they have written him off. He is the gangrenous limb that must be amputated to save the patient that is the Obama administration. Let us not assist in that amputation; let's instead let the patient die on the table. [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:
Remember that at this time, Operation Fast and Furious was only a few months away from commencing. Sharing the trace data with Mexico might have seemed a good idea--all the better to show them the guns pouring in from Phoenix (and Houston, etc.?).That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Please give it a look, and tell a friend.
At the same time, the entire repeal of the amendment might have been problematic--if the general public noticed the sharpness of the spike in trafficked guns, and the highly concentrated nature of the source stores, uncomfortable questions might have been asked. [More]
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Sean McClanahan/Des Moines:
All three of these bills were introduced by Rep. Edward Acevedo, a Chicago Democrat (of course). He is both an anti-rights politician and a Chicago "Only One." Let's hope he has the drinking and anger issues under control by now.That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Please give it a look, and tell a friend.
If HB 1294 passes, Acevedo and friends will have another problem. We "assault weapon" owners won't feel compelled to present our "proof of ownership"--proving that our hands aren't cold and dead will be enough--and Acevedo is not likely to enjoy that proof. [More]
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David Codrea/National:
This is exactly the sort of tactically useful shotgun that the BATFE had hoped to ban. Without the BATFE funding prohibition in the appropriations bill, that ban would be well on its way already. Any 1919s that may have managed to sneak in before the ban would have been quickly snapped up by speculators, and thus priced beyond the means of most shooters, rather than the $699 that is apparently the going price.That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Please give it a look, and tell a friend.
The "sporting purposes" clause still needs to go (and despite rumors to the contrary, it has not yet done so). The appropriations bill only provides protection for the one year it is in effect. Still, this is good news for now. [More]
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David Codrea/National:
According to the AP article, St. Louis now intends to cast a more critical eye on claimed self-defense shootings, despite the castle doctrine, with the circuit attorney's office now to conduct a "formal review" of such shootings. This is perhaps in response to the rise in the number of shootings in which the castle doctrine was invoked--seven in 2011, as compared to two in 2010.That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Please give it a look, and tell a friend.
It's hard to criticize efforts to determine whether or not claims of self-defense actually were self-defense, but one cannot help but wonder if the more intense scrutiny will also be applied to officer-involved shootings in St. Louis. [More]
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Sean McClanahan/Des Moines:
In other words, what Henigan refers to as an "absurd theory" is real enough that a federal official is now taking desperate evasive action to save not his career (he is resigning this week), but to stay out of federal prison. This is not to suggest that exercise of the Fifth Amendment-protected right to avoid compulsion to incriminate oneself should undermine the presumption of innocence pending proof of guilt that is the cornerstone of the American justice system.That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Please give it a look, and tell a friend.
The fact that a DoJ official feels the need to avail himself of that protection, though, bodes ill for those who would dismiss this scandal as a paranoid "conspiracy theory." [More]
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Paul Valone/Charlotte:
Apparently, it's fine for "Protest Easy Guns" to make the observation that candles don't stop violence, but not for gun rights advocates to do so. Regardless, as should be obvious, the only thing we are "mocking" is the soulless, cynical exploitation of the deaths of innocent people to advance an agenda whose success would leave more people disarmed and defenseless in the face of implacable evil. [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:
Given the size of these mobs (Quain estimates that he was attacked by 18 of the young predators), it is perhaps time to ask on whose side are those who advocate banning magazines holding more than 10 rounds. Perhaps losing a dozen or so of their number in one of their "games" will teach them some respect for human life. [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:
Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:
David Codrea/National:
Some might remember last week when the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence (CSGV) went into a screaming meltdown of horrified outrage, on Facebook (oops--Facebook apparently didn't like that one, and took it down), on their blog, at Opposing Views, and over and over again on their Twitter feed. What has them stomping their little feet is our various responses to the Brady Campaign's "Too Many Victims" candle burning and "gun control" party on Jan. 8.
CSGV's little temper tantrum specifically mentioned blog posts by several gun rights advocacy bloggers, including my St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner column about the event, and about the futility of burning candles to stop violence.
What offended them the most, though, was the video (below), made by Joe Huffman and Baron Barnett. If you haven't seen it, it's definitely worth the time:
Oddly enough, though, CSGV lovingly echoes their ideological ally Abby Spangler, of Protest Easy Guns, when she says something quite similar to what we said, on our way to becoming "jerks":
I decided that someone had to speak out and say this is unacceptable. We're not just going to light candles to mourn the victims.Double standards much?
They ignore a couple key points, though. The first is that Constitutionally guaranteed, fundamental human rights are not subject to being voted away based on their popularity. 51% of the population may not vote away the rights of the other 49%, and indeed, 99% may not vote away the rights of the other 1% (take that how you wish).That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Please give it a look, and tell a friend.
The other, more important, point is that losing an election is far from the worst thing that can happen to a politician who tries to illegitimately usurp the power of the people--especially an armed people. We are the 3%, and the other 97% cannot hope to outvote us as long as our ammo supply lasts--and we've been stocking up. [More]
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Mike Stollenwerk/DC:
"Gun control" is really about people control, and those doing the controlling very often select those being controlled on the basis of ethnicity.That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Please give it a look, and tell a friend.
We shall overcome. [More]
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Dave Workman/Seattle:
Oddly, while CSGV shrilly clamors for more information (information that, remember, is already readily available) from the gun industry about gun sales figures, they seem to have no interest in pressing Attorney General Eric Holder for any information in his possession about gun sales to Mexican drug cartels, facilitated by his Department of "Justice." [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:
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David Codrea/National:
Entrance into the debate about anthropogenic climate change is obviously far beyond the scope of St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner, so what am I getting at? Just that if, as the article puts it, "deliberate manipulation of science" in an effort to influence policy becomes illegal, the forcible citizen disarmament lobby might want to "lawyer up." [More]That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Please give it a look, and tell a friend.
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Sean McClanahan/Des Moines:
Now think about that. What is being argued here is that we need more and stricter gun laws, so we'll no longer continue to have "too many victims." How many is "too many"? One. Therefore, until the number of people shot in the U.S. becomes zero, we need more oppressive gun regulation. [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:
Get that? An "absolute need" for private citizens to be perforated by any bullets Beck's minions send their way (ironically, the famous police motto "To Protect and Serve" originated with the LA Police Academy, and then the LAPD).That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Please give it a look, and tell a friend.
Again, we may never be able to adequately understand what combination of factors led Jaime Gonzalez to his tragic, untimely death. We do know that to realize Charlie Beck's dream of making realistic looking fake firearms unavailable, we would have to ban soap and shoe polish/ink/etc. [More]
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David Codrea/National:
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David Codrea/National:
Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:
David Codrea/National:
Sales of firearms and ammunition dramatically spiked in late 2008 and early 2009, as fears of a rabidly anti-gun Obama administration spurred Americans to buy what they could, while they could. If the general election comes down to a choice between an Obama second term, in which he need not even keep his anti-gun agenda "under the radar," and Romney, Santorum or Gingrich, 2012 and beyond will be a good time to keep buying guns.That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Please give it a look, and tell a friend.
Don't forget the ammo, and lots of training, either. Got militia?. [More]
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David Codrea/National:
Cocaine in her pocket? Umm . . . no. What the police found on her person was "white powder in two glassine envelopes." Graves explained that the white powder was powdered aspirin, and indeed the toxicology tests the police ran discovered no illegal substances.That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Please give it a look, and tell a friend.
Bloomberg's press conference was one full week after the arrest. Even if the lab results were still pending (that's not entirely clear), Bloomberg had changed the arrest report's "alleged cocaine" to simply "cocaine in her pocket"--a rather enormous difference. [More]
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