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Friday, April 08, 2011
GRE Round Up, Apr 8
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Stumble it!U.S. general says scores of millions of guns in Mexico from Central America
See? Those "heavy weapons" are "not the issue." Um--why not? Don't they provide a lot more killing capability than firearms more typically available to civilians? Isn't their enhanced killing capability much of the reason for their issuance to military forces? Why, then, would they be less "the issue" than semi-automatic, civilian firearms? [More]That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Please give it a look, and tell a friend.
Thursday, April 07, 2011
GRE Round Up, Apr 7
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David Codrea/National:
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Magazine ban advocates' shaky grasp of mathematics and reality
We're not told what year this "alarming statistic" applies to, but the number of shooting deaths (over half of which are generally suicides--which could, presumably, be committed just as efficiently with any size magazine) has remained fairly steady for a number of years, at around 30,000. That means that Lautenberg's "27,000 guns" have been used, on average, in about 1.11 killings apiece. One wonders why he isn't pushing for a magazine capacity limit of one round. [More]That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Please give it a look, and tell a friend.
Wednesday, April 06, 2011
GRE Round Up, Apr 6
Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:
David Codrea/National:
- Bellevue v. Bloomy: SAF lawsuit against NYC highlights ‘culture gap’
- Issa’s ‘Gunrunner’ probe will not be deterred by ‘ongoing investigation’ stall
Finally, and just as importantly, see John Longenecker's Liberty News/Safer Streets newsletter. Also see John's new book: Even Safer Streets 2011 - The Second Amendment as a Mainstream Value.
Senator Schumer wants to make it easier to pack DoJ with anti-gun idealogues
Now why would Sen. Schumer--so enamored of power that he recently seemed to propose stripping the judiciary branch of all its relevance, and dividing that power among Congress and the executive branch (see very short sidebar video)--want to radically decrease the Senate's power? Well, to a rabid advocate of forcible citizen disarmament (and Schumer is definitely that), the ability of an anti-gun president to pack the Justice Department with radical "gun control" extremists, without having to seek the Senate's approval, is worth giving up some personal power. [More]That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Please give it a look, and tell a friend.
Tuesday, April 05, 2011
GRE Round Up, Apr 5
Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:
David Codrea/National:
- Is MD congressman running interference for ATF, DoJ on ‘Gunrunner?’
- BREAKING: Bellevue v. Bloomberg as SAF sues over ‘excessive’ NYC gun permit fee
Finally, and just as importantly, see John Longenecker's Liberty News/Safer Streets newsletter.
Former federal anti-drug agency director thinks AG knew of 'Project Gunwalker'
Now, a former director of the El Paso Intelligence Center (EPIC), a Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)-affiliated organization established in 1974 to help with the interdiction of illicit drugs at the southwest border, is expressing his own suspicions about what Holder knew, and when he knew it. [More]That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Please give it a look, and tell a friend.
Monday, April 04, 2011
GRE Round Up, Apr 4
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Mike Stollenwerk/DC:
- Cummings' objection to Issa ATF subpoena ignores own 'Gunwalker' culpability
- GUNS Magazine April 1961 issue now online.
- ‘Project Gunwalker’ reporters to receive freedom award
- What’s good for WA whitetails should be good for mule deer
- WA Legislature (gasp!) thinking about what?!
Finally, and just as importantly, see John Longenecker's Liberty News/Safer Streets newsletter.
Right to keep and bear arms: We'll never know how many lives it has saved
The Second Amendment's guarantee of the fundamental human right of the individual to keep and bear arms was not, of course, included in the Bill of Rights primarily to protect the homeowner's ability to defend his home from common thugs. While that protection is certainly a laudable side benefit, the thuggery of those who would threaten "the security of a free state" is on a much larger scale than typical hoodlums can realistically aspire to.That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Please give it a look, and tell a friend.
To get an idea of that scale, see this chart (pdf file), courtesy of Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership (JPFO). So, while "we'll never know how many lives have been saved" by the right to keep and bear arms, we do know that 170 million were destroyed by tyrannical, evil governments--in the 20th century alone--strongly abetted by the government monopoly on force, so beloved of the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence (CSGV). [More]
Friday, April 01, 2011
GRE Round Up, Apr 1
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David Codrea/National:
- New York Times not following ‘Project Gunwalker’ because it’s not their ‘scoop’
- Issa to Melson: You got served
- Issa explains ATF subpoena on video
- Gregoire advocates wolf hunt lottery to close budget gap
- BREAKING: Issa issues subpoena to Melson for ‘Gunrunner’ documents
Law enforcement support for concealed carry in Illinois still growing
Wednesday, the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police voted to support ending Illinois' shameful status as the only state in the nation to outright ban any form of self-defense with a firearm in public for citizens.That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Please give it a look, and tell a friend.
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In so doing, the IACP joins the Chicago Police Sergeants Association, who expressed their support for Illinois HB 148, the "Family and Personal Protection Act," when it came up for a committee vote on March 8. The Illinois Sheriffs' Association has supported concealed carry since 2009. The Illinois State Police have taken a neutral stance. [More]
Thursday, March 31, 2011
GRE Round Up, Mar 31
Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:
David Codrea/National:
- Malkin discusses 'Project Gunwalker' with Sean Hannity
- Did Melson make or miss Issa’s Mar. 30 'Gunwalker' deadline?
- Ex-ATF SAC warns of ‘trap’ and ‘blood bath’ over ‘Project Gunwalker’
- House Oversight Committee spokesman confirms ATF missed Issa deadline
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What percentage of Mexican 'crime guns' are 'gunwalked' by Obama administration?
Now, compare that total to the 2-3,000 guns (that we know of so far) that the BATFE has "walked" to Mexico--in two years or less--and one starts to see that the BATFE could be looked at as one of the leading gun suppliers to the Mexican narco-thugs.That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Please give it a look, and tell a friend.
Now why would they do that, do you suppose? "Never let a serious crisis go to waste," Rahm? [More]
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
GRE Round Up, Mar 30
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David Codrea/National:
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Obstruct and evade: Administration running out of tricks to duck 'Gunwalker'
Enough with the games, administration officials. Every attempt to obstruct and evade the investigation merely delays the inevitable, and compounds your guilt. Congressman Issa can subpoena documents and witnesses nearly at will, and now that he has become heavily involved, he seems to have that will. If formal hearings, with senior administration officials (very senior, perhaps) treated as hostile witnesses are the only way the truth will get out, the truth will still get out.That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Please give it a look, and tell a friend.
President Obama would do well to remember that it was not the Watergate break-in itself that undid Nixon--it was the cover-up afterward. Then again, Watergate didn't kill anyone. [More]
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
GRE Round Up, Mar 29
Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:
David Codrea/National:
- Anti-gun campus cop displays 'Only Ones' elitism
- ATF to grant ‘Project Gunwalker’ FOIA inquiry ‘in part’
- ‘Bordergate’ – Seattle’s gunrunning case: Shades of ‘Project gunrunner?’
- UPDATE: Not Guilty verdict in dog ‘warning shot’ case
Finally, and just as importantly, see John Longenecker's Liberty News/Safer Streets newsletter.
Steel on Target: New Illinois gun rights blog
Well, newish, anyway. New to me, because I don't keep up as I should.
Anyway, check out Steel on Target, whether you live in Illinois, or not.
Anti-gun forces to hold press conference today in Chicago
As has recently been pointed out here before, the momentum behind defensive handgun carry in Illinois is stronger than it has ever been in the past, with Illinois HB 148, the "Family and Personal Protection Act," having a real chance of passage. That would be a nightmare not only for Illinois anti-gun groups (which were already suffering from dwindling funding), but for national "gun control" groups as well. Illinois, as one of only two states with no provision for legal concealed carry for private citizens (and the only state to ban both open and concealed carry), is considered a "gun control" stronghold (and the Brady Campaign has still felt the need to focus its efforts in the state, largely writing others off). Passage of the Family and Personal Protection Act would, in other words, go a long way toward driving a much-needed oaken stake through the heart of the forcible citizen disarmament lobby, nationwide. [More]That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Please give it a look, and tell a friend.
Monday, March 28, 2011
GRE Round Up, Mar 28
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Mike Stollenwerk/DC:
Yih-Chau Chang/Oakland:
Dave Workman/Seattle:
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'Project Gunwalker' now definitively traced to near top of Justice Department
Are officials very near (or at?) the top of this administration guilty not only of facilitating the illegal trafficking of thousands of guns to Mexico, some of which have been used to kill perhaps hundreds of Mexican citizens and at least one American law enforcement officer, but also of trying to cover the atrocity up; or are they "merely" guilty of letting their underlings run (lethally) wild, without their knowledge? [More]That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Please give it a look, and tell a friend.
Friday, March 25, 2011
GRE Round Up, Mar 25
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Yih-Chau Chang/Oakland:
- To shoot or not to shoot: When an aggressive dog bites
- How high up does ‘Project Gunrunner’ go? (Who knew what and when?)
Finally, and just as importantly, see John Longenecker's Liberty News/Safer Streets newsletter.
Mark your calendars, Missourians--Gun Rights Rally Day approaches
Wednesday, April 6, Jefferson City will be the place to be (excerpt):That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Please give it a look, and tell a friend.
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Kickoff (so to speak) is 10 AM. As the Missouri Sport Shooting Association newsletter suggests. gun rights advocates in Missouri have reason to be energized. We recently discussed some of the gun bills moving in the state legislature. All three have passed in the House, and now go to the Senate. [More]
Thursday, March 24, 2011
GRE Round Up, Mar 24
Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:
Dave Workman/Seattle:
- Lawmakers riled up over WSP gun probe, but questions remain
- UPDATE: WSP insists no gun registry intended; no specific suspect in gun loss
Does Obama have too many 'moving parts' to get handle on 'Project Gunwalker'?
That means that Holder has had more than seven weeks to sort through all the administration's "moving parts," and find out who authorized "Operation Fast and Furious." Remember also that the Inspector General to whom Obama refers works for the Department of Justice--the very same department that seems to be up to its eyeballs in the scandal, which is why Sen. Grassley has been pressing for an independent investigation. [More]That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Please give it a look, and tell a friend.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
GRE Round Up, Mar 23
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Dave Workman/Seattle:
- WA State Patrol issues mea culpa letter over AR-15 flap
- Is Obama signaling that someone will be tossed under the bus?
Finally, and just as importantly, see John Longenecker's Liberty News/Safer Streets newsletter.
CSGV finds another 'insurrectionist'--this one in Congress
Um . . . what's the problem again? Saying that infringements on that which the Constitution clearly states shall not be infringed would violate the very basis for the government's legitimacy, thus nullifying any obligation on the people's part to obey that government? That would only be "insurrectionary" if it's "seditious" to demand that the government be contrained by the short leash of the Constitution. Actually, come to think of it, CSGV's position would seem to be that such a demand is indeed "insurrectionary." [More]That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Please give it a look, and tell a friend.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
GRE Round Up, Mar 22
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Dave Workman/Seattle:
Finally, and just as importantly, see John Longenecker's Liberty News/Safer Streets newsletter.
Just how big is 'Project Gunwalker'?
The Department of Justice encompasses not only the BATFE, but also the U.S. Marshals Service, the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), and the U.S. Attorneys--and now we see that all those agencies were involved. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), of which ICE is one part, is of course a Cabinet-level department, entirely separate from the Department of Justice. Keep in mind that when the Brady Campaign finally acknowledged "Gunwalker," their President Paul Helmke tried to blame the fiasco on BATFE's not having had a permanent director since 2006 . . . [More]That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Please give it a look, and tell a friend.
Monday, March 21, 2011
GRE Round Up, Mar 21
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Mike Stollenwerk/DC:
Dave Workman/Seattle:
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Savagely beaten Illinois woman pleads for right to defend herself
The title of this article is not entirely accurate, constrained as it is by Examiner's character limit for titles. Mary Shepard's plea was not really for the right to defend herself--self-defense is a fundamental human right--no pleading necessary. What she is asking the state for--what the citizens of Illinois must demand--is recognition of that fundamental human right. There is room, really, for only two stances on this issue. One can either stand with the Mary Shepards of Illinois, and for legal defensive firearm carry; or with the brutal thugs, and those who support mandated defenselessness for their victims. [More]That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Please give it a look, and tell a friend.
Friday, March 18, 2011
GRE Round Up, Mar 18
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David Codrea/National:
Dave Workman/Seattle:
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CSGV should change name to 'Coalition to Kill Dissenters'
CSGV's Twitter feed is probably not Horwitz's work. Presumably, that's handled by Ladd Everitt, their Minister of Truth . . . er, I mean their Director of Communications (and let's be fair here, and not make too much of Ladd's resemblance to Jared Loughner--for all we know, Everitt could have chosen that look first, and it was a case of Loughner emulating him, rather than the other way around). Clearly, they are commendably united in their support for governmental violence. [More]That's today's other St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Please give it a look, and tell a friend.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
GRE Round Up, Mar 17
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David Codrea/National:
- Darrell Issa enters ‘Project Gunwalker’ fray
Yeah, I know I posted the above link in yesterday's Round Up, but I added it late, and it's too important to risk allowing it to be missed. - Press continues (sober?) assault on right to keep and bear arms
Dave Workman/Seattle:
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Firearms Freedom Act supporters not legitimate participants in polical process?
The study's most surprising contention, though, is its apparent attempt to cast doubt on the very legitimacy of the right of supporters of such laws to participate in the political process. [More]That's today's other St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Please give it a look, and tell a friend.
Can the 'Fix Gun Checks Act' prevent violence? Can it respect liberty?
It's as if Obama read through S. 436, and extracted every talking point that could be applied to the alleged shooter. The forcible citizen disarmament lobby is no doubt unhappy that Loughner didn't make his firearm purchase at a gun show, thus leaving Obama with no hook for the "gun show loophole" language in the bill. In that, the President has shown more integrity and restraint than some. Colin "The Alchemist" Goddard has made the "loophole" his signature issue (at least until the progress of legislation to end colleges' status as "gun-free" zones has forced him to play defense), despite the shooting to which he owes his fame (and his job) having been committed with guns not bought at a gun show. [More]That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Please give it a look, and tell a friend.
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
GRE Round Up, Mar 16
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Richard Nascak/Ft. Myers:
- Two more invitation requests for Obama’s ‘common ground’ gun summit
- Darrell Issa enters ‘Project Gunwalker’ fray
Dave Workman/Seattle:
- New proposed background check mandate: de facto gun registration?
- Could you survive ‘The Big One’ without a gun?
Forcible citizen disarmament by fiat: When separation of powers gets in the way
It cannot realistically be doubted that Obama would dearly love to sign Sen. Chuck Schumer's S. 436 (or Congresswoman Carolyn "What's a Barrel Shroud?" McCarthy's House version of the same bill, announced yesterday). We'll probably take a closer look at that abomination tomorrow. Even if he can't succeed with that ambitious agenda, though, a bunch of administrative "rule changes" will go a long way to imposing more restrictions on Americans. He'll take what he can get. [More]That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Please give it a look, and tell a friend.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
GRE Round Up, Mar 15
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David Codrea/National:
- Is Charlie Sheen a menace to society?
- CCRKBA asks Obama for invitation to gun summit that NRA rejected
Dave Workman/Seattle:
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Is onslaught of 'gun show loophole' legislation--and worse--about to begin?
If the accused is found not guilty, or if the charges are dropped, he's still out of luck when it comes to buying firearms.That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Please give it a look, and tell a friend.
That's Obama's "low-hanging fruit," his "common sense" reform, to be talked about in his "new discussion." [More]
Monday, March 14, 2011
GRE Round Up, Mar 14
Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:
David Codrea/National:
- Spokane newspaper pulls out stops to stop Idaho gun law change
- Bellevue v. Obama: Gun safety, not gun hysteria
Finally, and just as importantly, see John Longenecker's Liberty News/Safer Streets newsletter.
Obama demands that we 'seek agreement' on guns; will he agree to rein in BATFE?
In other words, don't look for Obama to"seek agreement" with regard to the BATFE's rampant evil. That vile misconduct, indeed, looks to have been a major tool by which Obama had hoped to secure the American people's agreement. [More]That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Please give it a look, and tell a friend.
Friday, March 11, 2011
GRE Round Up, Mar 11
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David Codrea/National:
- Mexican politician calls for extradition of ATF 'Gunwalkers'
Yeah, I know I posted the above link in yesterday's Round Up, but I added it late, and it's too important to risk allowing it to be missed. - Will press ask president about ‘Project Gunwalker’?
Dave Workman/Seattle:
- Is it gun shops, gun shows or government that is ‘chief source of weapons?'
- Idaho measure would cause shudders in Olympia
Brady Campaign says permanent BATFE director would have stopped 'Gunwalker'
Oh? Acting Director Kenneth Melson has so little power that he can't direct the bureau to . . . not pressure gun dealers into going ahead with obvious "straw sales," against the dealers' better judgment? What, then, are the responsibilities and powers of an acting director? What, indeed, is the purpose of an acting director, if not to . . . act as director? There would not have been a "Project Gunwalker," without Melson's authorization, and if he were somehow powerless to stop it, that would mean that it was forced on him, against his will, from higher up in the Department of Justice (and there can be no realistic doubt that the operation was known, and at the very least tacitly approved, further up in that department), by people who would outrank a permanent director, as well. [More]That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Please give it a look, and tell a friend.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
GRE Round Up, Mar 10
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David Codrea/National:
- NRA calls for Gunwalker investigations
Yeah, I know I posted the above link in yesterday's Round Up, but I added it late, and it's too important to risk allowing it to be missed. - House Judiciary Committee Republicans want answers from Holder on Gunwalker
- A Journalist's Guide to 'Project Gunwalker-Part Two
- Holder says ‘gunwalking wrong’
- Mexican politician calls for extradition of ATF 'Gunwalkers'
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Motive behind 'Project Gunwalker' needs closer look
The "we're incompetent (Underpants Gnomes-incompetent)" excuse should be pretty humiliating for anyone involved, but it does make a certain kind of sense that they would prefer it to admitting that they have been trading Mexican (and some American) lives for more infringements on that which shall not be infringed. That excuse would probably also serve to help insulate some of the higher level officials--perhaps even an elected official who, on April 16, 2009 said, "More than 90 percent of the guns recovered in Mexico come from the United States." [More]That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Please give it a look, and tell a friend.
Wednesday, March 09, 2011
GRE Round Up, Mar 9
Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:
Steve D. Jones/Fort Smith:
- Grassley asks for independent investigation of ATF
- CBS: ‘Documents point to ATF gun running since 2008’
Yeah, I know I posted the two preceding links in yesterday's Round Up, but I added them late, and they're too important to risk allowing them to be missed. - Mexican government calls for ‘working group’ to examine gun-walking charges
- Project Gunwalker ‘becoming a major scandal’
- NRA calls for Gunwalker investigations
- Low Seattle murder rate belies anti-gun lobby’s hysteria
- Is Washington Post helping ATF circle wagons on ‘Gunrunner’ scandal?
Finally, and just as importantly, see John Longenecker's Liberty News/Safer Streets newsletter.
FOID data publication has nothing to do with government accountability
The far more fundamental issue, though, is of course that this information is not legitimately the government's to "account for." The Supreme Court has repeatedly ruled that the right to keep and bear arms is fundamental, and explicitly guaranteed in the Bill of Rights. That right's licensure, then, has no legitimacy whatsoever. To keep government "in check," what needs to be done is not to require it to reveal to whom it has granted "permission" to own firearms, but to strip it of the power to either grant or deny that permission. [More]That's today's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner. Please give it a look, and tell a friend.
Tuesday, March 08, 2011
GRE Round Up, Mar 8
Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:
David Codrea/National:
- Some ‘illegal’ U.S. guns being used to defend Mexican lives
- Grassley asks for independent investigation of ATF
- CBS: ‘Documents point to ATF gun running since 2008’
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- Albuquerque Libertarian
- Cochise County Libertarian
- Conservative
The official spin begins on ATF/DOJ gun smuggling scandal - LA Anti-Establishment
- Michigan Firearms
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