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

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
• LA Anti-Establishment
• Michigan Firearms

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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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?

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
• Feinstein may have inadvertently confirmed Gunwalker ulterior motive
• Breaking--Issa introduces whistleblower protection law
• LA Anti-Establishment
• Michigan Firearms

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.

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

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
  Breaking: Gunwalker documents released late today contradict Administration
• 17 Congressmen call for Holder's resignation--with late-breaking update
• LA Anti-Establishment
• Michigan Firearms

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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GRE Round Up, Oct 31

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

Liston Matthews/Knoxville:

• Carrying a gun in Illinios?

David Codrea/National:

• Documents and recordings give insight into de León's anti-gun agenda


• JPFO responds to National Jewish Democratic Council Attack


• A Journalist's Guide to 'Project Gunwalker'-Part Seven


• Why does Justice Department need to lie on FOIA responses?

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• With Holder’s promise to testify, demands for resignation mount

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
  Guns sent to cartels by Feds are themselves the 'smoking gun'
• A "pivotal week" in Gunwalker probe
• LA Anti-Establishment
• Michigan Firearms

Finally, and just as importantly, see John Longenecker's Liberty News/Safer Streets newsletter.

GRE Round Up, Oct 29

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

David Codrea/National:

• How much evidence of Mexican involvement in ‘Wide Receiver’ is needed?

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• Unsatisfactory Fast & Furious answers fuel cover-up beliefs

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
  Hillary questioned about Gunwalker scandal
• GOP insiders: GOP leadership too spineless to go after Obama
• LA Anti-Establishment
• Michigan Firearms

GRE Round Up, Oct 28

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

David Codrea/National:

• Mayor ends ‘Occupy Atlanta’ when Second Amendment exercised with First

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• Gallup poll, Committee vote show Dems remain ‘party of gun control’


• Divisions in the ranks at Portland gun turn-in


• Did ‘Big Sis’ lay some big eggs before House Judiciary?

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
  D.C. whispers--major Gunwalker figure hands over documents
• LA Anti-Establishment
• Michigan Firearms

Finally, and just as importantly, see John Longenecker's Liberty News/Safer Streets newsletter.

St. Louis dangerous for the unarmed and unprepared

A bit less than a year ago, we discussed St. Louis gaining the distinction of being "the most dangerous city" in the nation, in terms of violent crime. Three recent developments perhaps indicate, at least anecdotally, that the situation is not improving, and that to neglect personal security preparations for oneself and loved ones remains even more irresponsibly foolhardy here than in most other cities. [More]

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GRE Round Up, Oct 26

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

David Codrea/National:

De León Mexican ‘gun flow’ meeting confirms predictions

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• Is DoJ proposal a reaction to Fast & Furious probes?


• Gallup: Most Americans support gun ownership


• Grassley, Issa expand investigation to Texas

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
  Convenient timing? NYT on 'success' of gov. snitch operations in Mexico
• LA Anti-Establishment
• Michigan Firearms

'Gun control' advocates suddenly embrace state sovereignty

As it happens, though, there is nothing inconsistent in supporting both state sovereignty and federal enforcement of the "bear" in right to keep and bear arms. In District of Columbia v. Heller, the Supreme Court made Constitutional protection of the individual's right to keep and bear arms a settled point of Constitutional law. In McDonald v. City of Chicago, the court confirmed that the Fourteenth Amendment incorporates the rights protected by the Second Amendment against state and local governments. [More]

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GRE Round Up, Oct 25

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

Liston Matthews/Knoxville:

• Jo-Ann's stores maintain posting against guns

David Codrea/National:

• Are Bloomberg’s cops the ‘only ones’ who can be trusted with guns in NYC?

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• Wisconsin will honor WA state CPLs


• Bellevue v. Bloomberg: NYPD cops busted for gun running

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
  Dangerous and deadly--ATF retaliates
• LA Anti-Establishment
• Michigan Firearms

Finally, and just as importantly, see John Longenecker's Liberty News/Safer Streets newsletter.

'Gun control': Historically racist, and racist still

But Winkler may have retreated farther than he needed to, because many gun laws on the books right now place a disproportionate burden on racial minorities. Specifically, every policy that drives up the cost of gun ownership and use imposes a wealth test on exercise of the Constitutionally guaranteed, fundamental human right of the individual to keep and bear arms. Given the socio-economic realities, such a wealth test is inherently racist in effect, if not by intent. [More]

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GRE Round Up, Oct 24

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

Liston Matthews/Knoxville:

• Tennessee permits good in Wisconsin November 1

David Codrea/National:

• Will CA Senate ‘committee’ even mention Gunwalker in de León media stunt?

Yih-Chau Chang/Oakland:

• Coffee And Conversation--An Intimate Look At Gun Control In California

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• Did U.N. remarks reveal Obama global gun control strategy?


• Obama admin weak on gun prosecutions, report shows

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
• Breaking news--ATF 'prior knowledge' of cash in pipeline for Gunwalker plot
• Hidden gem in news story: Gunwalker was never a 'sting'
• Breaking--Gunwalker firearms prompts Senate forum
• LA Anti-Establishment
• Michigan Firearms

Libertarianism 'number one warning sign' for mass shooters?

The belief that the rights of the people as a whole depend on protecting the rights of the individuals within that whole is the "number one warning sign" for a mass killer? And it gets worse if this lover of individual freedom had once agreed to put his or her life on the line for the American way of life (guess he really hates the Oath Keepers)? Not a word about the risk factor posed by rules that mandate that the plentiful supply of potential victims is unarmed and defenseless? [More]

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Gun ban 'logic'

We've all heard about the sick degenerate who walked into an International House of Pancakes in Nevada, and started machine gunning patrons with an AK-47 variant illegally modified for fully-automatic capability.

What to do about it? Well, the Las Vegas Sun tells us that according to some, what Nevada ought to do is ban semi-automatic, detachable magazine-fed rifles.

A deadly shooting rampage at a Carson City IHOP restaurant last month has prompted a call for a review of Nevada's gun laws.

Assembly Judiciary Committee Chairman William Horne said it would be appropriate for lawmakers to consider changes to the state's gun laws after a man with a history of mental illness shot 11 people with an assault weapon at the restaurant, leaving three Nevada National Guard members and two others dead.

Horne, D-Las Vegas, told the Reno Gazette-Journal that while he's a gun owner who supports gun rights, he questions why citizens need to own an assault weapon.

"I think it's a good question to ask: Why does a typical citizen need to have an assault weapon?" he said.

I bet Horne would just love California's "assault weapon" ban. California not only bans so-called "assault weapons," but has perhaps the most exhaustive list in the country defining these oh-so-scary firearms. California's model is indeed the one favored by groups like the Brady Campaign:

Congress should enact a comprehensive federal assault weapons ban modeled after the California assault weapons ban. The California law banned assault weapons based on a “one-feature test” that requires a firearm to have only one military-style feature in order to be banned. The Brady Campaign was instrumental in helping to enact and implement the California law in 2000.

The Violence Policy Center also strongly approves (pdf file):

Legislation to address the industry’s subversion of the 1994 ban has been introduced in the 108th Congress by Representatives Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY) and John Conyers (D-MI) in the U.S. House of Representatives (H.R. 2038) and Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) in the U.S. Senate (S. 1431). The legislation is based on California’s 1999 state assault weapons ban, which, unlike federal law, addresses the “copycat” issue.

Sounds like a California-style "assault weapon" ban is just the ticket, doesn't it?

But wait a second--what's this at the end of the Las Vegas Sun article?

Despite being diagnosed as schizophrenic, Sencion [the IHOP killer] legally purchased the weapon from a private seller in California.

So, to prevent violence committed with "assault weapons," Nevada's laws should become more like those in the state where the weapon in question was bought? That sounds like the forcible citizen disarmament advocates' "logic," alright.

GRE Round Up, Oct 21

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

David Codrea/National:

• Administration shill Weiner attempts to pull a fast (and furious) one

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• Grassley, Issa zero in on FBI over Fast & Furious


• Who killed Gadhafi? Who really gives a rat’s rump?

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
• LA Anti-Establishment
• Michigan Firearms

GRE Round Up, Oct 20

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

Liston Matthews/Knoxville:

• Jo-Ann's stores posted against defensive firearms

David Codrea/National:

• Why does Summa Health System censor Internet access to gun info?

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• Partisan taint settles on Fast & Furious investigation


• NY Atty General blasts, misrepresents CCW Reciprocity bill

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
  Gunwalker: the missing 3rd gun at Brain Terry's murder scene
• LA Anti-Establishment
• Michigan Firearms

Reps. Chaffetz and Gowdy ask Obama key 'Gunwalker' question

This ignores the fact that Holder is himself a prime suspect of serious criminal wrongdoing, and any worthwhile investigation of the scandal would have to take a very close look at his possible culpability. Holder, in ordering an investigation by the Inspector General, who works under and answers to him, has in a very real sense offered to reassure the nation by undertaking to investigate himself--and apparently Obama and many other Democrats think we should be satisfied with that. [More]

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GRE Round Up, Oct 19

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

Steve D. Jones/Fort Smith:

• Gun control policies of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission

David Codrea/National:

• What does Obama mean by ‘held accountable’?

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• More reasons for WA hunter anger toward WDFW, commission

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
• LA Anti-Establishment
• Michigan Firearms

A chief of 'Only Ones,' and a felon?

So apparently, this is the situation in Illinois: private citizens cannot legally carry a defensive firearm in public; felons can become police chiefs (but if they were not "Only Ones," could not legally buy so much as a single round of ammunition or a Taser); and in jurisdictions like East St. Louis, a police department that was already unable to effectively rein in crime is further depleted with strikes and lay-offs.

And groups like the Brady Campaign have committed to maintaining the state-mandated defenselessness inherent to Illinois gun laws (even to the point of lying about the effects of proposed legislation). Whose side are they on? Certainly not the peaceable armed citizen's. [More]

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Guess I struck a nerve

The Coalition to Stop Gun Violence (CSGV) "blocked" my Twitter feed (and those of many other gun rights advocates) months ago--our "insurrectionism" was apparently too terrifying for them.

Or maybe not. Perhaps their "taking their ball and going home" act was just for show, because when I sent a tweet their way about today's column, they noticed it in a hurry:

The latest in gun nuttery: Insurrectionists threatening to make AK-47s out of printers if new gun laws enacted....

Even funnier though, was their Facebook post about it, and the comments:


So now I'm not only an "insurrectionist, but a "traitor to our government," as well?

As for the "toaster" reference, I can only assume that CSGV mouthpiece Ladd Everitt is enjoying some recreational pharmacology. Accept the reality or not, Ladd--home 3-d printing of scary "assault weapon" receivers is coming--fast.

GRE Round Up, Oct 18

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

Liston Matthews/Knoxville:

• KOA Campground Caution

David Codrea/National:

• LAPD weapons theft shows inexcusable negligence, at minimum

Yih-Chau Chang/Oakland:

• Twin Kick-Off, Unloaded Long Gun Open Carry Events To Be Held In California

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• Issa probing, Justice is resisting on F&F ‘third gun’


• Press crucifixion of illegal gun dealer evident


• BREAKING: Senate votes unanimously against funding F&F-type operations

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
• LA Anti-Establishment
• Michigan Firearms

Finally, and just as importantly, see John Longenecker's Liberty News/Safer Streets newsletter.

What if the revolution that ends 'gun control' is a technological one?

And now, as CNC milling machines and stereolithography (three dimensional printing) devices fall in price to the point of being not out of reach for a hobbyist's workshop, home manufacture of scary "assault weapons" will soon be a few mouse clicks away. [More]

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GRE Round Up, Oct 17

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

David Codrea/National:

• Chicago cop: Get a gun, know how to use it


• What Holder and administration apologists expect us to believe about Gunwalker

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
  Big media outlets ignore subpoena of entire top tier of Obama Administration


• Obama's Gunwalker excuse--blame Bush


• Obama's Gunwalker damage control--"nobody knew"
• LA Anti-Establishment
• Michigan Firearms

Finally, and just as importantly, see John Longenecker's Liberty News/Safer Streets newsletter.

St. Louis man 'just gives them what they want,' is murdered

As National Gun Rights Examiner David Codrea once asked of someone who had repeated the "just give him what he wants" advice, "What if 'what he wants' is your life?"

A firearm, when combined with proficiency in its use and the will to excercise that proficiency at need, is the means by which the (nominally) human predator can be denied "what he wants." Anyone who finds that morally objectionable is on the side of your would-be killer--not yours. [More]

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GRE Round Up, Oct 14

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

David Codrea/National:

• ‘Hiding in plain sight’—How did Obama know about ‘Gunwalker’ before Holder?

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• End of the week: Fox’s O’Reilly thinks Holder will have to resign

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
  Gunwalker's Kevin O'Reilly--the man who knows too much?
• LA Anti-Establishment
• Michigan Firearms

Obama knew about 'Fast and Furious' before Holder?

Obama could, of course, have "read about it in the news" about a month before that, when Sharyl Attkisson of CBS News first brought the story to the mass media (we should probably not expect him to have kept up with those in the "new media" who had been covering the scandal since December).

And we, of course, are to assume that Obama's first knowledge of the program came when he "first read about it in the news." Perhaps that makes sense, since although one would normally expect his Attorney General to tell him about such things (hopefully before they make the news), Holder was supposedly a few weeks away from learning about it. One might fairly ask that if Holder cannot be expected to read all the briefing documents sent his way, could he at least read the same news the president finds time to read? If not, should Obama maybe have told Holder? Not the usual way of doing things, admittedly, but it might have saved a fair amount of embarrassment. [More]

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GRE Round Up, Oct 13

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

Liston Matthews/Knoxville:

• Poster boy for the opposition

David Codrea/National:

• ‘The Bloody Professor’ spawns sequels—in more ways than one

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• Howling mad: Idaho wolf situation a preview for Washingtonians?


• WA gun sting should have been model for Fast & Furious

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
  Investigation begins--early White House contacts with Phoenix ATF
• LA Anti-Establishment
• Michigan Firearms

GRE Round Up, Oct 12

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

David Codrea/National:

• Oversight Committee subpoenas Holder

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• Holder abruptly ends press conference on F&F question


• BREAKING: House Oversight Committee subpoenas Holder

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
  Issa subpoenas White House records, media claims 'witch hunt'
• LA Anti-Establishment
• Michigan Firearms

Brady Campaign offended by truth about Second Amendment

The Second Amendment was written to guarantee the existence of the last bulwark against tyranny--an armed citizenry, and the abolishment of the CSGV's beloved government monopoly on force. That was well known when it was written in the 18th century (ask Tench Coxe), and was affirmed in 2008, when the Supreme Court made the Second Amendment's guarantee of the individual right to keep and bear arms a settled point of Constitutional law:

. . .

Rep. Walsh explained himself, Henigan. If you oppose the people's Constitutionally guaranteed, fundamental human right to bear arms in defense of their families, lives, homes and liberty, perhaps it is you who have some explaining to do. [More]

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GRE Round Up, Oct 11

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

David Codrea/National:

• Professor offers ‘creative’ solution to campus shootings

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• House inquiry tightens on Holder; new Fast & Furious subpoena coming

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
• LA Anti-Establishment
• Michigan Firearms

Finally, and just as importantly, see John Longenecker's Liberty News/Safer Streets newsletter.

Will GOP presidential candidates take stand on 'Gunwalker' in tonight's debate?

The candidate who is the first to embrace this issue stands to separate himself/herself not only from the rest of the Republican field, but from Obama and the rest of the Democrats, as well.

The ranking Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, which has spearheaded the congressional investigation of "Project Gunwalker," under Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA), is Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD). Cummings has not only fought the investigation, but when Democrats controlled the committee, willfully ignored whistleblowers' allegations of corruption within the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE), and thus bears some culpability for the fact that the "Gunwalker" monstrosity wasn't stopped before it ever began.

Meanwhile, President Obama continues to express every confidence in AG Holder--something else that Republican presidential candidates could (and should) be hammering him for. [More]

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GRE Round Up, Oct 10

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

Liston Matthews/Knoxville:

• Tennessee Constitutional carry call to action

David Codrea/National:

• It’s not a question of guns and weed not mixing


• Issa to issue new subpoena to determine senior official Gunwalker involvement


• Global gun control report relied on deceptive statistics


• Issa responds to Holder: 'You own Fast and Furious'

Yih-Chau Chang/Oakland:

• Responsible Citizens of California Weigh In Against The Passage Of AB 144

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• Pressure mounts on Holder as Issa plans more hearings; “I-word” mentioned


• Issa responds to Holder: ‘latest defense has reached a new low’


• Gov. Brown signs open carry ban in CA; Washington has protections

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
  Hillary's enemies list now includes Gunwalker reporters


• Gunwalker fallout--Democrats go mum on gun control


• Breaking: new evidence shows Hillary a mastermind behind Gunwalker
• LA Anti-Establishment
• Michigan Firearms

Finally, and just as importantly, see John Longenecker's Liberty News/Safer Streets newsletter.

Eric Holder's incompetence defense is also a lie

In other words, Holder absolutely knew about "Operation Fast and Furious," and the fact that that operation centered on "gunwalking," not a "few weeks" before Representative Issa asked him when he knew about it, but a few months before--at the very least. Even if we are to believe his rather suspicious claim to have not bothered to keep himself informed last summer, and even if such incompetent dereliction of duty is not itself grounds for replacing him with someone more able and willing to carry out the duties of United States Attorney General, we still know he committed perjury in his testimony on May 3.

The president who appointed him is still defending him. What does that say about his fitness for office? [More]

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GRE Round Up, Oct 7

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

David Codrea/National:

• ‘Wide Receiver’ CI: ‘It had nothing to do with Bush or even DOJ’

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• Shots fired in wolf war by Idaho archer


• BREAKING! Holder on offense as CBS reveals more damaging evidence

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
  Gunwalker part 2--the State Department connection
• Hillary's smoking gun--the next segment in State Department's role in Gunwalker
• LA Anti-Establishment
• Michigan Firearms

GRE Round Up, Oct 6

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

David Codrea/National:

• ATF ‘shakeup’: Meet the new bosses. Same as the old bosses…

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• Grassley, Issa ramp up criticism of AG Holder, release documents


• BREAKING: Rep. Labrador calls for Holder’s resignation; Obama defends

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
• LA Anti-Establishment
• Michigan Firearms

From Obama administration about 'Gunwalker': 'Be reasonable,' and 'Calm down'

Now, consider the fact that if the government is an accessory to mass murder, then we, as taxpayers, could be said to be, at least morally (if not legally), accessories as well. And now we're being told to "be reasonable," and to "calm down."

We'll consider "calm[ing] down" when the people responsible for this monstrosity are in prison. Oh, and as for being "reasonable"? I said "in prison," rather than hanged. That's stretching "reasonable" about as far as it will go. [More]

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GRE Round Up, Oct 5

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

David Codrea/National:

• Special counsel for Gunwalker must be truly independent

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• Shuffleboard at ATF while admin flacks scream ‘be reasonable’

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
• LA Anti-Establishment
• Michigan Firearms

'Gunwalking' then and now: The differences

It should also be pointed out that by 2009, even the most Underpants Gnome-stupid government officials had the benefit of hindsight (provided by "Wide Receiver") to see the folly of "gunwalking" as a "crime-fighting" tool. By then it should have been clear that the only value such a technique offered was the pile of dead bodies that could then be blamed on U.S. gun dealers.

"Operation Wide Receiver" should be investigated, and any found guilty of criminal acts should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. But before TPMMuckraker gives the Obama government a pass on its gunwalking, because "Bush did it, too," we should probably ask ourselves if a past administration's atrocities justify their repetition now. [More]

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