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

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• ATF director ignores deadline request for Gunrunner documents

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, and take the Safer Streets survey, here.

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.

Now why would they do that, do you suppose? "Never let a serious crisis go to waste," Rahm? [More]

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GRE Round Up, Mar 30

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

David Codrea/National:

• ‘Pro-gun Democrats’ AWOL from ‘Project Gunwalker’

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• Maybe Kerlikowske should duck Thursday hearing as well


• Shhhhh…..Suppressor bill sent to Gregoire

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.

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.

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]

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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’

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• ‘Bordergate’ – Seattle’s gunrunning case: Shades of ‘Project gunrunner?’


• UPDATE: Not Guilty verdict in dog ‘warning shot’ case

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.

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]

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GRE Round Up, Mar 28

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

Mike Stollenwerk/DC:

• Facebook group aims for open carry nation

David Codrea/National:

• Origins of ‘Project Gunwalker’ important for media to understand

Yih-Chau Chang/Oakland:

• "Take Back Your Rights" Protest Campaign Steams into Fremont

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• Rep. Issa’s March 30 deadline for ATF documents looming

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.

'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]

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GRE Round Up, Mar 25

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

Yih-Chau Chang/Oakland:

• Gun Free School Zones--The Oxymoron Of Our Age

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• To shoot or not to shoot: When an aggressive dog bites


• How high up does ‘Project Gunrunner’ go? (Who knew what and when?)

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.

Mark your calendars, Missourians--Gun Rights Rally Day approaches

Wednesday, April 6, Jefferson City will be the place to be (excerpt):

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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]

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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

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

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

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]

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GRE Round Up, Mar 23

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

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?

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.

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]

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GRE Round Up, Mar 22

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• Prohibitionists can’t get stories straight as ‘Gunrunner’ scandal unravels

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.

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]

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GRE Round Up, Mar 21

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

Mike Stollenwerk/DC:

• While DC fiddles, Oklahoma burns for open carry

Yih-Chau Chang/Oakland:

• 1st And 2nd Amendment Groups Take Back Their Rights In Milpitas

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• Concerns, complaints pile up over WSP gun dealer letter

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

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

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]

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GRE Round Up, Mar 18

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

David Codrea/National:

• Jim Bohannon Show explores 'Project Gunwalker' with writers who broke the story

Yih-Chau Chang/Oakland:

• The Time Has Come For A National Open Carry Education Campaign

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• WSP jars gun dealers, sets off firestorm, ATF ‘not consulted’

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.