Then again, maybe Obama administration DID directly traffic guns to Mexico

If, however, the allegations are true that one of the major players in a drug cartel's arms trafficking ring is a paid FBI informant, and that "Project Gunwalker" deliberately funneled guns through him, even Newell's definition of "walking" would seem to have been met. A paid FBI informant is, after all, an agent of the government, and if he was part of the distribution chain, then an agent of the government did put guns directly into suspects' hands. [More]

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GRE Round Up, July 29

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

Liston Matthews/Knoxville:

• Tennesse 6th Senate District candidate Victoria DeFreese

David Codrea/National:

• McCarthy blames Norway shootings on ‘lax U.S. gun laws’!

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• 'OUTRAGE' UPDATE: 2nd profanity-laced video involving Canton, OH cop surfaces

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.

Gun trafficking as compared to William Newell's definition of 'gunwalking'

H.R. 2554 is pure legislative theater, with no chance of accomplishing anything useful, although it would have been interesting to see how much of the Obama administration could have been swept up in the "Conspiracy" provision. Thus, charging someone with, and convicting him for, gun trafficking, requires clearing a vastly lower bar than would need to be cleared to meet Newell's definition of "gunwalking."

Remember when public servants were held to a higher standard of conduct than the public they ostensibly served? [More]

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GRE Round Up, July 28

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

David Codrea/National:

• Appropriations Committee calls for independent Gunwalker investigation
  Yeah, I know I posted the above link in last night's Round Up, but I added it late, and it's too important to risk allowing it to be missed


• Operation Castaway seller denies shipping guns to Honduras


• ATF multiple long gun reporting form sent to FFLs

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• The Fast & Furious e-mail; White House denies connection

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
  Deliberate smear--Media Matters story on ATF gun smuggling
• LA Anti-Establishment
• Michigan Firearms

Holder and Obama: The only senior government officials NOT in on 'Gunwalker'?

So, that brings us back to the question in today's title--if Holder and Obama didn't know about "Project Gunwalker," were they the only senior government officials so out of touch? Well, we can probably assume Vice President Biden wasn't in on it either. Otherwise, he would probably not have managed to avoid calling it a "big f---ing deal" within range of a microphone. [More]

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GRE Round Up, July 27

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

David Codrea/National:

• Appropriations Committee calls for independent Gunwalker investigation

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• FURY: Canton, OH council president lashes out at cop critics


• Fast & Furious: The man who knew too little

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
  ATF scandal reporter banned from hearing, gets ambushed by Media Matters
• LA Anti-Establishment
• Michigan Firearms

Demonizing the Mini-14

William Ruger is dead now, though, and the company he founded seems to have moved past his Neville Chamberlainesque policy of appeasing the gun-haters. Those gun haters should grow the moral and intellectual honesty to say what they mean--that they want all guns banned. [More]

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GRE Round Up, July 26

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

David Codrea/National:

• BREAKING NEWS: ATF attaché calls Gunwalker 'perfect storm of idiocy'


• ATF’s Phoenix SAC emailed Gunwalker info to National Security Council


• Transcript of Newell questioning related to NSC's O'Reilly

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• Fast and Furious the ‘Perfect storm of idiocy,’ — ATF attaché


• ATF agents denounce ‘Fast & Furious’ as Dems push gun control agenda

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
  Breaking updates on House investigation of DOJ-ATF gun smuggling
• LA Anti-Establishment
• Michigan Firearms

FBI complicity in 'Gunwalker' refutes 'rogue operation by leaderless ATF' claim

In fact, in the sidebar video, Representative Darrell Issa (R-CA, and Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee) hammers home the point that for Attorney General Eric Holder, there are only two possibilities. Either he knew about about this monstrosity, approved it, and has since been lying to cover it up; or he has been utterly clueless about the actions of the Cabinet level department he was chosen by President Obama, and approved by the Democrat-controlled Senate, to lead. That kind of "leadership" in not just "phoning it in"--a closer metaphor would be that he attempted to meet his responsibilities by keeping in touch via an occasional postcard. [More]

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GRE Round Up, July 25

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

Anthony Bouchard/Cheyenne:

• Repeal of school gun free zones introduced in the U.S. House

David Codrea/National:

• Norway terror attacks illustrate observable truths


• Rep. David Wu—poster boy for ‘progressive’ gun control


• ‘Project Gunwalker’ T-shirts help raise public consciousness

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• KCSO circulates Ohio police dash cam video as tempers stay hot


• Bloody weekend aftermath: ‘Does this happen at gun shows?’

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
  FOX: FBI allowed firearms to criminals after consulting with ATF
• LA Anti-Establishment
• Michigan Firearms

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

Exploitation of Norway attacks for more 'gun control' elsewhere already underway

Using the dead, to justify attacking the rights of the living (and in the process, reducing their ability to defend themselves from the same fate). The forcible citizen disarmament lobby must be proud. [More]

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'Reward' Congressional oathbreakers with a white feather

The newest addition to the blogroll is (author of the Constitution Watch blog, and former Tucson Gun Rights Examiner) Chris Woodard's The White Feather.

I'll let Chris explain it:

The concept of the White Feather.

For years I’ve been fascinated with GIVING of the White Feather. The idea appears to have first started by the British Military in the mid 1800s. The single White Feather was given to a fellow in the military who the giver considered a coward. This was the ULTIMATE insult and had serious consequences.

If I gave a White Feather to someone, the receiver could not give the White Feather back. He would have to prove to me that the reason I gave him the feather no longer existed. If that prove to be the case, then it would be up to me to ask for the return of the feather to me. He CANNOT just give it back. I have to ask.

A new concept for the White Feather. BREAKING THE OATH OF OFFICE.

Each and every politician, whether National, State, or Local takes an oath of office. It is the intention of this site to give a White Feather to every politician who breaks his/her “Oath of Office’ by either sponsoring or cosponsoring a piece of legislation that is Unconstitutional. The criteria is: Nationally, if the legislation is NOT within the enumerated powers granted congress under Article 1 § 8 of the Constitution, it is Unconstitutional. Abuse of the likes of the Commerce Clause, and other clauses does NOT make it Constitutional regardless of any Supreme Court decisions/opinions. The Supreme Courts authority is clearly stated in the Constitution.

So, for now, the White Feather is reserved for our various congress critters for breaking their Oath of Office. A serious offense legally which far outweighs a political agenda.

Go take a look.

GRE Round Up, July 22

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

Anthony Bouchard/Cheyenne:

• Just in case you've never seen an anti-gun cop on steroids, here it is

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• ‘The cop heard round the world’ – Ohio incident puts law in crosshairs


• Grassley to Fox News: ‘Melson gave documents to DOJ, but we didn’t get them’

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

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

'To protect and serve'? Not in Canton, Ohio--or in many other places

And about that "on camera" part. That was the squad car's dashcam. Officer Harless, in other words, knew about it--he wasn't being surreptitiously recorded, like the not-quite-equally-thuggish police officers in Philadelphia. If he knew about it, and did it anyway, he apparently didn't expect to get in trouble over it. It turns out he was wrong (although not wrong enough), but what does it say about more general attitudes in that department, that he could be anything less than positive that such behavior is utterly unacceptable? Also, what do incidents like this one (and the Philadelphia one) say about some jurisdictions' laws against making audio/video recordings of police officers? What are they trying to hide? [More]

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GRE Round Up, July 21

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

David Codrea/National:

• Canton OH 'Only Ones' put the lie to public pledge--not to mention their oaths

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• More signs that Fast & Furious was fiasco; Dem defends Holder, deflects blame


• OUTRAGE: Fury erupts over Ohio traffic stop video; NW activists join debate

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

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

Is 'Gunwalker' whistleblower John Dodson victim of retaliatory smear campaign?

Those who want to see the "Project Gunwalker" scandal buried benefit in two ways from these retaliatory smears. First, if they discredit the whistleblowers badly enough to undermine their credibility, it becomes easier for the public (with some help from the fawning media) to dismiss the allegations. Second, the example serves as a stark warning to potential future whistleblowers.

Those behind any smear campaign against Dodson are only compounding their crimes. [More]

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GRE Round Up, July 20

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

David Codrea/National:

• Jersey City gun ‘buyback’ illustrates character of characters behind it


• Exclusive: Story of central ‘Operation Castaway’ figure in his own words

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• BULLETIN: Third Fast & Furious hearing scheduled next Tuesday

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

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

Issa not losing sight of anti-gun attitudes of 'Gunwalker' principals

Then last night, Rep. Issa was on the NRA News show "Cam and Company," with Cam Edwards and Ginny Simone, talking about the scandal. It's very much worth watching in its entirety, but the short (1 minute, 5 seconds) segment in the sidebar video is especially interesting, in that it shows that Issa has not lost sight of the fact that those political appointees at the top of this debacle have a long, well known history of hostility to gun rights. [More]

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GRE Round Up, July 19

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• Fast and Furious: Melson says DOJ ‘response…was a disaster’


• Story changing rapidly about South Seattle shooting, ‘person of interest’

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
  More connections in ATF scandal: drug cartel stashes weapons at Columbus, MN
• LA Anti-Establishment
• Michigan Firearms

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

Can I call him "Fast and Furious Mike" now?

David Codrea has long referred to NYC's gun hating, authority-crazed Mayor Mike Bloomberg as "Furious Mike," in honor of the gun paint color named after him, after he had gun paints banned.

Now that he has weighed in on "Operation Fast and Furious" (using it as an excuse to repeal the Tiahrt Amendment), I think it's time for his name to evolve.