Armed and Safe

Horwitz would have us ignore these and many other indications of the very real nature of the slippery slope toward the tyranny of forcible citizen disarmament, and instead look at the impressive progress made by gun rights advocates in the last couple decades as being the "real slippery slope." A "slippery slope" toward greater ability on the part of citizens to defend their lives, families and liberty. Further, we are to join him in mourning this progress toward shall not be infringed. [More]

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Tuesday, November 15, 2011

GRE Round Up, Nov 15

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

David Codrea/National:

ATF classifies Chore Boy pot scrubber pads NFA firearms

Yih-Chau Chang/Oakland:

Two Powerhouse Right-to-Carry Organizations Merge in California

Dave Workman/Seattle:

Grassley follow-up rips Holder’s data on Mexican crime gun traces

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Senate subcommittee to discuss banning private gun sales, other infringements

This afternoon at 2:30 Eastern (1:30 St. Louis time) the Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism will be discussing Senator Charles Schumer's (D-NY) S. 436, the "Fix Gun Checks Act of 2011." For those who wish to view the proceedings live, this link should allow that, when the hearing starts.

We have discussed S. 436 several times before, most fully back in mid-March. Among the many deeply invasive infringements specified by the bill (National Gun Rights Examiner David Codrea covered some of them quite well here) are provisions to close the mythical "gun show loophole" that would outright ban private firearm sales--not only at gun shows, but everywhere. And yes--by "ban" private sales, that is exactly what I mean. Any sale that cannot proceed until the FBI probes the prospective buyer's history can hardly be considered to be "private." [More]

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Another CSGV triumph!

CSGV's Facebook page alerts concerned cud-chewers to an online poll about campus carry at George Mason University:

Should students/teachers be allowed to carry weapons at Mason?http://fairfaxcity.patch.com/articles/poll-recap

Hmm . . . not looking so good for the anti-self-defense crowd:

Fortunately, CSGV left a comment with an explanation for the cud-chewers' poor showing:

Thanks for the heads-up, Whitney. Unfortunately, online polls suffer badly from pro-gun website spamming.

R-i-g-h-h-h-t. That's the problem--"pro-gun website spamming" is the reason your side has only mustered 12 votes in the three hours that it's been on CSGV's Facebook page (and about 4 1/2 hours since the poll has been up).

Monday, November 14, 2011

GRE Round Up, Nov 14

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

Dave Workman/Seattle:

It was a simple question about ‘justice’

False alarms over nat’l CCW legislation only help anti-gunners

Grassley fires broadside at Eric Holder, DoJ subordinates

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'Gunwalking,' gun rights advocacy and 'treason'

To CSGV, in other words, stating one's refusal to quietly surrender to any potential tyranny, and the therefor implied refusal to allow a government monopoly on force, is "treason," but equipping narco-terrorists with the weapons that they use to kill two federal law enforcement officers is not. What a strange, Orwellian world they live in.

One cannot help but wonder how Patrick Henry might have responded to CSGV's definition of "treason." [More]

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Friday, November 11, 2011

GRE Round Up, Nov 11

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

David Codrea/National:

‘Conservative’ case for Mitt Romney no case at all

Dave Workman/Seattle:

Showdown looming on national concealed carry

Grassley stays on point about falsehoods from Justice

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Why should anyone ever believe anything said by Mayors Against Illegal Guns?

This, obviously, is nothing less than blatant fraud on MAIG's part, claiming the late Mayor Martin's expressed support, when he was clearly in no position to give it.

The excuse MAIG gave (through Mayor Bloomberg's spokesman) does little to reinforce the group's crumbling credibility . . . [More]

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Thursday, November 10, 2011

GRE Round Up, Nov 10

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

Dave Workman/Seattle:

WA Democrat survey interesting for what it doesn’t (dare) ask

Crying Wolf: Methow tale suggests balance, not bigotry is right approach

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Is Chris Rock channeling NRA's Wayne LaPierre?

Granted, Rock never mentioned gun laws. Still, Obama campaigned on a platform that included banning so-called "assault weapons," and closing the mythical "gun show loophole"--for just a couple examples of some "gangsta sh--" we know Obama would dearly love to add to his legacy.

In a second term, Obama will not need to keep his forcible citizen disarmament agenda "under the radar." [More]

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Wednesday, November 09, 2011

Freudian slip?

WDSU.com is running a story today with the headline "NOLA Police Tout Illegal Gun Seizures."

Like most (hopefully just about all) American gun owners, I very well remember some infamous "illegal gun seizures" in New Orleans, in which guns were seized with no regard to law (and even less regard to rights) but would have thought that even the same "law enforcement" agency that illegally disarmed hurricane victims, and then murdered some (unarmed, of course) American citizens, would have the decency not to "tout" their heinous crimes.

Apparently I overestimated their decency. Would not have thought it possible.

GRE Round Up, Nov 9

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

David Codrea/National:

Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry memorial fundraiser to be held Nov. 12

Dave Workman/Seattle:

Pattern of evasion continues in Fast & Furious

Issa wants answers from DoJ official; Terry family statement

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Under oath, Holder discredits 'Bush did it too' excuse for 'Gunwalker'

In 75 seconds of pointed questioning of Attorney General Holder (see sidebar video), Senator John Cornyn has perhaps left the excuse makers scrambling for something better. In that time, he asked Holder if he knew that Operation Wide Receiver (the Bush-era operation) actually did involve an attempt to track the firearms, while Fast and Furious did not. Cornyn then asked Holder if he knew that Operation Wide Receiver was run in conjunction with the Mexican government, while Fast and Furious was kept secret from not only Mexico, but from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) attaché to Mexico, Darren Gil. Gil, in fact, after discovering on his own what was going on, was basically pushed into retirement when he balked at the near act of war of "walking" guns into Mexico without the Mexican government's knowledge or permission.

Holder was eventually forced into the position of having to put the "Bush did it too" excuse out of its misery himself . . . [More]

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