December 06, 2013
I've written before about social services and the danger they currently represent to adults and children alike. Sadly I'm writing about it again. A family is suing the case workers involved, as well as the local sheriff's department and the...
November 09, 2013
The united States has many cultures within it. Not just sub-cultures, but cultures. Just so we're on the same page, a definition (from wikipedia, but let's go with it anyway) "...an integrated system of learned behavior patterns which are characteristic...
October 04, 2013
I'm still swamped but it's easing up a bit. I decided to send someone's kid(s) through college drop my bike off at a shop to have the rest of the mechanical work done to it instead of knocking it out...
Public Servant Hudak. You remember her right? She's the one who, among other things, texted while a rape victim testified then condescendingly told her she'd just have had her gun taken away from her if she'd been armed? Then offered...
September 27, 2013
I used to say the ATFEIEIO was incompetent and this was apparent because of the actions of their firearms division. I was wrong; it's not just their firearms division that behaves irresponsibly: "Government agents acting without authorization conducted dozens of...
September 21, 2013
Well, when a co-worker and our boss quit on the same day, I thought that'd max out the overtime opportunities within the company. I was wrong. After that the owners decided they didn't need a supervisor over my division after...
July 31, 2013
Three words sum up Jackson, Sharpton and Crump - baiter's gonna bait. And when it comes to baiting, Jackson and Sharpton are masters. I found an article where an actual reverend, in NYC no less, is defending Zimmerman against the...
June 30, 2013
Brevity has never been my strong suit, and I lack enough time to do a thorough write up of the current situation, so bear with me. According to this here article, in June Hickenlooper, in response to a lawsuit aimed...
May 28, 2013
If you thought the gun owner control laws here in Colorado wouldn't be enforced vigorously, think again: "Agencies from across Metro Denver have come together in an effort to prevent firearm violence this summer, the group announced today. The effort,...
May 19, 2013
Ohdearvishnu. Some folks are saying that Denver ain't that bad; that the new gun owner control laws won't be enforced that vigorously and that it won't be used against hunters not one nary bit, because Denver welcomes sportsmen (and sportswomen)....
May 18, 2013
The majority of Colorado sheriffs have filed suit to stop the recently passed gun control laws. Michael Bane is all over it. The folks over at Shall Not Be Questioned have videos up. There's an article about the suit that...
An employee of the government of Colorado, a Parks And Wildlife Ranger no less, got caught poaching a trophy sized mule deer. After dark. With a spotlight. So what happened to him? He was fined and demoted:...
May 10, 2013
According to Shall Not Be Questioned, the SAF is backing gun owner control again. The specifics are that while Manchin is trying to drum up support for his and Toomey's universal background check bill, an SAF article is saying it's...
May 02, 2013
There are many differing perspectives on when it's acceptable to use force to protect one's Rights. For example I'm of the "shoot first, examine badges later" school when it comes to dealing with any type of home invasion, though for...
April 22, 2013
The Colorado house will vote on the last two bills of the gun owner control package today. Colorado SB 13-195 requires most training for a concealed carry permit to be conducted in person, as opposed to online. Here's a .pdf...
April 19, 2013
In the extended entry you'll find some links and embedded videos relating to events that occurred on Patriots' Day in years past....
April 14, 2013
The progressive pantheon has no higher deity than the Victim. Sacred, honored and often unquestionable as most true Victims are deceased. There are some living Victims, and it's arguable that the status of Victim is something the progressives wish to...
April 11, 2013
First, a grammatical pet peeve. Ages ago (during the Danian stage of the Paleocene to be specific) I had a girlfriend with one linguistic tick that drove me up the wall. She habitually eliminated "to be" from a sentence. For...
April 09, 2013
Here's a story from The Coloradoan about the hunting boycott of Colorado. "...And I know people are frustrated. We understand that,” Hampton said. 'There’s an outrage, but these new bills will not have an impact on our existing hunting regulations...
April 08, 2013
Public servant Degette (D-Plorable) had an intellect malfunction concerning the re-usable nature of magazines. She then doubled down by claiming it was noun confusion and she really meant clips. (I wrote about it here.) The Denver Post, which actually claims...
April 05, 2013
In some states the republicans have went along with the gun owner control bills being pushed. Here in Colorado that hasn't been the case. Only 1 republican went along with any of the gun owner control bills proposed so far....
April 04, 2013
Colorado's representative McCann has delayed the introduction of her firearms and mental health bill. Weeks back she planned to introduce it but somehow that was quietly postponed, and now she's holding it up for "extensive revisions". Since no bill is...
Gun owners (and those generally in favor of our gun culture) have tried for decades (millenniums if you take the general concept of owning weapons, not just guns per se) to use facts to persuade folks to not punish us...
April 03, 2013
Obama is coming to town, and the press seems all a tither: Obama to praise Colorado gun control laws Wednesday at Denver Police Academy: "The landmark legislation has made Colorado, a state with a deep western heritage that’s also endured...
March 27, 2013
US hunters begin boycott over Colorado gun laws What'd they expect? American hunters would start throwing keggers because of more anti gun owner laws being in effect here?...
March 26, 2013
Hudak again. Perhaps you'll recall her apology after being chastised for being rude and inconsiderate to a rape victim? Her attrition didn't last long: The vid was found at this link which was discovered over at Firehand's place. "Flip a...
March 25, 2013
A newspaper article attempts to provide a bit of fact checking to claims made concerning Nazi gun owner control laws. "Objectively, it might have made things worse' if the Jews who fought the Nazis in the 1943 Warsaw ghetto uprising...
March 23, 2013
Colorado state senator Greg Brophy talks with Jon Caldera about universal background checks. It's from before the passage of HB13-1229 in the senate and it was heavily amended since then, but it's still informative about why universal background checks are...
Via David Hardy,I stumbled on this discussion at Prof. Volokh's place. It concerns a Louisiana court case, State v. Draughter (.pdf here) which involves an application of a recent Louisiana constitutional amendment mandating a strict scrutiny standard be applied to...
March 21, 2013
Some folks are a bit surprised at Hickenlooper's signing of the anti gun owner bills yesterday. Let's start with a look at what he's said in the past:...
March 20, 2013
Hickenlooper signed the magazine ban, the universal background check and the background check tax bills into law this morning. They'll become law on July 1rst....
March 18, 2013
A spokesman said that Governor Hickenlooper will sign 3 anti-gin owner bills on Wednesday. This is the contact form for his office email. This should be his email address: Governor.hickenlooper@state.co.us His office phone number is (303) 866-2471 This is his...
March 15, 2013
Colorado HB 1229 passed both chambers, with all republicans in each chamber and one democrat per chamber voting against. It now goes to the governor's desk. This is the contact form for the governor's office email. This should be his...
Y'all know the routine by now. This link takes you to the Colorado Channel's general assembly page. Click on the senate live video (or senate live audio if you can't bear to watch but can't bear to not listen) to...
Walter Williams is a professor of economics at George Mason University. He was the keynote speaker at the Independence Institute's Founder Night Dinner this year. Here it is:...
Colorado HB 1229 (universal background checks) came out of the conference committee and will get voted on by the senate then by the house. All of that happens today. That'd be Friday, today. That means there will be 2 chances...
March 14, 2013
Jon Caldara, of the Independence Institute explains why almost all magazines are endangered* by the Colorado magazine ban (and by extension*, similar bans elsewhere). His original post is at this link*, but I'll go ahead and spring* his video on...
March 13, 2013
HB 1224 passed 34-30 with 1 rep excused. That's the magazine capacity limit bill. HB 1229, had the senate amendments rejected and was sent to a conference committee of some sort. That's the universal background check bill. The dems were...
Today the Colorado house will have a final vote on two gun owner control bills: HB 1224 and HB 1229. Here's the link to the Colorado Channel's general assembly page, if you care to watch the proceedings. The session will...
March 12, 2013
At least one Colorado house dem may change his mind on a gun owner control bill: "...The Senate amended the bill, and it must go back to the House, where one Democrat who supported it earlier now says he's undecided...
March 11, 2013
5 gun owner control bills passed the Colorado senate today. For a recap of what these bills do look here. HB 1228, the background check tax, heads straight to the governor's desk. SB 195, the bill that bans complete online...
Henchman: Now Terry, what's this about you opposing those very reasonable proposals the boss is talking about? Terry: I don't support them. Henchman: Sure ya do. Ya just don't know it yet. Terry: No I do not. Henchman: Sure ya...
This is the link to The Colorado Channel's general assembly page. Clicking the "senate live video" link on the page should open a new window & let you see the proceedings today in the Colorado senate. Today will be the...
March 09, 2013
The Colorado senate gave preliminary approval to 5 anti-gunowner bills while shelving 2. But it's not a done deal; on Monday they'll take up the 5 remaining bills for a recorded vote. If the house bills pass they'll go to...
March 08, 2013
This is a link to The Colorado Channel's general assembly page. Clicking the "senate live video" link on the page should open a new window & let you see the proceedings today in the Colorado senate. Having lived through barely...
Colorado senate republicans are planning to filibuster the gun owner control bills being heard today. That ought to make for interesting viewing. If they attempt this they'll be under a lot of pressure, as there's a storm moving this way...
March 07, 2013
The Colorado Senate appropriations committee passed 3 bills to the senate floor. This will come as a shock, but the three bills all passed on party line votes. The other four bills didn't have to go through appropriations so they...
March 06, 2013
That video speaks for itself. (h/t The Dana Show). In watching the committee hearings here in Colorado that sort of arrogance, contempt and disregard for the "peasants" has been all too common with our public servants. But there is...
March 05, 2013
All seven of the bills heard in the senate committees yesterday passed. All on party line votes - 3-2. Democrats in favor, Republicans opposed. The next step for the respective house bills will be a 2nd reading on the senate...
March 04, 2013
Via this link you should find a player. The default is the Colorado Senate State, Veterans and Military Affairs committee, which is hearing HB 1226 (the ban on concealed carry on a college campus), HB 1228 (The tax on background...
Oh now this is funny: “I can’t tell you how much the work we’ve been doing in the state has really ginned up folks who are opposed to us,' Morse said. 'We’ve been getting an awful lot of ‘screw yous.’...
March 03, 2013
Michael Bane as well as Billlls Idle Mind both have posts up concerning the Colorado Senate committee hearings tomorrow. As pointed out by Jed in a comment over at Billlls place, they're shipping in Mark Gifford's Kelly to testify in...
February 28, 2013
Here's a .pdf of Colorado Senate Bill 197. This bill concerns the possession of firearms by persons subject to restraining orders involving domestic violence or those convicted of misdemeanors or felonies involving domestic violence. The short version is it makes...
February 27, 2013
Students stranded overnight at school during snowstorm. I'm sure glad those teachers were unarmed aren't you? Especially since folks always have nothing but good intentions during snowstorms, so an overnight stay at a free parking for spree killers victim disarmament...
So, you want to keep people who "shouldn't have guns" from having them? Releasing balloons can lead to felony charges. (h/t) Instapundit) That's a 3rd degree felony, which could lead to a 5 year prison sentence. And as the federal...
MagPul is going to put Colorado orders first. (h/t Shall Not Be Questioned) The deal will be up to 10 standard capacity AR mags with a flat rate $5 shipping charge and being bumped tot he head of the line....
February 26, 2013
Stephen Kruiser notes that whilst we type of fact laden arguments, the Chancellor's clones are making holograms videos to win over hearts and minds. While a valid point in some ways, I'm not so sure that our video efforts would...
February 24, 2013
This story claims not a lot of cash has been spent in Colorado yet on behalf of the gun owner control bills. Of note: "Mayors Against Illegal Guns, founded by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, spent $4,000 supporting both...
February 18, 2013
Colorado HB 1224 passed the house 34-31 today. All the republicans and 3 democrats voted agin it. Next step is the senate, then the governor's desk. If you're a Colorado resident & you order any mags, ask the company if...
A long time ago (called right now) in a state far far too close (that'd be my, the state)... Senator Barackatine, who became chancellor amidst vows to rid the Republic of the corruption that threatened to topple it, became frustrated...
February 16, 2013
Billll wonders if the push for gun control at the state level is connected. I'd say yes and there's a rationale that seems to fit. Biden has called 4 Colorado dems to give them a pep talk on these gun...
February 15, 2013
All 4 anti gun owner bills ( HB 1224, HB 1228, HB 1229 & HB 1226) passed a 2nd reading in the House today, after a lengthy debate. (HB 1224 was amended in committee to 15 rounds for cartridges and...
February 13, 2013
Colorado HB 1226 passed out of committee on a vote of 7-6. You can find out about it here but it's pretty straightforward; it bans concealed carry permit holders from carrying on college campus. Lots of decent pro gun testimony,...
February 12, 2013
Colorado HB 1224 passed out of committee on a party line vote, 7-4. It's the magazine capacity limit bill mentioned here. Next stop is the floor of the house It was amended; 15 is the new 10. They meant to...
Colorado HB 1229 has been passed out of committee on a 7-4 party line vote. (For a refresher on what HB 1229 does look here.) I saw the hearing. They trumped out the usual types - relatives of folks murdered...
February 11, 2013
Things will start to get a bit tense this week. Some of the anti gun owner bills in Colorado will be in committee. Michael Bane has declared a Colorado Emergency. There are also a few pro gun bills in committee....
February 09, 2013
Glover claims the 2nd amendment was instituted to protect slavery. Ben Swann disagrees. I think Swann gives a nice solid refutation of Glover's unfounded and unsupported take on history. For more on the subject of minorities and the Right to...
February 07, 2013
This is the magazine capacity ban we've been hearing about around here. Colorado House Bill 1224 would prohibit transfer of "large capacity" magazines after enactment. It actually bans "sale, transfer, or possession" but exempts a person if such an evil...
This one is fairly straightforward. Colorado House Bill 1226 would prohibit carrying a concealed handgun on college property. It exempts security officers hired by a college, but that's it. No LEO exception is necessary since this is just a change...
Here's another one, fresh off the presses. Colorado House Bill 1228 would impose a fee for background checks. It doe snot specify a dollar amount, rather saying it will be limited by the "direct and indirect costs" of performing the...
A few of the proposed gun owner control laws have been formally introduced here in Colorado. They ain't pretty, for damn sure. The devil though is in the details. Here's one of them: Colorado House Bill 1229 requires background checks...
January 31, 2013
Sin Tax: a form of Pigovian tax which is levied against products in order to discourage their consumption. Gun sales prompt Colorado Democrat to push for fees bill to be heard ASAP...
Lest ye forget, gun control is not about guns, it's about control. I'd like for y'all to meet a public servant. Dan Pabon represents House District 4, which is an area of northwest Denver, Colorado. Mr. Pabon has proposed a...
January 29, 2013
I found this old post while looking something else up. At the time I thought it'd be a good precedent to use in arguing about an NFA repeal, but now I'm thinking if SCOTUS ever hears the matter again, perhaps...
May 18, 2007
In a tax case from 1904 called McCray v. U.S. I found the following: "Let us concede that, if a case was presented where the abuse of the taxing power was so extreme as to be beyond the principles which...
May 13, 2007
I've been looking for an excuse to post some reggae & to my surprise a Texan provided it. This isn't my favorite Marley tune, but it adheres to the title appropriate rule. Here's a vid of I Know A Place...
May 05, 2007
An old Stevie Wonder Tune. Not my favorite but a good one none the less. Vid Here. I found the following over at Freedomsight: "Delivery man fights gun charge It violates his rights, he says, in seeking case's dismissal" Needless...
May 04, 2007
I was going to just watch the Republican Presidential Debate & see what I could gleem from it. I got about 4 minutes into it & decided to just go ahead & write down my impressions as they hit me....
May 01, 2007
Natalie Imbruglia covered the tune in 1997. I thought it was a cute tune for what it was but I remember it most for a singer I dated very briefly in the late 90's. I was mildly heckling her at...
April 29, 2007
Still swamped. Med Valley High's Grand Rounds (basically a carnival of med blogs) has a few posts dealing with the Virginia Tech Massacre. (On a semi-related note there's an amusing post called "raodmap for the emergency department"). "Cellist Mstislav Rostropovich...
April 26, 2007
I have been at a few funerals where "At last" was used to start the eulogy. But it was immediately followed by a picturesque image of the deceased kneeling at the foot of the Lord & receiving the comfort some...
April 24, 2007
In this post called "Crazy" (where I argued against an expansion of mental health records in the NICS system) I pointed to The Liberty Zone & The War On Guns for more information on rumors that the NRA was talking...
Hugh Hewitt did an interview with Professor John Mark Reynolds of Biola University and Professor David Allen White of the United States Naval Academy where they discussed 30 books they think every freshman should read during the first year of...
April 23, 2007
Of course there's the Aerosmith tune (vid here & live vid here) which is about the peculiar manifestation of insanity that most call love (I especially dig the part at the end where it breaks down & the guitar is...
April 22, 2007
That was Governor Brian Schweitzer's response to the "real i.d." program on behalf of Montana as he signed state legislation opposing the federal act. & if you think it might be just a turn of a phrase to say Gov....
April 21, 2007
Last Sunday in Atlanta two unarmed brothers were shot down by thugs. Course since those thugs had badges you probably haven't heard about it. All the details aren't out, but the Georgia Bureau of Investigation is looking into things. From...
April 20, 2007
McCarthy has introduced HR 1859: Anti-Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act of 2007 (h/t Say Uncle). It's a slick one too - what it does is more or less partially re-instate the 1994 "assault weapons" ban in order to define...
The subject of machine guns has come up a few times of late & I thought it'd be useful to have a post to point folks to instead of retyping the same arguments repeatedly. So let's have a brief discussion...
April 19, 2007
Rushed yet again. In the extended entry I'll list a bunch of links that you may find interesting. All are concerning or related to the Virginia Tech Massacre &/or the calls for more gun control in its wake....
April 18, 2007
A woman who had a restraining order taken out against an ex-boyfriend was murdered by her ex-boyfriend at The University of Washington. As seems to be common, the murdering punk killed himself afterwards. TFS Magnum has the details (h/t View...
Via The War On Guns. Rick Stanley was arrested when he & his wife were coming out of a bank. A SWAT team used stun grenades & hit Stanley with a bean bag gun in order to arrest him, though...
April 14, 2007
A Maxi Priest tune from 1990. In the early to late 90's I was playing this tune a lot in some bands I was in. It's really fun to play (especially for bass players), easy to dance to & dog...
April 13, 2007
This sounds interesting: "The movie is a documentary by Denver filmmakers Alan and David Dominguez. It examines the 1999 police killing of Ismael Mena in a no-knock drug raid at the wrong address. The film, which hints at police corruption...
Jed was kind enough to post about the attempt to socialize medicine in Colorado. Aside from the automatic revulsion of anything Marxian being proposed let alone considered my objections to socialized medicine are pragmatic. No matter how the scheme is...
April 11, 2007
If you're a Coloradan, please take the time to read this Open Letter to Colorado Physicians (and others, for that matter) regarding the danger of socialized healthcare in Colorado. I hadn't known that it was this far along. Paul S....
April 10, 2007
Actually it's been attributed to Alexander Tytler but is more probably an anonymous quotation from the early 20th century, but it's still apt despite its source, especially for this bit of tomfoolery that I'll get to in a bit....
April 09, 2007
I've used this song before but couldn't think of another as title appropriate. Here's a vid of the tune done by Jani Lane (& yes, the attempts at harmony by the keyboard player are irritating but otherwise it's not a...
In Colorado a new law has been passed that requires a Colorado resident to have a Colorado CCW. Out of state CCW's held by Colorado residents will no longer be honored. Reading the language of the senate version of the...
April 07, 2007
Via Of Arms & The Law: "Use of a firearm to protect yourself or property is not recommended. * Guns stolen from residences are a primary way of getting guns into the hands of criminals. * Half of all the...
April 06, 2007
Elton. I always had a soft spot for this tune for some reason. It's sad & a bit bitter but the melodies (& harmonies) flow so nicely over the chords that when orchestrated right it's really a thing of beauty....
April 05, 2007
It's a Jimmy Reed tune that's been covered quite a bit as any blues standard should be. It's always been a favorite of mine for some reason. I couldn't find Reed's version or Donald Fagen's (which is probably my favorite...
I know a few folks who say there are some places, such as hospitals that should be off limits for firearms possession. I'll counter with these two stories about criminals on the loose in Denver:...
April 03, 2007
Michael Bane has an update & summation on the situation with anti-gun Park Rangers trying to shut down shooting in the National Forests here in Colorado (following a few paragraph review of the movie Shooter). Go read....
March 30, 2007
Feinstein of course. & guess what babygirl has been up to? If you guessed about 1.5 billion dollars worth of unethical conduct then you'd be right. "Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., has abruptly walked away from her responsibilities with the Senate...
March 29, 2007
This is from NC. "U.S. attorneys from Raleigh charged Patterson on Friday with conspiring to pirate satellite TV signals. They also charged former patrol deputies Lester Floyd and Herman Madden, bringing the arrest total to 14." Didn't I just mention...
March 28, 2007
Frisco, that living tribute to all things Marx, has decided, in its infinite wisdom, that plastic bags are not really that good for you. #9 over at Say Uncle's joint has thoughts (History of Shepple Part I) as does View...
March 18, 2007
Illinois is contemplating more gun control laws. The funny part to me is that firearms manufacturers are still threatening to leave Illinois. I really don't understand why they didn't escape from there long ago. In other news the ATFU closes...
March 17, 2007
(After I had finished the bulk of this post I took a break & noticed that The Smallest Minority had seen fit to fisk Mr. Chemerinsky's article as well. By all means go read his post.) A law professor of...
March 13, 2007
Bitter had her gun seized (actually Sebastian was carrying it) while waiting in a public parking lot. I assume this happened in Texas. She's not having a good day as she just found out that a Virginia paper is publishing...
This is not an analysis of the decision in the broad sense. It's merely touching on some areas of concern from the decision itself. I'll skip the discussion of standing & try to get to the heart of my concerns....
March 09, 2007
If you haven't heard the circuit court rendered a favorable decision in Parker v. D.C. The case sought to overturn D.C's gun ban & if this ruling stands the appeals process that seems to be what it will do. But...
February 26, 2007
To ruin yet another peacable citizen's life with your outrageous enforcement of draconian gun possession laws, in clear violation of the protections afforded by the McLure-Volkmer act.A nurse from Indiana named Joyce was visiting friends in Vermont and Massachusetts earlier...
February 20, 2007
Via RMGO's Bill Watch page here's a .pdf of Colorado House Bill 1278. The gist is that it'd give municipalities with populations over 100,000 people authority to prohibit the carrying of loaded firearms in vehicles unless the person has a...
February 12, 2007
This article tells a lot more about Giuliani's view of the Right to arms than he might have thought. "Rudy Giuliani addressed a potentially troublesome issue with conservative voters, saying his policies as mayor to get handguns off the street...
February 09, 2007
I've bitched about Illinois before. I'll likely do so again. The state just isn't good for gun owners. To make things worse the asshats of Cook County want to put a 10 cent tax on bullets. "Commissioner Roberto Maldonado wants...
A mature gentleman in his 50's is out dining one evening. He sees a very attractive lady in her early 20's dining alone & wanders over to her table. He introduces himself & asks her pardon for the bluntness of...
February 08, 2007
That'd be the Department of the Posterior since it seems they're staffed by a bunch of asses. The VCDL (along with OFCC) tried to petition the Deprtment of Interior to revise its regulations concerning firearms in National Parks. The DOI...
February 06, 2007
"The Defense Department is giving away free equipment the military no longer needs to state and local police..." I snipped from the article the specific items being given to local police departments:...
February 01, 2007
Say Uncle comments on a story in the Denver post that condemns the proposed expansion of the self defense laws here in Colorado. I'll try to do a more in depth treatment of the law & a proper fisking of...
January 31, 2007
Via Nicki at The Liberty Zone (who is still deployed in Kosovo) comes this story about a man stopping a robbery. "An armed McDonald's employee shot and killed a would-be robber Thursday in a gunbattle inside the west Charlotte restaurant,...
January 29, 2007
Usher again (I've been in an R&B mood lately - lately being defined as the past 25 years). This is a slow R&B tune that always captivated me for some reason. It's about being in love with someone & possibly...
January 28, 2007
Usher. (No, not that kind, or that kind, or that kind of Usher.) It's a tune from 2001 & too much fun to play for a guitarist (or drummer with a decent foot). The guitar line isn't that complex but...
January 27, 2007
The Platters. I did a post with the title of the tune before I discovered the joy that is Youtube. It's such a nice tune (plus I did a gig with them once & they're really nice guys) that I...
January 25, 2007
Via Say Uncle I've discovered that the ATFU wants my thumbs. For a start: "Because the thumb will allow the rifle to fire more than one round with a single pull of the opposite hand it is a machine gun...
John Mayer. I do surely dig the way he plays. Here's the vid. & here are the lyrics. The song is about a guy's introspection as he drives I-85; wondering if he can find some signs that he's on the...
January 23, 2007
Chavez. That boy 'bout to get on my last damn nerve: "On Friday, U.S. State Department deputy spokesman Tom Casey said Chavez's plans under the law 'have caused us some concern.' Chavez rejected Casey's statement in his broadcast, saying: 'Go...
January 22, 2007
Via No Quarters we see another reason why living in Denver proper is not a pleasant experience. "When 60-year-old Cynthia Roberson got a citation to for having snow on her sidewalk, she could not believe it. And it's not because...
January 20, 2007
Update: 01-20-06 20:02 I realized I neglected to link to the article I was quoting from. Corrected. This will be an unpleasant one. I edited out most of the foul language & toned down my sentiments a bit but this...
January 15, 2007
Tgirsch of Lean Left was kind enough to leave a partial rebuttal to my fisking of his post about libertarians. Here's the post of mine which links to the post of his (scroll down for the comments). Now, let us...
January 14, 2007
Wayne Fincher has been convicted of unlawfully possessing machine guns & a short barreled shotgun. The War On Guns has the details here, here, & here. I can't say I'm too surprised - not that I agree with the decision...
January 13, 2007
Libertarians have their problems. I'm a big "L" as well as a little "L" libertarian & in general I've been unhappy with the party & its alleged strategy. But a more pervasive problem is non-libertarian perception of what libertarians (big...
January 11, 2007
Yeah it's France. They can certainly do whatever the hell they please, but the idea needs refutation. Besides, what do you think Cali will try next? "France to create 'legal right' to housing" Lemme see...flipping through my cliff notes on...
January 10, 2007
G. Love & Special Sauce. Here's G. Love doing Still Hangin' Around (at a very happening bar in Charlotte) & here's the whole crew doing Hot Cookin' & Cold Beverage to give you a better idea of their sound. You...
January 09, 2007
Just got off the phone with a friend of mine who has some interesting news. The gist is his daughter was abused by her meth addicted husband. The husband has warrants out for him in another state as well as...
Mary Katherine Ham has a nice run down of Arnie's new plan to increase the cost & lower the quality of healthcare while simultaneously discouraging small business growth & providing yet mo' better incentive to flee California (like there wasn't...
January 03, 2007
Bernie's not the first. Just the most open. "Socialism will get its first-ever face in the US Senate when veteran Vermont politician Bernard 'Bernie' Sanders takes a seat in the powerful upper house of the legislature." Being the militant libertarian...
December 31, 2006
A long time ago I was playing in a band at a private party. One of the guests was a ormer vocalist of some local renown. We got him up to sing some old beahc tune & he stopped us...
Here's a perfect example of what I was refuting in my post The Root Of Homeland is Home. It's a statement from a retiring Republican congressman in an article from Pantagraph.com. "And Hyde said that although he supports a person’s...
From The Herald News' article. This is an excerpt which was taken from a letter written by Richard Pearson, president of the Illinois State Rifle Association (ISRA): "The following are the Brady Campaign's agenda for the 2007-2008 legislative session. 1....
December 30, 2006
I'm not surprised that a communist state would enact restrictions on choice, but I was hoping Hong Kong would remain a bit more resistant to such intrusions. "The year 2006 will end in a puff of smoke across Hong Kong...
I can't imagine it's a particularly pleasant endeavor, but it's necessary. "Holocaust historians are only now piecing together the scattered research in many languages to understand the vast scope of the camps, prisons and punishment centers that scarred German-ruled Europe,...
December 29, 2006
The anti-smoking movement is moving in on the South. I've heard from friends that they're starting to raise their voices in NC & now I see at Say Uncle's they have their sights on Tennessee. & some smoking ban supporters...
The War On Guns has a letter posted from Wayne Fincher. There's also a link to some background on Mr. Fincher. & here's Kim du Toit's post on Mr. Fincher's situation. the gist is that Mr. Fincher is fighting the...
Ever read a blogger who's a vixen, a jam cookie, a gingerbread house & stewie griffin all rolled into one? Neither had I until tonight when I waltzed in & noticed miss Bitter is a might quiz happy for some...
December 28, 2006
Not enough time to really comment on it but it seems interesting enough to pass on as is. "Seven police officers were indicted Thursday on murder or attempted murder charges in a pair of shootings on a bridge that left...
December 26, 2006
Say Uncle has been keeping tabs on things. I offer you the following posts of his which cover ATFU activities: Akins Accelerator Update So, what next? (which lists a few ATFU problems) Who needs lawsuits? (which discusses a bankrupting strategy...
December 23, 2006
Madonna. It's one of her earliest singles & for early 80's pop it's not too bad. besides, it's title appropraite which is all I can really hope for these days. Here's the vid. Mexican Soldiers Freelancing for Drug Cartels on...
Freedomsight discusses Romney's lack of Republican street cred in a recent post of his called Mitt Romney - RINO Socialist. In that post he links to a story about Romney signing & praising a Massachusetts "assault weapons" ban. But it...
December 22, 2006
An elderly lady held two burglars at gunpoint until the cops could arrive to take them away (scroll down). They took them away, but they also absconded with the lady's pistol. Seems fräulein's paperverk vas not in oar-der it wasn't...
December 20, 2006
Grayson Hugh had one moderately successful tune. It was called Talk It Over & the vid is here. The song was a decent little R&B tune but Hugh's delivery made it what it was. Some folks will say he sounds...
December 19, 2006
Here's the vid from the Bond flick. Miss Bitter has an idea: call the ATFU snitchline & turn in Bloomberg, with writing the MSM thrown in to make sure the calls don't go unanswered. I'm kinda torn. There'd certainly be...
Another John Mayer tune. Here's the vid. From the chorus: "I wanna run through the halls of my high school I wanna scream at the top of my lungs I just found out there's no such thing as the real...
December 16, 2006
There's more info about the two ATFU agents who were shot while invading a Georgia man's home in the middle of the night. Details Emerging in ATF Shooting "Police say it all started when ATF agents tried to serve Durden...
Two ATFU agents were shot in a 4 a.m. raid in or around Atlanta, Ga. (h/t Of Arms & the Law) To paraphrase something attributed to Mark Twain & Clarence Darrow, I have never shot a person who makes a...
December 14, 2006
The title is a paraphrase of an alleged old Iraqi saying. The complete version is, "Give everything to your friend, except your car, your wife, and your gun." I found it at this piece called Second Amendment Lessons From Iraq...
December 12, 2006
Sade. I could go on for days about how smooth Miss Adu's voice is. Here's the vid of the studio version. Here's a vid of a nice live rendition complete with a decent guitar solo. & here are the lyrics....
December 11, 2006
Maroon 5. It's another solid little rock tune (but again not that kind of rock). As far as I can tell it's about a romance that's going through some trouble but honestly I'm not sure if the guy has given...
Here's Etta James, Gladys Knight & Chaka Kahn doing the old blues standard (with B.B. King playing along with them. Here are the lyrics. & here's the song's history. Remember that war I discussed in a previous post (amidst the...
December 09, 2006
It's a piece by Gustav Holst from his suite The Planets. I admit I prefer works from the Classical & Baroque periods with an occassional fondness for the Romantic but there are a few 20th Century pieces that I enjoy....
I must be in some sort of Scottish mood today. Suddenly I See is a KT Tunstall tune released in late august of 2005 but it didn't get a lot of airplay over here till this past summer. It's a...
December 08, 2006
It's a gospel tune. The version I have for you was sung by Mahalia Jackson with Nat King Cole lending a hand. Mahalia is widely regarded as the best gospel singer ever & when you hear her you'll understand why....
Warrant was one of those all too numerous big hair metal bands that didn't have anything in particular going for them (well aside from a bunch of teen age girls thinking they were too cute). But every now & then...
December 03, 2006
Mariah Carey doing a beautifully soulful little number. It's from her 1990 debut album & was co-written by her & Ben Margulies. Piano & voice seem to be all that's needed as it works rather well on this track. I...
December 02, 2006
The second most perfect & complete sad song I've ever heard. It's by Queen & was part of the soundtrack to the movie Highlander (the soundtrack by Queen is called A Kind of Magic). It's interesting also because Brian May...
November 29, 2006
This is, in my humble yet antiquated opinion, the saddest song extant. It's by Prince & was featured in his second movie (Under the Cherry Moon) & the album from said film called Parade. It's about an unrequited love but...
The Denver bar owner discussed in this post has made a plea bargain with the Denver Dumb Asses District Attorney. Christou pled to a tampering with evidence charge. (thanks to reader DZ for the tip) Want to know what the...
November 01, 2006
Living Colour. Here's the video. Not my favorite tune by them (for example Broken Hearts, Broken Hearts [acoustic], What's Your Favorite Color?, Open Letter To A Landlord, Funny Vibe & Love Rears Its Ugly Head get more play on my...
No; not the tune Sinatra is associated with (written by Kander & Ebb). I'm referring to the tune written by Bernstein, Comden & Green for the 1944 musical On The Town. The late Mel Torme did a very nice rendition...
October 31, 2006
A tune from the 80's by a gentleman called Rockwell. Here are the lyrics if you've never heard it, but it's much catchier as a song. Here's the video. A group of acedemics in Britain have speculated that implanted micro-chips...
October 30, 2006
This is only a drill. If it had been actual oppressive acts conducted by the agents of government we'd tell you. At some point. Maybe. If we feel like it. "Police in the western Michigan community of Wyoming entered two...
October 25, 2006
Aubrey Turner is saying that the Texas teacher who was teaching students to resist an armed aggressor has been reassigned to "work from home" & the school system has sent out a letter disavowing the idea of resisting. (h/t Of...
October 24, 2006
The title is from the prelude, aria & chorus from the opening of Act 2 of "The Prophetess" (or "The History of Dioclesian" or "Dioclesian"). It's a dark comedy semi-opera (no that doesn't mean it involves 18 wheelers at dusk...
October 22, 2006
Discedere ad inferos is Latin for "go to hell" in case you were wondering. Denver. It'd be an alright place except for the scum who run the damned town. Denver prosecutor Dawn Weber is arguing that the state's "make my...
October 19, 2006
Mr. Big. Helluva tune if you dig the hard/progressive rock thing. Matter of fact here's them doing it live courtesy of YouTube.com. I used to love playing that stuff when I was a kid (though my fav was "Addicted to...
October 04, 2006
(A rather lovely tune by Extreme from their III Sides To Every Story cd.) Rosie O'Donnel is claiming that the second amendment is not really a Right. A semi-anonymous (just a last initial on her i.d.?) government agent is claiming...
October 03, 2006
David Kopel has a post discussing a new law which prohibits gun confiscations during emergencies or disasters. The gist of the law is that any federal officer or person acting under a federal officer or any agent of any government...
October 02, 2006
A Pat Benatar song that deals with child abuse. Again not exactly spot on as far as the song's content goes but the title sums up things pretty well for this post. I was at a friend's the other day...
September 25, 2006
Beautiful little tune by a progressive rock band called Dream Theater. Say Uncle reports that the LA county gun task force is being active. & they seem to be targeting members of the .50 Caliber Institute. Kevin of The Smallest...
September 13, 2006
Ah, the Platters. Nuff Said. A bar called Orio's Roadhouse in Durango, Colorado is going to court. The local Dumb Ass District Attorney is trying to nail them for violating the state's Dumb Ass constitutionally questionable smoking ban. A judge...
September 12, 2006
Yep; Black Crowes' tunes can & will be used as post titles. I was toying with calling it "Surrounded" or "Another Day" after two songs by Dream Theater, but figured they were too obscure a reference for most folks to...
September 06, 2006
In Illinois of all places a former governor gets convicted of "...racketeering conspiracy, fraud and other offenses for taking payoffs from political insiders...". (I'm also shocked to find that there's gambling in this establishment.) So that's one down, how many...
August 31, 2006
Say Uncle asks specifically about what rights illegal immigrants ought to have under out constitution. I have a more generalized answer which I think covers the bases Uncle touches on....
August 27, 2006
Calif. city: Secondhand smoke a nuisance. Considering the state of California has been a nusiance to the entire country neighboring it (that'd be the u.S. of A.) I'm glad there's an easy way for those behind the lines to irritate...
August 15, 2006
"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed -- and hence clamorous to be led to safety -- by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." - H L Mencken "It...
July 29, 2006
Michael Bane brings us more news about the USFS's attempts to shut down public lands to shooting. Go check out his posts No, As a Matter of Fact, I Haven't Blogged Anything Today! & Saturday Catch-Up Before My Bike Ride....
July 27, 2006
"Several Illinois gun manufacturers said Wednesday they will pack up and leave Illinois if state lawmakers approve a ban on assault weapons." That's from a March 3rd, 2006 dated article. Now I gotta ask - why wait? It ain't like...
July 25, 2006
I was taking a casual stroll on the net when I stumbled upon the FAQ over at AK-47.us Some good advice, some less than good advice (imho) but overall not a bad resource. But what piqued my interest was this:...
July 21, 2006
That'd be Richard Celata (of KT Ordnance) being interviewed by Aaron Zelmen (of JPFO) (via End the War On Freedom). It looks like they're trying to get him on manufacturing w/o a license. Oddly enough that's the same bullshit they're...
July 19, 2006
I've been meaning to write about this. Say Uncle has some links to a couple of news stories about KT Ordnance. They can be accessed by clicking here & here. It honestly sounds like a bad novel. The sheriff asked...
July 18, 2006
Cali gun gestapo rolling again. BATFU "helping". So to all my Cali readers I have this message for you. From friends. Chair against wall. Chair against wall. Charlie has a long mohawk. Charlie has a long mohawk. Sic Semper Kalifornication....
July 13, 2006
Raising funds (and fun) to help KT Ordnance beat the BATFE — Claire has all the info....
July 04, 2006
Here's last years Independence Day post. Not much has changed in the grand scheme of things. sure, there are new outrages & new birght spots here & there, but overall I don't think we're any closer to having the republic...
June 20, 2006
Guardsmen have been sent to New Orleans again. In a nutshell Nagin & Riley think they need help to handle the crime that's going on there. Nagin called the governor & she's sending in the troops. I'm concerned that some...
June 13, 2006
NSSF. That’s the National Shooting Sports Foundation. They want you to support a few bills which could be coming up in the house judiciary committee this week. One of them is HR 1415 which is being called the National Instant...
June 07, 2006
June 23rd. If that date seems familiar it should. It's the day SCOTUS handed down their decision in Kelo v. New London. You can read some thoughts on that decision & its implications in a post of mine called Fire...
I was probably going to let it slide. As you may have noticed from the lack of regular posting things have been busy for me. So when I received an e-mail from Hugh Hewitt asking me to support ten Republican...
May 25, 2006
Ron Paul needs a hand (.pdf) (via Triggerfinger). In his post A Choice, Not A Referendum: Support Senator DeWine Hugh Hewitt makes the argument that (in part) you can't be a serious supporter of the 2nd amendment & not...
April 19, 2006
Yesterday marked 2 years as a Munuvian. Yay! (I never did find out what the hell that means exactly...) That's out of a little over 3 years total blogging (the first year and 3 months were spent at blogspot). Many...
April 15, 2006
When I first arived in Colorado I was taken up to Rocky Mountain National Park by a friend of mine. We parked & before we started walking around I checked out the bulletin board by the parking area. It had...
April 13, 2006
You might have already seen it, or at least heard about it. There's a movie called United 93. Yep; that Flight 93 (more can be found here). Through the first link you can view a trailer as well as a...
April 11, 2006
I found this one scanning KeepandBearArms.com Adding a Vertical Fore Grip to a Handgun The gist is since in the GCA of '68 it defines a handgun (in part) as a firearm that is discharged while holding with a single...
"You want axe murderers to be able to walk into a store & just buy a gun?" If you've ever argued against the federal or state laws creating classes of persons prohibited from owning arms then you've heard that sentence...
April 05, 2006
The question is of what? SayUncle is where I first saw it. He links to this Rocky Mountain News piece describing the court proceedings & the result. From the article: "An Evergreen high school student who posted Internet photos of...
March 31, 2006
I still haven't found a transcript or video of the 2nd hearings where the ATFU presumably rebutted the allegations of discrimination & law breaking on the part of their agents. Hence this is part 3. Part 1 can be found...
Say Uncle has more. & more. & still more. In the first linked post Uncle says he doesn't necessarily think the ATFU should be disbanded. In the comments to that post Marc of Ninth Stage suggests they be restructured to...
March 24, 2006
Say Uncle has some of the details on a fellow name of Scoot being persecuted by the ATFU. There's also a defense fund. Uncle also points to Michael Silence who has a round up of related posts. The gist: a...
March 23, 2006
I wonder if the following would be one of the possible exceptions prof. Volokh mentions in his post about the Annoying Anonymous Speech Online law? Dear Sarah Brady, We're winning. :) Love, Pub...
March 21, 2006
If you haven't read Radley's updates on Cory Maye, I suggest you do it. He recently returned from Mississippi where he did additional research and interviews. I think you should also take a look at the pictures he's posted. My...
March 16, 2006
"Every Employee shall have the right to work in an area free of environmental tobacco smoke"
What the Colorado Legislature really means by that statement is that employees have the power to utilize the coercive authority of the state to infringe on the right of certain property owners to control what happens on their own property.
And that doesn't fit my definition of a right.
March 10, 2006
The gist is that Angel is out & has lawyered up. Gary Marbut has a page up that is archiving all the info on Angel's ordeal & there is a defense fund you can contribute to if so inclined. But...
February 27, 2006
New Jersey and New York are being sued for violating FOPA. The lawsuit seeks more than $3 million in damages for civil rights violations and a permanent injunction forcing the Port Authority to follow Federal law on interstate transport of...
February 24, 2006
Say Uncle has this post about a guy arrested for having arms. There was also a dig thrown in about the ATFU's old fallback - "attempting" to convert a semi to full auto as well as allegations of having a...
February 23, 2006
Say Uncle has a post about a kid who posted pics of himself with handguns on the net. Here's the initial story that prompted his post. It only says that after being ratted out a kid was arrested because he...
February 21, 2006
Of Arms & the Law has a post up with this link to a video clip of the ATFU hearings. At least the first part of them. It's about an hour & 20 minutes long & deals with the allegations...
A lot of people, if not most who come here would be self identified as pro-law enforcement. It's ingrained in us from childhood. When we're little our parents tell us to find who if we're in trouble or scared? Cops...
February 19, 2006
"These must be the dumbest ATF agents in the entire agency,' [Rep. William Delahunt (D-Mass.)] said. 'I am absolutely shocked that they could be that stupid.' 'It's almost to the point that it's difficult to believe,' he added. 'I have...
February 17, 2006
Of Arms & the Law linked to this story about the ATFU hearings in Congress. I think it deserves a fisking. Shall we?...
February 16, 2006
The gist - a man carrying openly in Louisiana is arrested & his property stolen because some petty ass wanna be tyrants with badges don't like the idea of a person carrying a gun openly. Nevermind the state constitution (as...
February 07, 2006
Cause we were ya know (phrase shamlessly stolen from Zombie David) It seems that all those items stolen by the TSA in order for them to let you fly on a plane you paid money to be on is...
February 06, 2006
Er, actually that should have read "Blogger's Bash". Specifically the Rocky Mountain Blogger Bash v. 5.0 & there's a short (yeah right) rant behind the "v. 5.0" qualifier:...
February 05, 2006
The BATFU has apparently been training local police. Note the fear in the felines eyes as he flees for his life. He knows what terror awaits him should he be caught by ATFU trained agents. (pic found at DavidandLara's) Actually...
February 01, 2006
One is available here. For background on Mr. Maye's circumstances look here. My posts on Mr. Maye can be found here. It looks like a hearing to decide whether or not to give Mr. Maye a new trial will be...
January 24, 2006
TriggerFinger reports that SCOTUS has denied cert in Seegars. Personally I think Parker is a better case for our side, but I don't kid myself that SCOTUS chose to ignore Seegars in the hopes of getting Parker. There has been...
January 22, 2006
Walter In Denver has a post about a Denver DA prosecuting a bar owner for a self defense shooting. Details are scant, but from this news story & this one it appears that a man named Stepp tried to enter...
January 16, 2006
I was in Wichita, Kansas but I was not involved in the shooting involving an ATFU agent. That should be obvious since the ATFU agents involved are both alive but I just wanted to clarify that. There are some questions...
January 05, 2006
I haven't been pulling my weight around here since Publicola asked me to stop by and guest-blog for him while he's gone. Frankly, I haven't even been doing that much gun/RKBAblogging at my own place, and of course that stuff's...
December 14, 2005
Radley Balko has been doing a helluva job in researching Cory Maye's situation. He's posted (in .pdf form) copies of the search warrants for both sides of the duplex, along with some related documents. A good summary of what we...
December 10, 2005
Via Jed. Court weighs city's ability to write gun laws "The city of Denver told the Colorado Supreme Court on Wednesday that it wants to protect its citizens by being able to write its own gun laws. But the state...
Even when the government tries to be benevolent things can go wrong. "The federal government was in the process of forcing 881 Aleuts to move from their homes on the Pribilof and Aleutian Islands in the Bering Sea to dank...
December 08, 2005
Via Bitter who got it from Radley Balko of The Agitator. Cory Maye sits on death row. His crime? He shot the son of the police chief. Why? Cause said son of a police chief was a member of a...
Until then though D.C. gives you yet another reason to avoid the place....
December 02, 2005
I heard someplace that it is illegal to question or undermine the character of a sitting judge &/or of his court. I've toyed with doing some research to find out if that's true or not, but I simply don't care....
December 01, 2005
Say Uncle says that Wisconsin is on the way to getting a CCW permit law. Part of the agreement to get the support of state law enforcement was to have CCW info connected with a drivers license &/or tags so...
Hell In A Handbasket discusses a news story about police departments re-thinking letting off duty cops carry. This is due to a small number of off-duty cops getting treated like you or I would getting killed by on duty cops...
November 23, 2005
Zombyboy is on top of things. Seems in Denver if you don't show I.D. on demand you not only get removed from the bus, but you get arrested. But it's not just a Denver thing as these were federal cops...
November 22, 2005
D.C. for short. Via Of Arms & Law the proposal to weaken the D.C. ban on self defense has been stripped from the bill it was attached to. "Congress approved the District's 2006 budget yesterday, including more than $100 million...
November 16, 2005
Via Zombyboy. What was that Ayn Rand quote? "The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime...
October 31, 2005
Via FreedomSight. The ATFU seems to be up to their old tricks. First of all the firearms division of that particular alphabet agency engages in nothing but unconstitutional activities, so it's not too surprising that they'd have no trouble bending...
October 18, 2005
In this post you will find the transcript of a conversation between Hugh Hewitt, John Caile from CCRN & myself about Harriet Miers 2nd amendment views. It all started with this post of mine on Miers. Geek With A .45...
I chatted with Hugh Hewitt last Thursday about Harriet Miers nomination. More specifically I wanted to chat about Hugh's position that she is the "most pro-2nd amendment nominee in 40 years" which I also discussed in this post. What follows...
October 14, 2005
You've probably already heard about it. In Nalchik, Russia a group of about 100 "separatist fighters" (i.e. Chechan Islamic extremists/terrorists) attacked police stations, an airport & government buildings. 13 civilians & 12 civilians with badges were killed. 61 Chechen rebels...
October 12, 2005
I'm sure I don't have to catch you up; Bush has nominated Harriet Miers to fill O'Connor's position on the Supreme Court. There's a big divide over whether this was a good move or not. On one side conservatives are...
October 10, 2005
Clayton Cramer posts that the TSA is being idiotic about its rules concerning flying with ammo. Of course Mr. Cramer doesn't phrase it like that, but I think mine is a more accurate description. Mr. Cramer says that the FAA...
October 02, 2005
This is an oldie but a goodie. It was origninally posted here on April 3rd, 2003. Like the title says it's a comparison of three ideas for concealed carry that Colorado was considering. Another thing worth reading is this...
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September 27, 2005
Clayton Cramer has published part of the restraining order barring New Orleans from stealing any more guns. Mr. Cramer was kind enough to let me take a peak at the order itself but unfortunately there's a "Not For Publication" disclaimer...
September 15, 2005
Via Talkleft I discovered that the house approved an amendment to a bill that would make possession of firearms an offense for those convicted of misdemeanors involving sex. Child rapists shouldn't have guns right? Well I'd say that child rapists...
Via Talkleft I discovered that the house approved an amendment to a bill that would make possession of firearms an offense for those convicted of misdemeanors involving sex. Child rapists shouldn't have guns right? Well I'd say that child rapists...
September 11, 2005
"Police Chief Eddie Compass said that 200 arrests had been made since the hurricane despite the 300 officers missing from his 1,750-strong force. 'We've been almost crime-free for the last four days,' he said." Well yeah, if you omit the...
The NYPD has sent its minions contribution to help the NOPD. "Ron Hernandez, a New York officer who usually works in Manhattan, said he had been taken aback when he arrived in Harahan to see so many civilians with guns...
September 10, 2005
"Milton Peterson was adamant that he would not leave. The retired 57-year-old said his wife had died earlier this year and that the house was full of too many important things of her's for him to leave. His six grown-up...
September 09, 2005
From the NYT: "Waters were receding across this flood-beaten city today as police officers began confiscating weapons, including legally registered firearms, from civilians in preparation for a mass forced evacuation of the residents still living here." (Emphasis added) A few...
Now as a matter of law there is some support of the idea that while wrong the confiscation of arms in New Orleans is legal because it’s spelled out in the emergency powers law of Louisiana concerning the Powers of...
I am trying very hard to restrain my words. Forgive me for any impolite lapses. In New Orleans they are going door to door stealing weapons. This would be the cops. Not just locals. There are rumors that Federal agents...
September 07, 2005
I'm definitely not feeling warm & fuzzy about this. Authorities Increase Pressure on Holdouts in New Orleans. "After days of pleading with residents to leave this partly destroyed city, local officials said today that they would begin forced evacuations of...
I'm not getting a warm fuzzy feeling about this. New Orleans Mayor Orders Forced Evacuation "As flood waters receded inch by inch Tuesday, New Orleans Mayor C. Ray Nagin authorized law enforcement officers and the U.S. military to force the...
August 26, 2005
This is not directly gun related (though I might play a round of "Six Degrees of John Moses Browning"). Gretchen Wilson is being asked by some ass in Tennessee (actually the AG, or Ass, Generally) to stop using chaw (i.e....
August 22, 2005
In the previous post I said I'd get around to answering the lovely, talented & accurate Miss Annika's questions. The questions were: "i'm going to take the Cali Firearms Safety Certificate test today. i read through all the laws and...
In the previous post I addressed some comments left by readers. One seemed to merit special attention as it raised a subject that can't be treated with a paragraph or two, least not by certain long winded bastards such as...
August 12, 2005
In this post I related the tale of an 84 year old Indianan who had his revolver stolen from him by the D.A. after he used it in justifiable self defense. If you scroll down to the bottom of the...
July 12, 2005
84 year old man shoots a burglar. DA calls it justifiable homicide. That was February. They still have his gun. Wanna know the reasoning? "Chief Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Frank Schaffer said Birtwhistle's revolver is part of a death investigation, and...
"The maintenance of the right to bear arms is a most essential one to every free people and should not be whittled down by technical constructions." [State vs. Kerner, 181 N.C. 574, 107 S.E. 222, at 224 (1921)] In the...
July 11, 2005
Today the Columbus City Council will vote on its "assault weapons" ban. Nasty piece of tripe. Could be worse but it wouldn't require much tweaking to achieve that. The folks who wrote this one - well odds are they aren't...
June 27, 2005
No; not The Marshall Tucker Band song. There was a made for T.V. movie that debuted in 1981 on NBC. Buddy Ebson played John Vogelin, who had property that the government wanted but he refused to sell. The government told...
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June 25, 2005
Background info can be found starting here. I went to another shooting range in Boulder County in a National Forest. No signs were posted other than prohibiting vehicles. Nice area; much cleaner than Left Hand Canyon. This one was wets...
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June 24, 2005
Left Hand Canyon is still open for target shooting. (For the background on this look here.) That's the entrance to the shooting area at Left Hand Canyon just outside of Boulder, Colorado. Here's a close up of the sign: If...
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June 22, 2005
Michael Bane has an update on the Forest Service closing down shooting ranges on National Forest land. For the background on this look here....
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June 18, 2005
Michael Bane first posted about the USFS closing down a shooting range near his home. We all assumed this was an isolated incident. Now it seems all public ranges in National Forests in Boulder county have been shut down by...
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June 06, 2005
Well, since I just got home from work, the "power" bloggers are already all over this one. My initial take on the Raich ruling, based on what I heard on the radio news driving home from work, is this is...
May 05, 2005
Rocky Mountain Gun Owners has the scoop. They also have a list of allegedly pro-hunting groups that support the increase in hunting fees. Here's the .pdf of the bill. Fishing licenses would jump from $15 to $25. Small Game increases...
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April 28, 2005
Words fail me. I've seen some idiotic proposals in my time, but this one is unique. Not the worst perhaps, but damn - serial numbers on bullets? Let me try to break this down for the uninitiated:...
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April 26, 2005
No, the title isn't wrong. As incredible as it seems one of the chief european states that seems to espouse every statist ultra left wing concept imaginable can teach California something about freedom. Mr. Eric Danis owns Dan Tec France....
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April 19, 2005
The War On Guns has a post up in honor of Patriot Day that you should see....
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April 05, 2005
Alphecca's Weekly Check on the Bias is up The Carnival of the Cordite (Edition 7) is up. Clayton Cramer has More on the Minuteman Project as well as disturbing news concerning self defense in New York. Dave Hardy & Dave...
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April 04, 2005
Something caught my eye in the comments to this post about the murders in the Minnesota school a few weeks back....
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March 25, 2005
Sometimes the audacity of people amazes me. Even more so when they're a public figure. I estimate that population control could be achieved in a few months in Heinlein's "polite society" if bastards like the one I'm about to tear...
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March 23, 2005
Nashville Files has an update on Mark Lancaster. Here's more on Mr. Lancaster's plight....
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March 07, 2005
Some bloggers aren't taking the news well that the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law may be applicable to bloggers. I'm one of them....
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January 31, 2005
Just some links to what some other gun bloggers are talking about....
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January 24, 2005
Some odds & ends from Colorado....
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January 16, 2005
mASSBACKWARDS (who I thought I blogrolled a while back but apperently I'm just now getting around to it) has a post on a very disturbing situation in Brighton, Massachusetts....
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January 15, 2005
Kevin of The Smallest Minority has a piece up entitled Why Ballistic Fingerprinting Doesn't (and Won't) Work. Go read....
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"There is a strong sense of protection of privacy by all of the administrators of DMV records, because we know the value of the information we've been entrusted with,' said George Tatum, North Carolina's Department of Motor Vehicle commissioner....
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January 04, 2005
Via End The War On Freedom I found this JPFO Alert. It's about the ATF trying to nail a guy for having a defective firearm & them getting caught doing it on tape. Go read it. Then next time you're...
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January 03, 2005
Walter In Denver posted about Denver's homicide rate for 2004. About a month & a half ago I posted about a bastard in a robe deciding that because of Denver's violent crime rate it could prohibit open carry. How do...
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December 29, 2004
SF doesn't seem inclined to listen to the ghost of D.C. past or the ghost of Chicago present, maybe this will help SF see the light:...
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December 28, 2004
"I think you should be under house arrest.....as you are obviously deranged."...
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December 18, 2004
Jason of Fish Or Man was arrested. From his account it sounds like he was arrested & harrassed because he was a gun owner. He was carrying openly & in accordance with Washington state law. Go read what happened. I'll...
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December 17, 2004
You'd think after all those years of running license plates that a New Hampshire cop would at least be familiar with the concept. "We don't want gun battles in the street over this,' Lt. Tim Brownell said. 'It's better if...
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David Codrea sent me an e-mail that contained the SF proposal. I'll include it in the extended entry without comment, as I believe it's self fisking. Though I will relate something a friend said to me concerning this: he told...
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December 16, 2004
If you're in California, specifically the Bay area, leave. Don't pass Go. To Hell with the $200. Just get out while you can. Updated...
December 07, 2004
Imagine you're in your 80's. Now let's say you have someone break into your home while you're there. You spend about 45 minutes fighting with the punk who's in his early 20's. Let that sink in: in your 80's you...
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December 02, 2004
At ColoradoSenate I found an article written by Sen. Mark Hillman about Meyer's decision in the Denver home rule v. state gun law case. Sen. Hillman is the majority leader in the state senate until January 12th when the Dems...
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November 17, 2004
Ya know, I was looking forward to doing a few things around here; cleaning a new acquisition; writing about said new acquisition; loading some ammo for said new acquisition; writing about some older acquisitions; perhaps even watching a movie. But...
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Triggerfinger has done an exceptional job in gathering all the material he could on this case. Seegars v. Ashcroft is a case challenging D.C.'s almost total ban on firearms possession. It's the NRA's attempt to not be outdone by two...
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November 10, 2004
Say Uncle has the scoop. The Justice Department (which answers to Bush) is asking SCOTUS to reverse the 9th circuit ruling that said the commerce clause of the constitution didn't permit federal gun laws (the NFA in particular) to apply...
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November 07, 2004
The city of Denver can go to hell. Straight to hell. No passing go, no two hundred dollars. Straight. To. Hell. Why? Because the bastards not only argued that their local laws that infringe upon the Right to Arms trump...
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October 18, 2004
Triggerfinger has the scoop & some thoughts. & just when I thought I could avoid C-Span2 till November....
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October 14, 2004
Of course I refer to the final debate between Bush & Kerry. It was to focus on domestic issues & while being one I thought gun control would not come up. I was wrong. For the hell of it I'll...
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October 02, 2004
Nicki had an exchange with an elitist. She posted about it at Armed Females of America. It's called Above The Law? & you should be reading it now....
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September 07, 2004
Geek with A .45 has some perspective on how bad Rep. Holt wants the nation to be. Meanwhile Clayton Cramer tells us of a victory for a gun owner in Cali. In court. Without having to draw down on the...
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August 30, 2004
Triggerfinger has the scoop on the latest gun laws passed in California.....
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August 25, 2004
JPFO has a translation of the Stroop Report. What is that you might ask? "SS Brigadefuhrer Jurgen Stroop was sent to Warsaw to remove the 56,000 surviving Jews from the ghetto. He recorded his deeds - daily killings with cold-blooded...
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August 11, 2004
Rep. Ron Paul has a piece called Police State USA . You won't find any excerpts or commentary on it here, so go read it already....
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August 07, 2004
Aaron Zelman and Claire Wolfe wrote a piece entitled Second-Amendment Setup: What They Say Isn't What You Get. I was going to provide an excerpt or two but upon reflection it'd be best to go read the whole thing. Now...
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July 28, 2004
FreedomSight has a disturbing story up that you should read....
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July 27, 2004
Geek With A .45 has a post up y'all should read. I obviously differ with the latter part of the post, where he speaks of the importance of crushing the Dems this time around (which I'll try to expand on...
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July 21, 2004
Nashville Files has an update on the plight of Mark Lancaster "Simply put, Mark is a political prisoner. He was not a danger to society, and what he did didn't deserve jail time. In fact, I personally feel the National...
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July 17, 2004
Terror in the Skies, Again? By Annie Jacobsen is an article that's receiving much attention. Michele Malkin has more & Jessica's Well has an interesting take on things, or rather poses an interesting question. & of course Instapundit has a...
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July 10, 2004
Previously I posted some info about reporters & their respective newspapers after they published the names, dates of birth & county of residence of Ohio CCW holders. This will be a continuation of that theme, but this time it concerns...
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June 28, 2004
Ari Armstrong writes something that you should read if you're interested in Mr. Stanley's situation. He by no means comes to praise Stanley, but rather to question the tactics used against him. Give it a read....
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An "accidental shooting" in Alabama was balmed on the gun, not the negligence of the operator. The operator in question is a cop, which I'm sure factors into things. If a mere peasant had been the subject of the story...
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June 21, 2004
"We are free at last, free at last...There is no respect in which we are chained or bound by the text of the Constitution. All it takes is five hands." Those were the words of Justice Scalia in an interview...
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June 16, 2004
KeepandBearArms.com had a poll up for a while that asked your opinion of an unnamed person based on his actions. The actions described were not good for gun owners to say the least. & most respondents disapproved of the person...
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June 10, 2004
The Bitch Girls (specifically Bitter) point to a story about a new strategy to get an ammo tax passed in California. Here's a post I did on the first ammo tax bill & its economic repercussions for shooters....
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End The War on Freedom reports that Rick Stanley has been raided by federal agents. "At 9:30 a.m., a multitude of law enforcement agents swarmed Stanley's business and seized control of the property. These agents included: Denver SWAT Team, U.S....
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June 05, 2004
Sen. Feinstein introduced S 2498 this past Thursday. There are currently 11 co-sponsors & I'll list them in the extended entry. Updated 6/7/04...
May 27, 2004
Just a round up of a few interesting posts around the blogosphere....
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May 18, 2004
Michael Gaddy has an article up that every gun owner should read. It's called Massive Gun Owner Sell Out Of Basic Rights. For further reading please check out these previous posts about concealed carry permits: Concealed Carry & Prior Restraint:...
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May 14, 2004
NashvilleFiles reports that Mark Lancaster's sentencing hearing will be held today. Blake plans to be at the event & post on the outcome so watch his site for the details. Here's a few links to explain Mr. Lancaster's situation:...
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May 10, 2004
When a cop asks you to hand over your firearm there's always a chance that he won't give it back - even if you're compliant with all the unconstitutional bullshit gun control laws in your area. Most of the time...
Why absolutism doesn't work is the latest post by Greg of the Hobbesian Conservative in our exchange. It's a response to this post of mine & it all traces back to a post I did on a speech given at...
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May 06, 2004
First of all a very sincere welcome back to Ms. Rachel Lucas. She was missed. Clayton Cramer has a post up about a Chicago city official demanding & then defending preferential treatment for elected officials (namely herself). Clayton asks if...
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April 30, 2004
Two law enforcement officers suffered minor burns while they were destroying property stolen from the people despite constitutional prohibition of such conduct firearms. Normally I wouldn't take any delight in the suffering of another human being, but if you've ever...
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Representative Jim Moran (D-VA) will hold a press conference on Monday, May 3rd to announce a proposed federal bill that would ban .50 "sniper" rifles....
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