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...
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 01, 2013
I heard of this some time back but I got a little confused on the date. There's a group calling for a rally on the Colorado capital steps to civilly and peaceably disobey the new magazine ban. It actually won't...
May 18, 2013
A Wisconsin lady used a shotgun to save her husband from a bear attack. Aside from a few stitches the husband received all turned out relatively well, but - and I hate to armchair quarterback this thing - the lady'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 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 17, 2013
Here's Larry Pratt of GOA in an interview discussing the current push for gun owner control in the u.S. senate. Here's a full segment from CNN that includes Mr. Pratt discussing the same issues with Wolf Blitzer (Pratt's interview starts...
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 13, 2013
A suspect in a fatal stabbing on a bus in Denver has been arrested. Witnesses say two men were arguing, and they next thing they knew one of those men got all stabbed. (I assume "transfer center" means "really big...
April 11, 2013
A local TV station did a segment on what items are prohibited from being carried to a Rockies game. While they did point out that chainsaws were verboten and that baseball bats and brooms were permissible accessories they neglected to...
April 06, 2013
Take a few minutes to watch the video posted below. It's a young lady from New York discussing her views on gun control....
April 04, 2013
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
Not only are there recent developments which may be related, but government incompetence (pardon the redundancy) was involved in part of this:...
April 02, 2013
There's always some wistful thinking by the uninformed concerning the paradisaical nature of a firearms free world. Some have tried to correct this misplaced rhetoric through imagery. And have tried and tried again. But imagination isn't necessary to correct this...
March 30, 2013
Some folks buy into the illusion of civilization a bit too fervently. Over at Tractor Tracks the most heavily armed twig on the planet tall for her weight and level of armament lovely and talented proprietress starts off discussing a...
March 27, 2013
"We live in an area that’s wooded and secluded,' Biden said. 'I said, Jill, if there’s ever a problem just walk out on the balcony here … put that double-barreled shotgun and fire two blasts outside the house.' 'I promise...
“Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television.” - Woody Allen I wrote recently about a pizza delivery driver that was murdered. Turn out there's a lot more to it than just a simple robbery, and even ol' Hick is...
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...
March 21, 2013
Domino's, like Papa John's and Pizza Hut, have very simple self defense policies: they're against it. Any possession of a weapon, even in your own car while on their clock, or any attempt to resist a confrontational crime, will result...
March 18, 2013
Following the brilliant legal advice of Joseph Robinette Biden Jr., Esq., a man in Golden, Colorado fired two warning shots into the ground when plagued by a false doorbell ringer. Not once, but twice did the vicious doorbell tease commence...
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 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 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...
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...
Here's a .pdf of Colorado Senate Bill 195. It's fairly straightforward; it requires concealed handgun permit classes be attended in person, not online or through any electronic device or in any other location except the instructor's classroom. Classes to satisfy...
February 27, 2013
Here's a .pdf of Colorado Senate Bill 196. This is the "assault weapons" liability act. & it's a doozie. Really, it's so ridiculous I had to stop reading to take a momentary incredulity break. But I'll try to give a...
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...
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 18, 2013
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...
This is exactly the kinda thing that made me realize I shouldn't even try lotto: Virginia Beach pizza shop offering discount to gun owners Show up, show proof of gun ownership - like pointing to your sidearm or flashing a...
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,...
January 30, 2013
That's Julie Borowski also known as TokenLibertarianGirl, responding to the questions "why do you need an 'assault weapon'?" (She has a few other gun related vids, which I'll post in the extended entry.)...
January 23, 2013
A while back I wrote to Kevin of The Smallest Minority & he saw fit to publish the main body of our correspondence on that occasion (which was real nice of him; he even asked if it was okey dokey)....
May 18, 2007
Def Leppard. One of my favorite rock bands (no; not that kind of rock - & that'll be the last time I use that joke tyvm). No commentary this time. Just listen if you haven't before. Here's the vid. I've...
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 03, 2007
If you know anyone in Switzerland you might want to give them a call. seems like they're about to get hit hard with what we've been through for a few decades over here so any insights you have would help...
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 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 20, 2007
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...
April 17, 2007
Let's forget the politics & laws associated with this incident for a moment. What I'm going to try to do is look at what happened & what could have been done. It's Monday morning quarterbacking to be sure, but hopefully...
April 13, 2007
While View From The Porch advises selecting the appropriate ammo to deal with "hockey mask wearing co-ed slaughtering aquatic zombie day" there may be something more serious going on in Frederick, Colorado. "The apparent slaying of a young mother in...
April 07, 2007
Michelle Malkin has a post up on anti-gun folks trying to stop a statue of a decorated sailor killed in combat (h/t Bitter). The gist is that a statue (a bronze sculpture to be precise) of Danny P. Dietz, Gunner's...
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 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:...
March 13, 2007
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 10, 2007
Jed of Freedomsight has posted a very thorough list of blogs that discuss the decision in Parker v. D.C. For your convenience here's what some lawyers (or soon to be lawyers in the first instance) are saying about the decision:...
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 13, 2007
Rush. They're one of my favorite progressive rock bands (no; not that kind of progessive rock). The song is more about the threat of a nuclear war than what I'm going to be writing about but it was as title...
February 12, 2007
I'm trying not to arm-chair quarterback this thing. I really am. But it's difficult. 2 men were robbed of their firearms after being followed home from a shooting range. "They were in their driveway for a matter of minutes when...
February 09, 2007
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 05, 2007
From an article in the Montrose Daily Press.: "House Bill 1011, which passed the House judiciary committee Wednesday, would allow business owners to use deadly force against intruders, in certain circumstances, without fear of prosecution. A provision that would have...
February 04, 2007
I mentioned a few days ago that the Denver Post had an editorial up condemning the proposed expansion of Colorado's use of force laws. Let's go ahead & give it a proper fisking shall we? "No need to expand home-intruder...
February 03, 2007
I spent a few hours the other night going through the statute law & figured I'd make a post out of it. Besides, with the talk of expanding certain provisions of the use of force laws it'd be nice to...
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,...
MARIANNA, Fla. - Investigators were trying to determine Wednesday why two people shot and killed a sheriff's wife and a deputy before officers killed the suspects at the sheriff's home. Read the story for all the details. It's a rarity...
January 25, 2007
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 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...
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...
December 30, 2006
How many times have we heard, as a justification for an "assault weapons" ban that certain semi-automatic firearms had no use as a sporting or defensive tool? Well it won't change much for those who scream that BS the loudest...
December 29, 2006
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...
"Dixie Oxendine said when her ex-boyfriend, Ertle Ray Bell Jr., approached her carrying a rifle she knew that he planned to make good on his threat to kill her." That'd have been my impression. There'd been a history of threats...
December 25, 2006
It was done by Temple of the Dog on their debut (& only) album. Chris Cornell sung the tune & his current band Audioslave has added it to their live set. Here's Cornell doing the tune by himself (as part...
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...
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 18, 2006
Kim du Toit has details of another home invasion. This time it was an unstable ex-boyfriend who was breaking in & the lady's new boyfriend who stopped the threat. & as Kim says a shotgun is a very good basis...
December 17, 2006
TFS Magnum as well as Clayton Cramer covered the story about a month ago. I'm mentioning it now just because I am only now stumbling on to it. A reporter (& I use the term oh-so-loosely) by the name of...
December 16, 2006
It's a Grand Funk Railroad tune talking about how cool a man's lady is. Here's a vid of a band called The GroanUps doing the tune. Here are the lyrics. But speaking of a lady who treats her man right......
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...
It's a tune from a Garth Brooks album but it's not country. In fact nothing on the album was; it was R&B/Soul. Poppish yes but R&B/Soul nonetheless. (I played a few tracks off the album to some guys in an...
December 13, 2006
If you haven’t heard this tune yet you must not have been near a radio for any length of time this year. It's by The Fray & it's loosely about a person trying unsuccessfully to counsel a troubled kid, offering...
December 11, 2006
A nice little funk'n'roll tune from Extreme. Here's the vid (though the sound quality isn't great) & here are the lyrics. Via Triticale comes this story about a thwarted home invasion. It was thwarted by a 4 year old in...
December 09, 2006
It's a Mark Knopfler tune which can be found on the album Screenplaying (which is a compilation of some of his work from films as of 1993). But you might recall it from the movie The Princess Bride which Knopfler...
December 07, 2006
A John Mayer tune. He's a good guitar player, a decent singer & I do dig the way he writes. The song in question is cute, sad, just about bittersweet but still catchy. The subject is nothing new but the...
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...
October 31, 2006
If you were wondering, Hendiadys is Greek for "one through two". The Anarchangel has a new shooter report up. The new shooter is not only a lady but she grew up in England (till she was a teen at least)....
October 26, 2006
The NBA commissioner says he thinks guns are okay at home but shouldn't be carried. "It's a pretty, I think, widely accepted statistic that if you carry a gun, your chances of being shot by one increase dramatically,' Stern said...
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 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 17, 2006
Extreme. Nice little funk'n'roll tune. This will be a fisking. Just cause. & h/t to Say Uncle (who already took down one of the arguments made in the article). Get the guns out of your homes by Mary Sanchez. Personally...
Dizzy Gillespe. I'm feeling jazzy for some reason. Of Arms & the Law linked to an Instapundit piece concerning strategies for dealing with school shooting. The central link is one to a story on ENC Today.com about a Texas school...
October 04, 2006
(Most folks either remember the spiritual as a Rod Stewart/Jeff Beck tune or as Bob Marley's basis for One Love, but I originally heard it from The Chambers Brothers. It was a Curtis Mayfield tune & The Impressions recorded it...
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 26, 2006
A Vince Gill tune. A very sad sweet Vince Gill tune. When my mother was dying I'd well up every time I heard it & to be honest it has been known to make people well up when no one...
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 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...
August 14, 2006
"One bleeding-heart type asked me in a recent interview if I did not agree that 'violence begets violence.' I told him that it is my earnest endeavor to see that it does. I would like very much to ensure —...
August 08, 2006
"One bleeding-heart type asked me in a recent interview if I did not agree that 'violence begets violence.' I told him that it is my earnest endeavor to see that it does. I would like very much to ensure —...
"One bleeding-heart type asked me in a recent interview if I did not agree that 'violence begets violence.' I told him that it is my earnest endeavor to see that it does. I would like very much to ensure —...
August 02, 2006
"One bleeding-heart type asked me in a recent interview if I did not agree that 'violence begets violence.' I told him that it is my earnest endeavor to see that it does. I would like very much to ensure —...
July 31, 2006
"One bleeding-heart type asked me in a recent interview if I did not agree that 'violence begets violence.' I told him that it is my earnest endeavor to see that it does. I would like very much to ensure —...
July 30, 2006
Certain events make folks rethink their decision to not be armed at least part of the time. Hurricane Andrew was one as was that whole Y2K thing. Ditto for the attacks of September the 11th, 2001 & Hurricane Katrina. Now...
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
C'mon - like you're really surprised I'd use a title that cheesy. In the last week a woman was attacked by a bear while sleeping in a tent & a mountain lion is stalking pets in Parker, Co (just east...
July 18, 2006
A while back I wrote a post about the murder of a family in Indiana. I got a little grief from a commenter because he (I presume) thought the idea of teaching a 12 year old to defend himself &...
July 13, 2006
In my post about the family that was murdered in Indiana an entity named "and how" left a rather lengthy comment disagreeing with my thoughts to put it mildly. Fish or Man left a comment taking up for me &...
July 04, 2006
MSSA is Montana's pro-gun org. So there will be no confusion with the NRA I offer you this bill that the MSSA is supporting for Montana. Let's see the NRA get behind something like this....
June 21, 2006
Well that's what it seems like to me. Small arms: the global trade in life and death By Jeremy Lovell Tue Jun 20, 8:26 AM ET "LONDON (Reuters) - From Africa to Bosnia, back to Africa and on to the...
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 06, 2006
You've probably already heard about the multiple murder of a family in Indiana. Say Uncle has said that the "assault weapons" push could begin again because of this incident. Countertop has called BS on the media's fearmongering vis a vis...
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 30, 2006
Recently in the pro-gun bloggers community there has been some debate between the Absolutists & the Incrementalists. Some of the relevant posts are listed below. Absolutists vs. Incrementalists from Say Uncle Continuing to mine an old tradition from Toys in...
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
"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...
What's the difference between Myer's Park (an affluent neighborhood in Charlotte, NC) & yogurt? Well yogurt is a living culture. Thank you, thank you. I'll be here all night. Don't forget to tip your waitress - heroin isn't getting any...
February 21, 2006
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 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 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 27, 2006
Now this seems funny, in a very depraved sort of way. "The argument erupted again the other day on the Internet: Chicago or New York? Which city is better?" Lemme see - a city which has an expensive & nigh...
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...
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...
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...
December 01, 2005
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...
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 03, 2005
Alphecca found an interesting editorial. It's by Meghan Blalock & is entitled Owning firearms should be a protected right. Seems promising, no? Well Ms. Blalock has a few contradictory positions. Let us fisk:...
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 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
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...
September 02, 2005
There will be (& has been) much discussion on the best course of action to take if you're ever in a place where mayhem is breaking out. David Hardy has a few thoughts that should be a starting point for...
September 01, 2005
You know what this post will be about. It just so happens when I was doing a little bit of researching that the years of an 8 a.m. music history class (8 a.m. classes for musicians??? hell, it was hours...
August 31, 2005
Gun control is being able to say that an armed 72 year old is morally inferior to the man who was killed in the process of stabbing his ex-wife. It's being able to say that a woman who will likely...
The lovely, talented & accurate Annika Oakley miss Annika has a post about her most recent range trip, which is becoming a weekly thing for her. She's coming along quite well on the path to gun nuttery. But as is...
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...
August 16, 2005
Carnival of Liberty VII Carnival of Cordite XXVI Weekly Check on the Bias August 16th Edition I found some intersting links over the past few days while working on the High Power post. I'd like to give them all individual...
I like shooting High Power Rifle matches. That's not the same as being good at them, but I like shooting them anyway. To spread my addiction I'll try to give you an idea of what's involved. This will be a...
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...
June 30, 2005
In this post I mentioned an idea. Here is the relevant excerpt: "...since prevention is one of the most important aspects of the 2nd amendment we should work with that. April 15th is Buy A Gun day. November 19th is...
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June 12, 2005
Regular readers know I'm a strong proponent of the right of self-defense. But I'm also a strong proponent of liberty of contract, which is implicated in the at-will employment doctrine. What's why this case, linked to by Dave Kopel on...
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June 10, 2005
Cross-posted at Stop the Bleating!, as always. I have a couple of small formatting errors that I can't seem to work out. Deal with it....
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June 08, 2005
Man Delivers Pizza After Being Shot in Leg:A robbery attempt by a masked man and a gunshot wound to the leg didn't stop a pizza delivery man from making his rounds, pies in hand. Thomas Stefanelli, 37, said dedication to...
May 20, 2005
Matt Rustler e-mailed with another outrageous quote from an anti-gun bigot. This time, it's D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton. From Matt's blog post, quoting the from the Washington Times:"They're trying to see to it that more children get killed," said...
May 10, 2005
Dani Newsum wrote a piece that appears in The Denver Posts' bloghouse. It's an attempted critique of Florida's no duty to retreat law. Let us fisk....
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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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February 28, 2005
There’s a news article about the shootings in Tyler, Texas last week that deserves some attention. For starters I'm getting very tired of this. I thought that after the fuss over the "assault weapons" ban that newspapers would have learned...
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February 25, 2005
A multiple shooting resulted in two deaths (not counting the murderer) & several injuries (via The Geek With A .45). One of the deceased was a bystander who drew his pistol & shot the murderer before being shot. This isn't...
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If you're not familiar with them take a look at Jeff Cooper's color codes. There won't be a test at the end of this but try to pick out what those color codes mean in the real world. To start...
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February 17, 2005
This will be a long one even by my standards. In Denver over the last week several people have been sexually asaulted in a neighborhood. Not a "bad" neighborhood either. But before we get to that let's look at something...
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February 14, 2005
I'm sure most of you have heard what happened in NY. But to make sure we're on the same page (that's kind of a redundant phrase when looking at a website isn't it?) a man walked into a best Buy...
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That's Gene Callahan of Crash Landing after a pleasant stroll through the park. Here are the details of how this happened....
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January 21, 2005
David Codrea has an article in the February issue of Guns magazine called Safe Schools. Go read....
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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 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 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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December 11, 2004
This is interesting. Not just because of the subject matter, but because it's an unusually balanced piece for the mainstream media. There are a few things that should be brought out & discussed more in depth....
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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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October 26, 2004
A reader sent me the following question in an e-mail: "Do you or your readers have any suggestions for a paraplegic seeking a good concealed-carry sidearm?" Yep....
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October 13, 2004
In the comments to this post Gus Mcrae left the following: "This is the e-mail I got back from long john silvers:...
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October 05, 2004
Spoons links to The Sake Of Argument who tells of a Long John Silvers manager who has been fired for resisting what seemed like an attempt at murder during an armed robbery....
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August 26, 2004
That's what usually happens when someone attempts to break in a South Carolina home. This time was no exception....
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August 10, 2004
In Aurora, Colorado a home invasion was stopped by armed occupants of the targeted house....
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August 05, 2004
This thread at The High Road points to this news release from Ohioans For Concealed Carry. Bill Singleton is dead. He was an Ohio CCW holder who had his name published a few times in the last few weeks. One...
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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 20, 2004
Nashville Files has some good news: them southern belles know how & when to shoot....
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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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June 04, 2004
A group of predators is outside your door. You're low on ammo. You call the cops. They provide all the assistance you need. Too damn bad this isn't the way cops help you in this country. Over here there are...
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June 02, 2004
I was checking out the Legal & Political Forum at The High Road & stumbled upon this thread. It points to a blog called Hello, My Name Is Kate. Actually it points to a particular post of hers entitled Teens...
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May 10, 2004
Alphecca's Weekly Check on the Bias (now powered by Moveable Type 2.661) is up. It concentrates on the Million Mom March this past weekend. & million is used loosely. Very loosely. Extremely Loosely. Downright inaccurately in fact. While Jeff's check...
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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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