Category Archives: Gun Rights

Attack! Attack! Attack!

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In response to Joe’s recent post, Racking up the Victories, I offer this a little pep talk to the troops in the gun rights organizations.


We’ve taken the beach, as Joe put it, and established a tenuous foothold.  This is just the beginning of the fight.  Give no quarter and take no prisoners.


The anti gun movement has inconvenienced us, insulted us, and harassed us at every opportunity.  They’ve accused us of being responsible for other people’s crimes, they’ve accused us of being dangerous, “bloodthirsty” and of being “vigilantes” just because we stood up for a guaranteed  human right.  They’ve ruined people’s homes and property in bogus raids, justified with bogus “sting” operations.  They’ve charged innocent people with “crimes” because a piece of wood or a piece of steel was an eighth inch too short or a magazine held “too many” cartridges for their tastes.  They’ve put people out of business and bankrupted them for minor clerical errors.  They currently have innocent people in jail, they’ve left untold numbers of people defenseless against criminal and terrorist attacks, they’ve pitted American against America, and they’ve outright killed people who did no wrong to anyone.  All this and much more they have done under the color of law.


I could go on for another thousand words, but you get the point.  The anti gun movement has been disrespectful, mean, cruel, ruthless, dishonest, completely without morals or principles, in full, open, blatant contempt for the Founding Principles of this country.


In short, some of the very people charged with protecting our Liberty have been in the front lines fighting against it.  It’s like a security guard turned burglar, a bodyguard turned rapist, or a policeman turned murderer.


They still have prisoners.  And they preach to us, telling us they have a “right to their beliefs” and that we’re supposed to be the picture of “tolerance”, restraint, and even politeness in return!


If this fight is going to have any success at all– any meaning for future generations, there has to be a price paid by those who have fought so hard to destroy an important part of the U.S. Constitution, undermine the security of our neighborhoods, and spit on our American culture.  The price must be very high, so future generations can look back and see the consequences of attacking the American people’s very lives and Liberty from within, under the color of law.

Google Juice

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Uncle points out that gun bloggers can change the perception of the world. By providing more links to the viewpoint we want presented we move the ranking of web pages up the chart on Google and other search engines.


Our next target is Carry Permit Holders.

Interview about the gun culture

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I knew the call was coming, he called right on time and we talked for nearly 50 minutes.

Brian Doherty is writing a book that is primarily on the Heller case. It’s title is Gun Control on Trial: Inside the Supreme Court Battle Over the Second Amendment. I’m not sure how it came about but Stephanie, who has done a lot of PR work for Boomershoot, referred him to me. Mostly as a side note Doherty wanted information on the gun culture and how this great clash of ideas culminated in the Heller case.

After Doherty and I exchanged email and agreed on a time for the interview Stephanie called me and said I should send him a link to a blog post of mine from several years ago. She doesn’t like to talk about certain things on the phone and did a lot of hinting without coming out and saying things. It went something like, “That blog post about Boomershoot, the one that might get you fired, the one that is sort of extreme, but is what guns are all about.” I knew which one she meant–Why Boomershoot. I sent it and, as Stephanie suggested, it was a good conversation starter.

The interview went well. Where did I grow up and did I grow up with weapons as part of my daily life? Was the political viewpoint espoused in the post part of my growing up? Have things changed in the last decade or so? The sub-title to your blog is “Ramblings of a red-necked, knuckle-dragging, Neanderthal.” Do you think people, including those around where you live, actually think of you as that? How did you arrive at your political viewpoint on guns? How many people attend Boomershoot? Did you have a lot of regulatory hurdles to overcome for Boomershoot? Do the people that attend share your political views as expressed in the blog post? Do you talk about that sort of stuff a lot at Boomershoot? When the media shows up do you give them that side of event? “No”, I told him, “That would scare the white people.”

Once I answered all his questions I had a few questions for him.

Had he read Unintended Consequences by John Ross? Nope he hadn’t. I gave him my two minute overview of it with a slant toward what I figured Doherty’s interest would be in it–the gun culture and the revolution. I told him that I had talked to Ross, he was approachable, and that he probably would be a good person to interview as well.

What did he think of Boomershoot? He said he was planning to attend this year and something came up. He really wants to attend next year. I offered to put on a private party for him if he wanted to show up sometime before next April.

During the conversation I sent him several links that gave more thoughtful answers and background to our conversation:

Published by Cato Institute he expects the book to be released in late October but Amazon says, “November 25, 2008”.

I’ll be buying a copy.

Quote of the day–Gay Cynic

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For many of us, the *only* position we agree with Barack Hussein Obama on even somewhat is LGBT civil rights, and even then, many of us have reservations about issues such as hate crimes legislation. For example, I truly don’t care *why* someone is having the crud kicked out of them by a band of thugs, I merely desire that it stop immediately and that very bad and consistent things happen to the thugs regardless of the reason for the beating, excepting self-defense (and I have great difficulty imagining 5:1 as self-defense).

For us, it is the *act* that offends far more than the reason – at least partially because telepathy is not required to ascertain most criminal acts, where divining the reason for misbehavior is much more treacherous.

Blessed with lawful carry, we are in a position to choose defend ourselves and our loved ones against the bullies, bigots, and generally bad persons that would harass, assault, maim, or kill us.


Gay Cynic
June 15, 2008
The Endless Contest
[On why the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Trans-sexual (LGBT) crowd should hold their noses and vote for McCain this fall.–Joe]

Bigotry examples

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The other day I provided a link to a blog post Sebastian had found. The post and particularily the comments were filled with some of the most vile bigotry toward gun owners, particularily women, I have ever seen. Tonight I stumbled across more bigotry examples. These were about some of the pictures in the book Armed America:



Krapulator
March 14th, 2008 – 11:40 am


HAHAHA What a bunch of nut jobs! No wonder there are so many shootings in America


Hillbillies
March 14th, 2008 – 12:48 pm


Freaks!!!!!!!! What a bunch of nut jobs!!!!!
Redneck Hillbillies!!!!!!!!!
Thats “the bible belt” in pictures!!!!


amigo
March 14th, 2008 – 1:30 pm


WOW … now i see true face of democracy. long live moronity!


Harl
March 14th, 2008 – 1:54 pm


A lot of small cocks. no?


I have a brain…
March 14th, 2008 – 2:08 pm


Poor America ! Why do you need all these toys ? Is it that difficult to defend yourself with words ? Is violence the only language you understand ?


I like the pictures of the kids holding the guns… Bowling for Columbine… remember ??? Are you, americans (lowercase) shocked when a riffle occurs ? Well… you now know how it is so easily possible !


Dear americans, don’t be sad when you’re shot… America provides you with the guns !!!


NRA can be proud, they have made a good brainwashing ! And they make a good money on your back…


A European with a brain !


AMAZING
March 14th, 2008 – 2:33 pm


Conservative Muslim Redneck hillbilly gun owner.
Different Regions. Different Cultures. Different Background.
!!!!But they look just the same!!!!!!!! It’s amazing!!!!!


Happy not being American
March 14th, 2008 – 3:01 pm


yet more American ego macho wank. No wonder you kill yourselves so frequently… fucking retards.


Nice pictures.


Spitz R. S. Wallows
March 14th, 2008 – 3:28 pm


Anyone that would pose their child with a gun needs their testicles cut out.


Is there any doubt why most of the world considers Americans freaks?


Some of the most disturbing pictures I have ever seen.


America is phucked.


They aren’t all bad. But my friend Ry (14th pic) is singled out in one of the nicer comments:



Ken
March 14th, 2008 – 3:33 pm


Most of the people in the photos are just collectors. You have to admit it beats the hell out of beanie babies. The guy in the 14th pic is a little scary though.


Americans were given the right to own guns as a way to keep the government from screwing them. (A fat lot of good it did!)


It makes me feel like I was back in grade school when I would explain something to the teacher or to the class and I got called names and was picked on by some of the other kids. The truth does not matter. All that matters is that the attackers find a way to feel superior to their victims. I had no way, no language, no words, no physical acts to rectify the situation. These people do not want to face reality and therefore they cannot be forced to face reality. Perhaps that is a major component to most bigotry.

Quote of the day–Adam Winkler

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The court says, for instance, that the Heller decision does not mean to cast doubt on longstanding bans on felons having possession of firearms, or bans on the mentally incompetent having possession of weapons, bans on weapons in sensitive places and restrictions on the sale and purchase of weapons. But to say you’re not casting into doubt those things is not the same thing as to say that those laws are all constitutionally permissible. And indeed, if the court was saying those are all constitutionally permissible laws, there’s certainly no argument in the opinion or justification for why those laws are constitutional and the D.C. handgun ban is not constitutional.


Adam Winkler
July 17, 2008
Heller’s Fallout The Court’s Decision Raises More Legal Questions Than It Answers
[Excellent point! I had been annoyed that the Brady Bunch and other have been saying all these various restrictions were constitutional and I couldn’t find it in the Heller decision. All I could find was that the Heller decision didn’t apply to those restriction. I presumed that was because those weren’t at issue in the Heller case. I’m glad someone with more legal expertise agrees with my reading of this. Hence my reading of Heller is that the court is inviting challenges to those restrictions.–Joe]

Talking point

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Sebastian points us to this piece of extreme bigotry.


I think the good guys have a better response to the demand for one gun a month restrictions. The background details are here but the one line response we need to hit these guys with is:



How do you propose to enforce one gun a month?

Quote of the day–Mike Brown

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Which do I have to check at the door, my Fourth Amendment rights, my First Amendment rights or my Second Amendment rights?


Mike Brown
Troy Idaho Attorney
July 16, 2008
Borne arms
[This was on the topic of guns being carried to city council meetings, inside the state capital, and other public meeting places. Mike is the founder of Idaho Sport Shooters Alliance. He is also a top notch handgun shooter.–Joe]

No surprise here

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I had said before that even with the Heller win the gun bigots will scream and yell, and refuse to obey the law as long as they can. They are doing just that:



The proposal, which maintains some of the city’s strict gun ownership rules and adds more regulations, was immediately criticized by gun rights advocates threatening more legal action.



Handguns will still be banned, except for self-defense in the home, city officials said at a noon news conference. Sawed-off shotguns, machine guns and short-barreled rifles are still prohibited.


Keep in mind that their definition of a “machine gun” is any gun that holds 12 or more rounds.


And the difference between what was declared unconstitutional and what they are proposing is minimal. Imagine if some Jim Crow law was declared unconstitutional and the bigot revised their laws in a similar manner:



Police will register one handgun per person for the first 90 days after the legislation becomes law, city officials said. A six-month amnesty period will be set up during which residents can register guns already in their possession.


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“We have crafted what I believe to be a model for the nation in terms of complying with the Supreme Court’s Second Amendment decision and at the same time protecting our citizens,” interim Attorney General Peter Nickles said.


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The new legislation also modifies existing law to clarify that firearms must be stored unloaded and either disassembled or secured with a trigger lock, gun safe or similar device, officials said. There would be an exception for guns in the home that are being used against the “reasonably perceived threat of immediate harm.”


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D.C. residents who want to register handguns must complete an application from MPD’s firearms registration section, pass a written firearms test and provide photos, proof of residency and proof of good vision. They also will be fingerprinted


A model for the nation?


I think the Supreme Court should issue varmint licenses and put a bounty on these bigots heads. That should be the model for the nation.

Only if I can buy tags

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New Jersey is so repressive toward gun owners that the only way I would willingly go into that hell hole is if I could buy tags, or preferably a license for varmints, to harvest politicians:



The 20-year-old sales clerk at a shop at Menlo Park Mall and former Middlesex County College student had a pellet handgun in the car, according to an indictment filed last week in Superior Court, New Brunswick.


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Under a new state law, Narciso’s possession of the weapon qualifies as a Graves Act offense. Narciso could face what prosecutors and criminal defense attorneys call a “hard three,” meaning three years with no prospect of parole.

I’m glad we went the other way

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England took a wrong turn. The evidence is so glaring obvious that I’m sure most of them, at some level, realize it as well:



In May this year, the Met launched Operation Blunt 2, another high-profile initiative to tackle knife crime – again using special stop and search powers in high-risk areas and airport-style metal detectors. The home secretary, Jacqui Smith, announced a £5m package to tackle violent crime. Since then, 27,000 people have been searched, 1,200 arrested and 500 knives seized. Of those arrested, 95% have since been charged with weapons offences, the Met said.


Uncle has more evidence.


The problem is, even with the overwhelming evidence, they have too much invested in the decision. It’s too psychologically uncomfortable to admit they were wrong. It takes a great deal of character strength to admit you were wrong when you have invested 100’s of millions (billions?) of pounds and who knows how many lives lost in a scheme that was counter productive to your stated goal. They don’t have the strength of character to do that. Very few people would. It’s particularly difficult when you have social support for your conviction. There will be more and more proselyting for this failed belief system until they hit a very firm and undeniable dead end. That will likely be a exceedingly repressive police state. Getting themselves out of that will not be easy or pretty.


I’m so glad we managed to avoid that path into the abyss.

Quote of the day–Steve Chapman

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Presumptuous paternalists argue that Americans should be deprived of guns because gun owners are their own worst enemies. A lot of Americans would reply: We can’t trust ourselves, but we can trust you?


Steve Chapman
July 13, 2008
Is buying a gun a suicidal act?
[Nice! The other day Sebastian said we need to be ready to counter the suicide angle. I think this is excellent response.–Joe]

They are giving up

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Don Kaul has written dozens of columns supporting gun restrictions. He now says he has given up:



I’ve given up on gun control. That battle is over. We’ve lost. I no longer think it’s an achievable goal and if I were a politician I wouldn’t lose an election over it.


It sounds as if he is still a bigot. He just isn’t going to advocate for legislation to support his bigotry. That’s good enough for now. Someone in his neighborhood should offer to take him to the range and offer him a chance to join the winning team.

Brady Campaign to Stop Car Violence

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Speaking of the Brady Bunch… I found this entertaining. There is much more but this should be enough of a teaser:



The Race Car Ban of 2006 bans all compact cars with two or more of the following racing features:

Four valves per cylinder
Aerodynamic spoiler or wing that protrudes conspicuously above the trunk lid or rear deck
Air dam
Hood scoop
Chrome exhaust tip
Levitation lights
Afterburner


The Race Car Ban would also ban the following race cars by name:

Honda Civic (all models)
Subaru Impreza WRX
Mitsubushi Lancer (all models)
Honda S2000
Volvo S40
Mazda 3 and Protoge
Toyota Corolla
Scion (all models)
Saturn Ion
Bentley Speed 8
NHRA Top Fuel dragster
Caterpillar D9
Boeing 737
Airbus A380


In order to reassure car owners, the bill’s sponsors included a long list of non-race cars that are not affected by the legislation:

BMW 3-series
Cadillac CTS-V
Cadillac Escalade
Chevrolet Suburban and Tahoe
Ford Edsel
Ford Model T
Ford Mustang (without wing and spoiler)
Ford F-150
Hummer (all models)
Jeep Cherokee
John Deere Tractor
Kenworth T2000
Sopwith Camel


The bill also makes it a felony to own a car manufactured after Sept. 14th, 1994, that has a fuel capacity of more than ten U.S. gallons of fuel.

Quote of the day–Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence

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Anthrax is not the only terrorist weapon sent through the mail. Congress must close the loophole that allows gun makers to evade federal regulation and sell untraceable assault weapon kits that terrorists and other criminals can purchase by mail and assemble at home. An assault weapon without a serial number is a terrorist’s dream.


Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence
Guns and Terror
Copyright 2001
[They are either ignorant or lying. The receiver of the gun (the part with the serial number) cannot be mail ordered and delivered to your doorstep. It must always be transferred to the retail customer though a face-to-face transaction with a FFL who does a background check. Even if it were possible what difference would that make to the terrorists we face? How would a gun without a serial number benefit them? And what sort of law do they think will prevent a terrorist from removing the serial number from guns that do have serial numbers? As near as I can tell these people either have crap for brains or they think everyone they talk to does. They dance in blood wherever they can find it and urge others to splash themselves with blood and participate in their delusions and perverse obsession with the destruction of liberty. They use whatever means will get traction no matter how misleading, deceptive, or useless to their implied goal of building a safer society.–Joe]

Quote of the day–esquared

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Despicable.


The ACLU joins the NRA as the advocates of cowards, sneak thieves and psycopaths. I challenge Mr. Peck to identify where in the 2nd Amendment or any Federalist Paper is found the right to bear arms for “self protection.”


You will soon be receiving the bloody shoes of the victims from across the nation.


The illegal guns that flood Cleveland and Detroit and Chicago come from your redneck gun shows and gun shops. I understand now why Nevadans need 8 or 10 guns: people this offensively stupid must have thousands of enemies. Add to that throng the families of the kids that get killed every day just because you need those pistols to feel like men. You’re pathetic weaklings.


It’s sad that when it comes to guns, what happens in Vegas bleeds throughout the rest of the country.


esquared
7:34 AM July 11, 2008
A comment to the article: Only in Nevada: ACLU opposes gun control–State affiliate bucks national stance, supporting the right to bear arms
[I think the article needs some comments to counterbalance those of this bigot. The ACLU blog post on the 2nd Amendment is up to nearly 1000 comments now with no significant sign of sympathy for their position.–Joe]

How Gun Control Lost

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Steve Chapman appears to have all his facts correct but overlooks what I think are the most important points. Yes, all the gun control laws failed to make people safer. Yes, shall issue concealed carry laws did no harm. Yes, legal scholars concluded the NRA was right all along. But that isn’t what made the difference. Facts and reason have never been the most significant factors in politics.

 

What made the difference was the gun grabbers getting their asses handed to them in elections. It started with the 1994 national election a month and a half after the so called “assault weapon ban” was passed and was sealed when Al Gore lost his home state in the 2000 election. From there it was still a fierce battle but astute observers on both sides could see, baring some major upset, who was going to win. September 11, 2001 came and both sides tried to take advantage of the event. Gun owners came out on top. The next major event, hurricane Katrina, proved such a disaster for the gun grabbers that there was no doubt which side had the momentum.

 

Another significant factor was the militia movement in the mid 1990s. It faded away in the late 90s when the ballot box appeared to be having the desired results. The politicians realized gun owners were preparing for war and dialed down their hate filled rhetoric. If the soap box and ballot box didn’t work the cartridge box was being readied for use. They heard the whispers from the gun ranges, gun shows and any other place where gun owners gathered. The shout of defiance had changed even though Heston still used the old one. And the new one was not said from the podium with the television cameras running. It was a deep growl which could only be heard if you were standing close enough. But the politicians got the gist of it anyway, “You can have my gun when you reanimate Your Cold. Dead. Hands.”

Quote of the day–M. Carol Bambery

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Amicae therefore contend that depriving women of the right to possess a handgun in the privacy of their own homes reflects at best an insensitivity to women’s unique needs created by their inherent gender characteristics. A handgun simply is the best means of self-defense for those who generally lack the upper body strength to successfully wield a shotgun or other long gun. To therefore deny half the population a handgun, as the District and the Office of the Solicitor General urge, evinces the “blindness or indifference” to women that only perpetuates women’s vulnerability to physical subordination.


M. Carol Bambery
Brief of amicae curiae 126 women state legislators and academics in support of respondent.
[About 70% of my firearms students are women wanting to get their concealed carry permits. As I have said before getting women out to the range is one of the things we must do to win the battle against the anti-gun bigots.–Joe]

Speak softer, I can’t hear you

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When I was little, got upset about something and was presenting my case with “the volume set to 11” my great Uncle Walt used to tell me, “Speak softer, I can’t hear your” and I would have to repeat myself without all the “enthusiasm” of my first explanation. His advice was good. But some members of congress are turning that sage wisdom against us. 10s of thousands of us had comments in favor of being able to defend ourselves with the best available tools in the National Parks and rather than listening to what was said they want to “get more input”.


The real story is the anti-gun bigots in congress are trying to delay the allowing of firearms in National Parks until their is a new administration in the White House. The Apex of the Triangle of Death has the details and what to do about it.

Kim has been accepted at the U of I

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Daughter Kim called me a few minutes ago to tell me she has been officially accepted at the University of Idaho.


Yaaaaahhhh Kim!


She plans to study accounting. She is smart and is good with math so this should be a good match for her.


Now I just need to get her connected up with Students for Concealed Carry on Campus. There is a conference in D.C. on August 1st that would be interesting for her to attend–if I could get her to leave her husband for a few days. Fat chance of that happening… Maybe she will participate in the empty holster days. That would be nice. But, more important than my political goals is for her to get the education she needs so she can get a good job.


Here is a picture of her just so you know who I’m talking about: