Category Archives: Gun Rights

Moonbat Posts List of Gun Owners

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Michelle Malkin has the details:

“I can hear the shocked indignation of gun-toters already: It’s nobody’s business but mine if I want to pack heat.

Au contraire. Because the government handles the permitting, it is everyone’s business.”

When we pro-freedom citizens were warning about how a gun registry could endanger gun owners, we were treated to chuckles, rolls of the eyes, and comments like, “You’re so paranoid, you nut!  We keep records of licensed drivers, and those aren’t used against people, yak, yak, yak..”

And yet we were absolutely right, because here we are:  Gun registries used as a tool of intimidation against gun owners.

Now imagine what’s going to happen if the government gets full control of the healthcare industry.  How about lists of AIDS carriers, alcohol abusers, hepatitis carriers, etc., being published in the local newspapers.  What?  Your kid came into the emergency room with a bruise to the face?  Do we REALLY know how this happened?  If the government handles it, its everyone’s business, right?

That’s why they’ve been pushing for the last 90+ years to get government to “handle” pretty much everything.

Quote of the day–Greg Hamilton

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Multicam works very well. It is the best overall camo I have ever seen.

Greg Hamilton
February 1, 2007 6:09 PM
http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/insightstraining/
Images of Multi Cam camouflage.
[Hamilton is a former Army Ranger and now trains all branches of the military (and law enforcment and private citizens) in unarmed as well as armed combat.–Joe]

Quote of the day–Paul Helmke

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The 2-1 decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in Parker v. District of Columbia striking down the District of Columbia’s handgun law is judicial activism at its worst.  By disregarding nearly seventy years of U.S. Supreme Court precedent, two Federal judges have negated the democratically-expressed will of the people of the District of Columbia and deprived this community of a gun law it enacted thirty years ago and still strongly supports.

Paul Helmke
President of the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence On DC Circuit’s Ruling Striking Down DC Handgun Law
[Judaical activism? What chutzpah! He is the same type of person that would bemoan blacks being allowed to vote after a judge declared it a right guaranteed by the constitution.–Joe]

Quote of the day–Laurence Silberman

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To summarize, we conclude that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to keep and bear arms. That right existed prior to the formation of the new government under the Constitution and was premised on the private use of arms for activities such as hunting and self-defense, the latter being understood as resistance to either private lawlessness or the depredations of a tyrannical government (or a threat from abroad).

Judge Laurence Silberman
March 9, 2007 in a decision that concluded the 2nd Amendment guarantees an individual right in the case of:
SHELLY PARKER, ET AL., APPELLANTS versus DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND ADRIAN M. FENTY, MAYOR OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

Quote of the day–Laurence Silberman

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Tellingly, we think, the District did not suggest what sort of law, if any, would violate the Second Amendment today—in fact, at oral argument, appellees’ counsel asserted that it would be constitutional for the District to ban all firearms outright. In short, we take the District’s position to be that the Second Amendment is a dead letter.

Judge Laurence Silberman
March 9, 2007 in a decision that concluded the 2nd Amendment guarantees an individual right in the case of:
SHELLY PARKER, ET AL., APPELLANTS versus DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND ADRIAN M. FENTY, MAYOR OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

Court Overturns Gun Ban

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Baby Steps:

The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on Friday overturned the city’s extensive gun ban

The court ruled that “the bar on carrying a pistol within the home, amounts to a complete prohibition on the lawful use of handguns for self-defense. As such, we hold it unconstitutional.”

Fine and wonderful, but if a prohibition against keeping a gun at home for protection is unconstitutional (which of course it is and always has been) how about saving your life while outside your home?  I guess self defense is still to be regarded as a revocable privilege in DC unless you sequester yourself inside your home?  Is human life in one location more important than human life in another, and subject to less protection??  Who is going to offer each of us a “Human Rights Map” wherein we can learn which parts of our neighborhoods allow us the right to live and in which areas we must submit to any and all criminals’ demands?

Opponents of gun rights expressed disappointment and anger over the decision.

Naturally.  It means there will be a small reduction in DC area crime which in turn will further destroy their entire premise– the idea that creating a monopoly on gun possession, reserving guns strictly for criminals, will somehow reduce crime.  The whole premise is of course insane from the get-go, that is, unless you’re a criminal or a hater of mankind, in which case it makes perfect sense as a ruse.

And if a law against being armed at home in DC is once more unconstitutional (after a lengthy “Constitutional Hiatus” in which many people have had their lives ruined as a result) lets haul out all the NYC laws and have a look-see, then move on to Chicago and San Franfreako, et al.

Quote of the day–Abraham Lincoln

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Prohibition… goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man’s appetite by legislation and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes…  A prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded.

Abraham Lincoln
[This applies to recreational drugs and mere possession of firearms and their accessories as much as it does to recreational use of alcohol.–Joe]

Quote of the day–Gun Guy

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Guns don’t stop criminals any more than they stop crime.  All gun owners have a fantasy in their head that whenever they’re threatened with their firearm, they’ll heroically pull it out, shoot at exactly the right time, and save the day.  But reality just doesn’t follow that idea– firearms are much more of a threat to everyone around them then [sic] some kind of mythical protection against evil.

Gun Guy
Guns Don’t Stop Crime– They Attract It
Email March 5, 2007
[If “Gun Guy” was really correct then police departments and the military would have no use for firearms. I can only think of three reasonable explanations for what this guy says: 1) Mental problems; 2) He’s actually on our side and is mocking the anti-gun bigots; 3) He can’t get a real job and has to make up this kind of crap to make a living.–Joe]

Time to educate a bigot

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Remember when the anti-gun bigot at a National Park claimed right to carry laws don’t help people protect themselves from wild animal attacks?

We may have an opportunity to educate that bigot. Also of possible interest is the DOI secretary, Dirk Kempthorne, is the former Governor of Idaho and very pro-gun. Here is a hint:

VCDL has just learned from our sources on Capitol Hill that the Department of the Interior (DOI) is **livid** over the National Park Service’s (NPS) asinine rejection letter sent to VCDL concerning VCDL’s Petition for Rule Making!

Follow up with letters and phone calls.

[Via Jeff at Firearms Coalition.]

I think someone needs to be invited to Boomershoot

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She definitely needs to get her terminology straight:

We went straight to their shooting range. Each of us shot a Colt-45 handgun at a target of cardboard with the outline of a person drawn on it. I was shaking when the man loaded the gun and placed it in my hand. I was so freaked out by the blast, that once was enough for me. But I was a one-shot wonder. I actually hit the target nearly dead-center.

Our shooting instructor told us they moved up to the 45 handguns because the 22s didn’t kill the terrorists fast enough.

Then two people in our group shot M-16s. It was unreal to not only be that close to those huge guns, but to hear them shot.

I could see a trip to Boomershoot 2007 being quite educational for her.

I’m quote of the day

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It’s interesting to me how I’m so frequently associated with survivalists. Just because I’m into guns, explosives, and live in Idaho shouldn’t necessarily mean I  have anything to do with survivalists. Sure, I have a electric generator but it’s for Boomershoot. Sure I know a lot about growing both animals and plants for food. But that’s because I grew up on a farm. I even went hunting once. But I don’t consider myself even loosely associated with the survivalist crowd. Not that I think associating with them is something to be avoided. I just don’t think it’s accurate to make that link.

Over at Survival Blog part of my post on biofuels and farmers was picked up as the quote of the day.

Quote of the day–Patrick Henry

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Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect every one who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined.

Patrick Henry
Speech of June 5 1788

Quote of the day–Gary Palmer

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For years liberals have misrepresented the danger of legal gun ownership and suppressed or ignored data proving legal gun ownership does not pose a danger to the public. Much to the disappointment of liberals, study after study has found that more guns do not mean more crime nor does more gun control mean less crime.

Gary Palmer
Gun rights issue about to be resurrected in Congress
Alabama Policy Institute
[Yup. Liberals are disappointed by the lack of blood in the streets but that doesn’t stop them. They do love those dances. Facts are irrelevant to their reality.

The editorial has further interesting stuff in it. I’d heard rumors in other places but Palmer elaborates on how pro-gun members of congress are attempting to flush out the pretend supporters of our RKBA. Once they are flushed it’s our job to shoot them down in the next election.–Joe]

Quote of the day–David Gerard

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A hammer, a simple tool, is not impersonal. And the more complicated tools and machines get, like guns, the more personal they get. Guns don’t like living beings. Their goal is to eliminate living beings.

David Gerard
Sketches: Set up the guns and the oatmeal
[When my gun safe starts bulging from the guns procreating I’ll believe they have become personal and have goals. Until then I’ll be more inclined to believe that David Gerard has mental problems.–Joe]

Quote of the day–Mackenzie Astin

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Guns ARE evil! And very little good comes from the availability of a bullet designed to kill human beings!

Mackenzie Astin
[He’s an actor. That means he knows how to read his line but it doesn’t mean he knows anything about guns, bullets, or politics. But unfortunately because of an actors visibility they become authority figures.–Joe]

Quote of the day–Judy Bassingthwaighte

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Guns destroy and kill and they are a threat to our democracy.

Judy Bassingthwaighte
Director of Gun Free South Africa
January 24, 2006
http://www.thestar.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=129&fArticleId=3079045
[I always find projection interesting. Guns are what protect the people from a government turning tyrannical and she gets it precisely backward. I remember having a conversation with one woman who totally agreed the press was extremely biased. But she believed it was biased against liberals. Projection is just one of many tools utilized by anti-gun bigots with mental problems.–Joe]

Jousting with bigots

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Kevin Baker at The Smallest Minority and a couple of other guys put in a lot of time trying to talk sense into some bigots over the last couple of days. I just lurked until today. I finally posted my Just One Question–which of course went unanswered.

Then the bigots attacked a gun owner that reported an instance where he felt he was about to be attacked by a couple of young men. He put his hand on his gun and without drawing it faced the young men down. They went away without incident. Then the bigots claimed the incident never occurred or that if it did the young men were just probably “asking if you want to buy a ticket to a school’s charity event.” That pissed me off. My response:

I find it quite interesting that someone that was not a witness to the alleged event concludes the event did not occur without producing any facts of their own or pointing out any inconsistency in the reporting of the event. Apparently they believe they have some sort of ESP that allows them to remotely view the event in the past without knowing the exact location or time of the event. Very impressive…

Or perhaps it’s just another bigoted statement against a gun owner. Dismissing their statements out of hand simply because they reported facts that are uncomfortable to the bigot.

Gun owners are the niggers/gays/Jews/pick-your-minority of the 21st century. What would your reaction be if the some politician demanded you be registered because of the color of your skin, your choice of sexual partners, or your religion? What if you were not allowed to freely associate with others of your kind without reporting it to the government (gun show laws present in some states)? What if you were subject to special investigation and discrimination in your employment if you spoke up about these infringements of your rights outside of work and on your own time? What if there were organizations that were openly advocating your extinction from society despite clear constitutional and statutory protection? What if the courts ignored the constitution and the laws supposedly protecting these minority? What if the bigoted politicians that, by law (check out 18 USC 242), should go to jail are instead regarded as “progressive” and “innovative” and are reelected again and again? What if people said you “are all empty scrotum shriveled dick creeps who need guns to bolster some sad sense of masculinity”?

That’s what it’s like to be a gun owner today. That is why we are so sensitive and why we are so dedicated. It’s because our culture is being threatened with permanent extinction by bigots who don’t care what the facts are. Bigots who can’t answer Just One Question.

It’s a waste of my time. It’s jousting with windmills, so to speak, but it made me feel better.

Help educate Sarah

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Demonstrating that gun owners and gun owner rights activists are always helpful and informative Jeff Knox at the Firearms Coalition sent out this email requesting that we participate in a survey to help educate Sarah Brady and friends. It sounds entirely reasonable to me. I enjoy teaching others about firearms and the law. Here is the invite from Jeff:

—–Original Message—–
From: Firearms Coalition
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 11:30 AM
Subject: [Fcalerts-list] Brady Survey

Please reply to feedback at FirearmsCoalition.org (using appropriate email format). 

Sarah Brady is sending supporters a link to an on-line survey asking
them (as a faithful friends) to answer the questions and help guide the
Brady Campaign in their dealings with Congress and state legislatures.

Being a democratic guy, I feel compelled to share this with others
concerned about the gun control issue so the Brady’s get a very clear
picture of just what the public really thinks about their issues.

Just like the surveys often sent out by pro-gun groups this survey is
more about fundraising than actually seeking anyones opinion.  Please
answer the survey and consider following through on their fundraising
appeal by writing a check to your favorite gun rights group.  We at the
Firearms Coalition would be very proud to receive donations in honor of
Sarah Brady.

Follow this link and answer Sarah Brady’s survey:

http://www.bradynetwork.org/site/PageServer?pagename=SRV_2007GeneralLegislativePrioritiesSurvey

The “Name”, “Address”, and “Email” request at the top can be left blank.

If you enter an e-mail address, they might put you on their mailing list
so you can keep tabs on their activities.

Please pass this on and post it wherever you can.  I’m not sure Sarah’s
servers can handle the traffic we can generate!

Yours for the Second Amendment

Jeff Knox
Director of Operations
The Firearms Coalition

On-line contributions to the Firearms Coalition can be made at
www.FirearmsCoalition.org or mailed to:

The Firearms Coalition
Box 3313
Manassas, VA  20108

Search engine for lonely geeks

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Ms. Dewey has been reported on before but I decided to test out how she handled the topic of guns. I did repeated searches for “gun” and I was rather pleased in how she handled it. Plenty of snark without being anti-rights.

Similar satisfactory results came with searches for:

  • keep and bear arms
  • 2nd Amendment
  • gun control
  • Violence Policy Center
  • Million Mom March
  • Brady Campaign the Prevent Gun Violence
  • explosives

Of course I expect lonely geeks will spend lots of time asking her sexual questions. I’m happy to report I spent less than an hour doing that.

Quote of the day–Tamara K.

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Poor Lefties; they’ve been playing on astroturf so long that they don’t know grassroots even when fed a mouthful of divot.

Tamara K.
February 27, 2007
Boomsticks: I hadn’t seen this yet…
[Yup. Just like it is a “special interest group” when the NRA, with four million members, gets it’s way on some legislative issue. But it’s “the people” that are represented by the Brady Bunch, with only a couple hundred thousand member, gets their way.–Joe]