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...
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 06, 2013
A story is making the rounds about how many folks were denied permission to purchase firearms in July here in Colorado (the first month the "universal background check" law was applicable). Here's one and here's another. I'm not sure if...
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...
July 21, 2013
Women and Children First was a doctrine first recorded in a novel from 1860 by William Douglas O'Connor entitled Harrington: A Story of True Love. In that simple phrase I see the roots of chivalry, and a basic tenant that...
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...
June 05, 2013
The Morse recall petition has been turned in with about 16,000 signatures (despite some nasty tricks Bloomberg and his followers were pulling). Only a bit over 7,000 were needed, so it looks like a recall is likely. Possibly. In theory....
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
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 08, 2013
That'd be Illegal Emotional Blackmailers Against Guns - a paid subsidiary of Illegal Mayors Against Guns: Father of Sandy Hook victim faces criminal charges He's facing five charges, all bounced checks, but two of them were written on accounts closed...
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 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 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 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 29, 2013
I was talking with a friend a few months ago. She's in her early 20's, very bright, but new to the whole gun thing (I've been meaning to do a write up as her introduction to shooting makes for a...
March 28, 2013
My speculation was incorrect: a young lady has been accused of providing the pistol that Evan Ebel used to go on his murdering spree. There's also an article giving an overview of Evan's life of crime. It tries to cast...
March 27, 2013
“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 23, 2013
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
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 11, 2013
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...
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 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 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...
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...
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
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 11, 2013
In Delaware, 2 people and a murderer seem to have been killed, plus 2 others wounded during a shoot-out at a courthouse. There's not a lot of info, but it appears that an estranged husband shot his wife along with...
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.)...
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...
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 21, 2007
The sadistic rapist in NY I blogged about here has been caught. "A homeless ex-convict has been arrested in the rape and torture of a Columbia University graduate student, who was held hostage for 19 hours, cut with a knife...
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...
I saw this over at Instapundit. Another shooting occurred but this time at the Johnson Space Center. One person was killed before the murderer shot himself after taking a hostage (the hostage was freed after the murderer killed himself). It...
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...
Bitter has a post about a gruesome crime. A 23 year old lady was raped & tortured for 19 hours. Then her attacker set her place on fire while she was tied to the bed. She used the flames to...
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...
There are two aspects I wish to discuss. Of course one is the political side of things as this will be used as a rallying cry by the anti's in the next few weeks &/or months. The other is the...
April 16, 2007
Say Uncle has a post covering the info as it's been coming in. There's a round up at Instapundit as well. Here's the latest I've found from the AP: "Gunman, 32 others killed in Va. shooting" The shooting started in...
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...
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...
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 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...
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 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 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 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....
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
"Mexico demands U.S. inquiry into migrant shootings" "Mexico sought a full investigation by U.S. authorities on Friday into a shooting on the U.S. border that left three illegal migrants dead and two injured. Mexico's Foreign Ministry said it had told...
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 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 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 02, 2007
California has decided to ship its criminals into America. "As many as 5,000 California convicts will be transferred out of state to ease an overcrowding crisis in the nation's largest prison system, a top corrections official said Friday. 'We are...
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 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 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 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 19, 2007
"A 16-year-old student was charged with murder Friday in the fatal stabbing of a classmate at Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School, Middlesex District Attorney Gerard Leone said." Didn't someone claim that gun free schools were safer? That no one would be...
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...
December 30, 2006
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,...
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...
That'd be applicable to criminals & toy guns alike. "Customers at a Topeka convenience store were suspicious all along about the gun a would-be robber was waving around. But when the man struck a clerk and the weapon shattered, those...
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 25, 2006
It looks like one did. "...DeBakey, 98, is the oldest survivor of the operation he developed to repair a damaged aorta, the main artery from the heart. He is back to working nearly full days and walks increasingly longer distances,...
December 24, 2006
"David Allen Rodgers, 42, was arrested Dec. 3 for driving while intoxicated — at the wheel of a float during the annual Christmas parade in Anderson, S.C. According to witnesses, Rodgers sped down Main Street in the Steppin' Out Dance...
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 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 13, 2006
Here's the vid by Weird Al Yankovich. & of course here are the lyrics. The song Amish Paradise is a parody of Gangsta's Paradise by Coolio who based in on the Stevie Wonder tune Pastime Paradise from his Songs in...
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 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
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 08, 2006
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...
Is that a guitar in your pocket or are you just really glad to see me?...
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
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 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 21, 2006
I have heard some ridiculous proposals before about reducing violence in schools. But damn. "Republican Bill Crozier says if he's elected he would put thick, used textbooks under every desk for students to use as self-defense. Crozier says he acknowledges...
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...
(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 19, 2006
Argghhh. Avast ye swabs & be beholden to the bard James of Buffet who penned the tune that this blasted post be titled after. It be a sweet enough tune to make an old salt add some of his own...
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 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...
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 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....
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 &...
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...
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...
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 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:...
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 06, 2006
I found an interesting article over at the BBC. A Virginia man named Roger Keith Coleman was convicted of a particularly loathsome rape/murder that occurred in 1981. He was executed in the electric chair in 1992, maintaining his innocence until...
November 22, 2005
A headline proclaims "Iraq Bomber Kills 17; U.S. Toll at 2,100" So we've lost 2,100 troops in Iraq since we invaded. Let's do a little comparison....
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...
November 15, 2005
I was doing a search for a story I thought I heard on the radio the other day. It turns out I read about it from this The War On Guns post. Pizza Hut as well as Papa Johns, Domino's...
November 08, 2005
The more details I hear about the pirate attack on the cruise ship in African waters the more it'd be laughable if it weren't so damned serious....
November 05, 2005
Pirates have attacked a cruise ship off Africa's coast. "Pirates armed with grenade launchers and machine guns tried to hijack a luxury cruise liner off the east African coast Saturday, but the ship outran them, officials said. Two boats full...
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...
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 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 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...
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 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 22, 2005
This is in answer to a question posed by Hugh Hewitt on his show today. I couldn't make it to a keyboard but then again that's why the good Lord gave us audio blogger. :) Oh, the question was why...
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Nicki has been posting up a storm since she left my blog. (that's the first "figures"). Of particular interest she posts about a Handgun Control Inc Brady Campaign to enable easier pickins for criminals Prevent Gun Violence press release calling...
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March 21, 2005
There's been another school shooting. Details are sketchy but from what I've heard & read a kid killed his grandparents then went on to shoot up the school. 14 or so were injured or killed. It happened Monday afternoon in...
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March 14, 2005
Piracy is alive & well in the 21rst century....
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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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February 10, 2005
Triggerfinger has a post up about a man who stole a rifle. Did the man get caught? Nope; he freely admits it though. Was he prosecuted? Nope; in fact he's been lauded for it - even by the victim of...
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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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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 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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September 08, 2004
I merely point out how Kerry is a hypocrite. Matt at Stop The Bleating points out that Kerry could be a felon. Though I must point out that the law Kerry may have in fact violated is unconstitutional. I see...
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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 17, 2004
Clayton Cramer has a post about the new "weapon of choice" for Boston's gangbangers: machetes....
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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 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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July 10, 2004
A reader sent this to me a few days ago. I'll let the e-mail explain things as it does a better job than I could. & much thanks to Jasen for making me aware of this story & summing it...
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June 21, 2004
In Alabama 3 cops were shot & killed with an SKS. First a fisking of the article & then some thoughts on what this means for us:...
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June 04, 2004
Officials seek info on cop impersonator The sheriff's office is looking for witnesses and possible victims of a police impersonator. At 11:50 p.m. on May 20, a 17-year-old girl was driving near Coal Mine Avenue and Pierce Street when an...
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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...
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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