Former Maryland Trooper notes that he was wrong regarding handgun permits

I saw this first at Bearing Arms. The gentleman makes a Fonzie statement at 2:13 in, "I was wrong."

 

He was a Maryland State Trooper, in charge of their may-issue permitting system. Maryland has made life so difficult for gun owners that Beretta decided to leave the state.

The whole idea of having to prove your need to provide for your own defense is absurd. Self defense is a natural right, and politicians have long stepped over the bounds of human decency, removing, particularly from those who are not well-connected, the means of self defense.

The problem with Common Core

Dr. Mike Carlson takes a look at Common Core, and finds it lacking:



The problem with a helping of Federal funding is that it is always served with a side of Federal control.

Remember the double-nickel speed limit imposed by the states? The Feds did not have the power to "require" the states to impose the speed limit. But, they did use the coercive force of the purse strings to "gently persuade" the states to get in line.

I still recall vividly the tenth of June, 1976, while travelling the Pennsylvania Turnpike at the speed limit, being passed by a limo with government plates. I would guess that the limo was running at about 75 or 80.

I bet those behind imposing these CC standards almost exclusively send their children to private schools.

Rules for thee, but not for me. . .

What do you think?

Colt Tactical Pen

Found this at Smoky Mountain Knife Works, about ten bucks. Appears to be rather sturdy. Takes a Parker ball point refill.

Colt Tactical Pen

Turrns out the Zebra F-701 does poorly on submarine duty: One trip through the washing machine, and bye-bye Mr. Zebra.

Post 1986 machinegun ban illegal?

Long story short. In 1934, a $200 transfer tax was imposed on purchases of machineguns. Sales of newly manufactured machineguns were banned in 1986.

Can the government show that one can be denied the unalienable right to such a militia firearm?

Can the law pass the strict scrutiny test? I think not.

Gun Rights Examiner David Codrea reports HERE.

TACTICAL FIRST AID CLASS

From TAC2:

TAC2 is offering a TACTICAL FIRST AID CLASS on March 28, 2015, in Greeneville TN.

This is a MUST have class for anyone in the shooting/gun owner, or Security/Tactical services community, as statistically, we are much more likely to be personally involved, or at least be present when a gunshot or knife injury occurs.

The class will be taught by Dr. Clifford Bryant, Director and Chief Instructor of TAC2, and instructor, Nathan Smith - Paramedic with 15 yrs experience.

Pre-registration is REQUIRED, and can be done so online through our site, at:

http://www.tac2.com/index.php?template=app

Below are the particulars of the class, which can also be accessed by clicking this link:

http://www.tac2.com/index.php?template=app

This is a 1-day, 12 hour, Tactical First Aid class, that will cover most of the Life Threatening injuries, that statistically, we in the Shooting/Tactical Community have a higher than average chance of being involved in, whether directly, or just being present on the scene.  

SAF to sue over ammo ban?

See Examiner Dave Workman's story HERE.

odeur de Bloomberg

Examiner David Codrea reports on an Illinois Bill introduction that has the odeur de Bloomberg all over it.

This draconian bill was introduced by Democrat State Senator Jacqueline Y. Collins (not that Jackie Collins).

From her bio:

In 1984, she served as press liaison for the Rev. Jesse Jackson during the Democratic National Convention . . . .  and also had the distinction of serving as a 2001 Legislative Fellow for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in Washington, D.C.

So, this bill, coming from one associated with the 1994 gun ban cabal, should come as no surprise.

No hate crime charges against George Zimmerman

Turns out the Obama Administration's DOJ was not able to gin up find any evidence with which to charge Zimmerman with a hate crime.

I guess not. The evidence at trial clearly showed that Zimmerman was on the brink of having his skull turned into a bowl of mush. Further commentary at Examiner HERE.

Terrorists abetted by Mall of America gun policy

Examiner David Codrea talks about this fantasy of designated Gun Free Zones HERE.

Knoxville has its share, too. Proceed at your own risk!

College student opportunity at NRA convention in Nashville

Update - this event begins at 10:00 am.

College student have an exciting opportunity to attend the first ever Second Amendment Youth Leadership Conference during NRA’s Annual Meetings and Exhibits! 

Read about it in my Examiner article HERE.

Gun-ban hypocrisy has long inglorious history

Remember Carl Rowan, the anti-gun DC journalist who shot a youth in his backyard? The hypocrisy continues. . .

Read my Examiner commentary on this ongoing phenomenon HERE.

Race Relations and Law Enforcement

Reprinted by permission from IMPRIMUS, a publication of Hillsdale College.

Jason L. Riley

Editorial Board Member, Wall Street Journal

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Jason L. Riley is an editorial board member and a senior editorial page writer at the Wall Street Journal, where he writes on politics, economics, education, immigration, and race. He is also a FOX News contributor and appears regularly on Special Report with Bret Baier. Previously, he worked for USA Today and the Buffalo News. He earned a bachelor’s degree in English from the State University of New York at Buffalo. He is the author of Please Stop Helping Us: How Liberals Make It Harder for Blacks to Succeed.

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The following is adapted from a speech delivered on January 30, 2015, at Hillsdale College’s Allan P. Kirby, Jr. Center for Constitutional Studies and Citizenship in Washington, D.C., as part of the AWC Family Foundation Lecture Series.

Thomas Sowell once said that some books you write for pleasure, and others you write out of a sense of duty, because there are things to be said—and other people have better sense than to say them. My new book, Please Stop Helping Us, falls into that latter category. When I started out as a journalist 20 years ago, I had no expectation of focusing on race-related topics. People like Sowell and Shelby Steele and Walter Williams and a few other independent black thinkers, to my mind at least, had already said what needed to be said, had been saying it for decades, and had been saying it more eloquently than I ever could. But over the years, and with some prodding from those guys, it occurred to me that not enough younger blacks were following in their footsteps. It also occurred to me that many public policies aimed at the black underclass were just as wrongheaded as ever. The fight wasn’t over. A new generation of black thinkers needed to explain what’s working and what isn’t, and why, to a new generation of readers. And the result is this book, which I hope will help to bring more light than heat to the discussion of race.

The book is not an autobiography or a memoir, but I do tell a few stories about growing up black and male in the inner city. And one of the stories involves a trip back home to Buffalo, New York, where I was born and raised. I was visiting my older sister shortly after I had begun working at the Wall Street Journal, and I was chatting with her daughter, my niece, who was maybe in the second grade at the time. I was asking her about school, her favorite subjects, that sort of thing, when she stopped me and said, “Uncle Jason, why you talk white?” Then she turned to her little friend who was there and said, “Don’t my uncle sound white? Why he tryin’ to sound so smart?”

Should guns be tax-exempt?

I address this question, with a look at the Newspaper exemption in my Examiner column HERE.

If you can't ban guns, try ammo . . .

. . . starve those AR-15's to death.

Examiner David Codrea reports of the Administration's proposal to ban commonly used ammo HERE.

The predictable result will be shortages and higher prices on ammo, assymetrically affecting lower-income citizens' ability to buy effective defensive rifle ammo.

"I support the Second Amendment, BUT....

Another example of Goldilocks gun laws.

JPFO Update (reprinted with permission)

An Update On Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership From the passing of Aaron Zelman in December 2010 to its Adoption by the Second Amendment Foundation in September 2014 by Alan Korwin with guidance from Rabbinic Director Dovid Bendory former Executive Director Charles Heller former Board of Directors officer Bob Meier When Aaron Zelman left this world on December 21, 2010, after 21 years as the founder and mastermind behind Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership, he left the world a significant ideological legacy. JPFO was Aaron’s invention and creation, and like similar constructs, it reflected him uniquely from top to bottom. There was no other Moses figure to step in and take over. He had put his people on the path out of an iron bondage of mental oppression, a firearm slavery that took social, psychological and physical forms. JPFO served a function matched by no other group in the freedom struggle, mobilizing a constituency that up to that point lacked voice. Oddly enough, it resonated as loudly with Gentiles as with Jews, a point that surprised Aaron but one he took in stride. He happily accepted any support in the quintessential battle that would never again allow government—or anyone—to attempt to wipe out His People—or anyone.

U.S. Flag being forced down in View Harbor Subdivision

Today, at 3 pm in View Harbor Subdivision in West Knox County, an Air Force veteran is being forced to quit flying the Stars and Stripes by the petty potentates of her HOA. The address is:

1017 Cross Meadow Rd, Knoxville, TN 37934

If yo can spare a few minutes on this busy Valentine's day, come out and show support for Delia Foster, a 24-year Air Force veteran, as she strikes the colors with the help of the American Legion.

The story was reported by Channel 10 and Channel 8 last night:

http://www.wbir.com/story/news/2015/02/14/association-rules-force-veteran-to-remove-flag-pole/23400879/

http://www.local8now.com/home/headlines/Veteran-Upset-HOA-Wants-Her-To-Remove-Flagpole-291929621.html

The Congress and the Tennessee Legislature should act on this clear​ freedom of expression issue. Any lout is Constitutionally protected if he wants to burn Old Glory, but someone who signed a contract to give her all, up to and including her very life; then gave 24 years for her, can't fly Old Glory!

​Please come out and support Foster.​

Gun Control Act of 1968 crumbling around the edges

Alan Gura wins another important gun rights case. See my Examiner commentary, with a little history HERE.

Vermont ‘gun control’ push draws organized opposition

David Codrea reports on the state that has "Constitutional Carry", since, like for-ev-er!

It has worked well for them. They don't need more stinkin' gun control laws, either.

Tennessee 2015 Guns in Parks bill gets media attention

WBIR-TV interviewed Mayor Ralph McGill and me on the issue. McGill feels he must maintain control of citizens who:

• Have no felony convictions
• Have never been convicted of domestic violence
• Have no history of mental illness, aclohol or drug addiction
• Have passed an FBI background check, with fingerprints on file with the FBI
• Have passed mandatory training in firearms usage and applicable law

Yet Farragut does not provide any semblance of security at Farragut parks, or along greenways. Felons are free to come and go as they please.

How long has it been since you have seen any armed security at Farragut parks?

See the interviews and further commentary at Examiner HERE.

POTUS has heard the truth

Yesterday, Darrel Waltrip was the keynote speaker at the National Prayer Breakfast. In attendance were POTUS, FLOTUS, the Daila Lama, and other dignitaries.

Waltrip gave an excellent address, in which he claimed the exclusivity of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me." (John 14:6)



Consider Jesus's claim, and Waltrip's statement. If true, they are true to the exclusion of all other roads to salvation.

What path will you follow?

Chris Kyle Day

Today is Chris Kyle Day in Texas!

See my firearms commentary relative to this HERE.

Campus sexual crime prevention, a study in failure

Read my Examiner commentary HERE.

Vindictive prosecution?

In Cali: Rather than the Constitution or the law, "community standards" basis for prosecution? See National GRE David Codrea's commentary HERE.

Musing on the UT gun debate

See my Examiner commentary HERE.

American Sniper

We have seen the news of record box-office receipts of the movie American Sniper.

Great, thought-provoking movie.

Guess what the gun-ban activists will go after now.

Guess what the next surge in rifle shooting will be.

Guess what sort of rifles will be in short supply for a while.

The answer is

Precision Rifles

DPMS RFLR-308

- and remember the banners, unlike Goldilocks, can never find a gun that is just right!

1. This gun is too accurate (deer gun, target rifle)
2. This gun is too big (fiddy cal)
3. This gun is too small (Satiddy night special)
4. This gun holds too many bullets (AR-15, Glock 17)
5. This gun is painted with camouflage. (with lead-free paint)
6. This gun has a pistol grip. 
7. This gun has a flash suppressor.
8. This gun has a bayonet lug.

And hunter friend, if you thought your thutty-thutty was safe, think again. Stand together, or . . .

Report: Judge alleges 'fraud on the court' by gov't attorneys

See Dobyns case article by David Codrea HERE.

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Surprise! NY Gun-control politician arrested for bribery and kickbacks

Reminiscent of Illegal Mayors against Guns. Read National Gun Rights Examiner article HERE.

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Je suis humaine

In some jurisdictions, "Je suis d'Artagnan"  or Je suis arme is not permitted by those who maintain a monopoly on violence(government). David Codrea, writing HERE. notes the appeal by French Jews for some "designated shooters" to defend the community. Of course, those designated shooters won't have a crystal ball, so in effect the community members will still be on their own.

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Gun control debate coming to the University of Tennessee

Next Wednesday, January 21, on the crime free utopian campus of UT. Read details of when & where HERE

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The Army got the lead out, but there's more to the story

I wrote about the Army getting the lead out of 5.56mm ammo HERE. Seems there is more to the story. The Army used patented technology, and now gets to pay for it. The results are reported HERE.

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Je suis d'Artagnan!

Je ne suis pas Charlie. Je suis d'Artagnan. Read my Examiner article HERE.

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A short 2014 review

Read it at Examiner HERE.

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Ruger announces 4.5 lb trigger for AR-15

If you don't have a good trigger, you can't hit well.

Read details on it HERE.
(MSR = AR-15)

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