Who are these people.....?

And how did they afford to file a brief in McDonald v Chicago?

The 'Oak Park Citizens Committee for Handgun Control' filed a brief in support of Chicago. This is the group that pushed for the Oak Park handgun ban , after a murder of a Oak Park resident IN CHICAGO, which will also be effected by this case. Apparently they've done nothing else in the last 25 years. The 'Chairman' is a Chicago based lawyer and the contact info for the group is also in Chicago. All signatories are either DC or Chicago based.

My guess? There are no 'volunteer Oak Park residents' of this group anymore. This is just another group pretending to be 'grassroots' while in reality has no such basis.

Their claim that "Since enactment of the ban in 1984, crime has gone down in the community...," is, like most PuSH'er claims, disingenuous at best as their crime rate climbed until the early 90's then started dropping, the same trend as the rest of the nation. No surprise really. Dishonesty seems to be the default for most anti-gun groups.

From Bad To Worse....

The Amici Briefs supporting the Chicago Handgun ban started arriving today. I noted earlier how sad the primary brief was for the city. These are even sadder. Most of them can be summed up w/ a comment from IllinoisCarry:

ADL:  OMG Racists!
Josh Horowitz:  OMG Insurrectionist!
Mayors:  OMG Criminals!
54 Reps:  OMG Guns in the Mail!
Public Health:  OMG Suicide!

Like the Chicago brief, the 'historians' briefs are trying to re-argue the Heller decision on Individual v Collective rights. The Illinois et al brief repeats "EXPERIMENT" over and over. Nevermind that w/ a murder rate of 5x the rest of the state where firearms are common, that pretty much shows that the 'experiment' of gun control has failed.

And again, the numbers of states and legislators supporting the ban are a small fraction of those who support individual rights.

From the way I see it, we know we have 4 solids on the court. The 5th, Kennedy, would have to completely reverse his decision in Heller to rule against McDonald.

Nothing in life is guaranteed but this is looking pretty good for our side.

Update: Two more 'historian' briefs have been filed, one including our old friend Saul Cornell. I haven't read the whole thing but I wonder if he got his facts straight this time.

Political Honesty

Being questioned as to the discrepancy between the Lightbringer's claims of having an 'open' White House along w/ having bills published for 5 days before signing them and his recent attempts to fast track the 'Health Care" disaster to his desk behind closed doors, Sen. Pelosi stated"

There are a number of things he was for on the campaign trail."

Heh.

Why I joined the NRA

To join my fellow brethren in a righteous life and death battle against tyranny with the hopes and dreams of overthrowing the imperialist government pig-dogs!!!!!!

Well, not really.

To honor the sacrifice of our Founding Fathers who selflessly gave their lives and fortunes in forming this great country!!!!!!

Hmmm, nope…that ain’t it.

To recognize that in order to protect my Rights, it would be wise to exercise them?

Fooled ya, didn’t I? That isn’t it either.

Because I have a freakishly small penis?

While I don’t do a whole lot of side-by-side wiener comparison, my junk is average according to all the medical professionals I call late at night while standing in my kitchen naked and sobbing uncontrollably.

There are three very simple reasons I joined the NRA.

1. I get $1.00 off the admission price at gun shows.
2. I get a 10% discount on ammo at a gun store in a nearby town.
3. The magazine subscription.

There, the truth is out. I joined about 15 years ago and faithfully paid my $35.00 yearly dues with pleasure, but not much beyond that. Now I contribute about 10 times that amount each year in the form of straight up donations, using the NRA credit card, buying books and videos and the occasional purchase of merchandise such as knives or tote bags with the NRA logo.

I’ve even been known to buy a 1-year gift membership for the occasional anti troll. Ask Jadegold about it the next time ya see him, he just loves to reminisce about that one.

The reason behind this post is because of something Thirdpower wrote in his “Wishing doesn’t make it so” post just down thread…

“So in the mind of Thom, if you don't own a gun, you support 'gun control'? “

The Brady Bunch loves to point out that the NRA has ONLY 4 million members out of a population of 80 million gun owners. They tend to gloss over the fact that they, at best, have 150,000 supporters out of, what, the remaining 120 million adults in America?

Not all gun owners respect the 2A……………..Joe Biden
Not all non-gun owners disrespect the 2A…………LegalEagle45 on HuffPo(check him out if you haven’t already).

The Brady Bunch also likes to lament that they just can’t figure out why congress critters are, uh…kinda gun shy when it comes to pushing more gun control laws. This is understandable on a superficial level. The dems have the House, the Senate and we got the Messiah in the White House with Biden, Holder, Hillary, Emanuel, Duncan, Koh, etc. I won’t get into all the anti forces in the czar brigade so this post doesn’t get too wordy. This is the dream team for Pete’s sake, and yet we are still advancing…and winning; while they must continue to consolidate in order to survive, fight for Joyce’s praise upon them and recycle arguments that were debunked 20 years ago.

My New Year’s resolution is to sign up as many new NRA members as I can.
No rest
No retreat.

The magazine subscription is quite good.

Admin Note: If interested, you can click here to join or the NRA button on the sidebar.

Joyce Foundation Getting Their Money's Worth?

The VPC took a grant cut of $115K this year from their sugar daddies at the Joyce Foundation. Guess the realized that the Lightbringer's Chicago-style promises were worth those of a frat boy on prom night. Assuming no increases or decreases from '07, that would mean Josh Sugarmann and Kristen Rand are now siphoning nearly half of the total grant in just their salaries alone (what a sweet gig).

So what's Josh's first action of the new year? Why a rant about how much he doesn't like his neighbors. Not exactly what the Joyce's are paying him for, is it?

To continue its research, public education, communications, advocacy, and coalition efforts in support of effective gun violence prevention policies.

They're really getting their money's worth, aren't they?

Feeling the Pinch.

The tough economy and pending losses is forcing the Joyce Foundation to re-evaluate their situation. Along w/ Saul Cornell dumping the 2A 'Research' Center, several other groups are going away.

According to the 2009 grant list as of Dec. 10, 2009, the LCAV Illinois puppet group Illinois Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence (ICPGV) is being merged w/ the Illinois Council against Handgun Violence (ICHV):

Thursday, December 10, 2009 Printable version
Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence

Chicago, IL
Amount: $350,000
Length: 12

For continued support of its public, media, and policy-maker education efforts to promote firearm policy reform in Illinois, and to integrate the activities of the Illinois Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence into the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violenc

Looking at more of the grants. Todd Vandermyde noted that Karlin's are going to have more on their plate as the States United to Prevent Gun Violence has been merged with the Freedom States Alliance (FSA) :

To support its transition following a merger with States United to Prevent Gun Violence and its continued efforts on behalf of state gun violence prevention groups.

It also looks like Josh Sugarmann (among others) is going to have to tighten his belt a bit this year as they're getting over $100K less than they did last year. That'll barely cover the salaries. But how much does it really take to do Google searches all day?

Whether it's the economy, support, or a business decision , this shows the condition that gun control advocacy is in as pro-gun groups across the country are expanding . They're hurting and we need to continue to make them hurt.

More at IllinoisCarry.

IGOLD 2010

Mark your calendars! Schedule the day off from work!

You won't want to miss the largest turn out of Second Amendment supporters IL has ever seen!

Illinois Gun Owner Lobby Day
IGOLD

Wed. March 10, 2010

Prairie Captiol Convention Center, Springfield, IL

Doors open at 10:30, Concessions open at 11:00, Pre-rally 11:45, Legislative Briefing Noon,
March to Capitol 1:15 pm!

Last year we had well over 4,000 people attend. We're hoping to break that record this year. Buses will be available around the state. Schedules for those are being worked on currently. Make sure to keep checking the site.

Wishing doesn't make it so....

Thom Mannard, ED of the Joyce puppet group Illinois Council against Handgun Violence Ownership laments that nobody cares about his group's message:

On the federal level, we know that Congress is supposed to be an institution that embodies principles. In reality though, Congress allows the gun lobby to set the agenda on this issue. Bills supported by the gun lobby have consistently received votes while bills supported by gun control advocates are not even given as much as a committee hearing. What does that say about the process? The current situation shows that we are not hearing all sides and allowing for a fair and just process....

There are many times when I wonder how our elected officials in Washington D.C. can just sit there and only acknowledge the position of the minority – i.e., gun owners, but not the majority.

So in the mind of Thom, if you don't own a gun, you support 'gun control'? Poor babies. Your organization has to be funded almost exclusively by the Joyce's and has a membership that can fit into a couple of minivans while the ISRA alone has a membership of between 15 and 20 thousand. Gun control groups nationwide 'might' be able to claim membership of 150K individuals. The NRA has 4 million.

'Majority'? You don't even know what that word means.

In reality, they know that McDonald could very well be the death knell for their group so they throw out the 'let's come to the table and talk' ploy. Even with that, though, they can't help but poison the well:

Let people who feel that giving guns to all is the right thing to do come to the table.

In other words, anyone who doesn't support their 'message' wants to hand out machineguns to schoolchildren and violent felons. So much for wanting to 'discuss' things 'intelligently and rationally'.

Really Mr. Mannard, why should we bother sitting down w/ you? What do you have to offer us?

For the Kiddies...

Kurt of Armed and Safe and the St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner sent me an e-mail telling me how he entertained his nieces the other night while babysitting.

He gave them this to color:


All little girls love Kalishnakitty.

Color Me Shocked

What happens when you release a bunch of violent criminals after serving only a few weeks of their sentence?

Why they go back to business as usual:

Of those released, Quinn said 56 are back in state custody. Of those, 48 are charged with violating the terms of their release, and eight have been charged with new offenses. Six were arrested for retail theft or drugs and one for domestic assault. Another inmate released Sept. 22 after an aggravated drunken driving conviction was arrested on the same charge less than a month later, records show.

And the traditional finger pointing begins:

Gov. Pat Quinn admitted Wednesday that state corrections officials made a "mistake" in putting hundreds of inmates back on the street after just a few weeks in prison and said he didn't know about his own administration's cost-cutting decision beforehand.

Doncha' just love politicians?

A New Look for DOOT

Well not to much. I'm not a big fan of changing things around. I did decide to go all professional w/ my business cards.

Front:
Back:


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