Another school shooting.

Well. Sort of.

A police officer for the University of Illinois at Chicago accidentally discharged his weapon while responding to a report of possible gunfire on the campus this afternoon, but no injuries were reported.

"While responding, the officer drew his gun and accidentally discharged the weapon into the ground," said UIC spokesman Mark Rosati.

Why don't they use the word 'negligently' since I'm sure he didn't 'accidentally' take it out of his holster or 'accidentally' put his finger on the trigger.

No evidence of any other firearms on campus.

BTW. IGOLD Mar 11th.

Anti-gun Advocates Oppose Free Speech

Via David Codrea:

The lefties on Digg are burying our GRE articles to keep them from getting to the front page--this means when they succeed, they are literally denying that tens of thousands of readers get to see them--I'm not BSing--it's something we are working on among ourselves in our group correspondences. Because it's a social network that works that way, there is very little we can do to stop that if supporters of these articles don't help us keep that from happening by digging and sharing in greater numbers. It's just another one of those cases where simple inaction can mean the difference between success and failure.

As is usual, the only way the hoplophobes can continue to exist is by attempting to prevent the facts from getting out. This is why they either don't allow or heavily censor comments on the overwhelming majority of their sites.

Do what you can to help. Go to the numerous Gun Rights Examiners links and "Digg" them follow your conscience.

More on the anti-gun 'liberal' censorship drive here.

Check out the latest from other Gun Rights Examiners:

Austin Gun Rights Examiner: Mexico’s gun laws responsible for violent holocaust?

Charlotte Gun Rights Examiner: What is your state's Freedom Index?

Cleveland Gun Rights Examiner: "Shoot first" legislation and the concept of fair play

DC Gun Rights Examiner: Georgia legislator introduces bill to repeal permit requirement to open carry handguns!

Denver Gun Rights Examiner: Keep them guessing

LA Gun Rights Examiner: Take Heart, Part IV: Explaining it to the Republicans.

Minneapolis Gun Rights Examiner: An open letter to Senator Jim Webb and pro-gun democrats

Seattle Gun Rights Examiner: At it again: Anti-gunners trying to demonize yet another class of firearms

St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner: Decorated Marine, disarmed by law

Cats vs Dogs

When I go grocery shopping, I look for the best value for my money. Why would I pay extra for the sweaty butcher to cut my top sirloin into cube steak so I can make chili?

Well, I don’t.

I buy the steaks and cut them myself with my assault blade which I spray slice from the hip.

Minimal invested = increased value.

That’s because I’m a “higher animal” that can think things through; I can rationalize, I can plan ahead, I can make decisions now that will benefit me in the future. Not like those “lower animals”.

Hmmm…

A lioness, looking down from a low ridge will actually pick out and target the scrawny impala with a gimpy leg rather than the one prancing about with the most meat.

Why would a top predator target the weak and crippled rather than the front of the pack?

Minimal investment = increased value.

That “inferior animal” is you and I at the grocery store. She’s smart enough to know that the risk is too great to target those who can not only fight back, but quite possibly win with one well placed hoof. She employees very advanced tactics, really. Separate her target from the herd, get it alone, then attack.

Which leads to a question I hope you will consider.

Why do cats clean themselves while dogs do not?

Helmke + Snark = Epic Fail

Paul takes an attempt at sarcasm and fails miserably.

Just a few points.

Paul claims:

I have news for Mr. Cox and those members of Congress stuck in the crook of his shepherd's staff: District of Columbia residents already have Second Amendment rights.

Why yes Paul. They do. Good of you to notice. Of course that fact has nothing to do with the Brady Campaign fighting tooth and nail to deny them that right through 'commonsense' laws like gun bans and criminalizing self-defense now does it? Or did you forget that part? Oh, right. You weren't REALLY supporting gun bans, you were just trying to 'influence the court's opinion' to maintain the gun ban. Right.

He also claims:

Unfortunately, the NRA is holding that bill hostage with a killer amendment that would strip the District's elected officials of their ability to regulate the ownership and sale of guns to protect the public.

Wait. I thought that this was a 'new political era'? That the 'elections were a major victory for common sense gun laws'? That the 'NRA was discredited'? How could they possibly 'hold a bill hostage'?

The amendment passed 62-36 and the bill passed the Senate 61-37 w/ bi-partisan voting. Sure didn't seem to be 'held hostage' in the Senate.

Seems there's plenty of support. Just not for the Brady agenda.

God, that's gotta sting.

Punished For Telling the Truth

A Marine veteran is denied a handgun permit in Omaha, NE. Why? Because he sought counseling for PTSD.

"I was trusted by the {federal} government to carry a loaded weapon, but now I am not allowed to purchase one by my local government," he said.

Mechaley, 32, has received counseling for post-traumatic stress disorder related to his service in Iraq. While completing an application for a gun permit, he responded "yes" to a question that asked whether he was being treated for a mental disorder.

So what lesson does this teach soldiers et al? Either lie on government forms and/or don't get the help you need if you want to continue exercising your constitutional rights.

And people wonder why 'gun nuts' oppose arbitrary licensing/registration schemes.

BTW, IGOLD is next Wed. March 11th.

AHSA Distorts Again

Colin Rogero, political director of the AHSA stated on their Facebook page:

AHSA is not supportive of the ban on .50 caliber rifles.

Apparently he's never checked out the AHSA website:

AHSA supports legislative efforts to regulate .50 caliber BMG sniper rifles in the same manner as machine guns are regulated under the provisions of the National Firearms Act of 1934.

So no new civilian manufacture, licensing, etc.

That's a ban by any other name. It's also the exact same position held by the VPC. Good company Ray.

Mexican Civil War

Nothing else but.

This is a kleptocracy fighting to keep from being overthrown by another kleptocracy and trying to divert the blame away from their own outright incompetence by blaming the US.

A corrupt gov't that is "tainted up to the highest levels by corruption and direct links to the drug cartels", 17,000 desertions from the Mexican Military per year, four different drug cartels fighting for control, 10 murders a day in a small city.

According to the media, none of that matters though. It's all the fault of those damn US gun shows selling grenades, RPG's, and AK-47's to Mexicans. They must be selling out pretty quickly because none of the regular show attendees in Texas, AZ, or NM ever seem to be able to find them.

We're told over and over that a bunch of hicks w/ semi-auto rifles, handguns, and shotguns can't possibly challenge a modern military. Does that mean that the Mexican Army, armed w/ US weaponry and equipment, barely able to hold their own against a bunch of deserters and drug dealers, are useless?

Why is it that our 'betters', the 'authorized journalists' and even US military officials can't seem to put two and two together without getting Pi?

Are they ignorant or lying?

Firearm Factoid

The standard issue firearms of the Kenya Wildlife Service Security Department are the Kalishnikov Series AK-101 and AK-102 Assault Rifles.

These replaced the AK-47 and HK G3 rifles previously used.

"Unlikely Occurrences "

I asked a professor today that if there was an alert of a VT like situation, whether she would feel safer knowing I had a firearm or knowing I didn't. She replied she'ld have to think about that. An honest answer I can respect.

Just a half hour ago I received this E-mail:

Dear Students, Faculty, and Staff :

A student posted threats on his Facebook page against Eastern Illinois University. That student has returned to his hometown near Chicago. Threats made to students, faculty-staff members, or against the University as a whole will be treated seriously and resolved aggressively.

I hope everyone 'feels safe'.

We're All Potential Murderers

That's the way anti-gun advocates view firearm owners.

"We haven't seen mayhem in the street — that doesn't mean the potential isn't there."
-Tom Mannard, executive director of the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence

Actually Mr. Mannard, we are seeing "mayhem in the street", but it's not coming from legal firearm owners. It's occurring in Chicago and the areas surrounding it that are experiencing spillover from the gang wars and incompetent administration.

This is the fact that people like Mannard can't accept. They NEED to project their own fears onto those who, by Mannards own admission, aren't the ones causing the problems. they NEED to believe that firearm owners are psychotic killers just to maintain their flawed ideology. To them, any firearm owner is just a murderer waiting for the opportunity.

One shouldn't be surprised that the ICHV is another Joyce Foundation funded group.

H/T to SIH

O-Day +39: Politics as Usual

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama will break a campaign pledge against congressional earmarks and sign a budget bill laden with millions in lawmakers' pet projects, administration officials said.

I'm Shocked. Shocked I say.

Giving Hope to politicians by passing out the taxpayers Change.

Is anyone w/ a clue really surprised?

IGOLD 2009

I'm going to be there. I was unable to go last year since I had already been gone from work for military duty and family obligations. This year I'll be meeting w/ ArmedSchoolteacher and LonghornJeff as representatives of the gun blogging community.

This year we have a chance to get CCW moved forward in Illinois. The new .Gov says he's opposed but 3000+ people outside his office might change his mind. That's the whole point.

More at ISRA and IllinoisCarry, Armed and Safe, and even more ISRA.

Make Your Voice Heard in Springfield on March 11! Please join your fellow Illinois gun owners for the annual Illinois Gun Owners Lobby Day (IGOLD) on March 11, 2009, in Springfield! This is your opportunity to lobby your lawmakers directly and make a positive impact for all Illinois gun owners. Do not miss the largest gun rights rally and Second Amendment lobbying event in Illinois history! We need thousands of Illinois gun owners, hunters, sportsmen, and those who simply wish to defend their right to keep and bear arms to gather at the Prairie Capitol Convention Center. We will march down Capitol Avenue, rally on the Capitol steps, and then proceed inside to lobby legislators to make our presence known. There will be no mistaking that Illinois gun owners intend to stand up and speak out for our right to keep and bear arms in the state of Illinois! This will be one of the most important days of the year for Illinois gun owners! For more information on IGOLD 2009, to sign-up online, or for more information on scheduled bus routes, please visit http://igold.isra.org/, or call the Illinois State Rifle Association at (815) 635-3198.

Fairness Doctrine Tanks in Senate.

87-11. Via Alphecca.

Question: On the Amendment (DeMint Amdt. No. 573 )
Vote Number:	71	Vote Date:	February 26, 2009, 02:30 PM
Required For Majority:	1/2	Vote Result:	Amendment Agreed to
Amendment Number:	S.Amdt. 573 to S. 160 (District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009)
Statement of Purpose:	To prevent the Federal Communications Commission from repromulgating the fairness doctrine.

Here's the list of 'Nays" :

NAYs ---11 Bingaman (D-NM) Conrad (D-ND) Dorgan (D-ND) Feinstein (D-CA) Harkin (D-IA) Johnson (D-SD) Kerry (D-MA) Reed (D-RI) Rockefeller (D-WV) Sanders (I-VT) Whitehouse (D-RI)

4 legs good, 2 legs better

Rule of Duh #4:

Homo Sapiens are the most capable predators the world has ever seen.

That wasn’t always the case. Look at how vulnerable we really are from a biological standpoint. Without our tools, what are we left with?

We can produce some damn decent pressure with our jaws, but it ain’t if even close to the best and we got no fangs.

The only uses for our “claws” are slowly wearing a hole in our socks and collecting boogers.

Armor plating?…Folks, our skin can be cut be a f*cking piece of paper. That’s all I got to say about that.

I read a story that called Michael Phelps the world’s best swimmer. Uh, excuse me?
Maybe after I witness Phelps attain the velocity needed to launch himself 10 meters above the water’s surface and jump through a hula-hoop, or perhaps watch him kill a shark with his nose, will I consider being impressed.

World records in Track & Field? Well sure, as long as we exclude the “lower animals”.

Face it, we suck.

Our vision is decent but pales when compared to any bird of prey or even octopi.(They see you Breda)
Our sense of hearing? My dog can hear a rabbit hopping across my gravel driveway with the radio on.
Our sense of smell? Ya, that’s a winner. A Great White shark can detect one tablespoon of blood dispersed in a cubic mile of seawater. I can’t even smell the fact that my own nose is bleeding.

Yet, I can walk through the woods and jungle alike with the ability to repel attacks from other “top predators” in their own right, as well as slather them up with BBQ sauce and eat them all.

But our tools, our glorious tools. We traded alot for opposable thumbs and big brains and it was a good trade.

I can’t remember the name of the film, but there was a scene in which to old grizzled big-game hunters were swapping stories of the hunt. One turned to the other and asked what he thought was the most dangerous animal he had ever hunted.
The second man stared into the camp fire, and softly said, “Another man”.

Caption this Photo

Pro-gun Il State Senator Dan Rutherford during the Blago impeachment hearings.

"How did he get his hair that big?"

"So who did steal the cookie from the cookie jar?"

Why "Gun Nuts" Oppose Registration Lists

Because the lists can be abused.

"I felt a general sense of disbelief once the officer actually began to list the firearms registered in my name."

This was a statement made by a college student who went to the campus police station after his "presence was requested".

Why was his presence requested?

Because he did an oral presentation on campus violence and stated he supported campus carry. That was enough for his professor to call the authorities.

So because one individual craps herself just hearing about concealed carry, the police had the justification to pull the list of firearms this guy owned and question him on their whereabouts.

Don't you feel reassured?

Delusional Hunters and Shooters Association

Basically anyone who listens to Ray Schoenke of the AHSA.

In his letter to AG Holder, Ray states:

“Based on your comments today, it appears that the Obama administration may attempt to reinstate [the federal assault weapons] ban.

Um, Ray. 'May attempt'? That's been Obama's official policy since Day 1.

the issue is bad policy

And yet you still endorsed him.

In 2006 you claimed:

"No one needs an assault weapon," Schoenke said.

You stated in a question on the Brady Endorsement:

The board members are no longer with AHSA. Please see today's press release.

So Ray's no longer w/ the AHSA? I'm confused.

Continuing on the AWB.

We just want those policies directed at the root cause of crime and violence and not just symbolism,

Of which none of the policies that Obama has supported do. Yet you still endorsed him.

"This type of legislation will only disillusion the millions of law-abiding gun owners who voted for Barack Obama, believing that he did indeed support their right to own firearms."

No, not disillusioned. Delusional. Anyone who thought that were either not paying attention or were foolish enough to believe campaign rhetoric.

Just the demographic the AHSA aims for.

David Codrea's Examiner column has more.

Did you know that starting a church is...well, goddamn easy?

Two weeks ago I went over to my buddie's house for a 2A photo shoot, more on that later. We got to talking about all the things you're not supposed to mention in the work place: politics, guns and religion.

The conversation staring condensing around the idea that if the courts have already decided that Native Americans can use peyote in their religious/spiritual ceremonies, regardless of federal and state drug laws; what would the courts have to say about the use of guns as a tenent of a religious/spiritual faith if those practices were in conflict with federal or state laws?

So naturally, we started a church on that sunday afternoon.

Before you start laughing, give this some serious thought. Long has the 2nd Amendment offered its protection to the 1st Amendment, and all the rest. Isn't it about time that the 1st Amendment repaid its debts in kind?

We are serious about developing this, even to the point of formal membership and legal protection. The "Holey Book" is already being written.

The antis incorrectly say we worship guns already, but what we truly worship is the concept of freedom.

The light-bringer says we cling to guns and religion? Let us embrace that insult and return it with vengence.

My buddy (might appear as "barbarian" here) took the time to fire the opening salvo:

Welcome to..........The Church of G.O.D. (Gun Owning Disciples)

We hold that all persons, while not created equal, have an equal innate desire for freedom, especially freedom from harm, slavery and tyranny. This desire demands an ability to defend ones self, ones family and loved ones. This is both an innate right and a sacred personal responsibility and its’ infringement cannot and will not be tolerated. The pursuit of happiness must always be matched with power or any true security is nothing but hopeful illusion.
To grow spiritually one must be, and ever will there be those who wish to end another’s’ being, thus ever will there be need for knowledge of arms. We accept this reality and prepare. Other paths may lead to joy but that which is built upon the benevolence of others is but a temple built on sand. Thus we build our temple on a foundation of blued steel. We are the Gun Owning Disciples and we live in peace. We do not ask for peace, we do not beg for peace, we demand it, for it is ours by right. We choose never to live in fear of evil but to walk the path of the peaceful warrior, ever vigilant, and the world is safer and better wherever we walk. So long as evil persons and organizations exist, walk this path we will. We live everywhere in the world and are of all races, creeds, colors, sexes and nationalities. We have awakened to the need for our own self defense and no person or government or law or threat or propaganda will ever alter this. Be ye evil with intent to harm, be ye good but merely misguided in attempts to disarm, beware!

Brothers and Sisters, can I get an Amen?

Reason vs Emotion

Emotion wins in Ark. as a Senate panel rejects a separation of church and state issue.

Compare these statements:

"It's not the role of the state to preserve the sanctity of the church, and it's not the role of the state to impose religious judgment calls on churches," Petty said.

vs.

She said the bill "would fundamentally change the perception of sanctuaries in this state from places of safety, peace and openness into those of fear and suspicion."

One person makes a clearly defined argument based off of legal principles. The other craps her pants. The Senator just has no clue:

"I don't know of any church where the carrying of guns is a sacred belief intrinsic to the doctrine of that church, like the holding of communion might be," Madison said.

Sounds like the Senator is a Brady Adherent. So we have a popular bill passed by the House and which the Ark. Gov. says he'll sign but is being stalled because of the fears of a select few individuals.

Gun control in a nutshell.

Holder calls for new Assault Weapon Ban

At a press conference announcing the arrests, Holder also suggested that re-instituting a U.S. ban on the sale of assault weapons would help reduce the bloodshed in Mexico, where last year 6,000 people were killed in drug-related violence.

From ABC News on the conference:

"As President Obama indicated during the campaign, there are just a few gun-related changes that we would like to make, and among them would be to reinstitute the ban on the sale of assault weapons," Holder told reporters

"Just a few changes"? Like banning hundreds of thousands of firearms, complete registration, and suing the firearms industry out of business? Those kind of changes?

Listening to the conference on Cam & Co, Holder stated it's just a matter of 'sequence' until they get to it.

Hopefully Bill Schneider of NewWest has his recipes for crow ready.