A disconnect from reality

Weis has said that the city's 13 percent rise in homicides, while a concern, is not the sign of a crime epidemic.

Howabout the 8% rise in robberies? The rises in every category except rape and arson?

But those are only "concerns". What is his definition of an "epidemic"?

So instead, Blago and Daley will continue to take potshots at eachother and blame the rest of the state for the City's problems while Weis will keep fiddling with his 'concerns'.

What I bought at the gun show..

Beef Jerky.
A book on Sieges throughout history.
Some shotgun ammo.
A video on the history of US Aircraft Carriers.
Lunch.

I also spent some time talking to Chief AJ, a local firearms enthusiast who runs a shooting camp for youth and adults. What makes the Chief stand out? Well not only that he customizes firearms by the dozens, and shoots trap w/ slingshots, but that he's 70 years old and has more energy and enthusiasm than most teenagers.

Felons can't read..

WASHINGTON - Twice convicted of felonies, James Francis Barton Jr. faces charges of violating a federal law barring felons from owning guns after police found seven pistols, three shotguns and five rifles at his home south of Pittsburgh.

As a defense, Barton and several other defendants in federal gun cases argue that last month's Supreme Court ruling allows them to keep loaded handguns at home for self-defense.

From the decision:

"The Court’s opinion should not be taken to cast
doubt on longstanding prohibitions on the possession of firearms by
felons and the mentally ill, or laws forbidding the carrying of firearms
in sensitive places such as schools and government buildings, or
laws imposing conditions and qualifications on the commercial sale of
arms."

From Volokh:

"Many felons may need self defense more than you and I, but the government has extra justification for limiting that right because they have proven themselves to be untrustworthy," Volokh said.

While some will argue that not all felonies are equal, and that's true, this isn't a case of "self-defense". Had he had one or two guns, that might be legit. He had 15.

Sorry buddy, you're going to lose.

Makes me wonder who's financing this.

More fun w/ partial quotes..

Over on that heap known as HuffPo, the usual suspects are still trying to push the "Collective Rights" hypothesis using partial quotes from the Congressional Records. Here's a recent one:

"A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." Thus this "necessary security" is not only recognized but guarded and protected." (Rep. Morris S. Miller, of New York, in debate in the House, December 8, 1814)

One would think that Rep Miller was saying that the 2A only had to do w/ the militia. That is unless one read the entire speech which runs about 24 pages in length*.

The debate itself was over a proposal for universal conscription into the general Army of which Miller was opposed. Shortly after the above quote, he asks this question:

Now I should like to know, whether the military population of the country is not the militia of the states?

He then goes on to state that a universal conscription would not only diminish the State Militias but would be "A daring violation of the rights of this people".

So once again. The people are the militia. A right inherent and recognized by the Constitution.

Context is fun.

*13 Congress, 3rd Session, Pages 774-799 in the Congressional Annals.

One down..

Fairfax, VA. – Today the Village of Morton Grove moved to avoid imminent legal action by the National Rifle Association by amending its Village Code to remove the current handgun ban and incorporate sections of the Illinois Criminal Code.

“We are pleased that the Village of Morton Grove took steps to repeal its draconian gun ban,” said Chris W. Cox, NRA’s chief lobbyist. “Finally Village residents can exercise the same constitutionally-protected rights that the rest of the country enjoys.”

Final action by the Village of Morton Grove Board on this ordinance is expected at the July 28 meeting. The NRA is committed to restoring the individual Second Amendment rights to all law-abiding Americans, as recently recognized by the United States Supreme Court in Heller v. District of Columbia.

Cox concluded, “On behalf of the tens of thousands of NRA members and gun owners in Illinois, I’d like to thank all of those who dedicated their time to seeing this illegal gun ban repealed.”

Gun Ban did what?

Apparently nothing if you trust the numbers from Chicago:

if the current murder rate holds in the city, 2008 may end with fewer than 500 homicides and that it is expected to be one of the least deadly years in the city in the last 40 years.

Three things.

1. 40 years ago was 13 years BEFORE the ban. So for a period of 25 years, it didn't do squat w/ Chicago being the murder capitol of the US more than once. That is, unless they want to argue that things would have been WORSE w/o the ban.

2. "fewer than 500 homicides"? True. One fewer.

3. "If the current murder rate holds"? From January through March, the rate had dropped 1.1%. Through April it shot up to an INCREASE of 8.9%. (So really a 10% increase in a month). May went up to 12.7% and June 12.8%. Yay! it only increased another .1%. That gives them the ability to say it's "remaining flat". But only in the comparison to the month before.

Gotta love Chicago.

The "Official" Well Regulated Militia

In response to Mr. Steve Herr in the Chicago Tribune, Traction Control is offering Membership Certificates.

Well that satisfies his requirements. Next.

Heller denied registration.

Honestly. Is anyone really surprised?

IL Gov calling for Police State.

In the War on Rights:

"We're obviously not going to turn away help on a front as important as this," (Spokesperson) Heard said. "At the same time, we're a little puzzled about how it would work. It's unprecedented. Obviously, help in the form of reducing the number of guns on the street go a long way to addressing the problem."

This is in response to the Blago's suggestion of moving State Police and possibly Nat'l Guard Units into the city to help combat the recent rise in crime.

Maybe they should focus on reducing the number of criminals on the streets since 90% of murders are committed by prior criminals. But that wouldn't mesh w/ Daley and Blago's citizen disarmament plans.


Where have we seen that before?

As an aside, has anyone else noticed that the phrase "epidemic proportions" has become the PuSH'ers buzz phrase de jour?

Contract on America

Armed and Safe notes that our favorite Reverend, "Snuffy" Pfleger, has put a $5000 bounty on what he describes as "Gun Runners". Being that he considers anyone in the firearm business as a "Gun Runner", one wonders how many bounties he will have to pay out.

As usual, he's put the cart before the horse. To wit:

"We have to create an atmosphere where people are afraid to do crimes because they understand the community sees them as an enemy. Until we create that, people think they can get by with it. It's not acceptable," said Fr. Michael Pfleger, St. Sabina Church.

Here's the thing Snuff. The real criminals you want the community to see as the enemy are part of the community. They are the sons, daughters, friends, uncles, etc. of the people who are not turning them in now. The 'community' is wearing "Stop Snitchin' " shirts in courtrooms to keep people from testifying. The 'community' is telling the police they didn't see a thing when crimes are committed on their streets. They're not going to start turning them in because you've offered them a measly five grand. That's not worth their life. Really. Look at how many mothers you see on TV crying out about their "good boys" being killed when they were lifelong criminals with a record a mile long?

Be honest w/ yourself. You're not going to go after "gun runners", "straw purchasers", or anyone else who is committing actual crimes in your 'community'. You're going to continue to harass legitimate businesses and haranguing about the evils of guns. Just like your buddy Rev. Jackson.

Ignorance Speaks

From a letter in the Chicago Trib:

I have a simple message to everyone who is applauding the recent Supreme Court ruling regarding the 2nd Amendment: I am perfectly willing to not only let you have a gun but as many guns as you want. There's just one catch. You must prove to me, beyond the shadow of a doubt, that you are a member of "a well-regulated militia," as provided by the full wording of the 2nd Amendment. If you cannot, or will not, do this, then you do not get to have a gun.

That is the best solution in the world.

—Steve Herr

Well first of all the author shows he didn't read the ruling beyond what the newspaper told him. The Supreme Court stated that firearm ownership was independent of militia membership. You know, that whole "Right of the People" part that YOU ignored.

Second, Federal law states that the majority of males are already members of the militia as well as the Illinois State Constitution. So much for you passing your High School Constitution class.

Third, why must I "prove to you" anything you arrogant prick? Perhaps you should have proven that you had a glimmer of basic education before you put crayon to paper.

And morons like this assist in deciding the future of this nation.

And to note, there are two more anti-gun letters printed on the same day. But the Trib isn't pushing an agenda, right?

US Prosecutor on Terrorist Watch List.

I don't trust lawyers either but this is extreme. :)

WASHINGTON - The name of the Justice Department's former top criminal prosecutor turned up on the government's terror watch list.

The Anti's like the Brady Bunch, Bryan Miller, and Josh Sugarmann think Mr. Robinson should now be denied his 2A rights as guaranteed by the Constitution because his name appears on this list. They say he's an obvious threat to this nation.

Mr. Robinson is joining w/ the ACLU to try and get rid of the list because of it's obvious attack on the rights of American citizens. Think they recognize the irony of that in lieu of their recent position on the 2A?

What happens when you forget to remove the Boresight?

Boom!

Good thing it was a rental

The story. Some soldiers decide to go joyriding at night on a firing range. F-16 pilot happens to be getting some weapons quals in at same time. The result:

To be fair to the Chicago Tribune..

They do have a token minority pro-gun editorialist on their payroll. Steve Chapman is graciously allowed to post his pieces showing that antigun research is based mostly on fraud.

As it turns out, the claims about guns and suicide don't stand up well to scrutiny. A 2004 report by the National Academy of Sciences was doubtful, noting that the alleged association is small and may be illusory...

The National Academy of Sciences report noted that any link between firearms and suicides "is not found in comparisons across countries." The number of guns in a nation tells you nothing about its suicide rate.

So yes, areas w/ high firearm ownership will have higher numbers of firearm suicides but not necessarily suicides overall. While some high ownership US states have higher suicide rates than low ownership states, numerous low ownership countries (Most of Europe, Russia, and Japan) have much higher suicide rates than the US and rates in Australia remained steady for years even after their gun confiscations.

But we won't hear about that. All we'll hear about from the 'Mainstream Media' is the alleged suicide reduction in DC after the ban.

No media bias?

The Chicago Tribune called for the repealing of the 2nd amendment and completely ignored the hundreds of people that showed up at the Pro-rights rally on July 11th. 2500 people rallying in Springfield was not considered "newsworthy".

But when anti-gun rallies are held w/ a "few hundred" people, it's front page news. 15 yr old gang bangers are referred to as "CPS students" to garner sympathy instead of asking why they were outside on a school night at 2am with a gun.

And even still, the majority of comments support firearm rights.

The 4th estate needs a spring cleaning.

Getting the last word through Reasoned Discourse.

Not that it's that big of a surprise but it turns out the Coalition to Stop Gun Ownership doesn't like to be rebutted on their replies. After pointing out their hypocrisy, they kept their blinders on and then proceeded to censure my following comment as well as that on at least one other blogger.

Looking at the rest of their posts, it turns out that they always (except once) have the last word. How convenient. One wonders how many other 1st Amendment violations they've had to commit in order to violate the 2nd Amendment.

So the CSGV joins in the fine tradition of their cohorts at the Brady Campaign, Robyn Ringler, MATH, Bryan Miller, Alex Riley, et al. in not being able to compete in an open forum but instead have to resort to censorship, lies, and deceit to spread their message.

Really shows who is really afraid, doesn't it?

Second Amendment Freedom Rally

Photos and reports.

11:00 am central.

Downtown Chicago

James R. Thompson Center
100 W. Randolph St.

Brought to you by the ISRA, Illinois Carry, and freedom lovers across the state.

Buy stock in antacid. Bulk purchases by Chi-town legislators will certainly cause it to go up.

From the CSGV

We can enter into a genuine debate—unmarred by propaganda— over what legitimate restraints can and should be placed on firearm sales and ownership in order to keep America’s communities safe.

Yet this is the image shown on their "Issues and Campaigns" page:


With the caption "Assault rifles can be bought without background checks at gun shows throughout the country."

and another bit on their blog:

We never indicated the SKS rifle was originally designed as a machine gun (in fact, we never mentioned machine guns at all).

Actually they did:

a Chinese-made SKS assault rifle. Assault weapons are semiautomatic versions of fully automatic military rifles,

Think they recognize the hypocrisy? Turns out they don't:

Thirdpower, no we see no contradiction at all.


H/T to Armed and Safe

AHSA wants Brady "Reasonable Regulations"

Massachusetts has done so without banning guns and it is now time for Congress to follow it's lead.
-John Rosenthal AHSA

I guess John forgot the fact that MA , Former A grade and currently tied for 3rd on the Brady Rating Scale , has an "Assault Weapon Ban", bans standard capacity magazines, bans inexpensive firearms, has restrictive and arbitrary licensing for both ownership and CCW.

Throw in the usual attacks against the NRA as "extremists" and it is the usual AHSA rant.

From Armed and Safe:

Before the 1998 law was passed, there were approximately 1.5 million licensed gun owners in the state, but because of the persecution and the expense ($100 for a gun license), the number has been reduced to about 240,000 and the armed criminals are having a field day.

GOAL cited a 2007 report from the Mass. Dept. of Public Health showing that firearm-related assaults have increased 78 percent since 1998. And Injury Surveillance Program reports showed: a 67 percent increase in firearm-related homicide from 1998-2006; a 236 percent increase in assault-related firearm hospital discharges since 1998; a 331 percent increase in assault-related emergency room visits since 1999, and a 590 percent increase in assault outpatient observations since 2001 (the most recent report available).

The effects of high gas prices.

Pedal-by shootings.

I bet it had gold rims though.

Some wishes are answered..

Last week a bank robber shot himself instead of allowing himself to be caught.

Seems the idea is catching on. (we hope)

Man allegedly shoots self in head after trading shots with Chicago police on Near South Side

Do we see a pattern forming here?

The media is highlighting an unstable individual who became obsessed w/ the media highlighting of an unstable individual.

Put their names in big flashing lights. That'll help.

The Great Illinois Circus

Ladies and gentlemen, please direct your attention to the center ring where King Richard II will attempt to deny Chicago has a gang problem on one hand while using the other to claim the city's handgun ban is a good idea.

In ring number two we will shine the spotlight on Governor Rod "Unindicted Official A" Blagojevich as he attempts to force Speaker Mike "The Obstructionist" Madigan to throw more taxpayers' money at people and causes that A-Rod deems worthy, even though they are totally undeserving.

In ring number three we have Todd "The Irkl" Stroger smirking his way to huge tax increases aimed solely at giving his friends and relatives the kind of life they could only dream about if they were forced to get real jobs.

While these clowns finish off what's left of the great State of Illinois, we've also started a roadshow featuring Barack "I'm looking for spare change" Obama, who promises to begin the demolition of the entire United States of America.

Your ticket to our circus is free; you only need to do what you've been doing all along -- absolutely nothing. Keep watching your TV, listening to your I-Pod and texting on your cell phone and leave the rest to us.

This is great fun for boys and girls of all ages!

-Ringmaster Ned

Where's the outrage?

The Brady's crowed endlessly about how the DC circuit court ignored precedent and that it was just "judicial activism". Now that another Circuit Court has ignored a direct SCOTUS decision, will we hear the same cries?

Sect leader hospitalized

LAS VEGAS - Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs was taken from jail in Arizona to a Las Vegas hospital for what the sheriff described as a serious medical problem.

Severe Sperm Retention Headache or a nasty case of Blue Balls?

Giving the Beast Heartburn

Second Amendment Freedom Rally this Friday.

Where?

Downtown Chicago baby.

James R. Thompson Center
100 W. Randolph St.
Chicago, IL 60601

Take that and stuff it Daley.

Well that was fun.

Some decent sized storms came through last night. After moving several large branches from the road, I still couldn't make it all the way home. A tree had fallen across that I couldn't move. So I walked the rest of the way to discover the power was out.

So the wife lit up the candles, I lit some lanterns, and the kids played w/ Glo-sticks and flashlights.

Sometimes it's nice having no electricity. For awhile.

Why is the traditional media hurting?

Because headlines like this are made front-page news:

Pet owners prefer McCain over Obama

So posted

I need to get one of these.

Spreading the Joy

Milwaukee police chief says quadruple killings tied to Chicago's 'Murda Mobb'

Yep. Daley has done so well controlling crime in his "gun free zone" that these chess club rejects left the city to become "the most organized, most vicious, most aggressive gang on the north side of Milwaukee,".

The other state that has no CCW for regular citizens. Go figure.

Congratulations to the Para-USA winners.

You all suck. :)

Friday, July 11 - Second Amendment Freedom Rally in Chicago

From the ISRA

Friday July 11, 2008 from 11:00am - 1:00 pm at the
James R. Thompson Center
100 W. Randolph St. in Chicago

The first rally of its kind in the history of Chicago!

Come celebrate the the US Supreme Court's recent ruling that the
Second Amendment to the Constitution protects an individual right.

Join the launch of a renewed
push for Concealed Carry legislation in Illinois!

Featured Speaker:
Dr. Suzanna Hupp - Former Texas Legislator

Dr. Suzanna Hupp is recognized worldwide as one of the leading advocates for an individual's right to carry a concealed weapon. In 1991, after leaving her gun in her car in order to comply with the law, Suzanna watched helplessly as both her parents, along with 21 others were gunned down in a mass shooting at a local restaurant. As a survivor of this tragedy, her impassioned calls for the right of citizens to self-defense have thrust her into the national debate on the right to keep and bear arms. Since the Killeen massacre, she has testified numerous times across the country for the restoration of the Second Amendment.

Event Details & Transportation

It is important that we put our best foot forward and present the best image of Illinois firearm owners - friendly, courteous, and respectful of the other attendees and our surroundings. Suggested attire is casual/business casual. The rally is outside on the plaza, bring sunscreen if you are so inclined. There is a food court in the downstairs portion of the Thompson Center if you need to grab a quick bite before or after the event. We have been instructed to keep the entrances to the Thompson Center clear and also that we stay out of the street and not cause a traffic hazard.

There are many ways to get to the Thompson Center via public transportation: CTA Trains and buses, Metra, Amtrak. Go to ChicagoRally.isra.org for more details.

Volunteers

Additional volunteers are needed for ground crew at the event, and will meet at 10:00 at the stage on the plaza. Contact Don Gwinn if you can help out, send mail to: dongwinn@thefiringline.com.

More Info

Go to ChicagoRally.isra.org for more details.
Email questions to ChicagoRally@isra.org.

Gun Banning President + 1 Senator

As much as Barack Такая партия Obama says he supports the 2A, we all know the reality. What hasn't much been talked about until recently though is his replacement in the Senate.

Should he become president, IL Gov. Blagojevich, the same man who pushed for the FOID fee to be raised to $500 and has vetoed every pro-gun bill sent to his desk, gets to select his replacement for the remainder of his term.

We can all guess what kind of politics that individual will have.

UMPC expanding.

Thanks to TexasFred, several more blocks of the online community have discovered our little corner of the world.

As has been stated. the PuSH'ers of the world have nothing like this. What few anti-gun blogs are around are almost exclusively paid mouthpieces for anti-gun groups. The rest have less traffic than I did on my first day and that consists mostly of us. The Brady Campaign and their ilk have the traditional media (made up of 'professional, authorized journalists') tied up. That's OK. Neither can get their facts right and the general population is recognizing that. Only half the population trusts them and less than a third think they are unbiased in their reporting.

We're not doing this because we're paid. We're doing it because we're dedicated. And we're growing.

Chicago Fireworks II

Teen suffers self-inflicted gunshot wound on South Side

Man fatally shot in Gage Park neighborhood

Police Kill Gunman On Southwest Side
Shooting is Second One By Police This Weekend

1 killed, 1 injured in Lawndale shooting

Gangbangers w/ illegal guns in "Gun Free" Chicago.

It's a hot time in Chi-town tonight.

Highlighting the problem...

Watching COPS. They catch a guy who multiple people saw shooting a handgun in an alley. Of course he has a rap sheet a mile long.

What did they arrest him for?

Negligent Discharge within city limits. A misdemeanor.

Why nothing more?

Because in all his previous arrests for various offenses, the DA let him plead down for the easy conviction.

So another lifelong petty criminal, obviously on his way towards more serious offenses, will be let loose out on the streets because the "Criminal Justice System" isn't really interested in reducing crime.

Chicago Fireworks.

One person shot fatally, three others wounded following fireworks display

1 shot to death, 1 injured in South Side drive-by

Man shot, wounded in downtown Chicago

3 males shot in Chicago's Chatham neighborhood

What a fine city.

Think the Olympic Committee is paying attention?

Saying what they really feel..

Then changing it.

On Helmke's new Huffpo Blog, he touts about how the NRA admitted non-discriminatory registration and licensing would be harder to challenge, not that they've ever said anything different, and neglects to mention the severe *ss whooping he took during the same interview. Typical Brady-speak, right? The reality is that the linked piece is an edited version of the one they originally put up. Here's the original header:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-helmke/after-heller-a-moment-of_b_110759.html

Yep, the NRA is only "clearly thinking" when even a tiny fraction corresponds to the Brady party line. But that's not a very nice thing to say when you're looking for "common ground", is it?

And so far, with all their 'non-biased moderating', Huffpo has not allowed any comments through recognizing the change.

Update: After five tries, I must have caught them on a donut break. It got through.

Blank Adaptor Installation Sucks

That is all.

Quote of The Day

In response to this statement:

Gun rights are for the rich who have junk that the poor might steal. And it's funny, many in the NRA are poor, and thus have nothing to fear from home intrusion, so their argument for home security is nonsense. The poor do not steal from the poor.
-Marik Bromine

The Response:

I wonder however, where you live. Your theory SOUNDS good, except that in reality criminals prey MOSTLY upon the poor and lower middle class. The wealthy have alarms and guards and lawyers. I can’t afford a security guard. I can afford a Ruger.
-dlyn454

Not enough to bitch about?

Complain about puppies on advertisements:

A postcard featuring a cute puppy sitting in a policeman's hat advertising a Scottish police force's new telephone number has sparked outrage from Muslims.

That's right. Complaining about a picture of a puppy. Are they going to riot next?

What's even more sad:

'We did not seek advice from the force's diversity adviser prior to publishing and distributing the postcards. That was an oversight and we apologise for any offence caused.'

A diversity advisor. And this nation used to control most of the world.

The Brady's were right..

If you have a gun, a criminal will just take it away and use it against you. If you're an "Only One" that is...

An on-duty Chicago police officer died early Wednesday after a woman grabbed his gun and shot him near a Northwest Side police station. The woman was then shot and critically wounded by responding officers.

Guess Mueller was right, it is to dangerous for the authorities to have firearms.

Why did her grandson rob the store?

Maybe it's the way she raised him?

Rosa Jones says a retired Marine shouldn't have shot her grandson while they attempted to rob a Subway sandwich shop.

"He should not have taken the law in his hands," said Rosa Jones, Gadson's grandmother.

And if Florida didn't have "Castle Doctrine", they would be able to sue the Marine because their idiot grandson and his (now expired) buddy decided to ignore the law. They took their chances (in a state w/ CCW and CD BTW) and paid for it.

I would say I hope her grandmoron will learn from this experience and change his ways but w/ gran'ma encouraging him, it's probably to much to ask. To bad he didn't follow the example below.

If only more of them would do this..

after being shot during a robbery attempt:

Unable to move, Webb, a convicted bank robber who had stolen the Magnum from a security guard days earlier, put the gun to his head and pulled the trigger, authorities say.

But more often, this is the result in "Gun Free" Chicago:

Five people, including a 3-year-old child, were shot in front of a home in west suburban Bellwood late Monday, but none of the injuries appeared to be life-threatening, police said.

and this:

Two men were found stabbed in separate incidents of violence at CTA stations late Tuesday night, Chicago police said.

The de-evolution of the Anti's language...

From "Gun Ban" to "Gun Control" to "Gun Regulation " to "Gun Responsibility" laws.

The PuSH'er are keeping the thesaurus people busy.

The No Gun Ban Organization again defending gun bans

Dear Thirdpower,

The gun lobby wasted no time.

Just as we suspected, the National Rifle Association has filed its first lawsuit using the Supreme Court’s new interpretation of the Second Amendment to attack gun laws.

Within minutes of the decision, NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre announced a challenge to gun laws in San Francisco and Chicago.

The Brady Center needs your help now. We cannot let the gun lobby get even one step ahead of our efforts to defend gun laws.

Have no doubt, there will be more attacks on gun laws. As Mr. LaPierre said, “this is the opening salvo.” The NRA is pushing more guns, in more places, in the hands of more people. We disagree. We should do all that we can to keep dangerous guns out of the hands of dangerous people.

If you have not yet made a gift to the Brady Gun Law Defense Fund — or if you can make an additional gift — I urge you to do so today.

We have our work cut out for us, but I know we can beat the gun lobby in court. All nine Justices agreed that most gun laws should be found constitutional — like laws banning guns in schools, laws that regulate the sales of guns, and bans on “dangerous and unusual” weapons.

We have common sense on our side. And, with the Brady Center’s legal expertise and years of experience, we can and will help defend gun laws that protect you, your family and your community.

Thank you for your support today.

Sincerely,

Sarah Brady, Chair

And note the Paulie doesn't mention just what those lawsuits are against. Gun Bans. Yet he opposes those suits. But they aren't a "gun ban organization" in no way, shape, or form.

Daley starting to cave..

Mayor Daley Considering Changes to City's Gun Laws

Chicago Mayor Richard Daley says he’ll rework but not scrap the city’s handgun ban in response to a recent US Supreme Court ruling.

DALEY: You have to delve into it. You have to read it and then find out how you can adapt the changes that we’re looking at locally in regards to this issue, in regards to guns in America. Local mayors have to deal with it, not the federal government.

Mayor Daley says that among other things, he wants firearms registration to stay a part of the city’s gun policy to protect police and emergency first responders.

Last week, the Supreme Court struck down a handgun ban in Washington DC, but left open whether states or cities can ban handguns. Shortly after, the National Rifle Association filed suit against Chicago over its ban.

Even King Dick can see the writing on the wall. He knows he will lose and is now going to do everything he can to avoid incorporation.

Obamacons are getting what they wished for....

His position is full of change. All depending on who he's speaking to at the moment.

Now they're whining about it.

Poor babies.

Hey Daley!!

Violence stuns South Shore

On the streets near where the three were shot, residents said they have also seen an increase in shootings in what they said is a drug war between two gangs fighting over territory in southeast South Shore.

2 children shot, wounded on Far South Side

Police did not have a motive in the shooting, but don't think the children were targets.

Might it be gangs?


And all of this occurring in a city where guns don't exist and the gangs dance away their confrontations.

FBI Director opposes US Constitution

HARTFORD, Conn. -- The director of the FBI is not happy with the Supreme Court's recent handgun ruling.

Robert Mueller said he tends to believe that "weapons harm people, and more often than not they harm the people carrying them."

Only according to the magically morphing Kellerman reports or maybe he's talking about his agents. And, according to the director, recognizing the 2A as an individual right will allow terrorists to run amok:

He said college campuses and small communities could be "potential incubators of terrorism" even while major cities such as New York and Los Angeles remain primary targets for terrorists.

He'ld rather his grandkids go to "gun free" colleges so they can "feel safe".

Political PSH from Oak Park

This is from a correspondent who sent a letter to the Oak Park board:

Dear President Pope and Oak Park Village Board:
I live in Brookfield, and as your neighbor and frequent Oak Park visitor, am
concerned with a statement by President Pope (Tribune, 26 June 2008, "Suburbs
with gun bans split over impact of court ruling").

In that article, President Pope was quoted ""The ruling puts [Justice Antonin
& gt; Scalia] and the four other conservative justices squarely on the side of the
gang-bangers who terrorize far too many of urban American neighborhoods today."

I have followed this case, and have read the majority opinion and both dissents.
I am also thoroughly schooled on second amendment history, constitutional law,
and firearms laws in Illinois State and her municipalities.


The purpose of this letter is to point out that the Heller ruling unequivocally
does NOT square with "gang-bangers" or anyone else who criminally terrorizes
neighborhoods, urban or otherwise. I am certain that Scalia and the four other
"conservative' justices ... or all justices, for that matter, are not on the
side of criminal gang members. For you to say so is quite frankly misquidedly
judgemental and bigoted, if not altogether disingenuous.

& gt;
As you fully are aware, there is no right to conduct criminal activity - and
nothing in the constitution gives anyone such authority to conduct illegal
actions against others or their property. Quite literally, the second amendment
guarantees citizens (non-felons and non-mentally ill) the right to keep and bear
arms for any and all lawful purposes, including recreation, collecting, pursuit
of historical or mechanical interests, hunting, lawful self defense (persuant to
the Illinois Criminal Code), and the fulfillment of the constitution's militia
clauses. Under no reading whatsoever does the second amendment protect unlawful
activity, such as that often perpetrated by criminal gang members or other
miscreants. I suspect you fully understand that.


I trust that Oak Park will take this ruling in stride, as will the District of
Columbia, Chicago, Ev anston, and other municipalities with unconstitutional laws
on their books. You don't have to agree, necessarily, or even like it, but you
must comply with the law of the land should the time come that you are forced
to. The sky will not fall, you will not lose your jobs, and your community
will not loose its ability to enhance community safety and build strong
neighborhoods via lawful means. I know you are responsible citizens of Oak
Park, and of Illinois. I know you love your wonderful community ... Oak Park is
one of the "gems" of Chicagoland. We ALL love our communities and our children,
and strive to make them better. But also, we are all "grown up" enough to know
that wishful, idyllic thinking or policy (including the enactment of "gun free
zones" or "gun free towns") doesn't make us safe. This ruling doesn't mean guns
will be legal for gangs and criminals. It simply means that prohibiting good,
lawful people from owning and bearing firearms is off the table.

Thank you for your time, and I welcome any questions or concerns.


Sincerely,


Dr. X

Polite and to the point. Here's the response from the only board member who deigned to reply:

Dear Dr. X,

Thanks for your perspective from 8 miles to the southwest.

As you must know, Oak Park and other communities with handgun bans are on the NRA's list of targeted communities. If we don't defend our right as a community to disallow handgun possession, then what's to stop the NRA from returning to the trough to press for permission to carry concealed weapons? Or to allow possession of assault weapons? Or composite weapons that evade metal detection? Their litigation represents the proverbial camel's nose under the tent.

You can live as you like in your town. We'll live as we choose.

Greg Marsey
Trustee, Village of Oak Park

So damn the Supreme Court or the Constitution, we'll do what we want even if the only thing we know about guns is from 20 year old VPC press releases. I mean come on Greg. The whole "evading metal detectors" nonsense went out with balloon pants. Can you even tell me what an "assault weapon" is? Howabout why Illinois is one of only two states which doesn't have CCW?

Note he doesn't comment on the "gangbanger" comment. He must feel that it's OK to trumpt the rights of the individual for an alleged community benefit. Kelo v New London is his kind of case.

Greg's really gonna crap when the 2A is fully incorporated.

Kellerman changes his numbers again.

Now it's 12:1 .

More bad education from biased educators...

In the Chicago Trib.

"It is certainly helpful to know, for example, that when opponents such as George Mason worried that the militia under the Constitution might be "disarmed," they did not envision nasty Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents going door-to-door confiscating private weapons, as the court implies, but rather that the militia would be disarmed through congressional neglect."

Yep. The Founders could never have imagined a Gov't trying to disarm the populace.
I guess those little incidents at Lexington and Concord never happened and General Gage was never ordered to destroy militia stores.

What they wouldn't have imagined was that some Americans, who they fought and bled for, would not only allow it to happen, but to advocate for it.

He must have studied at the Bellisiles school of history.

Support Firearm Rights? You're a GangBanger..

According to Oak Park, IL manager (and former Detroit "Only One)Tom Barwin:

"It's just completely befuddling that our Supreme Court would be in alliance with the gangbangers."

So Oak Park residents. How do you feel about what your 'manager' thinks of you if you want to defend yourself? Obviously he patrolled a desk in Detroit if he classifies us in the same category as the people who are shooting 7 and 8 year olds in Chicago.

Anti-gun Mentalities in Chicago

Police Superintendent Jody Weiss:

"These numbers can overcome any amount of violence, any amount of evil that may be lurking on our streets. The power of a group of people like this is more powerful than any weapon that a gangbanger may be carrying."

Which clearly explains why murders have risen 13% this year alone and the city has 5x the murder rate of the rest of the state.

Chicago Resident Angela Hongo:

"It's not a good ruling. It is not, because we do have children, and children do not have enough education to know what's good and bad for them."

Huh? With a 50% drop out rate, obviously most of the adults don't either.

And from Brady Bunch spokesperson Barbara McKee:

"The cavalry isn't coming in to save us. We have to save ourselves. We have to take our communities back, house by house, block by block."

Ironically enough, this is the same argument that we've been using to support our rights.

So what's your plan Barbie? Ask the gang-bangers to start playing nice? Ask the families to start turning in their criminal members? More police? Mandatory house searches? What?

Over 25 years of gun bans and "reasonable, common-sense laws" have done nothing for the city. What are you going to do besides push for more of the same?

Quote of the Day..

From the wife while watching a transvestite get arrested on COPS:

"That makes me so mad! I can't even walk in heels that high."

I stimulated her....

And she thanked me.



Using my stimulus check, my Heller celebration is a POSP 3-9x42 scope and a tin of 7N1 7.62x54R ammo.

I know what I'm doing tomorrow.

Down the Memory Hole, Heller edition

As the scrubbing begins, Winston Smith is working overtime at the Brady Campaign.



Soon there will be no mention of the Brady support for "collective rights" on their site.

Setting up the Dominoes

San Francisco, CA
Chicago, IL
Evanston, IL
Morton Grove, IL
Oak Park, IL

It feels like we're playing DefCon.

Wilmette, IL has already suspended their handgun ban.

In a 5-4 decision, the court struck down Washington, D.C.'s ban on handguns, a prohibition similar to those used in several major cities, including Chicago, and a handful of suburbs including Wilmette, Evanston, Winnetka and Oak Park."The Law Department and the Police Department have suspended enforcement of the ordinance pending further review by the Village Board," Wilmette village attorney Tim Frenzer said Thursday. "Based on the decision today, at a minimum it calls into serious question the continued viability of the ordinance."

Morton Grove to follow suit?

More Chicago PSH and flat out nonsense

In the Sun Times:

"If the broadest interpretation of this decision is vindicated, police are going to lose the ability to engage in stop-and-frisk tactics when they see a suspicious bulge in the waistband of a known gang member standing in a known drug market. That's going to make police effectively helpless in combatting gang crime. Those are the stakes," said Rosenthal, a law professor at Chapman University.

Um, no. No it won't. Convicted felons and others still can't legally own firearms and IL still doesn't have CCW so if they see one w/ a firearm, they still can stop them.

This coming from a "Law Professor". So much for a quality education there.

Return of Kalishnakitty 2008

UPDATE for 2009: The current information is available here.




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More Details

And so it begins..

ChicagoGunCase

The wording has already changed

From the Joyce Funded "Freedom States Alliance":

Those necessary measures include: requiring background checks on all gun purchases; limiting handgun purchases to one per month; requiring gun owners to report lost or stolen firearms to law enforcement officials; cracking down on illegal guns and gun trafficking; and regulating military-style assault weapons and .50 caliber sniper rifles."

What? Banning is no longer a "necessary measure"?

Mayor Daley says "We're F*cked!!"

In order to keep his city safe (in lieu of the 12.7% rise in murders so far this year) he will fight all attempts to throw out Chicago's own (oh so successful) handgun ban.

The PSH would be amusing if it weren't so pathetic:

"We've shown time and time again how many children have been killed in their homes by guns," he said. "Parents are away, they get the gun. Parents are away, the child takes the gun, runs out in the street and has an argument, comes back and shoots somebody."

Of course this is happening in his city where handguns are banned.

But this bit of sweet irony just makes it all worth while:

"This decision really places those who are rich and those who are in power [to] always feel safe," Daley said. "Those who do not have the power do not feel safe, and that's what they're saying."

Coming from the man who has 24 hr security, I'm sure he doesn't see it.

Obama official statement on Heller

I have always believed that the Second Amendment protects the right of individuals to bear arms, but I also identify with the need for crime-ravaged communities to save their children from the violence that plagues our streets through common-sense, effective safety measures. The Supreme Court has now endorsed that view, and while it ruled that the D.C. gun ban went too far, Justice Scalia himself acknowledged that this right is not absolute and subject to reasonable regulations enacted by local communities to keep their streets safe. Today’s ruling, the first clear statement on this issue in 127 years, will provide much-needed guidance to local jurisdictions across the country.

As President, I will uphold the constitutional rights of law-abiding gun-owners, hunters, and sportsmen. I know that what works in Chicago may not work in Cheyenne. We can work together to enact common-sense laws, like closing the gun show loophole and improving our background check system, so that guns do not fall into the hands of terrorists or criminals. Today's decision reinforces that if we act responsibly, we can both protect the constitutional right to bear arms and keep our communities and our children safe.

Nice and vague, just like we expect from a politician. No word on whether he still endorses lawsuits, semi-auto bans, or handgun bans etc nor his backpedaling on his people saying he thought DC was constitutional.

ISRA Files lawsuit against Chicago

According to Illinois Carry.

Details as the come.

We're F*cked! Give Us Money!

So says the Brady Bunch.

Now with commentary.

"“The Heller decision, however, will most likely embolden criminal defendants, and ideological extremists, to file new legal attacks on existing gun laws."

So according to the Brady Bunch, anyone who supports this decision is a criminal or extremist.

Statement from the NRA

Fairfax, VA – Leaders of the National Rifle Association (NRA) praised the Supreme Court’s historic ruling overturning Washington, D.C.’s ban on handguns and on self-defense in the home, in the case of District of Columbia v. Heller.

“This is a great moment in American history. It vindicates individual Americans all over this country who have always known that this is their freedom worth protecting,” declared NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre. “Our founding fathers wrote and intended the Second Amendment to be an individual right. The Supreme Court has now acknowledged it. The Second Amendment as an individual right now becomes a real permanent part of American Constitutional law.”

Last year, the District of Columbia appealed a Court of Appeals ruling affirming that the Second Amendment to the Constitution guarantees an individual right to keep and bear arms, and that the District’s bans on handguns, carrying firearms within the home and possession of functional firearms for self-defense violate that fundamental right.

“Anti-gun politicians can no longer deny that the Second Amendment guarantees a fundamental right,” said NRA chief lobbyist Chris W. Cox. “All law-abiding Americans have a fundamental, God-given right to defend themselves in their homes. Washington, D.C. must now respect that right.”

The Sour Grapes begin...

From Josh Sugarmann

Fifteen months after receiving the "Sport Shooting Ambassador Award" from the World Forum on the Future of Sport Shooting Activities (WFSA), Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has done his part to make sure that, at least in the U.S., the future for his gun industry friends and their lobbying pals is a little bit brighter.

He can't critique the ruling so he ad hominems the judge. That's all the VPC and their ilk have left.

"Dangerous and Unusual"

The only words that the Brady's, VPC, and Bryan will focus on and try to expand on to continue to justify "assault weapon" bans and .50 cal bans.

Heller

No fancy titles for me. Just waiting.

Interesting to note that 47% of the people watching claim NRA membership.

Update: Heller affirmed. 5-4 Justice Scalia wrote the opinion. Justice Breyer dissented, joined by Justices Stevens, Souter and Ginsburg.

The decision HERE.

Held:
1. The Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess a
firearm unconnected with service in a militia, and to use that arm for
traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home.
Pp. 2–53.
(a) The Amendment’s prefatory clause announces a purpose, but
does not limit or expand the scope of the second part, the operative
clause. The operative clause’s text and history demonstrate that it
connotes an individual right to keep and bear arms. Pp. 2–22.
(b) The prefatory clause comports with the Court’s interpretation of the operative clause. The “militia” comprised all males physically
capable of acting in concert for the common defense. The Antifederalists
feared that the Federal Government would disarm the people in
order to disable this citizens’ militia, enabling a politicized standing
army or a select militia to rule. The response was to deny Congress
power to abridge the ancient right of individuals to keep and bear
arms, so that the ideal of a citizens’ militia would be preserved.
Pp. 22–28.
(c) The Court’s interpretation is confirmed by analogous armsbearing
rights in state constitutions that preceded and immediately
followed the Second Amendment. Pp. 28–30.
(d) The Second Amendment’s drafting history, while of dubious
interpretive worth, reveals three state Second Amendment proposals
that unequivocally referred to an individual right to bear arms.
Pp. 30–32.
(e) Interpretation of the Second Amendment by scholars, courts
and legislators, from immediately after its ratification through the
late 19th century also supports the Court’s conclusion. Pp. 32–47.
(f) None of the Court’s precedents forecloses the Court’s interpretation.
Neither United States v. Cruikshank, 92 U. S. 542, 553, nor
Presser v. Illinois, 116 U. S. 252, 264–265, refutes the individualrights
interpretation. United States v. Miller, 307 U. S. 174, does not
limit the right to keep and bear arms to militia purposes, but rather
limits the type of weapon to which the right applies to those used by
the militia, i.e., those in common use for lawful purposes. Pp. 47–54.
2. Like most rights, the Second Amendment right is not unlimited.
It is not a right to keep and carry any weapon whatsoever in any
manner whatsoever and for whatever purpose: For example, concealed
weapons prohibitions have been upheld under the Amendment
or state analogues. The Court’s opinion should not be taken to cast
doubt on longstanding prohibitions on the possession of firearms by
felons and the mentally ill, or laws forbidding the carrying of firearms
in sensitive places such as schools and government buildings, or
laws imposing conditions and qualifications on the commercial sale of
arms. Miller’s holding that the sorts of weapons protected are those
“in common use at the time” finds support in the historical tradition
of prohibiting the carrying of dangerous and unusual weapons.
Pp. 54–56.
3. The handgun ban and the trigger-lock requirement (as applied to
self-defense) violate the Second Amendment. The District’s total ban
on handgun possession in the home amounts to a prohibition on an
entire class of “arms” that Americans overwhelmingly choose for the
lawful purpose of self-defense. Under any of the standards of scrutiny
the Court has applied to enumerated constitutional rights,prohibition—in the place where the importance of the lawful defense
of self, family, and property is most acute—would fail constitutional
muster. Similarly, the requirement that any lawful firearm in the
home be disassembled or bound by a trigger lock makes it impossible
for citizens to use arms for the core lawful purpose of self-defense and
is hence unconstitutional. Because Heller conceded at oral argument
that the D. C. licensing law is permissible if it is not enforced arbitrarily
and capriciously, the Court assumes that a license will satisfy
his prayer for relief and does not address the licensing requirement.
Assuming he is not disqualified from exercising Second Amendment
rights, the District must permit Heller to register his handgun and
must issue him a license to carry it in the home. Pp. 56–64.

Hydroshock

Before:


After:

New Reports

GunFacts 5.0

Chicago Crime Summary through April.

Note that the Murder numbers have gone up to 12.7% for May while the Robbery numbers are 'down' to an increase of 'only' 10.2%

Must be the water

causing all the PSH in Mexico.

Another problem is that most of the weapons used by the traffickers come from the United States. Typically, the drug smugglers have much more firepower than local police departments, and sometimes can even outgun the federal police and the Army with high-caliber machine-guns and grenade launchers.



So the Mexican Gov't continues to claim that you can buy machine guns and grenade launchers at your local gun show.

Or is it more likely that the Cartels are getting them from corrupt Mexican officials and from smugglers heading north?

Hmm. Let me think.

And come the cries of "RACISM" from JacksonCo

Weis announces surge of police patrols

Hundreds of Chicago police officers will exchange paperwork for foot patrols in an attempt to quell violence that has resulted in a 12.7 percent increase in homicides so far this year.

"We live in a climate of violence right now," Weis said. "For whatever reason, people are picking up guns and shooting each other and, unfortunately, we have to come in and try to solve that problem from a law-enforcement angle."

In "Gun Free" Chicago? Unpossible.

And that 8yr old that was shot by gang-bangers the other day? Turns out daddy, a fellow gang-banger, was most likely the intended target. But here's what mamma had to say:

"We need to get these guns off the street," she said. "Innocent bystanders are getting shot over garbage going on in the streets, and these kids want to live."

No mamma, we need to get the garbage off the streets who are using guns to shoot innocent bystanders.

Racism and Gun Control III

Armed and Safe has a post on the Deacons for Defense and the real motivations behind civilian disarmament.

Reasonably Desperate

Bryan Miller considers the BOR "archaic".

He, like the other anti's, have recognized that they've lost the debate on the 2A (which is now referred to as "static and useless" in typical sour grapes fashion) and are now pinning all their hopes on the possibility of the word "reasonable" in the decision to keep all their hopes of gun bans and confiscations alive.

Tomorrow's the day.

Mayor Daley says " I want a better puppet as Governor"

CHICAGO (CBS) ― Responding to rumors that his brother, Bill, plans to run for governor, Mayor Richard M. Daley said Tuesday that his sibling has a great résumé for public or private sector work.

That resume including being Clinton's Commerce Secretary and Vice President of AlGore's 2000 campaign.

Hmm. I wonder what his politics are?

Blagojevich to cut education funds

Watch. That's what will happen in order to "use the cuts to pressure the House to send him two ideas that would spare more than $1 billion in the proposed cuts,..."

As he spends hundreds of thousands of taxpayers dollars flying back and forth from Chicago to Springfield and keeps the legislators working overtime with per diem.

From "Clout Street":

Lawmakers passed a budget in late May estimated to be as much as $2 billion short and headed home for summer. On Tuesday, Blagojevich said he'd have to cut $110 million from schools, $260 million from social services and $600 million in health care for the poor.

Move to the Netherlands and sink it.

Your weight is enough.

They keep letting people in. And then we have to build more houses, which makes the Netherlands even heavier. The country will sink even lower, which will make the flooding worse."

I hope they drink the Koolaid. It can only improve the gene pool.

Chicago Alderman Loophole Passed

Armed and Safe reports that it passed the committee (shock, I know) but w/ some as of yet undetermined changes that possibly extend the amnesty.

My bet is that we'll see some sort of re-enactment of the CA AWB where people are told registering past a certain date is allowed then the rules get changed and the people who did register get charged and their firearms confiscated, claims of paperwork discrepancies resulting in denials, etc. etc.

Mell will be one of the only people who manage to register. Watch.

Law Abiding Gun Owner

McCreary man shoots intruder, police say

Kentucky State Police are investigating a shooting in McCreary County that happened after a 19-year-old Pine Knot man awoke to being assaulted.

But the Brady's say he should have given the intruder what he wanted and fled his home to contact the authorities.

Is that what you would have done?

Results of Brady Style Gun Control

Teen slain in attack on Southwest Side funeral procession

2 found slain on streets in separate shootings

Three injured in drive-by shooting on South Side

8-Year-Old Boy Wounded By Drive-By Shooting

All in a city with laws that would rate it higher than the Brady's #1 rated state of California. A city that has 5x the murder rate and a higher violent crime rate than the rest of the state w/o said laws.

Grassroots Pt II

Mao also wrote “During the progress of hostilities, guerillas gradually develop into orthodox forces that operate in conjunction with other units of the regular army. Thus the regularly organized troops, those guerillas who have attained that status, and those who have not reached that level of development combine to form the military power of a national revolutionary war. There can be no doubt that the ultimate result of this will be victory.”

Traditionally, the individual ‘common man’ was limited in his/her ability to influence the public and legislators to writing letters to their congressmen, which may or may not be read, letters to the editor, which may or may not be printed, contributions, or being part of one of the orthodox organizations that supported his/her cause.

During this time of revolutionary change towards supporting firearm rights, however, a new form of media developed. AlGore extended his hand and the world changed. Word processors woke up and became smarter. Cables started boring through the earth connecting machines across the globe. The internet was born. The voice of the people could finally be spread outside of the 4^th estate.

Many firearm enthusiasts took to this new media as if it were natural. Usenet, message-boards, websites, and blogs cropped up everywhere as gun nuts across the nation enjoyed the ability to discuss their hobbies with people thousands of miles away.

They also , probably inadvertently, adapted guerilla style warfare to the war being waged on firearm ownership. Anti-gun organizations that would start websites soon had sites with similar names countering or parodying them. Allowing comments on their blogs resulted in more pro-gun stances than supporters. Not allowing comments showed that they really aren’t interested in discussion as much as pushing their agenda without debate.

Even the traditional media hasn’t been immune to this. Reporters can no longer just sit in their offices and type up editorials with the expectations of a few opposing letters in return. Now their email gets flooded with responses, comment sections get filled, and their words are no longer just relegated to the papers they are printed in but are spread across the globe for analysis and critique.

This is, in essence, virtual guerilla warfare. Working individually or in small groups, we strike our opponents where they are vulnerable, move quickly, reacting to changes much faster than the large organizations can, and use their own resources against them. Over the last few years, this movement has evolved from individuals, to working together, to now complementing the actions of the orthodox organizations. The attempts by the anti-gun groups to equal this feat have, to date, been abject failures. In almost every instance, their “grassroots” sites have been run by paid sockpuppets or by the leaders of their groups. Very few actual anti-gun sites by individuals have been started or have lasted very long.

There can be no doubt that the ultimate result of this will be victory.

My prediction.

Six cases released on Wednesday. Heller on Thursday. In Bed.

Lucky numbers:

05 23 69

Law Abiding Gun Owner

Homeowner wounds would-be burglar

Fulton County police said they will consult with the district attorneys office before deciding on whether to charge a homeowner who shot and wounded a teenager charged with breaking into his townhouse Saturday evening.


The Brady Campaign not only thinks that this homeowner should have relied on the authorities who weren't there but should also have to go through the trauma of being held and charged to prove he didn't commit a crime defending his home.

That is their definition of "reasonable, common-sense" legislation.

They's teasin' us, they is.

No Heller today. Next day is Wednesday

Another "Gun Free Chicago" weekend..

8 people, including a boy, killed over weekend in Chicago area

At least eight people in Chicago and its suburbs were killed this weekend, some in what appeared to be accidents, but most in homicides involving guns criminals.

Police kill 2 men in separate South Side shootings

Police fatally shot a man Sunday night outside his Englewood home in the second fatal police-involved shooting of the day on the South Side and the eighth police-involved shooting since June 11.

Unpossible. Just unpossible.

Grassroots Pt I

“The moment that this war of resistance dissociates itself from the masses of the people is the precise moment that it dissociates itself from hope of ultimate victory {over the Japanese}.

These words were written in 1937 by Mao Tse-tung in preparation for action against the invading Imperial Japanese Army and his Chinese political rival Chiang Kai-Shek. He wrote them after being routed 6,000 miles and suffering defeat after defeat. As history showed, he learned from his, and others', mistakes.

While his political and economic goals left much to be desired, his knowledge of strategy and tactics proved sound and , in one of those ironies fate likes to play, has more than a few parallels to the pro-rights movement over the last twenty years.

Up until the expansion of Gore’s intrawebs there were, in a metaphorical sense, only orthodox armies on the field. NRA, SAF, GOA, HCI, VPC, etc. Victories such as the Firearm Owners Protection Act and the passing of CCW in Florida were tempered by the Hughes Amendment to said act and the Clinton Assault Weapon Ban as these giants did battle on the playground.

While the pro-rights organizations have always had a larger membership base than their opponents, what they didn’t have was the support of the masses. In the early 1990’s, support for stricter gun controls ran into the high seventies (or higher) and well over half the nation viewed the NRA unfavorably. Gun control groups maintained (and still maintain) a near stranglehold on the conventional media to spread their message, accurate or not.

While the Clinton AWB was a definite tactical victory for the Anti’s, it became a strategic loss of epidemic proportions. This act, along w/ the introduction of the even more restrictive Brady Bill II, garnered in a turnover in Congress in 1994 that was most prominent in states with the highest levels of firearm owners coupled with a blasé voter turnout among voting blocks that would normally vote for candidates holding anti-gun stances . Firearm owners realized that maybe, just maybe, their guns weren’t ‘safe’ and that the anti-gun groups’ “reasonable, common-sense measures” were eventually going to be expanded to include them as well. The rest just didn’t really care anymore.

While Clinton was re-elected in 1996, congressionally, state-wide, and legislatively, through the 2000 elections plus, pro-gun politicians and laws swept the nation. It’s widely felt that Gore’s loss, in a race so close and contested, wouldn’t have been had Gore not run on a heavy gun control platform, costing him several pro-gun states. Polls across the board have showed decreasing support for gun control in all its aspects bar “assault weapons” (a tribute to a successful propaganda campaign that associated them with fully automatic firearms) and even those have great difficulty passing.

In their success, the anti-gun groups dissociated themselves from the masses.

And they paid for it.

To be continued.

Bach vs Miller

Tonight on Pay per View.

Scott Bach

Bryan Miller

Back from Northern Elbonia

Managed to smuggle a shipment of Gnus in to the Anti-Communist Guerrillas w/o alerting the authorities. All the mud on the camera lenses makes things easier.

Regular posting will resume tomorrow. Hopefully we'll all have something very positive to post about.