Weekend Gun Show Roundup

Conventional rifles and shotguns for traditional hunting and sporting purposes (pages 4-20, 4-21) are always available, but that is never where the crowds gather. The buzz surrounds assault weapons and their accessories.

-Gary Wintemute. 2009 Gun Show 'study'

Really? Never? His word. Never.



All the interest and sales at this (admittedly small) show centered around "Conventional rifles and shotguns for traditional hunting and sporting purpose". Only a few people even looked at the "Assault Weapons" (mostly AR's and CETME's) that were available. None to my knowledge were purchased.

I guess the good Dr. was using the Humpty Dumpty definition of 'never'.

Actions Have Consequences.

Drunk guy decides burning a flag belonging to the VFW is a good idea. VFW tracks him down and gives him several options. Man decides being duct-taped to a pole w/ a sign is much better than (what I would guess) getting his @ss beat and/or arrested for destruction of property/vandalism.

Saturday Funny

No, but it's still funny.

Off to the Show

Going to sell off my pallets of Turner Diaries, Nazi Paraphernalia, and John Wayne memorabilia to all the Right Wing Extremists. According to "Professor" Wintemute, that should take about 5 minutes but I'll be there all weekend.

SATURDAY SEP 26th 9-4
SUNDAY SEP 27th 9-3
RT-45 & W. Main St. Arcola IL
Arcola community center
admission $ 3.00
under 12 free with adult
food served
f.o.i.d.s processed with picture

Illinois Terrorists

Lost in the shuffle of the NY arrests comes this:

Michael Finton, also known as Talib Islam, was arrested in Springfield, Illinois, and charged with attempted murder of federal officers or employees and trying to use a weapon of mass destruction, charges that carry a life sentence.

Finton was arrested on Wednesday in Springfield as he used a cell phone to try to detonate the bomb he believed was inside a van he had just parked outside the federal building.

So he wasn't just 'planning', he thought he had it all set up.

It's going to be interesting how this turns out in court since it seems the authorities were really pushing the line on entrapment.

In early 2009, "it appeared that Finton was on the verge of taking action, so it was decided to proactively provide him with an opportunity for action that we controlled, rather than merely hoping to be able to find out and stop him," according to a government affidavit.

There was also an arrest in Dallas of a suspect in even another alleged plot.

How Long Would You Survive?

There's lots of silly quizzes on Facebook, MySpace, etc. that determine how long you would survive a nuclear war, zombie apocalypse, invasion by smurfs, what have you but let's be serious:

How long would you be able to survive if something happened?

How prepared are you for the most likely situations in your area?

Would you be able to keep you and your family safe/fed or successfully evacuate them if something were to occur or is your idea of 'preparation' a case of Ramen Noodles and 10,000 rounds for each of your guns?

There are a lot of blogs out there that specialize in survivalism and living off the grid, some of which I have linked on the side, so repeating that information would be redundant and unneccessary. I'm just going to ask some questions for various scenarious that most people don't think about but need to.

Do you have a SHTF/'Bug Out' bag for you and your family? Kim Du Toit published a basic list that he put together for his family some time ago. The DHS has pages upon pages of recomendations. Everyone knows the basics. Food. Water. 1st Aid kit. Toiletries.

What about your pets? Do you have enough food/water for them? Carriers? Enough room in your vehicle for them? If not, do you have a backup plan for their care or do you dump them?

The same goes for livestock. Do you have a plan for their care or a way for them to escape if needed or are they on their own?

Where are you going to go and how are you going to get there? Can everything fit in the vehicle you're planning on using? Are you going to use more than one? If so, how will you remain in communication w/ the other driver? CB, Cellphone, Walkie-Talkie?

What route(s) are you going to use? What if that one's blocked? Then that one? Do you have a backup for your planned safe-spot?

Those are some things to think about for a quick getaway but what about long term staying power if that isn't an option? There's a big difference between what one would need in an urban environment compared to a rural one.

How reliant is your residence on the grid? Is there a way for you to maintain a tolerable environment (whether heating or cooling) without utility provided gas/electricity? For how long?

Do you have a reliable source for potable water? A place to store it for dry times?

Where are you going to get food from after your surplus runs out? Scavenging, farming/gardening, hunting/trapping? Do you have the tools/skills to do it enough to feed you and your family? How are you going to prepare it?

What are you going to do w/ your waste products/trash?

I don't think everyone should relive Y2K, spending their kid's college funds to buy years worth of freeze-dried foods, generators, 2-ply toilet paper and grandfather clocks. I think we're going to pull out of latest fiasco but, as an acquaitance of mine astutely stated, "The day AFTER the power goes out is not the time to start to start making plans".

So what have you done?

Registration /= Confiscation

Really. It doesn't.

They used to be legal firearms, but now they're either unregistered or outright banned, and they're wanted by police before there's a chance burglars put them in Toronto's underground and underworld markets. Since March 1, Project Safe City swept 400 unregistered weapons 150 of them handguns from homes throughout the city. No charges were filed. Police are reviewing thousands of gun ownership files to determine which weapons have lapsed registrations and which are now banned.

Attack of the Talking Points

"Bowling for Columbine" + gaggle of college professors = Excedrin headache.

Seriously. This is something I would expect from a freshmen level speech class.



H/T to GunRightsRadio

VPC now advocating against marriage?

According to Sugarmann:

In cases where the victim to offender relationship could be identified, 91 percent of female victims (1,587 out of 1,743) were murdered by someone they knew. Of these, 62 percent (990 out of 1,587) were wives or intimate acquaintances of their killers. More than 10 times as many females were murdered by a male they knew than were killed by male strangers.

By his own numbers, marriage correlates more to murder than firearm ownership.

Where weapon use could be determined, firearms were the most common weapon used by males to murder females (847 of 1,657 homicides or 51 percent)

So does Josh hate men? Does he think women would be safer if they didn't marry or get into relationships with them?

Cause that's what his numbers are really saying.

Chicago: That Gun Free Brady Paradise

% Murders by types of weapons used, 2008:

Nationally: 66.9

Illinois: 79.4*

Chicago: 80.8



*As stated earlier, Illinois is still non-compliant w/ FBI UCR requirements. There were a total of 790 murders in Illinois in 2008, 510 of which in Chicago. Info was only obtained for 530 of them.

Another Honor Student Killed....

Ill. homeowner kills armed robbers

Police say an eastern Illinois man shot two people to death after they forced their way into his home and tried to rob him.

Vermilion County Sheriff Pat Hartshorn says the two masked men held the homeowner on the floor at gunpoint Monday night and choked him while demanding money. The sheriff says the alleged robbers were 22 and 17 but didn't identify them or the homeowner.

Hartshorn says the men let the homeowner go when his wife said she had expensive jewelry upstairs. While the men focused on a jewelry box, the homeowner grabbed a handgun and shot them.

He was probably on his way to buy milk for his momma and had never done anything like this before. Obviously we should blame the homeowner for taking the law into his own hands.

VA Tech Panel announcement

The VCDL has put out an announcement that a VA anti-gun group have put together another rigged 'panel discussion' loaded w/ anti-gun advocates following a screening of the nonsense 20/20 CCW video.

You remember the one where a kid was given about 20 min of instruction and cumbersome clothing against a cop who knew where and who he was?

Attendees: Josh Horowitz, Andrew Goddard,
Lori Haas, and Omar Samaha.

Event info:
Thursday, Sept 24th 7-9pm (please arrive 30-60 min early to ensure
good seating)
Haymarket Theatre, in Squires Student Center on Virginia Tech campus

Security Blanket

IL legislators pass a law making it easier to get a restraining order against a stalker and increasing penalties if it's violated.

To bad the Supreme Court says the police have no obligation to enforce it.

Now everyone can 'feel' safe in their blanket.

Weekend Wildlife

Some good shots this week. First one is of a nice sized buck and what I'm pretty sure is a possum.


The local herd is getting used to the camera. They're not bolting from the flashes. This is a good sized group w/ quite a few does and a couple of young bucks.

I would have loved to have had a video after the flash went off on this one.


It wasn't all just deer, though. An hour later:


And he wasn't traveling alone.

Saturday Funny

The economy is so bad that I got a pre-declined credit card in the mail.

It’s so bad, I ordered a burger at McDonalds and the kid behind the counter asked, “Can you afford fries with that?”

The economy is so bad that CEO’s are now playing miniature golf.

The economy is so bad if the bank returns your check marked “Insufficient Funds,” you call them and ask if they meant you or them.

The economy is so bad Hot Wheels and Matchbox stocks are trading higher than GM.

The economy is so bad McDonalds is selling the 1/4 ouncer.

The economy is so bad parents in Beverly Hills fired their nannies and learned their children’s names.

The economy is so bad a truckload of Americans was caught sneaking into Mexico .

The economy is so bad Dick Cheney took his stockbroker hunting..

The economy is so bad Motel 6 won’t leave the light on anymore.

The economy is so bad the Mafia is laying off judges.

The economy is so bad Exxon-Mobil laid off 25 Congressmen


Thanks to Texas Fred for the forward.

"Only Ones" Breaking and Entering Enough

CHICAGO — Four former members of a now-disbanded Chicago police unit have admitted they used to barge into people's homes and steal money.

Three of the four pleaded guilty Friday in Cook County court to felony theft and one pleaded guilty to felony official misconduct. All four were sentenced to six months in jail and promised to cooperate in an ongoing investigation.

Good thing the people of Chicago are under such good protection.

Down the Memory Hole: MAIG edition

SIH reports on alleged MAIG mayors denying membership specifically Portales, NM mayor Ortega. He's no longer listed on the MAIG site but here are two screencaps from Jan 2008 via the wayback machine showing him as a member.



Buckeye Firearms has info on some more mayors who seem to have been added w/o permission.

"We also Support Child Prostitution for Illinois"

House Votes to Strip ACORN of Federal Funding
The House voted 345-75 to strike ACORN funding from a student aid bill with two voting present.

And four of those votes were from Illinois Reps.

Bobby Rush 202-225-4372
Jesse Jackson Jr. 202-225-0773
Danny Davis 202-225-5006
Janice Schakowsky 202-225-2111

I'm sure their constituents are proud.

The full rollcall

"I Support Underage Prostitution for Illinois"

Sen. Roland Burris on supporting funding for ACORN even after they've been caught supporting criminal activity.

Not so bad news for Manhatten

Richard Aborn, former Brady president, gun control fanatic and candidate for Manhattan DA, has lost the primary which was essentially the election since there's no (R) candidate.

Poor baby.

And another MAIG Mayor has lost their seat in the state. Wonder how long it will be before her name is removed from the site.

Double Standard

On the ACORN videos.

Could you imaging the media response had this been in a NRA office and an employee was advising an admitted criminal how to dodge firearm laws?

Double Godwin

In their gasps of desperation, gun banners have been reduced to the tired tactic of comparing the NRA and the ebil 'gun lobby' to Nazi's.

Josh "Licensed Firearm Dealer" Sugarmann paints a broad brush of the firearm industry due to Glock's founder allegedly being friends w/ a 'nazi sympathizer'.

Dennis "I forgot the People" Henigan compares Obama to Chamberlain.

Peter Hamm (don't call him 'Petey' or he'll shoot you) takes a stab at playing word games. Oregon is tied for #14 even though it only gets 18 out of 100 Brady points.

WOLVERINES!!

One of the original guerrillas, Patrick Swayze, just died of cancer at 57. Hopefully he went towards the light instead of being grabbed by those shadow things.

ACORN's Nuts Getting Cracked

After several offices were recorded helping undercover reporters try and start up a brothel staffed by underage illegal immigrants, several individuals were fired even though now ACORN is claiming that the videos were dubbed w/ fake conversations. Yesterday several ACORN staffers were chased away from the 9/12 DC protest, the Census Bureau has allegedly cut off ties w/ ACORN, they're under investigation is over a dozen states, and now the Senate voted to cut their housing funds.

They're not having a good week.

Here are the sole "No" votes:

Burris (D-IL)
Casey (D-PA)
Durbin (D-IL)
Gillibrand (D-NY)
Leahy (D-VT)
Sanders (I-VT)
Whitehouse (D-RI)

US/IL Crime 2008

Apparently all those guns we're shipping to Mexico is having an effect on US criminals as the numbers and rates of violent crimes/murders/ and most other crime designations have dropped again for the second year. That gives us lower rates than we've seen in over 30 years.

Since Illinois remains in non-compliance w/ the FBI on crime reporting, the only comparable stat. is murder.

Nationally, the murder numbers/rate dropped from 16928/5.6 to 16272/5.4 from '07 to '08.

Illinois INCREASED from 752/5.9 to 790/6.1 . All due to the Brady Paradise of Chicago.

Chicago increased from 445/15.7 to 510 murders w/ a rate of 18/100k.

Dumping Chicago, Illinois would have seen a drop from 307/3.04 to 280 murders w/ a rate of 2.77.

Thanks Chicago. We're so glad to have you with us.

And so it begins....

MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. (WXYZ) - Michigan's movie bonanza continues. The remake of "Red Dawn" began shooting Friday night in one area neighborhood, creating lots of buzz and excitement.

Welcome to Spokane, Washington, where enemy soldiers have taken over. At least that's what will happen in the remake of "Red Dawn," the movie being shot in metro Detroit. Actually, the Spokane neighborhood is really Kendrick Street in Mount Clemens, which is now a huge movie set.

I'm not 100% sure what to think but I'm leaning towards expecting it to suck.

Weekend Wildlife Poll

So I've done this twice and have gotten some pretty neat shots of critters that frequent around where I live.

So should I continue posting these or just do it for my own amusement?

Take the poll.

Illinois Mayors against Guns II

As an update from the original post, Palatine, IL has been removed from the MAIG website however Waukegan and Evanston are still listed but w/ the former mayors. Requests for information have not been returned.

Here is the current info for Evanston:

MAYOR Elizabeth B. Tisdahl
2100 Ridge Ave., Rm 2500
Evanston, IL 60201
etisdahl@cityofevanston.org
847.866.2979 fax: 847.866.2978

As of this writing, the official Waukegan, Il site appears to be down but there is a possible contact for the current mayor here.

As always, be polite.

Info for IN and PA mayors available.

Weekend Wildlife

Church of The Duke and other fables.

Did you know there are shrines dedicated to John Wayne erected at gun shows across the US?

That is the claim of anecdotalist Gary Wintemute in his latest 'study'.

John Wayne is venerated at gun shows.(5-3)He seems to be considered a hero, not so much displayed as invoked (5-14).

They're right next to the pallets of copies of "Turner Diaries" that are sold out within minutes at 'many' shows.

That's right. "Many". Regularly, often, fixture, believed, presumably, suggests, primarily, generally, prominent, frequently and other such 'hard numbers' make this the definitive report on gun shows.

So if you 'regularly' attend gun shows, you're a racist, misogynist, red-neck, sheet-wearing Nazi. Nevermind the fact that most of the materials Wintemute calls into question can be found at gas stations, mall kiosks, flea markets and internet sites across America. That includes that bastion of right-wing fanaticism Amazon.com.

Another good one-liner:

Adolf Hitler's manifesto Mein Kampf is sold at gun shows in Arizona-always next to books by John Lott (6-19)

Think someone has a personal grudge? Check it out and add others that you find.




This post NOT bought and paid for by the Joyce Foundation (unlike the report).

The Internet is an Open Sore

Information needs to be filtered and vetted through 'Authorized Journalists' before it is released. Just as Dan Rather.

Quote of the Day

From a friend of mine of Middle Eastern descent, born and raised in the US:

"I'm not on a no Fly List, but I am "randomly selected" to have my carry-on bag searched for every flight I take. One day I think I'm just going to fill my bag with creamed corn just to see the look on their faces."

We Don't Need CCW in Nat'l Parks

They are Completely Safe.

Darwin Award Nominee

A 15-year-old Brooklyn boy shot himself in the penis Sunday after fumbling with a gun that had slid from his waistband, authorities said yesterday.

Obviously NY needs to strengthen its gun laws.

What I Did On My Labor Day Weekend

My friend who picked up his S&W last weekend came over for a day of putting lead downrange


While this wasn't his first time shooting, it was the first time he got to really have fun and experience various types of firearms.
He's hooked. Of course I wasn't going to be left out.
.The kids got a chance to practice w/ their Daisy Rifles, we grilled, and spent most of the day BS'ing about guns, politics. and life in general. I keep forgetting how much fun it is to turn expired cans/cups/jars of food into targets. Jello cups explode nicely when hit w/ a .22.

It was a good day.

Tomorrow back to the grind.

Labor Day Weekend in the Brady Paradise of Chicago

SUV fatally strikes fellow gang member during fight: police

11-year-old girl grazed in head by gunshot in Roseland

Four shot at South Side party

Man shot attending West Side bbq

Man found beaten to death behind South Side building

Baseball Player Shoots Coach At South Side Park

Man gunned down, killed in Grand Crossing

Little Village man stabbed to death in home

Man accused of stabbing 2 during card game

Man stabbed fatally on Southwest Side

Teen shot critically after altercation on Southwest Side

Not so Funny Funnies

Mike Peters, creater of the Mother Goose and Grimm comic, has apparently decided to inject some politics into the story line. All last week were hit pieces on the recent bill allowing CCW in some national parks. It's to bad that talented individuals like this can't keep different aspects of their life separate.

Since I don't feel like dealing w/ lawyers, the comics are here, starting at 8/31/09.

Crack in the Dam

Van Jones, one of Obama's (admitted) resident communist, truther, and racist, has resigned and the Obamabots are in a tizzy.

It couldn't be that Jones actually was a raving lunatic in his political beliefs, no, no, it's because anyone opposing Obama want to destroy the Earth with chemicals and can't stand the thought of a black man in office.

These are the same people who were digging through "Joe the Plumber's" trash and hacking into Palin's E-mail in order to find anything at all to discredit them. Now they're unhappy when the 'extremists' on the other side use the same tactics.

Magick Number 50

Remember how IANSA pushed a bill to only allow civilians to purchase 50 rnds/year in Brazil? It seems the legislators in California really liked that number with their own plan to restrict ammo.

Via NRA-ILA:

Sponsored by Assembly Member Kevin De Leon (D-45), AB962 would make it a crime to privately transfer more than 50 rounds of ammunition per month, even between family and friends, unless you are registered as a “handgun ammunition vendor” in the Department of Justice’s database. Ammunition retailers would have to be licensed and store ammunition in such a manner that it would be inaccessible to purchasers. The bill would also require that purchasers submit to fingerprinting, which would be kept in dealers' records and subject to inspection by the Department of Justice. Lastly, mail order ammunition sales would be prohibited.

Restrictions, licensing, registration, fingerprinting. None of which will stop a single crime by actual criminals.



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Why the Confusion on Assault Weapons II?

Because even those enforcing the law have no clue what they're talking about...


- Bushmaster AK-47, model XM15E2S, .223 caliber;
- Olympic Arms AR-15, .223 caliber;
- Llama, model 38 super, 38 caliber;
- Misa, model AD-47, .762 x 39 caliber; and
- Smith & Wesson, model .445 Super Mag, .45 caliber.

No surprise coming from the state that banned 'CM-55' and 'H-93' Assault Weapons.


Via Arms and the Law


Check out the NEW UM SIGNAL CORP patch.

I'm sorry

For all those who read my previous post, it was all a big joke.

My post and my reaction to any comments were for my own entertainment. Everything is false. Everything is wrong.

Fact is, I don't know of any failed marriages and everything is unicorn farts and marshmallow rainbows.

Those who score above the retard level in any IQ test can relate to my confession.

I was wrong and I was wrong and I was wrong to even post this fabrication to begin with.

Please forvive me, I was simply trying to do the right thing and got a bit side-tracked.

On a totally unrelated note, people who work in Human Resources have no sense of humor and have, what I can surmise, a large pool of bile where their brains should be.

If I see you in the unemplyment line, a simple head nod will suffice.

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Suck on it FBI/ATF, you can't properly translate a ground swell against you.

Like TommyGuns?

Kahr Arms/Auto Ordinance have a new forum.

Jumping on the Bandwagon

In an expansion of his 'study' on gun shows which uses the same methodology as "Up-skirt" photographers, anti-gun advocate Wintemute has decided to jump on the "Right Wing Extremist" bandwagon in order to try and get someone to pay attention to him.

How many arrests and/or convictions came from his last report on 'undocumented illegal gun transactions'?

How many will come from this one?

How many lawsuits is Wintemute now open to for potential libel and unauthorized use of people's images?

More from Tam and Uncle.

They're not after your guns. Really.

Why, the Brady Campaign says they only want 'reasonable, common-sense' gun regulations. Why even Rebecca Peters of IANSA states they're not a 'gun ban organization':

" Gun control, we’re not talking about banning all guns. We know that guns are not going to be banned outright, but “moderate gun control” means people who own guns should have to have a license. Guns should be registered. It means ensuring that certain categories of guns are not available to private citizens or to people who haven’t had particular training and who are not subject to military or official discipline.

and

"We recognise that hunting, for example, plays an important role in many cultures.

We recognise that target shooting is also a sport in many countries."

That's comforting. They're not after our guns. But wait. Rebecca also said this about target shooters and hunters in England:

“I’m sad for you. I suppose if you miss your sport, take up another sport. Take up a sport that does not require a weapon invented for the sole and specific purpose of killing another human being.”

We also all know what she said about what kind of 'hunting rifles' should be allowed.

Well those statements are pretty contradictory, aren't they? Maybe she just was confused. Let's take a look at the IANSA website to see what kind of 'common-sense' regulations' the do support.

Brazilian gun referendum approaches: a historic opportunity to make people safer from gun violence

Oh, well that's OK. We all want to make people safer. Let's read some more...

On 23 October 2005, Brazilians will be able to vote in a radical referendum that is without precedent in the world: to choose if civilians should be allowed to buy guns.

Wait a minute here. IANSA organized and supported a campaign to BAN ALL CIVILIAN SALES OF FIREARMS.

But that's not really a 'ban' right? You can still keep the ones you have (for now). You can just never sell, transfer, or effectively use it and it will be destroyed when you die or decide to get rid of it.

LEt's look at a few of the other measures that went along w/ the bill besides the referendum.

Obigatory National Firearms database
universal registration w/ renewals at least every three years
Demonstrated 'need' for a firearms.
Psychological tests.
'Competency' tests.
Ammo Serialization
Ammo limitations to 50 rnds/yr.
Ban on toy guns
Gun 'Buybacks'

Why those are the same kinds of laws the Brady Campaign wants passed here in the US.

But they're two distinct and separate organizations, right?

Right?

New UM Signal Corp Patches

The latest patch design in the series.


Ordering instructions and pricing here. There is also a full color design potentially in the works.

Why the Confusion on Assault Weapons?

Most of us are familiar w/ the oft cited statement by Josh Sugarman of the VPC:

"The weapons' menacing looks, coupled with the public's confusion over fully automatic machine guns versus semi-automatic assault weapons—anything that looks like a machine gun is assumed to be a machine gun—can only increase the chance of public support for restrictions on these weapons."

How is this confusion encouraged? Let's take a look at some campaign literature from Brady Campaign endorsed Illinois Representatives Kathy Ryg (now resigned) and Naomi Jakobsson (who also sponsored the local ammo encoding bill).

Assassinations? Legal in Illinois? Nope.

Terrorists? Armor-piercing firepower? Nice scary phrasing.
Military assault weapons? Wait. First it was "Assault Rifle". Why the change?

"Gun Show Loophole"? Of which there wasn't one since all legal sales in Illinois require the possession of a FOID card which IS a universal background check unless the police aren't doing their job.

Nice picture of a Browning M2 Machinegun and associated info. This has to do w/ the topic how? Oh, right, more intentional misdirection.


Hey, that looks a little different from the 'Sniper Rifle" pictured above. Of course the other gun, a real machine gun, is NOT legally available in Illinois. But what's a little dishonesty during a campaign right?
More of those scary words and Brady Campaign talking points.

So are people like these ignorant, confused, or deliberately lying to their constituency?

Either way, this is one of the ways that this myth is kept alive. Since the Brady Campaign endorsed these individuals, they are directly complicit in spreading these distortions which graphically puts into perspective their claims of only wanting 'reasonable common sense' laws.

Images provided by Ol' Coach from Illinois Carry. And as a note, these are not new but were sent out some time ago.

New Gun Owner

My buddy who bought the S&W 9mm picked up his new piece yesterday along w/ a holster and a list of accessories* for when he comes to my place next weekend to try it out. That is if he can wait that long and doesn't go to a range before then. He's picked up a variety of ammo to try out to see what works best for him. He's already talking about a .45 and a shotgun.

Methinks numerous toys are going to have to come out of the safe to celebrate Labor Day.



*Hearing protection, eye protection, cleaning kit, small safe, etc.

Cat + 1/4 Stick of Butter + closed room =

An unpleasant laundry experience.

Illinois Mayors Against Guns

As Bitter continues her series on MAIG Mayors and how some have either dropped out for political considerations or stated they'ld been misled on the goals of the organization, we all need to do our part in encouraging our own state's mayors to drop this albatross from their neck. Here is the list of Illinois members:

Mayor Richard Daley
Chicago, IL

Mayor Lorraine H. Morton
Evanston, IL

Mayor Henderson Yarbrough Sr.
Maywood, IL

Mayor Christopher Koos
Normal, IL

Mayor Rita L. Mullins
Palatine, IL

Mayor John A. Spring
Quincy, IL

Mayor Lawrence Morrissey
Rockford, IL

Mayor Richard H. Hyde
Waukegan, IL

Update: MAIG has not been updating their lists. Rita Mullins of Palatine was defeated by Jim Schwantz in the last election. The mayors of Waukegan and Evanston are also out of date. Requests have been sent for information.

Side splitting funny...

The Chicago-based Joyce Foundation, which lists gun violence as one of its six priority issues, chooses not to take sides in the debate over gun control."

How anyone could say that with a straight face is beyond me.

"What we are in favor of," spokesman Charlie Boesel said, "is a reduction in gun violence."The foundation offers grant money to groups looking to study the problem or with ideas on how to address it.

Uh huh, sure. Which is why they fund ONLY groups and papers that call for more bans and restrictions as well as denying contrary points to be presented at their 'symposiums'.

Another fabrication in the article:

Currently, several hand-gun bills are under consideration in the state legislature. One, for instance, mandates background checks in private gun sales, which currently don't require them.

That's what the FOID card is. Unless of course the Illinois State Police are failing in their duty as required by law to revoke those of people no longer eligible.

Then we have the Joyce Funded ICPGV selectively leaving out information on their e-mail alerts in order to distort facts. On HB-182 which was signed the other day:

a bill which would allow individuals to carry concealed weapons into other people's homes

What words did they leave out? "With Permission". Kind of an important distinction, don't you think? But that's the way the Joyce's want to solve 'gun violence', by not telling the truth.

The Zombie Constitution

With more than a year behind us since the Heller decision coupled with the more recent confirmation of Justice Sonya Sotomayor, I’ve noticed that Al Gore has generated a copious amount of debate over a “living” vs. “static” Constitution on his interweb tubes.

The general themes are that a living Constitution will continuously evolve to fit the society it currently resides in, ever changing to meet the needs(desires) of the times, whilst the static position is that the Constitution is set in stone and can not be changed without irreparable damage to the original substance on which our country was founded.

I call bullshit.

For those unfamiliar with the card game of the same name, it is a sultry 3-way orgy of poker, politics and a thin slice of “go fish” that would make a Fugu chef quite proud.

A “living Constitution”, in which our Fundamental Rights are subjected to winning a popularity contest protects absolutely nothing and reduces a Fundamental Right to the lowly status of a government approved privilege.

A “static Constitution” locks us into a pigeon hole for which there is no escape from the wisdom of dead people.

All too often we envision, manufacture and then succumb to our own constructions. These are not the only options before us.

In fact, there’s only one option which incorporates the other two AND keeps the spirit of the original alive.

The Zombie Constitution!

Half dead, half alive…………..always present.

I can smell your brains!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry, that was supposed to be an acknowledgement of your advanced critical thinking and logic skills but it came out sounding a bit creepy.

The main idea is that our Founding Fathers were brilliant people who did their utmost best to forge a document that, in their minds at the time, would ensure that their children and their children’s children would live free from the British Crown.

We have added to the original Bill of Rights which has granted more freedoms to more people. We have expanded freedoms to those we formally held as property and to those who bore our children; the very inheritors we wished to enjoy the freedoms hard fought through blood, sweat and toil.

A “living Constitution” is all unicorn farts and marshmallow rainbows when WE ADD TO IT the freedom our Forefathers envisioned for themselves.

A “static Constitution” would hold us back and shackle us to the days of slavery and an absence of women‘s suffrage(That‘s the Right to vote for any antis who might read this).

So let us embrace the position that as long as we expand freedoms, the Constitution is a living document. If anyone or any organization wishes to restrict or edit items out of the original document, well that's a different story.

After all that serious crap, what would the Founders think of modern society? What if they were still alive and wished to communicate their original intent to our current society?

enjoy...

Damn that looks good

KFC is now offering a "sandwich" which consists of bacon, two kinds of cheeses and sauce between two pieces of fried chicken.

Rabid Membership

That's what Paul Helmke considers the 4 million people in the NRA.

“I think the gun lobby is starting to lose its clout,” Helmke said.

Which explains why there's no new AWB, Nat'l Park Carry, Heller, etc. He only wishes he had anywhere near as many 'rabid' members.

Illinois Two-fer

According to NRA lobbyist Todd Vandermyde, Quinn, the Governor of Illinois signed both HB-3714 and HB-182 into law today.

HB-3714 retracts the requirement for minor, non-violent misdemeanors to be action for removal of firearms while on probation.

HB-182 decriminalizes the use of a defensive firearm in a location where you have been invited.

While minor in most states, these are both significant steps in Illinois.

Give them what they want and they won't hurt you.

A former lawyer and firearm rights advocate who befriended an ex-con was murdered by him so the con could steal the lawyers gun collection.

"They forced the victim upstairs, covering his face with a jacket, and forced him onto a bed," the prosecutor said. "It was Bratcher who held the back of the victim's head into a cushion on the bed and smothered him."

Now according to anti-gun advocates like Mikeb, it is Mr. Kuhn's, the victim, own fault as well as the fault of all firearm owners for this murder.

Richard Pearson, executive director of the Illinois State Rifle Association, said Kuhn was passionate about gun safety. Kuhn served as the group's executive vice president and was a legal adviser and a director for 25 years. He was a trainer, range master, and hunter safety instructor.

I'm a 'Brownshirt' and Proud of it.

At least I was until they switched it to a 'Tanshirt'.

It's OK for 'Them'...

Via Another Gun Blog comes this wonderful quote by Obama:

"I want you to argue with them and get in their face,"

But if you're doing it while not supporting the Obamessiah, you're an UnAmerican extreme racist right-wing terrorist tea-bagging fascist.

What an Incestuous Web We Weave.....

Most of us are well aware of how intertwined gun control advocacy is with organizations being funded by the same groups that fund the reports they cite.

What isn't quite as clear is how close the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) have become in the recent spate of reports that have surfaced this year.

First off we have the (now retracted) "Strategic Report on the Modern Militia" from the Missouri Information Analysis Center (MIAC) that was leaked to the public. MIAC is a 'Fusion Center' of the DHS. This was the report that specifically named Ron Paul and Bob Barr supporters as potential terrorists. It cites information from the SPLC.

Then we had the "Domestic Extremism Lexicon" from the DHS that named bloggers who disagree with the mainstream media as extremists.

Then the DHS released the "Rightwing Extremism" paper that, while supposedly a companion peice to the 'Leftwing Extremism' paper, was so broad as to include pretty much anyone who considered themselves 'conservative' or 'rightwing'. It also directly quoted a SPLC report from 2006 (without naming them) pointing 'domestic terrorist' fingers at military personnel. At least one other mention of a 'prominent civil rights organization' is a reference to another SPLC report. According to blogger BVBL, a FOIA request to the DHS on the report was responded to w/ numerous links to the SPLC and the Anti-Defamation League (ADL, who also heavily influenced the MIAC paper).

Just recently the SPLC released their own report, "The Second Wave", that cites the DHS paper stating "that suggested a resurgence of radical right-wing activity was under way." among numerous other references. It also numerous 'Lexicon' terminologies in the same format.

Hmm. Where could they possibly have gotten that idea from?

What short memories we have.

Sorry I haven't posted in a while but I've had some home projects chewing up time.

I'm going to try and post something this weekend aligned with my original theme but I just wanted to share a collection of death threats against a former resident of the White House which failed to garmer much attention from the MSM.

Seen here.

I'ld Forget My Own Head

I've been maintaining the trailer for two years now as of last week.

1856 posts with 293,000 pageviews and 196,000 visits by 83,000 vistors later, it's still going strong.

Paul Helmke Responds to the White House

WAAAAAAAAH!

MAIG Defection

Via War on Guns, we learn that the Buckeye Firearms Assoc. has encouraged Mayor Marlene Anielski to quit Bloomberg's anti-gun organization.

From the letter:

Mayor, you and your coalition of allies have misrepresented yourselves to the mayors of America and its citizens. This effort is simply another attempt to shift blame for violent crime from criminals to law-abiding gun owners. This is gun control, not crime prevention. These tactics do not target illegal guns, but rather honest citizens and lawful dealers, essentially criminalizing all gun ownership. This coalition makes no distinction whatsoever between law-abiding gun owners and violent criminals.

Bitter over at SIH has recently done a multi-post series on efforts along these lines for PA.

One Mayor at a time.

Guns at Protests? Not the First Time

Via Newsbusters

we saw at the Texas Republican Convention members of a group called the New Black Panther Party carrying guns on the streets of Houston, protesting the Republican Convention.

And you know what? It's perfectly legal. Welcome to George Bush's America, right, Farai?

Just like w/ the "Obama Joker" poster, the whole situation is nothing more than the attempts to generate controversy and hysteria.

Suicide by Cop: Godfather Edition

How many rounds does it require to take down a single individual who allegedly threatened police?

Apparently it takes 6 firearms being emptied. 59 shots w/ 43 hits.

But here's the real 'money shot':

"We are saying that our people did what we trained them to do," the police chief said.

At least their hit count was higher than normal.

Just another weekend in "Gun Free" Chicago..

Three wounded in Uptown shooting

About 4:50 a.m., three males, whose ages were not available, were in a vehicle traveling through an alley

Hmm. Nothing suspicious there.

Man critical after shot in head in Pilsen

About 12:25 a.m., a man in his 30s was shot in the head

Man shot and critically injured in Bronzeville 2:25am

Man critically injured after Lawndale shooting

2 shot in East Chatham neighborhood

Man shot in back on South Side dies

And not this weekend but it continues the theme of nighttime:

Man upset over breakup charged in deadly rampage

A man upset over a breakup with his girlfriend decided to vent his rage by randomly shooting two innocent people in the back of the head before police arrested him in the middle of a separate robbery

Good thing they had that gun turn in or it could have been REALLY bad. It's obviously the fault of Racist Right Wing Militia Extremists flooding into the city.

Paul Helmke lies...

In other news, scientists discover water is wet.

"There is still time for Congress and the president to take steps to keep loaded firearms away from the valleys of Yellowstone, the cliffs of Yosemite, and the Statue of Liberty -- but they need to act quickly," said Paul Helmke, president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence.

So who wants to point out the blatant inaccuracies in this statement?

How New York City reduces crime...

By fining kids selling lemonade.

Three sourpuss Parks Department agents put the squeeze on a 10-year-old girl in Riverside Park yesterday, slapping the tyke with a $50 ticket for hawking lemonade without a permit.

The parks commissioner gets points for having enough sense to overturn the idiocy of his officers.