March 2009

We’re the Only Ones Planting Enough

by David Codrea March 31, 2009 The War on Guns

Suit alleges Minneapolis cops planted gun by man they killedFong Lee’s family claims police had recovered the same gun in a burglary years before. [More]I’m trying to square that with Sgt. Garcia’s (!) “good tactics and excellent officer survival skill…

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Two Exclusive New Series Launch on The Sportsman Channel

by AmmoLand March 31, 2009 AmmoLand

Two Exclusive New Series Launch on The Sportsman Channel

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We’re the Only Ones Taxing Enough

by David Codrea March 31, 2009 The War on Guns

An Internal Revenue Service agent who audits taxpayers in California has agreed to plead guilty to cheating on his own taxes. [More]I guess this “Only One” proves there really is no honor among thieves.[Via Avg Joe]

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How Do You Say…

by David Codrea March 31, 2009 The War on Guns

…”damned American gun shows” in Bosnian…?Where else would he have gotten a working anti-tank missile launcher and machine gun? [More][Via Brian F]

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We’re the Only Ones Going to the Dogs Enough

by David Codrea March 31, 2009 The War on Guns

The apparent police vendetta against dogs continues. This time, officers in Buffalo, New York, stormed into a home during the course of a search for drugs, gunned the dogs down in front of the family, and then left without making any arrests. [More]Wha…

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SAF Sues Holder for Rights Violations

by Dustin March 31, 2009 Dustin's Gun Blog

From SAF:SAF SUES ERIC HOLDER OVER GUN RIGHTS OF NON-RESIDENT AMERICAN CITIZENS
For Immediate Release:   3/30/2009
BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation has filed a lawsuit in U.S. District…

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Meanwhile, Across the Pond in Sarah Brady Paradise

by David Codrea March 31, 2009 The War on Guns

‘Tempers were running high but the police were saying we have to wait for the fire brigade because of health and safety rules.’He added: ‘When a family is burning to death in front of your eyes, rules should go out of the window – especially when child…

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Political Commentary: “60 Days, 64 Mistakes” by our new president

by dchandguninfo: The Premier DC Handgun Info Blog March 31, 2009 DC Handgun Info


(This is just one of the awful paintings of Pres. Obama found here) 
If you’re an big fan of President Obama, you may want to skip this article. 

Blogs are the best.
Where else could you read a huge roundup of President Obama’s mistakes? The press and the political left slammed George W. Bush nonstop for his policies and infamous speech gaffes, but let’s look at the new Commander in Chief’s accomplishments, chronicled by Don Surber at his blog:

This started out as 52 days, 52 mistakes. 

[...]

The new updated list, again in no particular order.

1. Most expensive inauguration. Ever.
2. Appointing
tax cheat Tim Geithner.
3. Appointing
under investigation Bill Richardson.
4. Appointing
tax cheat Tom Daschle.
5. Appointing Marc Rich and terrorist pardoning
Eric “Nation of Cowards” Holder.
6. Appointing
Janet “Man Caused Disasters” Napolitano.
7. Appointing
Hilda Solis (OK, her husband has the tax liens).
8. Appointing
anti-Semitic Charles Freeman Jr.
9. Appointing
tax cheat Ron Kirk.
10. Appointing
fund-raising cheat Gary Locke.
11. Appointing
under investigation Adolfo Carrion.
12.
Bumping his head on the Marine One helicopter.
13.
Banning offshore oil again.
14.
Funding abortions overseas.
15.
Using the word “crisis” 25 times in a speech, then later complaining that people are too negative about the economy.
16.
Letting Nancy Pelosi write the $787 billion “stimulus’ plan.
17. Relying on
Tim Geithner to explain it.
18.
Putting Joe Biden in charge of making sure the stimulus money is not — wink, wink, nudge, nudge — misspent.
19. Setting the
Oval Office thermostat at 80.
20.
Going to a press conference without a TelePrompTer. I… Uhh… Umm… Could you repeat the question?
21.
Using a TelePrompTer at a press conference. Big boys don’t need training wheels.
22. Opening a press conference with:
“Good evening, everybody. Please be seated. Before I take your questions tonight, I’d like to speak briefly.” 1,228 words later he took his first question.
23.
Ethics waivers.
24.
Going after Rush Limbaugh.
25.
Going after Rick Santelli.
26.
Going after Jim Cramer.
27.
Trying to run the Census out of the White House.
28. Adopting the motto:
“Never waste a good crisis.”
29. Writing a
love letter to Vlad and Dmitry.
30.
Throwing Poland under the bus.
31.
Throwing Tibet under the bus.
32.
Throwing Israel under the bus.
33.
Taking Cuba out from under the bus.
34.
Ticking off Switzerland by having his tax cheat go after the tax cheats in Switzerland. Cognitive dissonance.
35. Saying:
“Karzai has a bunker mentality.”
36.
Reaching out to the Taliban.
37.
Iran has plans to Marine One helicopters.
38. Explaining his refusal to work with Republicans with the words:
“I won.”
39.
Having a BlackBerry that can easily be hacked by the Chinese.
40. Saying to the people of Peoria: “If Congress passes our plan, this company will be able to rehire some of the folks who were just laid off.”
CEO: No. There will be more layoffs.
41.
He gave a gift to the “wrong region” to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
42.
Making the president of Brazil change his meeting so O’Bama could celebrate St. Patrick’s Day.
43. Telling the American people: “You can’t take a trip to Las Vegas or go down to the Super Bowl on the taxpayers’ dime.”
Vegas convention bookings nosedive.
44.
Serving $100-a-pound wagyu — on the taxpayers’ dime.
45. Sending a “reset” button to Russia, presumably to diss the last 70 years of America standing up to communism.
46.
Having the “reset” button say “overcharged.”
47.
Taking a 4-day holiday weekend before signing “emergency” legislation.
48.
Stiffing Chicago for nearly $2 million for that Election Night party.
49. Telling Caroline Kennedy she would, you know, make, um a good, you know, senator.
50.
Bombing Pakistan.
51.
Sending the bust of Sir Winston Churchill back to the British.
52. Telling reporters privately:
“President Obama has accomplished more in 30 days than any president in modern history.”
53.
Walking into a White House window thinking it was a door.
54.
Signing an order that doctors must perform abortions, in violation of the Hippocratic Oath.
55.
Signing earmarks while denouncing them.
56.
Adding signing statements while denouncing them.
57.
Quadrupling the deficits, while denouncing them.
58.
Considering having the VA charge veterans for service-related injuries.
59.
Thanking himself in a Teleprompter malfunction.
60.
Heckuva job, Tim.
61.
Trade war with Mexico over 97 trucks.
62.
Saying his bowling is “like the Special Olympics.”
63.
Saying he didn’t know the AIG bonuses were included in the bailout package he signed.
64.
Banning the press from covering his acceptance of a press association award.

UPDATED (Day 63): 65.  Skipping the Gridiron Club dinner.

66. Picking a special economics board to help him in the “emergency” that did not meet.

++++++++++

He and Rahm Emmanuel don’t like to waste a crisis… Looks like we’ll be seeing a lot more crises in the next four years. Hang onto your wallets, ladies and gentlemen.

Next blog post: The end of the world, courtesy of our friendly sun?

President Obama and Attorney General Holder’s Nightmare:

AR-15-type semi-auto rifles for sale (with accessory stocks, scopes/optics, and camouflage) in the U.S. (photo courtesy of
gun banners Freedom States Alliance).

In case you didn’t know, the AR-15 rifle is currently the most popular rifle in the U.S. right now. It is made by many U.S. manufacturers (Armalite, Bushmaster, Colt, Remington, DPMS, and up to 10 more(?). The vast majority of these rifles are semi-automatic only, i.e., you pull the trigger for one shot. These rifles are NOT easily converted to fully automatic fire, despite the many lies you have heard on TV, or read on the Internet. Federal laws have restricted their ownership and transfer since the 1930s. Much of what you read and hear in the major media is LIES about guns.
 
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A Public/Private Partnership

by David Codrea March 31, 2009 The War on Guns

The new legislation, the “Pay for Performance Act of 2009,” would impose government controls on the pay of all employees — not just top executives — of companies that have received a capital investment from the U.S. government. It would, like the tax…

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Stunning Claudia

by David Codrea March 31, 2009 The War on Guns

I am stunned this game should ever have been allowed to have been made. [More]And that tells me all I want to know about you and your anti-human mindset, Claudia Webbe.Perhaps some day you will be truly stunned, and for one fleeting instant realize how…

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You might be are a redneck if…

by Tam March 31, 2009 View from the Porch

You think that this is a classy way to display your unpretentious yet impertinent little Modesto green-apple flavored white from that famous vintage, the second week of January:(Detailed! Hand Painted!)

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NIVISYS Industries NSV-80 Clip-On Night Vision Unit

by AmmoLand March 31, 2009 AmmoLand

NIVISYS Industries NSV-80 Clip-On Night Vision Unit

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Bans Won’t Stop Violence But Gun Haters Propose Them Anyway

by David Codrea March 31, 2009 The War on Guns

The writer knows what he’s proposing would not have stopped the Oakland killings. And he admits the “assault weapon” ban he demands as a direct result will not stop future killings.He admits it.[More]Today’s Gun Rights Examiner column asks what kind of…

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This Day in History: March 31

by David Codrea March 31, 2009 The War on Guns

A Captain [Deshields] who escaped from New York on Saturday Evening and who arrived here this Morning informs, that about three thousand Troops (British and Hessian) were embarked from the City and Staten Island when he came away. It was generally sa…

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Florida, Outside the Fence

by Rustmeister March 31, 2009 Rustmeister's Alehouse

Regulators Force a “Good Neighbor” out of Florida On January 27, State Farm Florida Insurance Company, the largest provider of homeowners insurance in the Sunshine State, gave formal notice to the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) that …

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OTIS Technology Sportsman’s Cleaning Mat

by AmmoLand March 31, 2009 AmmoLand

OTIS Technology Sportsman’s Cleaning Mat

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OTIS Technology Brass Scraper Tool Set

by AmmoLand March 31, 2009 AmmoLand

OTIS Technology Brass Scraper Tool Set

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OTIS 244 Lens Cleaning Micro Kit

by AmmoLand March 31, 2009 AmmoLand

OTIS 244 Lens Cleaning Micro Kit

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Bans won’t stop violence but gun haters propose them anyway

by Gun Rights Examiner March 31, 2009 Gun Rights Examiner

Courtesy Oleg Volk, A Human Right We’ve already talked about the late, unlamented Lovell Mixon, and how he broke every law in the book. Well, I guess I’d better correct myself. He’s not completely unlamented. To some, he’s a hero and a martyr. It s…

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Mythbusters…

by Tam March 31, 2009 View from the Porch

How many times have you boxed your own ears in annoyance at hearing some newsdroid, who barely knows from which end the bullet emerges, mouth the words “easily converted” in relation to semiautomatic weapons?(That is, of course, when they even bother t…

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Update on Proposed Tennessee Gun Laws

by Rustmeister March 31, 2009 Rustmeister's Alehouse

Via email. Go here for more detail (emphasis mine):Senate Joint Resolution 30, sponsored by State Senator Doug Jackson (R- 25), proposes an amendment to the Tennessee Constitution recognizing citizens’ right to hunt and fish. … SJR 30 has passed o…

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I haven’t laughed so hard in years…

by Tam March 31, 2009 View from the Porch

The picture of the guy in chainmail chucking rocks at a therapod is just made of win.If you actually believe there were tyrannosaurs roaming loose in Europe or the Near East in historical times, please send me your debit card number and PIN code, becau…

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47 Gun Bills

by SayUncle March 31, 2009 SayUncle

That’s how many have been introduced in TN this year, per Chas Sisk.
One of them is a bill to allow those with handgun carry permits to carry on college campuses, to which insty says:
I?m for it, though I?d extend permission to licensed students. As I?ve noted before, I have a number of students with [...]

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Government err General Motors

by SayUncle March 31, 2009 SayUncle

Corker is not too happy:
This is a marked departure from the past, truly breathtaking, and should send a chill through all Americans who believe in free enterprise. I worry that in one fell swoop we’ve lost our moral high ground throughout the global community as it relates to chastising other countries that use strong-arm tactics [...]

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Mystery Solved?

by SayUncle March 31, 2009 SayUncle

I missed it in the post below but it should be noted that the press is now reporting that the unnamed assault weapon used in the Oakland shooting was an SKS. Which was a weapon not covered by the Assault Weapons Ban. And in California, the SKS is banned unless the grenade launcher attachment is [...]

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Contact Delegates and State Senators

by VSSA President March 31, 2009 Virginia Shooting Sports Assoc.

Governor Kaine decided to verify his anti-rights creds last Friday when he vetoed all of the significant pro-gun bills that passed the General Assembly. What’s worse – he, or his staff apparently had no clue what the bulk of the bills actually do. Now …

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More Mexican Gun Lies

by SayUncle March 31, 2009 SayUncle

Claim: It is estimated that at least 90% of the guns used by the Mexican drug trafficking organisations have come from the US.
But, of course, the truth is a bit different.
A source of the guns used by the cartels in Mexico is the US. But not gun shows:
The deadliest of the weapons now in the [...]

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You’re doing it wrong

by SayUncle March 31, 2009 SayUncle

PETA kils 95% of adoptable pets in its care.

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Assault Weapons Myth

by SayUncle March 31, 2009 SayUncle

Gun myths ? The “easy” conversion to full auto. Yeah, that’s the canard that people spread around: that those darn assault weapons are easy to convert. It’s not true. Also, if a gun is readily convertible the law considers it a machine gun and it is illegal.
However, some semi-auto rifles that were not classified as [...]

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TSRA Mid-Range Championship

by SayUncle March 31, 2009 SayUncle

Pics from Robert

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Logic

by SayUncle March 31, 2009 SayUncle

RF: The San Jose Mercury is calling for a national assault weapon ban because a criminal did not use an assault weapon during the commission of a crime.

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Anatomy of a gun malfunction

by SayUncle March 31, 2009 SayUncle

Sometimes, they cause you to rethink things.

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Notice what’s missing

by SayUncle March 31, 2009 SayUncle

Amanda Ruggeri of US News and World Report notes 10 winning industries in the recession. Guess what’s not there.
What media bias against guns?

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You can have my Dasani when you pry it from my cold, dead hands

by SayUncle March 31, 2009 SayUncle

Anti-gunner now wants to ban bottled water. I guess I don’t get it. My first reaction to something is not to ban it. Probably why I’m not a politician.

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SAF Sues Holder

by SayUncle March 31, 2009 SayUncle

Interesting case:
SAF is joined by two natural-born citizens, Maxwell Hodgkins and Stephen Dearth, who have been denied the opportunity to buy firearms because they do not currently reside in the United States. Hodgkins currently lives in the United Kingdom, and Dearth is a resident of Canada.
The lawsuit [...]

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