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Well, Chicago has a long history of gangland killings. I suppose they have a reputation to maintain.

The man is a rampant fool, but has pacticed the art of deception and seems qualified enough to fool almost half of the US into voting or him.
The bible warns in the last days of "evil men and seducers waxing worse and worse" "deceiving and being deceived".Unfortunatly
you have to able to think rationally not to gobble up his, and the liberal lefts lies, who are hell bent on keeping people deceived, and beleiving his dribble, and the people are obliging by soaking up this crap, and seem willing to throw this great country on the garbage heap.
Thanks for your voice of sanity and the opportunity to try and spead some sanity.
Regards, - Conservative Republican

Hawaii ranks right down there as the state with some of the most unconstitutional gun laws. Right to carry is virtually non-existant. Hawaii ranks right down there as the state with some of the most unconstitutional gun laws. Right to carry is virtually non-existent. Citizens can only obtain a permit to carry with the approval of the chief of police. The Honolulu police chief only issues to active police officers…and with the passage of a recent law…to retired police officers. Despite Federal and the state constitutions to the contrary and the innate right of people to defend themselves, officials in this state insist that because we have lowest violent crime rate in the nation, law-abiding citizens do not need to carry guns. These officials continue to rely on these statistics in spite of the daily violent attacks by armed criminals on innocent victims. An HPD major seriously thought that I should be willing to surrender my rights in exchange for Hawaii’s so-called security. HPD apparently has not read what our founding fathers had to say about surrendering rights.
Almost as bad as not allowing citizens to bear arms is the bureaucracy Hawaii has put in place to discourage citizens from purchasing handguns. First, a prospective gun owner must take and pass a gun-safety class and obtain appropriate authentication papers that are needed each time he or she want to obtain a gun. When purchasing a gun at a store, the prospective owner must pay for the gun and fill out a ream of paperwork. Next a trip to the main police station on the island is needed to file this paperwork with the police and fill out another ream of paper and then wait 14 days for a background check. Then the owner goes back to the police station to obtain a permit to take possession of the gun. (The permit must be retrieved within a few days after it is issued or the process is restarted.) After obtaining the permit, the owner must drive to the store to pick up the gun . (Again the state imposes a time limit between picking up the permit and picking up the gun.) Finally, its back to the same police station to register the gun and fill out more paper work…this step must be done within 75 hours of picking up the gun. In case you lost track, you must make two trips to the gun store and three trips to the main police stations EVERY time you purchase a hand gun. Besides the needless bureaucracy, I really resent having to register my firearms…look what happened to registered guns in New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

Like, so Skynet can keep track of us?

From his "Urban Policy" Page:

Address Gun Violence in Cities: As president, Barack Obama would repeal the Tiahrt Amendment, which restricts the ability of local law enforcement to access important gun trace information, and give police officers across the nation the tools they need to solve gun crimes and fight the illegal arms trade. Obama also favors commonsense measures that respect the Second Amendment rights of gun owners, while keeping guns away from children and from criminals who shouldn't have them. He supports closing the gun show loophole and making guns in this country childproof. He also supports making the expired federal Assault Weapons Ban permanent, as such weapons belong on foreign battlefields and not on our streets."

[URL="http://www.barackobama.com/issues/urbanpolicy/#crime-and-law-enforcement"]Barack Obama and Joe Biden: The Change We Need | UrbanPolicy[/URL]

This is the same case that opened up the "reasonable regulations" loophole (thanks, Antonin) that allows for firearms registration, owner licensing, banning semiautomatic weapons, magazine capacity restrictions, restrictions on carrying, etc.

It doesn't sound like much of a victory to me.

And we wonder why Indians don't want white men on their land with guns. Would you want to arm criminals and let them on your land?

ChiComs? What are you talking about?

The Chinese are more capitalist than we Americans are. The "ChiComs" have practically no welfare state, no environmental or architectural standards to speak of, a low minimum wage, and more than 70% of Chinese support the concept of a capitalist economy.

MR. CORWIN, AM I LEGAL TO CARRY A GUN IN MY CAR GOING BACK AND FORTH TO WORK OR TO THE MALL AND GROCERY STORE. I DO NOT HAVE A CCL

THANKS M M

As many as 6000 shooters from across the United States will step up to the firing lines at Camp Perry in Ohio over the next six weeks during the 101st edition of The National Rifle and Pistol Championships
The NRA sponsors the actual Rifle and Pistol Matches and the CMP, a quasi-government organization, sponsors the concurrent Trophy Matches, many of which focus on military service competition. Together the events are called the National Matches.THIS 6000 SHOOTERS WHO COMPETE DURING JULY AND AUGUST!

This is something else that needs to be addressed with the God-given "Tar and Feathers" defense. It's long, and, I hate that, but you pushed the "Don't Push This" Button.

Jonathan Garthwaite of "Townhall.com," an activist ex-smoker had a petition drive in motion to expand Non-smoking areas, in a vain attempt to protect children from Second Hand Smoke. He no more than started when he received a startling Email from a CDC Researcher. Effectively, it said, "Don't do that, the Second Hand Smoking Study never existed."

The researcher included his phone number in the Email, and, begged Mr. Garthwaite to contact him. Mr Garthwaite made several phone calls and applied other methods confirming that the Researcher really was a Scientist at CDC and his specialty was Lung Diseases. He discovered that his informant had been assigned the duty of re-doing the original study, yet, when the Researcher called the other CDC Researchers who 'supposedly' did the original study, he found a dry hole.

His Emails went unanswered, and, when he contacted them by phone he got an extraordinary response. First he was haughtily informed that the Data was CDC Proprietary Data, and, he would not be allowed to see it. When he proved his credentials, and, said, "I'm allowed to look at CDC Data," he was told that it was actually Government Property classified "Top Secret."

He replied, "I'm cleared two levels above Top Secret, go ahead and send me the Data, I'm allowed to look at it."

This resulted in a runaround, leading to the Director of that department, who ran down the same road several times, then, simply quit answering calls or Emails.

The Researcher went to his Director and asked his advice in forcing the release of the Data, and, was told to take them to court. He won at every level, all the way to the Supreme Court of Virgina, where the Court ordered them to hand over everything they had. What he received was a series of Emails among virulent non-smokers, filled with ad hominem attacks on smokers. They defined a plan to get money from Congress to do 'a' study (which they were sure was not needed), while planning to use the funds to do a series of Advertising Videos to sell Second Hand Smoke to the American People as a "Health Hazard. A 'study' was no part of the plan.

In other words, they stole money from the People, to commit tyranny against the People. Now, all across America (and migrating across the world) young Parents, Grandparents, Neighbors, and total strangers are being persecuted and even prosecuted for something that has now been proven false, based on a "Study" that never existed.

There have been four studies (to my knowledge) since the Courts decision, the first by the Researcher who filed the suit, and, three checking his data. The results have been exactly Zero chemicals found in the lungs or body of anyone, with one small exception that only affected babies from birth to 18 months, when the chemical vanished from the body...in only one study.

The original researcher found trace amounts of a chemical whose name starts with a C, and, added a small note box at the bottom of the page, "Note - this chemical can be found in Cigarettes, but, may have other natural sources, and, has never been shown to be harmful to the human body."

It is a clear and well defined case of Conspiracy to Commit Tyranny, with money stolen from the public Treasure.

Please contact Jonathan Garthwaite of Townhall.com for confirmation.

I've got a problem with this whold fiasco in DC. It's blatantly obvious (fits all the parameters) that Mayor Fenty, Chief Cathy Lanier, and, their 'Gang' are involved in a mind-blowing "Conspiracy to Commit Tyranny."

What is the matter with us, that we don't jump all over this, and, invoke the "Tar and Feathers" remedy that God invented for such purposes.

I'm trapped in Iraq, unable to do anything but bitch long distance, but, surely the People of DC can see this, and, understand the urgent need to stomp on it while there is still time.

It's funny how these "anti-violence" groups like Brady focus on one thing - guns. Have they (or anyone else) noticed the current issue in England with knife attacks?

There's already a "pledge" to stop knife violence (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/coventry_warwickshire/7515994.stm) in one English town. Will knife control follow?

After, you can walk into any number of open establishments and face grave bodily threat from an instrument of violence (and it's only purpose is to kill) everyday in this country! I'm talking, of course, about the free availability of knives on every table in any given restaurant. Why hasn't the media seized on this? We're all in danger any time we visit our favorite restaurant unless they use plastic utensils - but they can be dangerous too.

Knives are intended for one thing and that's to kill (or slice or carve, ...). When will this knife violence end? Only law enforcement personnel should have access to knives and even that would be after extensive training.

I'm sorry, I just couldn't help myself in trying on the anti-{insert weapon name here} cloak of stupidity. The cloak is addictive but results in an immediate decline in intelligence, a defiance for logic, and a need to strip legitimate citizens of their rights simply because you think it's your job to save everyone else.

My point was that even in England where gun ownership is non-existent the criminal element will always find a weapon.

Alan,

I've been looking at Article 23 of the Texas RKBA, and, the last phrase is unconstitutional because it is based on a False Premise: "...with a view to prevent Crime."

In the history of the world, not one Law has prevented a single determined Criminal from committing 'a' crime with whatever weapon he was able to obtain.

The only thing this phrase has been used for is to prevent Law Abiding Citizens from bearing arms for their defense. In Texas, since they passed the Concealed Handgun Law it has been trumpeted as the only legal way to bear Arms, leaving those of us who refuse to participate in a "Rent-a-Privilege" scheme no recourse except to bow before armed criminals, or, break the Law.

I think it is time to challenge every RKBA in America that uses the phrase, "...with a view to prevent (or, control) Crime." It's an open door to Infringement.

Exellent piece, Alan. I cant wait for the "Volume II" book!

None of the above... it's clear-cut "PROFILING". Just the way I like it.

Racist? Or Racial?
It does not matter to me what they call me , They will not stop me from saying what I want to say. It's my Right!

I would love to go shooting in the AZ desert, but I'm concerned about the laws and the safety of the location I would find. If anyone knows of some areas that are safe and legal, please email me.

Thanks,
Jason
jsns1965(at)hotmail(dot)com

Test: The Spartans march at dawn.

Test 5/17/08.

There's plenty of oil, we just need to drill for it and refine it. Also expand nuclear, wind, sun and hemp fuel.
Can't anybody talk some sense into McCain and Obama about how temperatures rise first, and THEN carbon-dioxide levels rise. Carbon-dioxide doesn't cause warming, warming causes CO2 levels to rise.
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absurd thought -
God of the Universe says
humans' breath is poison

just one child hurts the world
worse than a jet engine

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absurd thought -
God of the Universe says
keep people all worked up

about global warming
despite inconvenient facts

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google: The Great Global Warming Scam Movie

lulu.com/USpace

:)
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Barack Hussein Obama sings his song and dance, ‘I have no intention of taking away folks’ guns but, I support the D.C. gun ban AND I believe it’s constitutional.’ Obama also wants to ban all semi-auto firearms.

BTW, how does ASHA, a (501) C(3) endorse a candidate and not lose it’s C(3) non-profit status!?

Gun Ban = Obama & American Hunters & Shooters Assoc
http://conservativesuperiority.com/page/3/

I recognize that our government is charged with the protection of the lives of U.S. citizens who are taxed to support burrocrats who swore to uphold our constitution and defend our borders. I was there one day not long ago when border runners refused to stop when the Border Patrol tried to catch the lawbreaking invaders under code three conditions. The truck/camper full of "illegals" went out of control at the intersection a few yards east of the Fort Huachuca gate...crossed the median and collided with a vehicle occupied by two elderly U.S. citizens. I didn't think of asking the elderly victims for their opinions on border protection right then but...even if I were allowed to interview them...they were in no condition to share their opinion of their government's criminal & willful failure to secure our border and prevent drug dealers, child molesters, murderers, thieves, terrorists and other uninvited criminals intent on causing all types of harm to the legal inhabitants of this land...from illegally entering our sovereign nation. The elderly occupants who paid taxes all their lives to the burrocrats who swore to protect their lives and defend our borders so bad invaders could not come here and harm them...were dead at the scene. Their marriage and lives ended in a horrific crushing of the life from their frail bodies by a "coyote" out to make an evil living by transporting invaders coming here to harm our health, both literally and by destroying our health care system, by lowering wages a U.S. taxpayor cannot afford to work for while paying taxes to those burrocrats sworn to protect the lives of U.S. taxpayors, by stealing from our communities the taxpayor subsidized benefits available to those that have earned them, molesting our children, distributing illegal drugs to our children, overwhelming our communities by over-breeding with the goal of breeding out the gringos, to destroy this great nation by bringing their way of life here...a way of life that they are fleeing from in their own corrupt countries. Since the elderly couple cannot respond, I would like to interview the prominent burrocrats first by showing them a picture of them as they placed their hands on the holy scriptures while swearing before god and man to protect and defend this nation of people from foreign invaders then, after they acknowledged they wewre in the picture as they swore to uphold and defend the people of this land...I will show them a picture of the mangled vehicle with the two dead elderly citizens in it, killed by the very invaders the burrocrat swore to protect them from and ask the burrocrat if the burrocrat can name any of the thousands of U.S. citizens that are dying annually at the hands of the invaders the burrocrat swore to protect them from. I would like to ask the burrocrat how many dollars he takes from the taxpayors to protect those same taxpayors from the invaders that are killing them. Finally, I want to know at which burrocrat's desk does the buck stop when it comes to the loss of life and treasure...all lost because the burrocrats take money for a job they swear to do but refuse to do. How can this go on? Who is responsible for the loss of life and treasure? Is it the burrocrat that takes our money and sears to defend us from the invaders? Why are the burrocrats not rounded up and tried as accomplices to murder, rape, terrorism, illegal drugs, and the millions of other crimes comitted upon the U.S. citizen every day by the illegal alien invaders?

Test

Even though you are attacking the media and not defending Vick, there is one simple fact you seemed to have neglected here. These animals were not painlessly killed, and the were not killed for food (like when you hunt) these dogs were rtortured and forced to fight. These animals were not put in a field to peacefully graze, they where not trained to guard anything or help anyone they were trained to kill or suffer the consequences, which quite frankly a quick painless death would have been better. Attack the media for not covering bigger and broader issues, I completely agree with that (watch BBC and Pbs news, turn off the american networks) but it is simply ignorant to compare fighting and torturing pets to raising lifestock.

Eric,

Great article. It's interesting how uneducated people think. Sometimes it's fear from mis-information, other times it's a lack of knowledge.

Sometimes I'll photograph Jeep tours where out of state / country convention attendees are taking a tour of the Arizona desert. I've heard some interesting questions, yet the guests are happy that the "tour guides" have 6 guns strapped to their sides when they are in the "boonies" of AZ.

Thanks for the great story.

Good read, and good story. I loved how you started them off right, with a little 22, and slowly worked up to larger/harder hitting/recoiling calibers. Good choice and hopefully the world has 4 more gunnies, or at least 4 less anti-gunnies.

I was able to find a link with more info:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/neighbours-hit-boiling-point-as-solar-panels-are-put-in-the-shade-807014.html

(How come you guys don't provide a source link?)

I would like to read the self defense cases that you refer to. Would you please cite a source available to a non-lawyer, such as I am. Thanks.

My wife, 74, is a darn good artist in oils who started painting when she was 18.
She has painted far more than shown on her website.

Thank you Alan for the good research on firearms and other sport expenditures! You are to be commended. I am a reloader and you are correct, it goes down range. I reload everything from .32 to .45 and all the magnums, even .357Sig.
Liz Eden is my wife and a good shooter.

Thanks again.
John

The lamestream media told you:

"there is no end in sight unless you elect the people we tell you to"

Can you provide a news link for this citation please?

Gordon --

I, too, remember the chief's speech. It was accompanied by my mouth dropping open.

Of particular interest was her statement that handguns weren't really banned in D.C. After all, she explained, the police, retired police, federal agents, and security guards could all carry them.

A perfect lead-in to Mr. Heller's later remarks at the same microphone, when asked by a reporter why he felt this issue had to be taken all the way to the Supreme Court. He replied - “I’m a security guard. The authorities have no problem with me carrying a gun to protect them. But they object to me carrying one to protect myself.”

Thank you, Mr. Heller, for distilling the issue so well.

Very good job, Alan,

But, your comments on the Lady Police Chief confirms what I drew from the Video of the Mayors Press Conference after the Oral Arguments.

The Mayor gave a nice not so victory speech, then, introduced the Chief who surged past him and took control of the mike. As she squared her shoulders and began speaking, I got chills that come back every time I think of her words.

She literally proclaimed Government agencies within the District of Columbia, especially the Police, to be the Government approved Militia protected by the 2nd Amendment, failing to notice (apparently) that she and her co-Tyrants are the rogue Government it was written to protect us from.

It so happens that I know the 20 Markers of the "End of Golden Ages," and, her speech sounded like it was copied straight out of Volume 20, of the 20 Volume Time/Life series of Books, "Civilization," which is now banned from libraries because it is not "Politically Correct." Volume 20 is "The End of Golden Ages."

Of the 20 Markers, marker number 1 is when women, slowly rising to positions of great power, begin using the phrase, "We are Civilized," coupled with, "...the people don't need weapons. If they have weapons they'll be fighting and killing each other, it will cause sedition and rebellion. We can't have this, our Bodygaurds and the City Watch have all the weapons necessary to protect the citizens...THIS, we cannot allow."

Marker number 20, is when they finally succeed in disarming the common citizens. Not a single Civilization in history, including Rome, has lasted more than 20 years beyond this point before vanishing into the pages of moldy History books.

This lady is one of the most dangerous women in America, next to Hillary...and the Lady Police Chief has thrown down the Gauntlet.

Alan Gura did a good job, but, while reading the Transcript there were a few things that bounced me out of my seat, such as his too ready agreement with Justice Breyer. But, you may be right that this was better left for another day, however, his response to one question, "...we don't know what (this?) 'reasonable' looks like" was definitely a classic.

However, if you haven't seen it, the Video of Mayor Fenty and the Lady Chief is literally scary beyond belief when one knows the historical 20 Markers of the "End of Golden Ages." She literally sang the Swan Song that is marker number one (picture woman in ancient position of Power, like Chief) "We are Civilized...if the common citizens have weapons they'll be fighting, killing each other, it'll cause sedition and rebellion. We can't have this, not everyone needs weapons, we have more than enough in the hands of the City Guards and our Bodygaurds to protect them. THIS, we cannot allow."

Marker number 20, of the "End of Golden Ages," is when they finally succeed in disarming the common man. From this point, no civilization in history, including Rome, has lasted more than 20 years before vanishing from the face of the Earth...as an Alexander crosses the Bosphorus, an Osama reaches across the Atlantic, an Obama brings us a new culture, or, a President Hillary surrenders Sovereignty to the United Nations (re: speech before the General Assembly of the United Nations, with Dan Rather and Walter Cronkite setting down from).

A Government that the Second Amendment was written to protect us from, has just declared they have all the Guns needed to protect the Citizens, and, the 2A only protects the weapons of their Government controlled Militia, the Police.

But, who do we most need to be protected from? And, through what mechanism or law, if not the Second Amendment...?

(re: Volume 20, "The End of Golden Ages," of the Time/Life 20 Volume Set, "Civilization," now banned from every Library in the US because it is not Politically Correct)

Too much truth here. Its downright heartbreaking at times.

Where did you go for Sushi?

Excellent post Alan. I wish I could have been there to see it in person, but it was still exciting to listen to it after the fact, which I've now done multiple times. Definitely history in the making. The Roe vs Wade of Gun Rights, only legitimate.

Thanks for the run down. You are my goto person since I don't have cable and watch TV less than once a week.

"The point of contention, and it would not go away, was where that line was drawn, and again and again the D.C. absolute ban was found violative in its absoluteness. The decision to test the protection of 2A against this law in particular was a brilliant stratagem."

Wouldn't the fact that if the 2A is an individual right, an absolute ban prohibitation be a given? Otherwise, the individual right to have an arm means nothing. Better to look to strict scrutiny and incorporation of the 14thA, which, from the looks of things, won't happen.

"The point of contention, and it would not go away, was where that line was drawn, and again and again the D.C. absolute ban was found violative in its absoluteness. The decision to test the protection of 2A against this law in particular was a brilliant stratagem."

Wouldn't the fact that if the 2A is an individual right, an absolute ban prohibitation be a given? Otherwise, the individual right to have an arm means nothing. Better to look to strict scrutiny and incorporation of the 14thA, which, from the looks of things, won't happen.

I am soooo jealous, you are present at a true turning point in American history! I'll trade you, you run my gunshop tomorrow, I'll go to DC in your place!

Thanks for the blog Alan, all of us gun owners are fortunate to have a guy like you on our side! Let Dick Heller know that people out here in Az. are praying for him and his legal team.

Thank you, Alan, for keeping us informed!

Great post Alan! I appreciate the scoop. It is great to have someone like you there on the inside getting the story and filling us all in rather than having to rely on the lamestream media BS and their--no telling what kind of--spin on the day.

Your blog is great and "Page 9" is excellent. Thanks again.

--Jim

We are looking forward to your play-by-play on the Heller case. Hope those fingers are ready to type, Alan! Keep your ears tuned and your pencil sharp!

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The question: "What would you put on a sheet of paper to hold up for the cameras?"

Answer: Leave our Constitution alone!

Trackback from

http://dave-lucas.blogspot.com/2008/02/around-blogosphere-01-february-08.html

Criminals, as defined by whom? Take a look at the list of felonies out there and tell me that all of them are reasonable restrictions.

No, the most stringent restrictions and background checks will not eliminate weapons. THey will just restrict weapons to the wealthy in society.

There are no fewer firearms being sold to criminals, just those purchases are not tracked.

Funny, the copy of the Bill of Rights I have doesn't mention anything about allowable restrictions on the sale of arms. In fact, all of the Founding Fathers were criminals, felons in fact. Please recall that they rose up in rebellion against their duly constituted government. The same government that many of them had fought for.

Very clever article. I loved it. But why is everyone talking about global warming only when the bigger issue is the consumption of non-renewable resources. Our planet has been here for millions of years and will be around for millions more - even if we are not. But how are we to survive with no resources? We need to move to wind, small hydro, and solar power. Solar is now as inexpensive as other electricity in the commercial market. Soon it may be for residential as well. Check out these videos - http://solarjoules.com/?cat=3

I'm not suprised more people are buying guns. The more strict laws and background check don't mean less guns, it only means less guns sold to criminals.

http://www.easybackgroundchecks.com

Your wrote, "I'm not saying waterboarding isn't cruel and unusual. I'm not saying the practice should continue, I don't know. But I am saying we don't peel back fingernails to punish people or get at information. Our enemies do. That's a significant difference. Congress isn't debating the propriety of using a blowtorch on a suspect, because they don't have to, because we don't. Our enemies do."

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First of all, great blog! Now, with all due respect, by definition you don't know whether we peel back people's fingernails or use blowtorches on so-called "enemy combatants" who've been secretly arrested and held in secret prisons--because their arrests and imprisonments (and treatment) are secrets. In fact, there is reason to believe that many of the foreign "governments" we've sent unconvicted and uncharged prisoners along under "extraordinary rendition" do, in fact, engage in those practices and more--including murder.

The essential American idea, that which made America unique among all the nations of the world, is that Bill of Rights articulated rights that are the natural rights of all human beings, regardless of citizenship. To violate the Bill of Rights is to commit the most unAmerican of crimes.

Are they actually going to fund the rights restoration path?

Please note that there has always been a path to rights restoration under the NICS. However, Congress has never approved funding for it.

Torture is the use of physical coercion for the purpose of causing intolerable psychological stress. By this definition, waterboarding is torture.

You can parse it any way that you like, but in the end, it's wrong, and it's dangerous to try to come up with an exception so that this can be used on a routine basis. By your definition, if I hood somebody and then shoot him full of beta carboline or dimethyltriptamine, that's also not torture because by your definition, no physical damage has been done. I'm sure that the late CIA agent William Buckley, who died being tortured by Patrice Lumumba Friendship University thumbscrew artist, Dr. Aziz al Abub, back in the 80's in Beirut, Lebanon might have a different opinion.

Trying to justify the use of torture on that basis
is intellectually dishonest. It also flies in the face of the principles that we're supposed to be upholding in this country. And if we've any worth at all in the world, it's because there are some principles that we uphold no matter what, even when it hurts.

I can see some situations where torture might be percieved to be necessary. But I don't want it to be standard operating procedure and I want a condition there where anybody doing it risks imprisonment and the only affirmative defense being the Doctrine of Competing Harms.

This country stands for too much to throw it all away by indulging in the misbehavior most appearant in tin pot third world dictatorships.

Just as a thought though, if waterboarding according to you isn't torture, would it be acceptable for BATFE to use it against a citizen for the purpose of making a case against him? That is a serious question, because as John Locke once observed, "The use of extraordinary power in extraordinary times, soon becomes the ordinary use of power in ordinary times."

Hello,

A practice such as waterboarding is not less of a torture when it is done by a representative of the US Government. I did personally meet people who were “waterboard”, I can assure you that they did see what was done to them as torture as did the Nuremberg tribunal, of course the perpetrators were member of the Gestapo and the victims were political prisoners. Do you really want agents of the US compared the Gestapo? Torture is torture regardless of the purpose, the victim and the perpetrator, stop that double standard which degraded each and every individual in this country.

"Turley refers to the case as D.C. v. Heller"

Like it or not, that's what Supreme Court naming standards require it be called by that name. Ms. Parker is no longer part of the case (and is appealing that fact via a cross-petition), the appellant at this point is Washington D.C., and only Mr. Heller remains from the original six plaintiffs. The name change is not an attempt by DC to obscure any facts about Ms. Parker.

HOWEVER, a highly relevant point which may interest you is that the issue of "standing" which ejected Ms. Parker and four other plaintiffs from the case was NOT raised by DC lawyers, but by the presiding judge! During the hearing, without prompting the DC judge asked the DC lawyers how they wanted to address the "standing" issue. The ensuing transcript makes it clear that the DC lawyers had no intention of raising "standing" as an issue, nay had never even discussed the notion in preparing their case, but being faced with the _judge_ handing the issue to them on a silver platter unrequested, they proceeded to bumble their way through questioning and under the judge's prompting managed to spin the issue into a successful ejection of 83% of their opponents.

Ms. Parker and the other ejected plaintiffs lost their standing because the presiding judge practically dragged DC lawyers kicking & screaming down a legally competent path. Only because Mr. Heller actually applied for a permit, which by law he could never get approved, did the case not fail entirely due to what would have been decried as judicial activism. Ironically, it was the same judge that wrote the profoundly pro-2nd-Amendment verdict.

Aaron,
That was not the point of the article at all. Did you actually READ the article?

The ACLU is NOT working to defend ALL Constitutional Rights, just the ones that they agree with.

The point being made is that while the ACLU is working to restore voting rights to ex-felons they are doing nothing to restore the right to keep and bear arms to ex-felons. Do you agree with them that it is better for a woman to be raped and murdered than to have the ability to defend herself?

When the ACLU stood up for Larry Craig, I missed the outrage. The ACLU stands up for Constitutional rights, regardless of how unpopular the person or group they are defending. I often disagree with the person they are defending but I agree with their intended goal to defend the rights we are supposed to have. The title of this article is very deceptive and kudos to you for using it to getting more page views. But in the end, the ACLU is working to defend the rights of people who served their sentence. I get the impression that your stance is that people who go to prison can't be productive when they get out and shouldn't be allowed to vote, ever. If you get busted for a drug offense, does that mean you're a drug dealer for life? Let's see the forest for the trees here.

FRIEDMAN FOR PRESIDENT!!! Hell if that guy was to become president we would be done with most of our major controverstial issues in probably under a year. If only we had a comedian as president.

FINALLY! A state has the guts to do something about illegal immigration. I believe that it should be a Federal law that any business hiring illegal aliens should have their license revoked. If this doesn't pass then every state should make it a state law, if that doesn't work then I believe it's the duty of the people to protest this unjust practice.

Thank god. I was incredibley alarmed at how many articles on "Global Warming" there were. I finally found one that speaks the truth. Well mostly, since we don't even have data to prove or disapprove that this so call "Global Warming" exists. It's astounding at how many millionaires, billionaires, politicians, celebrities, and god knows who else will preach global warming until they're red in the face. At least we have the Czech Republic's President on our side :) . I just can't seem to fathom how mostly everyone is just taking Global whining as the first priority on the worlds to do list.
My favorite comment on this whole "Global Warming" issue is: "When our children ask us what we did while the radical Islamic Fundementalists went Jihading through our streets and into the heartland of America we'll tell them we were too busy fighting carbon dioxide emissions."

Do not forget the HUGE environmental cost of manufacturing the batteries. The Canadian Ni mines were used to test the Mars Rover because they are the nearest conditions on Earth to those on Mars.

I read that, if you include the mfg. process, a Toyota Prius pollutes three times as much as a Humvee. Izit so?

P.

Here is my personal bias: political parties that cannot comply with the Constitution and fulfill the oath they took to make law in pursuance of the Constitution are traitors to this country.

TIME TO DESTROY THE TWO PARTY POLITICAL SYSTEM YET?

There is nothing wrong with our government.

The problem is with the people holding the seats.

Politics and Policy has subverted the rule of law.
The problem is the R and D system does not submit itself to the rule of law of the Constitution.
How much of your life, liberty and property will you allow them to assume power over before you act.

Remember it was Clinton and his Congress that implemented NAFTA, Passed the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 that shifted corporations first payer responsibilities on health care insurance benefits onto Medicare--Billions for a corporate windfall. Clinton governed according to THE Third Way policy(read about The Middle Class Project) and in 1998 signed public law 105-220 redefining the people of this country as a workforce, human capital and human resources. You have been profiled in every respect with data mining by the R and D system. The R's and D's in Vermont legislature and Governor (Republican) passed Act 71 Economic Development that same year and have built on it since. This year the legislature and governor passed a Workforce bill of its own. Education has become job training preparation for expanding the qualified human resources required for manning the corporations. Both parents are working out of the home for seventy hours a week "to provide for the family needs" according to Vermont legislatures findings so the R's and D's has created a prekindergarten bill for 3, 4 and 5 yearolds(who don't qualify for kindergarten) that will replace a mother's nurturing by giving training according to "Vermont Standards", whatever the hell they are! The findings that both parents are required to work 70 hours a week to "meet family needs" indicates pay that is nothing more than a subsistence wage. The fact is corporatism rules this country and the world through Globalization (Clinton and his congress' Nafta). Economic and business operating levels are defined by corporations and the R's and D's in government. This nation is now designed as a two class society, the corporations, super rich and the people that work for them.

Is it time to rebuild the political system yet by destroying the R and D system?

Voter imposed term limits!

Never vote for an R or a D, or anyone that has ever been an R or a D.

One term and they're all out!

Vote for statesmen and stateswoman who will bind themselves to the Constitution.

The largest voting block in the USA are those independent minded people who do not attach themselves to the R and D political system and recognize the R and D political system is not about representation, its about autocratic control of this nation and the people.

Only this will bring back natural, inherent, unalienable consitutional rights including the right to bear arms.

bill brueckner
1421 Shaw Mansion Rd
Waterbury Ctr VT 05677

How do we join?

ctdonath nailed the bullseye.

It has nothing to do with discrimination based on ethnic or national origin, color, race, religion, or sex [or residence of anyone].

All USSC case names are styled “Petitioner v. Respondent”, regardless of which party initiated the lawsuit in the lower court. The party that lost in the lower court is called the petitioner, and the party that prevailed is called the respondent.

DC lost in the lower court (DC becomes the petitioner).
Heller was the only one with “standing” in Parker et al. v DC (Heller becomes the respondent).

Therefore, if the USSC grants the petition for writ of certiorari (Cert.) the name should be “District of Columbia v. Heller et al.”

All papers submitted to the USSC will refer to the case as “Parker et al. v DC” UNTIL the USSC grants cert–[IF cert is granted] then it becomes a new case with a new name.

For the whole reasoning of why only Heller had standing, see the published decision in Parker v DC [PDF file], pages 5 through about 12.
http://tinyurl.com/ywcg7k

The the gist of it is:

“The noteworthy distinction in this case—a distinction mentioned in appellants’ complaint and pressed by them on appeal—is that appellant Heller has applied for and been denied a registration certificate to own a handgun, a fact not present in Seegars. The denial of the gun license is significant; it constitutes an injury independent of the District’s prospective enforcement of its gun laws, and an injury to which the stringent requirements for pre-enforcement standing under Navegar and Seegars would not apply. Since D.C. Code § 22-4504 (prohibition against carrying a pistol without a license) and D.C. Code § 7-2507.02 (disassembly/trigger lock requirement) would amount to further conditions on the certificate Heller desires, Heller’s standing to pursue the license denial would subsume these other claims too.”

[…]

“In sum, we conclude that Heller has standing to raise his § 1983 challenge to specific provisions of the District’s gun control laws.”

I was doing an audit at Texaco when the word came down that Texaco had BUCKLED under Jesse Jackass's pressure, and they wwere to give every black employee a 10% raise and a $25,000 bonus IMMEDIATELY. The Asians and whites were totally demoralized, but you should have seen all the new Cadillacs in the parking lot by the end of the week!

"D.C. has switched to Heller probably because Parker is an African-American female and Heller is a less sympathetic figure as a white male."

WRONG.

The name was switched from Parker to Heller because Parker - along with all other plaintiffs except Heller - were denied "standing" at a lower court, and are no longer part of this case. At this point it's silly to call the case "Parker" when the only participant on that side is Mr. Heller.

Specifically: only Mr. Heller actually bothered to go to the DC handgun permit office and apply for a permit which, by law, would invariably be denied (as the law has required for 30+ years). Because the other plaintiffs did not attempt to get a permit which would not ever no-way-no-how be granted, the court rejected them from the case on the grounds that they had not tried all available options, including dead ends.

The two helicopters crashed a mile from my home, and frankly, I'm surprised it took this long for an accident. The airspace above my home is loudly disturbed at least twice a week by news helicopters and by news helicopters chasing police helicopters. The risk of injury or death by helicopter crash may be negligible to most consumers, but not to those of us who live near busy streets where a lot of car accidents happen. The choppers are pretty invasive in those areas. I have seen two other near misses, examples of reckless helicopter piloting. If the local authorities attempt to hold the man arrested in the car chase accountable for murdering the helicopter pilots, I will be there in court giving evidence in his defense.

This fellow actually put some thought and research into Carbon Offset and Renewable Energy Credit purchasing: http://blip.tv/file/311682/. It's not a definitive answer to all questions but it's a good start at asking the right questions.

Please don't forget the idea to buy a box (or more) of ammo that day in counter-protest.

See: http://waronguns.blogspot.com/2007/08/august-28-ammo-tally.html

for more details. Thanks to David Codrea et al.

I have been reading your articles about how the NRA has not taken a stand in the defense of gun owners. Well I have two stories to tell about the NRA.

In 1997, I was arrested in Newport, Arkansas for carring a concealed pistol without a permit (the concealed carry PERMIT is unconstitutional). I tried to get the NRA to represent me. I told them about the case and that I had real good case and we could win and that would set a National Precedence, and their spokesman said they didn't take cases like that. I handled the case without a lawyer and Hollis Wayne Fincher (Militia Commander at that time) came to my trial and with his knowledge and testimony of the 2nd ammendment and my knowledge and testimony, we beat the case and I was found not-guilty. If the NRA had taken the case, we could have set the gun grabbers back a few yards. And we would have made a great advancement in regaining our gun rights. But the NRA would not have liked that.
Another experience I had with the NRA was about 15 years ago. I don't remember the year. But there was an NRA meeting held in Newport, Arkansas. There were several people at the meeting. They were trying to recruit new members. I am not a member. Before the meeting started, I was talking to the NRA spokesman and I found out that he didn't think the average person should have a right to own guns, much less carry them. I got upon the stage just before the meeting started and got on the microphone and announced to the people what I just found out from the NRA spokesman. He tried to stop me to no avail. The audience told him that I had the floor and they wanted to listen to what I had to say. After I finished talking everyone started getting out of their seats and leaving. Some of the people talked to the NRA spokesman on their way out and continued out of the building after talking to him. The meeting was completely broken-up.

Even if we just had to write check each month, things would change. I already fantasize about gutting the creeps to whom I pay my local taxes. Imagine how freaked out I would get writing an $800 monthly check?

....or the feds shoot you dead right there and then torch your house with the wife and kids inside!

I've already run across one fellow whose down-state gun club donated 17 junkers to the cause, and netted the clubs juvenile marksmanship program 3 new .22 rifles and a big pile of ammo.
I'd call that a success story.

Looks like the liberals are trying an "end around" to further reduce our gun rights.

"Home," but on summer shutdown for some office remodeling. Posts will resume thereafter.

Anyone home?

Tolerate nothing short of Vermont/Alaska carry as a goal. The NRA could have passed "free carry" in 3 or 4 states if it wanted to, but it DOESN'T want to. It gets worse, the NRA has always considered the illegal NFA of 1934 to somehow be "constitutional." NRA also didn't count a vote for the 1968 gun control act to even be an anti gun vote (which daddy bush voted for)!!!

Why do I say this important information here, which most gun owners are unaware of? Because NRA was no help at all with the Parker case. They tried to undermine it, but when it succeeded, they claimed credit.

If you want your second amendment rights back, you're going to have to come to the aid of Hollis Fincher (have you noticed how NRA has TOTALLY AND COMPLETELY ignored Hollis Fincher?) Hollis was railroaded into prison when he complied with every letter of the unconstitutional federal gun ban "laws."

We need to stop being so tolerant of the "sporting purpose" gun owners who support the "sporting purpose" mentality, as well as illegal "sporting purpose" federal "laws" which have disarmed us.

I don't know that Judge Silberman's statement forces DC to appeal the case. At most, it means they'll have to state semi-persuasively that they were seriously considering an appeal at the time they requested the stay.

That said, I think they will appeal.

stare,
If SCOTUS rules against us there won't be any going off to war. It will be right in our own front yards.
OTOH, should they rule in our favors it opens the door for us to use the system to challenge every gun control law as a violation of a civil right.
Keeping my fingers crossed.

This is, hopefully, good news. Given HR2640, and the potential for losing the Tiahrt Amendment, the news has been pretty gloomy lately. So, have decided to place my hope for at least a delay in the march towards fascism, by the Parker case going to the Supremes.

Knowing that virtually all the serious scholarship in recent years has reached the conclusion that the 2nd Amendment refers to an individual right to keep and bear arms increases my hope a bit. This quote from Justice Scalia also helps (I hope): "A Bill of Rights that means what the majority wants it to mean is worthless."

I'm convinced if we don't get positive views from the Supreme Court that the grabbers will soon win. I fear that means an armed revolution, and I'm too old and infirm to go to war again.

Thanks for the good writing you do.

Test.

Although your comments appear intentionally web-excess styled, many Americans frustrated with the way things are don't disagree with you in principle. Now, if you write with a bit more decorum, and adhere to the basic constitutional principles you say you favor, you should try for ink in mainstream media and have an effect, instead of just venting. Go for it.

Who needs another money sucking, do nothing government agency? NO ONE. Sure as hell not me. Problem can be simply solved. Build a wall. Keep illegals out. Round up and imprison gangs, politicians, nanny staters, aclu, peta, hsus, enviro whackos and al gore. 90% of all laws on the books are un-constitutional, get rid of them. That will solve many of the ills of this great land.

"Uninvited Ombudsman" should start reading the newspaper and then go back and re-read the legisation. If he had done his homework, he would have seen the recently published article "Violent Crime in Cities Show Sharp Surge" that appeared in many major newspapers across the country. Clearly, the system we currently rely on to reduce crime and violence isn't adequate by itself.

UO derisively refers to educational programs that would train students in nonviolent conflict resolution "indoctrination." Sadly, NVC is clearly essential for today's students. How many more school shootings, bullying incidents that lead to suicide, "mean girls" beating up defenseless victims, and other senseless crimes that occur - yes - in school, need to happen before UO concludes that our students aren't safe even in school? The Baltimore School District alone arrests 150 students per month, so many that the police refer to their legal processing as "kiddie booking." But let's look the other way and keep on keepin' on, right UO?

Remember what your mother told you: an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Well, in this case, funding for one year of a Department of Peace is less than 1 month of funding for the Iraq War. The vast majority of Americans would rather prevent violence than continue to simply react to it. A Department of Peace would lead the way.

Well, it seems clear why this column is named the "Uninvited" Ombudsman. The dismissive and arrogant nature of your report on the Dept of Peace legislation (HR 808), was heavy on the superficial fiscal critique, without analyzing in depth the reality of spending our tax payer money on the wrong end of the equation.
The World Health Organization identified that we spend $300,000,000,000 a year on interpersonal violence in this country alone.

What is so scary for you about having our government research the underlying causes of this violence and address them on the front end? Nonviolent conflict resolution is not a left or right issue...it is a less expensive means to a less expensive end. Rather than falsely conjuring up fears about more bureaucracy and people taking away your guns...perhaps you could bring yourself to consider the wisdom of this proactive initiative to address murder, rape, domestic assaults, gang violence, racial violence, school shootings, prison overcrowding, mental health crisis, homelessness...the list goes on.

As to your allegation that the Defense Dept would have to clear everything with the Dept of Peace before it could act...this is simply not supported by a reasonable reading of the legislation...which by the way...this supporter of the bill has in fact done many times.

Linda Henderson

I appreciate you going to the trouble to publish a comprehensive errata and own up to your errors. However, I would rather see you correct the text in the original post and make note of the corrects with your errata published later.

I want to link to your original post but I must also provide a link to your errata and any readers I send your way are going to have to flip back and forth--mentally filling in the correct text for themselves as they go. Too much trouble. So much so that I hesitate linking your excellent analysis.

I just read your Page 9 newsletter. I completely agree with you that all all stereotypes about Muslims are 100% true. All Muslims are terrorists, they murder their own daughters if one is accused of being raped; they are stupid, uneducated cheaters with bad body odor. Thanks for this type of information that the lamestream media won't publish.

I just read your Page 9 newsletter. I completely agree with you that all all stereotypes about Muslims are 100% true. All Muslims are terrorists, they murder their own daughters if one is accused of being raped; they are stupid, uneducated cheaters with bad body odor. Thanks for this type of information that the lamestream media won't publish.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,257638,00.html

Have you seen this story that appeared on www.foxnews.com today (3-8-07)

Article titled- "Rock Star Pulled Over With Arsenal in Trunk"

According to the article no weapons charges were filed. Drug charges were filed but the title is "Arsenal" and the picture shows weapons lined up and displayed. If the charges filed were drug charges where are the drug pictures?

My inaugural address at the Great White Throne Judgment of the Dead, after I have raptured out

billions! The Secret Rapture soon, by my hand!
My Site = http://www.angelfire.com/crazy/spaceman
Your jaw will drop!

In 2004, I wrote a book, The Copycat Effect: How the Media and Popular Culture Trigger the Mayhem in Tomorrow's Headlines , clearly documenting the decades of research and finding that show there is a media effect. The media has tried to keep the message of that book quiet.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0743482239/

Regarding the recent direct relationship between the copycat hangings and the Saddam video, see:

http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/

What you have posted in your blog is directly related to the copycat effect that the media continue to only briefly mention as if it is a myth. To acknowledge otherwise would mean they might have to look at their own responsibility in the current wave of Saddam video copycat incidents, and then school shootings, and then the summer of beheading, and on and on and on.

You might want to add Senate Bill 77 and House Bill 203 to your list of bills.

Simple solution. All of those who believe in global warming are hereby required to hold their breath for one continuous hour each day. No cheating is allowed, as the government will send out monitors to ensure you comply with the 1 hour rule.

Count me as one who's tired of these "grim milestones" the media keeps celebrating. Next we'll be hearing that the death toll has surpassed the number of runs scored by the infield of the 1934 Chicago Cubs (or some such).

The media is fond of telling us that Iraq is unrelated to 9/11. Why try to link the death tolls?

The information above,in my opion, is the stuff that "revilutions" are made off. If you remember the Boston tea party was affected for a lot less!
The so-called power of the "vote" has deminished to zero. What is left?? Answer this question for your self!
If there is another answer I am waiting with bated breath sir!!

According to Wikipedia: In law, treason is the crime of disloyalty to one's nation or state. A person who betrays the nation of their citizenship and/or reneges on an oath of loyalty and in some way willfully cooperates with an enemy, is considered to be a traitor.

During a time of declared war the penalty for treason is death

Need anyone say more?

That book sounds like a winner! I look forward to reading it.

It is the attitude demonstrated by Bruce that is probably the largest problem that police face.

The “Us .vs. Them” mentality.

I understand that one forms a camaraderie with ones’ fellow workers, and that the temptation of the power provided by “The Badge” is hard to fight; but police officers are people also. When an officer gets killed because of his own stupidity, the only appropriate thing to say is something to the effect of “Smooth move, Exlax.” and move along in life.

This man may have been a saint, but that is no more likely than the poor bloke who was hit my the tractor trailer. He’s a person. His life is not more intrinsically valuable because of his occupation than anyone else’s. He did NOT die during the performance of an act of heroism, he died trying to beat traffic. Now perhaps there is an opportunity for a real hero to join the force.

We can but pray.