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  • A Second Front on the Second Amendment

    06/18/2013 2:03:51 PM PDT · by marktwain · 9 replies
    Gun Watch ^ | 19 June, 2013 | Dean Weingarten
    Quietly, with almost no attention from the old media, a strong second front has been opened in the fight to restore the Second Amendment. There can be no doubt that knives, tomahawks, and other edged weapons were meant to be included as arms protected under the Second Amendment. They were commonly used weapons in the militias of the Revolutionary War, and had been part of military equipment since the dawn of history. Opponents of individual rights have been able to dig up a few town safety ordinances regulating the storage of gunpowder or the firing of guns in urban centers....
  • Slaton police arrest woman after request to see warrant

    06/18/2013 4:12:04 AM PDT · by marktwain · 96 replies
    myfoxlubbock.com ^ | 12 June, 2013 | Bailey Miller
    Slaton police came to this woman's house, who wishes to remain anonymous, to arrest her son. But by asking one simple question, she found herself behind bars instead. "I told him, 'I will release my son to you upon viewing those orders.' Those were exactly my words," The complainant said. "He said, 'This is how you want to play?' He took two steps back, turned around to the officer and said, 'Take her.' They turned me around, handcuffed me, and took me in." The complainant said she was aware police would be coming to apprehend her 11-year-old son based on...
  • Ex-Communist Spy Chief Says Europeans Have a “Dependency Mentality”

    06/17/2013 7:07:09 AM PDT · by Kaslin · 13 replies
    Townhall.com ^ | June 17, 2013 | Daniel J. Mitchell
    Although he implemented a flat tax in Russia, I don’t think of Vladimir Putin as a supporter of free markets. Heck, he was head of the KGB during the communist era, and he presides over a country that is more known for cronyism rather than competitive markets. So if he criticizes European nations for having excessive welfare states, it’s like being called ugly by a frog. Here are some of the amusing details from Euractiv.com. He’s no Milton Friedman, but he’s right about the welfare state Russian President Vladimir Putin, speaking ahead of the G8 Summit in Northern Ireland on...
  • D.C. Policeman Faces Gun Charge in Maryland

    06/16/2013 12:31:31 PM PDT · by marktwain · 13 replies
    nbcwashington.com ^ | 15 June, 2013 | NA
    A D.C. police lieutenant has been charged with leaving a loaded gun where his son found it and took it to school. Prince George's County court documents show Mark Antonio Hodge of Glenn Dale has been charged with leaving a loaded firearm in a place where he would have known that a minor would gain access to the firearm. Officers were called to DuVal High School in Lanham March 27 for a report of a student with a firearm, according to court documents. Officers learned the 15-year-old had taken the gun from his home. He said his dad kept the...
  • E.W. Jackson FIERY Speech @ Faith & Freedom Coalition 2013

    06/16/2013 10:31:40 AM PDT · by Whenifhow · 7 replies
    http://www.youtube.com ^ | June 15, 2013 | ONEINDACHAMBER187
    Earl Walker Jackson, Sr Speaks at The Faith & Freedom Coalition, the 3rd day of its "Road to Majority" conference, June 15, 2013.
  • Ban on some knives ends in Indiana

    06/16/2013 7:17:41 AM PDT · by marktwain · 7 replies
    Knives are arms protected by the Second Amendment of the Constitution. Some contend that the ban on knives that can be easily be opened with one hand, by the push of a button,(switchblades) was prompted by the play and movie "West Side Story". I call these sort of laws, "trendy laws", laws that make no sense logically, but are passed as a sort of trendy effect pushed by the media. The newtimes notes: Indiana's upcoming end to its decades-old ban on switchblades has spurred some of the state's gun stores to start taking pre-orders for the spring-loaded knives. State lawmakers...
  • Palin’s complete speech at the Faith and Freedom Conference; Updated: The Gov. works the rope line

    06/16/2013 4:29:53 AM PDT · by Whenifhow · 4 replies
    http://conservatives4palin.com/ ^ | June 15, 2013 | Doug Brady
    The video quality is a bit sketchy [Updated Now]. We’ll (hopefully) update with something of higher quality when/if it becomes available. Anyway, this is a great speech. The Governor displayed her inimitable ability to tweak the Left and GOP Establishment for their latest idiocy de jure. Be sure to watch for her subtle dig at Jeb Bush’s bizarre immigrants are more fertile” justification for the Schumer-Rubio amnesty bill. Enjoy.
  • Bloomberg's money loses to grassroots citizen activists on gun control in Nevada

    06/15/2013 4:26:42 PM PDT · by forty_years · 10 replies
    netwmd.com ^ | June 15, 2013 | netWMD Staff
    Michael Bloomberg, mayor of New York City, billionaire, desiring to rewrite the constitution, and countrywide buttinski suffered a major "gun control" loss on Thursday in Nevada. He and his pet group, Mayors Against Illegal Guns (MAIG), "spent hundreds of thousands of dollars" to buy passage of the Nevada state legislature's bill SB 221, another dangerous piece of gun control legislation dressed up to look palatable by applying the innocuous-sounding "background check" label to it. Bloomberg lost, and lost big-time, not because of a paid opposition wading in money, but because of a viral grass-roots effort organized by average Americans provided...
  • CA:Byron Williams: Debate over guns focuses on wrong issues(Barf Alert)

    06/15/2013 3:17:52 PM PDT · by marktwain · 17 replies
    mercurynews.com ^ | 15 June, 2013 | Byron Williams
    In the aftermath of another senseless shooting spree in Santa Monica last week, the outcry was somewhat subdued. Have we become immune to periodic episodes of violence? What better time to offer a judicious analysis of the Constitution's most debated amendment? (snip) Well regulated meant then as it does now -- government has a role in the gun debate. In fact, the original intent was far more intrusive than most gun advocates care to admit today. (snip) Each generation bears the burden to understand the Constitution through the lens of what was written but also by what it means in...
  • There is no Constitutional Justification for the Current Governmental Snooping.

    06/15/2013 12:00:50 PM PDT · by DanMiller · 17 replies
    Dan Miller's Blog ^ | June 15, 2013 | Dan Miller
    Jonathan Turley publishes some quite good stuff at his blog. There were two excellent pieces yesterday and one today, thus far. It's a grand old Constitution. Is it time for a wake? Today's article at Jonathan Turley's blog was authored by Mike Spindell. Titled Catch 22 and the Secrecy Debate, it is based in part on this quote from Joseph Heller’s Catch 22. There, Mr. Heller wrote  The “Catch-22″ is that “anyone who wants to get out of combat duty isn’t really crazy” Hence, pilots who request a mental fitness evaluation are sane, and therefore must fly in combat. At the same...
  • Nevada's Governor Vetoes Universal Background Checks

    06/14/2013 11:43:34 AM PDT · by forty_years · 27 replies
    Gun Owners of America ^ | Friday, 14 June 2013 | Written by Gun Owners
    While Biden set to jumpstart push for gun control next week ...Stunning victory for gun rights in Nevada!You guys did a tremendous job bombarding Governor n Sandoval’s office with phone calls, and he has listened to your appeals.Governor Sandoval vetoed the Universal Background Check bill yesterday, and now, the anti-gun Left is in full-mourning.The Associated Press reports that, “It is a significant defeat for New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's gun control advocacy group, Mayors Against Illegal Guns [MAIG]. The organization spent hundreds of thousands of dollars working to get the bill passed through to the governor.”Despite Bloomberg’s fortune, his...
  • The New Preamble for the Age of Obama and Boehner

    06/13/2013 10:27:15 PM PDT · by EternalVigilance · 1 replies
    June 13, 2013 | Tom Hoefling
    "We the Politicians of the Democrat-Republican Party, in Order to destroy the Union, establish Injustice, insure domestic Planned Parenthood Violence, provide for our common national surrender to Islam and Communists, buy votes and control the people through individual Welfare Entitlements, and erase the Blessings of Liberty for ourselves and our Posterity via abortion, the homosexual agenda, and the creation of debt that we cannot possibly repay, do disdain and disestablish this Constitution of the United States of America."
  • War is hell and should be, but there are worse things.

    06/13/2013 1:34:58 PM PDT · by Jim Robinson · 57 replies
    vanity | June 13, 2013 | Jim Robinson
    War is hell and should be else there would be more of it, but there are things that are far worse. Living in a godless tyrannical Marxist/fascist hell with no liberty, no religious, political or economic freedom for one. No thank you. I'll stand by the constitution and defend my God-given unalienable rights, including the rights to free speech, free religion, to be armed, to be free from government spying, freedom from over-reaching tyrannical government, etc., etc., etc. The corrupt democrat politicizing of our government agencies must stop NOW!! The government snooping programs MUST be shut down NOW! Our borders...
  • In the age of unlimited bytes, Uncle Sam shapes up as Big Brother

    06/13/2013 7:35:27 AM PDT · by James C. Bennett · 4 replies
    The Times of India ^ | June 11, 2013 | The Times of India
    Some months back, a young entrepreneur of Indian origin co-founded a company that, to oversimplify its expertise, reads your mind. Moninder Jheeta's Silicon Valley-based Expect Labs has introduced an app that can listen to an eight-person conversation, a virtual babble, glean sense from it, and suggest information that speakers may want to see or pursue — even as they are conversing. Jheeta, who is the chief technology officer of Expect, calls it "anticipatory computing". In time, the app can reside in devices ranging from your cell phone to your refrigerator to your car, instantly and constantly crunching data it gathers...
  • The Path That the Patriot Act Paved

    06/12/2013 6:29:52 PM PDT · by VitacoreVision · 22 replies
    The New American ^ | 11 June 2013 | Jack Kerwick, Ph.D.
    Those who once defended the Patriot Act are shocked that it has been abused by Obama; they should’ve realized the act itself is a standing abuse. The Path That the Patriot Act Paved The New American 11 June 2013 Regardless of how it is constituted, whether it is "democratic" or otherwise, no government poses a larger threat to liberty than a government that is at war. War is the mother of all crises and, as Rahm Emmanuel memorably -- and rightly -- said, crises are pregnant with opportunities for politicians and activists that they otherwise wouldn't have. It is in...
  • “Metadata” Can Tell the Government More About You Than the Content of Your Phonecalls

    06/12/2013 5:00:39 PM PDT · by PieterCasparzen · 31 replies
    Zerohedge ^ | 6/12/2013 | Anonymous
    The government has sought to “reassure” us that it is only tracking “metadata” such as the time and place of the calls, and not the actual content of the calls. But technology experts say that “metadata” can be more revealing than the content of your actual phone calls. ... What [government officials] are trying to say is that disclosure of metadata—the details about phone calls, without the actual voice—isn’t a big deal, not something for Americans to get upset about if the government knows. Let’s take a closer look at what they are saying: They know you rang a phone...
  • A Modern American Declaration of Liberty

    06/12/2013 9:49:23 AM PDT · by Jeff Head · 28 replies
    A Modern American Delcaration of Liberty ^ | June 12, 2013 | Jeff Head
    A MODERN AMERICAN DELCARATION OF LIBERTY In establishing this Republic, our forefathers taught that man made institutions have no authority to grant or deny that which has been endowed upon us by God. They taught that unalienable rights are thus given to mankind by God, the Creator, and that governments exist not to grant or deny these rights, but to protect them. They stated that it becomes necessary in the course of human events from time to time for a people to dissolve themselves from the political bonds that hold them. They recognized and warned that a overburdensome central government...
  • Rand Paul’s ‘Here’s to Crime’ Act: His concept of the 4th Amendment is a boon for lawbreakers.

    06/12/2013 8:15:46 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 43 replies
    National Review ^ | 06/12/2013 | Andrew McCarthy
    The notorious “civil rights” lawyer William Kunstler, in addition to his work on “political” cases (i.e., anti-American radical-leftist and terrorist cases), gladly made himself available to mobsters, too — after all, someone had to pay the bills. Invited to a dinner once after a job well done for a mafia don, he hoisted a glass to the assembled capos and button men, toasting them, “Here’s to crime!” Gleeful crooks across the country could be giving the same toast if Senator Rand Paul gets his way. The self-styled libertarian Republican from Kentucky, firmly in his father’s tradition of overreaction to imagined...
  • Do we need a constitutional amendment to protect privacy?

    06/12/2013 8:12:50 AM PDT · by EveningStar · 44 replies
    National Constitution Center ^ | June 12, 2013 | NCC Staff
    As part of our “Next 10 Amendments” debate series, we’re asking our readers if it’s time for a constitutional amendment to protect their privacy. The furor in the past two weeks over government eavesdropping on the media and citizens has raised a lot of questions related to the First Amendment and the Fourth Amendment.
  • Mark Levin: The Constitution’s Churchill

    06/12/2013 6:42:00 AM PDT · by don-o · 13 replies
    The American Spectator ^ | June 11, 2013 | Jeffrey Lord
    “Do they even understand the founding of this nation?…Look at the Constitution!” So begins another Mark Levin radio show in which the third most popular talk show host in the land ( behind Rush and Hannity) does his distinctly unique brand of radio, a brand that is focused on educating Americans about the nation’s founding document: The Constitution of the United States. A brand that includes a lengthening series of bestselling books discussing a subject that many once considered arcane at best if not embarrassingly irrelevant. Mark Levin has become the Constitution’s Churchill. Churchill, recall, the man who for years...
  • A Meeting On Tolerance Turns Into A Shouting Match

    06/11/2013 9:13:37 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 40 replies
    NPR ^ | 06/11/2013 | BLAKE FARMER
    The public meeting in Manchester, Tenn., about 70 miles from Nashville, was supposed to address and tamp down discrimination toward Muslims there. But instead it turned into a shouting match. Bill Killian, the local U.S. attorney who organized the meeting, told the people in attendance that hate speech was not protected by the First Amendment. Over the last few years, there have been tensions between Muslims and many Christians in Tennessee. A Coffee County commissioner recently posted a picture on Facebook of a man with one eye looking down the sights of a shotgun, with the caption: "how to wink...
  • It's The U.S. Constitution, Stupid!

    06/10/2013 4:02:14 PM PDT · by raptor22 · 20 replies
    Investor's Business Daily ^ | June 10, 2013 | IBD EDITORIALS
    Scandal: An administration that has attacked our freedoms of speech and the press, and to peacefully assemble and petition for redress of grievances is drawing a bead on our protection against unreasonable search and seizure. Since the beginning of the war on terror, we have heard various iterations of a famous statement by Ben Franklin from 1755: "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." The Bush administration kept us safe after 9/11 through targeted use of the Patriot Act and its surveillance offshoots. If a phone number turned up...
  • Legal Guns en Route to New York Are Cause for Arrest Before Flight Home

    06/10/2013 5:18:06 AM PDT · by marktwain · 29 replies
    The New York Times ^ | 9 June, 2013 | MICHAEL WILSON
    A subset of visitors to New York City looks, on the surface, just like the rest. Some are high profile, like the boxer this year, and the football player, and the Tea Party leader from California. They are joined by the anonymous: the military wife from Minnesota, and the hazardous waste expert. There was a minister, and a surgeon, and someone in pest control. What sets them apart is what each brings along on a visit to the city. A handgun. The guns are legally owned, with the home state permits all in order. The visitors have locked the gun...
  • If Not Obama, then Impeach the 16th Amendment (The author makes an excellent point)

    06/09/2013 8:05:47 AM PDT · by Kaslin · 37 replies
    Townhall.com ^ | June 9, 2013 | Mark Baisley
    I’d say it’s official; President Obama’s Watergate has arrived.  And the witty question originally formed for Nixon’s big scandal can now be re-applied to President Plausible Deniability, “What did he not know and when did he not know it?”  While I do think that IRS-Gate spells the end of this President’s ability to effectively advance the liberal agenda, I do not see an impeachment on the horizon; at least not for Barack Obama – but perhaps for the Sixteenth Amendment.The recent parade of citizen witnesses to congressional hearings has laid bare the raw suffering that inevitably comes from tolerating the...
  • Rep. Andy Gipson - New Gun Law Reflects Constitutional Principle

    06/08/2013 12:57:17 PM PDT · by marktwain · 4 replies
    yallpolitics.com ^ | 8 June, 2018 | Andy Gipson
    As a lawyer/lawmaker, I respect the rule of law in our nation, and I took an oath to defend and uphold the Constitution. The law is designed to encourage good conduct and deter wrongful conduct. It’s not intended to criminalize law-abiding citizens simply exercising their constitutional rights. Unfortunately, laws can be interpreted in ways that are contrary to these principles. Under prior interpretations of Mississippi’s firearms laws, law-abiding people – even “concealed carry” permit holders-- could be charged for breaking the law simply by carrying a lawful pistol or revolver in a holster. House Bill 2 becomes effective July 1,...
  • Texas high school silences Valedictorian's microphone during speech on Constitution, report says

    06/08/2013 7:45:18 AM PDT · by AtlasStalled · 208 replies
    Fox ^ | 06/08/13
    A Texas high school silenced its Valedictorian’s microphone during his speech when he diverted from his pre-approved remarks and instead spoke about the Constitution.
  • Inside America's $1.9billion data mine: How all your private details will soon be stored

    06/07/2013 1:03:49 PM PDT · by Tennessee Nana · 25 replies
    DailyMail ^ | June 7, 2013 | Lydia Warren
    The personal data and private online conversations that the National Security Administration is accused of mining could be stashed in a one million square-foot, $1.9 billion facility in the Utah Valley. Concerns over what the government will store at the Utah Data Center have been reinvigorated by the revelation that U.S. intelligence agencies have been extracting audio, video, photos, e-mails, documents and other information to track people's movements and contacts. Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, Google, Yahoo, YouTube, Skype, AOL and the lesser known Internet company PalTalk are all involved with the PRISM program, which the government insists is for national security....
  • ...Ted Cruz on why Holder won’t resign: ‘Still some amendments in Bill of Rights left unviolated’

    06/07/2013 12:46:56 PM PDT · by marktwain · 29 replies
    twitchy.com ^ | 6 June, 2013 | Senator Ted Cruz
    Holder says he won't resign until he accomplishes all his goals. I guess there are still some amendments in Bill of Rights left unviolated…
  • Yes, You Have the Right to Record the Police: Analysis

    06/07/2013 12:42:55 PM PDT · by marktwain · 14 replies
    popularmechanics.com ^ | 5 June, 3013 | Morgan Leigh Manning
    On May 8, Maria Melendez, Melendez's daughter, Melissa Quair, and Quair's boyfriend reportedly witnessed about a half-dozen Kern County, Calif., highway patrol officers beating and kicking 33-year old David Silva in front of Kern Medical Center. Silva, the father of four young children, died early on the morning of May 8, presumably from the injuries he sustained from the incident. Melendez recorded the entire episode on her phone, as did her daughter's boyfriend. But before she could send the videos to news media outlets, she later told reporters, detectives from the Kern County Sheriff's Office, acting without a warrant, confiscated...
  • Structure is Destiny

    06/07/2013 8:39:41 AM PDT · by Jacquerie · 70 replies
    Conservatives tout the importance of the traditional family to our society. Father, mother, children, the family is the building block, the foundation of society. This isn’t news to any civilization. Radical Leftists tell us it doesn’t matter. A family is whatever one or two or more people of any sex wish it to be. After almost fifty years of the Great Society, in which many fathers were replaced with a monthly stipend to mothers, we conservatives know the results. Directionless, violent and barbaric boys grow into felonious men. Absent the proven institution, the structure of traditional marriage, women still have...
  • Biometric Database tucked inside Gang of Eight immigration bill

    06/07/2013 4:44:05 AM PDT · by KeyLargo · 38 replies
    Conservative Action Alerts ^ | May 31, 2013 | Conservative Action Alerts
    Biometric Database tucked inside Gang of Eight immigration bill by Conservative Action Alerts on May 31, 2013 ALERT: The Gang of Eight’s comprehensive immigration plan will destroy individual privacy via biometric database. American Conservative, Last Tuesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee passed their markup of the Gang of Eight’s “immigration reform” bill – a version that not only preserves most of the bill’s original problems, but also contains 233 additional pages of rules. Senator Ted Cruz says that the bill only makes our current immigration problems “worse.” Sadly, he holds the minority opinion as he was one of only five Senate...
  • Whence cometh the revolution? (...compares level of despotism today to what founders faced in '76)

    06/06/2013 11:11:09 AM PDT · by Perseverando · 104 replies
    WND ^ | June 5, 2013 | Erik Rush
    Why is Justice blindfolded? I am speaking of the allegorical Justice, also known as “Lady Justice.” She is usually represented holding a balance and sword, the former symbolizing fairness and the latter her power. Altogether, she represents the moral authority of law, or rather, that the law ought to observe morality. She is also blindfolded. The blindfold represents the impartiality of Justice, that she is subject neither to prejudice nor influence. The second one – influence – is most significant in terms of our discussion. It has been pointed out that the Boston Tea Party was carried out over confiscatory...
  • Why does Slate want to ban advanced technology rifles?

    06/06/2013 9:26:30 AM PDT · by marktwain · 21 replies
    Gun Watch ^ | 7 June, 2013 | Dean Weingarten
    For the last five years, the number of homicides from sniper attacks in the United States has averaged a bit less than three. In 2010, the last year I have data for, there were three. To put this in context, the number of children killed by their babysitters in that year were 36. In a nation of over 300 million, your chance of being killed at a distance by a rifle shooter are less than one in 100 million. Rifles are ubiquitous in the United States, with about 100 million in the hands of citizens. So, why does Justin...
  • Hear Ted Cruz’s Message to ‘Hysterical’ Mainstream Media

    Ever since he was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2012, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has become a lightening rod for media criticism. At the same time, he has become a favorite among conservatives across the nation. On Tuesday, Cruz had a message for the media that is “so hysterical” over what he is doing in the Senate. “Let me say that the fact that the mainstream media and the New York Times is so hysterical about what I’m doing – to me frankly suggests that maybe we’re doing something right,” Cruz said on Mark Levin’s radio show. “Because I...
  • Wake Up! Our Freedom Is in Jeopardy

    06/04/2013 10:29:36 AM PDT · by Kaslin · 11 replies
    Townhall.com ^ | June 4, 2013 | Rick Santorum
    This is a critical time in American history. I think we all know that something big is happening in America. The steady stream of news out of Washington the past couple weeks is just a fresh reminder of this. We are learning more about how far our Department of Justice went in digging through the phone records of members of the press. We are also learning about how our own government targeted conservative groups by delaying or denying their tax-exempt status. And we are all waiting for the other shoe to drop on Obamacare -- the rate increases, the religious...
  • The Case Against Deference

    06/04/2013 9:33:03 AM PDT · by IndePundit · 2 replies
    The Weekly Standard ^ | June 10, 2013 | David Rivkin and Elizabeth Price Foley
    For at least half a century, judicial restraint has been the clarion call of the conservative legal movement. After the Warren Court era, Roe v. Wade, and very nearly a “right” to welfare benefits, it was not surprising that conservatives would seek to rein in judicial self-aggrandizement. The principal conservative response was to promote judicial deference: Judges should resist the temptation to legislate from the bench and “defer” to the political branches. Unfortunately, time has shown that this response was too blunt. Particularly in constitutional cases, judicial deference has led to a steady expansion of government power. This, in turn,...
  • Vanity: Is the President (any) of the United States Constitutionally Excluded from IRS Operation?

    06/03/2013 10:05:08 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 19 replies
    My Own Aged Brain | 06-03-2013 | Red Badger
    According to the United States Constitution, Article 1 Section 8: Article 1 - The Legislative Branch Section 8 - Powers of Congress The Congress shall have Power To lay and COLLECT Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States; --------------------------------------------------------------- If I read this correctly, ONLY THE CONGRESS CAN COLLECT TAXES, NOT THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH. Ergo, the IRS is a creature of CONGRESS, not the EXECUTIVE BRANCH. The President, any president, does not...
  • Erase Every Law From Every Book

    06/03/2013 6:36:55 AM PDT · by knarf · 19 replies
    self | June 3, 2013 | knarf
    I've concluded we can't fix America.
  • Christopher Swindell: Gun safety debate is B.S. (Flawed Argument)

    06/03/2013 4:02:48 AM PDT · by kimtom · 21 replies
    www.wvgazette.com ^ | Christopher Swindell | Christopher Swindell
    Watching the celebration at the NRA convention over the defeat of background checks was the most nauseating experience of the day. I am not a New York gun control liberal, either. I support a shotgun for home defense, a handgun for limited conceal/carry, and an assortment of hunting rifles to balance West Virginia's exploding deer population (as evidenced by hourly collisions with cars). So, I am hardly out of the mainstream. But, the gun safety debate is B.S. This foaming at the mouth, Obamar is coming for the guns, Nanny Bloomberg is a bad billionaire, and most despicable of all,...
  • Mark Levin and the 17th Amendment II

    06/02/2013 2:51:56 PM PDT · by Jacquerie · 31 replies
    May 30th 2013 | Mark Levin
    As all of his fans know, Mark finished another book. Every night it seems, he wants to bust out and talk about it, but his publishers have put the ixnay on too much disclosure. Still, he shows a little leg now and then. That happened in the second hour of his show last Thursday, May 30th, 2013. I suspect he was actually reading some excerpts from it. Mark Levin: We the people must have as a goal, the reestablishment of our founding principles. How can a people incapable of selecting their own light bulbs and toilets, possess enough confidence to...
  • Irony: Couple Cuffed For Engaging In Free Speech In Front Of Independence Hall

    06/01/2013 5:32:17 PM PDT · by Whenifhow · 8 replies
    http://freedomoutpost.com ^ | May 31, 2013 | Tim Brown
    A video that runs approximately 13:00 minutes records an ironic incident that took place on Saturday May 18 documents the incident of Mark and Barb, a couple who were engaged in handing out flyers and talking about ending the Federal Reserve system in the City of Brotherly Love, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They were detained and hand-cuffed for passing out flyers and engaging in free speech. According to Mark Passio, “On Saturday, May 18th at 3:00 pm, I was walking with my wife Barb in Philadelphia from Market Street to Chestnut Street between 5th and 6th Streets, and handed out a few...
  • Sen. Ted Cruz tells Eric Bolling, abolish the IRS and much more (Video)

    06/01/2013 4:47:20 PM PDT · by Whenifhow · 17 replies
    http://www.youtube.com ^ | June 1, 2013 | You Tube
    Sen. Ted Cruz tells Eric Bolling, abolish the IRS and much, much more. June 1, 2013
  • Of hope and hypocrites: Candid observations from a one-time loyalist

    06/01/2013 9:14:47 AM PDT · by Matt Lexington · 17 replies
    06/01/13 | Matt lexington
    It is an admirable expression of loyalty, of devotion and duty towards one's own country. A pledge, currently spoken throughout the nation countless times each and everyday- "To uphold and defend the Constitution of these United States of America." Though it is in truth, a hollow pledge, as it is without even modest contemplation, it is devoid of any meaning or substance. For if it only requires us to THINK, such a pledge could not today be even uttered free of base hypocrisy. For who among us would remain willing to uphold and defend that which has so often withered...
  • Feds suggest anti-Muslim speech can be punished

    06/01/2013 6:34:17 AM PDT · by KeyLargo · 108 replies
    politico.com ^ | May 31, 2013 | Byron Tau
    Feds suggest anti-Muslim speech can be punished By BYRON TAU | 5/31/13 5:26 PM EDT A U.S. attorney in Tennessee is reportedly vowing to use federal civil rights statutes to clamp down on offensive and inflammatory speech about Islam. Bill Killian, U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee, was quoted by the Tullahoma News this week suggesting that some inflammatory material on Islam might run afoul of federal civil rights laws. "We need to educate people about Muslims and their civil rights, and as long as we’re here, they’re going to be protected," Killian told the newspaper. Killian, along...
  • ACT NOW to Oppose the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty (Obama Signs June 3)

    05/31/2013 7:16:08 PM PDT · by forty_years · 43 replies
    netwmd.com ^ | May 31, 2013 | netWMD Staff
    We already full-well know that President Obama has tried to severely restrict Americans' constitutional right to bear arms. Not only has he been pushing gun control at the national level, but he has also been working at the international level. On June 3, Obama plans to sign the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). He aims to cede American sovereignty to the corrupt United Nations, made up of many countries openly hostile to the U.S. How would you like your Second Amendment rights to be dependent on the likes of Venezuela or Iran? YOU CAN ACT NOW TO STOP OBAMA'S ATTACK...
  • Time running out for Illinois' gun-grabbing politicians

    05/31/2013 9:03:31 AM PDT · by Oldpuppymax · 3 replies
    Coach is Right ^ | 5/31/13 | Doug Book
    If Illinois lawmakers cannot pass a concealed carry law acceptable to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals by June 9th, the constitutionally prescribed right to keep and bear arms will immediately take effect in the Prairie State. That is, just as codified in the 2nd Amendment, all Illinois gun owners will have the right to bear a weapon, anywhere they wish in the state. (1) On December 11th of last year, a 3 judge panel from the 7th Circuit ruled Illinois’ near total ban on the carry of firearms unconstitutional. The 47 page decision in Moore v Madigan gave the...
  • Ted Cruz: Obama administration does not respect First, Second, Fourth or Fifth Amendments

    05/31/2013 3:47:17 AM PDT · by Whenifhow · 21 replies
    http://washingtonexaminer.com ^ | May 30, 2013 | Charlie Spiering
    On Fox News Thursday afternoon, Sen. Ted Cruz indicated that President Obama should ask for Attorney General Eric Holder’s resignation. “Yes. Absolutely,” the Texas Republican said flatly, after he was asked by Fox News host Megyn Kelly if Obama should ask for Holder’s resignation. Cruz cited the “unprecedented” investigations of reporters and Holder’s response to the Fast and Furious scandal as examples of the Justice Department disregarding the law. “Unfortunately, I think it’s part and parcel of a pattern from this administration of not respecting the Bill of Rights,” Cruz added. “Not respecting the First Amendment, not respecting the Second...
  • Wis. appeals court: Voter photo ID constitutional

    05/30/2013 10:07:04 AM PDT · by Sopater · 45 replies
    WQOW Eau Claire ^ | May 30, 2013 9:44 AM CDT | Amie Winters
    <p>MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- A Wisconsin appeals court says a law requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls is constitutional.</p> <p>Republicans passed a law in 2011 requiring voters to show photo identification, saying the mandate would help fight election fraud. The League of Women Voters filed a lawsuit in Dane County Circuit Court in October 2011 challenging the law. Judge Richard Niess ruled the law was unconstitutional in March 2012, saying it would abridge the right to vote.</p>
  • Obama To Sign International Gun Control Treaty On June 3rd

    05/30/2013 6:23:16 AM PDT · by Sub-Driver · 103 replies
    Obama To Sign International Gun Control Treaty On June 3rd On June 3, President Barack Obama will sign the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). The ATT passed in the U.N. General Assembly by a vote of 153-4 on April 2. This treaty is ostensibly aimed at putting an end to gun trafficking across international boundaries, and both Breitbart News and the NRA have argued that it will eventually require an international gun registry in order to be enforceable. The ATT also provides the executive branch of our government with broad powers for controlling which guns do and don't come into...
  • Durbin shows as much respect for First Amendment as he does for Second

    05/30/2013 6:26:43 AM PDT · by marktwain · 7 replies
    Gun Rights Examiner ^ | 30 May, 2013 | David Codrea
    Dick Durbin isn’t sure if a federal media shield law should ensure Constitutional protection for bloggers and citizen journalists, The Daily Caller pointed out in its analysis of the Illinois senator’s appearance on Fox News Sunday. “[T]he media shield law, which I am prepared to support … still leaves an unanswered question, which I have raised many times: What is a journalist today in 2013?,” Durbin offered. “We know it’s someone that works for Fox or AP, but does it include a blogger? Does it include someone who is tweeting? Are these people journalists and entitled to constitutional protection? We...