Month: October 2013

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If You Will Be In The Charlotte Area On Monday, Think About Attending This Event

October 4, 2013 by 1 Comment

Davidson College which is located just outside of Charlotte plans to hold a panel discussion entitled, “Gun Rights, Responsibilities, and Regulations,” on Monday at 7pm. Among the topics will the current scope and status of the Second Amendment as well as whether there should be changes to guns laws in the state and nation.

The panel has a number of local police chiefs and Davidson College professors. What is missing is anyone representing a pro-Second Amendment perspective.

Grass Roots North Carolina asks that if you can be there, please do plan to attend.

From their alert:

Davidson College To Hold Public Gun Forum
Panel discussion on “gun rights, responsibilities and regulations”…

GRNC has learned that Davidson College has invited the public to a panel discussion
on “Gun Rights,
Responsibilities, and Regulations,” on Monday evening, October 7 in the Lilly Family Gallery of Chambers Building.

The
panel will
address questions such as: What are the trends in the use of guns in
murders and other violent crimes in the U.S.? What is the current status
and
scope of our Second Amendment rights? What does federal law require
regarding background checks prior to gun purchases? What concerns do
law-enforcement personnel have about illegally trafficked guns? Are
changes to current gun laws or regulations warranted, either at the
state or
federal level?

The panel will include Chief Rodney Monroe of the
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, Chief Jeanne Miller of the
Davidson Police Department, Interim Acting Chief/Captain Carolyn
McMackin of Davidson College Public Safety, Lance Stell, Thatcher
Professor of
Philosophy and Director of Medical Humanities, and Andrew O’Geen,
Assistant Professor of Political Science. The event is being sponsored
by the
Vann Center for Ethics, and will be moderated by David Perry, Director
of the Vann Center and Professor of Applied Ethics.

Lost
Invitations?

Noticeably missing from the discussion
panel, of course, are any solid Pro-Second Amendment individuals.
Perhaps
their invitations were lost at some point? Here’s where you come in:
plan to attend the forum at Davidson College on Monday evening so that
all voices can be heard. Unless we are willing to participate in these types of forums, our voices may be swept by
the wayside so that only one side of the issue is heard. Although we can’t say for sure if that is the intention here, we
can make sure that our side is represented in the audience, at least.

Important note

Those
planning to attend the event should note that guns are not allowed on
the Davidson College campus. Davidson College is a private
educational facility and does have a “no weapons/ firearms” policy.
Please do not bring firearms with you on Monday evening.


IMMEDIATE ACTION
REQUIRED!

  • Plan To Attend: Make plans to attend the Davidson College public forum on Monday, October 7th.
  • Support GRNC: GRNC needs your support to help combat the efforts against your rights as gun owners. Join or
    renew your membership!  http://www.grnc.org/join-grnc/join-grnc-online
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65,000 Is A Start. Still Time To Send More

October 4, 2013 by 2 Comments

This morning Brandon Combs of the Firearms Policy Coalition and Craig DeLuz of Cal-FFL delivered 65,000 letters to the office of Gov. Jerry Brown (D-CA) asking him to veto the 14 gun bills sitting on his desk. He has until October 14th to either sign or veto these bills. Bills that he doesn’t veto become law with or without his signature.

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PHOTO:
Brandon Combs, managing director of the Firearms Policy Coalition,
left, and Craig DeLuz, legislative advocate for California Association
of Federal Firearms Licensees, deliver about 65,000 petitions urging the
governor’s veto of 14 gun bills. Credit: The Sacramento Bee/Christopher
Cadelago. Link to story.

From the Firearms Policy Coalition’s release which includes a link to send a letter to Gov. Brown:

SACRAMENTO, CA — Earlier this morning, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) Managing Director Brandon Combs, joined by California Association of Federal Firearms Licensees (CAL-FFL) Legislative Advocate Craig DeLuz, delivered 65,000 letters from individuals urging California Governor Jerry Brown to veto the 14 gun control bills currently on his desk.

The gun bills include SB 374, a massive new ban on common semi-automatic rifles authored by Senate President Darrell Steinberg, as well as laws that would ban firearm repair parts, handgun sales, lead ammunition for hunting, and exempt the City of Oakland from longstanding state laws that preempt dangerous localized gun registration schemes, among others.

“We sincerely appreciate the thousands of people who have voiced their concerns to the governor on these anti-gun measures. 65,000 letters sends a very loud-and-clear message: Californians just don’t want these horrible new laws,” said CAL-FFL’s DeLuz of the tremendous turnout by California gun owners.

FPC’s Brandon Combs said that that the fight is far from over and noted that people should keep calling and writing the Governor’s office every day. “We encourage all gun owners and Second Amendment supporters to send Governor Brown a letter through our fast, easy, and free gun rights activism tools at www.DemandRights.com.”

“We will keep printing, faxing, and emailing letters to Governor Brown until the very end,” continued Combs. “Gun owners simply must keep up the pressure for these final few days.”

Governor Brown has until October 14, 2013 to sign or veto the bills. Bills that are not vetoed will become state law. Governor Brown’s State Capitol office phone number is (916) 445-2841.

If stopping these bad bills isn’t enough, you will still have a chance to win a Benelli M4 shotgun that they are giving away to anyone who uses their site to send a message to Gov. Brown. That seems like a win-win to me.

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Outdated?

October 3, 2013 by

As Colion Noir points out in his latest commentary for NRA News, the notion that the Second Amendment is “outdated” and should be replaced by 2A v.2.0 is laughable. Even if we don’t “need” to hunt for our food nowadays, there are still two-legged predators who stand ready to deprive you and me of both our property and our lives.

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What Does The NRA Have In Common With Syria, Iran, and North Korea?

October 3, 2013 by 3 Comments

Rational, reasonable people know that the National Rifle Association has nothing in common with Syria, Iran, and North Korea. The NRA doesn’t shoot dissident members, it isn’t trying to develop a nuclear capacity, and it isn’t headed by an incompetent leader who got the job because Dad and Granddad had the same job before him.

That said, this hasn’t stopped the Editorial Board of the New York Times from lumping the NRA in with those rogue countries. Their reasoning is that since the NRA and those countries both oppose the UN’s Arms Trade Treaty, they are all pariahs.

In April, the 193-member General Assembly adopted it overwhelmingly by a vote of 154 to 3, clearing the way for individual states to sign and then ratify the pact. The states in opposition were familiar outliers in the international system: North Korea, Syria and Iran.

The National Rifle Association, like those nations, rejects this sensible international weapons regulation. It is opposed to the arms treaty even though the treaty has no impact on the American domestic market.

The group falsely claims the treaty will somehow infringe on Americans’ gun rights under the Second Amendment. In fact, as Secretary of State John Kerry stressed when he signed the treaty, the pact not only does not restrict Americans, it specifically “recognizes the freedom of both individuals and states to obtain, possess and use arms for legitimate purposes.”

But the N.R.A., with its lucrative campaign coffers and fear-mongering, has long been extremely effective at keeping lawmakers in line with its pernicious agenda. Months before the Obama administration signed the treaty, one-third of the Senate introduced a resolution opposing ratification on Second Amendment grounds. That is a signal of the tough fight ahead whenever the Senate formally takes up the issue.

Lucrative campaign coffers. Fear-mongering. Pernicious agenda. Rejecting sensible regulation.

So much for civil discourse.

One could use all of those perjorative phrases to describe the behavior of the President, Mayor Bloomberg, and others of the so-called progressive bent. Bloomberg certainly has deeper pockets than the NRA. President Obama has repeatedly engaged in fear-mongering to further his agenda. Many of us consider the agenda of Democrats in Congress to be pernicious and they have consistently opposed any regulation of mortgage lenders Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. I won’t even touch on their aversion to any regulation of abortion providers.

Say what you will but these rogue regimes and the Editorial Board of the New York Times agree on one thing: controlling their opponents.

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It’s Hard To Feel Much Empathy

October 3, 2013 by 1 Comment

BLT: The Blog of the Legal Times posted a story today about the impact of the semi-shutdown of the Federal government and its impact on a certain segment of workers inside the Beltway. Unfortunately, I find it very hard to generate much empathy for this segment of workers.

I think the title of the story explains why I, normally a very empathetic person, feel nothing for this class of workers.

Lobbyists Face Uncertainty Amid Shutdown

The story is about how hard work is for these lawyers and ex-Congressmen as they try to explain what is going on to their clients and how they don’t have good answers.

Life is tough all around. These leeches and parasites just need to get used to it.

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Maybe October 1st Is An Auspicious Day After All

October 1, 2013 by

Today, October 1st, marks the start of a number of things – some good and some bad.

Of course, you’d have to be living in a cabin in Montana with no electricity, no water, and no radio/TV like the Unabomber not to know that the Federal government has “shut down” today. Obama is blaming the Republicans for being ideologues and the Republicans are blaming the Democrats and Obama for continually rejecting the budget.

Another thing that today marks is the beginning of ObamaCare. This is otherwise known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. We still don’t quite know what is in even after they passed it despite what former Speaker Nancy Pelosi said.

October 1st is also the first day that we in North Carolina can carry concealed in restaurants that serve alcohol. Despite what the gun prohibitionists would have you believe, you still cannot legally drink and carry concealed. The same law will now also allow you to store your firearm in your locked vehicle if you hold a concealed carry permit while on educational property. This means that when I go to teach on Monday nights at the western-most state university in North Caroloina, so long as I store my pistol in my car vault, I’m good to go. The very thought has the Dookies upset and they are demanding that their administration proclaim to all the world that their university which has decided not to allow guns on campus is a gun-free zone.

On a final note, October 1st also marks the day that the Civilian Marksmanship’s Anniston (Alabama) is opening the CMP Custom Gun Shop which will work on most USGI rifles. This program is open to anyone who has qualified to purchase rifles from the CMP.

CMP will specialize in working on the M1 Garand, M1 Carbine, 1903 and 1903A3 Springfield, the 1917 Enfield and the Krag. Other rifles like the Remington 40X, Mossberg 44 and H&R Model 12 can also be serviced if needed. CMP will NOT be working on shotguns, pistols, revolvers, M14/M1A, AR15 style rifles or other commercially-produced modern rifles.

The CMP Custom Shop can work on rifles that may have been purchased elsewhere as long as they were made by a USGI contractor. Some examples include: Springfield Armory (not Springfield Inc.), Harrington & Richardson, Winchester, International Harvester, Remington, Rock Island, Eddystone, Inland, Underwood, Rock-Ola, Quality Hardware, National Postal meter, Standard Products, IBM, Irwin-Pederson and Saginaw.

There are many NON-USGI copies of the M1 Garand, 1903 Springfield and especially the M1 Carbine that CMP will be unable to work on.

Maybe, despite all the nonsense going on and coming out of Washington, at least for those of us in the gun culture October 1st will prove to be quite an auspicious day after all.

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Congratulations To A Fellow North Carolinian

October 1, 2013 by

Bob Owens is a North Carolina gun blogger and a damn good one at that. He previously blogged at Confederate Yankee and now at Bob-Owens.com. He’s also done a good bit of work for PJ Media. Today, he was named the editor of BearingArms.com which is owned by Townhall.com.

I think they made a great choice!

Here is the announcement naming Bob as their new editor.

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, Townhall announced longtime second amendment writer and activist, Bob Owens, has been named editor of their newest web property, BearingArms.com, which launched in August. BearingArms.com will cover Second Amendment issues, self-defense, the firearms industry, crime and home security.

“We’re excited to bring Bob aboard to head one of the fastest growing online second amendment communities,” Townhall Vice President and General Manager, Jonathan Garthwaite said. “In just the first month, Bearing Arms has received one million unique readers. Bob Owens brings tremendous knowledge and credibility to the brand.”

A long-time shooting enthusiast and occasional hunter, Bob Owens began blogging as a North Carolina native in New York at the politics-focused Confederate Yankee in 2004.

In 2007 Bob began writing about firearms, gun rights, and crime at Pajamas Media. He added gun and gear reviews for Shooting Illustrated in 2010.

Owens has published a short Kindle e-book for people interested in purchasing their first firearm, entitled “So You Want to Own a Gun.”

He is a volunteer in the Appleseed Project, where he shares stories of our shared American heritage and teaches traditional rifle marksmanship.

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The Market Will Tank If The Government Shuts Down!

October 1, 2013 by 1 Comment



Media commentators and Democrats have been proclaiming that the stock market will tank if the obstinate and evil Republicans push their agenda and cause the government to shut down.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said in a release five days ago:

This week I have warned Republicans of the economic consequences of forcing a federal government shutdown. Already the stock market has slipped as Tea Party Republicans insist they will shut down the government unless Democrats defund and repeal Obamacare. And the dark consequences won’t end there.

Checking the stock market indices at noontime, I see these prognosticators are as accurate as would be expected. In other words, the markets are up.

The Standard & Poors 500 Index is up 13.29 points or 0.79%

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 67 points or 0.44%.

The Nasdaq is up 38 points or 1.023%.

The spot price for gold, by contrast, is down $38 at $1288 per troy ounce. This is the lowest gold has been in eight weeks.

Gold is usually considered a haven in uncertain economic times.

While all of this could change by 4pm this afternoon when the markets close, it seems that seeing the government shut down with such drastic consequences as the Blue Ridge Parkway visitor centers being closed isn’t considered such a bad thing by investors.

As the Instapundit always says, heh!