THE FOUR RULES

1. ALL GUNS ARE ALWAYS LOADED.

2. NEVER POINT YOUR MUZZLE AT SOMETHING YOU ARE NOT WILLING TO DESTROY.

3. KEEP YOUR FINGER OFF THE TRIGGER UNTIL YOUR SIGHTS ARE ON THE TARGET AND YOU ARE READY TO SHOOT.

4. KNOW YOUR TARGET AND WHAT'S BEYOND.

Winston Churchill said
"A GENTLEMAN, SELDOM, IF EVER, NEEDS A GUN.
BUT WHEN HE DOES, HE NEEDS IT VERY BADLY!"
Si Vis Paceum Para Bellum

Sam Adams, more than beer

“If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquillity of servitude than the animating contest of freedom, — go from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen”
Samuel Adams

Lincoln on power

"We must prevent these things being done, by either congresses or courts — The people — the people — are the rightful masters of both Congresses, and courts — not to overthrow the Constitution, but to overthrow the men who pervert it —" Abraham Lincoln

Saturday, April 17, 2010

The 2nd Amendment rally is fast approching

When I call my friend Second Amendment March founder and author Skip Coryell about a totally unrelated subject, He convinced me to become the Iowa State coordinator for the march. I agreed, I didn't know what I was getting into. It's been one of the hardest jobs I don't get paid for.  I met Skip years ago at a pheasant hunt sponsored by Iowa Carry. We had a great discussion over dinner and I have read most of his books.  we have a lot in common, both being from Michigan and both having served in the Marines.

He is dedicated to the Second Amendment and  our freedoms in general. His passion rubs off when you hear him speak. And, with anyone that is vocal about our freedoms, there are those that would paint him as a nut job or extremist.

http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/04/16/after-the-tea-party-more-extremism-as-gun-rights-activists-hit/

Tea Party's After-Party: More Extremism as Gun Rights Activists Hit Washington



On April 19, an assortment of gun-rights groups will mount the Second Amendment March at the grounds of the Washington Monument. On the Web site for the march, its founder, Skip Coryell, calls it a "peaceful" event. But these folks, as the Violence Policy Center points out in a new report, are pushing a virulent strain of anti-government extremism that certainly could drive a body to take violent action.
 More liberal crap. The violence policy center is nothing but a gun ban group. They are upset that more and more states are allowing their citizens more rights under the second amendment. They claim they want to stop gun violence, when everyone knows the truth. They want everyone to be defenseless against the criminals. That's all banning hand guns will do, criminals aren't going to pay attention, that's why they are called criminals.

Put this all together -- saber rattlng, militia fomenting, demonizing government -- and you have a brew of far-right paranoia mixed with guns. When have we seen this before? Oh yeah, Timothy McVeigh and the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. And here's the kicker: This pro-gun march will happen on the 15th anniversary of the Oklahoma bombing. This is not insensitivity; it's a message.

There it is, they always come back to McVeigh. He was a nut job that has absolutely nothing to do with what we are doing. I have yet to find anyone associated with the march that That thinks this is what we are celebrating. They don't mention that patriots day, April 19th is the 235th anniversary of the battles of Lexington and Concord.

As the Violence Policy Center notes,
The gun lobby is once again embracing -- and equally important, validating -- the anti-government rhetoric being offered by activists that range from Tea Party members, through pro-gun advocates, to members of the militia movement.

And as was the case with Timothy McVeigh, the risk lies not so much with the organized members of these groups, but with the "lone wolves" who not only embrace their rhetoric, but are willing to act on it with violence.
And just what are we supposed to do about some "lone wolf"? The sponsors and members of the march don't have any control over everyone that might attend a rally somewhere in the country. The VPC is a little over the top.
Mr Corn ends with this little jewel.

That's right. When people are blasting the federal government as tyrannical, suggesting that government-imposed concentration camps are around the corner, encouraging people to threaten the government with force, or comparing the president to the Nazis and accusing him of being a secret Kenyan-born Muslim imposing socialism on the United States, they are setting the stage for violence. The Tea Partiers are extreme in their hatred of the Obama administration, but these gun-rights radicals are downright dangerous. They talk of insurrection -- and they do have guns.

For one thing, the Tea Party is a separate group.  I did go to the rally last Thursday. I couldn't stay long but does that make me a nut job just because I believe we need less government? Some of these liberals should get out and meet people more.
And the articles are out there all with the same message. The people participating in the 2nd Amendment March are all a bunch of nuts wanting to overthrow our government. I swear I would love to know where they come up with some of their ideas.

Here's a article that gives a little perspective.

http://www.examiner.com/x-4525-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2010m4d14-Vitriol-approaching-fever-pitch-as-2A-march-looms


   Media bias is already evident. When Newsweek magazine mentioned the Second Amendment March, it was in the text of a story headlined “A Surge of Hate.” When Political Chili writer Dr. James Scaminaci III weighed in on the march, he discussed it in terms of a “culture of violence” that he lays at the feet of conservatives.
 
But the feds and local authorities will be watching closely on April 19, when the Oath Keepers mark their first anniversary and join a Second Amendment March on Washington to celebrate the right to bear arms. The Oath Keepers say they are commemorating the first shots of the Revolutionary War fired at Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775, but April 19 is also the anniversary of the end of the FBI siege at Waco, Texas, in 1993, as well as the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.--Newsweek
Even Newsweek is getting in on the act. 

Friday, April 16, 2010

Tom Brokaw on the Tea Party movement

 I found this ant thought it was a rather good read.

  

Former TV anchorman Tom Brokaw characterized the Tea Party movement this morning as 'prosperous people trying to hang on to what they have.'
Appearing on the MSNBC 'Morning Joe' show, Mr. Brokaw cited a New York Times poll which found Tea Party members:
• Held an unfavorable opinion of Barack Obama--84%
• Disagree with the way Congress is doing its job--96%
• Rate the economy fairly bad or very bad--93%
• Rate their own household financial situation fairly bad or very bad--20%
"So you've got prosperous people trying to hang on to what they have," Brokaw concluded, "and they have learned to organize."


 The article included the CBS/NYT poll.

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Second Amendment March is fast approching.

  Next Monday, the 19th, The Second Amendment March will take place at the capital. We are going to start at noon and run till 3:00 pm.
Brenna Findley, candidate for State Attorney General will be a speaker, along with Dave Funk, Candidate for Leonard Boswells seat and Sean McClanahan, the President of Iowa Carry.

  I would like to see a good crowd show up. This is more than a bunch of gun people. This is remembrance for the brave patriots that stood up to the British at Lexington/Concord on April 19th 1775. The British were sent packing and the patriots fired the shot heard "round the world. As a result, we have enjoyed 235 years of freedom.

  The problem is, over the last 80 years, the government has tried to chip away at our rights a little at a time. We have fought back at them and we have won some and lost some. So we will celebrate the victories an worry about the losses some other time. Mostly we will remember a bunch of farmers and shop keepers that told the worlds greatest super power, "NO MORE". 


  The March in Washington DC will also be next Monday. I would liked to have been there with my Friend Skip Coryell. He has put this together over the last couple of years. There are people like me in a lot of states that have been collecting signatures and holding rally's since the first of the year.
 
  http://www.secondamendmentmarch.com

  This is the link to the main page. And this is the link to the Iowa section
 
  http://www.secondamendmentmarch.com/iowa

  Come on out next Monday and we will celebrate the bave folks that gave us our freedoms.

  It's going to be here faster that we realize.

Monday, April 12, 2010

One More Week

  Next Monday, the 19th, The Second Amendment March will take place at the capital. We are going to start at noon and run till 3:00 pm.
Brenna Findley, candidate for State Attorney General will be a speaker, alon with Dave Funk, Candidate for leonard Boswells seat and Sean McClanahan, the President of Iowa Carry.

  I would like to see a good crowd show up. This is more than a bunch of gun people. This is rememberance for the brave patriots that stood up to the British at Lexington/ concord on April 19th 1775. The British were sent packing and the patriots fired the shot heard "round the world. As a result, we have enjoyed 235 years of freedom.

  The problem is, over the last 80 years, the government has tried to chip away at our rights a little at a time. We have fought back at them and we have won some and lost some. So we will celebrate the victories an worry about the losses some other time. Mostly we will remember a bunch of farmers and shop keepers that told the worlds greatest super power, "NO MORE". 


  The March in Washington DC will also be next Monday. I would liked to have been there with my Friend Skip Coryell. He has put this together over the last couple of years. There are people like me in a lot of states that have been collecting signatures and holding rallys since the first of the year.
 
  http://www.secondamendmentmarch.com

  This is the link to the main page. And this is the link to the Iowa section
 
  http://www.secondamendmentmarch.com/iowa

  Come on out next Monday and we will celebrate the bave folks that gave us our freedoms.

Amid cuts, Ohio judge tells citizens to carry guns

  I'm afraid we are going to see more of this with the economy in the shape it's in.
Finally, a judge with some common sense. The SCOTUS has said many times that the police have no duty to protect anyone. Their duty is to the "public at large". The only one that can defend you is you.

 
   http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jSBOQdb_QcxbWXDYIGmOvAQ2gudAD9EVPQVO1


Amid cuts, Ohio judge tells citizens to carry guns
CLEVELAND — One judge's solution for citizens feeling less secure because of budget cuts in an Ohio county: Carry a gun.
Judge Alfred Mackey of Ashtabula County Common Pleas Court advised residents Friday to be vigilant and arm themselves because the number of deputies has been cut about in half because of a tight budget. He also urged neighbors to organize anti-crime block watch groups.
"They have to be law-abiding, and if they are not familiar with firearms they need to take a safety course so they are not a threat to their family and friends and themselves," Mackey said Friday.
Mackey, whose comments were first broadcast Thursday by WKYC-TV in Cleveland, was expressing concerns with budget cuts that have trimmed the sheriff's department from 112 to 49 deputies in the county, which is Ohio's largest by land area.
Asked by WKYC how people should respond to the cuts and limited patrols, he said, "Arm themselves. Be very careful and just be vigilant because we're going to have to look after each other."
Andrew Pollis, who teaches law at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, saw the original TV clip of Mackey and said it was clear the judge wasn't advocating vigilantism.
Still, Pollis said, snippets of the comments could be misunderstood "as a license, if you will, to engage in conduct which we as a society collectively would not want."
In Akron, Summit County Common Pleas Judge Patricia Cosgrove, president-elect of the Ohio Common Pleas Judges Association, said she was surprised by Mackey's suggestion.
"That's scary to me," she said. "I don't know what the situation in Ashtabula County is. I personally would never — that's a personal choice in terms of carrying a weapon."
With deputies assigned to transport prisoners and serve warrants, only one radio car is assigned to patrol the county of 720 square miles, excluding municipalities with police departments. The sheriff's patrol area covers most of the county, the judge said Friday.
Mackey said the response to his comments has been positive in the mostly rural county between Cleveland and Erie, Pa.
"People in this county are hunters," said Mackey, who grew up on a farm with rifles and still owns firearms. "People have familiarity with firearms."
Messages seeking comment on the judge's remarks were left for Sheriff William Johnson and county commissioners.
Johnson has threatened to sue the commissioners to have some of his department's funding restored.
The jail in the county of about 100,000 people has held as many as 140 prisoners, but the number has dipped to about 30 because of reductions in the guard staff. About 700 people are on a waiting list to serve time in the jail.
Ohio has had a concealed handgun law for five years, and from October to December the Ashtabula County sheriff issued 54 licenses. Twenty-eight licenses were renewed.

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