Wednesday, August 29, 2007
The Spirit of Public Resistance Is Alive And Well...
in Norfolk, Virginia
Summary:
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A city thought they could over ride state law concerning the carriage of arms.
The wrote an ordinance.
The enforced it, by arresting at least one person.
The person got lawyers, and the charges were dropped.
And the People got Mad.
They excercised their right to be armed, by strapping on their guns.
They excercised their right to peacably assemble, by showing up at a town meeting.
They excercised their right of free speech, by standing up and speaking their mind, calling BS on the city.
And it wasn't just one or two or ten, it was over one hundred People.
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The icing on the cake?
They did it on the day that the Forces of Organized Gun Bigotry declared to be a national day of antigun protest, all of which were sparsely attended, and many of which collapsed for lack of interest.
(Update: Jeff has more on the fizzled protests);
RKBA is alive and well.
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Posted By: geekWithA.45  
Monday, August 20, 2007
Know Your Enemy...
Chapter 23, The Peace Racket.
Read the whole thing, if you want to understand how an entire generation's moral compass is being degaussed, and events like this:
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Warblogger Frank Martin described his visit to the military cemetery at Arnhem, in the Netherlands, where a teenage guide said that the Allied soldiers “were fighting for bridges; how silly that they would all fight for something like that.” Martin was outraged: “I tried to explain that they weren’t fighting for bridges, but for his and his families’ freedom.” That teenager articulated precisely the kind of thinking that peace professors seek to instill in their students—that freedom is at best an overvalued asset that can hinder peacemaking, and at worst a lie, and that those who harp on it are either American propagandists or dupes who’ve fallen for the propaganda
and sentiments like this:
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The Peace Racket maintains that the Western world’s profound moral culpability, arising from its history of colonialism and economic exploitation, deprives it of any right to judge non-Western countries or individuals. Further, the non-West has suffered so much from exploitation that whatever offenses it commits are legitimate attempts to recapture dignity, obtain justice, and exact revenge. Have Third World terrorists taken Americans hostage? Don’t call the hostages innocent victims. After all, as Americans, they’re complicit in a system that has long inflicted “structural violence” (or “structural terrorism”) upon the Third World poor. Donald Rothberg of San Francisco’s Saybrook Institute explains: “In using the term ‘structural violence,’ we identify phenomena as violent that are not usually seen as violent. For example, Western economic domination.”
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Posted By: geekWithA.45
Some Things Will Never Change*
And some things just leave you speechless:
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Well, OK.
Maybe the photo wasn't of the drill itself.
Maybe the cops were posing for the camera.
Maybe there is a segment of our society that is somehow reassured by a ragged line of policemen pointing unloaded guns in random directions, while unable to keep a straight face.
Maybe.
Let's get some reaction from, shall we say, a better informed segment of our society?
geekWithA45: "I'm more worried about getting hit by the good guys..."
geeketteWithA9mm: "Oh my. They're serious, aren't they? I suppose I shall have to keep heavier armaments at hand."
Pookie, 5: "Are they gonna shoot that dog?"
*With apologies to the Meat Puppets:
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Some things will never change
They stand there looking backwards
Half unconscious from the pain
They may seem rearranged
In the backwater swirling, there is
Something that'll never change
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Posted By: geekWithA.45
Tuesday, August 07, 2007
And Now, for Something Fun...
Military Motivators.
Keep scrolling when you hit the bottom, it's worth the clicky!
{h/t: Reader PMH}
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Posted By: geekWithA.45
Public Service Announcement...
My embattled brethren of the New Jersey Coalition for Self Defense have put out this BOHICA alert:
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Dear NJCSD Members,
We shouldn't be surprised, but NJ is once again using "back door" measures to persecute gun owners by administrative rules. When we first heard about this, the new measures affected only "high capacity" magazines... whatever those are. I only know of magazines in NJ that were LOW capacity magazines because they held fewer rounds than what they were capable of.
In any event, it looks like they're trying to stick other rules up our butts that affect repairs and also the manner in which dealers display firearms.
Please take a moment to FLOOD the NJ State Police with letters. It only takes a moment.
This is what was sent yesterday via NRA-ILA alerts, if you haven't already received it:
New Jersey State Police Seeking to Enact
Further Firearms Restrictions by Regulation
Please Mail Your Comments in Today!
The New Jersey State Police recently issued new rule proposals for the regulation of firearms, magazines, and retailers in the Garden State. If approved, these regulations will have the rule of law without ever being debated by our legislators in Trenton, turning thousands of unsuspecting citizens into felons!
The proposal would do the following: It would require law-abiding gun owners to surrender or pay to render their “large capacity” magazines permanently blocked. Possession of a temporarily blocked “large capacity” magazine would be a crime. Certain semi-automatic shotguns and handguns would be classified as “assault firearms” because of cosmetic features, which have not been named in any statute enacted by the New Jersey Legislature. Another proposal seeks to harass lawful owners and retailers of “assault firearms” by requiring that licensed dealers who accept an “assault firearm” and/or machine gun from a citizen for transfer, resale, or repair must notify the Superintendent of the State Police within 48 hours. Also, all firearms sold by retailers would be mandated to be secured by steel cable. Finally, the proposal forces those placing handguns on consignment to produce a new permit to retake possession of the handgun.
Law-abiding firearm owners have until Friday, August 17 to voice their opposition to the new rules and the Superintendent needs to hear from you today! Public comments will only be accepted by mail.
STAND UP AND MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD!
PLEASE MAIL YOUR COMMENTS IN TODAY!
Please cut and paste the below letter onto a new page, date, sign, and mail to the listed address:
Date:
Colonel Joseph R. Fuentes, Superintendent
New Jersey State Police
PO Box 7068
West Trenton, New Jersey 08638
Attn: Firearms Investigation Unit
Re: Comments to PRN 2007-199
Dear Colonel Fuentes:
As a law-abiding New Jersey firearm owner, I respectfully object to, and urge you to not to implement certain proposed changes to the New Jersey Administrative Code set forth in your Rule Proposal dated June 18, 2007. These proposed changes would unilaterally turn thousands of honest citizens into criminals. Furthermore, it would impose this legal jeopardy in the complete absence of legislative intent, debate, and open discussion.
For many years, numerous state authorities have issued formal written advice to law abiding citizens, licensed firearm dealers, and police officers around the state permitting temporary blocking of magazines. Thousands of people have relied upon that advice by purchasing, possessing, transferring, transporting, and selling temporarily blocked magazines. These people would be forced to either surrender their private property with no compensation or pay to render their magazines permanently blocked. Rule proposal 13:54-1.2 will make thousands of unsuspecting, law-abiding firearm owners who are unaware of this dramatic reversal into felons by classifying a temporarily blocked magazine as a “large capacity magazine.
Also, under 13:54-1.2, certain semi-automatic shotguns, the most “commonly used firearm” by New Jersey sportsmen and semi-automatic pistols with common features, would be classified as “assault firearms” even though some of the supposedly undesirable shotgun features are particularly helpful to disabled shooters. Many of the supposedly undesirable features listed have not been identified in any statute passed by the New Jersey Legislature and are tantamount to new legislation even though legislating is beyond the scope of the executive branch.
Rule proposal 13:54-5.1 Section (c) assumes illegal activity without probable cause upon the firearm owner and forces the retailer to delay sometimes needed repair by mandating that licensed dealers who accept an “assault firearm” and/or machine gun from a citizen for transfer, resale, or repair notify the Superintendent within 48 hours. Delaying repairs pending approval by the Superintendent of Police will only add to greater expense and unjustified inconvenience for the firearm owner and lost business for the retailer.
New Jersey already mandates some of the toughest security measures for firearm retailers in the country. Additions to rule 13:54-6.5 would impose significant financial impacts upon retail firearm dealers by requiring dealers whose firearms are on display to secure firearms by a steel cable. Cabled firearms are more likely to “dry-fire” as the cable rests on the triggers of the firearms. Dry-firing can be particularly harmful to shotguns and antique firearms causing damage to the firing pins and actions of the firearms. Securing firearms by steel cables could also result in deep scrapes and permanent damage of those firearms and force retailers to sell the items for significantly less than the suggested retail value.
Rule proposal 13:54-3.20 forces those who place firearms on consignment to produce a new permit to purchase a handgun even though they may have dropped off the firearm as early as one day previously. This will place a new unnecessary burden on licensing authorities to reissue permits. This proposed regulation could redirect what is currently a safe and legal commerce to the black market.
Again, I respectfully object to these proposals and urge you not to implement them.
Sincerely,
Address:
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Geek's Commentary:
This is an example of how a confirmed member of the forces of organized gun bigotry, Jon Corzine in this particular case, can exert influence through the regulatory process to make life worse for people, in this case by simply making shit up as they go along.
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Posted By: geekWithA.45
Saturday, August 04, 2007
China Volunteers to Be Mocked...
China tells living Buddhas to obtain permission before they reincarnate.
Buddha laughs longest and hardest at the folly of humanity in the inscrutable chasm betweel lives.
This one's such a whopper, though, I'm sure the entire multiverse is ringing like a bell.
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Posted By: geekWithA.45
Friday, August 03, 2007
Diebold Electronic Voting System: "Fragile" "Insecure", requires "entire re-engineering"...
As a professional geek, I've been keeping my eye on this.
Anyone who knows anything about electronic security will tell you that a system that CAN be compromised WILL be compromised if the prize is tasty enough.
Wired has the story.
Frankly, the integrity of the Republic depends on a reliable, auditable, provable vote.
As far as I know, there wasn't a damned thing wrong with the old mechanical vote ka-chunkers.
UPDATE!
The California AG does good, decertifies the whole lot.
The link's a cornucopia for geeks, includes links to the final reports.
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Posted By: geekWithA.45
Know Your Enemy:
The Tools and Methods of the Statist Nannies...
Exhibit #1233:
Hold people legally responsible for the criminal and/or negligent and/or stupid acts of others
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Posted By: geekWithA.45
Apparently, The Distinction Between...
Gaming the system and outright cheating is lost on some people.
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