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San Mateo County Times reporter Christine Morente profiles women with guns. Obviously, Morente herself has never fired a revolver (and one wonders whether she was actually at the striking scene she describes in the opening of her article): Women with guns a growing phenomenon By Christine Morente, STAFF WRITER Article Last Updated: 03/31/2007 12:15:56 PM [...]

The Roanoke Times’ targeting of concealed carry permit holders is the topic of my syndicated column today. Intro: “The Second Amendment,” Charlton Heston used to say, “is America’s first freedom.” The Second secures the rest. It’s a message narcissistic journalists need to hear again. A decade ago, Heston chastised the media in a National Press [...]

Shame on the Roanoke Times. Last Sunday, its columnist Christian Trejbal published an online database of registered concealed handgun permit holders in the New River Valley under the sanctimonious guise of “Sunshine Week:” Today is the start of Sunshine Week, the annual week in which we reflect on the importance of open government and public [...]

Here’s a WaPo profile. Cheers to them all. *** Previous: Second Amendment victory in D.C.

The Washington Examiner reports that some strange bedfellows are finally waking up: None other than former Mayor Marion Barry, now representing Ward 8 on the D.C. Council, is waving the white flag of surrender by introducing legislation to provide potential victims a limited window of opportunity to arm themselves in self defense. “We are in [...]

Call it the hatemail special. Because I got some particularly rude e-mail this morning in response to two “Chicks with Guns” columns I wrote earlier this year– here and here– I was reminded to do another little civilian gun-defense round-up. The great thing about gun-defense stories is, not only are they just plain great stories, [...]

…to his delusions. *** Flashback:

Cam Edwards reports on the U.N. confab in NYC this week on renewed international efforts to undermine the Second Amendment: A remarkable thing happened at the United Nations yesterday. We, the United States, told the world “no”. The messenger was Robert Joseph, the Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security. Speaking before the [...]

Hands off of our 2nd amendment, you blue-helmeted bullies. Alan Gotlieb reports: In what can only be a carefully-timed, deliberate insult to the United States and its Constitution, the United Nations is hosting a conference on global gun control aimed directly at our Second Amendment, on dates that include our national holiday, July 4. The [...]

Good (hat tip: Aubrey): A state trial judge on Monday overturned a voter-approved city ordinance that banned handgun possession and firearm sales in San Francisco, siding with gun owners who said the city did not have the authority to prohibit the weapons. Measure H was placed on the November ballot by the San Francisco County [...]

The Democrats’ national security plan is out. And it’s looking damned good. Kurtz is happy that we might finally have a debate on the subject that involves more than one side stammering, “Bush knew.” Quote: The Dems have been delaying putting forth any sort of Contract with America because, well, why interfere with your opponents [...]

You can read the National Rifle Association’s lawsuit challenging Proposition H–the San Francisco handgun ban passed on Tuesday–here. The AP reports: In 1982, a state appeals court nullified an almost identical gun ban here largely on grounds that the city cannot enact an ordinance that conflicts with state law that allows for the sale and [...]

San Francisco’s handgun ban passed yesterday: The gun ban prohibits the manufacture and sale of all firearms and ammunition in the city, and makes it illegal for residents to keep handguns in their homes or businesses. Only two other major U.S. cities — Washington and Chicago — have implemented such sweeping handgun bans. With all [...]

Another good reason not to move back to the Katrina disaster area: A Second Amendment group is expressing “shock and disbelief” that people seeking refuge at a FEMA compound outside Baker, La., may not bring their firearms with them. According to a report that aired on the Lehrer News Hour on Thursday, displaced New Orleans [...]

Tuesday quick links: -Dan Rather has a crocodile tear-shedding, lip-quivering meltdown. Dry-eyed comments from Penraker, the Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler, Roger L. Simon, and Steve J. -Robert Spencer on The Hijab That Wasn’t. -FEC sues the Club for Growth. FEC statement here. Club for Growth response here. RedState, BizzyBlog, and Jack Lewis sound the alarm. -More ungrateful [...]

The NRA wants to help: If you have personally had a gun confiscated in Louisiana since Hurricane Katrina hit, please call (888) 414-6333. Be prepared to leave only your name and immediate contact information so we can get back to you. Once again, we are seeking contact information from actual victims of gun confiscation in [...]

Second Amendment activist and blogger Joe Huffman was fired from his job at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Read his story here. Help Joe here. Joe e-mails: I really think the security issue is the bigger story even though that doesn’t do much for me personally. The security problem allows enemies of this country to [...]

It’s the Sesame Street Memo. Scrappleface has the scoop.

James E. Keenan has the letter of the day in the Washington Post: Shooting Down Doomsayers Saturday, May 7, 2005; Page A15 On reading your May 1 editorial “The Shoot-First State,” I am struck with a sense of deja vu. It seems to me that The Post ran the same “Wild West” editorial when Virginia [...]

AP reports that Sarah and Jim Brady’s gun-control outfit got saddled with a five-figure fine for breaking campaing finance laws: A gun-control group and its political action committee have paid a $12,000 fine to settle a campaign finance case from the 2000 election. At issue were ads and endorsements by the Brady Campaign to Prevent [...]

From Jacksonville, Fla.: Four sniper rifles, scopes and ammunition were stolen from an FBI SWAT van parked outside a Baymeadows Road hotel before dawn Sunday. Four rifles similar to this were stolen from a locked FBI van parked parked outside a Jacksonville hotel before dawn Sunday. The FBI said the guns belonged to a team [...]

Meet Sandy Froman, Berkeley-raised graduate of Stanford University and Harvard Law School, scrapbooking enthusiast, avid marksman, and new head of the National Rifle Association. (Hat tip: Wes)

Two true stories about bloggers and guns to share with you… One from the cutest new couple in the blogosphere, SarahK and Frank J. And another not-so-amusing incident involving Jason who blogs at Fish or Man. His wife has updated the story and it looks like they are seeking legal help.

You’ve got to hand it to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. They are unrepentant, unabashed, and undeterred gun grabbers–and there ain’t nuthin’ that’s gonna stop ‘em from trampling all over the Second Amendment. Here‘s the AP/SFgate.com story outlining the board’s sweeping gun ban proposal. Volokh notes it would ban the possession of handguns as [...]

The latest Big Nanny move out of Bellingham, Wa.: Banning civilians from owning Tasers Concerned about criminals and the untrained using Tasers, stun guns and other electro-shock weapons, Bellingham City Council voted to become the first city in the state to ban energy weapons from civilian use Monday night. In a 6-1 vote, council members [...]

From the Dems… …and the Pubbies. These guys crack me up. (Note to CBS: The documents are FAKE.) Update: Another secret document unearthed! (Note to CBS: This one is FAKE, too.) Update II: And another! (Note to CBS: Keep your Emmy dreams in check. This is also FAKE.)

Oh, my Gawd. The story in the New York Times about John Kerry’s Chinese assault rifle fraud is so pathetically funny that I have to quote it in full (my comments added): No Assault Rifle for Kerry, After All By JODI WILGOREN Published: September 27, 2004 Senator John Kerry’s campaign said yesterday that Mr. Kerry [...]

A month ago, I spotlighted the Adopt A Sniper program. Brian K. Sain, advisory member of the American Sniper Association and Police Marksman Association, sends along a new movie about the important role snipers have played in American history. Watch it here. It’s very moving.

From the Boston Globe: Police see surge in gang attacks using machetes The Globe is too P.C. to actually report it, but the rise is due to uncontrolled illegal alien gang activity. See Heather Mac Donald for the real scoop. Meanwhile, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms comments: “When are [...]

E-mail of the day: Hi Michelle, I am activated to go to NYC for the Republican National Convention security mission. In spite of the fact that Mayor Bloomberg doesn’t want the NRA at the convention, the ironic thing is that many of the soldiers in my unit are NRA members, have NYS pistol licenses (which [...]