In a time of spies, why the 2nd Amendment is more important than ever

In a time of spies, why the 2nd Amendment is more important than ever

Seemingly not too long ago, when a true believer of the 2nd Amendment would be asked what the Amendment was really meant to insure they were scoffed at and ridiculed when they answered that it was a safeguard against tyranny. Many people, gun owners included, would decry that “this is America” and that our government would never become tyrannical.  They would also follow this blind allegiance to the government in order to rationalize gun control measures such as   universal background checks and national registration arguing that the government would never misuse that information or seize firearms. So the idea of needing the 2nd Amendment to fight against a tyrannical government seemed ludicrous to these people because they could not imagine the US government capable of become tyrannical. That was then…this is now. We now live in a country with one of the greatest spy networks in the world...
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Zimmerman on the tracks to be railroaded – A cautionary tale to gun owners

Zimmerman on the tracks to be railroaded – A cautionary tale to gun owners

The trial of George Zimmerman has barely begun and one can see the outrageous steps that an overzealous prosecution and complicit judge will go to in order to get a conviction. Before we get to that though, we must start at the beginning.  I still contend that if George Zimmerman went by his mother’s maiden name and was Jorge Mesa that the nation never would have heard this story.  But when you get someone with a white sounding name shooting a black guy, facts and objectivity be damned for the national media. The railroading began almost immediately.  Do you recall the pictures that the media was showing of the two?  George’s picture was basically a poor looking mugshot, while his attacker was shown almost as a toddler.  Something like this:   And I guess the media just overlooked for MONTHS the actual damage that Martin did to Zimmerman when...
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TSA – The gun control equivalent for travel (and bane of wookies)

TSA – The gun control equivalent for travel (and bane of wookies)

Thanks to a wookie getting shook down by TSA thugs over the weekend a revelation dawned on me. The TSA and all their inept theater of the absurd, is a result of what happens when you apply the illogical precepts of gun control to problems. With gun control, it is usually spawned by a tragedy.  That tragedy is twisted into making people believe there is a “new normal.”  This new normal fallacy promotes the idea that “SOMETHING must be done”.  Politicians, fickle and opportunistic by nature, seize upon this false premise and push through measures that will do nothing in regards to actual safety other than make people “FEEL” safe, while not actually making them any safer. But these measures  will do something much more insidious.  They will strip the law abiding of their liberty.  It has been said countless times and I will repeat it now, criminals don’t...
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Gun Free Zone succeeds again…

Gun Free Zone succeeds again…

…in leaving people defenseless like lambs to the slaughter. In Santa Moncica, California a shooter went unchecked on a rampage at the local college.  Somehow, the gun grabbing zealots magic force-field of a sign with a gun crossed out did nothing to deter a maniac from shooting up the place, leaving 4 people dead before the shooter himself died. Not only did Voldemort here dispel the magic of the gun free zone, he also magicked up some illegal guns that are denied law abiding citizens. Interesting.  So, the law creates a fallacy of a “safe zone” and also disarms the law abiding yet does nothing to stop criminals or those who don’t believe in the magic power of this sign:   Basically California, with some of the harshest and most draconian gun control laws on the books, once again has proven the complete and abject failure that gun control...
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Contempt of Cop one step closer to be legitimate crime in NY

Contempt of Cop one step closer to be legitimate crime in NY

As anyone who has ever seen a TV court drama knows, contempt of court is a charge that a judge can levy if he feels that he, or the court has been disrespected. It can be leveled against a person who is legitimately being disrespectful/disruptive or it simply can be used by a judge to punish someone he doesn’t like or whose tone annoys him. Direct contempt is that which occurs in the presence of the presiding judge (in facie curiae) and may be dealt with summarily: the judge notifies the offending party that he or she has acted in a manner which disrupts the tribunal and prejudices the administration of justice. After giving the person the opportunity to respond, the judge may impose the sanction immediately. Now, I have seen first hand a judge with a quick trigger finger on this for a person in the back of the...
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The Boys of Pointe Du Hoc

The Boys of Pointe Du Hoc

This site isn’t just about guns…it’s about liberty.  And sometimes, especially on this day, the anniversary of D-Day, we should take a moment to remember that freedom has rarely been given and has mostly been won. How is freedom won?  At the point of a sword, at the tip of a spear, at the muzzle of a gun…with brave men and women willing to die for the achievement or preservation of liberty.  Like the boys of Pointe Du Hoc: I shiver to think that a mere 70 years since so many gave so much for the liberation of a foreign land, that we find ourselves on the precipice of losing our liberty through apathy and acquiescence. Corrupt government agencies targeting American citizens to disagree with policy. Over reaching big brother agencies trampling on civil rights.  The executive branch, backed by billionaires, seeking to undermine our last refuge of resistance....
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A modern take on Molon Labe

A modern take on Molon Labe

Welcome to Bullets First.  This is my blog that was started during my time as the Director of Media Relations with Gun Owners of America and continues now that I have branched out on my own. I have transferred my old postings as well as the followers list to this new site and I hope you enjoy it as much as you had my old blog.  I have also founded a new facebook page and twitter account that you may like to peruse.  They are still early and not much has been done as of yet.  This site as well as the others are a little rough but will be improving and streamlining soon, but enough about logistics.   As you can see by the title, Bullets First is the modern take on a philosophy held thousands of years ago by a group of Spartans who faced a tyrant...
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Under Renovation

Currently importing all old post from previous blog. New and exciting postings to commence soon.
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Gun control gets cut down by Occam’s Razor

Gun control gets cut down by Occam’s Razor

In the current debate concerning guns in America, I am always astounded by the twisting of facts, logic and reason that the gun control zealots put forth in order to defend their case.  By all sense and logic, gun control cannot be viewed as anything other than a means to oppress a free people and to disarm the law abiding. When looking at the pro-rights argument against the pro-control argument one needs to cut through the hyperbole and sensationalism with Occam’s razor. Occam’s razor, for those of you who don’t know, is a term used in logic and problem solving.  Plainly put, Occam’s razor is the process in which, when you have two competing theories, the one that makes the least amount of assumptions is most likely the correct one.  By using the “razor” to cut away the most assumptions you are left with the correct answer. To apply...
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Revolution era Assault Weapons

Revolution era Assault Weapons

We are hearing a lot of talk from those who seek to control the American people and limit their liberty, questioning why anyone would need a so called “assault weapon”.  While it is humorously ironic when British blowhard Piers Morgan spouts off criticizing our 2nd Amendment, it is a little more disturbing when American politicians follow suit. Since many politicians choose to ignore history and walk all over the Constitution, it is good to talk a look back and see where these radical notions of an armed society and liberty came from. As I have long pointed out on this blog, the 2nd Amendment isn’t about shooting deer, it’s about shooting tyrants.  Our nation was FOUNDED on such a notion.  The only people who would throw off the chains of tyranny and then undercut the ability for future generations to do so would be tyrants themselves.  I do not view George Washington, Ben Franklin or...
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Hypocrisy…I name thee Feinstein. Exempts self from Gun Ban

Hypocrisy…I name thee Feinstein. Exempts self from Gun Ban

Feinstein’s list of banned weapons has ballooned to a whopping 157 name brands covering some 2,200 different types of guns.  This has gone beyond a simple so-called “assault weapons ban” to include rifles, shotguns and pistols. The complete list can be found here: http://shtfplan.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Feinstein-Weapons-Ban.jpg Not only is Feinstein looking to get the ball rolling on the slippery slope that is the complete removal of the 2nd Amendment from the Constitution, she has the hypocritical audacity to make sure that she and other elected officials are exempt from the legislation. This type of aristocratic ”do as I say not as I do” bull is one of the things that found a bunch of colonists tossing off the yoke of British oppression some 200+ years ago.  We are not subjects to the whims of our elected officials, to be lorded over by those who believe that there are two America’s.  One in which the rules only apply to those...
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Life under despotic rule

Life under despotic rule

A man is walking on what passes for a street in his village.  The ground rocks are jagged and the surface uneven.  The rats aren’t as bad as they usually are, but the smell of human waste and decay still hang in the air. He knows that the odor will be more pungent when the sun rises to heat the day once more. But the man knows that bad smells are the least of his worries as he tries to go about his business finding bread or flour or rice for his family so they do not starve.  The regional warlord holds an iron grip on the food supply for the mans village and all the neighboring ones.  The warlord chooses who is allowed to eat what, he doles out the amounts yet for him and those who are willing and able to pay him off, they are above...
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Constitution is not the only important document

Constitution is not the only important document

As gun owners, we put a lot of stock in what the Constitution, specifically the Bill of Rights, has to say.  But yet, that is not the only document that the Founding Fathers wrote that was important.  I’m speaking of the Declaration of Independence.  The Declaration was one of the most important things ever written and when signed changed the world forever. Never had a colony broken away from its mother country.  It was a game changer and those that signed it were trail blazers.  As we look at the signing of the Declaration, perhaps through the fog of time we have lost perspective of what it actually did or says. This wasn’t some Sunday afternoon folly perpetrating among some old biddies playing bridge.  This was an act of war, a declaration of rebellion and a call to arms. That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these...
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Martin Luther King Jr. – Man of peace but no pushover

Martin Luther King Jr. – Man of peace but no pushover

In 1956 Martin Luther King Jr. applied for a concealed carry permit in Alabamasince he was getting so many death threats.  As you can imagine, since gun controls roots were founded in racism and keeping blacks unarmed was the point of gun control, King was denied. Now, some of you may think that MLK Jr wanting to carry a gun is incongruent with him being a non violent civil rights activist.  It’s not and here’s why; just because you preach non violence does not mean you need to be a sacrificial lamb to anyone who is going to harm you or your family. Dr. King believed that through non-violence interaction with the government his dream of equality could be realized.  But he was not naive nor stupid and did not believe that non violence would protect him or his family from those with evil in their hearts. So Martin Luther King Jr, a black...
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A snapshot of the world where gun control wins

A snapshot of the world where gun control wins

In a rash of crime criminals are proving that they don’t need firearms in order to commit their acts of brutality. In a recent trend another person was beaten and thrown onto subway tracks, this time in Philadelphia.  Philly, I remind you is a den of anti-gun sentiment with Mayor Nutter leading the charge.  Hmmm…i wonder what could have helped this woman stop a larger more physically imposing male assailant from beating her and tossing her onto the subway tracks?  According to the gun control zealots it was better for her to nearly die than to have the ability to defend herself with a firearm. A woman in New Jersey, one of the most restrictive states for the law abiding to get a firearm to defend themselves, was brutally stabbed repeatedly while she was with her baby inside a Bed Bath & Beyond.  Could a woman defend herself and her baby...
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Sheriffs tell Obama he can take his attack on the Constitution and shove it

Sheriffs tell Obama he can take his attack on the Constitution and shove it

Beginning with Sheriff Mueller, a 28 year law enforcement veteran, a number of Sheriffs around the country have begun to voice their opposition to the unconstitutional gun grab being orchestrated by the Obama administration. Linn Country Sheriff Tim Mueller wrote a compelling letter to Vice President Biden, the head of Obama’s 2nd Amendment Hit Squad, eloquently stating his intentions should the federal government attempt to undermine the citizens right to keep and bear arms. “In the wake of recent criminal events, politicians are attempting to exploit the deaths of innocent victims by advocating for laws that would prevent honest, law-abiding Americans from possessing certain firearms and ammunition magazines.” “We are Americans.  We must not allow, nor shall we tolerate, the actions of criminals, no matter how heinous the crimes, to prompt politicians to enact laws that will infringe upon the liberties of responsible citizens who have broken no laws.” “Any federal regulation...
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The War of the States

The War of the States

With the 23 executive actions that Obama has set forth on top of his desire to reinstate the assault weapons ban one can see the federal fight shaping up for the future of the 2nd Amendment.  But I wonder if that is where the real fight is going to take place. I think that for every New York State, that pushes senseless and ineffective measures under the auspices of reducing gun violence, you will have a half dozen states like Texas and Wyoming who seek to strengthen their gun rights.  States that are going so far as arresting federal agents who try and enforce federally backed infringements to the 2nd Amendment. There will be a divide in the States over gun rights but it is far from evenly split and oddly enough does not necessarily follow the traditional red/blue dichotomy. Sure, when someone thinks of New England and the West Coast they think...
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New York Gov exploits death of 20 children to pass worthless gun control measures

New York Gov exploits death of 20 children to pass worthless gun control measures

The politicians in Albany have decided that now is the time to push forward their radical anti-gun agenda while the blood is still fresh from the deaths of 26 innocent people.  By the end of today the State Assembly will follow the lead of the State Senate and pass the draconian gun control measures that Gov. Cuomo has been harping on for the past month. Why do I call this exploitation and not a reasoned response to a tragedy?  Simple.  If this was a valid response to the Sandy Hook tragedy then SOME measure of this bill would have stopped the tragedy from happening in the first place if it had been enacted in Connecticut. But no, the bill is a wish list for gun control zealots chock full of infringements that would not have been able to pass if not augmented with the blood of dead children due to sensationalized...
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