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O.C. witness to border killing speaks

What dedication and patriotism!  I remember quite clearly meeting Mr. Craig and spending some time briefly with him watching the border when i went down there a few days and nights in July 2005.  That was a good group.  Then I went down there again in October 2005 (different group) and decided not to participate anymore.

O.C. witness to border killing speaks | craig, border, campo, rosas, patrol - News - OCRegister.com.

Craig, who has spent at least 96 hours a week at Campo since 2005, said he couldn't see anything because of the rolling hills. Still, he said he called Border Patrol, reporting what he'd heard.

Hawaii health official: Trust me

WND: Hawaii health official: Trust me.

"I, Dr. Chiyome Fukino, director of the Hawai'i State Department of Health, have seen the original vital records maintained on file by the Hawai'i State Department of Health verifying Barrack Hussein Obama was born in Hawai'i and is a natural-born American citizen. I have nothing further to add to this statement or my original statement issued in October 2008 over eight months ago ... " read the entire statement in which the president's first name was misspelled and no mention was made of the specific document reviewed.

Guns, Knives, Self-Defense in General: Britain Poised to Ban Letter Openers

Man held after confronting gang at home - Telegraph.

The 16-year-old boy who was stabbed five times in the chest was said to be in a stable condition at Royal Berkshire Hospital. It was believed a letter opener may have been involved in the incident.

Recall Ordered

From a knee-mail:

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The Maker of all human beings (GOD) is recalling all units manufactured, regardless of make or year, due to a serious defect in the primary and central component of the heart.

This is due to a malfunction in the original prototype units code named Adam and Eve, resulting in the reproduction of the same defect in all subsequent units. This defect has been technically termed 'Sub-sequential Internal Non-Morality, ' or more commonly known as S.I.N., as it is primaril y expressed.

Some of the symptoms include:

1. Loss of direction
2. Foul vocal emissions
3. Amnesia of origin
4. Lack of peace and joy
5. Selfish or violent behavior
6. Depression or confusion in the mental component 7. Fearfulness 8. Idolatry 9. Rebellion

The Manufacturer, who is neither liable nor at fault for this defect, is providing factory-authorized repair and service free of charge to correct this defect.

The Repair Technician, Jesus, has most generously offered to bear the entire burden of the staggering cost of these repairs. There is no additional fee required.

The number to call for repair in all areas is: P-R-A-Y-E-R. Once connected, please upload your burden of SIN through the REPENTANCE procedure. Next, download ATONEMENT from the Repair Technician, Jesus, into the heart component.

No matter how big or small the SIN defect is, Jesus will replace it with:

1. Love
2. Joy
3. Peace
4. Patience
5. Kindness
6. Goodness
7. Faithfulness
8. Gentleness
9. Self control

Please see the operating manual, the B.I.B.L.E. (Believers' Instructions Before Leaving Earth) for further details on the use of these fixes.

WARNING: Continuing to operate the human being unit without correction voids any manufacturer warranties, exposing the unit to dangers and problems too numerous to list and will result in the human unit being permanently impounded. For free emergency service, call on Jesus.

DANGER: The human being units not responding to this recall action will have to be scrapped in the furnace. The SIN defect will not be permitted to enter Heaven so as to prevent contamination of that facility.

Thank you for your attention!

GOD

P.S. Please assist where possible by notifying others of this important recall notice, and you may contact the Father any time by 'Knee mail' Because He Lives!

Traveling with family different since SHEriff took away CCW

Most Californians Don't understand what its like to have the ability to defend your family then have it taken away arbitrarily and capriciously by a sheriff (hutchens) who interprets good cause as if its 1971. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

Armed Citizens Make Dead Criminals

Ignatius Piazza: Armed Citizens Make Dead Criminals.

The newspaper headline read “Two Shot in South Richmond Store” but it should have read, “Armed Citizen Stops Mass Shooting.” This is another example of how the police, even when patrols are increased in the area, cannot be counted on to stop violence when it is occurring, but armed citizens CAN and DO stop lethal attacks immediately. So instead of a tragic story hitting the news with national television coverage all day long reporting numerous people being killed, SWAT sealing the area waiting to negotiate with the hostage taker, and gun grabbing politicians scurrying like rats for camera time as they call for more gun laws, some good ole’ boy with a western style handgun, steals the anti-gun media’s thunder by ending it all with ONE SHOT! Here’s the story the media really doesn’t want anyone to see….

OC Register Poll Running 80% AGAINST Sotomayor

Link to typically fatalistic "she'll be confirmed anyway" article and poll: http://www.ocregister.com/articles/rohrabacher-court-sotomayor-2496308-commi ttee-supreme

Meet the real Walter Cronkite

WND: Meet the real Walter Cronkite.

In 1999, he appeared at the United Nations to accept the Norman Cousins Global Governance Award from the World Federalists Association. He told those assembled, including Hillary Rodham Clinton, that the first step toward achieving a one-world government – his personal dream – is to strengthen the United Nations.

NRA-ILA 2009 FACT SHEET ON RIGHT TO CARRY

Right-To-Carry
Right-to-Carry 2009 
 
The Supreme Court, in District of Columbia v. Heller (2008), ruled that the Second Amendment protects "the individual right to possess and carry weapons in case of confrontation. This meaning is strongly confirmed by the historical background of the Second Amendment."

Self-defense is a fundamental right. The U.S. constitution, the constitutions of 44 states, common law, and the laws of all states recognize the right to use arms in self-defense. RTC laws respect the right to self-defense by allowing individuals to carry firearms for protection.

There are 40 Right-to-Carry states. Thirty-six have "shall issue" laws, requiring that carry permits be issued to applicants who meet uniform standards established by the state legislature. Three have fairly-administered discretionary-issue carry permit systems. Vermont respects the right to carry without a permit. Alaska, one of the "shall issue" states, has its permit system for the purpose of permit reciprocity1 with other states, and has allowed carrying without a permit since 2003. Of the 10 non-RTC states, eight have restrictively-administered discretionary-issue systems, and two -- Illinois and Wisconsin -- have no permit system and prohibit carrying.

 
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More RTC, less crime: Since 1991, 23 states have adopted RTC laws, replacing laws that prohibited carrying or that issued carry permits on a very restrictive basis; many other federal, state, and local gun control laws have been eliminated or made less restrictive; and the number of privately-owned guns has risen by about 90 million.2 There are more RTC states, gun owners, people carrying firearms for protection, and privately owned firearms than ever before. In the same time frame, the nation's murder rate has decreased 46 percent to a 43-year low, and the total violent crime rate has decreased 41 percent to a 35-year low.3 RTC states have lower violent crime rates, on average, compared to the rest of the country (total violent crime by 24 percent; murder, 28 percent; robbery, 50 percent; and aggravated assault, 11 percent).4

RTC reduces crime: Studying crime trends in every county in the U.S., John Lott and David Mustard concluded, "allowing citizens to carry concealed weapons deters violent crimes. . . . [W]hen state concealed handgun laws went into effect in a county, murders fell by 8.5 percent, and rapes and aggravated assaults fell by 5 and 7 percent."5

RTC success: Former Colorado Asst. Atty. Gen. David Kopel: "Whenever a state legislature first considers a concealed carry bill, opponents typically warn of horrible consequences....But within a year of passage, the issue usually drops off the news media's radar screen, while gun-control advocates in the legislature conclude that the law wasn't so bad after all."6 An article on Michigan's law: "Concerns that permit holders would lose their tempers in traffic accidents have been unfounded. Worries about risks to police officers have also proved unfounded.... National surveys of police show they support concealed handgun laws by a 3-1 margin....There is also not a single academic study that claims Right to Carry laws have increased state crime rates. The debate among academics has been over how large the benefits have been."7

RTC permit-holders are law-abiding: Florida has issued more carry permits than any state (1.5 million), but revoked only 166 (0.01 percent) due to gun crimes by permit-holders.8

Background: Before 1987 there were 10 RTC states: (Ind. Me., N.H., N.D., S.D. and Wash. had "shall issue" laws. Ala. and Conn. had fairly-administered discretionary-issue systems. Georgia's "shall issue" law was interpreted as such in some jurisdictions. Vermont allowed carrying without a permit. In 1987, Florida enacted a "shall issue" law, and gun control supporters predicted "Wild West" shootouts would ensue. However, through 1992 Florida's murder rate decreased 23 percent, while the U.S. rate rose nine percent; thereafter, murder decreased nationally and in Florida.9 Then-Florida Licensing Division Director John Russi noted, "Florida's concealed weapon law has been very successful. All major law enforcement groups supported the original legislation....[S]ome of the opponents of concealed weapon legislation in 1987 now admit the program has not created the problems many predicted."10 In a 1995 letter to state officials, Dept. of Law Enforcement Commissioner James T. Moore wrote, "From a law enforcement perspective, the licensing process has not resulted in problems."

29 RTC states since 1987: 21 had prohibited carrying; nine (*) had restrictive discretionary-issue systems. 1989: Oregon, Penna. (Phila. added in 1995), and West Virginia (in Georgia, a judicial ruling enforced "shall issue" statewide); 1990: Idaho and Mississippi; 1991: Montana; 1994: Alaska, Arizona, Tennessee, and Wyoming; 1995: Arkansas, Nevada*, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah,* and Virginia*; 1996: Kentucky, Louisiana,* and South Carolina*; 2001: Michigan*; 2003: Colorado*; Iowa* (by fairly administering its discretionary system), New Mexico, Minnesota,* and Missouri; 2004: Ohio; 2006: Kansas and Nebraska.

Click To Play Right to Carry, 2005
Citizens can defend themselves. Analyzing National Crime Victimization Survey data, criminologist Gary Kleck concluded "robbery and assault victims who used a gun to resist were less likely to be attacked or to suffer an injury than those who used any other methods of self-protection or those who did not resist at all."11 In the 1990s, Kleck and Marc Gertz found guns were used for self-protection about 2.5 million times annually.12 The late Marvin E. Wolfgang, self-described as "as strong a gun-control advocate as can be found among the criminologists in this country," said, "The methodological soundness of the current Kleck and Gertz study is clear. I cannot further debate it. . . . I cannot fault their methodology."13 A study for the Justice Dept. found 34 percent of felons had been "scared off, shot at, wounded or captured by an armed victim," and 40 percent had not committed crimes, fearing victims were armed.14

The right to self-defense has been recognized for centuries. Cicero said 2,000 years ago, "If our lives are endangered by plots or violence or armed robbers or enemies, any and every method of protecting ourselves is morally right;" English jurist Sir William Blackstone observed that the English Bill of Rights recognized "the right of having and using arms for self-preservation and defense" as intended "to protect and maintain inviolate the three great and primary rights," the first of which is "personal security."15 Sir Michael Foster, judge of the Court of King's Bench, wrote in the 18th century, "The right of self-defense . . . is founded in the law of nature, and is not, nor can be, superseded by any law of society."16

The Supreme Court, in U.S. v. Cruikshank (1876), recognized that the right to arms is an individual right, stating that it "is not a right granted by the Constitution. Neither is it in any manner dependent upon that instrument for its existence." In Beard v. U.S. (1895), the court approved the common-law rule that a person "may repel force by force" in self-defense, and concluded that, when attacked, a person "was entitled to stand his ground and meet any attack made upon him with a deadly weapon, in such a way and with such force" as needed to prevent "great bodily injury or death." In the Gun Control Act (1968) and Firearms Owners' Protection Act (1986), Congress stated that it did not intend to "place any undue or unnecessary Federal restrictions or burdens on law-abiding citizens with respect to the acquisition, possession, or use of firearms appropriate to . . . personal protection, or any other lawful activity."

Police aren't required to protect you. In Warren v. District of Columbia (1981), the D.C. Court of Appeals ruled, "official police personnel and the government employing them are not generally liable to victims of criminal acts for failure to provide adequate police protection . . . a government and its agents are under no general duty to provide public services, such as police protection, to any particular citizen." In Bowers v. DeVito (1982), the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled, "[T]here is no constitutional right to be protected by the state against being murdered by criminals or madmen."

National RTC reciprocity: Sen. John Thune has introduced S. 371 and S. 845, the "Respecting States Rights and Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2009." Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.) has introduced H.R. 197, the "National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2009." Essentially, these bills propose that a person with any state's carry permit be allowed to carry in other states.

Nonsense from Brady Campaign (formerly Handgun Control, Inc.): Sarah Brady: "the only reason for guns in civilian hands is for sporting purposes;" former HCI Chair, the late Pete Shields: "put up no defense - give them what they want;" Brady Center's Dennis Henigan: self-defense is "not a federally guaranteed constitutional right."17 In 1999, HCI claimed that between 1992-1997 violent crime declined less in RTC states than in other states.18 (HCI previously claimed RTC caused crime to rise.) HCI erred in categorizing 31 states as having RTC during the period, since only 17 of the 31 had RTC in 1992. HCI calculated crime trends from 1992 to under-represent the impact of RTC laws; by 1992 many states had RTC for many years and had already experienced decreases in crime. HCI misclassified Alabama and Connecticut as "restrictive," and credited restrictive laws for crime decreasing in some states, though states that had restrictive carry laws had had them for many years, and crime did not begin declining in those states until the 1990s, for reasons unrelated to guns.

Nonsense from Violence Policy Center: In 1995, VPC claimed Florida's RTC law "puts guns into the hands of criminals."19 The claim was false, since the law permits a person to carry, not acquire, a firearm. VPC claimed "criminals do apply for concealed carry licenses," without noting that such applications are rejected. Contradicting itself, VPC noted that criminals requested that their rejected applications be reconsidered. "To set the record straight," Florida Secy. of State, Sandra B. Mortham, said, "As of November 30, 1995, the Department had denied 723 applications due to criminal history. The fact that these 723 individuals did not receive a license clearly indicates that the process is working." She added, "the majority of concealed weapon or firearm licensees are honest, law-abiding citizens exercising their right to be armed for the purpose of lawful self-defense."20 In 2001, VPC claimed that there are more women murdered with handguns, than criminals killed in self-defense.21 However, the value of handguns for self-defense is not in how many criminals are killed, but in how often people use handguns to prevent crimes, and how often criminals don't attack, fearing potential victims are armed. VPC also undercounted the number of criminals killed in self-defense by counting only those noted in police reports, thus excluding defensive homicides later determined to have been justified.

McDowell math: In 1995, anti-gun researcher David McDowell claimed that gun homicide rates increased in Miami, Jacksonville, and Tampa after Florida's 1987 RTC law.22 But homicide rates fell 10, 18, and 20 percent, respectively, in those metro areas from 1987 until 1993, the most recent data at the time.23 To show an increase, McDowell calculated Jacksonville and Tampa trends from the early 1970s, when rates were lower than in 1993, but calculated Miami's from 1983, since earlier rates were higher and suggested crime had decreased. None of McDowell's homicides was committed by a carry permit holder, and he did not indicate which homicides had occurred in situations where a permit would have been required to carry a gun. McDowell once claimed D.C.'s murder rate decreased after its 1977 handgun ban; in fact the rate tripled.24

The 43:1 claim: Based upon a small study of King's County (Seattle), Washington, gun control supporters claim a gun at home is "43 times more likely" to be used to kill a family member than a criminal.25 To reach that ratio, defensive gun uses are undercounted by counting only cases in which criminals were killed. Most often, when guns are used to defend against criminals, the criminals are only scared off, captured or wounded. Kleck has called the 43:1 ratio and its variants "the most nonsensical statistic in the gun control debate."26

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1. "Permit reciprocity" is the term given to a law that allows a person to carry a firearm within a state, if he has a carry permit issued by another state, and such permit meets the requirements of the state in which the firearm is carried.

2. BATFE,  firearm manufacturing, export, and import reports,  www.atf.gov/firearms/stats/index.htm.

3. For 2008, see FBI, http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/2008prelim/table_1.html and factor in an estimated one percent increase in the U.S. population between 2007-2008. For data for 1991, see BJS, http://bjsdata.ojp.usdoj.gov/dataonline/.

4. See FBI, http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/cius2007/data/table_04.html.

5. Lott, "Crime, Deterrence, and Right To Carry Concealed Handguns," 1996.

6. David Kopel, "The Untold Triumph of Concealed-Carry Permits," Policy Review, July-Aug. 1996, p. 9.

7. "Should Michigan keep new concealed weapon law? Don't believe gun foe scare tactics," Detroit News, 1/14/01.

8. Florida Division of Licensing, Monthly Statistical Report (http://licgweb.doacs.state.fl.us/stats/cw_monthly.html).

9. Note 3, BJS.

10. Testimony before the Michigan House of Representatives Judiciary Committee, 12/5/95

11. Targeting Guns, Aldine de Gruyter, 1997, p. 171.

12. "Armed Resistance to Crime," Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, Fall 1995, pp. 150-187.

13. "A Tribute to a View That I Have Opposed," Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, Fall 1995, pp. 188-192.

14. J. Wright and P. Rossi, Armed and Considered Dangerous: A Survey of Felons and Their Firearms, 1986, p. 155.

15. Stephen P. Halbrook, That Every Man Be Armed, The Independent Institute, 1994, pp. 17, 54.

16. Dowlut, Knoop, "State Constitutions and The Right to Keep and Bear Arms," Okla. City Univ. Law Review, 1982, p. 183.

17. Brady: T.om Jackson, "Keeping the battle alive," Tampa Tribune, 10/21/93; Shields, Guns Don't Die - People Do, N.Y.: Arbor House, 1981; Henigan: USA Today, 11/20/91.

18. Handgun Control, Inc., "Concealed Truth." (www.bradycampaign.org/facts/research/?page=conctruth&menu=gvr).

19. "Concealed Carry: The Criminal's Companion."

20. St. Petersburg Times, 1/11/96.

21. "A Deadly Myth: Women, Handguns, and Self-Defense."

22. "Easing Concealed Firearm Laws: Effects on Homicide in Three States."

23. Note 3, BJS.

24. Ibid.

25. A. L. Kellermann, "Protection or Peril?, New England Journal of Medicine, 1986.

26. Note 11, pp. 177-178.
 
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Child shoots intruder during home break-in

Child shoots intruder during home break-in - WAFB Channel 9, Baton Rouge, LA |.

PORT ALLEN, LA (WAFB) - A ten-year-old boy left home alone with his sister used his mother's gun to shoot an intruder in the face, police said.

Fetuses found to have memories - Washington Times

Fetuses found to have memories - Washington Times.

The unborn have memories, according to medical researchers who used sound and vibration stimulation, combined with sonography, to reveal that the human fetus displays short-term memory from at least 30 weeks gestation - or about two months before they are born.

W.Pa. man acquitted in case of gun at Obama rally | AP | 07/17/2009

W.Pa. man acquitted in case of gun at Obama rally | AP | 07/17/2009.

John Noble, of Industry, wore the 9 mm on a holster and carried a Bible to the August rally to protest Obama's remark that Americans who felt left out by the system clung to guns and religion. The rally was in Beaver, about 30 miles north of Pittsburgh.

ReTweet Please - Who Killed the Second Amendment?

UPDATE: FINAL TALLY:

Alphabetical by Senator Name

Akaka (D-HI), Yea
Alexander (R-TN), Yea
Barrasso (R-WY), Nay
Baucus (D-MT), Yea
Bayh (D-IN), Yea
Begich (D-AK), Yea
Bennet (D-CO), Yea
Bennett (R-UT), Nay
Bingaman (D-NM), Yea
Bond (R-MO), Yea
Boxer (D-CA), Yea
Brown (D-OH), Yea
Brownback (R-KS), Nay
Bunning (R-KY), Nay
Burr (R-NC), Nay
Burris (D-IL), Yea
Byrd (D-WV), Yea
Cantwell (D-WA), Yea
Cardin (D-MD), Yea
Carper (D-DE), Yea
Casey (D-PA), Yea
Chambliss (R-GA), Nay
Coburn (R-OK), Nay
Cochran (R-MS), Nay
Collins (R-ME), Yea
Conrad (D-ND), Yea
Corker (R-TN), Nay
Cornyn (R-TX), Nay
Crapo (R-ID), Nay
DeMint (R-SC), Nay
Dodd (D-CT), Yea
Dorgan (D-ND), Yea
Durbin (D-IL), Yea
Ensign (R-NV), Nay
 Enzi (R-WY), Nay
Feingold (D-WI), Yea
Feinstein (D-CA), Yea
Franken (D-MN), Yea
Gillibrand (D-NY), Yea
Graham (R-SC), Yea
Grassley (R-IA), Nay
Gregg (R-NH), Yea
Hagan (D-NC), Yea
Harkin (D-IA), Yea
Hatch (R-UT), Nay
Hutchison (R-TX), Nay
Inhofe (R-OK), Nay
Inouye (D-HI), Yea
Isakson (R-GA), Nay
Johanns (R-NE), Nay
Johnson (D-SD), Yea
Kaufman (D-DE), Yea
Kennedy (D-MA), Not Voting
Kerry (D-MA), Yea
Klobuchar (D-MN), Yea
Kohl (D-WI), Yea
Kyl (R-AZ), Nay
Landrieu (D-LA), Yea
Lautenberg (D-NJ), Yea
Leahy (D-VT), Yea
Levin (D-MI), Yea
Lieberman (ID-CT), Yea
Lincoln (D-AR), Yea
Lugar (R-IN), Yea
Martinez (R-FL), Yea
McCain (R-AZ), Nay
McCaskill (D-MO), Yea
McConnell (R-KY), Nay
 Menendez (D-NJ), Yea
Merkley (D-OR), Yea
Mikulski (D-MD), Yea
Murkowski (R-AK), Nay
Murray (D-WA), Yea
Nelson (D-FL), Yea
Nelson (D-NE), Yea
Pryor (D-AR), Yea
Reed (D-RI), Yea
Reid (D-NV), Yea
Risch (R-ID), Nay
Roberts (R-KS), Nay
Rockefeller (D-WV), Yea
Sanders (I-VT), Yea
Schumer (D-NY), Yea
Sessions (R-AL), Nay
Shaheen (D-NH), Yea
Shelby (R-AL), Nay
Snowe (R-ME), Yea
Specter (D-PA), Yea
Stabenow (D-MI), Yea
Tester (D-MT), Yea
Thune (R-SD), Nay
Udall (D-CO), Yea
Udall (D-NM), Yea
Vitter (R-LA), Nay
Voinovich (R-OH), Yea
Warner (D-VA), Yea
Webb (D-VA), Yea
Whitehouse (D-RI), Yea
Wicker (R-MS), Nay
Wyden (D-OR), Yea

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UPDATE: RINO "Benedict Arnold" Lindsey Graham bolted party line on Senate Judiciary Committee vote yesterday to send Sotomayor to full Senate.

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Reportedly Sotomayor now has the enthusiastic backing of Republican senators Martinez of Florida, Lugar of Indiana, and Snowe of Maine.

Sotomayor means death to the Second Amendment, and any senator, Republican or Democrat, who votes for her, or who does not speak out strongly against her and in favor of the Second Amendment, will be listed in this post, which shall be updated with their names and aggressively retweeted by Hitchcockian multitudes.

911 Recording of Me Drawing Pistol Defensively in Orange County

Dialing 911-1911: Defensive Gun Use under CCW Permit in Orange County.

The images you see at left and below are taken from the blog of a gentleman I met on February 20, 2009, in the parking lot outside my office. The circumstances of our meeting are largely captured by the 911 recording (via Bluetooth EARPIECE!) you can hear by turning up your speakers and refreshing this page. I made the call to 911 as I approached to help someone I thought was having a seizure. I did not realize this student from an upstairs university had put the whole building in lockdown.

You can hear him admitting insanity, then (abruptly rising to his feet) shouting "IF I SEE F***S ON THE STREET I'M GONNA KILL 'EM!" I was the only one on the street, about 6 to 8 feet away when the large man uttered the word "kill" - one second later, my weapon was out (low ready, not pointed in) and I was shouting "STOP RIGHT THERE! STOP RIGHT THERE!" as I backed up. He kept coming toward me even as I withdrew, until I quit talking to 911 and stood my ground briefly with more aggressive stance and demeanor (weapon still at low ready). Many witnesses watched from above including several, ironically, from the conference room six floors up where I would teach a concealed carry class the following morning.

URGENT - U.S. Senate To Consider Right-To-Carry Reciprocity Amendment Early Next Week

Friday, July 17, 2009 
 
Contact Your U.S. Senators TODAY And
Urge Them To Support Your Right To Self-Defense

The U.S. Senate is now considering the National Defense Authorization Act (S. 1390).  As a part of the consideration of that legislation, Senators John Thune (R-SD) and David Vitter (R-LA) will offer an amendment on Monday to provide for interstate recognition of Right-to-Carry permits.  There is a very high likelihood of a Senate floor vote on this important and timely pro-gun reform on Monday or Tuesday.

While the right to possess firearms for self-defense within the home has long been respected under the law, for most of our nation's history, state and local governments have prohibited ordinary citizens from possessing firearms for self-defense in many settings outside the home.  Recently, however, most state legislatures have taken steps to reduce those restrictions.  In the last twenty years, the number of states that respect the right to carry has risen from 10 to 40 -- an all-time high.

Now is the time for Congress to acknowledge these changes in state laws and recognize that the right to self-defense does not end at state lines.  Under the Thune-Vitter amendment, an individual who has met the requirements for a carry permit, or who is otherwise allowed by his home state's state law to carry a firearm, would be authorized to carry a firearm for protection in any other state that issues such permits, subject to the laws of the state in which the firearm is carried.

Contrary to "states' rights" claims from opponents who usually favor sweeping federal gun control, the amendment is a legitimate exercise of Congress's constitutional power to protect the fundamental rights of citizens (including the right to keep and bear arms and the right of personal mobility).  States would still have the authority to regulate the time, place and manner in which handguns are carried.

Expanding Right-to-Carry will enhance public safety, and certainly poses no threat to the public.   Criminals are deterred from attempting crimes when they know or suspect that their prospective victims are armed.  A study for the Department of Justice found that 40 percent of felons had not committed crimes because they feared the prospective victims were armed.

And, carry permit holders have demonstrated that they are more law-abiding than the rest of the public.  For example, Florida has issued more carry permits than any other state (1.5 million), but revoked only 166 (0.01 percent) as a result of firearms-related crimes by permit holders.

The Thune-Vitter amendment recognizes that competent, responsible, law-abiding Americans still deserve our trust and confidence when they cross state lines.  Passing interstate Right-to-Carry legislation will help further reduce crime by deterring criminals, and—most important of all—will protect the right of honest Americans to protect themselves when deterrence fails.

The Thune-Vitter Amendment represents a giant step forward in the protection of the basic right to self-defense.  Its passage will recognize that the rights of law-abiding Right-to-Carry permit holders should be respected, even when they travel outside their home state.

Please be sure to contact both of your U.S. Senators today, and urge them to cosponsor and support the Thune-Vitter amendment.   E-mail them today and call them on Monday.

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Lawyer arrested on suspicion of stabbing process server

Lawyer arrested on suspicion of stabbing process server | police, santa, knife,  News - OCRegister.com.

SANTA ANA – A lawyer who was being served with civil court papers is behind bars after police said he tried to stab the process server with a "large hunting knife."

FREE Concealed Pistol Class Sept 12 at Laguna Hills Office

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America's Strongest Grassroots Organization Opposes Sotomayor

[and two-thirds of state attorneys general oppose her stance on right to bear arms]

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Joint Statement On Judge Sonia Sotomayor's Nomination To The United States Supreme Court

Thursday, July 16, 2009

WAYNE LAPIERRE, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION

AND

CHRIS W. COX, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION - INSTITUTE FOR LEGISLATIVE ACTION

Other than declaring war, neither house of Congress has a more solemn responsibility than the Senate’s role in confirming justices to the U.S. Supreme Court. As the Senate considers the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor, Americans have been watching to see whether this nominee – if confirmed – would respect the Second Amendment or side with those who have declared war on the rights of America’s 80 million gun owners.

From the outset, the National Rifle Association has respected the confirmation process and hoped for mainstream answers to bedrock questions.  Unfortunately, Judge Sotomayor’s judicial record and testimony clearly demonstrate a hostile view of the Second Amendment and the fundamental right of self-defense guaranteed under the U.S. Constitution.

It is only by ignoring history that any judge can say that the Second Amendment is not a fundamental right and does not apply to the states. The one part of the Bill of Rights that Congress clearly intended to apply to all Americans in passing the Fourteenth Amendment was the Second Amendment.  History and congressional debate are clear on this point. 

Yet Judge Sotomayor seems to believe that the Second Amendment is limited only to the residents of federal enclaves such as Washington, D.C. and does not protect all Americans living in every corner of this nation.  In her Maloney opinion and during the confirmation hearings, she deliberately misread Supreme Court precedent to support her incorrect view.

In last year’s historic Heller decision, the Supreme Court ruled that the Second Amendment guarantees the individual’s right to own firearms and recognizes the inherent right of self-defense.  In addition, the Court required lower courts to apply the Twentieth Century cases it has used to incorporate a majority of the Bill of Rights to the States.  Yet in her Maloney opinion, Judge Sotomayor dismissed that requirement, mistakenly relying instead on Nineteenth Century jurisprudence to hold that the Second Amendment does not apply to the States.

This nation was founded on a set of fundamental freedoms. Our Constitution does not give us those freedoms – it guarantees and protects them. The right to defend ourselves and our loved ones is one of those. The individual right to keep and bear arms is another. These truths are what define us as Americans. Yet, Judge Sotomayor takes an opposite view, contrary to the views of our Founding Fathers, the Supreme Court, and the vast majority of the American people.

We believe any individual who does not agree that the Second Amendment guarantees a fundamental right and who does not respect our God-given right of self-defense should not serve on any court, much less the highest court in the land. Therefore, the National Rifle Association of America opposes the confirmation of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the position of Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.

 - NRA -

Established in 1871, the National Rifle Association is America's oldest civil rights and sportsmen's group. Four million members strong, NRA continues its mission to uphold Second Amendment rights and to advocate enforcement of existing laws against violent offenders to reduce crime. The Association remains the nation's leader in firearm education and training for law-abiding gun owners, law enforcement and the military.
 
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The Uneffable Sotomayor on our Unalienable Rights: The Unthinkable

One wonders if she has actually read Heller, Emerson, or Nordyke. 

Sotomayor Ducks Questions About Gun Rights - Political Hotsheet - CBS News.

President Obama's first nominee to the high court did say that she believed Americans do not currently enjoy a fundamental right to bear arms, which echoes her two previous rulings on the topic as an appeals court judge.

Landlord-in-Chief Wants Homeowners Tied to Railroad Tracks

Obama mulls rental option for some homeowners-sources | Markets | Markets News | Reuters.

NEW YORK, July 14 (Reuters) - U.S. government officials are weighing a plan that would let borrowers who have fallen behind on their mortgage payments avoid eviction by renting their homes instead, sources familiar with the administration's thinking said on Tuesday.

Video: Couple Attacked While in Condition White

Ignatius Piazza: Look Around and Be Prepared to Defend Yourself!.

Even if this couple had concealed weapons or self defense training, the fact that they were taken by surprise would have made it very difficult for them to present a gun or mount any type of counter-attack.

Birth Certificate vs. Birth Hussein Certificate

At left is an example of a long form hospital-generated birth certificate indicating name of hospital and attending physician. At right is the "Certification of Live Birth" provided by Barack Hussein Obama, which Hawaii could issue for individuals born outside of Hawaii. Natural born? Maybe. WND asks:

Woman shot in bathroom stall by Unsafe Carry

Public restrooms are covered in my class.  Highly unlikely gun went off from mere dropping, must have been handled improperly outside of secure holster.

Woman shot in bathroom stall.

Police say 56-year-old has a concealed weapons permit and had the gun in the stall next to Bliss. "She had the gun in a holster on her pants. When she went to use the restroom, the gun fell out. It hit the ground. Once it hit the ground it discharged," said Tampa Police Spokesperson Andrea Davis. "[The bullet] went under the stall ... and hit the woman in the leg."

Fr. Sirico on Pope's Caritas in Veritate (Love in Truth)

WSJ: #articleTabs%3Darticle.

This encyclical is a theological version of his predecessor's more philosophical effort to anchor the free economy's ethical foundation. Much of it stands squarely with a long tradition of writings of a certain "classical liberal" tradition, one centered on the moral foundation of economics, from St. Thomas Aquinas and his disciples, Frederic Bastiat in the 19th century, Wilhelm Roepke, and even the secular F.A. Hayek in the 20th century. It also clearly resonates with some European Christian democratic thought.

Roundtable on Caritas in Veritate « Acton Institute PowerBlog

Roundtable on Caritas in Veritate « Acton Institute PowerBlog.

A round up of commentary on the new encyclical was published yesterday on the Web site of Catholic World Report. CWR asked “a group of leading Catholic intellectuals to reflect on the encyclical, its place in the larger body of Catholic social teaching, and Pope Benedict’s vision of a well-ordered and just society.” Those who contributed included J. Brian Benestad, Francis J. Beckwith, Father Joseph Fessio, S.J., Richard Garnett, Thomas S. Hibbs, Paul Kengor, George Neumayr, Tracey Rowland, Father James V. Schall, and Rev. Robert A. Sirico. Here’s what Rev. Sirico had to say:

Two-thirds of State Attorneys General File Amicus Brief Supporting Second Amendment Incorporation

NRA-ILA: Two-thirds of State Attorneys General File Amicus Brief Supporting Second Amendment Incorporation

Tuesday, July 07, 2009

Fairfax, Va. – Two-thirds of the nation’s attorneys general have filed an amicus brief asking the U.S. Supreme Court to grant certiorari in the case of NRA v. Chicago and hold that the Second Amendment applies to state and local governments through the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. This bi-partisan group of 33 attorneys general, along with the Attorney General of California in a separate filing, agrees with the NRA’s position that the Second Amendment protects a fundamental individual right to keep and bear arms in the home for self-defense, disagreeing with the decision recently issued by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

“The historical record clearly shows that the Second Amendment was intended to apply to every American in every state in the country,” said Chris W. Cox, NRA chief lobbyist. “As the Supreme Court said clearly in last year’s landmark Heller decision, the Second Amendment protects an individual right that ‘belongs to all Americans’. Two-thirds of America’s state Attorneys General agree.”

The Seventh Circuit claimed precedent bound it from holding in favor of incorporation of the Second Amendment. However, it should have followed the lead of the recent Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision in Nordyke v. King, which found that those cases don't prevent the Second Amendment from applying to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause. The Seventh Circuit opinion upholds current bans on the possession of handguns in Chicago and Oak Park, Illinois.

California attorney general Edmund G. Brown Jr. is filing a separate brief arguing that the Supreme Court should take up NRA’s appeal and hold that the Second Amendment is incorporated against the States.

“It is fundamentally wrong to violate the civil rights of any law-abiding person based on their zip code,” Cox concluded. “The fundamental right of self-defense must be respected by every jurisdiction throughout our country.”

State Attorneys General Amicus Brief
California Attorney General Amicus Brief

Chat live with O.C. Sheriff Hutchens

Chat live with O.C. sheriff | chat, sheriff - News - OCRegister.com.

Have a question for Orange County Sheriff Sandra Hutchens? The sheriff will answer questions in an hour-long online chat beginning at 2 p.m. today. To join the chat and see her answers, go to ocregister.com on Friday.

UPI and Snopes Follow WND, yet Parrot Propaganda from Village Idiot

WND: News sites swap Obama's birthplace like magic.

If you happened to read online news sites such as United Press International or the popular hoax-busting Snopes.com anytime up until Tuesday night, you would have seen definitive statements that President Obama was born at the Queen's Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. But checking back now, both sites are suddenly providing an entirely different location, the Kapi'olani Medical Center for Women and Children, also in the capital of the Aloha State. Within hours of a WND report revealing Obama's birth being reported at two different Hawaiian hospitals, both sites changed their information to suddenly fall in line with the president's claim that he was born at Kapi'olani.

Communist Party takeover almost complete – 1963 checklist – Amazing! « DirtyRottenScoundrels

Communist Party takeover almost complete – 1963 checklist – Amazing! « DirtyRottenScoundrels.

PLEASE take a look at the comments below – the original comment from a biased individual, my original reply and then another reply after I went to this site: http://www.cpusa.org/article/static/758/#6 and got very similar messages from the communist site from their own documents. You be the judge! Communist Goals (1963) ——————————————————————————– Congressional Record–Appendix, pp. A34-A35 January 10, 1963 Current Communist Goals EXTENSION OF REMARKS OF HON. A. S. HERLONG, JR. OF FLORIDA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Thursday, January 10, 1963 Mr. HERLONG. Mr. Speaker, Mrs. Patricia Nordman of De Land, Fla., is an ardent and articulate opponent of communism, and until recently published the De Land Courier, which she dedicated to the purpose of alerting the public to the dangers of communism in America. At Mrs. Nordman’s request, I include in the RECORD, under unanimous consent, the following “Current Communist Goals,” which she identifies as an excerpt from “The Naked Communist,” by Cleon Skousen: [From "The Naked

Ginsburg thought Roe was ethnic cleansing until Medicaid funding rejected by Supremes?

Stunning admission, stunning lapse in reasoning.

WND: Ginsburg: I thought Roe was to rid undesirables.

Question: Are you talking about the distances women have to travel because in parts of the country, abortion is essentially unavailable, because there are so few doctors and clinics that do the procedure? And also, the lack of Medicaid for abortions for poor women?

Ginsburg: Yes, the ruling about that surprised me. [Harris v. McRae – in 1980 the court upheld the Hyde Amendment, which forbids the use of Medicaid for abortions.] Frankly I had thought that at the time Roe was decided, there was concern about population growth and particularly growth in populations that we don't want to have too many of. So that Roe was going to be then set up for Medicaid funding for abortion. Which some people felt would risk coercing women into having abortions when they didn't really want them. But when the court decided McRae, the case came out the other way. And then I realized that my perception of it had been altogether wrong.

Extreme Blue Helicopter Thinking Plagues NAACP

WND: NAACP to governor: Declare martial law.

An NAACP official has demanded the governor of Pennsylvania call out the National Guard, suspend civil liberties and impose martial law to deal with a recent wave of shootings.

SAFE OC - Working to Elect a Sheriff Who Supports Personal Safety and Firearm Freedoms

SAFE OC - Working to Elect a Sheriff Who Supports Personal Safety and Firearm Freedoms.

Dedicated to Electing a Pro-Freedom Sheriff in Orange County July 22 Event: Come Meet Your NRA (Ed Worley, NRA Sacramento Representative and Paul Payne, Assistant to Wayne LaPierre) from 6 pm to 9 pm at OnTarget Range. If you’re reading this, your rights as an American citizen and a resident of Orange County are at stake. Last year, Sandra Hutchens was appointed Sheriff of Orange County to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of the former Sheriff and to finish out his elected term in office. Despite inheriting a Department plagued by accusations of political favoritism and a poorly run jail system, our new Sheriff immediately targeted law-abiding citizens holding licenses to carry concealed weapons (CCWs). Since last autumn, Hutchens has embarked on a single-minded campaign to revoke, deny and restrict the number of CCWs in Orange County. She has even drastically changed her Department’s definition of “good cause” in order to make it far more difficult for an ordinary person to obtain a CCW. Hutchens has also decided that a large number of citizens no longer deserve to have a CCW, and is revoking their permits. Many of these citizens have invested hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars and hours of time applying for their CCWs and undergoing the required background checks, training and inspection. Many have held

California Ammunition Bill: Give Box of Ammo to Sister, Go to Jail

Bill to Restrict Ammunition Sales Takes a Step Forward in the Golden State
 
Tuesday, July 07, 2009
 
Please Contact the Senate Appropriations Committee!

Earlier today, the Senate Public Safety Committee passed Assembly Bill 962.  The bill now moves to the Senate Appropriations Committee for consideration.  No hearing date has been scheduled.

AB962, sponsored by Assembly Member Kevin De Leon (D-45), would make it a crime to privately transfer more than 50 rounds of ammunition per month, even between family and friends, unless you are registered as a “handgun ammunition vendor” in the Department of Justice’s database.  Ammunition retailers would have to be licensed and store ammunition in such a manner that it would be inaccessible to purchasers.  The bill would also require purchasers submit to fingerprinting, which would be kept in dealers' records and subject to inspection by the Department of Justice.  Lastly, mail order ammunition sales would be prohibited. 

Please contact the members of the Senate Appropriations Committee TODAY and respectfully urge them to oppose AB962.  Contact information can be found below.

SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE:

State Senator Christine Kehoe (D-39), Chair
(916) 651-4039

State Senator Dave Cox (R-1), Vice-Chair
(916) 651-4001

State Senator Ellen Corbett (D-10)
(916) 651-4010

State Senator Jeff Denham (R-12)
(916) 651-4012

State Senator Mark DeSaulnier (D-7)
(916) 651-4007

State Senator Loni Hancock (D-9)
(916) 651-4009

State Senator Mark Leno (D-3)
(916) 651-4003
senator.leno@senate.ca.gov

State Senator Jenny Oropeza (D-28)
(916) 651-4028

State Senator George Runner (R-17)
(916) 651-4017

State Senator Mimi Walters (R-33)
(916) 651-4033

State Senator Lois Wolk (D-5)
(916) 651-4005

State Senator Mark Wyland (R-38)
(916) 651-4038

State Senator Leland Yee (D-8)
(916) 651-4008
 
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"Defiance" (Starring Daniel Craig) Awarded Golden W.Exie

World Examiner awards its prestigious, microscopic W.Exie (Serqet, depicted at left with crocodile on head) award, for best "Guns and the Right to Life" picture of the year to the movie "Defiance" starring Daniel Craig.

Seriously, this film is highly recommended, brilliant on many levels as it illustrates family loyalty, the need to bear arms in protection of life, dignity of women, and even dignity of the unborn.  Tremendous (all the more because it's TRUE) story of how the Bielski brothers saved thousands of fellow Jews and trained them to fight against the Nazis.  (I've heard of Jews fighting back in the Warsaw ghetto, but had not heard of the Bielski brothers and their fellow partisans, who fought in Byelorussia.)

The film is a MUST SEE for anyone reading this blog.  See trailers here.  And here: 

Rick Warren Spends 4th of July at Islam Convention in DC

The man who gave the invocation at Barack Hussein Obama's inauguration is spending the Fourth of July not in Lake Forest with his congregation, or anywhere else in Orange County, but in Washington, DC, speaking before an Islamic convention.

Rick Warren to address Islam convention in D.C. today - Total Buzz - OCRegister.com.

Pastor Rick Warren of Saddleback Church is in Washington, D.C. today for a Fourth of July speaking appearance at the Islamic Society of North America’s annual convention. He has suggested that members of his congregation to pray for the event.

Happy 4th of July!

Just got back from participating in Huntington Beach parade, second largest in the country, largest west of the Mississippi.  Man, seems to get longer every year.  I was walking ahead of the trucks carrying a Navy Jack (Don't Tread On Me flag).  I passed out several to enthisiastic NRA supporters in the crowd.  Brian, a vet who walks with a cane, carried the Stars and Stripes.  Babushka from Ukraine was in one of the trucks, along with my wife Helen and daughter Ayn, who wore their Kalashnikitty t-shirts.

This afternoon I'll go to the TEA party in Mission Viejo, then back to Ladera Ranch for a block party in my neighborhood where I'll be conducting free shooting lessons and setting up my mobile laser simulator.  Fireworks mixed in there too, along with our traditional Mel Gibson in The Patriot, dubbed in Russian. 

Seasoned Citizens Frolic in Fountain of Youth

Email from concerned citizens:

Working people frequently ask retired people what they do to make their days interesting.
Well, for example, the other day my wife and I went into town and went into a shop.
We were only in there for about 5 minutes. 
When we came out, there was a cop writing out a parking ticket.
We went up to him and said, 'Come on man, how about giving a senior citizen a break?'

He ignored us and continued writing the ticket.  I called him a Nazi.  He glared at me and started writing another ticket for having worn  tires.

So my wife called him a sh*t-head. He finished the second ticket and put it on the windshield with the first. Then he started writing a third ticket. This went on for about 20 minutes. The more we abused him, the more tickets he wrote.

Personally, we didn't care.  We came into town by bus and the car had an Obama sticker.  We try to have a little fun each day now that we're retired.  It's important at our age.

California Fair Employment and Housing?

No, this is not legal advice. Just an anonymous bit of humor:

 

Difficult Times

 

As the CEO of this organization, I have resigned myself to the fact that Barrack Obama is our President and that our taxes and goverment fees will increase in a Big way.  To compensate for these increases, our prices would have to increase by about 10%.  But since we cannot increase our prices right now due the dismal state of the economy, we will have to lay off sixty of our employees instead.  This has really been bothering me, since I believe we are family here and I didn't know to choose who would have to go.

 

So, this is what I did.  I walked through our parking lots and found sixty "Obama" bumper stickers on our employees' cars and have decided these folks will be the ones to let go.  I can't think of a more fair way to approach this problem. They voted for change, I gave it to them. I will see the rest of you at the annual company picnic.

 

THE BOSS

Orange County ChamberCheck Meets Later Today

Orange County ChamberCheck meets later today, noon til 2pm at my Laguna Hills office, for target practice, networking, and discussion of family protection issues.  Come try out my laser simulator, same type used by many police and sheriff departments.  RSVP.

Steven Greenhut's Latest Column May Precipitate Change in Moorlach Staff

Moorlach 'grows' in office | moorlach, mainero, county, public, gun - Opinion - OCRegister.com.

All political activists should know about Evans' Law of Political Perfidy, coined by conservative icon M. Stanton Evans: "When our friends get into power, they aren't our friends anymore." So many conservatives and libertarians work so hard to get like-minded politicians elected, yet it's almost certain that those elected – especially candidates most committed to turning back the tide of big government – will "grow in office" and accommodate themselves to the trappings of power. And so this brings me to the subject of county Supervisor John Moorlach

Cap and Tax: Great "O"ppression to Die in Senate?

Tulsa World: Inhofe says climate change bill will be 'dead in the water' in Senate.

“They are not going to get more than 35 votes.’’

babushka flying in from ukraine

at LAX with Helen and Ayn waiting for babushka to land...strange being in LA without my kimber...ayn very excited...she is teaching me new camp routine she learned at camp james...boom snap clap snap boom...uh oh maybe not good to practice that here at lax.

4th of July TEA Party in Mission Viejo, Orange County, CA

I tried to organize one of these in Ladera Ranch but the local powers make that difficult if not impossible.  Closest one appears to be Mission Viejo:

4th: Street Faire, Tea Party & Fireworks.

The annual 4th of July Street Faire will be held from noon until dusk Saturday on Olympiad Road between Marguerite Parkway and Melinda. Tom Riehl will emcee the Main Stage entertainment for his 13th consecutive year. The festivities will include: 12:30-1:00 - Karate Demonstration 1:00-3:00 - Steel City Jim and the Nightshift Band (Classic Rock) 3:00-3:30 - Watermelon Contest 3:30-5:30 - This Side Up Band (Jazz & Blues) 5:30-6:00 - Ice Cream Sundae Contest A host of exhibitors will offer a large variety of food, crafts, entertainment and other activities. The Fireworks Show is scheduled at dusk. During the afternoon citizens can also join in a TEA Party event being held at the Melinda entrance to the Faire. The “Taxed Enough Already” protest is sponsored by the local Republican group. The TEA Party is one of many being held on the 4th throughout the United States.

You can get a FREE 3' x 5' Navy Jack (pic at right, frequently seen at TEA party rallies) by attending my CCW class (see www.7-4-1776.us).

Woman Rescued by Construction Worker after Fire Crews Fail

Woman pulled from Des Moines River in dramatic rescue; husband drowns | DesMoinesRegister.com | The Des Moines Register.

A woman is pulled from near the Center Street dam by construction worker Jason Oglesbee on Tuesday. A man who was with the unidentified woman died in the Des Moines River. A rescue team from the Des Moines Fire Department tried several times to rescue the woman but could not get close enough to her.

Volokh on Whether Nordyke is Dictum

The Volokh Conspiracy - Not Dictum:.

much scholarly (and some judicial) ink has been spilled on the theoretical question of how dictum should be defined. Instead, I just wanted to repeat something I said earlier (in the Emerson context): If Nordyke v. King is dictum, then some extremely important Supreme Court rulings are dictum, even though they have to my knowledge never been treated as such. Here are three:

Southern California churches prepare in case gun violence shows up at the altar - Los Angeles Times

Southern California churches prepare in case gun violence shows up at the altar - Los Angeles Times.

Violence in churches is on the rise, experts say.

Kaleidoscope evacuated when man threatens to shoot self

Kaleidoscope evacuated when man threatens suicide | sandberg, center, authorities, entertainment, evacuated - News - OCRegister.com.

MISSION VIEJO -- Sheriff's deputies shut down and evacuated the Kaleidoscope Entertainment Center on Saturday night after a man threatened to commit suicide in public. Deputy Darren Sandberg said the unidentified man told his girlfriend that he would shoot himself at the center

Video: 89-year-old Lady Protects Car & Driver

Great video of seasoned citizen explaining how she has protected her car for 540,000 miles.  Keep watching until the end where she shows how she protects herself, too!

Orange County ChamberCheck Meeting Tomorrow

OC ChamberCheck meets tomorrow, at my Laguna Hills office from Noon til 2pm, for target practice (laser simulator with moving and transitional targets), networking, and discussion of family protection issues.

This is not LaserTag or some kind of toy--this is a system used by many police and sheriff departements for training.  So come on down and try it for free (please let me know in advance).