World Examiner

87 Year Old Shoots Burglar

In LA, story here.

New App Allows Reporting of Crime to Police and Neighbors

Story here.

Starbucks' HomoNazi Marriage Holocaust is a Holocaust of the Family

Starbucks' recent announcement (story here) that its support for legalizing same-sex marriage is "core to who we are and what we value as a company" has sent shockwaves through Christian America (coffee-drinking, tea partying, or just plain angry at globalist norm changing aimed at the families keeping America free).

Starbucks' brand of homonazi fascism on the subject of marriage is disturbing given what is known about the prevalence of homosexuality among the Nazis in Hitler's Germany (story here).  (Sometimes I wonder about the folks at calgun.nuts, up in the Bay Area!)

Keep gulping down this corporate fascism, and you will end up with no food for your family, let alone coffee.

Are you familiar with the Ukrainian Holodomor, the artificial Soviet famine killing about ten million Ukrainian nationalists?  You may not know about it because the schools ignore it.

Dare call it the "Ukrainian Holocaust" and a commie lib will scream at you for cheapening the term "Holocaust" - and they are right in a sense: the killing is not quite as direct.  But it's still an intentional act resulting in a killing (or two).

Ditto the "Abortion Holocaust" which kills millions of children in this country.  (Again, you are technically correct if you say the term "Holocaust" is cheapened because yes, the killing is less direct.)

Now we have the "Marriage Holocaust" perpetrated by Starbucks, which appears to be part of the globalist attempt to change norms of behavior in America, norms which keep America free with families strong enough to resist the growth of government, families strong enough to feed themselves and defend themselves.

[Families are why the Soviet Union fell.  Because of my wife's family, growing up in Ukraine, she recognized the mandatory recycling programs and the like (e.g., bringing newspapers every week to her school, School No. 40) were all about control and propaganda, and her father was able to stand up to the local union.]

You say I'm cheapening the term "Holocaust"? 

Everyone (even the homosexual) has a right to marry someone of the opposite sex.  The institution of marriage as defined for eons is essential to a free society and more particularly, is a benefit to women and children.

Lives depend on it.  Freedom depends on it.  Change the definition of marriage and you CHEAPEN it.  Instead of an institution focused on procreation (or adoption if necessary) and family building and the future, it becomes just one more hedonistic heresy of the here and now.

Starbucks, quit cheapening the term "marriage" and reverse this insane policy!

 

Ayn Home Alone: My Daughter on New Oleg Volk Poster

My daughter Ayn appears in the latest Oleg Volk poster (thanks Oleg!):

Click on the image for larger version.

There are hundreds if not thousands of cases of kids defending themselves with guns.  I've noted several on this blog here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here, back when i was blogging more actively, and i've heard of several additional cases since then.

See more of Oleg's work at http://olegvolk.net

Origin and Meaning of the Name SANTORUM

Origin and meaning of the name SANTORUM (link):

SANTORI, SANTORIO, SANTORELLI, SANTORIELLI, SANTORINI, SANTORUM: From the medieval first name Santoro, derived from the Latin word Sanctus = Saint, the genitive plural form is "Sanctorum", used also to indicate the All Saints feast. Possibly connected to someone acting as a saint, or who has connection with religious things (a sacristan)

Your children are growing up in an age where good values are under increasing attack.  Help them remain faithful and protect your family with a F.I.R.S.T. Family Trust: http://guncounsel.com

Where to Carry Dept: ... At the Bowling Alley

Story here.

Salvation Army is Anti-Life

Story here.

Red Cross is Anti-Life

Story here.

Washington's Thanksgiving Proclamation

Not long after becoming America's first (and greatest) President, George Washington issued our country's first Thanksgiving Proclamation on October 3, 1789. In the proclamation, Washington wrote: "Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favor . . . "Now therefore I do recommend and assign Thursday the 26th day of November next to be devoted by the People of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being, who is the beneficent Author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be-That we may then all unite in rendering unto him our sincere and humble thanks-for his kind care and protection of the People of this Country previous to their becoming a Nation-for the signal and manifold mercies, and the favorable interpositions of his Providence which we experienced in the course and conclusion of the late war-for the great degree of tranquility, union, and plenty, which we have since enjoyed-for the peaceable and rational manner, in which we have been enabled to establish constitutions of government for our safety and happiness, and particularly the national One now lately instituted-for the civil and religious liberty with which we are blessed; and the means we have of acquiring and diffusing useful knowledge; and in general for all the great and various favors which he hath been pleased to confer upon us. "And also that we may then unite in most humbly offering our prayers and supplications to the great Lord and Ruler of Nations and beseech him to pardon our national and other transgressions-to enable us all, whether in public or private stations, to perform our several and relative duties properly and punctually-to render our national government a blessing to all the people, by constantly being a Government of wise, just, and constitutional laws, discreetly and faithfully executed and obeyed-to protect and guide all Sovereigns and Nations (especially such as have shewn kindness unto us) and to bless them with good government, peace, and concord-To promote the knowledge and practice of true religion and virtue, and the increase of science among them and us-and generally to grant unto all Mankind such a degree of temporal prosperity as he alone knows to be best."

Latest on Fast and Furious Scandal (ATF Gunrunning to Mexican Gangs)

Story here.

High-Powered Guns Missing from LAPD SWAT Facility

Story here.

NYPD Officers Charged in Million Dollar Gun Running Scheme

Story here.

IAPCAR International Association for the Protection of Civilian Arms Rights

Site here.

Halloween's Christian Roots

A recent Bloomberg article gets it wrong when it says Halloween is not Christian.

For some history on the Christian roots of Halloween, check this.

Sheriff Hutchens Has Blood on Her Hands for Destroying the Training Ethic

Tragic multiple victim shootings like the one yesterday in Seal Beach, now the worst in Orange County history, are not stopped by police.  If they are stopped at all, they are stopped by armed private citizens.

Were Hutchens not so restrictive in issuing concealed carry permits, would there have been someone nearby carrying a pistol?  Possibly, though with the extreme heat we had yesterday, that person would likely be wearing a Hawaiian shirt, or carrying openly.

Many businesses have a gun on site for protection.  No permit is needed for business owners to protect themselves in this way.  There is a high probability that nearby shopkeepers would have been able to bring guns to this “fight” in time to save at least a life or two.    Able yes, but would they?

Having the gun is not the same as having the will to use it, especially in third party rescue.  That requires training, practice, advance visualization and reflection, and perhaps a little estate planning to remove deadly hesitation over concern you may leave your own family without a provider.

Before Hutchens took office, concealed carry classes were full, frequent, and there was great and widespread enthusiasm about firearms training.  Since she recalled/revoked most of the existing permits, training has been in sharp decline locally, despite a continued upward trend in the rest of the country.

Firearms skills are perishable.  Americans will again be a people trained to bearing arms, only if the Second Amendment is made personally relevant to them.  Hunting is history, so the only way back to this training ethic is for the 21^st century American to regain the right to carry a handgun regularly and in public.

Sheriff Hutchens has blood on her hands for destroying the training ethic in Orange County.

Philippines: Bill bans officials, citizens from carrying guns

A group is pushing for a bill that seeks to stop giving permits to carry firearms to government officials and private individuals. During a hearing of the Senate public order committee on Tuesday, the Gunless Society of the Philippines expressed support for Senate Bill 129 by Sen. Franklin Drilon and its counterpart measure at the House of Representatives.

Read About It: ABS CBN News (Philippines)

California Governor Signs Handgun Open Carry Ban, Now Long Guns Considered

Gov. Brown just announced here that he has signed AB 144, the ban on the open carry of unloaded handguns, despite his earlier statements admitting there is no need for such legislation.

The movement to protect Second Amendment rights in California now appears to be looking at the open carry of long guns as a means of expression.

Open carry is ultrasound for the Second Amendment.  Concealed carry is concealed speech.

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Islam Discourages Adoption

Adoption is a great alternative to the holocaust of abortion, yet Islam discourages adoption. I'm reading in Robert Spencer's book "The Truth About Muhammad" how this grew out of Muhammad marrying the divorced wife of his adopted son. FYI: http://www.englishsabla.com/forum/showthread.php?t=39257&highlight=Adoption

New "180" Movie - 33 min - View it Free Here

Here is the video:

   

While watching, sign up for hundreds of dollars worth of free firearms training here. (Includes free class for concealed carry permit good in 30 states.)

NYPD Advises Women to Avoid Wearing Skirts

Story here in the Wall Street Journal.  This ranks right up there with rape whistles and telling women to vomit to avoid rape.

Better idea--take a free concealed carry class: see http://gunlaw.pro

Watermelon Drop: Marriott Hotels

Splat:

More Than Half of Declaration Signers Were Lawyers. What we Need is Less Big Law and Litigiousness.

A little known fact is that more than half of the signers of the Declaration of Independence were lawyers.  Our problem these days is not that we have too many lawyers.  A free society needs lawyers because this is earth, not heaven.  Present-day Japan, for example, has few guns and few lawyers, but is not a very free society.  Beware of those who would use force or restraint to create heaven on earth (Joe Stalin: "Let's kill all the lawyers").

The main problem we have these days is too much litigiousness--for example, too many Christians suing other Christians.  This problem is perpetuated by Big Law pushing special-interest legislation and using their influence within mandatory state bars to stifle the efforts of smaller law firms (for example, trust attorney) to provide more efficient planning services, minimizing the need for such litigation.

Saying we have "too many lawyers" is like saying we have "too many guns" - you are the weapon, your lawyer is just a tool.  Use your lawyer for defense only, and only to the extent necessary, not to ruin.  He who lives by the law, will die by the law.

No lawsuit is filed without a plaintiff, and as for costly and tumultuous probate court, the heirs of those who plan need not pay for the errors of those who don't.

California is in play! New Field Poll indicates Obama could Lose in CA

The Sacramento Bee reports the results here but misleads with the following:

Though Obama is strongly favored to win California in his re-election bid next year, the poll suggests many Democrats may vote for him only begrudgingly...

The actual Field poll has a margin of error of up to 4.6%, and states the following:

The current proportion approving of his performance (46%) is now only slightly greater than the proportion disapproving (44%), a big change from three months ago when Californians approved of the job he was doing 54% to 37%. In addition, those who are inclined to reelect Obama outnumber those not inclined by just five points (49% to 44%).

I.E., "just five points" NOT "strongly favored" as the Bee reported.

Mexican City Training Citizens with Guns

Very good news from south of the border.  Mexicans rediscover gun training and gun rights!  Story here.

1775 Patriot "Broadside" Notice Urged Pacifists to Pay

A recently authenticated 1775 "broadside" notice published by the local Revolutionary "committee of correspondence" in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, urges pacifist conscientious objectors to pay sufficient money to the Revolutionary War effort to dispel any notion they were merely shirking a patriot's duty.

AP has the story here.

Clarence Thomas Emerges as Supreme Court's Intellectual Leader

Great story in the New Yorker on Clarence Thomas' intellectual leadership--says he is "probably the most conservative Justice to serve on the Court since the nineteen-thirties" and notes his wife's long involvement with the Tea Party revolution.

NSSF: Firearms accidents are at an all-time low

Story here.

45 Senators Oppose Arms Trade Treaty restricting Gun Rights

45 senators said they would oppose ratification of an Arms Trade Treaty that in any way restricts the rights of law-abiding American gun owners. Story here.

Filming Cops

First Circuit rules in favor of First Amendment, story here.

Free Concealed Carry Class Scheduled for 9/24/11 in Laguna Hills

I have scheduled a concealed carry class to take place at my office in Laguna Hills on Saturday, September 24, 2011.  There are still a few seats available.  See http://GUNTRUST.ORG for details.

The Several Kinds of Congress, According to Kamasutra

According to Kamasutra:

Congress is of the following kinds:

Loving congress
Congress of subsequent love
Congress of artificial love
Congress of transferred love
Congress like that of eunuchs
Deceitful congress
Congress of spontaneous love

Question is, which kind is the US Congress?

I guess it takes all kinds.

Facebook Blocks Ad for Concealed Carry Class

Facebook Nazis have blocked this ad for a deal i wanted to offer on my new "guntrust.org" FB page:

[Reason: "* Content that is pornographic or contains nudity, or is inappropriately sexual * Attacks on an individual or a group of people * Depictions of self harm, excessive violence or drug use * Alcohol or tobacco targeted at minors"]

CLUMSY ME for offering on FB to teach about a civil right, as a licensed instructor.

Cops 'n' Neighbors Challenge Set for July 22nd

The first monthly "Cops 'n' Neighbors Challenge" is to be held at my Laguna Hills office July 22nd, 4pm to 6pm. This is a shooting competition using the laser simulated range at my office. Armed citizens with NO prior law enforcement or military experience will be competing against armed citizens with SOME law enforcement or military experience (active or not). Prizes will be awarded.

In order to compete, you must first attend my FREE Family Protection Clinic.

Cops, invite your armed neighbors to come for some safety training, and to have a great time!

Neighbors, invite your cop friends to this fun event where they can get a different sort of practice that might save them while performing hero's work of defending those who can't (or won't) defend themselves!

Go to http://GUNLAW.PRO and sign up now for the Clinic.

 

One Hour on Laser Simulator Better than 1000 Round$ of "$acred" Ammo

To the Founders ammuniton was sacred, not to be wasted:

It is the Right of every English Subject to be prepared with Weapons for his defence....Carefully preserve the small quantity of gunpowder which you have amongst you; it will be the last Resource when every other means of Safety fail you--Great Britain has cut you off from further supplies.... [R]eserve what Ammunition you have as a sacred Deposit. He in part betrays his Country who sports it away, perhaps in every Charge he fires he gives with it the means of preserving the life of a fellow being.

[Letter circulated 19 June 1775 by North Carolina's delegates to Continental Congress]

Live fire is important to validate training and practice, but too much live fire can actually degrade performance. Not to mention, ammo's expensive! Dry practice, especially on a laser simulated range with moving and transitional targets, is an important supplement to the typical live fire on paper targets. Try it out FREE at my Family Protection Clinic.

Renewal of Concealed Firearm Instructor License

Late last week, I flew to Utah on a quick trip to take the renewal course for my license to teach the course Utah requires for its Concealed Firearm Permit, issued to nonresidents (even Californians) and the closest thing we have to a national ccw as it is recognized in 30 states (for us Californians). Instructors must renew every three years. Aside from renewing the license, there are a few other changes to the free concealed carry class I offer:

(1) My law office has moved to a new, larger suite, with space dedicated especially to firearm training;

(2) My laser simulated shooting range has been upgraded with the latest technology and works fantastically well;

(3) I also offer the Handgun Safety Certificate (HSC card) required to purchase a handgun in California.

Check out the FREE Family Protection Clinic at http://GUNLAW.PRO

 

 

Crush Tribalism with the Holy Spirit

Another great homily at Serra Chapel's Latin Tridentine Mass (Sundays @ 8am), on this Pentecost Sunday! In a nutshell, the Holy Spirit allows reconciliation and unity to get us past the alienation which results from man's prideful attempt to "reach the stars" in ways that God does not approve, ways that forget God and rely on controlling others, alienation of the sort seen with the effort to build the Tower of Babel.

Bastiat's "The Law" warns us where this type of plunder leads.

This alienation results in tribalism; no longer simply Americans equal under law, tribalism make us competitors at the public trough, leading us straight into the hell on earth known as socialism. Many tribalist leaders preach the un-American heresy of pacifism in their churches, including some large, white Christian churches, striking at core American values.

“Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is WHOLLY INADEQUATE to the government of any other…”--John Adams

The Sacrament of Bearing Arms, Not Merely Right but Redemptive

To our Founders, the right to bear arms was not merely a right useful for maintaining balance of power.  More than that, regular carry was conducive to good character, absolutely essential to a nation of free men.  This point is eloquently made in Eric Raymond's essay "Ethics from the Barrel of a Gun: What Bearing Weapons Teaches About the Good Life" - a quick and enjoyable read I first discovered when a student brought it to my first concealed carry class three years ago.  Eric says his essay was inspired by a longer essay "A Nation of Cowards".  I note also that the title of his essay appears to be spun off the famous Mao quote: "Politics grows from the barrel of a gun."  On this I actually agree with Mao, but Eric goes further, making this important point: The regular bearing of arms preserves the dignity and character of a free people.

Also, take a look at my post on the Christian view of self-defense.  That post links to a number of articles, including an excellent "must-read" by Dave Kopel.  [Kopel cites Professor Volokh's use of the term "pacifist-aggressive" to describe those who wish to impose their pacifist beliefs on others.  Interestingly, a few nights ago my wife (who like Volokh, is originally from Soviet Ukraine) used the same term to describe communists.  We were watching a documentary on Muzzolini and she used the term to distinguish fascists, who emphasized use of violent militia groups, from the "pacifist-aggressive" communists who better hid the violence (mass starvation, KGB visiting at night).]

And here are my thoughts on how someone like Ayn Rand could fail to appreciate the right to bear arms. 

Oath Keepers Urges Individuals to Prepare for Service in State Militia or County Posse

Story here.  Regardless of your experience level, novices included, you are welcome to my free firearm training clinic: http://GUNLAW.PRO

Pope Beatifies Prior Pope, Obama Martyrizes Osama

M'aidez! Anyone else notice both of these events occurred today, on May 1st, the communist holiday? Stories here and here.

Here is another chilling fact: Hitler was also declared dead on May 1st.  Story here.

 

Or how about this:

 

NRA Members Urged to Talk Guns All the Time

Story on Nugent's speech here.

Six Months of License Renewal Hell

I’m entering the final stretch of a six month ordeal at renewing various licenses. Seven months, if you include December’s last minute CLE to maintain my Washington bar ticket. (California CLE was due the prior year.) In addition to preparing for tax season(!) as a tax preparer and digesting changes affecting trust attorneys, early this year I had to renew my notary commission; in May I’ll renew my CA real estate broker license; and in June I’ll fly to Utah to renew my Concealed Firearm Instructor license.  As a firearms instructor, I also obtained certification by CA DOJ to issue the Handgun Safety Certificate (HSC) required to purchase a handgun in CA.

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Minuteman 20110417 (show notes at http://LawNews.TV):

 

Chamber Check! Atlas Shrugged Movie Will Force Compromisers to Take a Stand

I predict the new Atlas Shrugged movie opening today will force the James Taggarts of the business world to finally stand on principle and allow others to do the same.  Thomas Paine wrote, "Commerce diminishes the spirit, both of patriotism and of military defense."  Emails with green "save the trees" slogans leave me with the impression the sender is a sleazy slimeball global warming fraudster, willing to sell his child into slavery.  How do others react to these green mantras? How will they react after seeing this movie?  Over-taggartized professional and trade associations and business networking groups can make us feel like we are the only ones cringing at the new green religion, but this movie, so long anticipated, comes out in very desperate times forcing many to take a hard look at economic reality.

Early in our marriage, I took my wife to a movie about Ayn Rand's life.  It was very meaningful for my wife, who grew up in the Ukrainian SSR, and Helen quickly became a fan of Rand's books.  We even named our daughter after this great author who gave such eloquent voice to the merits of the individual freedom essential in a rational Christian faith and true charity.  Rand's horrible political incongruity [she did not have much respect for fetuses; also, see her views on self-defense here] and personal failures in applying her own philosophy, mainly due to her inability to recognize God's hand, do not detract from the moral case she makes for individual freedom.  In fact, those failures serve to illustrate the necessity of rational faith as a bedrock for values supporting individual freedom.  Besides, Ayn Rand is no longer an atheist, is she?  God bless her.

Helen, Ayn and I, eagerly anticipate viewing the movie this evening. 

Woman Murdered After Stalker Verifies No Death Penalty

Story here.

Costa Mesa Gun Show

Stop by my table (W-18, in Bldg 10) at the gun show in Costa Mesa this weekend. Ask about free flag offers and free CCW class.

Reputation.com Continues to Spread Falsehoods About Old West

For months now, Reputation.com has been running ads pounding into our heads that the Old West was full of "itchy trigger fingers."

Not true.  See here.

UPDATE: Just a few days after posting this, the ad seems to have been suddenly replaced.  Hope the old ad is run out of town for good.

Pro-life congressman repels assassins with concealed pistol

Story here.

Bishops Blacklist Certain Groups

Amnesty International, the March of Dimes, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, UNICEF, American Association of University Women, The CROP Walk hunger awareness effort, sponsored by the National Council of Churches’ agency Church World Service...They Name Names

[While they are at it, these fine individual bishops should also follow the NRA in blacklisting the anti-self-defense US Conference of Catholic Bishops.]

The 49-State CCW Permit?

Will the nonresident Utah CCW (free class available here) become a 49-state CCW for Californians (rather than the current 30 states), under HR822?  Check the Minuteman show notes at http://LawNews.TV for the latest.

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