UPDATE:Gun Grabbing Dem Ignores Tough Question From Female Gun Owner At Town Hall

Nicki over at the Liberty blog was on scene and got a hold of the microphone. Hilarity ensues!!!
Word of caution, Nicki speaks her mind and does not pull punches. Consider yourself warned.

Gun Grabbing Dem Ignores Tough Question From Female Gun Owner At Town Hall

Virginia deserves better than this douchebag POS.

Our favorite moron Moran, decides he's going to ignore Ms Bigelow and her question and moves on to the next "gentleman".

Typical Maroon tactic.

NOVA, when are you folks gonna come to your senses and vote this asshat out of office? He is anti-Israel, anti-women, pro-tax, pro-obama, pro-muslim, pro-assclown. He's guilty of domestic violence against his wife; his son was arrested for violent behavior,, along with perpetrating voter fraud in the last election. They are criminals and y'all keep sending him back to Congress to screw things up for the rest of us. Although, with that record, he would fit right in with the muslim brothers in the hood. muslims don't care about women either.

Bill Whittle on Gun Rights

A nice companion piece to the idiocy reported in the previous post.

Morning Email From DCExaminer

Michael Barone - Gangster Government becomes a long-running series
Republicans have been accurately attacking the Dodd bill for authorizing bailouts of big Wall Street firms and giving them unfair advantages over small competitors. They might want to add that it authorizes Gangster Government -- the channeling of vast sums from the politically unprotected to the politically connected.

Timothy P. Carney - Goldman Sachs wants regulation, not laissez-faire
Just as drug companies and insurers used Republicans to kill the public option before using Democrats to mandate insurance and subsidize drugs, big banks are using Republicans to kill a bank tax while using Democrats to erect barriers to entry, to institutionalize bailouts, and to restore confidence in Wall Street.

Susan Ferrechio - Parties feud in public, deal in private on bank bill
Despite Reid's threat to forge ahead without the GOP, he is at the same time working with them on a compromise behind the scenes. His willingness to wait until next week to move a bill to the floor is a clear sign that Democrats have yet to win over a Republican.

J.P. Freire - Is Goldman Obama's Enron? No, it's worse
Campaign contributions from Goldman Sachs employees to President Obama are nearly seven times as much as President Bush received from Enron workers, according to numbers on OpenSecrets.org.

Julie Mason - Obama and GOP both take risks in Wall Street attacks
Both parties are courting political risk by trading sordid accusations over a pending financial services regulations bill -- including the risk of overplaying their hands.

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NoVa Freeper To Speak At Yorktown Teaparty

H/T FreeRepublic

The Tea Party hours are from 11 AM to 2 PM and a firm time for my talk has not been set. I requested 1 PM, so hopefully it will be close to that time.

The subject will be “Gun Rights - The Canary in the Coal Mine”

For those who would like to go, here are some directions:
From Hwy. 17 N, take last exit before crossing Coleman Bridge over York River...or...From I-64, take Rt.199 East at Williamsburg and take the Colonial Parkway directly into Yorktown Battlefield. Turn left at end of Parkway and follow road down to Riverfront area.
For more information, click here:

TAXPAYERS FOR FREEDOM TEA PARTY
Labor Day in Yorktown Virginia
September 7th, 2009
11 am - 2 pm

Its only a minor inconvenience.......

Recent attempts have been made to remove one of your rights. As usual the perpetrators tried an incremental approach.

Senator Marsh; John Marshall, Secretary of Public Safety; former Superintendent Colonel Massengill, chair of the Va Tech Review panel, and Governor Kaine, usually against a backdrop of grieving parents and relatives, spouted platitudes about feeling safe and removing guns from criminals. They say that they only wanted to affect the very few "unlicensed" gun dealers at gun shows, all the while knowing that they were using a straw man argument, since private sales at gun shows are not by "unlicensed dealers" and very few firearms from private gun show sales are found in criminal hands.

The only way to close this "loophole" is to restrict ALL transfers of firearms.

And here is the proof that THIS is their intention.

From the Violence Policy Center:

In order to be effective, the legislation must apply to all events at which guns are sold in any volume, such as gun shows, flea markets, or swap meets.
In addition, it is imperative that the definition of gun show ensure that transactions initiated at a gun show cannot be consummated off-premises with no background check required.

Over at Red's Trading Post, a business that is being unfairly targeted by their local ATF office, is this gem in speaking about the current candidate for ATF Director, Michael J. Sullivan:

"...at the largest gathering of Anti-Gun organizations, in which Sullivan was the key note speaker, they clearly laid out their plans:"

9. Congress, as well as state, local and tribal governments, should enact laws requiring that all gun sales and transfers proceed through a Federal Firearms License (FFL), thus ensuring that a mandatory background check will be conducted on the transferee.

It goes on to describe the "Unregulated Secondary Market":

This unregulated secondary market includes private sales, classified ads, flea markets, Internet sales and gun shows.

" They state that they are trying to get all guns sales through Federal Firearms License Dealers, while their fellow Anti-Gun Acting ATF Director Michael J. Sullivan and the BATFE is closing down these dealers."



And how do they know if a firearm is PRIVATELY transferred, either by gift OR sale? They would have to know the CURRENT owner.....it would have to be REGISTERED, wouldn't it?

I want a recount!

The Brady Bunch gun control nuts puts Virginia tied with Oregon, Washington, and Colorado at 18 points. WTF? Last I heard, Oregon was the land of hippies.....

I want a recount. I demand less votes.

Gun Safety Courses

One of our representatives should call West Virginia. They have an interesting idea:

West Virginia is considering a bill to teach schoolchildren how to handle a gun and hunt safely its proponent hopes will increase state revenues from hunting licenses, a state lawmaker said Thursday.

I don't believe the emphasis has to be on hunting. And safety is ALWAYS A GOOD THING. If the State mandates "sexual safety classes" why not "gun safety" classes. As long as there is actual gun safety and familiarization being taught. And if parents want to "opt out" their children, great!

A response to "On Guns-An Ode in Prose"

In response to James River Maven:
also cross posted to his comments

Supporters of the 2nd Amendment have seen a resurgence in the support of "gun rights." We have also seen renewed efforts to restrict those rights. Proposed laws, such as this one (ban "gun show loophole") are always touted as "saving lives" or "promoting safety." The government states that no private sales, outside of a gun show, would be affected. Then why have it? Private sales of weapons would happen elsewhere. And if a law is proposed that mandates background checks on all sales of guns, how is it to be enforced? Must one provide paperwork on demand, showing where one got the weapon? How about gifts? And would a gun dealer want to take on the liability of running background checks for 3rd party transactions? Of course, there would be a fee involved. And regulations initiated by the BATFE. Gun dealers are being shut down by the hundreds because of inadvertent paperwork errors.

Does not the right of self defense predate the 2nd Amendment and the invention of gunpowder? The right to bear arms includes all arms. One is armed when a weapon is carried. Yes, gang members kill each other. Yes, firearms were invented to kill their target, whether animal or human. Gang members that kill each other are criminals. They are abusing their rights. The right to bear arms is one of our most serious responsibilities. We have a duty to to be law-abiding citizens that take our responsibilities seriously. Because there is an argument that guns were designed to kill people, we should restrict them. We have a 2nd Amendment BECAUSE weapons are designed to kill. The 2nd Amendment is the final defense of the other rights. Just because some citizens abuse that right, or do not believe that it is appropriate, does not abrogate that right and responsibility.

You talk of disobedience to the law. Defense of our civil rights is NOT disobedience. If the government wished to disarm you, they must force you to give up your 2nd Amendment rights. Some supporters of the 1st Amendment have died, albeit in other countries, in defense of THAT right. The right to bear arms is SUPPOSED to be a check on an overreaching government. Civil rights supporters react this way because the government and other citizens ARE attempting to take away our rights. And they don't do it (well, most don't) by calling for a total ban on weapons. Its done incrementally. For safety reasons, for our own good. And none of it works. See Washington DC, New York, and Chicago. For that matter, see England.
Criminals do not pay attention to gun laws. Every gun law is considered a "first step" towards more gun laws. Supporters of this one have said as much.

Your analogy of driver laws and car regulations does not apply, as you do not have a right to a car. You do a right to freedom of movement, which, in that case, one could present a right to a car. However, no one is trying to restrict your right to a car because someone misused their car or because of the thousands killed on our roadways.

If a state regulates something, it can take away that thing. Local, state, and federal governments constantly want to regulates, well, everything. The government is not there to allow you your rights. They do not come from the government. The government is supposed to be there to enforce and protect your rights. The Bill of Rights does not give you the rights listed. It recognises them under the rule of law so that the government has to protect them.

We gun owners have accepted great restrictions on our rights. The gun industry is the most regulated industry in America. Many areas completely ban the ownership of weapons. We are trying to educate the citizenry on the fact that gun laws do not work. Background checks work only on the law-abiding or the rare stupid criminal that goes through proper channels to get a firearm. Cho went through the checks. Instead of needing a check, Cho should have been involuntarily institutionalized. It is THAT failure that needs to be fixed. There are citizens that have come forward that want to carry on campus. That is the only way to add security. The state and police cannot protect you without draconian measures. Police can only catch a predator because the predator has to first commit the crime.

Yes, it might seem to others that 2nd Amendment activists "overreact." But we have seen this before. Little steps to "protect" us. We've heard it before that "oh, this law won't apply to you." But then, a precedent has been made, so new laws are made. Laws that do nothing but make the politician look good and feel good. Laws like the "assault weapons" ban. Laws like registration. Laws like local governments and courts arbitrarily deciding who should be allowed to carry a weapon. Or waiting periods that force battered wives to wait for needed protection, as an example. We have drawn a line. Make laws that protect all rights. Stop using weasel worded language like "gun show loophole." That makes us suspicious. We know that there is no gun show loophole. There are private citizens selling their guns. If you wish to restrict that, say so. If THAT won't get passed, then that is the will of the legislature. If that does get passed, that too is the will of the legislature. And we will continue to support our rights.