A Self-Inflicted Gun Wound

[The Big Dog]

I was treated this morning to Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY) on Fox News Sunday again sounding the clarion call for more gun laws and a renewal of the federal AWB. She cited the specious 90% number and slandered every single honest FFL in the border states saying that they were all getting rich selling guns to the cartels. Disappointingly that all went unchallenged by host Chris Wallace, although he did get after her on some other aspects where she was clearly blowing smoke.

Then I found the article below at Newsweek. While it repeats the fallacious 90% number, it points out that we are holding our own, and that the Democrat leadership (the socialist ones) understand what can happen to them at the ballot box. What it proves is not that we have won anything, but rather that we can exert enough pressure, now, to hold the line. The challenge for us is to grow in strength so that we can exert enough pressure to ultimately win. We must be willing to give of our time, our money and every fiber of our strength to defend our rights now and for future generations.

A Self-Inflicted Gun Wound
Why is Attorney General Eric Holder backing away from an assault weapons ban?

By Michael Isikoff and Mark Hosenball

After fierce resistance from the gun lobby and its allies in Congress, Attorney General Eric Holder has dialed back talk about reimposing a federal assault weapons ban to help curb the spiraling violence in Mexico.

As much as 90 percent of the assault weapons and other guns used by Mexican drug cartels are coming from the United States, fueling drug-related violence that is believed to have killed more than 7,000 people since January 2008, according to estimates by Mexican and U.S. law enforcement officials. But the political obstacles to addressing the U.S.-to-Mexico weapons flow are dramatically underscored by Holder's experience in just the last few weeks.

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But his comments roused the gun lobby. The National Rifle Association quickly sent out "action alerts" to its members. Sixty-five House Democrats signed a letter saying they would oppose any new ban—as did Montana's two Democratic senators, Max Baucus and Jon Tester. "Senators to Attorney General Holder: Stay Away From Our Guns," read a press release sent out by Baucus's office. In addition, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid both shot down the idea that Congress would take up any new assault weapons ban this year.

[subdjoe]

See the thread Mexico and Guns for more.

[jgaffney]

This is how criminals get guns. This is from Saunterelle's newspaper-of-record, the San Francisco Chronicle:

Thieves made off with more than 100 guns Thursday during a predawn burglary of a San Jose gun shop, police said.

The break-in was reported shortly before 4:45 a.m. at the Gun Exchange at the corner of Almaden Expressway and Foxworthy Avenue, San Jose police Lt. Mike Sullivan said.

Surveillance video shows that three men wearing masks pried open the front door and stole at least 100 weapons, mostly handguns, before fleeing, said owner Mike Fournier. He was busy tallying up the loss Thursday.

The burglars triggered a silent alarm, but when officers arrived minutes later, the thieves had fled, authorities said.

What additional anti-handgun law would have prevented this robbery, other than a law that would have put the law-abiding gun store owner out of business?

[The Big Dog]

I've read elsewhere that the SJPD response time on the alarm was four minutes. That is extremely good for a city of that size with as much other stuff as they have going on at any one time. Yet in four minutes 100 pieces were gone. Further proof that when seconds count, the police are just minutes away.

And the conventional wisdom on the caper, from what I've heard elsewhere, is that it may have been an East Bay centric gang that was responsible.

Of course now these no-goodniks need to find themselves some ammo. Not exactly easy to find right now.

[jgaffney]

I think they got to Wallyworld before I did. The place is picked clean!

Go see Steve at LoadX.

[The New Guy]

another liberal ruse debunked:





notice at about the 4:30 mark how simple it is to defeat the IBIS system.

[subdjoe]

"it's a lie, pure and simple." That says it all about 60 Min. DiFi, Schumer, Obama, et al.