And a Jolie Good Time Was Had by All

Submitted by Bill St. Clair on Sat, 26 Jul 2003 12:00:00 GMT

From kaba (bears frequent repetition):

"Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats." -- H. L. Mencken

and:

"The power of the state is measured by the power that men surrender to it." -- Felix Morley

From Quotes of the Day:

"The denunciation of the young is a necessary part of the hygiene of older people, and greatly assists in the circulation of their blood." -- Logan Pearsall Smith

Kevin Tuma - Spending - cartoon commentary on the welfare-warfare state's penchant for over-spending. Hehe.

Mark Fiore at The Village Voice - Grunt Vision Goggles - Flash animation. See past the hype of the Iraq war to what it really is with Grunt Vision Goggles. Hehe. [villagechoice]

For some reason I woke up at 2am after about 5 hours of sleep. I'm finally getting tired again, so I'd better sleep some more so I'll have enough energy for the ELGS™ ("Evil Loophole Gun Show", details in yesterday's offering) and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life.

Did I say yet how much I like my Gamo PT-80 Pellet Pistol? I did? Well, I'll say it again. I really like this gun. Fired a quick 96 rounds last evening. That's two loadings of my six eight-shot magazines interrupted by a quick CO2 cartridge change. I fired at a milk carton about 15 yards away. It made a satisfying sound. Many pellets ended up inside.

Ogre's Blades is an MTech line of knives that Mad Ogre is selling for $20 apiece, plus $5 shipping per order. He says about them: [madogre]

The knives are good. Damn good. I have the LEO model clipped to my pocket right now. Seriously. I'm ordering in a number of the knives from the importer directly. This is why I can sell them really cheap, even if they are not cheap knives themselves. Like I said before, these knives are just as good as anything you would spend twice the amount for from Columbia River... I'm not exaggerating. In fact, I think these are better because they have a better blade steel then the Columbia River knives. The fixed blade knives will be available shortly... I'm waiting to get more information on them and to get one of each to see for myself if they are worthy.

Mad Ogre - The Guns of the Matrix - an in-depth analysis of the guns used in the Matrix universe. [madogre]

The Makarov CO2 Pistol looks and feels just like a real Makarov pistol, but fires standard .177 caliber BBs. The BBs and the CO2 cartridge are stored in a special magazine. $150.

Ron Paul at LewRockwell.com - The Unpatriot Act - some recent small wins in the battle against the U.S.A. P.A.T.R.I.O.T. Act. [lew]

Michael Savage - Should Michael Savage explore an exploration committee to run for Governor of the State of California as an Independent? - Heard this on the radio driving home from work on Thursday night. I occasionally listen to Savage for the same reason I occasionally listen to Limbaugh: I find him entertaining and funny, in a strange sort of way. His platform: BORDERS * LANGUAGE * CULTURE. Couldn't be worse than Gray Davis, could he?

Bruce W. Krafft at KeepAndBearArms.com - My Day At The Mall - a Minnesota man excercises, in the Mall of America, his newly recognized right to bear arms, and is "detained" by the local constabulary. [kaba]

A few minutes later another officer came in, asking similar questions. Not happy with my answers he said, "Can we talk man to man here? You're not recording me are you?"

I assured him my tape recorder had been removed. "It's people like you who are going to screw this up for everybody," he continued. "The state has done us a favor by allowing people the privilege of carrying a gun, and guys like you who just want to push things past their limits are going to screw it all up."

Well, with so many breathtakingly idiotic comments, where does one start?

"First of all," I replied, "the state did not 'do us a favor'. It merely finally recognized our rights. And I am not 'pushing' anything. The plain language of the law states a landlord may not restrict tenants or their guests from carrying. The plain language of the law states what the signs have to say and where they have to be posted."

"Well I don't care about all that" he said. "This is a family place and people's kids shouldn't have to see people carrying guns out in the open." (One of my friends later pointed out that this was the perfect opportunity to ask, "So people should only carry in strip clubs and bars?")

I replied, "Everyone, especially kids, should see people exercising their inalienable rights."

"Inalienable, huh?" he snorted. "We'll see. I'm gonna run your permit through the Ramsey County Sheriff, and then I'll be back."

Damn, he still didn't take the handcuffs off!

A few minutes later he was back to take the handcuffs off and inform me that I hadn't been "arrested." In a bizarre twist of semantics, I apparently had been "detained."

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Government doesn't work. Never did. Never will. Can't. But there are lots of good people. Love them.

-- Bill St. Clair

The Atlanta Declaration

Every man, woman, and responsible child has an unalienable individual, civil, Constitutional, and human right to obtain, own, and carry, openly or concealed, any weapon -- rifle, shotgun, handgun, machinegun, anything -- any time, any place, without asking anyone's permission.

-- L. Neil Smith

Reread that pesky first clause of the Second Amendment. It doesn't say what any of us thought it said. What it says is that infringing the right of the people to keep and bear arms is treason. What else do you call an act that endangers "the security of a free state"? And if it's treason, then it's punishable by death. I suggest due process, speedy trials, and public hangings.

-- L. Neil Smith

A Penalty Clause for the Bill of Rights

Any official, appointed or elected, at any level of government, who attempts, through legislative act or other means, to nullify, evade, or avoid the provisions of the first ten amendments to this Constitution, or of the Thirteenth Amendment, shall be summarily removed from office, and, upon conviction, deprived of all pay and benefits including pension, and sentenced to imprisonment for life.

-- L. Neil Smith

Based on 253 journal articles, 99 books, 43 government publications, and some of its own empirical work, the panel couldn't identify a single gun control regulation that reduced violent crime, suicide or accidents.

-- John Lott, commenting on the National Academy of Sciences report on gun control laws.

Who is a libertarian?

Zero Aggression Principle ("Zap")

"A libertarian is a person who believes that no one has the right, under any circumstances, to initiate force against another human being, or to advocate or delegate its initiation. Those who act consistently with this principle are libertarians, whether they realize it or not. Those who fail to act consistently with it are not libertarians, regardless of what they may claim."

-- L. Neil Smith

(Formerly called the "Non-Aggression Principle", or "NAP")

Why Did It Have to be... Guns?

Make no mistake: all politicians -- even those ostensibly on the side of guns and gun ownership -- hate the issue and anyone, like me, who insists on bringing it up. They hate it because it's an X-ray machine. It's a Vulcan mind-meld. It's the ultimate test to which any politician -- or political philosophy -- can be put.

If a politician isn't perfectly comfortable with the idea of his average constituent, any man, woman, or responsible child, walking into a hardware store and paying cash -- for any rifle, shotgun, handgun, machinegun, anything -- without producing ID or signing one scrap of paper, he isn't your friend no matter what he tells you.

If he isn't genuinely enthusiastic about his average constituent stuffing that weapon into a purse or pocket or tucking it under a coat and walking home without asking anybody's permission, he's a four-flusher, no matter what he claims.

What his attitude -- toward your ownership and use of weapons -- conveys is his real attitude about you. And if he doesn't trust you, then why in the name of John Moses Browning should you trust him?

-- L. Neil Smith

Concise

"Tell me," I was once asked, "What do you think about gun control? Give me the short answer." To which I replied, "If you try to take our firearms we will kill you."

-- Mike Vanderboegh

Also from The Atlanta Declaration:

... like going to the bathroom, breathing, eating, sleeping, or making love, it turns out that self-defense is a bodily function one cannot safely or effectively delegate to a second party.

-- L. Neil Smith

This does not mean that "Marijuana should be available by prescription." It means that morphine sulfate should be available in five pound bags at the supermarket for a couple of bucks, like sugar... but probably in a different aisle, to avoid confusion.

-- Vin Suprynowicz

If you refuse to pay unjust taxes, your property will be confiscated. If you attempt to defend your property, you will be arrested. If you resist arrest, you will be clubbed. If you defend yourself against clubbing, you will be shot dead. These procedures are known as the Rule of Law.

-- Edward Abbey

The state can only survive as long as a majority is programmed to believe that theft isn't wrong if it's called taxation or asset forfeiture or eminent domain, that assault and kidnapping isn't wrong if it's called arrest, that mass murder isn't wrong if it's called war.

-- Bill St. Clair