Sunday, March 11, 2007

Wayne Fincher Fires Lawyer

A Black Oak man can fire his lawyer, but will have to take whatever defense attorney the court appoints, a federal judge ruled Friday.

Hollis Wayne Fincher, 60, was convicted in January of possessing illegal, unregistered weapons, including machine guns and a sawed-off shotgun. A sentencing date has not been set.

Fincher asked U.S. District Judge Jimm Larry Hendren to appoint David Dunagin of Fort Smith as his attorney. Fincher fired Oscar Stilley of Fort Smith, who defended Fincher during his trial, citing irreconcilable differences between the two.
At this point, the only information I have is from the paper. If I can get some inside information that I'm free to share, I'll pass it on.

[More about Wayne Fincher via WarOnGuns]

The Great Global Warming Swindle

Yeah, I know it's not gun rights-related, but this is really all about truth and freedom anyway. The parallels between the collectivists and the lies they use to embed themselves into the culture to promote an anti-human agenda are things we expose every day on the RKBA front, so this is useful if for no other reason than to show us the methods employed by our enemies--and there's really no other word for them--on another issue with significant impact on individual and economic freedom.

This video takes an hour and a quarter--if you can't watch it today, bookmark the link and get back to it when you can. It really is well done, and will help focus our understanding on how control agendas are started, politicized and infused into the public consciousness.

And make sure you show it to your kids.

[Via Stieger]

UPDATE: It didn't take the Marxist thugs long to start threatening people rather than tolerating dissent.

Battle of the Gun Ban

Here's the untold story behind the Hatch bill: It was concocted by the NRA to head off a pending lawsuit, Parker vs. District of Columbia, which challenges the D.C. gun ban on Second Amendment grounds.

Yep, between that and the Seegars lawsuit, there's no denying the record.

[Via Blogonomicon]

New WarOnGuns Poll: What Will Happen if the DC Gun Ban Case Goes to the Supreme Court?

See the left margin and pick the outcome you think most likely.

Here are the results of last week's poll (click on image to enlarge):

The Filipino "Only Ones" Loophole

And it's one you could drive a truck through:
The breakdown of approved applications is as follows:

PNP -- 9,953; Armed Forces of the Philippines ­- 4,539; government employees/Bureau of Jail Management and Penology ­- 4,773; high-risk persons -­ 2,172; security agency -­ 727; transport -­ 383; cashier/disbursing officers -­ 722; security escort/bodyguards -­ 2,031.

A few government officials are automatically exempted from the ban and without applying for an exemption certificate. Comelec chairman Benjamin Abalos and Commissioners Resurreccion Borra, Florentino Tuason Jr., Romeo Brawner, Rene Sarmiento and Ferrer are in this category.

Naturally. If there's one thing we "Only Ones" take care of, it's our own.

Oh, and as for the rest of you...citizens:

Violators of the gun ban may be arrested by the chief of police if prosecutors are not around to conduct preliminary investigations and make apprehensions.

No Debate

Brian Williams: "Good evening. As long as there have been firearms and for as long as there's been a Constitution of the United States, there's been a debate in this country over the definition of the right to bear arms. [More]
That's simply not true, Brian.

From my March 2007 GUNS Magazine review of "In Search of the Second Amendment":
The historical evidence is conclusive. The Second Amendment was intended to express an individual right, and any alternate “collective rights” theories are modern fictions developed by those with an agenda to control guns. In the words of Sanford Levinson from the University of Texas, this “view was virtually unknown before the 1960s.”
Look, it's nice that NBC apparently gave this story more coverage than rivals ABC and CBS (which according to the title-linked article pulled an LA Times evasion), but it's important that that coverage be accurate.

[Via 45superman]

This Day in History: March 11

On this day in 1779, Congress establishes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to help plan, design and prepare environmental and structural facilities for the U.S. Army. Made up of civilian workers, members of the Continental Army and French officers, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers played an essential role in the critical Revolutionary War battles at Bunker Hill, Saratoga and Yorktown.