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Reposted from my 2009 Gun Rights Examiner article-- retrieved via Internet Archive so internal links may not work. A DA investigator has crapped out on one of the fundamental responsibilities people must assume when carrying a gun-- being responsible for it : LaBarre left his Glock 30 Austria handgun loaded with .45-caliber hollow-point bullets in the second-floor restroom of the Frank Crowley courthouse in Dallas... Luckily, a jail guard found the gun...It's unclear how long the gun was in the restroom, which is often used by criminals leaving the Lew Sterrett jail. What the story doesn't tell us is what punishment LaBarre can expect. We know if he had not been one of the privileged " Only Ones ," those deemed superior to you and me in terms of trustworthiness and competence with firearms, an arrest would have been made. After all, mere citizens are barred from carrying guns in Texas courthouses. We might lose them in the bathroom or something. And some judges want ...

  Originally published  August 7, 2015  by David Codrea. Embedded links may not work. Essentially, authoritarians on the Los Angeles City Council have decided they don’t trust non-enforcers with the same technology used in Pez dispensers. Princess High-Cap courtesy RA Bear & Associates. The Los Angeles City Council passed an ordinance last week banning what it calls “large capacity” [read “standard capacity” ] magazines, ordering citizens to surrender them within 60 days. Gun owners caught in possession of a 10+round magazine by LAPD enforcers will face misdemeanor charges, the Los Angeles Daily News reported . California already bans the manufacture and sale of such magazines, but “it’s not against the law to possess large-capacity magazines in most of the state.” And true to form, now that they’ve imposed their edict in L.A., the antis are looking to expand it nationwide. That was a major talking point at a rally outside City Hall featuring citizen disarmament advoc...

 (Originally published in 2001 on KeepAndBearArms.com) From West Hollywood Ordinance No. 95-453, Sec. 1: "D. The City Council finds that, as a result of inferior craftsmanship, Saturday Night Specials are not sufficiently accurate or reliable...as as...means of personal protection...they are not well suited for this purpose." Let me begin with a confession: I'm a lousy shot. I don't practice enough to become good and probably never will, what with the demands of family and work. So I was a bit apprehensive about taking on the City of West Hollywood when they made the above assertion. But I knew that they were full of it, and also figured I had a way to prove it to people. I have a Raven .25, what those who want to ban affordable firearms would call a "Saturday Night Special". It's small, not powerful, and if there was a less expensive gun on the market at the time I bought it, I don't know about it. My gun is 20 years old. I hadn't fired it in ye...

 Reposted from Internet Archive copy of my old Oath Keepers piece. Internal links may not work. January 23, 2018 David Codrea Choir-master leading a rural congregation singing hymns. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration (Photo credit:  Mediastorehouse.com ) A comment posted under a recent Oath Keepers article admonished us to essentially keep quiet about issues of vital interest and threats to freedom. The argument went: We’re preaching to the choir. Being informed is not enough. We need a plan that will be supported and acted upon. Otherwise, we could get in trouble for talking about it. I disagree on several points. Here’s why. First of all, not everyone is in the choir.  The people in the pews — some not even paying attention — aren’t.  The choir is comprised of activists, people who make and keep a regular commitment to practice, to improve, to work together and to perform. Appreciating (or not) the results of their efforts doe...

Reposted from old Examiner article retrieved via Internet Archive-- embedded links may not work.   David Codrea Gun Rights Examiner November 15, 2011 Chore Boy--the most trusted name in unregistered NFA firearms.  Credits:  David Codrea The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Firearms Technology Branch has deemed “Chore Boy copper cleaning pads, along with fiberglass insulation,” a firearm, subject to registration and a $200 transfer tax, an official letter obtained recently by  Gun Rights Examiner  reveals.  The response to an attorney inquiry by John R. Spencer, Chief, Firearms Technology Branch, offers one of the more creatively restrictive assessments since  ATF declared a shoestring to be a machinegun . The rationale Spencer uses: A silencer is a firearm per U.S. Code, subject to National Firearms Act registration and transfer tax requirements. “[S]ound/gas absorbing materials manufactured from Chore Boy copper cleaning pads, alon...

 Posted on Oath Keepers  June 26, 2017 by  David Codrea : Reproduced from Internet Artchive. Embedded links may not work. Vance memorializes the Pulse nightclub “gun-free zone” murders by an Islamist terrorist by endorsing more citizen disarmament as the way to thwart ISIS. Promoting anti-RKBA sentiment in Spanish is telling in terms of understanding the enthusiasm for “sanctuary cities.” “New York County District Attorney Cy Vance in an interview aired Sunday blasted a GOP plan that would allow qualified owners to carry concealed handguns in other states that allow individuals to carry concealed firearms,”  The Hill reported Sunday . “The district attorney warned lawmakers that they were ‘playing into the hand’ of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and other terrorists, pointing to ISIS publications describing the ease of buying guns in some American states.” “This bill is supported, I’m sure, by ISIS,” Vance asserted, just to make sure the headlines would b...