Old out-of-state man in Olympia breaks Bloomberg's law and has fun doing it.

"Do we submit? Or will we resist?" My Speech to the "Our Capitol, Our Rights: A Rally for Freedom." 7 February 2015.

The reason why men enter into society, is the preservation of their property; and the end why they chuse and authorize a legislative, is, that there may be laws made, and rules set, as guards and fences to the properties of all the members of the society, to limit the power, and moderate the dominion, of every part and member of the society: for since it can never be supposed to be the will of the society, that the legislative should have a power to destroy that which every one designs to secure, by entering into society, and for which the people submitted themselves to legislators of their own making; whenever the legislators endeavour to take away, and destroy the property of the people, or to reduce them to slavery under arbitrary power, they put themselves into a state of war with the people, who are thereupon absolved from any farther obedience, and are left to the common refuge, which God hath provided for all men, against force and violence. Whensoever therefore the legislative shall transgress this fundamental rule of society; and either by ambition, fear, folly or corruption, endeavour to grasp themselves, or put into the hands of any other, an absolute power over the lives, liberties, and estates of the people; by this breach of trust they forfeit the power the people had put into their hands for quite contrary ends, and it devolves to the people, who. have a right to resume their original liberty. . . -- John Locke, Second Treatise, section 222, 1689.

My name is Mike Vanderboegh and I have come here to these wintry grounds from the much warmer great free state of Alabama to stand beside you as I did in December in your resistance to the growing tyranny in this state – and it IS a tyranny, there is no other word that applies so well.  From I-594, Michael Bloomberg’s billionaire-bought, demonic bastard child, to the new anti-firearm laws being promulgated by collectivist politicians behind these walls, to the latest diktat about firearms in the House and Senate galleries – it IS a tyranny that has a voracious appetite for your traditional liberty, for your property, an appetite that comes with the state-sanctioned threat of violence to your lives if you do not comply.

As I noted when I spoke on the steps of the Connecticut state house almost two years ago now – it is an established principle of American jurisprudence that an unconstitutional law is void – it has no effect.  But I also noted that the tricky part for those of us who wish to maintain our liberties is how to make that point when all the levers of power in a state – the executive, the legislative and the judicial – are in the hands of people whom the Founders would call “domestic enemies of the Constitution.”  And as I don’t need to tell you, there are people behind THESE walls who fit that description.

For we are divided today – as the Founders were themselves divided from their fellow countrymen – along the stark lines of the answer to the fundamental question: Does the government serve the people or do the people serve the government?  It is a simple question.  It is the most basic of questions.  And the answer is either one or the other.  It cannot be both.  It cannot be compromised.  Who serves whom?  That is what we are here today, in some small part, to discover.

Other speakers will give you details of what led to this seemingly silly and inconsequential argument over whether citizens can bear firearms in the galleries of the House and Senate.  They will explain why it is neither silly nor inconsequential.  They will tell you  how this began last summer with public insults and threats on the part of the leadership of the WA state legislature.  They will explain how this move on the part of these “authorities” is contrary to law and to past practice of long-standing and how it is an offense to liberty.  But I would like to explain why I’M here.  Why I continue to stand by the uncompromising firearm-owning citizens of Washington state.  Why indeed I have done the same thing in other states from Connecticut to Colorado.

How DO we maintain our liberties when all the levers of power are in the hands of the domestic enemies of the Constitution?  Well. I’ll tell you.  WE SIMPLY REFUSE TO BE COMPLICIT IN OUR OWN VICTIMIZATION.

The citizens of Connecticut answered that question with armed civil disobedience.  They simply refused to obey the law demanding that they register their semi-automatic rifles and even, if you can believe the absurdity of it, that they register the standard capacity magazines that those rifles use – and there were and are literally MILLIONS of them.  They accepted the fact that their own state had just declared them Class D felons – They accepted it and then they quietly and politiely – with their silent non-compliance – told the Connecticut politicians to TAKE THEIR LAW AND GO STRAIGHT TO HELL!

Over one hundred thousand citizens of CT have been staring at their state authorities  -- essentially over the muzzles of those proscribed rifles – and daring the state to come and take them.  They have nullified that law by their resistance for two years now . . . AND THE POLITICIANS DON’T KNOW WHETHER TO DEFECATE OR GO BLIND.  Despite their promises to the citizen disarmament lobbyists that they pandered to they are not enforcing the law BECAUSE THEY ARE FRIGHTENED TO DEATH OF WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN IF THEY DO.

Of course the fact that I published the names, home addresses and phone numbers of the politicians who voted for this Intolerable Act on my blog, Sipsey Street Irregulars, may have had something to do with their reluctance.  (WINK.)

You know, it’s a funny thing.  Collectivist tyrants like to put people on lists but they get real nervous when someone returns the favor.  That’s a lesson that some of the folks behind those walls ought to internalize – for the good of us all.

And like Connecticut, you Washingtonians have learned that tyranny can be voted in by a majority.  But as I pointed out in my speech on these grounds in December, that doesn’t make it right, it doesn’t make it constitutional, it doesn’t make it any part of the rule of law in a republic that the Founders would recognize.  As I said then, it doesn’t matter if a common criminal comes into to your home to rob you, kill you and victimize your loved ones or if a majority of your neighbors vote to have the same thing done to you.  The crime is the same – indeed it is worse if a government does it because official violence is so much more total, overwhelming and remorseless.

Just ask the victims of every collectivist government massacre of the 20^th Century.  From the Turkish genocide of the Armenians 100 years ago, to the planned famines and gulags of Stalin, the Holocaust of Hitler, the “Great Leap Forward” of Mao, to the killing fields of Pol Pot’s Cambodia – governments have butchered hundreds of millions of innocents in their impersonal hatreds – always with the excuse that they have the right to remake humanity, to punish “wrong thinking,” to remove inconvenient opposition – AND THEY DO IT ALL IN THE NAME OF “THE LAW.”

The law.  Almost every evil is excused by the perpretrators by claiming they are executing “the law.”  The demons in human form in the Middle East today who crucify children and burn people to death in iron cages claim to do so in the name of their chosen “law.”  To call murder “the law” does not excuse it, nor make it anything other than murder.  To call tyranny “the law” does not make it right, nor does it make it any less tyrannical – even if it is voted into existence by a majority or promulgated by so-called “democratically elected representatives.”  But, if the crime is the same, then the remedy is the same.

The Founders knew this, both from their study of history and from their own experience.  We make much today about our rebellion against King George the Thrid as if the British monarchy was the entire problem but the fact of the matter was that King George sat at the head of a PARLIAMENTARY TYRANNY – one very similar in many respects to what goes on behind these walls here, today.

 

Kevin Phillips, in his book 1775: A Good Year for Revolution, points out that the British tyranny was first and foremost a PARLIAMENTARY  tyranny.  In the aftermath of The Glorious Revolution of 1688 he argues, “Parliament was now more absolute than a king had ever quite been under common law.”  He writes:

“Under Britain’s constitution, the one-time common law rights of Englishman, in earlier days invocable against ROYAL transgressions, no longer applied as against PARLIAMENT.  Most Americans of the Patriot faction, however, still cherished an older . . . view rooted in the old common law.  That English liberty could be asserted against ANY institutional transgressor.  A few British lawyers still agreed with the old interpretation . . . Similarly, in America many Tories upheld complete Parliamentary sovereignty.  But on the whole, the two peoples separated by the Atlantic held different views of the British constitution and the extent to which it did or did not not still enshrine common law verities about tyrants and the rights of Englishmen.  If the tyrants were in Parliament, even the rights of Englishmen were no longer assured.”  -- pp. 209-210

Today, as we stand here in the 21^st Century, we can see that the de facto descendants of those 18^th Century English parliamentary tyrants today inhabit the Washington state house, as well as other state houses and governors’ mansions around the country.  They tell us, “Do what we say”  -- regardless of law, regardless of the common practice enshrined since Washington statehood, regardless even of common sense -- “Do what we say or we will use the violence of the state to bend you to our will.”

And why do they do this?  Because they can.  It is as simple as that.  They do it because they think that in ordering the people of Washington state to do their will, that you will obey.  They do it because they believe that they have the right to do it.  Their tyranny, as the Founders feared, is of the elected variety.  But it is tyranny nonetheless.

Why do they do this?  They do it also because they are scared.  They understand better than anyone – for they look their appetites in the mirror every morning when they wake up.  They know who they are and what they are about and that they know they no longer trust the people – if they ever did – with the means of self defense against common criminals or against them.  They are frightened that you have figured out their game – that you have reasonably concluded that I594, the additional anti-self defense laws that they are pushing, this latest diktat about the House and Senate galleries – all of it.  They are frightened because you now understand that this is about THEIR appetites for YOUR liberty, for YOUR property, that indeed this is about THEIR ability to deny YOUR ability to defend your very lives no matter where or when that need may arise.  And we know in the light of recent experiences in Mumbai and Paris, in Australia and Canada, and yes, in Kansas and Fort Hood and New York City, that THAT need can arise anywhere, anytime.  And they would rob you, in their fear of firearms in OUR hands, of the means to resist the truly evil.

This isn’t about “common sense gun safety” as they claim.  This is about control – their control of a government monopoly of violence over the people.  They don’t want to hear any dissent from you in the peanut galleries, so they will silence you.  BUT THEY WILL SILENCE YOU IF, AND ONLY IF, YOU ALLOW THEM TO DO IT.  Will you allow them to silence you?  Will you?

They hide behind their priveleges, this new parliamentary tyranny, this self-appointed Mandarin class of our so-called “betters” – they hide behind their alleged “purviews” and “parliamentary priveleges” and expect their designated bully boys of the Washington State Police to make you knuckle under – or else.

It is not THEIR precious butts they put on the line with their unconstitutional diktats – oh, no, never their own – no, they misuse the good men and women of the Washington State Police to do that.  For they are at heart cowards, and they know it.   And they are right to be right about that one thing – firearms in the hands of the people scare them.  They are as allergic to them as Dracula is to crucifixes and for the same reason – they get in the way of tyrannical appetites.

We see here today on this miserable winter day in Olympia Washington – so seemingly distant from the struggles of the Founders in 1775 yet so very, eerily, close – that the Founders were right.  Tyranny can be voted in by a majority as it was with I594.  Tyranny can also come from a duly-elected parliament or state legislature.  The test for us is – do we submit?  Or will we resist?

Will we insist upon our God-given, inalienable and natural rights as free Americans?  Or will we submit to tyranny?  The answer that has been rediscovered over the past two years in places as diverse as Connecticut and Colorado, Texas and Maryland, New York and, yes, right here in Washington state, is armed civil disobedience – disciplined, determined, well thought out and precisely executed armed civil disobedience.  In all those places unconstitutional laws have been nullified – rendered null and void as American legal practice has long agreed that they should be.

We engage in armed civil disobedience not to provoke violence but to prevent it.  We are willing to risk being shot for OUR principles.  The question is, what are our alleged leaders willing to risk to satisfy THEIR appetites for OUR liberty, OUR property, indeed, our very lives?  That is the question that armed civil disobedience seeks to focus their attention on.  This is not new in American history.  From Capt. Parker at Lexington Green to the Battle of Athens, Tennessee in 1946, to the Deacons for Defense and Justice during the civil rights movement, armed civil disobedience has been resorted to by the citizenry when all other means of redress failed.

What they asked of tyrants in their time, we ask of tyrants in ours.  Are your appetites – your unconstitutional laws – worth the taking of our lives to you?  What is your power worth to you?  What is your power to order the rest of us about, on whatever flimsy pretext you choose – not in obedience to any rule of law that the Founders would understand, not in any constitutional fashion – but what is your power to bend the rest of us to your will worth to you?  What are your appetites worth to you?  We just simply want to be left alone.  Unlike you we don’t seek to compel anyone to do anything.  But we will not be compelled ourselves by you.  Not for just an appetite.  Not for just a pretense of legitimacy.

So we stand here today on our traditional rights as free Americans, as free Washingtonians.  We stand where the Founders expected us to stand – insisting upon those rights paid for in blood and tears by the generations before us.

We stand here, risking all, as they did.  We stand here, insistent, as they would have.  We stand here, disciplined, determined, insistent, refusing to knuckle under to tyranny of any kind, no matter how petty.

We stand here, today, and I am humbled beyond words for the privelege of standing here with you.

May God save the Founders’ Republic.

"Once more into the breach. . ." Three o'clock in the morning in Puyallup Washington.

That's local time, but I'm still on Central so my body tells me it's five o'clock. Was up late war gaming this business for today with the organizers and there are still many uncertainties. Well, once more into the breach, dear friends. Once more into the breach. The enemy has spent a lot of effort convincing the credulous on social media that this could be a bloodbath but that's the typical psywar stuff they always do to split us up and dampen our numbers. It really is quite pathetic to those of us who have been down this road before but it does limit the participation of those who otherwise might show up. Of course, numbers are critical to discourage the enemy from getting froggy so it cuts our tactical and strategic possibilities -- as it was intended to. As a weapon, the whispered lie is cheap but effective.

Still, after the meeting last night (and early this morning if your body is still on Central time) I feel that the threats and the bluster are merely the usual "great and powerful" Wizard-of-Oz theatrics. They are the ones who are scared, not us. And it shows. The folks here have their stuff wired tight and I hope to be able to publicize what planning, tactics and messaging they are doing as a template for actions in other states.

Many people want us to fail tomorrow, oops, today, not the least of which (I hear from folks in a position to know) are our so-called "friends" in the "mainstream gun rights movement" in this state. Gottlieb, I am told, will be quite happy to see this fail and all of us -- particularly me -- end up in jail. The domestic enemies of the Constitution who hold power in the state capitol here have ceased their bloodthirsty posturing and believe they have a contingency plan to "contain" us. We might surprise them yet.

The thing to remember is that this is a long campaign and the whole point of armed civil disobedience is to provoke the enemy into doing soming stupid that reveals to all their willingness to violate any law in order to preserve power, thus making them delegitimize themselves. Whatever happens today, I think we will accomplish that

I have every confidence that I will make it back to Rosey on Monday night, but I'd like to take this opportunity to thank all of those who made my presence here possible. It is an honor to represent you here, those of you who are unable for very real reasons to come yourselves. My speech is written, it is ready to post immediately after I give it. There will be plenty of cameras there so I'm sure we'll have lots of video to post on YouTube. After each each armed civil disobedience action such as this it becomes harder for the enemy media to ignore us. I am here because this may be the blow that cracks the national media cone of silence that has been crafted to contain our movement. We shall see. The more heavy-handed they act, the easier they make it for us to win.

This is something that the faint-of-heart who are looking for an excuse not to come apparently don't understand. The enemy does not dare give in to his darker impulses. The threats are hollow, the fearsomeness no more real than a Halloween mask on a five-year old. At base, the people whose petty tyrannies brought us to the doors of the House and Senate galleries in Olympia today are cowards. It is they who are truly scared of us, not the other way around. We shall see how it goes, but it is all in God's hands.

As for the weak-kneed afraid to come, well, I rather suspect that afterward they will be embarrassed by how little it took to prompt them to stay away. "Gentlemen in England now abed will think themselves accursed. . ." Or something like that.

Keep us in your prayers.

(NOTE: For those of you who will be available afterward, just catch up with me at the event and we'll do an after-action meet-and-greet somewhere. Also, I'm not flying out until Monday, so those of you who want to get together on Sunday can drop me an email and I'll try to make it happen. I continue to have, as I always do on these things, computer problems of one kind or another -- getting knocked off repeatedly, posts getting scrambled in the middle of being crafted, etc. I will try to overcome the monkeywrenching and give you a complete account later today of the entire event but don't hold me to it. Besides, like Jack Hawkins says in Bridge on the River Kwai, "There's always the unexpected, isn't there?" You know, like the other side really screwing up and arresting me. ;-) I'll be in touch with David Codrea as usual throughout the day, so you should be able to get updates from him at the War on Guns blog if you see nothing here.)

Saturday rally to illustrate new paradigm in gun rights advocacy

The thing is, what I think, or what you think is a moot point as far as Saturday’s planned actions are concerned. Regardless of sentiments, fears, cautions and warnings, it’s “Game on,” and the activists will not be deterred. This is the new paradigm all of us, but especially the "gun groups," need to get used to, because it effectively nullifies any "compromises" some may be inclined to agree to. Ultimately, people are going to choose to obey or disobey edicts they know to be wrong, and to decide if they wish to confront those denying them their rights and property. Once the decision is made, our approval and agreement over tactics don't matter. Nothing we say or do is going to stop it. Once the decision is made, we can condemn them as extremists who make us all look bad, as some are doing, or we can remind ourselves that the real extremists are those who disregard oaths, deny rights and force their will on others with life-destroying consequences.

Federal judges bar ATF agent, assistant U.S. attorney from courts pending investigation

Agent and assistant prosecutor were engaged in affair during big cases between 2009 and March 2014, U.S. attorney disclosed

To the Governor of Washington: A List of Grievances by We the People

Oath Keepers on the Washington action.

Oath Keepers on the Olympiaaction. Washington State Patriots Preparing To Be Arrested, Will Not Back Down!

In addition, there is this statemnent from Stewart Rhodes:

NOTE FROM STEWART: Members of Oath Keepers, I fully support this rally and planned peaceful civil disobedience and I encourage you to attend if you can. However, I want to make it clear that each of you have multiple options here:

1. You can go and simply participate in the rally (and you can choose to do so armed or unarmed – personally, I would be armed, since it is an open carry rally, but that is an individual choice).

2. You can go and outreach to the police and encourage them to respect and protect the rights of the protesters. That is a vital task that we Oath Keepers are pretty good at, and we should be doing that.

3. And/or you can also go into the Gallery of the legislature with the others who intend on using civil disobedience against the new rule put in place by the Speaker of the Legislature, that bans the open carry of firearms in the Gallery for the first time in WA state history (and make sure they know this is only a rule by the speaker, not even a law). If you do choose to take part in the peaceful civil disobedience, go there willing to follow the instructions of the organizers of the event, and the leaders there, such as Rep. Matt Shea, Anthony Bosworth, and MIke Vanderboegh, and go there willing to be arrested, in case that is the outcome (that is what peaceful civil disobedience is all about, after all – it is defying some edict, while knowing you may be arrested for doing so, and being willing to go through that experience).

You can do any one of the above, or all of the above. Personally, if I was able to be there (I am handling a family emergency at the moment that keeps me from attending), I would do all three. I would participate in the open carry rally, I would outreach to the police there, and I would participate in the civil disobedience. Such civil disobedience is necessary in the fight to restore our Republic, and in our mission to defend the Constitution. But each person needs to make a decision for themselves about what they are willing to do at any such event. Not all are at the point of being ready to risk arrest while undertaking peaceful civil disobedience. And that is fine. I do encourage you to begin to exercise those civil disobedience “muscles” but that is an individual choice. I will point out, however, that civil disobedience is a much honored American tradition, starting with the Founding Generation which intentionally refused to comply with multiple edicts, statutes, and rules set by Parliament and King. They refused to comply and used peaceful civil disobedience for many years leading up to the outset of fighting. They held town hall meeting right under the nose of General Gage, in direct violation of an edict of Parliament that banned town hall meetings. They smuggled around egregious restrictions on where they could send their ships and cargo. They refused to pay unjust taxes, and they circumvented or openly defied multiple other statutes passed by Parliament, and multiple acts by the Royal Governors. Civil disobedience, nullification, and defiance were the life-blood of the cause of the Colonists in the years leading up to the outbreak of the actual American Revolution. Learn from their example, and get yourself ready to use the same tactics, which will nor only further the cause of liberty, but will help you to become stronger in your hearts and minds.

I have attended multiple open carry rallies, and I have participated in several acts of civil disobedience, and I can tell you from personal experience, that it is good for the soul. I encourage you to go if you can.

For the Republic,

Stewart Rhodes

On the ground in Washington state.

Exhausted. Will have more tomorrow morning. Sorry, strike that, I will have more later THIS morning.

CO: Chinese Immigrant Explains What Gun Control Means to Her

“Why do you limit our fire arms only have 15 round magazines? Do the criminals limit theirs? Does the government limit theirs? If we use our guns primarily for self defense, I need as many magazines as needed to defend my family and myself because I am a bad shot. It seems not fair at all to limit law abiding citizens’ ability for self defense.”

Keep me in your prayers.

Will be flying out to Washington state later this morning for the Saturday rally at the state house. Keep me in your prayers.

All you DIYers -- get thee to Radio Shack while you still can.

Received this link from a faithful reader -- Hopes of a RadioShack Revival Fade With Stock to Be Delisted -- along with this note:

Mike, I just picked up a few electronic parts at my local Radio Shack. The shelves look like a tornado had blown through there. Everything in the store was marked at least 25% - 50% off. A lot of goods were marked at 75% off! I asked the clerk if this was "it". He said that management has been dead quiet, but he thought so. Good time to stock up on switches, wires, knobs, solder, computer cables & hardware, etc... I'm bummed. Who will replace Radio Shack ?

Just now heard this, but Sheriff Mack is recovering from a heart attack early in January.

Sheriff Mack is in a bit of a tight spot, as he has suffered a heart attack. He has received excellent treatment at a hospital and is recovering nicely, but slowly, and he has had to greatly reduce (for some undetermined length of time) his customary activities and works for the liberty movement. All things point to his ultimate recovery and a new "lease on life", but he requires a recovery period, during which he can use our help in keeping the wolf away from the door at home. Being self-employed, he has no insurance policy and the hospital bills are rolling in quickly now.

Where the 100 Heads Life and Casualty Company works on its actuarial skills.

This intense training course makes US Marine scout snipers the deadliest shots on earth.

The latest from the Ministry of Truth, er, ah, Lies.

Brian Williams admits that his story of coming under fire while in Iraq was false

The 7 February action at the Washington State Capitol. A recap of where we are from Kit Lange.

The rally (Our Capitol, Our Rights: A Rally for Freedom) is being held in front of the state Capitol building in Olympia this Saturday the 7th at 10am.

Speakers include Rep. Matt Shea, Rep. Elizabeth Scott, Rep. David Taylor, and Mike Vanderboegh.

This rally serves to defy arbitrary rules that the legislature has decided apply to gun owners; they have designated firearms as "props" as for use in demonstrations and barred them from the public viewing galleries, citing the legislators' safety. They are "intimidated" by openly armed citizens (probably because they continue submitting gun control bills that infringe upon the right to self-defense against tyranny).

We are asking for people to come and stand with us, whether that be armed openly, concealed, or even unarmed.

Those who enter the gallery while open carrying will be arrested for criminal trespass (a misdemeanor); however, concealed carry is still "allowed" (although the state patrol has said they will be checking permits). Those who wish to stand do NOT have to be arrested; they are welcome to come concealed and take pics/video, or simply serve as witnesses to what's happening.

We do ask that those who come understand that responsible, respectful conduct is necessary. Obviously safe firearm handling (muzzles up at all times) is necessary; we are also asking that those who choose to be arrested do not physically resist. We will act with principle and calm. We are standing for our liberty and will adhere to the catechism of the 3%: we do not shoot first and we do not target innocents. We are simply there to force the issue of infringement. Those who choose to act irresponsibly or attempt to incite violence will be on their own.

For those who can't make it but want to donate funds to be used for bail money, there is this link:

http://www.arms-expo.com/?page_id=113

The rally is being hosted by Liberty for All. We are just a group of patriots who believe that everyone has the right---and the duty---to refuse tyranny and stand, regardless of color, belief, or other factors that are used to divide the people. We call upon legislators to uphold their oath to the Constitution and we call upon patriots to stand with us in liberty and say NO MORE taking of the citizens' rights.

Kit Lange

Liberty For All

Here's some background with relevant links:

- Speaker pro tem of the State House made a comment last summer that he would not open the legislature session if there were open carry "gun nuts" in the public viewing gallery. On Facebook, he joked about it and plainly stated that it was his "arbitrary rule," and that anyone who open carried in the legislative gallery was violating HIS rule.

- After I-594 passed and the 13th December rally took place, we went back to a rally hosted by so-called "gun rights groups." Alan Gottlieb et al were the speakers and hosts of the event (they also recently submitted a letter to the legislature asking for 'fixes' to I-594 but left in all the background checks). About 25 of us went into the public gallery and they shut down the legislature (claiming later that it was a 'proforma' session anyway; we know for a fact they planned to shut down because they knew we were coming).

- In the wake of our action, the Senate (and later the House) leadership decided that they would "reinterpret" existing decorum rules barring demonstrations and "props" such as signs, buttons, etc. from the gallery. Openly carried firearms are now prohibited under this rule, and firearms have been designated "props" by the legislature. Concealed carry is allowed with permit. They have also banned firearms from public hearing rooms as well.

- The WA State Patrol has warned us that if we attempt to enter the gallery with an open carry again, we will be asked to leave, then ordered to leave, THEN physically escorted out, and arrested for criminal trespass if we resist the escort.

- Meanwhile, State Rep. Laurie Jinkins, head of the Judiciary Committee (and a member of the national gun control coalition), is squashing all pro-gun bills and refusing to allow them out of committee, while ramming through bill after bill of stricter gun control laws, including one that allows ANY law enforcement officer or family member to request a hearing to have a judge take someone's gun rights based in part on "extreme behavior." We believe that bill was designed for us specifically, under the auspices of handling the "mentally ill."

- On the 7th, we plan to go back to the Capitol, and some of our number have agreed to force the issue and be arrested. Others will be filming, conceal carrying, and standing in support. (Facebook link to event is here.)

- We have several legislators who will be attending/speaking and who plan to stand with us (including Matt Shea) although they will not be arrested.

- We have sent an open letter to the WSP outlining our intent and mindset, as well as an appeal to the people of WA and the nation asking them to come help us. Later this week, we will be publishing a list of grievances to the legislature demanding that they uphold the Constitution.

A note from Kit Lange on bail money/legal defense for the Washington action.

People can donate by going to http://www.arms-expo.com/?page_id=113. While the donation page is for the arms expo, I've added a note regarding the 7th rally. People who wish to donate to bail/defense can do so there; I just ask that for our record keeping and transparency sake they shoot a quick email to info@arms-expo.com and let us know that they want the money to be used for bail, etc. That way we can make sure every penny goes where it's meant to go.

Rough night.

More later.

The GOP's Orrin Hatch Problem

Did the 2014 midterms really happen? Less than three months after a red tide rolled over the country, the Senate Republican Rollover Caucus is back to its default position in Washington, D.C.: Hands up, bow down.

Carter SecDef nomination raises concerns for gun owners

Still, those associations in and of themselves don’t relate how Carter would be able to use the position of Secretary of Defense to impact gun owners. Here’s one area that it might: In following up on reports of military installations destroying expended ammunition brass rather than making it available to the commercial reload market, this column uncovered a copy of a June 23, 2011 memorandum from Carter on “Department of Defense (DoD) Implementing Guidance for the Commercial Sale of Expended Small Arms Cartridge Cases (ESACC).”

You may not be at war with these people, but they are at war with you.

Walid Shoebat analyzes the latest Islamic State death cult barbarity. You know, even the Nazis and Communists tried to hide what they were doing.

I guess the next thing will be they will execute the American woman hostage with the Khazouk. I mean, other than that, how do they top this barbarism?