When President Obama took office, gun rights advocates sounded the alarm, warning that he intended to strip them of their arms and ammunition.

And yet the opposite is happening. Mr. Obama has been largely silent on the issue while states are engaged in a new and largely successful push for expanded gun rights, even passing measures that have been rejected in the past.

Full Story: NewYorkTimes

A surprisingly negative and stereotypical “crib sheet” summary of the New York Times article at over at Vanity Fair.

Buy one HERE if you want everyone that sees you to roll their eyes!

That screenshot is straight off the white house website – HERE

Explanation of it all at BarkingMoonBat – HERE

Pretty scary stuff…

Hat Tip: Cmblake6

Wow.. this is a SERIOUS vehicle.  Not that I’m really surprised:

Defense Accessories:
Equipped with night vision cameras and pump action shotguns.  Also armed with tear gas cannons.

That’s what I’m talking about!  I wonder if Obama is surgical with that shotgun or what?  Those definitely would have been some top secret training visits to the range if he is.

This is how the actual vehicle looks, for those that don’t know:

Hat Tip: Knockin On History’s Door Blog

If you are running out of sneaky hiding places for guns, this might be a viable option… Hide one in a book.

There are a couple of rules of thumb I can think of when it comes to choosing a book:

1. Do not choose a childrens book for obvious reasons
2. Do not use a bible.. thats just poor taste even if you are not religious
3. Do not use a good book.. one that someone will want to take off the shelf to look at
4. Do not use a book that someone will want to borrow
5. Do not use a book you think you might ever want to read, or re-read

Come to think of it.. “Barack Obama – The Audacity of Hope” is probably a good choice that will make sure you’re safe on all above points

What you need:

• A book you don’t care about
• 2 thin pieces of wood a bit larger than your gun
• A scroll saw or jigsaw
• A drill and drill bit
• A hammer
• Some finishing nails
• Rubber cement (optional)
• Felt (optional)

Instructions:

1. Trace the outline of your gun onto one of the thin pieces of wood (remember this is your template, so leave extra room if you want for your hand so you can pull the gun out easily)
2. Take the book and separate out the pages that you want to be the core of your hiding spot (it’s recommended to leave at least a few pages on the top and bottom untouched for looks)
3. Fold the back and front covers towards each other so they are out of the way
4. Position the wood with the outline of the gun on it ontop of the pages you want to saw through
5. Position the other piece of wood at the bottom of all the pages you want to saw through
6. Hammer a few finishing nails through the top piece of wood, making sure they go all the way through the book and into the bottom piece of wood
7. Make sure the nails are not sticking out the bottom piece of wood. If they are tap them back a bit, otherwise they will interfere when you are trying to cut out the shape on the saw
8. Drill a pilot hole along the edge of your gun outline through the whole stack
9. Start the cutting from this position and slowly work your way around the gun outline
10. Once you are done cutting all the way around the outline you should just be able to pop the cutout piece out
11. You have your new gun hiding spot!
12. Optional: Paint the inside of your cutout cavity with rubber cement paste and line with felt

Image source: Alpha Rubicon

For the lazy people, you can buy a pre-made one here:

If the first amendment was treated like the second amendment…

Any speech using 10 or more foreign words would be a felony.
(Firearm law 922(r) restricting 10 or more foreign gun parts from the 1989 import ban)

Anyone convicted of a felony or convicted of misdemeanor domestic abuse or assault is not allowed freedom of speech or religion and must rely on the government to provide speech and religion for them.
(1968 gun control act)

Any speech or religions that are done in a scary tone or feel are banned.  Any assembly that looks scary is banned.
(1994 Federal Assault Weapon Ban that went after mostly cosmetic features)

Before engaging in new free speech you must pass an instant background check by a government authorized free speech dealer.  Sorry, if your name is like someone else prohibited from speech and religion, it is up to you to prove you’re not that person.
(NICS instant background check and Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act of 1993)

Any speech or work with more than 10 sentences per page is forbidden, any peaceable assembly with more than 10 people is also banned.
(Hi-Capacity Magazine bans in the Assault Weapon Ban and in many states to this day)

‘Freedom of Speech’ was only meant to be applicable to movable type presses.  The founding fathers didn’t foresee television, radio, photographs, telephones, film, or the internet.
(The idea that the 2nd amendment only applies to muskets)

You cannot exercise free speech or religion on federal property or at a school.
(Section 930. Title 18, United States Code and the Gun Free School Zone Act of 1990)

Any religions, peaceable assemblies, camera, computer, telephone or free speech enabling device made before 1986 is available to use by the general public.  Any made after 1986 is only available to law enforcement.
(Closing of the NFA machine gun registry in 1986 by Regan with the Firearms Owner’s Protection Act)

A legal Polaroid camera from 1972 is now worth over $10,000 because you can’t get any new ones after 1986.  Sure you can get an illegal one, but you risk a 10-20 year felony conviction if caught.
(Market effects of the 1986 registry closure)

You can follow any religion, read any book, talk about whatever you like AFTER you pay a $200 tax to the government and pass a background check.  If you decide to buy more books, try another religion, or talk about something else, you must pay another $200 and go through another lengthy background check.
(National Firearm Act of 1934)

You CANNOT have free speech no matter what in Washington DC, it has been this way since 1977.
(Washington DC handgun ban)

Concealing free speech/religion is only permissible in some states and only after you have spent $100 and attended a state mandated course on how to speak/worship properly.  Though in some states you can’t conceal or display your speech or religion at all outside of your home.
(Conceal Carry Legislation and open carry laws)

You cannot have free speech if you are under 18 and you can’t worship anything until you are 21.
(Age restrictions on buying long guns and handguns)

If you wish to exchange free speech with a citizen in another state you must involve a government sanctioned free speech dealer to ensure they are allowed that type of free speech in their state.
(1968 Gun Control Act which mandates a FFL be needed for interstate gun purchases and transfers)

Source:  reoiv.com

By calling attention to ‘a well regulated militia’, the ’security’ of the nation, and the right of each citizen ‘to keep and bear arms’, our founding fathers recognized the essentially civilian nature of our economy. Although it is extremely unlikely that the fears of governmental tyranny which gave rise to the Second Amendment will ever be a major danger to our nation, the Amendment still remains an important declaration of our basic civilian-military relationships, in which every citizen must be ready to participate in the defense of his country. For that reason, I believe the Second Amendment will always be important.”

- John F. Kennedy, April 1960

Hell will freeze over before we would ever see Obama in a photo of comparable awesomeness.

Now that I got your attention, here is the closest thing you will probably see, to him ever holding a gun in public:

Nice HANDgun!

Awesome documentary on ECHO Company of the 2nd battalion 8th Marines:

As President Obama approaches a decision point on Afghanistan strategy and whether to increase troop levels, a 24-minute rough cut of the first act of Obama’s War.

A new article today in the Wall Street Journal contains mostly the same information we have been reading about since Obama got elected last November.  There is some new data out for August though:

In August, the number of background checks performed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Instant Criminal Background Check System was up 12.3% from the same month in 2008 to about 1.1 million.

That’s a lot of background checks in one month!  And who’s to say those people are only buying one gun? they could be buying several!

Surprisingly the article does not try and put a negative spin on the situation.  It reports from a purely business perspective which is always refreshing when it comes to this topic.

Link to the Wall Street Journal article – HERE

This is an interview with the protester William Kostric who carried a gun to a health care town hall in Portsmouth, New Hampshire hosted by president Obama

At Cheaper Than Dirt alone, more than $100,000 in guns and ammunition have been sold every day since Election Day. Buyers are stocking up before President-elect Barack Obama takes office.

Check out the video on the ABC news website

This guy has a nice collection, and a decent amount of ammo.

The bible at the bottom is a nice touch too (mocking the clinging to guns and religion comment obama made)

source

Here are some hi-res pictures of the bullet proof glass from last night’s speech.
It looks pizza box thick!

Here is an article that provides a few details