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Western Rifle Shooters Association
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Do not give in to Evil, but proceed ever more boldly against it
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Inverting The Constitution Goes Unpunished, Again and Again and Again
 Sofa comments on the recent declaration of emergency on North Carolina.
Observations:
The American Constitution is dead. Expired. Ceased to be. An ex-constitution. Face that fact, please, with courage. And don't confuse "process" with "endstate". The USC/BoR were ratified by the Founding Generation with a desired endstate of - restraining the Federal Government, and - guaranteeing certain enumerated rights (along with all other human rights under natural law theory; see Amendment 9) to the citizens of the new country.The document has failed in both objectives (restraint and guarantee). As you contemplate the challenging future, think hard about and decide on first principles, then work on process and documentation. Tactical sloganeering is one thing, as is meeting potential supporters where they are today. Sound strategic analysis and planning are completely different exercises, however. Lose your illusions. Or accept having those illusions used against you, even unto your destruction. Tempus fugit. 
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Volk On Freedom
 The master, Oleg Volk, renders the definitive poster for the rifle-open-carry movement.
The issue is personal freedom.
Nothing more.
Nothing less.
Carry yours in public this September 17th.
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The Right Thing
 Dan from RTC provides some good news, courtesy of the folks in the Tar Heel State.
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17 September 2010: Leveraging Existing Constitution Day Rallies
 A brief message from RTC's Dan Almond:
Constitution Day, September 17th, is coming up soon. There may be an outdoor celebration event in your area. Google your hometown + constitution day and see what's going on. This is a great opportunity to get together a quick mini-RTC or even a one-man RTC. First, check local laws and local carry activist experience in said area on sites such as OpenCarry.org so you know what to expect and know what you can carry. Then pass word to your local contacts and see how many can show up with legally carried firearms and "restore the Constitution" signage and or pocket Constitutions to pass out. Get pictures at the event, and mission accomplished. You may even get to talk to local press.
Along with your firearms and Constitutions, think also about some myth-challenging signs, such as:
THE ANTI-FEDERALISTS WERE RIGHT!
THE CONSTITUTION WAS A COUNTER-REVOLUTIONARY ACT
WHY DID PATRICK HENRY LEAVE THE CONVENTION?
JFK: THOSE WHO MAKE PEACEFUL REVOLUTION IMPOSSIBLE WILL MAKE VIOLENT REVOLUTION INEVITABLE
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A FedGov Apparatchik Gets Testy
 Read this piece from Amity Shlaes, author of The Forgotten Man.
Now read this petulant little tizzy from a FedGov lawyer and "administrative law judge" (find that in the Constitution) from the Instapundit post linking to the Shlaes article:
I’ve been reading your blog for years and I appreciate your nuanced brand of conservatism. But lately, your attack on public pensions has me concerned. Look at it from my perspective:
When I graduated from law school and applied for a job at a Federal agency almost 30 years ago, the deal was simple: “We won’t pay you as much as you might make in the private sector, but you’ll get reasonable pay, great benefits including a generous retirement system, and a reasonable work life.” I took the deal. I started at a salary of around $20,000, or around one quarter of what new associates at big to mid-sized firms were making then. My first office was a cubicle with a WWII era metal desk. I worked hard, though rarely on weekends after my kids were born. I’ve had jobs writing administrative decisions, counseling auditors, as committee counsel on Capitol Hill, and most recently as a relatively low-level administrative law judge. My salary is now around $150,000. It makes for a good living for my family, but is not comparable to the salaries that most of my law school classmates, with comparable academic standing, now make. It is not even in the same ballpark as the salaries the big-firm lawyers who routinely appear before me make. One of them lives up the street from me in a much nicer house. But, I’m happy with the deal I made 30 years ago. I’ve had a good career and in a few years, I’ll be eligible for a comfortable retirement (although I still won’t be able to afford the house of the guy up the street).
Apparently though, some people, in and out of government, are no longer happy with the deal. Complaints and warnings about government pensions and pensioners abound. Typically, the narrative is something along the lines of: “Greedy Retired Bureaucrats Still Feeding at the Public Trough as Taxpayers Suffer!”
Well, if you’re concerned about unfunded government liabilities, I agree with you. If you think that government employee pensions are too generous, I’ll listen to what you have to say. But if you just don’t like the deal the government made 30 years ago and want out, I’ll see you in court.
Think this stooge can imagine that the matter might be adjourned to a different tribunal than that to which he is accustomed?
Perhaps some form of alternative dispute resolution between the ruling class and the country class, to use Codevilla's now-classic frame?
Or will you just let this welfare-entitlement-mindset thief plunder the lifetime earnings of your children and grandchildren?
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