Wednesday, June 21, 2006

When "Only Ones" Collide

Two people were killed and another injured yesterday after a shootout between prison officers and FBI agents investigating their alleged involvement in a corruption scandal at a Florida jail.

The gunfight began when the agents arrived at the Federal Correctional Institute in Tallahassee to serve arrest warrants on six prison guards suspected of supplying drugs and alcohol to female inmates in exchange for money or sex.
So what is a non-Only One supposed to do when there are no "Good" Only Ones around to protect them from the "Bad" Only Ones?

[More from "The Only Ones" files...]

Talk About Specious Arguments

Is the ongoing cost of the registry not commensurate with the benefits? What about the fact that police across Canada access the gun registry 5,000 times a day? Why are police forces across Canada massively in favour of the gun registry?
Oh, OK--the cops want gun registration so it must be "good."

Frank J. O'Hara, how could anyone argue with such an overwhelmingly compelling reason?

This Day in History: June 21

On this day in 1779, Spain declares war on Great Britain, creating a de facto alliance with the Americans.

We're the Only Ones Wanton and Reckless Enough

Worcester District Attorney John J. Conte declined yesterday to prosecute a state trooper who fatally shot an unarmed man in 2005, despite a judge's report three months ago finding the trooper had engaged in "wanton and reckless conduct" that "amounted to criminal negligence"...
Let's you and me shoot a driver in the back of the head and see how quick DA Conte is to drop the charges. But then, we're not The Only Ones.

There Goes the Neigborhood

The average leader of a Chicago street gang is 43, and more often than not he lives in the leafy suburbs of Cook County.

He typically has been convicted of murder...

Advice on how to fight back...

*Limiting handgun sales to once a month and banning .50-caliber sniper rifles...
Yep, let the animals loose and disarm the victim pool.

My kind of town, Chicago is.

[Thanks to HZ]

South Africans Join Sheep ID Registry By Thousands

More than 28 000 South Africans lent their faces to the worldwide Million Faces Petition calling for tougher controls on the international arms trade, campaigners said yesterday.
And they are in some illustrious company.