Thursday, September 14, 2006

Canadian Shootings "Rekindle Gun Control Debate"

Look at the sovereign citizens, arms raised in surrender to show they're fangless and clawless. They remind me of Star Trek's horta, etching the message "No Kill I" into a rock.

Here's all we need to take away from the obscene violence that occurred at Dawson College:

Gun control did not stop the killer.

Gun registration did not stop the klller.

Wendy Cukier bleating for even more draconian citizen disarmament did not stop the killer.

A bullet stopped the killer.

There's no debating that.

If only someone had the capability to put a bullet into him at the outset of his insane rampage.

Judging Monica

A Bellevue gun dealer once questioned about the slaying of federal prosecutor Thomas Wales will remain in custody on a weapons charge until he can move more than 100 guns — most of them machine guns — that are stored in his home.

U.S. Magistrate Monica Benton
said Wednesday that she was concerned about the safety of federal probation officers who would have to monitor Albert Kwok-Leung Kwan if he was released from jail.

Why? Where's the evidence that he is violent, or the crime to warrant incarcerating him for such cause?

Kwan, a gun collector and former firearms dealer, legally owns those weapons, according to his attorneys...Kwan, who also was arrested last week, is charged with a single count of possession of a machine gun.

Also in 2005, Kwan was held for 23 days as a material witness in the Wales case...Kwan, who was called before the grand jury five times, is not a suspect in the killing.
So why is he being treated like one?

NRA Picks a Real Corker?

The National Rifle Association endorsed former Chattanooga Mayor Bob Corker for the U.S. Senate...

Chris W. Cox, chairman of NRA's political-action committee, said Corker's record of halving Chattanooga's crime rate over three years, aggressive prosecution of criminals and hunting background earned him the endorsement.
So he's a hunter and a big law-and-order guy.

How does that translate into Second Amendment fidelity?

His campaign website has a tab right at the top on the main page labeled "Second Amendment." That's a good sign. And what does he say about it?

Second Amendment

Standing up for our 2nd Amendment Rights

As Senator, I will protect the Second Amendment’s guarantee of our right to bear arms and reject attempts to limit the freedom of law-abiding gun owners. The best way to stop crime is to capture and imprison criminals—not to impose new burdens on law-abiding citizens. During my tenure as Mayor of Chattanooga, we cut violent crime in half in 3 years by putting repeat criminals behind bars.

Good words so far, but how does he intend to "stand up" and "protect...our right to bear arms"?

Say Uncle has compiled some info that should raise some flags on whether or not this guy is truly what he's being presented as.

Minnie Gun Alert!


Federal ATF Agents issued an officer safety advisory on what is called the world’s smallest gun after a CBS 2 inquiry. The Alert has been issued both in the New York and nationally to all Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives criminal investigators and will be passed on to other federal agencies.

The latest miniature gun that is alarming ATF agents is the SwissMiniGun. It’s extremely small -- just over two inches long. It comes with tiny bullets designed especially for the weapon that can penetrate skin. Even in its holster, this gun is so small that law enforcement experts say it could pass for a keychain ornament.
We've already seen the horrors of the SwissMickeyGun!

"Authorized journalist" Ti-Hua Chang reminds me of the cliché hysterical woman from disaster movies--you just wanna slap him for being a shrieking ninny.

[Via 1894C]

This Day in History: September 14

On this day in 1779, American Colonel Daniel Brodhead concludes an ambitious assault against the Seneca Indians throughout the Allegheny Valley of Pennsylvania. Simultaneously, Major General John Sullivan had attacked the Iroquois of New York.