Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Meanwhile, Back in "the Safest Big City"...

Nine people were shot in separate incidents in New York on Monday and early Tuesday, police said. Four of the victims died and five others are wounded. Detectives are investigating.

Rudy? Mike? What happened?

I also can't help but notice it said detectives are investigating, as in after the fact. I can't find anything in this story about them actually preventing anything or protecting anyone...

I also note they haven't actually caught any of the monsters still out there, and have been reduced to begging the disarmed public to help ID them.

Kind'a makes you wonder if there might be a better way...

"Extraordinary Misconduct"

That's a federal judge talking about "Maximum Mike."

Meanwhile, NRA has still not seen fit to give a life member--or anyone else, for that matter-- the courtesy of a reply.

We're the Only Ones Waiving Enough

People turning in working firearms will receive cash, and gun possession charges will be waived.
Because in a nation of laws, we're "The Only Ones" with authority to decide which ones we will enforce, against whom, and under what conditions. And all the while disregarding the "supreme law of the land"...

1,700 Percent!

I know that if I own a gun, the chances of a member of my family or me being shot and killed goes up by 1,700 percent.

Hey, Roger Ray said it, I believe it, that settles it.

Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go clean up that "tidal wave of blood" my guns keep causing. They've invited some assault weapons over, and I'd like to tidy the place up a bit before the killings begin anew.

We're the Only Ones Untrained Enough

The number of police officers trained to use firearms has fallen, despite a rise in gun crime, new figures show.
I don't know what more evidence the hapless subjects in the UK--or anywhere, for that matter--need to see that "The Only Ones" are utterly incapable of protecting them, and essentially serve to ensure that they will be unable to protect themselves.

Why would you allow anyone to do that to you?

Fincher Makes "Top Ten"

The sentencing of Wayne Fincher last June attracted national attention from several pro-Second Amendment Internet bloggers, which led to a Montana lawyer taking on the case for free.
I'm sure that's just what he always wanted to be--a statistic for "Authorized Journalists," not a one of whom saw the real story behind his persecution.

It's easy to forget about this man--out of sight, out of mind--and we're all with families and doing Christmas things...

He's not with his family. And he probably won't be next year, or the next, unless something happens within the legal system to change his current status. But nothing will happen unless people like us help out.

This page tells you how to do just that, and includes the most recent update from Dec. 24, when the government's brief was posted. As always, WarOnGuns will continue to provide updates as I find out about them, but I sure do feel like we could use a lot more people doing the same...

We're the Only Ones Post Traumatic, Stressful and Disordered Enough

Each class at the Idaho Police Officer Standards and Training Academy is allowed to choose a slogan that is printed on its graduation programs, and the class of 43 graduates came up with "Don't suffer from PTSD, go out and cause it."

...Black said the class president was ex-military, and that the slogan "slipped in." He declined to identify the graduate. Black said future slogans would be vetted by academy leaders.

Wonderful attitude to start out with, eh? The proper relationship between "civilians" and "Only Ones" has been pretty well drilled into them? And now they're ready to take on the world?

I presume they will just get more jaded and insular with experience? And by all means, protect the identity of valedictorian--we wouldn't want to give his future PTSD patients a heads up. Besides, there's a man with leadership potential.

One question--if this crop is successful at "causing it," might their victims get kicked out as prohibited persons on NICS?

[Via HZ]

A State of Terror

"Are we sending a signal that if you're black in this country and you defend your home, that's different than if you're white?" he asked.

Sharpton contrasted White with Bernhard Goetz, who was celebrated as a "subway vigilante" after shooting four black youths who he thought were trying to rob him in 1984.

Goetz was acquitted of major charges by a predominantly white jury and did just 250 days in jail on a weapons charge.

"Here's someone who came to someone's house to do harm and he defended himself," Sharpton said of White. "Why is Goetz a society hero and John White is a demon?"

Perhaps a better question, Rev. Al? Why do you now advocate armed defense, whereas before,your position on right to carry was "We'd be living in a state of terror"?

Racial posturing aside, people like me aren't the ones calling for disarming "the community" and continuing the daily cycle of terror. Hustlers like you are.

[Via Illspirit]

Family Affair

He and relatives of others killed or injured on the campus in Blacksburg will lobby for changes to the state's gun and mental health laws during the General Assembly session that begins Jan. 9.
Why--so that the rest of us can be even more at the mercy of maniacs?

My sympathy for surviving family members goes right out the window when I see them exploiting pity to make others pitiable, too.

[Via Tony G]

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