We're the Only Ones MATURE Enough...

Two sheriff's deputies have been transferred out of the Juvenile Court system after allegations that one of them pretended to draw his gun behind an 11-year-old boy as the other took pictures.

I suppose if I "pretended" to draw down on two deputies, I'd get some sort of transfer, too?

I'll Bet He Didn't Eat His Vegetables or Clean His Room, Either

Beatriz Roldan, mother of the victim, reminded her son not to play with the gun but he continued to do so.

The guy wasn't a child, he was a 38-year-old prosecutor...

Another Dangerous Gun Hits the Street

A car burglar made off with a Fontana police officer s department identification card and a firearm...

What did Mr. Good say?

State Trooper Shot With Own Gun

A state trooper killed earlier this month after an early morning highway chase was shot twice with his own weapon, a prosecutor said Wednesday.

"Takeaway" shootings like this were the stated rationale for the initial federal grant to Sandia Labs to develop so-called "smart guns." As predicted, cops quickly got themselves exempted from any such requirement, and if the damned things ever are put on the market, only citizens will be forced to jeopardize their lives with mandated gadgetry.

The most effective solution to such incidents (from my interview with Ken Good in the above-linked "smart gun" article):

"If a weapon is taken from an officer, I personally believe it is primarily a training issue. Most folks seem to try and solve most tactical problems through some sort of hardware improvement without looking at the core system. The human operator should be the primary system to be improved upon. Many departments are dangerously low in their delivery of ongoing advanced officer training. If an officer cannot be trusted to deploy and keep his or her weapon, please don't give them one in the first place!"

Albany Gun-Law Compromise

Interesting title, albeit a bit misleading, since the compromise involves the death penalty, not guns. But it does raise a question none in power seem to ever ask themselves--or be held accountable for:

How can someone legitimately compromise that which is not theirs?

"Gun rights groups" would do well to remember this when they negotiate infringements with legislators, and come back telling us its the best scrap we can get, and that "politics is the art of compromise."