Monday, January 30, 2006

Is "The Time" Approaching?

Good opinion piece from Kathryn A. Graham.

With all due respect, I strongly disagree with this assertion:
The defender always has the tactical advantage.
Not always, Ms. Graham. Only when moves are telegraphed.

[Via Rational Review]
Posted by David Codrea at 1/30/2006 09:34:00 AM 6 comments

Police Chiefs Still Support Gun Registry

Of course they do.

And have no doubts they'll also support confiscating those registered guns when the orders come down.

Because they're the only ones professional enough...

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Posted by David Codrea at 1/30/2006 09:09:00 AM 1 comments

We're the Only...Hey, What the Hell You Lookin' At?

St. Paul police are rethinking their policies allowing undercover officers to drink on the job after a decorated officer was shot to death outside of a bar...When he was killed, Vick's blood-alcohol level was 0.20 percent -- twice the legal limit for driving at that time. Since the defense raised questions about Vick's partner carrying a firearm while consuming alcohol, Harrington said the department is examining that policy...Vick and his partner, Sgt. Joe Strong, were investigating prostitution when they confronted two men outside a bar on St. Paul's East Side. The argument escalated to a shooting in a nearby alley that killed Vick.

On Friday, Harry Evans was convicted of first-degree murder in Vick's death and sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole.

Another drunken cop shooting story? Any bets on the outcome if Vick had shot first and Evans was the one killed?

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Posted by David Codrea at 1/30/2006 08:54:00 AM 1 comments

Happy Birthday to Me...


...or more accurately to The War on Guns: Notes from the Resistance, which made its debut one year ago today.
Posted by David Codrea at 1/30/2006 08:45:00 AM 5 comments
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