I'm the Only One Litigious Enough

A Drug Enforcement Administration agent who stars in a popular online video that shows him shooting himself in the foot during a weapons demonstration for Florida children is suing over the tape's release, claiming that his career has been crippled and he's become a laughingstock due to the embarrassing clip's distribution. Lee Paige, 45, blames the video's release on DEA officials in an April 7 federal lawsuit filed against the U.S. government. [More]

Welcome back, Mr. Paige. I consider you the Founding Father of WarOnGuns' ongoing "Only Ones" files... Newsflash, pal. You are a laughingstock. If anyone is going to sue, it ought to be the video's owner. Where does DEA get off confiscating and then erasing the original tape? By virtue of its exposure, including being featured on national television shows, I'd say the owner deserves substantial compensation. [Via The Smallest Minority and Nicki]

Absolutism 301; Felons

[I]f a person cannot be trusted with arms, he cannot be trusted in society. Any law that attempts to make exceptions to that, especially if based upon prior restraint, is not a good law in principle or practice.

If a person walks among us freely, then he should be able to defend his life from unjustified attack. If we deem him unsafe to defend himself then we should not release him into society.

I couldn't agree more.

China Supports Police to Legally Use Guns

Yes.

Of course they do.

The Eloi of the Month Award...

...goes to Bonnie Topa of Hartford, CT.
God, these people are petty and vindictive...

Cops, Cars and Guns

Cars and trucks, not guns, are becoming the No. 1 threat to police officers.

Traffic accidents have killed 429 officers nationwide this decade, according to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund. Nearly one in five was hit by a vehicle.

In contrast, guns have killed 351 officers, the memorial fund says...

The number of police killed in traffic -- whether driving their cruisers or standing outside them -- has risen 40 percent in 30 years, while gun deaths have declined 36 percent, Mendelsohn said.

See the journalistic sleight of mind being performed here? When vehicles are involved, the officers are killed by "traffic accidents." When guns are involved, they're killed by...uh..."guns."

Nothing to Fear

Responsible gun owners have nothing to fear from a bill in the General Assembly that would help to close a loophole in state law governing illegal trafficking in guns...The legislation would put the responsibility for a gun's safe-keeping squarely with the owner. Specifically, it would require owners to store guns to avoid "a substantial and unjustifiable risk" they'll be stolen. The bill would also require gun owners to report a lost or stolen firearm to police within 72 hours.

Read another way: Responsible gun owners have nothing to fear from a bill that will make them responsible for something they're not responsible for. Honest.

Sniff Dogg in Taser Scare

Authorities used a Taser gun on a dog on Monday who bit his owner and two other people in South Philadelphia.

What?

Snoop Dogg in Gun Scare

Clubbers at Gas, who had waited hours for a glimpse of Snoop Dogg, panicked and hit the floor when shots were heard at around 2.30am - but it turned out the noise came from rocks being thrown at the doors by guests who had been denied entry earlier.

But the editor can't write "Snoop Dogg in Rock Scare." That just wouldn't generate the desired hysteria.