No Questions Asked?

"There are no questions asked," said Mary Haynes, the program's spokesperson. "It's simply how many free gunlocks would you like."

...Nearly 8000 cable-style gunlocks will be available for Cook County residents.

I'd like 8,000 free gun locks, please.

Why do I want that many? Am I a Cook County resident?

I thought this was "no questions asked."

Cheers for Cherokee County

The Cherokee County Sheriff's Office will host a firearms safety course for women Saturday.

Two hours of classroom instruction in the safe handling of handguns will be taught...

Participants will then go to a firing range. Guns and equipment will be provided with a $10 fee to cover costs of the ammunition.

I can't think of a better way for police to build trust with the communities they serve.

In a rational world, community police stations would be natural assembly, training and leadership facilities to provide for "a well regulated militia."

"Getting Tougher" Lansing Style

Security in the Lansing School District is getting tougher. Public safety officers will soon be able to make arrests...The criteria for an arrest by the Lansing School District Public Safety officers is very strict, and officers are not allowed to carry a gun.

Maybe if something heinous goes down, they can help the kids hide under desks. And, of course, issue citations if any of them pray.

Doc, It Hurts When I Do This

"Then don't do that."

But it feels so good when I stop...

You Go, Hugo!

Victims reach the emergency room soaked in blood and dazed _ wheeled in on stretchers, carried in people´s arms, some still walking with the last of their strength. An elderly man shot in a robbery, a young man sprayed with gunfire, a woman who took a stray bullet in the head while on her way to church.

So, naturally, aside from fanning the flames of class hatred, madman Hugo Chavez "put up $4.6 million for a gun buyback program that will offer people money to hand in revolvers and pistols."

Why can't we get more bold communist leadership like that here?

"People Like You Are What's Wrong With This Country"

In light of the FBI Hostage Rescue Team's sterling examples at Waco and Ruby Ridge, I just wondered if they've ever actually rescued any hostages--as their name implies their mission to be.

I also wondered--if they had--how much we've spent on their activities since the agency's inception, and if that has been evaluated against the number of successful hostage rescues--not as a means of putting a price on human life, but as a way of determining government effectiveness.

An anonymous commenter maintains HRT are the good guys, and people like me--who "take the word of murderers"--are what's wrong with this country.

And I try so hard to please everybody.