Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Well No, Duh!

This save-yourselves approach comes after government agencies were overwhelmed by pleas for help after last year's storms and strongly criticized as not responding swiftly or thoroughly enough to the public need.
It's official.

It must be, it's coming from the government:

We can't protect you. You're responsible for taking care of yourself.

What a novel concept!

Darwin. Paging Mr. Darwin...

Graham is a part-time security guard who brought his gun to the game and passed it around to everyone and pretended to shoot at each other with the gun...
Sounds like a pretty compelling reason to disarm you and me, doesn't it?

The Fudge Factor

A former top bureaucrat says political expediency - not sound accounting - was the key factor in a decision to fudge a report to Parliament two years ago on the cost of the federal long-gun registry.
"Fudge."

Such a nice euphemism for "fraud."

Hey, just because we're known liars doesn't mean you can't trust us with your personal information.

Oh, it does?

That'll Teach 'Em

A Cook County judge sentenced two men to 2 years' probation on Tuesday after they pleaded guilty in connection with smuggling a handgun into Cook County Jail in February.
Let that be a lesson to the rest of you real criminals. Now if you'll excuse us, we have some slav...uh... "law-abiding citizens" to disarm.

No Surprises Here

Harvard egghead/anti-defense weenie Matthew Miller cheesed out, and only took lobbed softballs.

What, you didn't think he'd have the guts to answer unmoderated challenges, did you?

SayUncle and others had the same experience.

We're the Only Ones All Fired Up Enough

A young Salina police officer responding to a business burglary about 11:20 p.m. Friday accidentally fired her weapon when she was startled by movement inside the building, Salina Police Chief Jim Hill said Tuesday.
I can't tell you how many holes I've put through walls, family members and neighbors every time I've been startled. But hey, it's a normal reaction. What can you do?

What?

Finger off the trigger...?

oh

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This Day in History: May 31

On this day in 1775, the committeemen of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, meet and respond to news of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the first battles of the American Revolution, with a series of 20 patriotic resolutions.