Happy Father's Day 2006

Yeah, that's about what it's like...

[Image obtained from Godzilla & Team. Godzilla is a registered trademark of Toho Co. LTD.]

Gun Owner Fights Back

A Baton Rouge man has filed a civil rights lawsuit in U.S. District Court against the Gonzales Police Department, the Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office and five Gonzales police officers.

In the lawsuit, Mark Edward Marchiafava claims he was the victim of false arrest, false imprisonment, assault and battery and unlawful seizure of property.

I understand he's been fighting this battle by himself with no help from any of the "gun groups." I guess that's because Mr. Marchiafava believes the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed, and has acted on that belief. If more individuals did that, the status quo would be turned on its ear.

Nicki has been blogging about this case, and you there has been some discussion over at KABA about it.

I'll be taking Nicki's lead for updates and any requests for assistance--financial or otherwise.

"Reefer Madness for Guns"

Again, I need to reiterate that this movie is intended to be serious, but its fanatical, shriekingly-obvious anti-gun stance merely makes it ludicrous instead. If you're a fan of Mystery Science Theatre 3000, you'll appreciate just how appallingly bad Bill's Gun Shop is.

Debra at Wolfesblog has written such an entertaining review, I may just break down and rent me some Nazi propaganda.

We're the Only Ones Captivating Enough

A police officer was charged Friday with aggravated kidnapping after being accused of handcuffing a woman and sexually assaulting her.

So...was it good for you?

[More from "The Only Ones" files...]

[Thanks to The Pistolero]

This Day in History: June 18

On this day in 1778, after almost nine months of occupation, 15,000 British troops under General Sir Henry Clinton evacuate Philadelphia, the former U.S. capital.

I hardly think the current occupiers are any better...

THAT'LL Teach Him...

Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca has revoked the concealed weapons license of a retired sheriff's captain who waged a fiery but unsuccessful campaign to unseat him in last week's election, a move the candidate's lawyer called "blatant retaliation"...

"This has nothing to do with retaliation or curbing one's democratic right to freedom of speech. This has to do with misusing department data and mechanisms"...

Ordinarily, I'd make some comment about permitting rights and abuse of power, but Larry Waldie has proven to be an unapologetic police statist, so I can't really get too worked up over what he perceives as an injustice done to him.

UPDATE: I made a big goof in this post. See comments for details.