On this day in 1782, Congress adopts the Great Seal of the United States after six years of discussion.Looks like it didn't take them all that long to start acting like politicans...
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
This Day in History: June 20
What Color is That Center Stripe Again?
Even by NRA standards, this is a bad idea -- not just divisive but downright dangerous. Does the gun lobby really want to remake America in the image of Iraq? The proposal was apparently motivated by the lawlessness in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, but if there aren't enough cops to patrol the streets, then hire more cops. When individual citizens, even "law-abiding" ones, decide to go it alone, the result is anarchy.As The Pistolero told me when he sent me this link: "I thought I had seen it all, until I saw this."
Sending a Message
"Send a message to lawbreakers that citizens are going to protect themselves." I'd add to that ".... and protect each other." Firearms, as shown by a brave 81-year-old man, can tip the out-of-balance scales in a deadly assault. This same 81-year-old man could just have easily protected his neighbor in a similar assault by being armed.Barry Laws gets ink in the Louisville Courier-Journal.
Perfume Control: Why the Hell Not?
The Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) on Tuesday announced that perfume bottles and umbrellas, among other things, will not be allowed inside passengers' carry-on bags...Y'know, I proposed a perfectly safe and secure way to conduct commercial air travel almost five years ago and am still waiting for the authorities to implement my idea...
Because Only Communists Should Have Guns?
Businesses that sell toy guns have become the target of protestors. Various civil rights groups, seeking a ban on the fake weapons that look real, are taking on the retailers who sell them.Somehow, when I think "civil rights groups," militant race hustlers aren't what come to mind.
CBS 11 News first reported last month on the efforts of southern Dallas activists. The groups protesting include the Black Panthers, New Black Panthers, and a Hispanic group called the Brown Berets.
But then, I'm not the lapdog media...
We're the Only Ones "Perky" Enough
An internal city audit of firearms in the Dothan Police Department's evidence room showed little care was given to tracking guns, some of which ended up in the hands of officers who considered them as -- quote -- "perks of being an officer." [More]Hey, why not? After all, they are The Only Ones...
We're the Only Ones and We're a Crack Team
Campbell, who was a deputy with Houston County's narcotic unit at the time, admitted to selling the gun and supplying crack cocaine to Joshua Whigan, an Ashford man authorities say Campbell knew to be a convicted felon.Gee, do you think during his distinguished career, Deputy Campbell ever arrested anyone on a drug or weapons charge...?
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