Prosecution Rests in Fincher Case

The prosecution finished calling witnesses early this afternoon in the Wayne Fincher federal case.

[More about Wayne Fincher from WarOnGuns]

We're the Only Ones Working for the Weekend Enough

Patrick Moser's lies cost the City of Middletown $400,000. They cost him his 16-year career as a cop. And now, they're going to cost him seven weekends in the Orange County Jail.

Let me see if I've got this straight: A police officer lies in a police report and a hearing in an attempt to convict a citizen of criminal charges, and then complains things were "stacked" against him "from Day One" because he's been sentenced to weekend jail time?

What the hell is this world coming to? Don't they know he's an "Only One"?

[Via Declan]

New Strategy for 'Exile'--Televised Wishful Thinking

The state's top federal prosecutor is paying three Baltimore television stations more than $41,000 to air a new public service announcement starting today about the potential perils faced by felons charged with federal gun crimes...

"If we get the message to criminals and prevent them from carrying guns, we will save lives and we won't have to pay to prosecute them and incarcerate them," Maryland U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein said in an e-mail yesterday.

Yeah, Rod. And if wishes were fishes, we'd all cast nets.

Blow some more grant money. It's not like it comes out of your pocket. Plus, you get your name in the papers, which never hurts a tough law-and-order prosecutor with career ambitions.

When this doesn't work--and it won't--maybe you guys can get more federal funding to try something equally effective, like magic incantations and tossing chicken bones.

Maybe It's Just an Oversight?

THE ban on the carrying of licensed firearms in public places will start this Sunday.

PNP Chief Oscar Calderon reminded the public that the PNP will suspend all the gun carrying privileges when the nationwide 150-day gun ban takes effect on January 14, the start of the election period for the May 14 national and local elections.

That's strange. I didn't see a statement from a spokesman for the violent criminals pledging compliance with the moratorium.

Know Your Enemy

Hoping that the new Democratic state House will be more receptive to gun-control legislation, state Rep. Dwight Evans yesterday said he will reintroduce a series of gun bills that previously failed.

And, naturally, all they "want is common-sense gun policies..."

These people will never give up. They'll continue to press for disarmament laws at the local, state, federal and global level. They'll file lawsuits. They'll propagandize to the public and be abetted by a media that can only be characterized as co-conspirators. They'll indoctrinate America's children with their evil lies.

Meanwhile, "our" side can't even muster more than a dozen people to take one minute and send an email to the president after his administration approved regulations declaring the Second Amendment a collective right.

Jury Seated in Fincher Trial--Judge "Flip Flops"

A jury has been seated for the trial of a Washington County man accused of illegally having three machine guns and a sawed-off shotgun.

Here's another account:

A five man, seven woman jury with two alternates was selected Wednesday in day one of the Wayne Fincher trial. Many Fincher supporters filed into the federal courtroom...all stood as Fincher entered.

While Defense attorney Oscar Stilley said he expects to show Fincher is completely not guilty of any of the charges...during his opening statements the Prosecution had two objections to mention of the militia and the second amendment...

The Prosecution brought an ATF Special Agent on the stand to discuss the firearms found in Fincher's home and property.

And finally, I got this very disturbing email from Paul W. Davis:

The Judge came in this morning and virtually reversed his ruling from yesterday. In addition to that, I distinctly heard him say (and the court record proves it) that the Second Amendment was an individual right in that he spoke about the Bill of Rights and stated that they were individual rights that were protected by the first 10 Amendments.

This morning he totally reversed himself and stated that the 2nd Amendment conferred a collective right. Oscar argued with that and referenced the 2004 USDOJ paper and we also have an official copy of the 1982 Senate Subcommittee report that states that it is an individual right. However, the judge only accepts recent circuit court rulings and no other authority is sufficient for evidence or proof. Oscar argued that point strenuously and the Judge didn't seem to care.

Right now, I sit at the defense table as I am assisting Oscar. It is also a good opportunity to visit with Wayne when the Judge demands that counsel meet him in chambers.

You need to post that we actually live in the Land Down Under, and our courts reflect it.

Mr. Davis adds he "will post the judge's ruling on the motion in Limine as soon as I have it and am able," and, of course, I'll link to that here.

[More about Wayne Fincher from WarOnGuns]

This Day in History: January 11

Francis Salvador, the first Jew to hold an elected office in the Americas, takes his seat on the South Carolina Provincial Congress on this day in 1775.