Because "Bounty" Sounds so much Nicer than "Snitch"

The program is a gun bounty program modeled after one in Jacksonville. It lets people turn in others who are carrying guns illegally, all to get a reward...

"We’re actually going to offer through CrimeLine $1,000 reward to anyone that turns in somebody that has an illegal gun or a gun that has been used in a crime of some sort. And that's a pretty significant reward, $1,000, and you can do it anonymously."

Dyer says the program has been effective in Jacksonville, but it’s impossible to calculate the exact impact it had on crime there.

Great way to get rid of the competition if you're a drug dealer, or for an "Only One" to bypass that pesky Fourth Amendment and anonymously phone in his own "tips."

And don't you just love the way they claim it's "effective" but can't come up with any proof?

Somebody Fisk This Moron

I don't have time today.

We're the Only Ones Recovering Enough

Police investigating a report of shots fired early Saturday morning on the South Side arrested two men who allegedly had a gun stolen from a Schuylkill Haven, Pa., police officer.

Thank goodness--another gun "off the streets."

This seems to happen so often to "The Only Ones," maybe they should consider having a "buyback."

Alicia Off-Key on "Mommy" State

It seems like more and more Hollywood women are taking a trip to the gun shop.

Now, adding herself to the list, Alicia Keys says she is considering buying a gun for protection...

That's fine, Ms. Keys. Taking responsibility for your own protection is a requirement of being a free and responsible adult.

You'd think someone who realizes that would also realize America doesn't "need a mommy." And, incidentally, all the "mommys" currently viewed as in the running for president aren't exactly friendly to the idea of a woman having the right to choose keeping and bearing arms.

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This Day in History: January 15

Having recognized the need for their territory to assert its independence from both Britain and New York and remove themselves from the war they were waging against each other, a convention of future Vermonters assembles in Westminster and declares independence from the crown of Great Britain and the colony of New York on this day in 1777. The convention’s delegates included Vermont’s future governor, Thomas Chittenden, and Ira Allen, who would become known as the "father" of the University of Vermont.

I'm sure old Ira would have approved of this then...