"It'll Be Like Dodge City!"

Kansas has recorded its first confirmed shooting involving a concealed-gun licensee since the state’s concealed-weapons law took effect this month.

Michael Mah, 57, shot an armed 17-year-old robbery suspect just before 9 p.m. Friday at a gas station in Topeka.

Blood on the streets, just as predicted! Are we sure it wasn't over a fender-bender?

Disturbing Details

Disturbing Details Released On Gun In School Incident

Like what? The gun has killed before? The gun was abused in its formative years? The gun was planning something really big?

I see disturbing details about a sociopathic little misfit. I infer disturbing details about "Only Ones" utterly incapable of doing anything but responding to school shootings until after the shots have been fired, and about school administrators totally unprepared to protect themselves, let alone their charges. I even see disturbing details about the "authorized journalists'" proclivity for tainting "news" headlines with fear and ignorance-based propaganda.

But I see no disturbing details about any guns here. Other than the fact that those who need them don't have them by law--and overwhelmingly prefer it that way.

We're the Only Ones With Our Culos in a Sling Enough

The police department has issued about 60 slingshots to officers in the violent border city of Tijuana, where soldiers confiscated police weapons two weeks ago on allegations of collusion with drug traffickers.

Maybe we can try this with our own Los Únicos...

[Via Kurt Hofmann]

One Step Further

From Charles H. Sawders:

David, don't have a clue if this does a damn thing but cause snide laughter amonst his staff, but here is my letter to my congressman. I will send the identical letter to my senator in just a few minutes. Might not be a bad idea to encourage those courageous enough to write the judge to do the same with their elected servants that mistakenly put this error on the bench.

I am forwarding to you the text of a letter I have mailed to U.S. District Court Judge Jimm Larry Hendren, who sits on the bench for the District of Western Arkansas.

I don't know what you know about the case of US v Fincher, and as a matter of importance the case itself is secondary to my concern. My primary concern is the betrayal of my country by the above named judge.

I am writing to encourage you to open an investigation into the appropriateness or lack of same in his rulings in the case. The letter is mostly self-explanatory, with the exceptions that I do not mention that the defense was forbidden to present its case to the jury, the defense was only allowed to speak to the judge in defense with the jury out of the room; also the jury was denied full instruction as to their duties and powers, which has been ruled upon numerous times. Judges are not legally required to inform a jury of its duty to judge the law, morality expects different behavior, nonetheless a judge is not bound by moral considerations. However, he did inform them only partially in a manner guaranteed to favor the prosecution.

Ergo, due to this one man who has violated his oath, violated his own stated opinion in a public courtroom, violated the jury, and The Constitution of the United States of America in multiple ways, the jury never heard the defense, never heard the Supreme Law of the Land, nor were they actually apprised of the actual unconstitutional law the defendant was charged with violating. Hendren, directed them to return a guilty verdict. Which by the way, when done in favor of the prosecution, has been considered to always be reversible error, reference Sullivan.

In light of what I deem to be a betrayal of my country at worst, and at best, if he is really that ignorant of the constitution and the law he should never sit a bench in any judicial setting. Hence, I implore you to look into this violation of all we Americans hold and have held dear since our founding, and proceed to explore the possibility of impeachment against this embarrassment to the adjudication of justice.

[More about Wayne Fincher via WarOnGuns]

This Day in History: January 24

On this day in 1781, Patriot commanders Lieutenant Colonel “Light Horse” Henry Lee and Brigadier General Francis “Swamp Fox” Marion of the South Carolina militia combine forces and conduct a raid on Georgetown, South Carolina, which is defended by 200 British soldiers.