The Chicom Bill of Rights

China has executed a Muslim activist for attempting “to split the motherland” and possessing firearms and explosives.

So who do I root for here?

Judge Won't Throw Out Verdict in Machine Gun Case

A federal judge has rejected Hollis Wayne Fincher's motion to set aside his conviction for illegal firearms, including three machine guns.

I posted on this earlier today before doing my news search.

What's On YOUR Mind?

A team of world-leading neuroscientists has developed a powerful technique that allows them to look deep inside a person's brain and read their intentions before they act.

The research breaks controversial new ground in scientists' ability to probe people's minds and eavesdrop on their thoughts, and raises serious ethical issues over how brain-reading technology may be used in the future.

Ooh, ooh-- I know how, I know how!

First, we scan all gun owners, both before we issue them a license, and maybe every year thereafter, just to make sure they're still "safe" (although why anyone would want a gun probably makes them suspect and disqualifies them in the first place, wouldn't you think?.

Then, when the technology matures and the hardware interface can be designed, we require everyone to wear an intention device so that we can stop trouble before it happens. We'll be able to make them small and unobtrusive enough by then--maybe even code the circuitry into the same forehead markings they'll be using to identify themselves and conduct business, social and political transactions.

Who could possibly be against this--except someone with something to hide?

[Via Stieger]

Wayne Fincher Update: February 10

[T]he Court finds defendant’s Motion for Arrest of Judgment (Doc. 37) to be without merit. The motion is, therefore, DENIED.

Judge Jimm Larry Hendren continues to carve a name for himself in the annals of American jurisprudence, one that we can only pray will be damned by our descendants.

Also, per Paul W. Davis:

I have updated the BATFE Raid page with the Governor Huckabee's response to the US Attorney's request for information concerning the Militia of Washington County, Arkansas, and scanned in copies of Certified Mail receipts from the Governor's office.

Additionally, I have added Judge Jimm Hendren's preliminary Jury Instructions. The current PDF file is generated from the scanned in sheets and is not text searchable. I will add two more versions of this document - a text generated PDF file and a Wordperfect file.

http://www.arkansasmilitia.com/raid/main.html

http://www.arkansasmilitia.com/raid/FincherDocket.html

[More about Wayne Fincher via WarOnGuns]

The Chaser's War on Democracy

Yeah, the guy doing the interview is a liberal Aussie, and there's no telling how many people he talked to before finding the ones he used in this segment. There's also no telling how poorlyhis countrymen would fare with similar questioning, but this is still a frightening statement on the American electorate.

These people all have opinions they believe in, however ill-informed those may be. That means if you asked them questions about "gun control," you could expect more ignorance.

Government's media partners know this. They employ catch and release tactics, hitting their target audience with emotional appeals and sound bites that will penetrate and register before their viewers' attention span is over and their focus wanders elsewhere.

And their votes can cancel out yours, and determine which rights government will feel emboldened to restrict.

[Via Stieger]

This Day in History: February 10

On this day in 1779, a force of more than 340 men from the South Carolina and Georgia militias, led by Colonel Andrew Pickens of South Carolina with Colonel John Dooly and Lieutenant Colonel Elijah Clarke of Georgia, attack a group of approximately 200 Loyalists under the command of Colonel John Hamilton at Robert Carr’s Fort, in Wilkes County, Georgia.