We're the Only Ones Blanking Out Enough

The exercise called for police to carry special training shotguns that would only fire blank rounds. But during the training, one of the weapons malfunctioned, and one of the officers went outside to a police car to retrieve a standard-issue shotgun, Ehrbar said.

The officer loaded that shotgun with what he thought were blanks, but were later discovered to be birdshot, which had somehow been placed in the box containing the blank rounds, Ehrbar said.

And naturally, they're "not anticipating any charges" against the knucklehead who negligently wounded not one, not two, but three fellow "Only Ones."

The only thing missing from this farce is the pie fight at the end. That and putting Curly's head in a vise.

The Forrest for the Trees...

A rally called "Rise Up To Stop Gun Violence" was held in Hartford Saturday.

The event was hosted by the Corey Forrest Special Life and Scholarship Foundation...

Hmmm...

It All Depends on the Meaning of the Word "Use"

A British Columbia man convicted of using a gun during a home invasion, even though the gun was actually in his car during the crime, has lost his appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada.

I can see getting Steele on a threat charge. But "use"?

It's hard to feel any sympathy for the lowlife who lost his appeal, but the reasoning applied by Justice Fish (and if that doesn't sound like the title of an "Adult Swim" cartoon about a team of super groupers, nothing does) really stretches credibility--and takes the law in a dangerous direction for someone who may say they have a gun when in a prohibited area to protect themselves.

Questions on BATFU

Is the present policy of the ATF nothing more than a foreshadowing of things to come, a massive preparation for the time when gun-control freaks take over the government and unleash their ire on that part of the electorate that fights for Second Amendment rights?

The Liberty Sphere documents how what's being done to Red's Trading Post is part of a larger and much uglier picture.


[Via Chris H]

This Day in History: July 22

George Washington takes command of U.S. troops