UM "No Weapons" Policy Ignored!!!

Classes were canceled on the main campus of the University of Memphis Monday after a fatal shooting there Sunday night.

Look, we're getting a little sick and tired of repeating ourselves:

In accordance with federal and state laws, the University also prohibits the possession of any weapon by any individual on University premises, except law enforcement officers in performance of their duties.

If it's still not clear, we also have TBR Guideline P-085 Workplace Violence Prevention.

How much clearer can we make it?

NO GUNS ALLOWED.

THIS MEANS YOU.

YOU CAN'T HAVE GUNS HERE.

KEEP YOUR GUNS OFF UM PROPERTY.

NO GUNS. PERIOD.

GUNS AREN'T WELCOME.

LOOK, WE'LL EVEN SAY "PLEASE": PLEASE DON'T BRING GUNS HERE. PLEASE?

NO GUNS. NO GUNS. NO GUNS. GUESS WHAT THAT MEANS: IT MEANS NO FREAKIN' GUNS!!!

I don't see how we can state things any more plainly. If this doesn't work, I just don't know what else there is left to say or do.

Damn guns.

Virtual Pro-RKBA "Burma-Shave" Signs

Those at least as old as me will recall the "Burma-Shave" ad campaign--they'd post signs along the side of the road, each one presenting the line of a poem--so that motorists driving by would get the complete message only after they drove to each sign. Corny rhyming aside, it really was clever, as it had consumers making a special effort to look for the next piece of the message.

Some years back, the Champaign County Rifle Association resurrected the idea, and began placing pro-gun signs along the side of the road--an effort that has delighted many of us, and enraged some of the antis to the point of vandalism.

I've been toying with the idea of posting "virtual Burma-Shave signs" alongside the "information superhighway," and the following is one potential way to do it. I'm sure many of you are not only better poets than I'll ever be, but it won't take much to slap me silly at graphics presentation--so if anyone wants to take this idea and run with it, I think it'd be great to see all the different creative approaches--let me know yours and I'll link to it--matter of fact, if enough want to play, next Monday I can do a "Burma-Shave RKBA Carnival," maybe even come up with some sort of nominal prize for the winner. At the very least, I have a spare, never-been-worn Red's cap.

Now after all this build-up watch the slideshow not work.

Time to Widen Investigation in Darrow Case

Been meaning to bring this up, but I've been under the weather lately. Anyway, it has to do with the Brett Darrow affair.

Others have already noted how the St. Louis police staked out the guy's home. Watch the new tape. Watch how they flee when a light is shined.

A formal complaint should be submitted to the St. Louis PD. Why were they there? Were they acting under orders or a free agents? Is there an ongoing investigation of Mr. Darrow? Is this not an overt act of intimidation and retaliation, and is this what all citizens can expect who dare to document theior encounters with the police, and who dare to insist on appropriate conduct by officers?

I don't know their law, but it seems making a u-turn in traffic when there is no emergency, simply to avoid being caught doing something you shouldn't be doing, is a traffic violation that any non"Only One" would be cited for. So I'd file a complaint and present the taped evidence for that, too.

One other item troubles me even more. The website St. Louis CopTalk posted Darrow's home address, along with an anonymous pledge of deadly violence against him, including:

A user calling himself "STL_FINEST" wrote the following item, presented unedited and in full:

in reply to "Who is this terd?"
I hope this little POS punk bastard tries his little video stunt with me when I pull him over alone- and I WILL pull him over - because I will see "his gun" and place a hunk of hot lead right where it belongs.

The post has been conveniently deleted and the forum owner claims he can only log back to the previous 300 posts. That doesn't smell right to me, particularly since we're told what marvelous forensics there are when the "Only Ones" want to use our computers against us--that they can even retrieve erased/deleted files. I have to believe there is a computer somewhere in the system that has a complete record for backup--those with special knowledge in this please correct me if I'm wrong.

Bottom line, Darrow prevailed because he could prove an Only One threatened him with made-up charges, and here we have another (apparently) threatening to make up a justification to kill him.

With what has gone before in this case, and knowing that the forum is moderated, I can't think of any legitimate excuse for an independent law enforcement agency not to seize all records and track down, identify and prosecute the warped little anonymous thug who made the threat. It's past time to track this sick, vicious animal down and render it incapable of harming humans.

[Via Say Uncle, Diary of a Mad IT Manager, DarkBlog]

An Only Ones Three-fer

We're the Only Ones Not Ready for Prime Time Enough: Videotape an "Only One," get arrested.

We're the Only Ones Killing the Family Pooch in Front of your Toddler Enough: Wrong house? Waddya mean, "wrong house"?

We're the Only Ones Standing By Whilst Your Child Drowns Enough: Possibly the most disgusting example of "Only One" cowardice and uselessness ever presented at WarOnGuns.

[More from "The Only Ones" Files]

See How Well Not Having Guns Worked For Me?

The right to have and carry guns for protection is what gives the criminalized gun carrier the right to have and use his to kill innocent people.

The title "innocent gun" is inane. No gun is innocent until is melted down to liquid metal and used for the good of mankind. The innocent gun makes criminals by giving the coward the nerve to act.

I was in retail for six years. During this time I had five employees killed by "innocent guns." I had more robberies in this time, but no guns were involved. One of my men was hit with a tire iron. He laughed about it later.

Yeah. Tire irons. Ha ha.

And nobody's thought about suing this incompetent for knowingly and continuously putting his employees in harm's way, with the reasonable expectation that more would suffer fatal ends because nothing was done to protect them?

I think the guy's story stinks and I don't believe a word of it. If it is true, and if I were a surviving family member of one of those employees, I'd be issuing subpoenas and taking depositions to find out exactly what was and was not disclosed to my dead loved one prior to their accepting the job, and what training and safety precautions were afforded them afterward, with the express purpose of establishing, at minimum, a financial liability for Mr. Thomas G. Sykes, if not charges of criminal negligence.

This Day in History: October 1

James McCormick of Capt. Farrington's Company, Col Sergeant's Regiment, having been tried and convicted by a Court Martial whereof Col Lasher was President of "Desertion and Mutiny" -- is ordered to suffer Death, on the 8th. and 5th. Articles of War -- The General approves the sentence, and orders him to be hang'd to morrow at 11 O'Clock -- The troops off duty are to be paraded on the Grand Parade at that time.