On Board RestrictionsYeah, right.
For everyone's safety and comfort, Greyhound asks that customers please follow certain restrictions while on board. Federal law does not permit smoking on Greyhound buses. We have a zero tolerance for alcohol, drugs, weapons and unruly behavior.
It's one of several Illinois communities — reluctant to spend money on legal fights — rushing to repeal their gun bans after the court struck down a Washington, D.C., ban, even as cities such as Chicago and San Francisco stand firm.
For some reason, that bit about Frisco doesn't sound quite right. But the hold 'em/fold 'em reactions to these post-Heller challenges bring to mind a question for those more pragmatic than me: Say a liberal court like the Ninth Circuit twists the ruling and allows a ban to stay. Then say SCOTUS ducks the issue and refuses to hear the case.
What next? Elect better representatives and change the law? In California?
Is that it? "Majority rule democracy" is the end word? And until that changes, tough luck for blue-staters and urbanites who wish to exercise their rights?
Under those circumstances, you'd condemn civil disobedience and self defense against those who would deny rights? Would this apply across the board to all rights, or just to RKBA?
Since some of the "radical" sentiments expressed by some of us are dismissed out of hand, I think it's fair to ask where more moderate guidance could ultimately lead us.
Is there a pragmatic line in the sand? What is it? What happens if it's crossed? (Assuming discussing it openly won't traumatize the melanin-deficient, of course...)
What'll it be--fight or flight? Assuming there will always be a place to flee to if no one ever make a stand...
[Via Jeffersonian]
Alabama Boy Gets Death Threats for Hunting 1,000-Pound ‘Monster Pig’Anonymous cowards wishing death on children they hate. How very courageous.
The U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to debate two bills that could give the federal government unprecedented control over the way parents raise their children – even providing funds for state workers to come into homes and screen babies for emotional and developmental problems.Securing the blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our posterity, government-style, I see...
“I’m shocked - completely shocked,” Raynham Police Chief Lou Pacheco said of Valerio Rodriguez’ no-show at Taunton District Court on July 29.Yeah--after reading about how you let the groper go, Chief, and went after the child victim's father, why would any reasonable person believe the suspect was a flight risk?
A family whose house was raided by police in error is outraged that eight officers involved were honored. Police say the eight, who also took fire, "performed bravely."Fine.
The Citizen’s Award of Valor may be awarded to citizens for exemplary and heroic acts that expose them to considerable danger.I'd say Mr. Khang qualifies just as much--if not more so--than his assailants. Since the award needs to be initiated by a MPD employee, I call on Chief Timothy Dolan to nominate and approve him for the award.
Mary McFate was a prominent gun control activist. Mary Lou Sapone was a freelance spy with an NRA connection. They are the same person. [More]In general I have nothing against an activist going underground to mess up the enemy. In general I'm uneasy when they do it for pay at the behest of an organization, because if they get caught, "it makes us all look bad."
[H]aving just before the Receipt of it had Accounts by a private Hand of the Sailing of a Number of Men of War and Transports from Boston; which I conjectured were designed to supply the Enemy with fresh Provisions. I immediately sent the Intelligence to Block-Island together with a Quantity of Powder Ball and Flints to enable them to defend their Property, and gave them Assurances of further Assistance if necessary.
A school in Texas will force students who don't follow the rules to wear prison-like jumpsuits in a controversial move this coming school year.Sounds like good preparation for the Chattel of Tomorrow. And what a moral lesson for impressionable young minds: If you have the power, you can force those with less to do any damn thing you please.
American comedian Jerry Lewis has been held by police after an unloaded gun was found in his hand-luggage at the main airport in Las Vegas.
Lewis's manager, Claudia Marghilano, said the handgun was a hollowed-out prop gun that Lewis sometimes twirls during his show.
On Monday I received a collect call from David Olofson. David says he is doing well. He was assigned to the prison law library and does duties as teachers aide, and helps other convicts look up the subject laws involving their cases. He tells me he helped three so far.
He has been receiving correspondence regularly and he enjoys it. He was disappointed at the level of censoring, and his family photos keep getting sent back to his family.
David remarked at the sub-standard food. He gave me an example that when they serve ground beef, it means it includes beef byproducts like gristle, kidney, etc. He said if that is the worst he has to deal with he will manage just fine.
David is very concerned for his family, his wife could use some encouragement. The fact is his family is getting the worst of the punishments according to David. His wife gets up at 4:00am to gather the children together so she can still work, as they have a home, and to make ends meet.
As a side note please give David's mailing address again. If possible a link to GOA website for those who would like to help save the family home during his incarceration.
"De Oppresso liber" to liberate the oppressed...
The AIDS epidemic among African-Americans in some parts of the United States is as severe as in parts of Africa, according to a report out Tuesday.Sounds like some people can't be trusted with genitals. Time to get them out of the hands of young people, off the streets, out of our homes...perhaps a "buyback" of sorts could be arranged, with gift certificates offered in exchange for...
A white police officer accused of fatally shooting an unarmed black woman holding her 1-year-old son thought he was being fired upon by a drug dealer when he pulled the trigger, his attorney said Tuesday.Turns out his fellow raiders were the "Only Ones" who fired...
The lone 19-year-old female clerk was confronted by two of the robbers, one of whom was armed with a black semi-automatic pistol. She was moved into a back room where she was bound with duct tape.Very scary. And once they have you bound, they can do anything they want to you, no matter how much muffled-howling terror or agony it causes. That they did not seems more a matter of luck for the clerk than anything else, because anyone lacking sufficient morality to pull a gun and bind a fellow human being for petty gain is capable of any evil.
The allegations began when pictures were posted on MySpace. We are told they were from a negligee party the weekend before last where teenagers were drinking and having sex...Say chee-eese!
But there weren't any pictures of the dispatcher.
Investigators are being told the dispatcher, Lorene Cheswick, was the one behind the camera taking the racy pictures.
Mall marketing director Bob Jenkins said nothing was lacking the day the bullets flew inside the mall. Police were on the scene in minutes, and surveillance cameras captured the shooting and footage of the suspect.
July 30. 1775
- Samuel Adams writes his wife that the Continental Congress will adjourn soon, the delegates having decided "to make a Recess during the sultry August of August."
Oklahoma City Federal Building bomber Timothy McVeigh was linked to a militia. The siege and eventual destruction of David Koresh and the Branch Davidian complex in Waco, Texas, was tied to militia activity.Repeating the Morris Dees fundraising mantra, are we?
McVeigh was not "linked to a militia." He was NEVER a member of any constitutional militia. The only militia meeting that I'm aware of that he and Nichols attended, they were asked to leave...Michael McNulty then weighed in:
That's bad enough. But what crack pipe hallucination were you in when you wrote that the massacre of innocents at Waco had ANYTHING to do with the constitutional militias that sprang up in its aftermath? Waco was an ATF initiated, FBI concluded federal operation against a loony reclusive Christian sect. The militias, those few that existed then, had no part in that federal atrocity.
My Name is Michael McNulty. I am an award winning Documentary film maker. From 1993 to 2005. I dedicated my time as a film maker and investigator to looking into the tragedy at Waco. In all that time and effort, I found absolutely NO support for the statement that recently appeared in your publication that the Branch Davidians or David Koresh were involved with any kind of militia group.As did Dan Gifford:
More to the point, the FBI, the BATF and the Texas Rangers didn't find any "militia" connection either. So what are you folks talking about? Can you provide indisputable evidence that your allegations are true? Or is this just your poor excuse for attempting to re-write history? An answer, please.
I spoke with the reporter and gave him the real facts. He said that it was his editor, not him, who inserted the militia stuff and that he'll take that matter up with her this morning.I find it curious that while some are (still) expending efforts trying to convince gun blog readers that Vanderboegh is hurting our public image, he's out there leading the constructive effort to work within the system and get the lies and stereotypes corrected and retracted.
One journalist was also overheard wishing him luck, while another squealed, "He touched me!" as she left the ballroom.Ah, the ecstasy that is The Lightworker.
He touched me,Yeah, when nothing is the same it's called "Change."
He put his hand near mine
And then he touched me
I felt a sudden tingle when he touched me
A sparkle, a glow
He knew it...
It wasn't accidental, no,
He knew it
He smiled and seem to tell me so all through it
He knew it, I know...
He's real, and the world is alive and shining
I feel such a wonderful drive toward valentining
He touched me, I simply have to face the fact
He touched me...
Control myself and try to act
As if I remember my name
But he touched me...
He touched me...
And suddenly nothing is the same!
'Cause he touched me...
He touched me...
And suddenly... nothing, nothing, nothing is the same!
Look at me, Damien. It's all for you!Hey, uh, would somebody tell Chris Matthews to wipe off his leg?
Pelosi: 'I'm trying to save the planet'This is one disturbed individual. Giving her any power at all over the choices of the non delusional is just plain nuts.
Each of the intruders was dressed in black and was wearing a jacket with “Police’’ on the back, the report said.So the safest thing to do is obey, right?
A former police officer faces theft and official misconduct charges for allegedly pocketing money while investigating a scam that sold fake autographs of action film actor "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.While I think anyone who would blow money on anything this stupid is asking to be ripped off, I don't think he should have been The "Only One" doing it...
Wayne County Sheriff Warren Evans today bristled at any suggestion that one of his detectives should have arrested Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick during last week alleged porch-shoving incident.Yeah, just like he'd bristle if it had been you or me shoving one of his guys--even if his daughter didn't work for us. Oh--I see she resigned after the event--for "family" reasons.
In a state known for sending innocent people to prison, Gov. Rod Blagojevich has angered prosecutors and defense attorneys alike by vetoing millions of dollars lawmakers set aside to fight wrongful convictions and support sweeping death penalty reforms.What's he supposed to do? They've used up all their money (and doesn't everybody who "contributed" feel like they got every nickle's worth?) .
Scheiner has no idea when she became a text-walker, though she knows some state officials, including Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White, have spoken out in support of a new bill that would ban using a wireless device while crossing streets.Hey, it's not like the are any real or dangerous criminals for Illinois "Only Ones" to go after, and this seems a lot safer gig.
If you're a smoker, scratch Akron Children's Hospital off your list of job prospects.And why shouldn't employers be able to lower their costs by eliminating all kinds of high risk activities from job consideration?
As of Nov. 1, the hospital will not hire any applicants who test positive for nicotine, regardless of their experience and qualifications...
''We're proud to be taking the lead on this,'' said Children's spokesperson Laurie Schueler.
Police have stripped a New York City officer of his badge and gun after a video posted on YouTube showed him body-checking a bicyclist who was part of a Times Square demonstration.Here's the video. Sure looks like attempted murder to me. Why aren't there criminal charges?
[A]ttempted assault in the third degree, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct...And looky here. The ape "lives at home with his father...a highly respected detective." Again with the word "respected." What is it with this part of the country?
"He's my son. I'm proud of him. He's third-generation that's been serving the city," said Pogan Sr..."These people are taking over the streets and impeding the flow of traffic. Then you gotta do what you gotta do"...So we're into the Third Age of Pogan and this particular family has been inflicting themselves on... I mean, "serving" the populace like this for three generations?
A Serjeant and six Men to parade at the Head quarters at eleven OClock, to escort certain prisoners and Deserters to Worcester, this party to be victualled for this day and to morrow: The Serjeant will receive his orders from the Adjutant Genl.
Gun Ban Plaintiff Dick Heller Files New Lawsuit Against Washington, D.C.Good. A just outcome would have real and personal consequences for Fenty and Lanier.
New Jersey Assemblyman Neil Cohen resigned from the Legislature on Monday, four days after it was reported that he's under investigation for suspected possession of child pornography...The headline and the speaker call him "Respected"?
A Long Island man who reported his gun missing has been arrested after police found it and said he'd owned it illegally.See, this is why we need laws requiring people to report stolen guns--so we can bypass that pesky Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination.
"Handgun violence is on the rise, but taking guns off the streets will help to stop the senseless slaughter of our citizens," said Sen. Sandra Bolden Cunningham, D-Hudson. "It's common sense."And we all know how much safer Richmond, Baltimore and Oakland are because of it.
New Jersey would join Virginia, Maryland and California as states that restrict people to buying one handgun per month.
California, of course, foreshadows what is to come. Already, the extremist Violence Policy Center is exploiting ignorance and fear to recommend banning anyone under 18 from shooting ranges, to call for local “audits” to harass and close ranges, to ban the use of “assault weapons,” to mandate a moratorium on new range construction, and — get this — to halt firearms safety training because “any possible benefits … are outweighed by the risk of lead poisoning.”"Getting the Lead Out" is my Rights Watch column for the September 2008 issue of GUNS Magazine, on sale now at nontoxic newsstands throughout the Republic.
Gun ControlThey're probably going to have to expand this now to include Fudd guns...
1991 General Resolution
BECAUSE safe coexistence within society requires reasonable compromise with the concept of absolute personal liberty...
Yonatan Stern, the "Sgan Mefaked Hakita" (deputy squad commander) of Kitat Konenut New York, insists his "paramilitary emergency armed response team" is no "group of vigilantes or a JDL [Jewish Defense League]."Eplseed?
"The goal of the organization is to have a competent and professional group of armed volunteers ready to respond to a threat at a moment's notice in any area where Jews reside," explains the Israeli combat veteran.
I think after reading this issue, it will be my last. As a veteran (six years of service) and a member of the Sheriff's Department and volunteer rescue squad, your arguments for the assault weapons, the .50 BMGs etc., vs. healthcare, obscene corporate gas profits and other facts, not opinions, by Mike Matara (Crossfire, March 2006), is about as small as the number of gray cells in Bush's head. Wake up and get your head out of your a**!
Salman Rushdie was once locked in a cupboard for two hours by fed-up police guards who then disappeared to the pub, an ex-special branch detective has claimed.Tell me there's not a broader analogy that could be drawn here about depending entirely on The "Only Ones" for your safety.
However incredible it may appear, that, at this enlightned period, the leaders of a nation, which in every age has sacrificed hecatombs of her bravest patriots on the altar of liberty, should presume gravely to assert, and, by force of arms, attempt to establish an arbitrary sway over the lives, liberties, and property of their fellow subjects in America, it is, nevertheless, a most deplorable and indisputable truth.
Mell argued that reopening gun registration wasn't just a personal favor. He insisted that there were hundreds, if not thousands, of otherwise law-abiding Chicago gun owners just like him who had inadvertently allowed their gun registration to lapse.Or it could just be that Mell was, you know, lying, and this was naked abuse of political office for personal advantage, and no amount of lame excuses spokesprevaricators regurgitate will cover that up.
On Friday, Chicago Police Department spokeswoman Monique Bond was hard-pressed to explain the slow response to the city's one-time offer.
"Either the public is unaware or they just haven't had an opportunity to come in and register," she said.
Rev. Rachel Smith, whose blog "God Not Guns" is a project of the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, calls it gundamentalism.Coming from someone who portrays herself as centered on "religion," it seems like we have a bit of projection going on.
"America’s gun culture is marked by zeal closely akin to that of religious fundamentalism. The gun-rights movement is built upon a system of belief that is both absolutist and aggressive. It has its sacred text, its creed, its icon and its ideology."
Chicago police received about 6,000 weapons Saturday during the city's gun turn-in program...
So many people came out that organizers ran out of the $100 prepaid debit cards for turning in guns...
"For you young people, the new word for you is: 'Start snitching,' " she said.
...[W]hat's to prevent those guns from being used against police officers and firefighters [?]...What does a policeman do when there's a domestic battery [call] and they're both armed? Do they enter the home or apartment or do they wait outside? ... How 'bout the neighbors? How 'bout the postman -- all the other issues that go with people coming into your home or close to your home? ... Whose responsibility is it when your son takes the gun outside and police come by?...How many guns do you have -- 50, 60? Can they have a .357 Magnum? Can they have ammunition that will go through a wall? What is the liability of the owners? ... Do you have to have insurance if you have a gun? How much ammunition can you have if there's a fire? If a fireman is going to your home and you have 40 weapons and 1,000 rounds, do we have a responsibility to notify all the neighbors?Now your turn to answer one, Bodyguarded Boss Daley: You don't trust us with guns. Why should we trust you?
July 27. 1775
- Congress establishes The Army Medical Department.
- Henry Laurens, President of the Council of Safety of South Carolina, urges Captain Clement Lempriere to purchase gunpowder, lead, and muskets for the colony, relying on force only as a last resort.
(and I know that writing this here does meet with David Codrea’s contempt, as I blog here anonymously)Not at all, and I apologize if anything I said led you to believe that. I actually wanted to leave a comment, but they're closed on the linked post--and now's probably a good time to clear this up, what with the doings of recent days.
Michigan State Police troopers are investigating a possible assault by Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick on a deputy accompanying an investigator for the Wayne County prosecutor Thursday at the home of the mayor's sister, Sheriff Warren Evans said."Investigating"?
Evans said the 6-foot-4 mayor, a former star football player at Florida A&M University, allegedly pushed a sheriff's deputy and knocked him into the female investigator, who was working for Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy. The officers were attempting to serve a subpoena on Bobby Ferguson, a city contractor and close friend of Kilpatrick.
U.S. Congressman Bart Stupak (D-Menominee) has introduced legislation to restore the gun rights of individuals convicted of minor, non-violent crimes.This is absolutely a step in the right direction.
H.R. 6622, the Second Amendment Restoration Act, ensures states have the discretion to restore individuals’ gun rights after conviction of minor crimes.
The National Rifle Association (NRA) endorsed the legislation this week.
COPS may get three hours to respond to 999s...And 24 if you're an old lady under hammer attack...
A Blaine County judge has ruled he has no authority to stop guards employed by actor Tom Hanks from carrying guns while accompanying inspectors at the star's sprawling compound north of the central Idaho resort town of Ketchum...I'm sure Tom's bosom buddy, Barack Obama, will be happy to make exceptions for bodyguards of the elites.
"We are happy the court rejected Storey's request to impose control over how we manage our own property," the couple said...
Los Angeles attorney John Hanover, who represents Hanks and Wilson, said the couple has the "right to protect their property."
"The guards always have guns," he said. "It's a private home."
A Florida prison guard has been charged with violating the civil rights of an inmate by pouring hot water on him, the U.S. Justice Department said Thursday.Things are heating up for a bad egg "Only One." I'd heard prisons turned out hard boiled criminals, but never understood the complete process.
“I think the bond is way too high,” Smith said. “I didn't mean for any innocent people to get hurt.”That's quite some apology for shooting three people there, genius. What did you think would happen to them?
Connor got out the folding black-handled knife at Oxford Crown Court to show how it worked.Excuse me while I whip this out.
Notwithstanding the strict and repeated Orders, that have been given against firing small arms, it is hourly practised, All Officers commanding Guards, posts and detachments, to be alert in apprehending all future Trangressors.
Get on board, or get your f*cking shed in Montana and start living up to your words. If you aren’t ready to start storming the gates, so to speak, then deep down, you believe that something can be changed inside the system. Get to work now, or shut the hell up and get off the internet. You’re clogging the tubes for people who really want to organize.and
It is important that law-abiding, patriotic, and SANE/RATIONAL gun owners silence these fools (giving them no platform), because they make us all look like we’re a bunch of paranoid delusionals.Their way or the highway.
Before he died Wednesday evening, death row inmate Dale Leo Bishop apologized to his victim's family, thanked America and urged people to vote for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama...Well now, there's an under-represented constituency.
A Lee County jury convicted Bishop in 2000 of participating in the murder of Marcus Gentry, who was beaten to death in December 1998 with a claw hammer.
State Rep. Sally Kern says she's an "outdoors girl” who's done some shooting but didn't intend to bring her pistol into the state Capitol on Wednesday.And it's happened twice.
Police work is carried out by armed people invested with the power to commit discretionary lethal violence; it's a monumentally bad idea to appeal to the vanity of such people and to encourage them to act in ways calculated to enhance their image.William N. Grigg analyzes a troubling and dangerous police state-enabling trend in "entertainment."
Three Air Force officers fell asleep while in control of an electronic component that contained old launch codes for nuclear intercontinental ballistic missiles, a violation of procedure, Air Force officials said Thursday.I wonder if there's a government trusting us with weapons tie-in here...?
The deaths immediately drew public outrage, which intensified when authorities revealed that Ramos, 21, is an illegal immigrant who managed to avoid deportation despite previous brushes with the law.Set up conditions for bad things to happen.
The case has put San Francisco's liberal politics to the test, setting off a debate over its sanctuary law that shields undocumented immigrants from deportation.
A member of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corp. is suing Nassau County to get back nine rifles and 15 handguns seized from his Freeport home by police after he made repeated visits to the office of Rep. Carolyn McCarthy to complain about what he believed to be "illegal aliens" in his neighborhood."Freeport gun seizure." Now there's an oxymoron.
Aides to McCarthy (D-Mineola), whose husband was one of six people slain by Colin Ferguson in the 1993 Long Island Rail Road massacre, eventually called police, which led to the seizure of the weapons.
Oregon law allows emergency responders to park in no-parking zones when responding to emergencies or chasing suspects. The law says nothing about sushi.So, naturally, "Portland police leaders say they plan to ask city commissioners to make it legal for officers to park in no-parking zones when ordering food or stopping for a restroom break."
Daley: Don’t say that, because.. Never say that, Fran. Because if someone takes that gun and fires at you, are you willing to take that chance? Not many people are. Besides that, no one likes to have a gun placed in front of their face. So don’t ever think that the guns turned in don’t work. Because there wouldn’t be anyone left in your employ. Really there wouldn’t be anybody left in your company. We’re going to go over there and find out whether they work. We don’t ask anyone to do that. They do work. These weapons are very significant They do work. I don’t know where you’re getting that. A shotgun is a shotgun. A .22 automatic pistol is a .22. They do work.Everyone at the Sun-Times would be wiped out? That's his argument for "buybacks"?
The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office will investigate a prosecutor's complaint that an officer went on a tirade that left her in fear over her decision to reduce a gun charge.Let me get this straight: Vernon Pandy is trustworthy enough to work with "at-risk youth," but can't be trusted with a tool.
Scales Elementary School officials made the right move last week when they evacuated children from the building in the wake of a bomb threat.I can think of all kinds of phone control laws, if that'll help...
More needs to be done, though, to ensure these types of evacuations are more timely.
The evacuation was made July 1, nearly a week and a half after the bomb threat...
This is the 25 of July. Gage has not made any attempts to march out, since the Battle at Charlstown. Our Army are restless and wish to be doing something to rid themselves and the land of the Virmin and Locusts which infest it. Since I wrote you last the Companys stationd upon the coasts both in this Town, Weymouth and Hingham were orderd to Nantasket to reap and bring of the Grain which they accomplished, all except a field or two which was not ripe, and having whale boats they undertook to go to the light House and set fire to it, which they effected in open day and in fair sight of several men of War. Upon their return came down upon them Eight Barges, one cutter, one Schooner, all in Battle array, and pourd whole broad sides upon them, but our Men all reached the shore and not one life lost, two only slightly wounded in their legs. They marchd up a Hill and drew into order in hopes the marines would land, but they chose rather to return without a land engagement, tho tis Thought they will burn the Town down as soon as the our forces leave it. I had this account from Capt. Vinton who with his company were there. These little Skirmishes seem trifling, but they serve to innure our Men and harden them to Danger. I hear the Rebels are very Wroth at the distruction of the light House.
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Police held a conference Monday and Tuesday on one of the worst possible threats any campus can face — an active shooter...Notice no active shooters appeared. I wonder if the "Only Ones" had their service weapons with them?
Sixty-six law enforcement personnel from campuses throughout the region came to Lincoln for the event, which was sponsored by the UNL PD chapter of the Fraternal Order of Police, Officer Jim Davis said.
Subject: A Positive Public Relations Opportunity
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:30:38 -0400
Mr. Robert J Browning
Chief, Public Affairs Division
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,Firearms and Explosives
Office of Public and Government Affairs
99 New York Avenue NE
Mailstop 5S144
Washington DC 20226
Sir:
I receive a publication entitled "The Shooting Wire" via email. In the July 23, 2008 edition, the first seven paragraphs of an article by Jim Shepherd are devoted to the situation in Washington DC post Heller. In paragraph five he ponders the lack of a FFL holder in the district to effect a transfer of a firearm to residents from dealers in surrounding states.
My suggestion is for ATFE to assume this duty until a FFL holder establishes a business for this purpose in the District of Columbia.
I can forsee a very positive response from gun owners and Gun Rights Organizations such as The National Rifle Association and from Congress .
I broached this idea to two internet gun bloggers and one of them, Mr. David Codrea responded that he did not approve it. We exchanged emails and he offered to publish an essay advocating my idea on his blog "War on Guns".
Sincerely,
Sam W
Have you noticed the total silence about this issue in the Presidential campaign?You know what to do if a presidential candidate keeps silent about a gun rights-related issue, Bob?
By his actions - not his words - we know that Barack Obama is a long time proponent of every imaginable gun control scheme. He is a perfect fit for the gun grabbers in his party.
And where is John McCain on this issue? Silent.
--Bob Barr Campaign Solicitation E-Mail
Memphis Police Director Larry Godwin and the city of Memphis have filed a lawsuit to learn who operates a blog harshly critical of Godwin and his department.What, you mean this blog, Larry?
I don't view it as police corruption. I view it as rogue cops, because to me, if there is corruption, it goes all the way to the top.Whew! Thank goodness you're at the helm! And as we've proven time and again here, it really is a rarity!
Are you proposing to come yourself, or do you want someone else's son or daughter in federal service to take the risk? Are you truly prepared to stack up the bodies necessary to accomplish your plan? Seems a strange way to make a "safer society." More to the point, are you willing to risk your sorry hide to do it? No? I thought not.Mike Vanderboegh makes a point.
Could we please…not make gun owners look like lunatics in the media for all to see?Swift and bitter:
...Could we please not do stupid shit like this to fuck it up?
Don’t be an asshole. Sorry, thought that was covered in the last instruction to be polite.I'm fighting the clock right now to get done with my planned posts by 9:00. I'll be back later today with some observations.
But Metro police have a warning for gun owners.And because you "Only Ones" keep Indy so safe and all, there'll be no need to access them quickly, right, Sarge? And you never have a gun at the ready at your house?
"If you're going to have a firearm in the house, you're responsible for that firearm. So if you have children or other people present, that firearm needs to be locked up and out of the reach of a child," said IMPD Sgt. Paul Thompson.
We ought to have had in our Hands a Month ago, the whole Legislative, Executive and Judicial of the whole Continent, and have compleatly moddelled a Constitution, to have raised a Naval Power and opened all our Ports wide, to have arrested every Friend to Government on the Continent and held them as Hostages for the poor Victims in Boston--And then opened the Door as wide as possible for Peace and Reconcilliation: After this they might have petitioned and negotiated and addressed, etc. if they would. Is all this extravagant? Is it wild? Is it not the soundest Policy?
An outspoken Long Island gun owner's home was raided by Nassau County detectives, who seized two dozen weapons he lawfully owns just one day after Rep. Carolyn McCarthy's office made a 911 call about him.Maybe he mentioned "barrel shrouds" and not knowing what they were, she freaked?
"Today I'm asking every resident of Chicago to turn in their firearm -- shotgun, rifles, automatic, semi automatic, pistol, revolver… No questions asked," Daley said.What--did he read our old Citizens of America radio ad script?
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Look at me, Damien. It's all for you!
A retired police sergeant whose erratic behavior frightened his family into committing him to a psychiatric hospital fled the ward Tuesday and was killed by officers during a gun battle outside his home.See, this is why we need nationwide concealed carry for retired "Only Ones," but not for you and me...
If your Philadelphia affiliate was thinking this group was an “innocent” non-profit association with no political agenda and no opposition, they made a very big mistake — knowingly or not, they have directly engaged Clear Channel into the gun-control debate.Bottom line: Billboards were donated to an anti-gun group. It turns out they're not a nonprofit, but a private LLC.
TSA Agents Forced Woman To Remove Nipple Rings, Pulled Pants Off Disabled Man...BINGO! Give that man a cigar!
"It makes you feel like you have no rights," Perry said.
Two male juveniles who were arrested at Pinole Valley High School on Friday were allegedly found in possession of a concealed machine gun, Pinole police Detective Timothy Cauwels said Monday.If it was a machine gun, why isn't that charge listed?
The two boys, both summer school students at the school, were arrested for possession of an illegal assault weapon, bringing a firearm onto school grounds, being a minor in possession of live ammunition, being a minor with a concealed weapon, transportation of marijuana, being a minor in possession of a firearm with prior convictions and a probation violation, Cauwels said.
The male students, whose ages were not released, both were arrested on suspicion of possession of an illegal assault weapon, possession of a machine gun, bringing a firearm onto school grounds, being a minor in possession of live ammunition, being a minor with a concealed weapon, being a minor in possession of a firearm with prior conviction, a probation violation and marijuana transportation...So then what's this about?
AK-47s are restricted in California, where new purchases of many semiautomatic rifles have been banned.Is it as machine gun or a semiauto? Is the Sugarmann obfuscation at work here? Or did the boys maybe also have some duct tape and chains on them?
Despite the charges, no gun or ammunition was found on the students or recovered at the school...Since when is "suspicion of possession" prosecutable? I don't want to trivialize things--it could be a budding Harris/Klebold redux has just been thwarted and we should all breathe a sigh of grateful relief. Then again, if that's the standard for arrest, we're all in trouble...
An Altamonte Springs police officer - recently kicked out of a countywide drug task force -- and his wife have been arrested on federal drug and weapons charges. Authorities said he also was planning to kill a former drug unit supervisor.Here's a test: Put Adams in uniform, with a holstered sidearm, in a public setting, and watch people go by without a second glance. Now you try it, and time how long it takes before you're face down with a dozen guns ready to go off if you so much as twitch.
July 21, 2008In other words, "precious resources" do not include your life or the lives of your loved ones.
Mr. Gerhard G. Paul
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Dear Mr. Paul :
Thank you for writing me to express your support for new firearm regulations in our national parks. As your Representative, I appreciate hearing from you on this issue.
As you know, current firearm regulations permit visitors to have unloaded and safely stored firearms in our national parks. The Department of the Interior recently proposed a change to the firearms regulations to allow visitors to carry loaded, concealed firearms in national parks that lie within states whose laws allow visitors to carry concealed, loaded firearms in their State parks.
This new regulation would allow people to move freely between State and national parks with their loaded and concealed firearms. I believe this is problematic for several reasons. To implement this new regulation, the Department of the Interior must pay special attention to national parks whose boundaries lie within multiple states, such as Yellowstone and Death Valley , as this may cause confusion with which state's laws are to be enforced. Also, the Department would have to establish a reliable system to preclude all concealed weapons from visitor's centers and administrative buildings, since concealed weapons are banned from federal buildings.
Like you, I believe our national parks are recognized for their extraordinary beauty and allow Americans and visitors from around the world a glimpse of our county's heritage. I believe the park service's mission should remain focused on preserving these precious resources.
Thank you again for contacting me. Please keep in touch.
Sincerely,
LOIS CAPPS
Member of Congress
A gun that fires variable speed bullets and which can be set to kill, wound or just inflict a bruise is being built by a US toy manufacturer. The weapon is based on technology used to propel toy rockets.You know it'll just be a matter of time before we read about some "Only One" accidentally setting his on "kill" in a "stun" situation.
The people at my office just don't get it. They snicker and sneer about how "paranoid" I am because I think people should be able to carry a gun. They laugh and joke about the idea that they might need to protect themselves someday from an oppressive government...DJK shares an experience we've all probably been through--dealing with our convictions at our places of employment.
As the Continental Army have unfortunately no Uniforms, and consequently many inconveniencies must arise, from not being able always to distinguish the Commissioned Officers, from the non Commissioned, and the Non Commissioned from the private; it is desired that some Badges of Distinction may be immediately provided, for Instance, the Field Officers may have red or pinkcolour’d Cockades in their Hatts: the Captains yellow or buff; and the Subalterns green. They are to furnish themselves accordingly—The Serjeants may be distinguished by an Epaulette, or stripe of red Cloth, sewed upon the right shoulder; the Corporals by one of green.
When guns-on-campus legislation was pushed to a vote in South Dakota, the state Senate rejected the bill with the help of "no" votes from six A-rated NRA senators. Same story in Indiana. The legislation lost by a vote in the Senate because 10 senators endorsed by the NRA went the other way and rejected the idea.First of all, is this true?
Three Chinese reporters attending a police briefing on the success of an anti-gun campaign were accidentally shot, media reports say."Only Ones" are the same the world over, aren't they? Then throw some "Authorized Journalists" into the mix, and who knows what wacky mayhem will ensue?
An officer picked up one of the weapons on show - a confiscated home-made gun - but it went off in his hand.
We apply for and receive concealed weapons permits, not because we plan to carry a gun around, but because we want be able to legally transport guns in our vehicles without leaving them in plain sight, as the law requires...We don’t own fully automatic weapons...We don’t stockpile ammunition...It is a mistake to confuse gun owners like those I’m describing with extremist groups like Minutemen and Survivalists.We've met this chukarhead before. Now he wants to be an NRA director.
Evil is.It does, you know. Will you know what to do when it casts its eye on you? Will you even know you've been chosen?
Profane, abusive, insulting, taunting, or provoking language directed to a peace officer which may reasonably promote a violent response or reaction shall be deemed a violation of this section, whether accompanying the aforesaid actions or not.I wonder what the law says about words provoking a reasonable violent response from non-"Only Ones"?
"Dick Chase brings his fresh vision to fight violent crime and make communities of the Rocky Mountain West safer from gangs and firearms- and explosives-related violent crime," said Director Sullivan. "The strategic plan of ATF focuses our human and technical resources on keeping the 'tools of the trade' out of the hands of violent criminals. ATF is the federal government's main agency to prevent violent crime."What's he going to do? Shut the gangs down for filling out forms wrong?
There is a solution to this tyranny. Congress can pass H.R. 1399, the "District of Columbia Personal Protection Act."Paul Weyrich has a recommendation for taking the persistent threat that is DC government out of the loop.