When Flashlights are Outlawed...

A 38-year-old Rushville man is being held on $1 million bond after being accused of using a flashlight to beat a Mount Sterling man to death.

It was probably one of those semi fully-automatic ones.

KABA Mac Problems?

I got the following request posted as a comment to another article:

I no longer have the ability to post on Keep and bear Arms board any longer having switch to Mac. I don't believe they know they have locked out a number of people because of this. If you some how could pass this on, thanks in advance. Yes I know I'm off topic to this story. (had to move to Mac because Vista sucks)
What I get when trying to post:

Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a000d'

Type mismatch: 'oRSWordList'

/includes/subs_01.asp, line 241

Anyone else having Mac problems?

I'm not affiliated with KABA, but they are an important enough news source that they ought to be aware if this is an issue. I would suggest using their "Contact Us" link under the "About Us" tab, but will email one of the administrators with this.

A favor, please: I keep WarOnGuns posts on topic. If you have something that is not, or a request of me, please email me directly with it.

And indeed, Vista sucks.

Worth A Thousand Words

We're the Only Ones Instilling Fear Enough

Massachusetts Police Get Black Uniforms to Instill Sense of 'Fear'

Really?

This is what we expect from our "peace officers"? Or is this what a police state does to cow subjects into submission?

They're counting on that, you know, and that's why it's important to highlight their fallibility via vehicles like "The Only Ones" series. That's why it's important to send an occasional message of defiance.

Mr. Jefferson said it best:

When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.

Here's the swearing in ceremony for Blackshirt Gauleiter Fitchet. Notice he pledges to uphold "the laws of the Commonwealth...the charter and ordinance of the City of Springfield...[and] the rules and orders of the police department..."

Hmm. Something seems missing from that oath of office. Whatever could it be?

[Via KABA Newslinks]

Much Ado About Hate Mongering

Conflicts over gun policy and over the meaning of the Second Amendment betray a deeper clash over intensely held competing cultural values, in which the cultural mythology of the frontiersman, often white and male, is pitted against the racial and class subaltern, African Americans in particular.

All those victims of "gun violence"--and nary a victim of evil individuals who happen to share an inconvenient commonality to be found. This is one of the more intellectually dishonest screeds it has been my misfortune to read--but it was important to do so if for no other reason than to "know thy enemy."

We are dealing with an agenda-driven individual here, incubated at Berkeley and a true believer in Marxist tenets repackaged as "social justice."

It's not people like me who are trying to disarm other races. This is gravely offensive to those of us who have--for years--advocated unalienable rights for all.

[Via Of Arms and the Law]

We're the Only Ones Breaking You from Swearing Enough

A man arrested after he used the word "bitch" when a woman took his parking space can go forward with a lawsuit against three Las Cruces police officers, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday...

Gallegos — contrary to his training, the documents states — "decided to use his own arrest technique in which he grabs and handcuffs the suspect before explaining that he is under arrest."

York reflexively drew back his arm, which Gallegos interpreted as resisting arrest. Gallegos executed an arm-bar takedown and York struck his head and shoulder on the pavement.

Martinez then placed a Taser on York's neck and threatened to shock him if he did not untuck his arms from underneath his body, the documents state.

"I can't. I think you broke my arm," York reportedly responded.

Things may come and things may go, but "Only One" tactics remain the same. Anybody remember "Invisible Agent*"?

Old man--sign ze papers.

I can't--you have broken my fingers!

*-Incidentally, here's the cool trailer for it.

[Via DONE! SEO]

We're the Only Ones Sloppy Enough

The Wayne County Prosecutor's Office plans to review a year's worth of Detroit criminal cases involving firearms amid concerns raised about the accuracy of police ballistics testing.

...federal authorities would be called in if any evidence of criminality is turned up. At the moment, however, the problem appears to have resulted from sloppy work performed by a former employee

See, that's the problem when the city's "Only One" elites are demonstrable perjurers: how can you not suspect corruption, or believe a word they say?

I feel like anything coming from that city can be summed up by paraphrasing the last line from "Chinatown":

Forget it, Jake. It's Detroit.

[Via Plug Nickel Times]

An Innocent Man

Former U.S. Rep. Craig Washington proclaimed his innocence Friday to a charge alleging he fired a gun at an 18-year-old's car as the teen was driving on a downtown Houston street.

Washington, 66, was indicted Thursday on a charge of aggravated assault with a gun, a second-degree felony. Taylor Brooks, 18, told police that three bullets struck his car as he was driving away from a confrontation with Washington on Jan. 1. Another 18-year-old also was in the car, police said.

Be sure and read the comments by former legislator Larry Warner, and my response.

Seems during his congressional career, Rep. Washington was--surprise!--a gungrabber.

UPDATE: As the report in the title link is from AP, I have no way to contact the reporter. The Chronicle did do a local take on the story, however, and I sent the following email to their reporter:

I note the shooting allegedly took place outside his law office.

I'm wondering why no mention was made in the reporting about whether or not Mr. Washington has a CHL permit. That seems a valid and newsworthy question, especially since Washington advocated gun laws during his political career, and even said there were too many handguns in citizens' hands.

One would think a gun law advocate would obey gun laws. Will you follow up on this in your reporting and at least get the question out there?

This Day in History: April 28

We, the delegates of the people of the state of Maryland, having fully considered the Constitution of the United States of America...do, for ourselves, and in the name and on the behalf of the people of this state, assent to and ratify the said Constitution.

So...uh...when are they going to start acting like it?