We're the Only Ones Fare-Minded Enough

A man who tried to get away from Transit Sheriff's Deputies on a Metrolink Train yesterday was shot at, but not hit. Police were checking fares in Norwalk when one man split after the train doors opened.

Unbelievable. Over an unpaid fare. Can you see a private cab driver getting away with the same response? Oh well, Norwalk is in LA County--it's not exactly like anyone not connected has a chance in hell of getting a carry permit anyway.

So what did the bullet strike, and how far did it go before it did?

Man, I can't wait 'til those full-auto New York "Only Ones" from "Operation Torch" with the 34% hit rate are up and running in the public transit depots...

[Via Cigar Rollers]

We're the Only Ones Pushing Things Enough

A former Clarksville police officer has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for dealing drugs...

Mikel was a candidate for town judge at the time he was arrested.

Honest to God, I do not go out looking for these.

I don't need to. "The Only Ones" do all the work.

[Via Shermlock Shomes]

It's Not About Guns

Lawyers for Mayor Bloomberg are asking a judge to ban any reference to the Second Amendment during the upcoming trial of a gun shop owner who was sued by the city.

Of course they are.

And the miserable black-robed subversive will probably agree with them. Just like the miserable black-robed subversive did in the Fincher case.

When you can ban any part of the Bill of Rights, books* and freedom of expression can't be far behind.

When it's clear that our oppressors are neo-Stalinists, the conviction to remain armed in spite of any human dignity-hating edict they pass becomes obvious.

[Via Jeffersonian and * John R ]

A Sneaking Suspicion

"I have a feeling that the Department of Public Safety is using the process as a filter to keep people from even having a gun," said Freeman, 60, who moved to Texas from Arizona last year.

Could be. Or it could just be another typical government Orwellism--with the Department of Public Safety rendering the public less safe.

[Via Jeffersonian and SameNoKami]

We're the Only Ones Routinely Lying Under Oath Enough

A former Atlanta police officer testified Thursday that narcotics officers routinely lied under oath when seeking search warrants, a practice that led to police killing a 92-year-old woman.

So how come more Atlanta "Only Ones" aren't "routinely" serving hard time?

And they say there are no stupid questions...

[Via Plug Nickel Times]

We're the Only Ones Statistical Enough

[W]hen they do fire, even at an armed suspect, there is often no one returning fire at the officers. Officers hit their targets roughly 34 percent of the time.

When they fire at dogs, roughly 55 percent of shots hit home...

Officers’ guns go off unintentionally or by accident for a variety of reasons: wrestling with suspects, cleaning the weapons, leaning on holsters — even once, in 1996, when a gun was put in an oven for safekeeping.

I wonder what'll happen with the averages now that "Operation Torch" will be joining the "Hercules Teams" on full auto?

This does give me an idea, though: "Only Ones" cards--like baseball cards--there's a piece of unpalatable gum in the pack along with collecting/trading cards--a picture of "Only One"/affiliation on the front, a short bio and stats on the back...

Collect 'em all!

[Via Brian F]

Glenn Beck's Gun Week

EMail from The Glenn Beck Program:

Gun Week
Fans of the Second Amendment take notice---Glenn will be doing Gun Week all next week on both the television and radio programs. Great guests will come on the air to talk about the thing that makes Rosie O'Donnell cry herself to sleep---the right to own a gun.

While I wouldn't use the word "fans," this still is encouraging. It's nice to see the media coming around and recognizing there is an audience they've been not only ignoring, but driving away.

Beck will be one of the headliners at NRA's 2008 Annual Meeting in Louisville.

[Via Tony G and Dave Licht]

Dave Grossman on School Shootings

Because of the forum, the emphasis is from a cop-training perspective, but he also makes his endorsement of armed citizens clear.

Interesting website, too.

[Via Robert P]

We're the Only Ones Tasering Octogenarians Enough

Or is it "Taseing"?

No matter, he was in no mortal danger from "The Only Ones, Eh?"

CSI Akron says so.

[Via Cigar Rollers]

This Day in History: May 10

In the early morning hours of May 10, 1775, the patriot forces...reached the east side of Lake Champlain near Fort Ticonderoga.

If you've never visited there and get the opportunity, go.