In Soviet Russia, Government Rules YOU*

Just like in Soviet America.

I wonder if these Russians are still glad they came here?

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We're the Only Ones Spoiling the Barrel Enough

A narcotics investigator with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department was arrested and charged with two felonies Friday, accused of selling a handgun to a convicted burglar.

Eight-year veteran Jason S. Barber, 32, was the fourth Indianapolis police officer and the third narcotics officer in the department to be arrested on felony charges in the past two weeks. There are 16 officers in the narcotics unit.

But there are "just a few bad apples," right? That's what we keep hearing. Everybody else is a stand-up guy.

If every one of the 16 narco-"Only Ones" didn't know about the corruption, they're too damned oblivious to be detectives. I just wonder how many of them haven't been caught yet.

Top heads should roll. Except they're the ones who set the tone.

"Highest integrity" my ... eye.

[Via Shermlock Shomes]

Lock Up Your Safety in the Parking Lot Law Upheld

A federal judge declined on Wednesday to stop Florida's new guns-at-work law from taking effect on Tuesday.

Not that such a law would have helped these victims.

Once the shooting starts, it's kind'a late to go to your car (and yeah, I know about Pearl--I'm talking about for the immediate targets).

The answer, of course, is to not just keep, but to bear.

[Via Jeffersonian]

A Suspension of Sorts

Wilmette has suspended enforcement of its 19-year-old ordinance banning handgun possession in the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court decision that appears to invalidate such bans.

I don't know who would have observed such a lunatic edict anyway, but I learned long ago what a fringe minority people like me belong to.

But this gives me another opportunity to reiterate a point I hinted at in the last "Update" to my "Heller Affirmed" post.

Say a lawsuit is brought in hostile territory, say Ninth Circuit country, like San Francisco. We're constantly reminded they are the most overturned circuit on the country, so we know they have a penchant for getting things wrong, and you know it's on purpose-- since it gives them a chance to extend their agenda, and many times keep it going-- knowing full well that SCOTUS doesn't take every case brought before it.

So I'm just sayin' it's not a gimme that a lawsuit will succeed. There's a possibility it will not, and the high court will refuse to hear it and resolve it--leaving "settled" law and precedent in that district, and a model to be emulated in others.

I bring this up not to say don't press forward, but rather to make sure we do it with eyes wide open. If a leader wants me to follow him into a fight, I want to make sure the risks have been assessed.

And as always, since I'm not a lawyer, I'll appreciate anyone who does have expertise educating me on this.

[Via HZ]

Repeal the Chicago Tribune

Repeal the 2nd Amendment

Well, if you can repeal one, why not the other?

Still, in the Trib's case, we may not need to do anything but watch them shrivel into further irrelevancy. And as more "Authorized Journalists" are "downsized" out, they may find themselves unable to obtain placement. The great big happy global public/private partnership they're so eager for the rest of us to transition to is finding out that ink-stained wretches, too, can be outsourced.

You've done our work. We have no further need for you.

[Via HZ]

UPDATE: Mike Vanderboegh weighs in with a letter to the idi...uh...editor:

re: Your call to repeal the Second Amendment

Provoking a bloody civil war by repealing the Second Amendment is an odd way to secure "public safety." Do you think American gun owners would simply stay quiet and do nothing if our God-given, inalienable rights (which are merely enumerated in the Bill of Rights and not created by it) were "legally" stripped from us? Don't extrapolate from your own cowardice. Just because you would do anything the government told you to do doesn't mean we would. And remember, we're the ones with the firearms.

Democracy, unrestrained by a constitutional republican framework, is three wolves and a sheep sitting down to vote on what, or who, to have for dinner. But by all means, go ahead and repeal the Second Amendment. The "sheep" will pull out a .45 and plug all three of your wolves before they can start drooling.

We're the Only Ones Calling BS Enough

Geez, did Daley turn on the bullshit today or what?

Second City Cop fights for the right of people to be armed and to defend themselves, and recognizes Bodyguarded Boss Daley for what he is. The "Only Ones" Files would be significantly smaller if more were like him.

[Via DJK]

This Day in History: June 28

The English fleet attacked the rude fort on the 28th of June; but the elastic palmetto logs proved an admirable defense, and a terrific bombardment of ten hours did little damage. On the other hand, the American fire was well aimed, and nearly every shot took effect.