Downtime

For WarOnGuns, that is.

I'm taking a long weekend off, starting now. I should be posting again some time Monday.

I'd appreciate it if those of you who email me could hold off until then--otherwise the buildup will be a real bear to deal with.

Oh, and I'm turning off comments until I start back up--spammers and trolls, you know...

We're the Only Ones Misusing Enough

A Zanesville city corrections officer faces a misdemeanor charge of improperly handling a weapon in a motor vehicle...

Investigating deputies said they found a loaded .45-caliber pistol behind the driver's seat underneath a piece of paper. One spent cartridge was located on the front floor of the driver's side seat....

Let's see, drinking, crashing, fleeing the scene, trying to think up an elaborate lie about the car being stolen---and no, I have no idea how that shell got there or how the acci9dent happened. And oh, yeah--a deer made me swerve.

Sounds like a great proto-"Only One" you've raised there, Chief. Can't wait for him to start filling out police reports and testifying against defendants...

Gun-Hating Martha Rosenberg Down to Only Trick

It must be that time of month again--Martha is bleeding all over the Internet.

But that boring, foot-stomping indignant shrew isn't what I want to talk about. Check out the comments. Gotta say it cracks me up to see Rady Ananda pass herself off as someone who "favor[s] the Second Amendment" in a transparent attempt to plug AHSA.

Go ahead Rady, tell us all about your gun advocacy.

No Surprise

Police Capt. Mark W. Louney said residents from several places in the city called to get unwanted firearms out of their houses.

“They just didn’t want them around anymore,” he said. “I was kind of surprised we recovered so many.”

I wish I could say I was surprised. Sadly, from many I expect it.

And then they're going to destroy them.

No surprise there, either.

[Via Brian F]

We're the Only Ones "Wedding Crashers" Enough

Police have begun an internal investigation of a weekend confrontation between police and members of a wedding party that led to the arrest of Astros pitcher Brandon Backe.

Witnesses said Monday that police needlessly beat, Tasered and pepper-sprayed wedding guests who were trying to comply with police commands during an incident in which officers arrested 10 people, including Backe, at an outdoor bar at the San Luis Hotel on Seawall Boulevard.

I always cry at weddings. Especially with my eyes full of Oleoresin Capsicum.

Here's the light bulb-going-on moment:

"You will feel the most helpless, humiliated, betrayed, that you will ever feel."

Bingo. And doesn't that sound like a great slogan for another "Only Ones" commemorative t-shirt?

[Via Jeffersonian]

NRA to Make Major Election Announcement

The National Rifle Association’s (NRA) Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre and NRA Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF) Chairman Chris W. Cox will be traveling to Pittsburgh, Pa., Springfield, Mo., Colorado Springs, Colo. and Reno, Nev. Thursday, October 9 for a series of press conferences where they will make a very important announcement regarding the 2008 Presidential elections.

Taking bets here...


UPDATE:
A-yup.

2008 Candidate Ratings Guide

From Gun Owners of America...

[Via Jeffersonian]

The Turkey Running Harvard Business School

No, not the Dean. A real turkey.

Don't you just love the way the law--its only legitimate purpose being to secure the blessings of liberty--puts our modern day heirs of liberty at a disadvantage against...the main course? The Zargonians must have landed in Cambridge, and there's gotta be some pod people action going on there...

I also like "Mike," who "do[es] security." He seems an affable enough fellow, but I question his powers of observation, not even knowing that the subject of his protective focus is a "she," not a "he." I also question how effective he would be if a true ravening predator stalked in and began culling witless, tender gobblers...

What is it about Massachusetts and turkeys, anyway...?

[Via Illspirit]

Defiance

'Defiance’ is based on a true story, three Jewish brothers (Daniel Craig, Jamie Bell and Liev Schreiber) escape Nazi-occupied Poland and head into the forest to join Russian resistance fighters and try to save the lives of other Jews.

Watch the trailer. Then ask yourself how the idiot can be anti-gun in real life.

Most actors truly are stage props.

[Via Crotalus]

We're the Only Ones Not Doing Our Jobs Enough

As the nationwide mortgage crisis puts the squeeze on homeowners, the Cook County sheriff's office is on pace to evict more people than ever from foreclosed homes.

At least it was until Wednesday, when Sheriff Tom Dart announced he wouldn't do it anymore.

...By refusing to do any foreclosure-related evictions, the hope is that banks will change their policies.

That's the purview of Cook County "Only Ones"? Their opinion on "social justice" decides what's enforceable?

If so, can we count on Sheriff Dart to immediately disband the Eviction, Levy & Warrant Unit, and return their funding to the county? And if he expects private entities to handle their own evictions, will he also turn a blind eye to property owners/agents arming to protect themselves against hostile and emotional evictees? Or if not, also admit that his people don't need that precaution either?

Note this is not commentary on the housing/lending mess, its causes or its solutions. That's a whole 'nother area you'd do well to keep informed on, but it's not my focus here.

[Via Lane]

This Day in History: October 9

The 2nd New Jersey Regiment was raised, on October 9, 1775, at Trenton, New Jersey for service with the Continental Army under the command of Colonel William Maxwell. The regiment would see action at the Battle of Trois-Rivières,Battle of Valcour Island, Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown, Battle of Crooked Billet, Battle of Monmouth, Sullivan Expedition, Battle of Springfield and the Battle of Yorktown.