A Wanted Man and 'A True Success Story'

What's the solution? That's huge. All I can address here is a small piece of it.

It does not involve disarming you and me. [More]

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A Free-Market Solution

Private Assassins Target Gangs In Guatemala...

In Guatemala, people have had enough of corrupt police and brutal extortions by gangs. They've turned to vigilantism. Lynch mobs and death squads are now commonplace. [More]

The shape of things to come...? Is there a lesson here about what naturally occurs when otherwise peaceable people are not allowed to live their lives, have no means of peaceable redress, and some undefined line in the sand is finally crossed?

[Via Greg L]

Blood from a Turnip

More taxes are coming our way. You may not recognize them because, transparency and honesty be damned, many of them will come disguised as fees, assessments, and whatever euphemisms can be pulled from a government thesaurus to obscure the truth. [More]

Yeah, kick us while we're down and demand even more to enable your ceaseless tyranny and boundless incompetence.

Y'know, this could actually be a good thing in a "Squeeze, Baby, Squeeze" kind'a way...

[Via Avg Joe]

About That Virginia Tech Gun Ban

Roy offered to arrange for armed security for Giovanni before a meeting she had with Cho, according to an e-mail. [More]

So--when it serves their purposes, they're not completely anti-gun.

And naturally, Larry Hincker didn't want us to find about about this.

[Via Jeffersonian]

Truly Amazing

Carolina Camera: The Sling Shot Man [More]

See, the good thing is, he didn't have one of those deadly "assault slingshots"...

And yes, the control freaks actually are that anal retentive.

[Via Mike H]

A Yuletide Lesson

A man dressed as Santa who had been having marital problems opened fire at a Christmas party, leaving more than three people dead in a home that then caught fire... [More]

Basically, the lesson is this: If someone attacks you, the police can't save you.

They'll even hold other government-employed rescuers back out of predominant concern for their safety. And note I'm not presuming to second-guess a situation I have no first-hand knowledge of and say they made a wrong call on that--I'm simply stating a reported conclusion.

If you're not prepared to protect yourself and those you love, don't expect anyone else to be.

[Via Mama Liberty]

We're the Only Ones Diagnosed Enough

In a survey of a random sample of U.S. emergency physicians, virtually all said they believed that law enforcement officers use excessive force to arrest and detain suspects. [More]

Put another way, just under 10 out of 10 doctors equate "Only Ones" with violent criminals...?

I guess it doesn't occur to some cops that we'd like to go home at the end of their shift, too?

[Via Avg Joe]

We're the Only Ones "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" Enough

D.C. police said they have uncovered possible misdeeds by four officers in connection with a program that collects toys for needy children, and Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier said any officer "found to have taken toys" will be prosecuted. [More]

But Cathy still thinks police are the "Only Ones" who can be trusted to keep and bear arms...

I'd say "Unbelievable" about this story, but in truth, very little surprises me any more.

[Via DaKid]

This Day in History: December 26

Lord Dunmore's letters to General Howe, which very fortunately fell into my hands, and were enclosed by me to Congress, will let you pretty fully into his diabolical schemes. If, my dear Sir, that man is not crushed before spring, he will become the most formidable enemy America has; his strength will increase as a snow ball by rolling; and faster, if some expedient cannot be hit upon to convince the slaves and servants of the impotency of his designs. You will see by his letters, what pains he is taking to invite a reinforcement at all events there, and to transplant the war to the southern colonies. I do not think, that forcing his Lordship on shipboard is sufficient; nothing less than depriving him of life or liberty will secure peace to Virginia, as motives of resentment actuate his conduct, to a degree equal to the total destruction of the colony. [More]