A Lucky Lady

I admire her determination and grit, but the fact remains she's lucky to have escaped at all, let alone with her belongings. After all, she found herself alone and in the clutches of a predator--one who does not hesitate to terrorize and assault women for petty property. [More]

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Blago Proves Wounded Animals Still Dangerous

In a surprise move by the embattled yet comically maniacal Illinois Governor, Blagojevich has tapped former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris to replace Barack Obama in the Senate. [More]

Dare we ask about guns?

"If I ban them, I'm going to be the first one to burn mine."

"If I ban them."

That's some serious megalomania going on there. Who better to replace The Lightworker?

He just "didn't get around to" turning his gun in after he made political hay urging others to surrender theirs?

I wonder if he's gotten around to re-registering it every year, like another powerful member of the Illinois political machine...?

It's a little, small thing. I just have it there for safety...

Indeed.

Getting Results the "Only Ones"/"Authorized Journalists" Way

Coordinated efforts by the Police Department and Bristol County District Attorney’s Office have resulted in a significant reduction in gun crimes and increase in seizure of illegal firearms in the city. [More]

OK, that seems a straightforward enough claim. How do they figure?

In 2008, that category of calls ["shots fired"] remained nearly the same.

Well that's not a "reduction" then, is it?

There was a more than 50 percent decrease in the number of illegal guns seized by police, from 51 in 2006 to 24 in 2007, and a significant dropoff in 2008, with only 18 by mid-December.

Excuse me? That's a decrease then, not an "increase." Less is the new more? I suppose you could argue that's because they're gathering them all up and there are no more to be found, but might we also wonder if there's another reason...?

I'm not saying violent crime using firearms hasn't decreased. We've seen a nationwide reduction in recent years. It would take someone like John Lott to explain why.

What I'm saying is, I don't see anything in this article to support the thesis we're presented with and expected to accept at face value--that such crime has actually been reduced in Fall River/Bristol County due to the policies being credited.

We're the Only Ones Going Off on Our Wives Enough

Cop's Gun Goes Off...

...it discharged. [More]

"Only One" guns must have some special properties. I can't find any reference in this--or in most similar stories-- saying he shot her. Or any use of the word "negligence."

U.S. “Incremental” Small Arms Fielding: Failures and Solutions

This isn't normally stuff I highlight on WarOnGuns with my focus on rights, but this is interesting. Scroll down to Session VI: Time for a Change, and click on the "Jim Schatz" link. [More]

Due to priorities, I have not had time--and probably won't have--to examine the rest of this site, but I'm sure some will find it very useful.

[Via Avg Joe]

Meanwhile, Across the Pond in Sarah Brady Paradise

The data, released under the Freedom of Information Act, shows police forces in England and Wales recorded 277 knife murders in the 12 months to April 2008.

If confirmed, the figures, which were obtained by the Conservative party, will be the highest since records began 30 years ago and represent a rise of 38% since 1999. [More]

Thank goodness none of the victims were shot!

[Via Jeffersonian]

We're the Only Ones Like a Good Neighbor Enough

Just as they were about to get the cat, Smith said, "This guy comes barreling out of his house, flashed his gun and his badge, and started screaming and freaking out."

...The Phoenix Police Department said their officer has a right to defend his property. [More]

Right.

I'm sure if Smith brandished to an "Only One" over something like this they'd have the same reaction.

[Via Avg Joe]

A Premature Burial

Bury a gun and ammo for 15 years (and be assured everything still works when you dig it up) [More]

I can see doing this with a couple cheap ones in different locations. I've never recommended dying on one's doorstep, or allowing an enemy to choose the time, place and circumstances of battle, and there's something to be said for acting timid and compliant and being the last person anyone would suspect of leading a personal resistance effort.

Of course, if the time comes to dig them up, their purpose will be to procure more...

[Via 1894C]

73

8,000,000 plus checks
117,000 denials (125,000 denials, offset by 8,000 reversals on appeal)
77,000 of these were referred to Field Offices for investigation (80% not involving felony records)
273 persons charged, and a whopping
73 convictions. [More]

I asked a question the other day in my Gun Rights Examiner column:

Would it not be a more meaningful "success story" for the Brady's to tell us--of those 1.6 million--how many were successfully prosecuted and convicted?

Incidentally, I was almost arrested for asking this question of Sarah Brady and Rep. Jane Harman some years back. The sensitivity to what happened there is what led me to establish the "Authorized Journalist" files.

[Via W-3]

Stopping Holder

Western Rifle Shooters Association discusses this important political action. [More]

I've asked WoG readers to get involved.

I wonder if I'm just wasting my time--if all of us urging action are?

We're the Only Ones Youth-Oriented Enough

A decorated hero for stopping the killing spree at Trolley Square, Ogden Police Officer Ken Hammond now finds himself facing a criminal charge.

Weber County prosecutors charged Hammond late Monday afternoon with a single count of third-degree felony unlawful sexual conduct with a 16- or 17-year-old, accusing him of engaging in a sexual act with someone at least 10 years younger than he is. [More]

And again, whenever I have an "Only Ones" story like this, I'm compelled to ask the Eternal Question...

A Robbery in Redondo Beach

Police today are looking for an armed robber and an accomplice who held up a man at gunpoint Sunday night on a Redondo Beach street. [More]

And, of course, he had no choice but to comply and pray they didn't want to eliminate the witness.

I'm very familiar with that area. I lived in Redondo for years and have walked there myself. It's one of those places where people think stuff like this never happens, so they probably caught him unawares, too frozen in astonishment to flee.

Which is the only option non-"Only Ones" or unconnected "law-abiding citizens" have in Redondo Beach.

This Day in History: December 30

As I hold it incompatible with the honour of my commission to suffer men, in arms against their Sovereign and the laws, to appear before His Majesty's ships, I desire you will cause your sentinels, in the town of Norfolk, to avoid being seen, that women and children may not feel the effects of their audacity; and it would not be imprudent if both were to leave the town. [More]

Translation: Open carry, except by "Only Ones," upsets people...?