I'd like to revisit three stories we've discussed recently and share some new information and observations. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column finds commonality in three seemingly unrelated stories: They all stink.
General Knox who has deservedly acquired the character of One of the most valuable Officers in the service, and who combating almost innumerable difficulties in the department he fills, has placed the Artillery upon a footing, that does him the greatest Honor. He, I am persuaded, would consider himself injured by an Appointment superseding his command, & would not think himself at liberty to continue in the service. Should such an Event take place, in the present state of things, there would be too much reason to apprehend a train of ills, and such as might convulse & unhinge this Important Department. [More]
Hip-hop star Akon spoke to students in upstate New York about gun violence as part of a plea agreement for tossing a fan off stage at a concert nearby. [More]Oh, teach us self-control, wise Akon! Maybe you can join T.I. for a rap duel about which one of you is the biggest authority suck-up once it's your phony badass on the line!
Round-the-clock police coverage would cost $500,000 per street...Of course, there's always a cheaper alternative--but somehow, the sight of armed men without uniforms fills the hearts of "Only Ones" and cud-chewers alike with terror...
Protecting one street for 24 hours would require five officers at an annual cost of about $100,000 per officer, he said. [More]
There actually was a U.S. Senate bill with that number that would have taxed handguns—nine years ago. It was introduced by anti-gun Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.), and it would have included handguns under the National Firearms Act’s tax and registration scheme. This has nothing to do with anyone’s Form 1040, of course. [More]Well, I'm glad we finally got that cleared up...
The Boston Police Department is preparing a plan to arm as many as 200 patrol officers with semiautomatic assault rifles, a significant boost in firepower that department leaders believe is necessary to counter terrorist threats, according to law enforcement officials briefed on the plan. [More]"Terrorist threats"?
They say a cop armed with a machine gun walked into their apartment unannounced, not realizing it was the wrong place. And now they would like an apology. [More]Hey, being an "Only One" is never having to say you're sorry.
Rather conveniently, the Obama administration has asked that the cases against Mr. Jackson, two other defendants and the party be dropped. [More]Whew!
A statewide SWAT team exercise at a firing range on the secured grounds of a nuclear power plant in Southern Maryland was halted this month after stray bullets shattered glass and struck a command center near the plant's reactors, officials said yesterday. [More]Anybody think they'd be so understanding if non-"Only Ones" had been responsible? Surely this would be looked at as "a 'training accident' and ... a combination of 'target placement [and] shooter error'"...?
It appears the only options for self defense are "throwing rocks and yelling 'Hoohh Hoohh'" and "carrying a 6-foot-long stick...for protection." [More]What do Komodo dragons and Captain Kirk have to do with the right to keep and bear arms?
You may ravage--you can not conquer; it is impossible; you can not conquer the Americans. [More]
Steele: GOP Needs To Stop “Slammin’ And Rammin’” On Sotomayor...You know, this "Hispanic woman":
“I’m excited that a Hispanic woman is in this position,” Steele said. [More]
She is one of only three federal appellate judges in America to issue a court opinion saying that the Second Amendment does not apply to states.Not to be outdone:
McCain to back Meg Whitman for California governorYou know, this woman:
Whitman said she...believes tough gun laws like assault weapon bans and handgun control are appropriate for California.Tell me which "American values" were being celebrated again? And what kind of "leadership"?
Boy finds officer's gun in bathroom [More]Again?
State Weapons of Mass Destruction Team takes down fictitious terrorist group during state’s three-day emergency response exerciseYep, Illinois residents should feel safe knowing their award-winning "Only Ones" are equipped to protect them from whatever imaginary threat arises.
Overnight drill demonstrates award-winning team’s ability to respond to terrorist threat [More]
Illinois’ State Weapons of Mass Destruction Teams can respond to a terrorist incident anywhere in the state within 60 to 90 minutes of notification.Which explains why we'd want to keep Illinois residents helpless for that amount of time should a real incident ever unfold.
Mayor Ron Littlefield says despite what the state decides, permitted guns should not be allowed in City Parks. By City Code, guns are already banned from City Parks and that includes people with a gun carry permit...Maybe this is why it's appropriate to post so many "Only Ones" stories today.
"We just don't think it is a good idea. Parks are for playing and for fun. If anyone needs to be armed out there, it only needs to be those that are enforcing the law." Mayor Littlefield said. [More]
A late night accident on the Elkhart County-St. Joseph County line ended with a police car in pieces, and an Elkhart City police officer behind bars. Police arrested Cpl. Benjamin Kruszynski, 38, on a misdemeanor charge of Operating While Intoxicated. ..I know, I know. It was a "mistake."
Police also say Kruszynski wasn't alone in the squad car. A 43-year-old man and three 18-year-old females were also inside. [More]
Accomack County Sheriff Larry Giddens says Deputy Jason Campbell was simply caught on tape making a mistake. He tells WAVY.com the young officer wasn't responding to a call and shouldn't have been speeding. The sheriff says Campbell has been disciplined. He wouldn't tell us Deputy Campbell's punishment. [More]I'm sorry, but where I come from, a mistake is forgetting to carry the two. I just don't believe in honoring willfully bad behavior by dismissing it as an error.
A sheriff's deputy brought a pornographic movie into the jail and showed it to several juvenile prisoners, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office. [More]Yeah, I guess it was "stupid on [your] part," you freakin' perverted loser, but that's just the half of it. Where do the "Only Ones" find these moral defects?
When implants are inserted or removed, the numbers are recorded by medical staff and associated with the patient... [More]Just keeping abreast of the situation...
The officer who was killed...was wearing plain clothes, was shot in the arm and chest after a team of three other plainclothes officers in a car came upon him chasing a man ...with his gun drawn... [More]See, that's the argument against letting you and me carry--the "Only Ones" won't know who's not in their Bloomberg's Finest clique. That they can't even tell who is seems not to factor in.
[I]t takes money to bring us treasures like this. Don't you think we should encourage and promote them, instead of starving such efforts due to "Let George Do It" apathy? If JPFO doesn't bring us information like this, who will? [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column announces an important new project that needs your support. I hope you will give it.
The passes and the Fortifications in the Highlands are of the last importance and every means in our power must be employed to secure them. If the Enemy's movements, which most probably will be understood, in a little time should, be such as to shew that Hudson's River is not their object and the State of the Troops will admit, I shall with great pleasure post a part, about the White plains, Stamford &ca., and give every protection I can to Connecticut, consistent with the general Interest; but till these events take place, neither prudence or policy will justify me in sparing Men. [More]
Now Trooper Daniel Martin, who placed his hands around the neck of a paramedic, is now the subject of an internal investigation, although he and his partners remain on duty. [More]Be sure and watch the video, too.
Until our eyeballs bleed.[Via Tom S]
An Oklahoma City pharmacist is facing a first-degree murder charge after shooting back during an attempted robbery. [More]But I told you so.
No guns in parks here, please [More]Say "please" to the predators. Maybe if you beg and grovel and blubber and plead and howl in animal terror and agony enough, it'll work.
Sweeten used a co-worker's driver's license and presented it as her own when she bought an airline ticket and flew to Orlando, Fla. on Tuesday, Henry said, adding Sweeten also used the license to check into the Grand Floridian Hotel at Disney World. [More]TSA. What a joke.
"Their intent was that this is going to somehow stop crime or stop killings and murders," Hart said. "That's like trying to stop a clock to save time." [More]That's not their intent, Mr. Hart.
CCAC also told Brashier that the college must pre-approve any distribution of literature to fellow students, and that pamphlets like hers would not be approved, even insisting that Brashier destroy all copies of her pamphlet.
Brashier reports that she was also interrogated about why she was distributing the pamphlets, whether she owned a licensed firearm and had ever brought it to campus (she has not), whether she carries a concealed firearm off campus, and whether she disagrees with the existing college policy banning concealed weapons on campus. [More]
Why do fun opportunities like this always seem to happen to someone else...?
Alex Johnson, President, Community College of Allegheny County: 412-237-4413; ajohnson@ccac.eduWe can still have some fun.
Elmer Haymon, President, Community College of Allegheny County-Allegheny Campus: 412-237-2543; ehaymon@ccac.edu
Crist vetoed only two items: a small pay cut for some state workers and a measure to take $6 million from a trust fund that's used to process concealed weapons permits. [More]There's been a lot of brouhaha on this, and it's been covered by others. I mention it here because many of you have emailed me tips over the past few days.
Watch and listen carefully at about 52 seconds into the video. Did you hear a click when the company representative took the gun back and tried to demonstrate it would not fire? [More]Oops.
Industry will supply our Necessities, if it is not cramped by injudicious Laws -- such as Regulations of Prices &c., Embargoes &c. These discourage Industry and turn that Ingenuity which ought to be employed for thegood of the gegeneral Good, into Knavery. [More]
The first round of Toledo police layoffs, in which 75 officers were let go, may already be having an affect on gun ownership. [More]I guess it's better late than never.
146 Waffen, davon 67 Kriegswaffen, sind ihr seit dem Jahr 2000 abhanden gekommen. [More]From "Hamburger," who provided the information used in yesterday's Gun Rights Examiner column:
A member of the FDP "liberal party" asked the government, how many weapons the German federal institutions (army, federal police, etc) are losing every year. The result is: The German federal government lost 146 firearms since the year 2000, 67 of them being full auto assault weapons. This does not include firearms that were lost by the majority of the police forces which are under regional/local just like in the U.S.Here is the Google translation of the linked document--certainly not precise, but you'll catch the drift.
The exact same government wants to tighten gun laws on private gun owners, who are already securing their guns with gun vaults.
Note: The German liberal party is not "liberal" like the American Democrats. It is not a leftist party. This party is the only German party that opposes stricter gun laws.
BERLIN. The weapons for competent legal expert of the inner FDPBundestagsfraktion Hartfrid Wolff has a parliamentary question the federal government lost weapons addressed. To Response of the federal government declared Hartfrid WOLFF:
The same government that the arms will tighten right to arms from Private property is not in wrong hands to let himself significant problems with the safe storage of their own weapons the security organs of the federal government. 146 weapons, including 67 military weapons, are her since 2000, lost. The approximate ranges to equip an entire company. In this figure are not yet Weapons from the inventory of the country's police forces and authorities contained.
Obviously, not the rules for dealing with weapons is a problem, but - especially for the security organs of the Federal Republic -- the enforcement thereof. This shows the absurdity of the approach of Federal Government, the right weapons to tighten before an approach to Compliance with existing rules has been developed.
The fantasy of killing others may turn into intention, leading the person to track victims and obtain weapons, Ash said. [More]News flash: Some people may become violent. The field of "mental health" is unable to predict who they may be until they act out.
Who is Obama likely to nominate who will be "better"? [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column outlines the political options. I don't see many.
Our greatest difficulty is the want of Clothing; those Troops who marchd without it, and were told that they would be supplied at Pecks Kill are disopointed. The men there, are almost naked, and many of them Lousey and not a second Shirt to their Backs, some have been told that large Quantities were sent to the Northward, and Officers have been as far as Albany in Quest of it, and have finally returned here, with their mouths filled with Complaints. Vast Quantities of Cloathing has gone forward but to where I know not; The Agents tell me that they are obliged to send it on to the Cloather General; but had it been sent on, on the Mens Backs the heavy expence of transportation would have been saved The Colonels have applied till they are discouraged as your Excellency will observe by an enclosed Line from Colo. Putnam,I have sent! I have spoke! I have wrote to the Agents repeatedly; two of their written Answers I take the liberty to enclose,I do not charge them with any Neglect: But your Excellency will see that I have done all in my power unless I had taken the Cloathing by Force. [More]
So the Calgary Crown prosecutors office decided to stay the prosecution of Cst. Aubrey Zalaski for Tasering a jaywalker.Unaccountable "Only Ones."
What a surprise.
One of the biggest obstacles in the mission to ensure that police are held accountable when they commit criminal assaults on citizens is often the Crown Prosecutors Office. [More]
whose intervention resulted in the Prosecution mysteriously and without explanation, dropping ALL the charges against me, after Tom began asking hard questions and seeking disclosure relating to my surveillance by the police.
"We've seen an increase of some 40% of arrests since we've been using this technology.In other words, everyone you snare is guilty, Chief Constable?
"I'm very confident that we're using it properly and responsibly, and that innocent people have nothing to fear from the way we use it." [More]
A former Florida Highway Patrol trooper accused of coercing a woman into sex is scheduled to be released after posting bond, a Palm Beach County Jail spokeswoman said. [More]I think we've already established your body is here for the use of the "Only Ones." Why would one not think she was his to do with as he saw fit?
A word of caution before you head out for the long Memorial Day weekend: It's also No-Refusal Weekend. Which means? Well, if Dallas police pull suspect you're drinking and driving, you'll be stuck with a butterfly needle attached to a vacuum-packed container, and two vials' worth of your blood will taken and tested. And, no, you can't refuse the test; hence the name...[More]What they are telling you is it is NOT your body your choice. They can and will penetrate you and transfer bodily fluids. Make no mistake--just because it's a needle in your arm vs. something else in your something else doesn't make it any less an act of rape, which we're told is about dominance, power and control, not about sex.
Suicide Net Must Blend in With Golden Gate's Design [More]Y'know, that channel the bridge spans is a navigable waterway and thus subject to federal controls.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is proposing to completely eliminate the state’s welfare program for families, medical insurance for low-income children and Cal Grants cash assistance to college and university students. [More]Arnhole may just be there for Judgment Day.
Without the assistance of the agent who entrapped them, they would never have dreamed of committing political violence, nor would they have had the slightest idea about where to acquire plastic explosives or a Stinger missile. That didn't stop prosecutors from acting as if they'd captured Osama bin Laden himself. [More]What this tells us is they're on the prowl to set people up and they're hungry for headlines.
He also recalls the angry voices of people who gathered outside the pharmacy Tuesday night, shouting that he was a racist who unnecessarily took a life of the Seeworth Academy charter school student, Antwun Parker. [More]Right, young Antwun brought none of this on himself (nice characterization, by the way, "Authorized Journalists"--calling hims a "charter school student" sounds so much nicer than what his actions defined him as).
D.C. Attorney General Peter Nickles said presidential and other motorcades will be exposed to high-powered arms fire if the District’s gun laws are stripped out by Congress. [More]Because apparently the Heller decision made shooting politicians legal or something. And the only thing that's held the snipers back so far has been the DC gun ban.
Watson paid pittance for taxes on 'nonexistent' Detroit house [More]Right--she just didn't know and never thought to ask. Hey, at least she's in touch with what a struggle it is for her constituents to make ends meet, because she's been feeling their pain all this time, right?
Embarrassing disclosures about the vast expenses claims of MPs amount to a "McCarthy-style witch-hunt" that risks driving politicians to suicide, a Conservative MP said on Friday. [More]So it's not that they're a bunch of lying thieves--it's exposing them as lying thieves is the new McCarthyism.
But instead of solving the problem, they tried to keep it secret because coming clean would have embarrassed the Government and reduced its tax take from homeowners.I don't suppose posting this might induce a few more of you parasites to do the right thing...?
And what is that procedure? Well, it involves an authorized dealer being the only one who "carries out the locking and unlocking procedure." It involves the "Trustlock Center...log[ging] the locking and unlocking procedures and manag[ing] passwords and lists of authorized users." And this is all overseen by an entity cryptically referred to as "The agency," which "monitors the locking of weapons and manages the procedures."
No potential for abuse or a disconnect anywhere in the chain, is there? I mean, who wouldn't want to trust their lives to a device that interferes with a tool's primary function and depends on multiple layers of approvals and monitoring? [More]
The Enemy have withdrawn (I am informed) their Men from Bonam Town and Piscataway and marched them into Brunswick, whether for Offence or defence, I know not; but I believe the latter, as they have discovered a pretty considerable stir among our Men this few days past. [More]
Trust me, beneficiaries of his sacrifice, Nick Morrison's uniform got dirty. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column takes a personal look at what today is about.
I am very glad to find, that to morrow is the day fixed on for the completion of your Regiments; but I begin to think, that with respect to the Continent at large, it is almost a matter of moonshine, whether they are completed or not, for a very little more delay in marching them to Peeks Kill, will convince me, that there is no intention in the Colonels of sending them out of the State they are raised in; and that to guard against the possible evil of an Invasion of some of the Sea Port Towns of Connecticut, one of the most important posts in America, a post on the security of which alone, depends the Intercourse and Communication between the Eastern and Southern Colonies, is left in the utmost Jeopardy. [More]
Fortunately, the rest of the media seems to be waking up to what Todd refuses to. A Google "News" category search of the terms 'Mexico gun 90%' reveals that, aside from an increasingly lonely and desperate opinion maker at The Dallas Morning News, their competition appears to be coming around to the truth. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column spotlights a VPC fanboy who is becoming increasingly lonely, and increasingly desperate to maintain the fiction...
I have received your favour of the 19th. instant, in which you inform me, that by the last returns your Regiment amounted to 234 including dead and deserted. This is rather an unsatisfactory account of the matter, and admits the Supposition of a very large as well as a small part coming under this description. I should be glad you would be more explicit in your next and furnish me with as exact a return, as Circumstances will permit, of the true State of your Regiment. [More]
Surveillance video doesn't answer victim's family's questions [More]Hey, he shouldn't have run.
A Los Angeles County sheriff's sergeant has been charged with sexually assaulting a woman and inappropriately touching two other women during traffic stops while on duty in Compton last year, prosecutors said Friday...Hey, if they hadn't committed traffic violations, this wouldn't have happened.
In 2006, another sheriff's deputy, Gabriel Gonzalez, was convicted of raping three women while he was on duty in the Compton area and sentenced to 30 years in prison. His victims received nearly $5.6 million in civil settlements. [More]
But if I were an MP today, I would make it my business to learn the course and the lessons of 1381 by heart. Then I would give thanks that there are no longer any chopping blocks at Cheapside. [More]That could easily be rectified.
Iceland was a real-world example which privately produced more peace than the US has had, for longer than the US has existed...[More]The comments in this thread went a bit far afield, and are buried in a post that is days old, and therefore not likely to be read.
I don't mean to discourage Internet activism. We need electronic Paul Reveres. Just please, before galloping and screaming "Through every Middlesex village and farm, For the country folk to be up and to arm," make sure the British really are coming... [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column explains how passing along unconfirmed Internet rumors doesn't help the cause and doesn't help our credibility.
In the unlikely event that a deer is wounded outside the park and then enters the park boundary, what are the procedures for making sure the animal does not go to waste? [More]Anybody remember the feds passing a Mandated Animal Suffering Act...?
S: Their logic would not have permitted them to believe they were being killed.Our collective memory does not allow most to fathom that they personally could end up in a mass grave.
K: Explain.
S: Vulcan has not been conquered within its collective memory. The memory goes back so far that no Vulcan can conceive of a conqueror. I knew the ship was lost because I sensed it.
K: What did you sense?
S: A touch of death.
K: And what do you think they felt?
S: Astonishment.
Deputies Take Crime Tips By Text MessageHELP! POLICE! THERE'S A MAN WITH A GUN!
Tipsters Can Remain Anonymous, Sheriff Says...
From any cell phone, someone with information can text "CRIMES," which is the number 274637 on their phone's keypad with the first word in the body of the message as "CCSO"...
The new software allows text-messaging informants to remain anonymous, by encrypting their messages and routing it through several secure servers. [More]
Law enforcement computers were struck by a Mystery computer virus Thursday, forcing the FBI and the U.S. Marshals to shut down part of their networks as a precaution. [More]Let's hope it just turns out to be carelessly downloaded kiddie porn. I'm pretty sure there was nothing in that Bite-Me-Gram...
It almost takes on a comical aspect:
[G]uards appeared to overacting for the cameras, "in Jim Carrey style."
I say "almost," because the very existence of these predators and their corrupt government accomplices is an obscene tragedy that victimizes citizens on both sides of the border. [More]
General Knox is to make an arrangement of the Field Artillery; alloting a proportionate number of pieces to each brigade.A sufficient quantity of spare ammunition, for both Artillery and Musquetry (to be conveyed in secure carriages) he is also to give the necessary orders for. [More]
FCC can search homes without a warrant, agency says [More]Fine, David Fiske. You be the one to inspect my house.
Arms Sent by U.S. May Be Falling Into Taliban Hands [More]And here I thought they got 90% of their guns from straw purchases routed through Mexico...
A detailed proposal to redress the imbalance between state and federal power. [More]A profoundly dangerous and naive idea--any proposal is subject to political maneuvering and deal-making--witness the ongoing credit card/guns in parks bill. This would be no different, and a constitutional convention could leave us in considerably worse shape than we are now.
President Obama told human rights advocates at the White House on Wednesday that he was mulling the need for a “preventive detention” system that would establish a legal basis for the United States to incarcerate terrorism suspects who are deemed a threat to national security but cannot be tried, two participants in the private session said. [More]Well, when you're dealing with scary people like these, you need to be prepared to do something. Nobody thinks all these "homegrown terrorist" trial balloons have been floated to always limit this stuff exclusively to foreigners, do they?