"The Police Have the Power to Suspend Your Rights"

So says Shreveport, LA mayor Cedric Glover.

Listen to Part A of Tom Gresham's "Gun Talk" for Sun, 14 June 2009, featuring guest Robert Baillio. The page to access podcasts is here.

Then when you're done, you might consider telling Cedric what you think of his unique view of the social compact.

[Via MS]

We're the Only Ones Doing What Was Proper Enough

``I did what was proper,'' Passaic Officer Joseph Rios III said at a news conference at the office of his attorney, Anthony Iacullo. ``I did what I was trained to do under the circumstances that existed at that time. I stand by my actions.''[More]

Here's the latest on this.

It's like a peculiar form of "Only One" psychopathy, where the victim is to blame.

Here's hoping Officer Rios didn't bruise his arms or anything...

[Via Tom S]

We're the Only Ones Girls Gone Wild Enough

A Portland police officer accused of making dozens of harassing phone calls made his first appearance in court Monday.

Prosecutors claim Joseph E. Wild, 28, made the phone calls to more than one woman, but they won’t say how many women were involved. [More]

I just Googled "phone sex chat" just to find a slogan I could adapt for this story, but prudently decided against clicking on any of the links. Suffice it to say if you're an "Only One," you can "reach out and touch someone" and all you have to do is "let your fingers do the walking."

[Via Jeffersonian]

Meanwhile, Across the Pond in Sarah Brady Paradise...

The first “anti-stab” knife is to go on sale in Britain, designed to work as normal in the kitchen but to be ineffective as a weapon. [More]

They're OJ-proof!

Good Lord. The idiots are serious.

[Via Plug Nickel Times]

More Guns, More Regurgitation

Faced with the potential loss of 300 deputies due to budget cuts, the Sacramento County sheriff may consider issuing more concealed weapons permits. [More]

Naturally, the Brady shill is mooing in terror.

Becca Gonzales would evidently rather see citizens dead than armed.

I wonder what her qualifications are to make tactical defense judgments? I mean, why would KCRA seek out a quote from her, but not one from anyone on the gun advocacy side?

Aside from membership in the Stupid Club, does she have any special credentials or expertise that make her an authority on the effectiveness of armed self defense, or is her opinion as valid as, say, asking a cow what it thinks and then posting the content of its cud?

[Via Jeffersonian]

A Thousand Cuts

Have you heard about the latest from Customs and Border Patrol? They now want to classify nearly every pocket knife out there as a “switchblade.” If that weren’t enough, they’ve limited the period for comments to only 30 days and refused to consider extending that period by 120 days. The deadline is June 21. But wait! There’s more!!! [More]

Parrothead Jeff comments on an issue we touched briefly on here.

I've been meaning to weigh in but have had other priorities. Fortunately, some of my fellow Gun Rights Examiners have been able to address this in their columns:

From Dave Workman: "Obama’s Customs agency declares war on pocket knives"
and Kurt Hofmann: "When gun bans are not enough--the war on . . . pocket knives?"

We're the Only Ones in a State of Rage Enough

O’Carroll said the veteran paramedic was trying to protect his patient and that the trooper had no reason to stop the ambulance, let alone try and arrest White. The trooper’s arms were bruised when White resisted arrest, James said. [More]

We talked about this here.

On the job injuries? I'm surprised the "Only One's" not claiming carpal tunnel syndrome from repetitive work-related throttlings.

[Via The Bitter Clinger]

Dash-cam video of the authoritarian, life-endangering thug in action. Punk deserves bruises on more than his arms.

[Via Ed M]

And the delusional bully thinks it proves he was justified.

TXMarko sent me this last link, along with the following commentary:

The Ambulance yielded as soon as it could, another vehicle was in its way, yielding to the ambulance.

He was apparently running high-speed Code 3 to pick up his wife at the restaurant. A “Mystery Woman” enters the vehicle at the restaurant (purported to be his wife), and off he goes again to start trouble.

Why is he running Code 3 after picking up his wife, and involving her in the dangerous “chase”?

The ambulance immediately yields and stops.

The cop disrespects the authority of the paramedic immediately, even after the P-medic informs him that he is the senior official onboard the ambulance.

Even after being told that they have a patient onboard, and that this can be sorted out at the Hospital, the little tyrant still presses and escalates the issue.

The press release on Fox above states that the Troopers decided not to press charges against the P-medic because it would leave that County without a Paramedic. Last time I checked the law was supposedly the law, regardless of circumstances?

The tyrants’ attitude pisses me off to no freakin’ end. His attorney trots out that he is a US Navy Vet that just got back from a tour in Iraq.

I hope you can find the opportunity to work this in, David. The video says it all.

This is an out-of-control child throwing a hissy fit because he didn’t get his butt kissed just the way he likes it (or he was late picking up the wife for dinner, what an excuse to risk public lives).

What Could 'Hate Crime' Bill Mean for Gun Owners?

One thing we should agree on: the right of the people to keep and bear arms is inclusive. It belongs to us all. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at the prospects of adding concealed carry reciprocity to a federal "hate crimes" bill. We need to consider real costs, not just perceived benefits.

Also get the latest from my fellow GREs.

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This Day in History: June 16

General Mifflin writes me yesterday the City Militia, will move this morning, I am informed there is about Two thousand Of them, they bring Ten pieces Cannon four, Sixes, & Twelve Prs & One Royal Howitizr, Two hundred Tents, One Thousd felling Axes, One Thousd Spades, & Shovels, One quarter part of the Militia of this State are Ordered out immediately, except two of the Western Counties, the whole, including the City Militia, I am informed will Make Ten thousd Men... [More]