Just One Problem

Got an email forwarded from a friend:

Wasp Spray

I have a friend who is a receptionist in a church in a high risk area who was concerned about someone coming into the office on Monday to rob them when they were counting the collection. She asked the local police department about using pepper spray and they recommended to her that she get a can of wasp spray instead. The wasp spray, they told her, can shoot up to twenty feet away and is a lot more accurate, while with the pepper spray they have to get too close to you and could overpower you. The wasp spray temporarily blinds an attacker until they get to the hospital for an antidote. She keeps a can on her desk in the office and it doesn’t attract attention from people like a can of pepper spray would. She also keeps one nearby at home for home protection. Thought this was interesting and might be of use...

One problem. Check the can:

It is a violation of Federal law to use this product in a manner inconsistent with its labeling.

You could be arrested. And sued.

Me, if I feel inclined to squirt somebody in the face with wasp spray, I'm not going to be inclined to....well, I've probably said enough.

No Money for Honey

Gun control group disbands after losing funding...

U-I professor Rex Honey served on the board of directors and hopes to revive the group. [More]

"Oh bother," said Pooh.

"Empty."

We're the Only Ones Fixing Things Enough

Fixed ticket leads to police chief's suspension [More]

"Only One" revisionism.

Hey, who doesn't falsify legal documents submitted to a court while "extending courtesy" to friends?

[Via Jeffersonian]

"Populations that We Don't Want to Have Too Many Of"

You know.

Those people.

The reason we started "gun control" in the first place. [More]

We're the Only Ones Losing Our Gun Losing Our Gun Enough

Anaheim police chief’s gun disappears. Twice. [More]

Déjà vu all over again? Not in Anaheim, with its Lexipol policy...?

If only people would realize that only the "Only Ones" can be trusted to responsibly possess firearms, we wouldn't have such controversies.

Right right, chief chief?

[Via Jeffersonian]

We're the Only Ones "Let's Do Lunch" Enough

Feeding the controversy over taxpayer costs for the Michael Jackson memorial, officials disclosed Wednesday the city paid nearly $50,000 for box lunches from an upscale market 80 miles north of Los Angeles for police who worked the event. [More]

There's a responsible use of limited resources. Nothing but the best for Golden State "Only Ones." At a time when California is issuing IOUs.

Chief Bratton?

Next week as council members begin the difficult job of finalizing the budget I ask them to prioritize the dollars. The LAPD must be seen as an investment that pays substantial dividends. Fund what should be, and what council members have said in the past is their number one priority; public safety.

If you find that hard to swallow, I guess we could always cut back on parole violator costs...although I gotta wonder how much they already spent putting the non-violent "offenders" through the system in the first place.

Hey, what th'...?

I asked for Brie on my croissant...

[Via The Wandering Minstrel]

We're the Only Ones Omitting Enough

LAPD's public database omits nearly 40% of this year's crimes

The map, touted as a way for residents to monitor the safety of their neighborhoods, doesn't include about 19,000 serious crimes reported in other LAPD data. Officials say they're looking into it. [More]

What?

You mean those "historic lows" LAPD claimed may not be reliable?

In other words, the cops not only can't prevent 'em, can't catch 'em and can't keep 'em, they can't even count 'em?

So how much sense does it make to mandate they be the "Only Ones" who can stop 'em?

[Via William T]

The Blame Game

Alcohol blamed in killing

Family says drinking changed Akron brothers [More]

I wish my local authorities would hold a "booze buyback," so I could dispose of that bottle of assault single malt that has no legitimate drinking purpose--no questions asked, of course.

Between having that and also owning guns, why, I'm almost afraid to move.

Who knows who their next victim will be?

If He is Truly a Threat

Curtis won a seat on the governing board of United, one of the Village’s homeowners associations, last fall. Since then, he has been banned from the second floor of the LWV community center because his presence was intimidating to female workers...[More]

See, they have to call the Orange County Sheriffs Department on the guy because Sandra Hutchens would rather see females defenseless and living in fear than armed and confident.

A few points:

If he is truly a threat, why has he not been arrested, prosecuted, convicted and put away?

If he is truly a threat, why would anyone give a damn what Sandra Hutchens thinks?

Perhaps the true threat is people who use the force of the state to stifle alternative political expression and deprive others of their rights--and justify it based on their own self-serving "perceptions".

It's not like we haven't seen that before.

Follow the Money

Buffalo is using asset forfeiture funds obtained during narcotics seizures and other criminal investigations to finance the program. [More]

For those of you who still think gun owners should support the War on (some) Drugs...

Where Does YOUR Attorney General Stand on the Second Amendment?

We spoke on Tuesday about California Attorney General Jerry Brown petitioning the Supreme Court to hear a challenge to Chicago's gun ban. 33 other state AGs have also lent their names to the effort. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column discusses their amicus brief, along with MI AG Mike Cox's rebuttal to The Detroit Free Press.

Also read the latest in the media's war on guns from Liberty Belles, and get the latest from my fellow GREs.

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This Day in History: July 9

Dateline: July 9th, 1777; Night Action: Barton's Raiders - The Capture of General Prescott [More]