We're the Only Ones Pat...Patro...Driving the Damn Car Enough

A Bexar County law enforcement officer is under investigation after he was arrested for driving drunk in his patrol car....

MacCubbin had three passengers in his patrol car. Officers said he was driving recklessly with his emergency lights on and trying to pull cars over. [More]

Can you imagine if this "Only One" had succeeded?

[Via Alan DP]

Key Bank: The Name More Robbers are Relying On

A Seattle bank teller who knocked a would-be robber to the ground on Tuesday was fired from his job on Thursday. [More]

That's because Key Bank would rather...but here, let me have others tell you, from a Google search for terms Key Bank robbed--and these are just from the first page of results:

Salt Lake City: "There was no weapon displayed or seen."

Burien: "No weapons were displayed and there were no injuries."

Seattle: "He did not display a weapon or imply that he had one."

Medford: "Bank employees reported that a lone male suspect entered the bank and presented a threatening demand note. No weapon was seen or displayed."

And Eugene: "A man entered the bank, approached the teller, and passed a note demanding cash. "

Ahh, but that's not always the case!

Williamsville: "Amherst police are looking for a bank robber who displayed a handgun...The robber, who did not display a weapon..."

Huh?

The "Authorized Journalists" seem more certain about Fort Collins: "The suspect entered the bank through the front door, approached a bank teller, brandished a black handgun..."

Now for our story about the guy getting fired, I suppose we could listen to the words of Seattle "Only One" Sgt. Sean Whitcomb, who says ""We always recommend citizens, including employees of institutions, be good witnesses."

Shall we meet a few "good witnesses"?

Here's one: "A pregnant teller shot in a bank robbery has lost the twins she was carrying..."

Here's another: "A teller was shot when three gunmen robbed a bank in southwest Miami-Dade County on Tuesday."

And another: "Doctors amputated the arm of a female bank teller shot by a robbery suspect last week in a bizarre holdup..."

No one is suggesting anyone incapable of resistance try it, although it is part of a physically and mentally capable adult's responsibilities to know how and have the means to protect themselves. If they don't take those responsibilities seriously, they may just end up helpless and at the mercy of a reptile.

But "just give him what he wants" is a risk too.

Point being, you don't KNOW what he wants. Anyone deranged and evil enough to threaten your life, which is what the creep did, using money as an excuse, is capable of doing anything.

It's not a matter of protecting the bank's money, it's a matter of either trusting that someone this untrustworthy and violent won't hurt you and obeying--or acting. At that point, you owe no loyalty to the idiot suits interested only in their bottom line. Screw what they want.

It's Key Bank's right as an at-will employer to fire the teller. It's my right as an investor to not patronize them because of it, and to not place myself at risk at an establishment which, based on results, might as well advertise to predators what an easy and compliant target they are.

[Via Mack H]

"There's Always a Good Time to Use a Taser."

That's a pretty revealing attitude. It's almost like its institutionalized... [More]

[Via John G]

Let the Snitching Begin

El Presidente' is looking for a few good snitches. [More]

I know just the subversive conspirators I'd like to report, but they're the ones I'd send my tip to.

I Don't Suppose Anyone Would Consider...

...resurrecting and training a citizen militia...?

Go ahead--tell me it's the National Guard. [More]


[Via Tom Z]

We're the Only Ones All About the Washingtons, Lincolns and Hamiltons Enough

Watson said he then called 911 and reported $20 was missing — a $10 bill, a $5 bill and five $1 bills...

Officers found the missing $10 bill, $5 bill and five $1 bills in the center console. [More]

A police tip, "Only Ones"-style...?

[Via Scott N]

Who'da Thunk?

Police Say Many Guns Recovered in Gang Shootings Are Stolen [More]

So THAT'S how they do it!

Huh. So I guess if we didn't have guns in the first place, they couldn't steal them.

Isn't that where this conversation is inevitably steered?

[Via Nicki Fellenzer]

We're the Only Ones Sideswiping Enough

A Passaic County sheriff's officer has been charged with twice leaving the scene of an accident — while driving to work without a license in an unregistered vehicle, police said. [More]

Ahhh, c'mon.

He's not just an "Only One," he's a Jersey "Only One".

I mean, it's not like he's from Illinois or anything...

[Via Harvey]

Weapons of Mass Destruction

Included in North Carolina’s definition of a “weapon of mass death and destruction” is a shotgun with a barrel less than 18 inches in length. [More]

Yep, there it is, GS-12-288.8.

But wait--what could they possibly mean by "Except as otherwise provided in this section," and whoever could they be referring to when they say "Persons exempted from the provisions of G.S. 14‑269 with respect to any activities lawfully engaged in while carrying out their duties"...?

Oh, they must mean subsection (b).

You know, "Only Ones."

Lord knows, what would compel you and me to wreak mass death and destruction would just be another tool in the law enforcement kit when placed in their more capable and morally superior hands.

Right?

[Via Sean Young]

We're the Only Ones Lauded for Our Activism Enough

[C]ourt documents released Tuesday portray Bleiweiss, 29, as a manipulative sex offender who preyed on illegal immigrants too scared to contact authorities. He would act like a jilted lover when the men would not return his calls or text messages, according to those records, based on victims' accounts. [More]

Looks like his career isn't the only thing he blew...

Advancing the cause, "Only Ones"-style.

[Via too many of you to list]

Who is Supplying Mexican Drug Cartels with Grenades?

There are either corrupt elements in the U.S. and South Korean governments skirting the audited systems and allowing arms shipments to unauthorized private individuals, and/or the corruption lies with the Mexican government. Hmmm... [More]

Today's second Gun Rights Examiner column (don't forget to check out the first) notes it looks like the problem may not be you and I have too many rights after all...

Then Jennifer Freeman of Liberty Belles shares her thoughts on "buy backs."

Tell a friend?

Have you read the latest from all the Gun Rights Examiners?

• Atlanta: Ed Stone
• Austin: Howard Nemerov
• Boston: Ron Bokleman
• Charlotte: Paul Valone
• Chicago: Don Gwinn
• Cleveland: Daniel White
• DC: Mike Stollenwerk
• Denver: Dan Bidstrup
• Los Angeles: John Longenecker
• Minneapolis: John Pierce
• National: David Codrea
• Seattle: Dave Workman
• St. Louis: Kurt Hofmann
• Wisconsin: Gene German
  

Website of PA Gym Gunman Reveals Sick Misfit

For now, here's something I'm not seeing gaining much traction--yet. A website referred to (but not linked to) in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review account for the gunman, George Sodini. I see as I'm composing this The Pittsburgh Channel.com is confirming the website is real. [More]

I did a special Gun Rights Examiner column this morning to provide a link.

I still have another column in mind for today that I'll get to shortly.

UPDATE: The website has been taken down. So I posted a Word copy of it in my column.

This Day in History: August 5

One great Cause of the Waste and abuse of the public Arms is the want of a Sufficient number of Armourers to attend the Army. If the Smallest matter is amiss in the Lock, the Gun is useless, and if an Armourer is not at hand to repair it, it must be returned into the Store and a New one drawn, or it is thrown aside into a Baggage Waggon and perhaps lost or broken by Carriage. The want of Armourers also gives the Officers a fair Opportunity of attributing many things, which are really owing to their inattention to their Men, to the impossibility of keeping the Arms in order without such persons; And it is no uncommon thing to find Arms returned as defective, upon close inspection, to want only rubbing and cleaning. [More]