Hain Shooting on Webcam Points to Parole Officer Husband as Killer

While some anti-gun zealots are hard at work blaming the domestic violence victim, or extrapolating that this one incident proves guns are always useless for defense, those decrying armed defense and using this to justify their position need to explain a gross inconsistency. [More]

This development called for a second Gun Rights Examiner column today.

Not Necessarily a Policy Violation

Students and faculty at UCLA are stunned following a horrific attack in a campus chemistry lab in which a male student allegedly slashed the throat of a female student. [More]

Hey, as long as the blade was under 2½" I don't see what the problem could be...

[Via retrotruckman]

On Wings of Eagles

I'd like to share something I did last weekend. All pictures will enlarge when clicked.

The glider waits to be...

...stuffed with precious cargo...we'll worry about prying it out later.

Sealed in--too late to escape, at least with any pride...

The towplane strains to get aloft under the mighty load.

I think I can, I think I can...

Aloft and free. That reservoir is here. Click on map view and you'll see the airfield to the east.

Nice finger, idiot.

The return approach...easy...easy...

The turk..uh...eagle has landed.

What fun. Thanks, Bruce! If you only knew half the things I was guilty of doing to you back in college, you'd have come back solo!

We're the Only Ones Objectively Reasonable Enough

Chief Locke thrust his knee between [Diane's] legs, and while Diane was still leaning on the hood of the patrol car, Chief Locke began to paw and stroke her, beginning at Diane’s waist and moving down to her buttocks [More]

And it's not the first time!

A couple of months before Cook, Locke was sued for sexual misconduct involving another woman...

So what's proper "Only One" protocol when Diane's husband objected?

Michael took one step toward Chief Locke. Chief Locke told Michael to “[g]et back in the fucking car” and, at the same time, Chief Locke tasered Michael. Michael never saw the taser.

So what could a court decide except:

In evaluating Appellees’ motion for summary judgment, the district court concluded, “[Chief] Locke’s conduct, in tasering and causing Michael’s head to strike the subject vehicles, [was] objectively reasonable as a matter of law.”

Everybody knows their place, right?

So, gee, if we can't get justice from the courts, what's left that would be objectively reasonable?

[Via Michael R]

We're the Only Ones Not Doing Anything Different Enough

A police officer shot a woman and the dog she was playing with when the officer thought the dog was attacking the woman... [More]

And then we have Dennis Wallace:

I can't say that I would do anything different.

A major point being, Dennis, do you think the "Only Ones" would have done anything different if it was you who did the shooting...?

[Via William T]

We're the Only Ones In Service Enough

From Mike H:

Can't substantiate except I heard the guy myself.

Quote from a Major on IMPD: "We get paid to service the law, not to get hurt."

And who pays the "Only Ones" to do this?

And it's worth it to us....why, exactly?

How to Lose Friends

Open carry in an urban setting, when you have some realistic alternative available (such as concealed carry), is rather like a homosexual "kiss-in." [More]

Great title!

[Via Rodger M]

We're the Only Ones Holding the Phone Enough

A lawyer for the widow and minor son of the man who was fatally shot Oct. 2 by Bossier City police says his investigation has turned up a witness who claims the man did not reach for the officer's weapon. [More]

But hold the phone:

"It's a tragic, tragic event," the police chief said during the news conference. "But it appears the officers followed all procedures that they could.

I mean literally, hold the phone:

The deaf woman Richey interviewed also took a photo with her cell phone, which was confiscated by police, the lawyer said.

Proper "Only One" protocols, you see. Besides, taking the phone was probably just a matter of making sure they can remember everything properly.

[Via Matt S]

Sheriff Hosting Rifle Training Shows Proper Mindset Toward Gun Owners

This is a great start, and, if you think about it, the way things ought to be. Compare this to the mindset of some that the proper interaction between police and armed citizens should be through snitch programs and gun "buybacks." [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at something we ought to be encouraging a lot more of.

Also get the latest from my fellow GREs.

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This Day in History: October 9

GENERAL ORDERS
Head Quarters, Towamensing, October 9, 1777.

...By General Orders of Sept. 13th. the distribution of tents was thus directed.

One soldier's tent for the field officers of each regt.

One ditto for every four commissioned officers.

One ditto for every eight Serjeants, Drummers andFifers.

One dittofor every eight privates. [More]