We're the Only Ones on Loan Enough

Daggett, in a telephone interview today, explained it was just an honest error made when switching cars so he could get his Acura serviced. The gun, he said, belongs to his driver, retired state trooper Ken Argiro. [More]

We're talking "Only Ones²" here.

So how do we know he didn't know about it? His word?

Let's see what that's worth:

Second Amendment rights must be upheld, because American citizens have the right to bear arms. However, there is a limit when firearms endanger public safety. We support New Jersey’s aggressive gun control laws. The sport of hunting has a long tradition in our state; we support the rights of hunters in New Jersey.

So basically, he's a demonstrable liar.

OK, let's give him another chance and see him "support New Jersey's aggressive gun control laws."

Let's see him get the same treatment any of us would, if we were found with a gun in a car and claimed we had no idea it was there.

And whatever happened to Norbert?

[Via David R]

A Possible Explanation

They abandoned the mall attack plans after their weapons contact said he could find only handguns, not automatic weapons, authorities said. [More]

That's probably because 90% of them are in Mexico. Or something.

Maybe they should have asked Furious Mike about the best gun shows.

UPDATE: Kurt has more.

[Via Brian F and SameNoKami]

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

Armed police officers are to patrol the streets of London for the first time in an attempt to tackle a rise in gang-related gun crime. [More]

Sounds like they need "gun control" over there.

Oh, wait...

And whatever happened to the theory promulgated by the antis that arming will only encourage the bad guys to acquire heavier firepower...?

[Via Mama Liberty]

Additional Charges May Apply

No charges had been filed. Pilya said it's likely that the case will be presented to a Franklin County grand jury to see whether the woman should be charged. [More]

Charged with what?

Why not send the case up to the Columbus City Council with the recommendation that she be given an award and the thanks of a grateful city?

[Via Mama Liberty]

We're the Only Ones Renovated Enough

Kerik is accused of secretly accepting more than $250,000 in renovations to his apartment from a construction firm with suspected mafia ties while he was Corrections Department commissioner under Giuliani.

Kerik, who pleaded guilty in a state court last year to accepting the work, is also accused of not declaring a total of $236,000 in rent he received on an luxury apartment in New York's posh Upper East Side.

Other payments allegedly not declared include a total of $100,000 received from a software company and a book publisher.

He is also accused of making false statements at the time he was being considered as head of the US Department of Homeland Security in 2004. [More]

Facing 142 years and a $5M fine seems kind of harsh for "crimes" against the government, but then I have to remember that this guy made a lucrative "Only One" career for himself enforcing all kinds of things that shouldn't have been illegal in the first place.

[Via Zachary G]

Fear and Loathing of Oath Keepers

Kurt sums up reactions from around the Interent. [More]

I note he did this from his blog.

You've been visiting his GRE page regularly too, right?

You Say It's Your Birthday

Mike B does. [More]

Happy birthday.

A cigar and whiskey sound good.

Tonight.

Patches, I'm Dependin' on You, Son*...Update

From Ravenswood Enterprises:

The III Desert Patch supply is exhausted and will not be re-ordered. All orders received as of today for Desert patches were filled; any order received from 23 Oct 09 on will be filled with Woodland.

Thanks for your support!

You got yours, right?

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You Shouldn't Even Have to Ask

If someone, after taking such an oath, has to be wined and dined, taken on junkets, or in other ways influenced into doing that which they swore an oath to do, they too are your enemy. [More]

Amen.

[Via Avg Joe]

BATFU's Backdoor Registration

JPFO tells us how they're going about it in an open letter. [More]

[Via Ron W]

A Warning or an Open Invitation?

To help gun owners get this message across to would-be intruders or criminals, Denny Derflinger of Winchester, Virginia, created the “I Carry and Protect” Home Security Decal. [More]

Sorry. I wouldn't put this on my house. Looks like a heck of a way to tell anyone who cases places and occupant movements for a living that there are rewards to be gained inside.

Is the Way SPLC Selects Who to Scream About Racist?

Those who pledge to fulfill their oath to support and defend the Constitution are extremist threats to the Republic, you see. Genocidal racist loons? Well, that depends... [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at...would you call it racial discrimination?... by the witch hunters at the Southern Poverty Law Center.

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This Day in History: October 23

On this day in 1777, a British Royal Navy fleet of ships, trying to open up supply lines along the Delaware River and the occupying British army in Philadelphia, is bombarded by American cannon fire and artillery from Fort Mifflin, Pennsylvania. [More]