Brady Campaign Glorifies Police Abuse

I don't apologize for exposing abuses against citizens made under color of authority. Think of it--the official Brady position is to oppose citizen oversight of criminal actions by those in government. Anyone who characterizes that as a "denigrat[ion]" is quite simply and demonstrably a police state-enabling liar. [More]

Today's second Gun Rights Examiner column could be titled "Fun with Bradys."

Hey, they started it...:)

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We're the Only Ones Facing Our Accuser Enough

Tramaine Miller faced Atlanta police Officer Reginald Fisher on Tuesday for the first time since May when, prosecutors say, the off-duty cop shot him in the face. [More]

I think I see what the problem was here. Miller was trying to "help his quadriplegic aunt take her medicine."

Haven't we seen time and again that when it comes to medical decisions, we'd best leave those to highly trained and qualified professional "Only Ones"?

I just hope the doctors who will perform Mr. Miller's reconstructive surgery keep that in mind--if they know what's good for them.

[Via Harvey]

Natural Causes

Two coyotes attacked a promising young musician as she was hiking alone in a national park in eastern Canada, and authorities said she died Wednesday of her injuries. [More]

I just got done reading a post over at Vanderboegh's about people who have no business wandering into the wilderness.

They have every right to, mind you, but we all ignore at our peril a fundamental truth:

Damn, nature, you scary!

Even if commentator "MPB" thinks prudent preparations are "fear-mongering."

[Via Jeet]

We're the Only Ones Equal Opportunity Enough

City officials seeking a new police chief passed up the former director of the Florida Highway Patrol, who formerly was a top commander of the Illinois State Police, because he is white, two former members of a city board claim. [More]

Heaven forbid we make the litmus test for overseeing peace officers a commitment to, you know, oath keeping...?

I mean, that would upset the entire "Only Ones" command model we've worked so hard to implement in East St. Louis with such stellar results...

[Via libertysmanure]

Dumpster Diving in MA

So when I spotted the leather-bound books in a State House hallway Dumpster, I climbed in and retrieved them. [More]

Who would throw them out but a vandal?

I had occasion to do the same. I was working for a defense electronics firm that had been bought out by a larger company. We were closing down our facilities in preparation of being absorbed. I was assigned the task of disposing of the technical library, which the new owner did not want to spend any money transporting and providing space for.

I tried my best to find homes. I called libraries and universities and offered them free pickings. Most were uninterested.

We're talking R&D history here from a company that pioneered satellite navigation and communications, spread spectrum and GPS. Our president had been instrumental in the development of transistors, integrated circuits... Stuff beyond my ken, being but a poor policies and procedures wonk and not a Martian--I mean, did you know there even was a Molodensky formula to deal with ionospheric refraction scale errors?

The bottom line: I had no choice but to throw much out. And because I did not even understand much of what I was destroying, I felt guilty, deeply ashamed, like a stupid Eloi allowing the knowledge of the ages to crumble into dust, or worse, one of the torchers at Alexandria...

When it comes to freedom, great men have bequeathed us knowledge they worked long and hard to develop and validate. We have a duty to understand what they did, to preserve it and build on it.

Because you can never count on that being in the interests of those who would consider themselves the new owners.

"Help Elect A Pro Gun Champion"

...a genuine pro-gun leader named Doug Hoffman.

...Doug Hoffman is a 100% gun rights supporter who will be a leader in the battle to defend the Second Amendment. [More]

Champion.

Leader.

Y'know, words have meaning. If Hoffman is either, you can't tell it by me. What I haven't disclosed is the number of back-and-forths I had with his campaign giving him every chance in the world to define exactly how he would live up to what GOA is giving him credit for. And how artfully every attempt to pin their guy down to specifics has been avoided.

He will neither champion nor lead. And that's a political decision.

I don't like to publicly call GOA out on this. But we've seen enough hollow"staunch defender of the Second Amendment" smoke-up-the-a** come out of NRA. GOA is supposed to be different.

If Hoffman told you he'll fight new laws and work to repeal old ones, give us a quote we can hold him accountable to. I want to know what he's willing to commit to. That's the whole point.

Here's the thing: on a political scale, I could make the case that Hoffman probably would be "better" than his opponents, and encourage gun owners to vote their informed consciences as a result. We're capable of making appropriate fact-based decisions without all the unearned superlatives. Those are insulting to our intelligence, and unworthy of GOA. I expect better from them.

If you expect me to believe he's a champion and a leader for RKBA, I have two words:

Prove it.

I Don't Know Art

But I know what the Obama suck-ups at the NEA don't like.

Guess I not only didn't make the comments cut, but can kiss any expectations of a federal grant to fund my art goodbye...not that I consider myself in the same league as these folks...

Maybe if I put a gun in a jar of urine...

Who is Prohibited from Owning Guns?

Who are "prohibited persons," forever barred from owning guns? [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column asks a question. It's a set-up for answers I plan on posting tomorrow.

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This Day in History: October 29

John Hancock resigns his position as president of the Continental Congress, due to a prolonged illness, on this day in 1777. Hancock was the first member of the Continental Congress to sign the Declaration of Independence and is perhaps best known for his bold signature on the ground-breaking document. [More]