It Don't Mean a Thing if It Ain't Got That Sting

Or even if it does, apparently. [More]

Annette Elliott of the Westland Mall Gun Show tells Furious Mike to go pound salt or sand or whatever the right term is to tell him to go **** himself...

Good lady.

A Word About Today's Posts

There sure are a lot of "Only Ones" stories sent in to me over the weekend. I don't want to be accused of denigrating/not properly glorifying law enforcement, so just ignore the ones you think the public has no legitimate interest in knowing about.

We're the Only Ones Dropping Charges Enough

A Medina police officer was charged this week with Official Misconduct for allegedly having sex with a woman after promising to have charges against her "go away." [More]

They expect us to believe an "Only One" would screw a member of the public?

[Via Harvey]

We're the Only Ones Creating a Homey Atmosphere Enough

Former Hillside cop is sentenced for stealing $15K from state homeless fund [More]

Not just a home, but a Hillside home?

Now that this "Only One's" been "barred from public employment," I'm thinking he might just end up really homeless if his core job qualifications are what have been demonstrated here.

[Via Harvey]

We're the Only Ones "I Spy with My Little Eye" Enough

Cameras in a police station are nothing new for officers to deal with. But finding one in the internal affairs office interrogation room, where officers often go to rat on each other, may tear the Miami Beach Police Department apart. [More]

See, the "Only Ones" can do it to us and it's acceptable department procedure.

But if it happens to them, well, I'll let union president Gene Gibbons explain:

"It's illegal...It's completely unprofessional. It's unethical."

The law, professionalism and ethics being the subjective concepts that they are...

[Via Michael R]

We're the Only Ones Who Want Our Garrity Enough

The “Garrity Rule” — adapted from the 1967 Supreme Court ruling Garrity v. New Jersey, which involved a ticket-fixing scandal — triggers an enhancement of the right against self-incrimination that only the government’s armed enforcers enjoy: Any statements made after the magical Garrity incantation is uttered can only be used for the purpose of a departmental investigation, not for criminal prosecution. [More]

William N. Grigg tells us of another legal perk reserved exclusively for the "Only Ones."

[Via Richard B]

A Warning

Mark my words friends. All across America groups are forming. They are forming out of anger and out of desperation at the thought of losing America . They’re not militia groups or terrorists as the Department of Homeland security would have you believe; they are Americans, loyal to the constitution. They are mothers and fathers and grandparents. They belong to groups like the Minutemen Civil Defense Corps, the Peaceful Resistance, the Constitution Party, the Young Conservatives, the 9/12 Project, and Grassfire. Right now they are fragmented, each focused on their own cause. But sometime in the next two years, our government is going to do something really stupid and these groups will come together. Watch for it, wait for it–get ready. It will happen. [More]

I could do without O'Reilly and Hannity, but a lot of the sentiment sounds about right. Sounds like an Oath Keeper and a Threeper to me...

[Via Tommy S]

We're the Only Ones Relocating Enough

Residents of Ohio's capital city are complaining that police officers are telling them to move out if they're fed up with neighborhood crime. [More]

Hey, it's a lot more practical than expecting "Only Ones" to protect you. Safer for them, too.

Just "don't be surprised if you get some unwanted attention" if you try to protect yourself.

Yeah, best surrender the territory and leave. Isn't that the way all great civilizations flourish?

[Via Richard B]

No Fair

[T]he French and other aristocrats complained bitterly about this invention, the Welsh longbow, that nullified a lifetime of training with animals and equipment in which they had invested fortunes, and which could now be defeated by mere farmers using couple of sticks and a piece of string. [More]

L. Neil Smith talks fairness.

A very good read...

[Via Len Savage]

Are Veteran Gun Rights Being Crushed Along with Spent Brass?

Tom brought up two things in our conversation that I'd like to get more information on, so consider this column more a request for information than a report. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column asks questions about reports that the military is once again crushing spent brass, and also about a bill purporting to protect veterans' RKBA.

Also get the latest from my fellow GREs.

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This Day in History: November 2

November 2, 1777

The USS Ranger, under the command of John Paul Jones, leaves Portsmouth, New Hampshire for France. [More]