"I learned from an insider that other ATF Special Agents (not SA Cefalu) came forward and testified last week, called ATF bosses liars, and that the next hearing is February 9th." [More]Vanderboegh gives us more reasons to challenge our trust.
The loaded gun was found inside a women’s restroom. A police report identified a U.S. Customs Enforcement agent left it behind. [More]Not again...again...again..again...
I know who's going to respond and how. Let me be clear: I am not one of those "pry it out of my cold, dead hands" guys. No one in the city but a copper ought to have a handgun. And so on.Well then it sounds to me like you got just what you were asking for, you contemptible Fudd. Now even the birds have no cause to fear you.
But I am a fellow who grew up in Northern Ontario and who was once the scourge of the clay pigeon, feared among the partridges. [More]
In police court documents, it is alleged that police supervisors encouraged improper conduct by setting quotas for drug arrests and even handed out bonus checks to officers. [More]That must be how the "Only Ones" who murdered her got the drugs they planted in her house. You can read more about this obscene travesty right here.
If lawmakers are trying to enact legislation based on what she tells them is "easy," it shouldn't be too much to ask. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner asks that a claim be proven.
Lafayette’s 1779 memoirs record his January 31, 1778, meeting with the Board of War. According to Lafayette, at dinner in Gates’s quarters that evening, he embarrassed the guests by asking them to drink to the health of the commander in chief...This gesture solidly displayed Lafayette’s loyalty to Washington, but it was not the only reason that the apparently unorganized move to displace Washington gradually diminished. [More]
Utah officer accidentally shoots self in hip [More]Ah, another nominee for the coveted Lee Paige Medallion, in recognition of the "Only Ones professional enough" to carry a gun.
Furious Mike's stalwarts are hot on the trail of an armed and dangerous suspect. You know--one who ignores the laws that keep the subjects disarmed. [Read]Chief Pillo made a claim that you just don't hear all that often anymore--that:I think area gun owners ought to make a point of dogging her at press conferences she appears at, and ask if we can get her all the equipment, tools and materials needed to do the job, will she video-demonstrate a conversion?
"Assault weapons can also be easily converted to fully automatic machine guns." [More]
Murrah’s mother and a longtime friend urged Sturns to grant him probation, saying he is a good father whose 5-year-old son would be devastated if his father were jailed. [More]Y'know, my family would be devastated too--not so much if I got sent to jail for such an offense, but more because I would have presumed to be the "Only One" authorized to spank a stranger's naked butt in the first place.
Besides which, the whole "list" question" assumes government will end up going door-to-door confiscating. If such a thing happens, my assessment is most of us (or you) will probably have enough advance indicators to see what's going down, the logistics of mass national confiscation being what they are with the sheer number and widespread distribution of gun owners. If it ever does happen, all this talk is going to be academic anyway, and you're going to have some choices to make that will require a lot more soul-searching than taking advice from some guy on the internet. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column attempts to answer some questions. I'm soliciting your input.
On January 30, 1778, General Washington gave a report on the result of a General Court martial held on January 23, when a soldier of the artillery was tried for desertion and stealing a horse from General McIntosh. The soldier was acquitted of the desertion charges, but found guilty of theft and was sentenced to receive 100 lashes on his back and have "half his pay stopped monthly until General McIntosh is fully satisfied". [More]
“The police officer was chatting on Facebook,” said Brown. “I think that’s wrong.”Hmmm--how to prove it?
So Brown took out his cell phone and took a picture. That’s when he claims the officer arrested him.
“Pulled me out of the car, grabbed my phone, and I said I don’t think I’m breaking the law here … I’m not under arrest,” said Brown.
Brown said the officer then said “Well, you’re under arrest now.”
Brown said the officer handcuffed him, took the phone and hauled him off to jail.
Brown claims he was never read his rights and the officer wouldn’t give him his name. As for that picture, Brown said when officers returned his phone, the picture was gone. [More]
In 2006, Mr. Chen spent 30 days in jail for choking her and punching her in the face, and since then Ms. Wu had received at least five orders of protection against him. [More]See, there's the problem--she should have tried for six.
"BATFE agent commits perjury" [More]I'm so disillusioned.
The House Fish, Wildlife & Water Resources Committee is currently considering legislation (H. 484) which could potentially ban the sale and use of virtually all ammunition in Vermont. [More]The ironic thing is, the unintended consequences were such an ill-advised bill to pass could actually end up putting a lot more "toxic chemicals" into the environment.
A police officer accidentally used pepper spray instead of a fire extinguisher on a man who set himself on fire Wednesday in downtown Portland, police said. [More]Understandable. I can't tell you how many times I've accidentally used carbon dioxide instead of chipotle sauce to marinate meat for fajitas.
Toy pistol in hand and cap on backwards, Indiana State Representative Vernon Smith resorted to bizarre theatrics in his failed bid to prevent a pro-gun bill from passing in the House. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column revisits an emotionally challenged politician that we met here yesterday.
January 29, 1778. "The commanding officer of each brigade is to appoint a Capt'n daily to visit the sick of his brigade in or near camp to examine whether they have proper attention paid to them and are furnished with everything their situation requires as far as circumstances will allow." [More]
A former Chickasaw Police Officer has been convicted of rape, sodomy and sex abuse.. Bob Ingle was accused of raping his step-daughter...
"She was struck in the face, dragged off a couch onto the floor, and she had also stated that he threatened to come back and shoot the family."...Doing Shots Enough...
Following an argument between the two, the victim says she went upstairs in the home to hide Petrone's duty belt that contained his service weapons. He followed her, and upon entrance into the room, went into a nightstand and grabbed a .380 caliber semi-automatic pistol....Being a Driving Force in a Young Girl's Life Enough...
Ron Killings [!!!--DC], a Rutherford County Detective at the time, was behind the wheel of his patrol car when he struck the little girl, killing her in the summer of 2008....Relieved Enough...
Woman Claims On-Duty Cop Urinated in Front of Her...Whipping Something Up Enough...
Two off-duty Los Angeles Police Department officers have been arrested for allegedly pistol-whipping a man during a fight in Whittier......Parting Ways Enough...
On police videotapes of the incident, Phinney can be heard telling Deputy Mike Files that she would give a fellow officer a free pass for speeding and that the deputy would "have a much bigger problem" when her husband arrived....Keeping Order in the Court Enough...Her husband, Tony Phinney, is a lieutenant at the Sheriff's Office.
A Los Angeles County sheriff's spokesman says the department has begun an internal affairs investigation into why a deputy acting as a bailiff detained and handcuffed a Superior Court spokeswoman inside a downtown Los Angeles courtroom....Forgive Us Our Trespasses Enough...
D.C. Police Raid Wrong Home, City Refuses to Pay for Damage...Muscling In Enough...
The one-time Tennessee narcotics officer of the year was sentenced to three years probation Tuesday for allowing a known drug dealer to make a delivery of steroids without police interference....Arbitrated Enough...
Spokane Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick was among law enforcement brass who told said they should be allowed to fire an officer who lies without fear of being overruled by an arbitrator.Not that I want to be accused of denigrating or anything...
I guess that's another way to go after weapons-makers...in classic "Only Ones"-style.The indictment alleges that Harper, who was employed by Glock as an outside legal counsel, and the other men set up bank accounts and transferred funds and assets from Glock to those accounts for "their own personal use and control."
Harper...worked as a federal prosecutor under a number of U.S. attorneys in Atlanta. [More]
An attacker could find many places to hide at Hocking College, a campus carved into a forest in the Appalachian foothills. And with the threat of a mass killing looming over black students at the community college, Allen Edwards is steering clear of the trees. [More]Oh would you please settle down and knock off with the hysteria?
What the hell more do you want?BURGLARS will arm themselves with deadly weapons because of proposed laws allowing homeowners to use lethal force against intruders, it was warned yesterday. [More]So just give' em what they want then, and put your faith in the luck o' the Irish...
That's the problem when people start telling lies, and it validates the wisdom of Aesop when he told us of the boy who cried wolf. When Sente starts calling other people liars, we don't know who to believe. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at a politician with a big "but."
I received your favour of the 26th. pr. Express, inclosing Returns of the Maryland Companies of Artillery and the Law of that State for recruiting their Battalions. Their Bounties are generous, but I very much fear that nothing short of drafting will have the desired effect. [More]
Some of the guns are so dangerous that they are banned in Australia, meaning Mr Lee had to travel to Cambodia to film much of the clip... Mr Lee said that while he was happy about his overseas success, he would not like the issue of gun control in Australia to go the way of the US debate. "You have got to abide by the law, and there are some people out there who shouldn't be able to use guns. [But] I like guns, and I use guns in the bush" [More]Yeah, that really appeased the opposition, there, didn't it, mate?
I'll bet it has one of those semiautomatic latch releases that let it open with one squeeze of the button. I need to get me one in time for the next Bumbershoot.About 40 people in the store, including customers and employees, were told to gather at the front of the store, where they took cover and were guarded by officers. Other officers then conducted a sweep of the store, and found the man in a bathroom.
He was carrying an umbrella. [More]
A bloody Kermit the Frog doll that closed Peak to Peak Charter School and brought out the Boulder County bomb squad last week was the result of a student prank gone wrong, according to Lafayette police. [Read]We should just thank our lucky stars it wasn't a Mooninite.
Investigators also found Middle Eastern red and white traditional headdress... [More]Well then that cinches it. With an "assault weapon" that's been "altered to fire .50-caliber ammunition" (any bets the "Authorized Journalist" thinks it's a .50 BMG capable of shooting down 747s?) he must be one of those right wing extremists. Because Allah knows, the other kind has nothing to do with planning attacks on military installations.
Will we ever grow enough backbone to take on and tame our self-destructive gun culture? [More]What, you mean have the state send out armed enforcers to bend men like me to your will--and imprison or kill us if we defy and resist you?
One student was shot "without provocation" in a trio of attacks late Monday. U officials and police hope security video helps them track the suspects - quickly. [More]I thought a "trio" was a "spate."
Admittedly, just because someone has achieved fame and fortune in one endeavor doesn't mean they're qualified or have the passion to lead in another. The flip side to that: Just because someone is rich and famous doesn't give them a pass on doing what they can to promote liberty. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at, if not the edge of darkness, at least the edge of participation...
Any Articles to be sent in to our prisoners in Philadelphia must be left with the Commissary of prisoners Friday evening next. [More]
Some of the more inventive crimes dreamt up by Labour include "disturbing a pack of eggs when directed not to by an authorised officer" and reporting the door of a merchant ship to be closed and locked when it isn't. [More]They've become a Monty Python skit, haven't they?
The last time ATF was in this position, they raided a religious commune in Texas to "retrieve their reputation." [More]Vanderboegh thinks the terrain is starting to look familiar.
And, yeah, I know--ADA is another unconstitutional usurpation by the national government--but this is a case of any chair in a bar fight, and the immediate short term goal is to clobber the other guy.Today's Gun Rights Examiner column recommends using their own rules to start a fight between competing oppressors.
Besides, setting different coercive entities against each other would be fun to watch, kind of like a dinosaur fight, and it could further confound the designs of a certain pathological control freak who thinks his function is to rule. [More]
A board of General Officers having recommended that a Sutler be appointed in each Brigade whose liquors shall be inspected by two officers appointed by the Brigadier for that purpose and those liquors sold under such restrictions as shall be thought reasonable. The Commander in Chief is pleased to approve of the above recommendation and to order that such Brigade Sutler be appointed, and liquors sold at the following prices and under the following regulations...[More]
Responding to Clement's remarks, Gura said, "The suggestion that I wouldn't present all the arguments to the Court was uncalled for." Gura added, "I hope that this time Paul understands that handgun bans are unconstitutional." As solicitor general in 2007, Clement filed a brief in the Heller case arguing that the D.C. handgun ban warranted heightened scrutiny but was not necessarily unconstitutional and should be remanded to lower courts for more review. [More]NRA tried to horn in on Heller and Gura didn't want them. Now they've horned in on McDonald and Gura doesn't want them. And they keep picking representatives with no core loyalties.
Do you understand that lawyers are advocates?Yeah, we understand that.
Boston Police Chief Institutes 'No Lying' Rule [More]And yes, of course it's a "publicity stunt." Show me one thing Commissioner Davis does that isn't.
A flyer appearing to be from the FBI has been turning up at local gun and ammo shops, instructing employees there how to identify suspected terrorists, but some store owners say its regulations might affect more than just enemies of the state. [More]I've been trying to get a copy of the actual document. I asked Paul W. Davis who is from Ark. if he could locate one and this is his reply:
I talked to two gunshop owners today. One is a mom and pop that sells guns along with hardware, the other a large gunshop that deals with every firearm imaginable. The mom and pop owner saw the report, but no one ever delivered any kind of flyer to him, nor did he receive one in the mail. The owner of the large gunshop was out of town when the flyer was delivered, but was informed about it. They tried to call the number on the flyer, and the number was never answered. Before 40/29 did their report they tried to get him to talk to them, but he refused because he doesn't trust them. Nonetheless, he had it confirmed to him that they (40/29) tried to reach the number and it was not answered for them either. He does know the FBI was contacted at their normally published number and they claimed no knowledge of the flyer. The flyer his shop received, they destroyed when it didn't appear to be official. His take is that someone was trying to create a stir. At this point, a couple of things are apparent: If it was a government operation, it was a black op to determine reaction and nothing more. If it was not a government operation, the individual(s) responsible are attempting to stir the pot for reasons known to them. In any case, it is not "official" policy. Although, from what the gun store owner described as being on the flyer, he considered the points raised to be all the things they normally evaluate when someone is purchasing a firearm anyway. At this late in the game, it is highly doubtful I could get my hands on a copy of the flyer. I do not know too many other people who might be able to get one either. I will say this, if it were an official op from the government, they know every FFL in the entire area, and the mom and pop guy would have gotten one too. Whoever did this wasn't aware of all the different FFL's (we have dozens) in the area, or decided to hit only those shops which were high visibility and possibility only in a certain geographical area. Sorry I could not hit more shops, but that would require more time than I had available due to other commitments. I hope this sheds some additional light on the situation.If anyone can shed some additional additional light, please do. In the mean time, I left a voicemail and sent this to the FBI public affairs officer in Little Rock:
The Vancouver Police Department has issued an apology after a man said he was beaten by officers who knocked on the wrong door while investigating a report of a violent domestic dispute. [More]Nice to see a non-"Only One" was ultimately arrested on suspicion of assault...
But recently the nazi's in Albany NY where it is held, decided to post state police in the parking garage and request ID from everybody who parks for the show. [More]What happens if you say "No"?
Two New York Police Department patrolmen have been suspended after a video surfaced showing them beating a handcuffed suspect during an undercover drug operation. [More]Hey, give them credit: they may have saved his life. After all, if uncuffed, he could have lifted a finger against them.
"Department officials are concerned that if Cowan lost consciousness, he would be unable to safeguard his firearm and consigned him to its 'no carry' list."Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at Furious Mike's enforcers eating one of their own.
With that as the criterion, no one alive should be carrying a gun--including Mike Bloomberg's bodyguards. Not to mention anyone on or retired from the force and still carrying who suffers from a heart condition, high blood pressure, obesity... [More]