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About "The Only Ones"
The purpose of this feature has never been to bash cops. The only reason I do this is to amass a credible body of evidence to present when those who would deny our right to keep and bear arms use the argument that only government enforcers are professional and trained enough to do so safely and responsibly. And it's also used to illustrate when those of official status, rank or privilege, both in law enforcement and in some other government position, get special breaks not available to we commoners, particularly (but not exclusively) when they're involved in gun-related incidents.
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The Cattle that you collect, should cross the Delaware at Coryell's Ferry and then keep higher up the Country before they strike across. They should fall in with Schuylkill, at Potts Grove and cross the River there. A considerable escort should attend them. We lost a fine drove of 130 Head that were coming from New England, a few days ago. Some of the disaffected in Bucks County, gave information of them and a party of light Horse pushed up twenty miles and carried them off. When you come over with your detachment, you should keep a good look out between you and Philadelphia, for you may depend that they will have information of you, thro' the means of their friends with which the Country abounds. [More]
There's some good stuff being turned out. I hope you're availing yourself of it, and importantly, sharing these links via emails, on blogs and forums, with your local newspaper editor, etc.
A common complaint is media bias and absence of representation for "our side."
These people work hard to change that and ask for nothing from those of us their labors serve other than to help spread the word. I hope no one thinks that's too much to ask.
The U.S. attorney's office and the FBI say Lairy and others would make up tips to report to the crime-fighting group, and a coconspirator would receive a code from Lairy to claim money for the fake information. The fund lost more than $29,000.
Court documents allege, the 3 took more than $12,000 from a local nightclub owner in exchange for protection and information about upcoming police operations.
Argo contends that Brockmann was chasing another motorist on Aug. 14, 2008, when Frashour performed what police call a PIT maneuver, or Pursuit Intervention Technique, on what he thought was the suspect vehicle. In this case, Argo argues that Frashour struck the wrong car...
A former Chicago police officer convicted of a bar beating seen around the world violated his probation by failing a drug test last month, Cook County prosecutors alleged today.
The suspended cop pleaded guilty Friday in Schenectady County Court to two counts of misdemeanor criminal contempt for disobeying a court order that he refrain from contacting his former girlfriend.
I reminded readers here of another option that was not included in WorldNetDaily's recent poll on the Arizona Senate race.
Correspondent Straightarrow sent them this letter to the editor under his real name. They opted not to post it,so I will post it here:
I looked at your poll today. But I did not participate. The reason for my not participating is because the poll only offers a choice without a difference.
I propose you do a profile and perhaps an interview with Jim Deakin who is challenging McCain for the Senate seat. As we know McCain is a Republican in name only and a conservative by no stretch of the imagination. The man does not even believe in the Constitution.
Contrarily, Deakin appears to understand the Constitution and to believe in it. I draw your attention to David Codrea and his Gun Rights Examiner column on the internet and Mr. Deakin's answers to a questionnaire that has been used more and more often by citizens trying to plumb the depths of candidates' commitment to liberty for the average citizen. Mr. Deakin acquits himself well.
Please check out Gun Rights Examiner David Codrea and the appropriate column. I think you will find that Mr. Deakin deserves some exposure. As it now stands, I would bet that more people throughout the nation know Mr. Deakin is a candidate in the race from reading that column than Arizonans who have never heard of him because no one mentions his candidacy or his views. Silence is our enemy. It is your enemy. You know enough history to know that. Please correct this oversight.
As I noted last Tuesday and on other occasions, one of the simplest and easiest things gun owners can do is spread the word--share links with fellow gun owners via emails, on blogs, on forums...
We have a situation in Arizona where this is not happening. And turning that around could not be simpler.
Last September I told you about Jim Deakin, who is challenging John McCain for the Senate. Take a look at the answers Jim gave to my gun rights questionnaire.
What this means is gun owners aren't getting involved and telling their friends.
This isn't the first time I've tried to help spread the word. I've included periodic updates as supplements to my main column on a few other occasions.
I asked gun owners to send him "a measly buck" here.
And I asked if anyone wanted to help beat McCain here.
I'll bet I could sit down and think of dozens of excuses not to get involved, to ignore this and to go about my business. What I couldn't do is convince myself doing nothing is the right choice.
I sure hope it's not too much to ask for you to share a link or two, maybe the one to the questionnaire and the link to the Jim Deakin United States Senate website...?
Or else explain why it is a candidate should go out of his way to give unequivocal answers to questions his political enemies will use against him? Why lead if you turn around and everybody s just milling around behind not even getting involved?
Will the justices get the history right, or will they be swayed by a potent gun-rights mythology that has distorted the history of Reconstruction and effectively erased the memory and sacrifices of men such as Williams? [More]
See, according to Saul Cornell, the way we honor the memory of armed blacks who fought for freedom is by embracing disarmament edicts and the rulings that supported them.
There's no question that much precedent had been established by the late Nineteenth Century to reflect deviation from the concept of unalienable rights that shall not be infringed.
That does not give it moral legitimacy.
It's appropriate to question why we should give Cornell's opinion more credence than, say William Rawle's:
“No clause in the Constitution could by any rule of construction be conceived to give the Congress a power to disarm the people. Such a flagitious attempt could only be made under a general pretence by a state legislature. But if in any pursuit of an inordinate power either should attempt it, this amendment may be appealed to as a restraint on both.”
And then there's one other fundamental reality: We will not disarm.
The fact that carelessness continued in making reports concerning illness led to the issuance of the following sharp order from headquarters: February 27, 1778. "Colonel Stewart has been much surprised to find so little attention paid to the orders issued by Gen. Weedon, respecting the sick of the brigade. The colonel now positively orders the captain whose duty it is to visit the sick of the brigade to deliver in his report by 9 o'clock the foloowing morning to which he was appointed to the above duty, otherwise they may depend upon being called to a severe account as it is a duty the utmost importance in the army." [More]
There's some good stuff being turned out. I hope you're availing yourself of it, and importantly, sharing these links via emails, on blogs and forums, with your local newspaper editor, etc.
A common complaint is media bias and absence of representation for "our side."
These people work hard to change that and ask for nothing from those of us their labors serve other than to help spread the word. I hope no one thinks that's too much to ask.
In the ensuing months, she returned to court twice to press her case, complaining that the State Police had been harassing her to drop it. The State Police, which had no jurisdiction in the matter, confirmed that the woman was visited by a member of the governor’s personal security detail.
Then, just before she was due to return to court to seek a final protective order, the woman got a phone call from the governor, according to her lawyer. She failed to appear for her next hearing on Feb. 8, and as a result her case was dismissed. [More]
The family of a father and two sons who were shot dead on a San Francisco street in 2008 can't hold the city responsible for failing to turn their alleged killer over to immigration authorities after earlier arrests, a judge has ruled. [More]
That, of course, is the same city where the majority of the population want to do this:
Proposition H, which requires city residents who already own guns to turn them in to police by April 1, was winning 58 percent to 42 percent with 98 percent of precincts counted.
Let's hear it for "home rule"!
And let's hear it for domestic enemies and their useful idiots!
And while we're at it, let's hold them responsible.
Funny, how these "progressives" locked out workers who organized a few years back. Gee, I guess they don't like it when it's their ox getting gored or bull being stabbed with a Toledo blade or...
Fortunately, their subversive influence is waning. Still, local gun activists should put advertisers on notice that they are giving aid, comfort and life support to a proven enemy...
Since the editor's family owns it, death by a thousand paper cuts seems appropriate.
UT’s athletic director, Mike Hamilton, said that under the new policy, the university will automatically dismiss any student-athlete found in possession of a gun — even those with permits and even those living off-campus. [More]
But note he won't sign a contract establishing university liability should anyone be hurt or killed as a result of their mandate.
Just think, if we could extend this to other endeavors--I mean, employment is voluntary, and we already see how some won't hire smokers. Why not have policies where they can demand no employees own guns? Or at least have access to them...?
The proper response to Meathead Mike would be for the athletes to strike and demand that he be fired. That they won't, and that most will go along to get along, and even think it's a good idea, points to catastrophic failure of the educational system.
The sheriff says officers in that department do more than register guns. He says he does not plan to eliminate it. "I made my position pretty clear. I think our gun registration law is good. Our detectives and officers support it," he said. [More]
We discussed this briefly in a secondary feature here.
And look--they make it "quick, simple and easy" for you!
Of course, if it were me, I'd tell these oath-breaking "Only Ones" exactly what they could count on getting. Publicly, and in front of as many people as possible.
Why everyone doesn't is one of the great mysteries of our time.
Two Carson men were arrested Thursday by federal agents for allegedly exporting gun sights and parts used to manufacture assault rifles to the Philippines without authorization. [More]
In answer to yours of this morning, I think it advisable, that a couple of officers, one from the New Hampshire and one from the Massachusetts troops, should be immediately sent on by different routes, in quest of the cloathing; with directions to proceed on towards Fishkill till they meet it. [More]
There's some good stuff being turned out. I hope you're availing yourself of it, and importantly, sharing these links via emails, on blogs and forums, with your local newspaper editor, etc.
A common complaint is media bias and absence of representation for "our side."
These people work hard to change that and ask for nothing from those of us their labors serve other than to help spread the word. I hope no one thinks that's too much to ask.
Larimer County Sheriff James Alderden, outraged by the ban, told The Gazette’s opinion department he will undermine it in the interest of student safety. [More]
Excellent man. Let's hope gun owners in his jurisdiction support him. That's a brave move and he does not deserve being hung out to dry with all-too-typical apathy.
And you can tell Ilsa, She-Wolf of the SS... I mean, CSU Police Chief Wendy Rich-Goldschmidt(the highly-trained "Authorized Journalists" spelled her name wrong) to go enable her own rape and murder and leave your rights the hell alone...uh...looks like you'll have to email the webmaster.
Be sure and take the poll that accompanies the editorial.
A rarely enforced Tennessee state law was enforced Friday in Dickson when a police officer pulled a woman over for displaying an offensive bumper sticker. [More]
I guess they didn't have anybody running around in a clown mask to focus their enforcement resources on.
I don't know what offends me more--that this was allowed to happen, or comments by total police state tools like "Law Dawg."
"In all of the debate about the right to own and carry guns, the safety of the public and the officers is getting lost in the discussion"...[More]
No it's not, you liar.
I am safer when I am armed. And I don't need your damned permission, servant. The discussion is not about your safety, it's about ours. That's ostensibly the reason you receive a paycheck--and were required to swear an oath before anyone agreed to that.
You don't like it, find another host to attach yourself to.
Yo, Wyomingans or Wyomans or Wyominites or whatever you call yourselves--this kind of crap isn't supposed to be happening there. Stomp it out. get on it, spread the word and stomp it the hell out.
Don't relax because you think you've got it better than everyone else. That's the way this stuff spreads. Remove polyps while they're still benign.
Organized resistance to the Census would provide an interesting opportunity to bog 'em down--they couldn't go after everyone.
I'm inclined to put down the number of people in the household and leave it at that, and to stand on my refusal to speak to anyone without an attorney for any follow-up.
Gee, those are a lot of guns to put—what's the term?—"on the street." Can you imagine what the "authorities" would do to anyone who is not part of their clique for similar "negligence"?
Still think these guys are the "only ones" we can trust with them? [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner column finds a few beams among the motes.
Also see what Montana did that may help Utah, get some good news from Nevada, and admire a damn nice sweater in spite of some technical difficulties.
Capt. Lee and several Officers, who are sent to apprehend Deserters, inform me, that there are numbers of disaffected Persons in your State, who make a practice of harbouring those people. [More]
UPDATE: Well, right in the middle of the webcast the dang Babbage difference engine decided it would be a fine time to crash. It may be time to trade my old coal-burning steamer in for one of those new-fangled pull-start models.
There's some good stuff being turned out. I hope you're availing yourself of it, and importantly, sharing these links via emails, on blogs and forums, with your local newspaper editor, etc.
A common complaint is media bias and absence of representation for "our side."
These people work hard to change that and ask for nothing from those of us their labors serve other than to help spread the word. I hope no one thinks that's too much to ask.
Tidwell believes that after the raid, the deputies intentionally scratched the letter "A" off the other side of the house to make it look like their mistake was unavoidable because it looked like all one house.
Gary police Lt. Joshua Wiley, who admitted under oath he stole from an elderly neighbor with dementia and Alzheimer's disease and illegally took her home, was sentenced to three years in the Lake County Community Corrections Kimbrough Work Program.
A 38-year-old former police officer in South Carolina is facing sentencing after pleading guilty to stalking and assaulting his girlfriend and trying to tamper with evidence against him in the case.
Last week, deputies charged Jaymin Lenwood Murphy, 35 from Leland, with one count of first degree rape for a situation dating back to 2006. Shortly after that arrest made the news, deputies say another alleged victim came forward to report an incident.
A former Searcy police officer was arrested at 1 a.m. Tuesday morning in the bedroom of a 16-year-old girl, according to the White County Prosecuting Attorneys Office.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and local authorities are investigating a LaFollette police officer on allegations of statutory rape, officials said Monday.
There are several more in this batch, including a Part Four, but you get the idea...
After a mousetrap with his name on it was found inside the South Bronx stationhouse, Palestro was transferred to another command for his safety. [More]
We often discuss why more "good cops" don't come forward. And while you may dismiss this as an overreaction to a symbolic gesture, remember that this guy knows full well what his "brethren" are capable of--and systemically allowed to get away with.
It still leaves the question of how safe citizens who live in the South Bronx are...
Ponder, for just a moment, on what all this really means and could lead to.
I’ll tell you what moderation is, Steve – it’s called being a pussy, a pushover, a watered-down sap. Moderation means selling your soul to avoid conflict. Your interview made you look far worse than your TV interview! And you have no clue how _bad_ some of the stuff you said (in the interview) is. You would have been pummeled by hardcore libertarians who read the interview. People would have hated you. You would have received more hate mails than you could handle. I felt too sorry for you to dare put that interview out for people to read. You are also gutless, and you are an enemy to free people. There is no moderation when it comes to freedom vs. slavery, Steve. There’s freedom … or there’s slavery. Have you ever paid attention to history? [More]
Wow. Remind me never to get Karen De Coster mad at me.
She revisits our old mate from Down Under who "likes guns" and notes his attempts at damage control just dig the hole deeper.
Great stuff. Man, I'd like to see that interview...
I'm sure we've talked about this before, but I can't find it right now, and it never hurts to revisit things of import we all should be aware of. From correspondent Me Here:
