Political Moron of the Week

Indeed. [Read]

I know some advise us to be polite when we write to legislators. I'd say all things considered, I showed admirable restraint.

I Like Gun Control, I Like it Fine

Karen De Coster fills in the next line... [Read]

[Via M. Terry]

Trigger Sports Live!

You can watch yesterday's interview here.

We discuss a video about open carry that starts at around 16:50. My segment starts around 22:30.

I'm trying to figure out why the camera is so jerky. Last week I had it set at 30 fps and it worked OK but every once in a while would freeze, like too much data was streaming in and clogging the pipeline. This week I scaled it back to 25 fps and it looked fine on my end, but in playback looks jerky, more like 5 fps. My Internet connection is high speed cable, but the lights on the modem were flashing a bit yesterday, so there could have been connectivity issues--we are having some weather here. Then again, it could have been with Skype, or on ASTN's end...

Ah well, I never claimed to be Dr. Zarkov...but I'll keep working on it. Any ideas on what I could try from those of you who work with technology more advanced than my old pull-start model will be welcome...please use very small words and try to talk like Johnny Weissmuller's Tarzan if you don't want my eyes to glaze over.

Racist VPC

Kurt Hofmann tells us why. [Read]

Good catch!

We're the Only Ones...

...Wicked Stepfather Enough...

A former Chickasaw Police Officer has been convicted of rape, sodomy and sex abuse.. Bob Ingle was accused of raping his step-daughter...

...Being Head of the Family Enough...

"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.

Her husband, Tony Phinney, is a lieutenant at the Sheriff's Office.

...Keeping Order in the Court Enough...

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...

[Via FFFW]

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

Two children’s television presenters, Anna Williamson and Jamie Rickers, were stopped by police under anti-terrorism powers while filming a stunt using hairdryers as pretend weapons. [More]

If they were hunting dorks, I think they found them.

[Via Steve T]

We're the Only Ones Being Held to Account Enough

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]

I guess that's another way to go after weapons-makers...in classic "Only Ones"-style.

[Via S.]

Native Craftsmanship

The girl was offended and showed the image to her brother, who gathered his clansmen and attacked the Tapos with home-made guns, bush knives and bows and arrows. [More]

Quick--better tell IANSA that somebody's found a workaround...

[Via William T]

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

Employer told not to post advert for 'reliable' workers because it discriminates against 'unreliable' applicants [More]

I'm waiting for them to tell a pre-school they can't discriminate against child molesters.

[Via Harvey]

No Need to Be On Edge

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?

You're perfectly safe. See?

What the hell more do you want?

[Via Plug Nickel Times]

The Longest Yard

Daniel White makes a football analogy. [Read]

The Luck o' the Irish

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...

Asking the Right Questions

Howard Nemerov gets some good answers. [Read]

Carol Sente Typical of Politicans Who 'Support Second Amendment'

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."

Also get a recap on my interview yesterday on Trigger Sports Live!, watch some Texas Gun Sow protest videos, and get the latest from my fellow GREs.

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This Day in History: January 28

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]