Friday, March 09, 2012
Accused ‘illegal’ gun seller Terri Reese still awaiting bail release
“This case raises troubling issues of government secrecy, severe government ineptitude and misconduct (i.e. Operations Fast and Furious and Gun Runner), scapegoating (i.e. trying to create alleged crimes along the border for gun dealers to divert attention from these botched operations), and denial of basic due process and presumptions of innocence,” Bowles told this correspondent. [More]Today's exclusive Gun Rights Examiner report notes all kinds of presumptions. And yeah, I see "botched" in there.
We're the Only Ones Medically Responsive Enough
“It wasn’t a crime scene until they made it one.”[More]So, naturally, "The White Plains public safety commissioner declared this a 'warranted use of deadly force'.”
Your Tax Dollars at Work
I wish I could say unbelievable. [Watch]
And on top of that, they couldn't even make them right.
Looks like they finally put the brakes on it in December:
[Via Skip]
And on top of that, they couldn't even make them right.
Looks like they finally put the brakes on it in December:
“At the Treasury Department, we’re continuing to work hard in support of President Obama and Vice President Biden’s efforts to cut waste and streamline government,” said Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner. “Putting a stop to the minting of surplus $1 coins represents a significant opportunity to reduce costs and improve efficiency. In these tough times, Americans are making every dollar count, and they deserve the same from their government. We simply shouldn’t be wasting taxpayer money on money that taxpayers aren’t using.”Yeah, like it was their idea and they'd have done a thing until exposed and unless outrage had been raised.
[Via Skip]
What Has Little Bells in It and Smells Like Pepper?*
Van Daele observed that many Alaska bear encounters may not appear in Smith's historical data in instances where no person or bear was hurt. Alaskans often travel armed in the backcountry. Positive outcomes where a person deterred an attack with a shotgun blast directed over a bear's head may very well never get reported, he said. [More]Just like many DGUs against two-legged animals go unreported.
And out there, if someone just shot it and kept their mouth shut--and with the legal/financial disincentives against coming forward, don't discount that option--there's a chance no one would ever know, especially if it were off the beaten path--the carcass would probably be stripped to bones and scattered within a week.
Of course how you conduct yourself and your situational awareness matters. No one seriously argues a gun by itself is a cure-all, and just because you have an insurance policy doesn't mean you can drive recklessly. But to argue that a gun in the hands of someone who knows what he's doing makes no difference is just agenda-motivated nonsense.
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Taking on The Blade
Nine-month-old Delric Waymon Miller died when a gunman riddled his home with bullets from an AK-47, the standard military assault rifle used by the old Soviet Union... The sooner Americans understand that a nation where almost anyone can get his hands on a Soviet assault rifle...[More]Tell me they don't know better. Tell me they don't know exactly what they're doing.
Gentleman's Agreement
Calderon claimed -- and Biden on behalf of the Obama administration agreed -- that the drug cartels have challenged the military and police with advanced weapons, most of which are trafficked illegally from the United States. [More]
Hmmm...no mention of the obvious by the politicians at their press op, yet an obvious swipe at U.S. guns. It's almost like...nahh...that's conspiracy theory...
Calderon's refusal to publicly, loudly and constantly hammer on his outrage over Gunwalker sure is curious. Of course, with the rampant corruption in his administration, particularly among the police and military from whose ranks Los Zetas sprang, does anybody really believe if the cartels wanted him dead he wouldn't be?
So why don't the cartels want him dead?
Fun Facts to Know and Tell
[A] full 25 percent of all violent crime in the U.S. occurs in the Brady’s top four states with the most severe firearms restrictions. [More]That ought to be a T-shirt or something.
We're the Only Ones Fatally Attracted Enough
Former detective found guilty in cold case murder of ex-lover's wife [More]Oh, and on top of that, her gun is missing. You know, one of those tools the LAPD doesn't trust us to carry...
