Notes from the Resistance...
Brooks, too, is not new to controversy. He’s been widely known as one of the city’s most flamboyant activists for over a decade and is a convicted sex offender.I guess if I was a predatory pervert, I'd want to make sure my victims--and those able to avenge them--were disarmed, too.
Since passing its "shoot first, ask questions later" law last year, the state of Florida has been derided by the international press, become the subject of an ad campaign that warns visitors not to "shout or make threatening gestures" at the natives, and provided fodder for amused bloggers, pundits and late-night comics. (What's the Sunshine State's new motto? "Florida: Don't make us come up there.'')Translation: British and French journalists' opinions should be a deciding factor in which rights the government allows you to enjoy. A handful of mentally ill loons passing out propaganda leaflets at Orlando airport should be a deciding factor in which rights the government allows you to enjoy. And Hollywood and other media elites making snotty comments to the amusement of their worshippers should be a deciding factor in which rights the government allows you to enjoy.
Jane Creba, 15, was browsing the Boxing Day sales with her older sister when she started crossing the street to look for sneakers. She stepped into a spray of gunfire between rival teenage gangs in the middle of the busy downtown shopping district.A Google news search yields no fewer than 31 pages of hits for the term "Jane Creba."
Just Samurai? Isn't that racist?UPDATE:It might help if I gave you the link to her comments on the WaPo gun ban proposal.
Substitute "brick" for "sword" and "bashed" for "stabbed."
A U.S. border patrol agent is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday in Del Rio, Texas, on federal charges that he illegally purchased a pistol for a Mexican national who intended to smuggle the weapon into Mexico, according to U.S. investigators.What did Plato ask?
Superintendent Wayne Minnaar said the 25-year-old police officer allegedly hired out his service pistol for R150 to three hijackers.And remember, South African citizens, the police say you must register your guns to keep things like this from happening.
Lawmakers know all this and know as well that handguns -- however exalted they seem to be in America -- should not be in general circulation. Political long shot that it may be, a national ban on the general manufacture, sale and ownership of handguns ought be enacted. It would not pacify kids or adults with violent tendencies, and it might not curb general criminal activity markedly. But it might well save thousands of lives. Handgun exceptions could be made for federal, state and local law enforcement and military agencies; collectors of antique firearms; federally licensed handgun sporting clubs with certain safety procedures; security guard services; and licensed dealers, importers or manufacturers that are determined to be meeting those needs.Like the man said: Molon Labe!
British lawmakers are being urged to ease a ban on handguns so Britain`s champion shooters can train for the Olympics.I guess they can do it there if they want--they have "nobility" and commoners.
"If police catch you carrying a weapon you could be arrested and prosecuted. But isn't that better than being unable to protect yourself and losing your life? The police can't be everywhere and the sentences handed down by the courts are often far too lenient."Yep--as the truism goes, better to be tried by twelve than carried by six...
Harold M. Clemens of Roxbury writes on his Ghetto Uprising that, as well-intentioned as the state's tough gun-ownership laws are, it might be time to relax them so residents of violence-prone neighborhoods can protect themselves.Relax 'em? Hell, it's past time to repeal 'em. But this is, as our opponents are wont to say, "a good first step."
The family of a 13-year-old Florida boy shot by police say officers were told the gun he held was not real.Why should authorities have taken their word for it? They're only "civilians." And you know how they lie.
Ralph Penley said when he arrived at the Millwee Middle School in suburban Orlando on Friday morning, he told Seminole County Sheriff`s deputies his son Christopher only had a replica pistol, CNN said. The boy`s younger brother says he told school officials the same thing.
Greenwood police are investigating the disappearance of several firearms from the department's inventory...The guns were stored in a vault or locker in the department's main headquarters building and were discovered missing Jan. 6, Harris said...He said the weapons were securely stored and access was controlled.Right. That's why they're MISSING!
The Remington 12-gauge shotgun had been issued to Lemay by the Sheriff's Office, Buchanan said. It's Lemay's responsibility to keep the gun locked up, and Buchanan said he considered it to be secure because it was inside the trunk.At least his "710" cap isn't missing...
But all the thief needed to do to get the shotgun was to slip his hand inside the car and lift a lever to pop open the trunk.
A township police officer is facing more than 11 years in prison...a Morris County Grand Jury handed up the indictment against Kevin J. Lassiter, 43. He was indicted for possessing a weapon for an unlawful purpose on Sept. 5 and aggravated assault for allegedly holding a gun to the head of his wife'’s cousin when she tried to intervene in the dispute between Lassiter and his wife at Lassiter'’s home.See, you and I can't be trusted with guns because we might go off the deep end...
Lassiter was charged with assaulting his wife by pushing, punching and grabbing her by the throat...
There is nothing quite like punching someone in the head and having it sound like a ripe melon.His "favorite quote"? Boy, you could see this one coming a mile away:
What is best in life? To crush your enemies, see them driven before you and hear the lamentations of their women. - Conan the BarbarianIn a post titled "More Holiday Cheer," he describes a recent arrest that elicits a chorus of admiring comments, including:
Hey Man - Happy New Year! Congrats on catching that bastard. Put a pink tutu on him and throw in the cell with the friendly chaps.What's even more disgusting, the prison rape advocate isn't even a cop. But he expresses a sentiment promoted by no less an "authority" than California Attorney General Bill Lockyer, who had this to say about a man who hadn't (at the time) even been charged with a crime, let alone convicted:
I would love to personally escort [Enron CEO Ken Lay] to an 8-by-10 cell that he could share with a tattooed dude who says, 'Hi, my name is Spike, honey.'Lockyer, of course, says you have no right to own a gun, and if his cop minions catch you with one he doesn't approve of, they'll do their best to throw you into a population of "Spikes".
Now, let's go out on a limb and say that this was actually a viable idea. How does a criminal, who doesn't want his firearm found, circumvent this system? Two ways: remove the battery or wrap the antenna with aluminum foil. If you don't believe me, try it with your cell phone. That's all; he's done.Gun Law News has two recommendations for the idiot Boston councilman who wants to mandate GPS chips in guns.
So, in summary, please consider these two recommendations. Not only will you save yourself the appearance of complete stupidity, you will save gun bloggers time as well.
Is this some kind of bust?Hey, Pam, at least if I eat KFC, I won't get Hepatitis C...
Yes, very nice...
