When Seconds Count

Palo Alto police are looking for a bank robber who favors a decidedly slow-speed getaway vehicle -- an electric wheelchair.

They're just lucky he wasn't driving a Go-Go Action Bronco.

[Via Dave Licht]

We're the Only Ones Immune from Felony Charges Enough

Missouri law prohibits O'Connor from being charged with a felony because he is a law enforcement officer, according to a statement by Ed Postawko, chief warrant officer for the circuit attorney's office.

You got that, right?

Being an "Only One" guarantees a lesser charge. By law.

Had enough yet?

[Via Bruce W. Krafft]

UPDATE:
Here's another account that just adds insult to injury:

" A civilian in similar circumstances could have been charged with unlawful use of a weapon. State law makes it a felony when a person "exhibits, in the presence of one or more persons, any weapon readily capable of lethal use in an angry or threatening manner."

Police officers have been exempt from prosecution for that violation for some time. In 2003, legislators included off-duty police officers in the exemption.

That seems ripe for challenge under "the supreme law of the land's" equal protection guarantee. Or it would be in nation where justice mattered.

[Via Michael G]

Getting the Lead Out

Thousands of pounds of venison donated to food pantries this year has become a contentious gift in three states.

Officials in North Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa warn that the meat could be contaminated by lead from bullets. Hunting groups are calling it an overreaction.

I remember reading that the only time it is appropriate etiquette to put your fingers in your mouth in the presence of the Queen of England is when dining with her on game fowl, removing lead shot and placing it on the side of your plate. I know when I did, I was mortified to not realize my pinkie should have also been extended.

Y'know, as long as you do that and don't chew and swallow the shot, I kind of suspect it'll be OK...
[Via Plug Nickel Times]

Carnival of Collective Rights

What with the recent backpeddling by a key Brady attorney in anticipation of an individual rights determination in Heller, I'd like to have a little fun memorializing the record.

If any pro-RKBA bloggers are interested in participating in a carnival of sorts, just take a screen shot of an anti-gun site claiming 2A was intended as a collective right, include a link to that page and post the picture on your blog.

Like this.


Then send me the url and I'll feature it here in, say, a week?

Before anybody enters a comment along the lines of "What if we lose?," all I can say is I'm looking for people with winning attitudes here.

We're the Only Ones Against Shocking Pictures Enough

Click the title link and just watch this.

Good grief.

The dad even shows how harmless it is when he touches it.

Somebody ought to put Sgt. Jeremeiah Dunn on the stand and grill him on his electrical credentials.

I guess with the dumbing down of schools, they probably don't let the kids feel the effects of van de Graaf generators in science class any more? Hell, I remember participating in a psychology class experiment in college where they intentionally shocked you--something hilariously handled in "Ghost Busters."

Don't tell Sgt. Dunn, but my kids love these stupid things...

Only "The Only Ones" would even contemplate criminal charges. I guess it's less risky than going after...uh, I don't know...uh...criminals?

And as bad as Sgt. Dunn is, the "Authorized Journalist" announcer really makes things sound threatening and dire. You'd think the kid had brought in a vial of anthrax.

Anybody about had it with the utter stupidity yet?

A Model Gun Control Advocate

Supermodel Naomi Campbell was arrested at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5 Thursday for allegedly spitting at a police officer, Sky News television reported....

In 2000, Campbell pleaded guilty in Toronto to an assault charge for beating an assistant...

In January 2007, Campbell pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault for throwing her mobile phone at her maid...

That must be why she's such a devotee of "man of the proletariat" Hugo Chavez.

It also probably explains why she wouldn't want her employees to have access to tools of self defense. And joins Tupac (Now, jump out the car then I open fire, sucka! Hahahaha, Thug Life!) afficianados to "rap for gun control." And demanded a "bullet-proof car."

Private Rodham

Bill Clinton Says Hillary Tried to Join the Army

Hillary says she tried to join the Marines.

Sniper fire is getting pretty thick around here.

The Finest Voters Money Can Buy

As former President Bill Clinton was extolling his wife's credentials, Obama's campaign office in Bloomington began giving away tickets to Sunday's Dave Matthews concert at Assembly Hall.

Ah, the time-honored tradition of buying votes. Can you imagine giving someone the power of Set in exchange for a concert ticket? And I'm just talking morality here, not legality. And remember, these attendees will cancel out 8,000 gun owner votes.

I see the profiteers at eBay think there is a consideration of value...

Seeing as how the Dave Matthews Band commands a hefty ticket price for its concerts, I'm sure the campaign will multiply that times 8,000 to report their "in-kind" contribution to the FEC.

Hey, it's a good thing Obama intends to introduce ethics into lobbying and campaign financing...

Another Commie for Obommie

Jane Fonda, the actress and ardent anti-Vietnam war advocate who visited North Vietnam during those hostilities, has endorsed Democrat Barack Obama for president.

Because he would ban .50 BMGs, that we all know are capable of shooting down the capitalists' aircraft...

White-Out in Atlanta

An Atlanta, Georgia, judge who ordered white lawyers out of his courtroom so he could lecture African-American defendants called that decision a "mistake" Tuesday night.

That's the problem with Wite...uh...White-Out. If you use it to correct something and then find out that was a mistake, all you're left with is a mess.

Blind Justice is compelled to include color-blindness.

Search Me

For at least 16 months after the Sept. 11 terror attacks in 2001, the Bush administration believed that the Constitution's protection against unreasonable searches and seizures on U.S. soil didn't apply to its efforts to protect against terrorism.

That view was expressed in a secret Justice Department legal memo dated Oct. 23, 2001.

...The 37-page memo is classified and has not been released. Its existence was disclosed Tuesday in a footnote of a separate secret memo...

Exactly what domestic military action was covered by the October memo is unclear.

I hope nobody thinks for a minute that "Homegrown Terrorists" would be excluded if it served their purposes.

This Day in History: April 4

It appears to me that Light Blunderbusses on account of the quantity of shot they will carry, will be preferable to Carbines, for Dragoons, as the Carbines only carry a single ball especially in case of close action.

What was that Miller decision again?

Oh, yeah:

In the absence of any evidence tending to show that possession or use of a 'shotgun having a barrel of less than eighteen inches in length' at this time has some reasonable relationship to the preservation or efficiency of a well regulated militia, we cannot say that the Second Amendment guarantees the right to keep and bear such an instrument. Certainly it is not within judicial notice that this weapon is any part of the ordinary military equipment or that its use could contribute to the common defense.

The Middle Ground

JURIST Guest Columnist Allen Rostron of the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law says that by approaching the District of Columbia v. Heller case in a spirit of conciliation and compromise rather than extremism, the Court can make its ruling on the interpretation of the Second Amendment a victory for everyone...

What this is, in fact, is positioning.

For years, the antis have been adamant that 2A does not articulate an individual right.

They see they may be repudiated and proven demonstrably wrong, so they're trying to give themselves cover without giving up ground. If you can't win the debate, change its terms.

What really ought to disturb everyone who's paying attention is that the insidious position advocated by this gungrabber insider is, for all intents and purposes, identical to the one advocated by the "Vote Freedom First President" through his Solicitor General--and anyone who thinks that bit of treason was not directed from the top is worse than a fool.

Well, It's About Dang Time...

What did it take, almost two years?


I'm sure most of you still won't get this, but what the heck.

We're the Only Ones Pwned Enough

Two pawnshop chains that sued the city of St. Paul over how police handle potentially stolen merchandise have settled the suit for $35,000 — and a reminder to police that they should adhere closely to the city's property-confiscation policy.

What, you have to return it?

You just can't confiscate and sell it?

That's one of the things municipalities hire "Pwnly Ones" to protect against?

Who knew?

[Via GlenWD]

We're the Only Ones "Can't Buy Me Love" Enough

A Lakeville police officer's career is on the line after he was accused of plying two 17-year-old girls with liquor and taking pornographic photographs and videos of them.

Well she was just 17
if you know what I mean...

Oh, wait a minute...wrong Beatles lyrics. Here we go:

It feels so right now, hold me tight,
Tell me I’m "The Only One"...

[Via GlenWD]

Hardy Documentary to Feature at Film Festival

From David T. Hardy:

I am happy to relate that my documentary, "In Search of the Second Amendment," will have a festival premiere at 10 AM next Saturday, April 5,at The Backlot Film Festival in Culver City (western LA), California.

http://www.backlotfilmfestival.com/
http://www.backlotfilmfestival.com/program.htm#Saturday
http://www.secondamendmentdocumentary.com/

I'd appreciate if those who blog or maintain email lists could give it a mention. Admission is only $5 per film, and better attendance gives a better shot at getting media coverage.

If you live in SoCal, spread the word among your friends and make plans to go. Hopefully the NRA Members Councils are all pushing their people to attend. And hopefully, some teachable folks outside of the RKBA community will be curious and want to give it a look.

I trust all WarOnGuns regulars have already seen it, bought a copy, shared it with others? Right?

Hold Up a Bit...

The "Authorized Journalists" need to catch up with the bloggers they so vociferously complain about:


Well, you're about a week late to the "news" story, but welcome...

A Concession Here, A Concession There...

To get her gun bill through the first legislative skirmish, state Sen. Karen Johnson needed to scratch language that would have let people carry concealed weapons on public K-12 campuses in Arizona.

Now, the Mesa Republican says she will have to give up more ground in the battle over her divisive proposal if it has any chance of surviving in the state Legislature.

And at the end of it all there may be a special sticker, and those least qualified will be empowered to dictate storage policy.

But I will concede it's "pragmatic" and the only thing that can be done with any hope of political success. The only alternative, besides surrender, is for "absolutists" to carry in defiance of evil disarmament edicts. If enough did, this discussion would be irrelevant.

But we all know enough won't.

The machine feeds itself, no?

Test Your Knowledge of Federal Gun Laws

A) Yes, it is a good idea!
B) No, it is a bad idea!
C) Not Sure.
D) Why? It Already Exists!

This is a pretty clever tool to use for those who say there oughtta be a law...

I did my own pop quiz on the subject a while back.

[Via ricketyclick]