GRE Round Up for November 10

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

Anthony Bouchard/Cheyenne:

• City of Cody Wyoming challenging lawful carry with nuisance code

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• Portland mayor sends signal that WA gun owners better heed

Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis:

• East St. Louisans taking responsibility for their own security

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
• Michigan Firearms

A Prohibited Person?

As Mayor Adam Bradley's long-awaited domestic violence trial began Monday, his wife — whose words have only trickled out through leaked e-mails and police statements — took the stand to accuse her husband of kicking, taunting and abusing her. [More]

Now understand I'm not saying I necessarily believe the wife. I've got all kinds of documentation of false accusations, particularly resulting from domestic disputes.  There are a lot of crazy partners out there, and the man is innocent until proven guilty.

That said, ordinary mortals generally have ROs filed in these situations, and become de facto "prohibited persons" pending the outcome, and permanent ones if that outcome works against them.  I'm just wondering out loud if he's been similarly "disabled".

And why, yes, since you asked:

This is my shocked face.

Mostly B...s...

Georgia and other states with weak gun laws have more crime. [More]

This assumes a cause and effect relationship between citizen disarmament edicts and criminal behavior--and that guns cause crime.

It hasn't happened with the first assumption and can be shown as demonstrably untrue with the second--unless someone's been suppressing the news about those 4 million rampaging NRA members. Although an in-depth analysis of Furious Mike's "Only Ones" might cause me to revise that assessment...

From 1992 to 2008, nearly 2,000 New York Police Department officers were arrested, according to the department’s own annual reports of the Internal Affairs Bureau, an average of 119 a year.

Let's see, with approximately 40,000 full-time and auxiliary officers, can anybody figure out how much more "law-abiding" we who live just fine amidst "loose gun laws" are...?

PolitiFact scammers can take their Truth-O-Meter and throw it at the next reptile who decides he owns them.

[Via Mack H]

Fender Bender

Colum J. Flaherty, 62, pleaded not guilty in Dorchester Municipal Court to one count of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and was released on $500 cash bail.  [More]

Why, it's like Dodge City!

Except with pen knives.

We'll teach him to take his beating and like it!

[Via Ed M]

False Alarm--Thank Your Lucky Stars

A campuswide alert warning of a gunman at the University of Missouri-St. Louis this morning turned out to have been caused by a longtime professor carrying antique guns as props for a class lecture, officials said. [More]

Seeing they're evidently not prepared to do anything but issue email alerts, I wonder what the headline would have read had he been an actual “gunman^TM”?

[Via cycjec]

El Río de Hierro

In Nuevo Progresso, Tamaulipas, Mexico Today...[More]

And in related news, it looks like our old amigos Los Zetas have struck out on their own.

I guess they didn't sign a non-compete agreement with the Gulf Cartel?

Damned American gun shows...

What's a Little Payoff Between Friends?

A lobbyist known as one of California's most successful power brokers while serving as a legislative leader in that state paid Rep. Maxine Waters' husband $15,000 in consulting fees at a time she was co-sponsoring legislation that would help save the real-estate finance business of one of the lobbyist's best-paying clients, records show. [More]

That would be Mike Roos, co-author of California's Roberti-Roos "assault weapons" ban.

You know, the guy who doesn't think you're trustworthy enough to handle technology that's been around since 1885.

We're the Only Ones Facilitating Enough

Hobbs was first suspended in 2002 for having sex with another Portland cop while one of the two was on duty and using police mobile computer e-mails to facilitate the relationship. She was set to face the same discipline for continuing to use work e-mails to arrange on-duty clandestine meetings with the same colleague in 2005. [More]

So at $2,000 and 100 hours of paid vacation time restored, how much does that work out to?

Mayor Sam to Proposition City Council

Adams sought input on the proposals from community groups, local and state officials, attorneys and criminal justice experts. [More]

Yeah, except when he got input he didn't like, he whined about "bullying tactics".

[Via OFF]

"The Latest Weapon"

Goldfish. [Read]

In the spirit of CUM ULLA SELLA IN PUGNO TABERNA, might I suggest notifying the fine folks who believe a rat is a pig is a dog is a boy, and demanding they vigorously protest this cruel abuse and endangerment of these "unique personalities"?

The Queensland Menace

Under the new laws, introduced last year, dogs can be declared menacing if they cause fear, which could include a behaviour such as rushing at a person on the other side of a fence. [More]

We must ban deadly assault Chihuahuas. Because we all have a right to "feel" safe...

What the hell happened to the Aussies?  I guess the same thing that's happened to most of our heirs of Liberty...

I'd Like to Thank the Academy--Again

I wondered why I hadn't seen the official statement on this--it was titled "John Ashcroft." [Read]

Old-timers will recall we talked about it here, and it came under a concerted dwarf attack here.

Violent leftists agree with SPLC and 'Waco Jim' on threat from the armed right

Just in case you were wondering who agrees with the SPLC’s and Waco Jim’s concerns about you being an armed conservative or libertarian… and about the type of company the fascist opposition keeps. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at--when you stop and think about it--some natural allies.

It's the third part in a series. In case you missed the first two, click here and here.

Can I count on you site regulars to help me spread the word by sharing the link?

This Day in History: November 10

Relieved on November 10, 1778 from the Main Continental Army and assigned to the Middle Department. [More]

GRE Round Up for November 9

Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:

John Longenecker/Los Angeles:

• Safer Streets 2011: Recommended reading after the election.

Dave Workman/Seattle:

• ‘What I did doesn’t deserve a life sentence’

Kurt Hofmann/St. Louis:

• Brady Campaign's Dennis Henigan, and the ideology of 'gun control'

Also check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Albuquerque Libertarian
• Cochise County Libertarian
• Conservative
• Michigan Firearms

Unwise Tim

We don’t need guns. [More]

Yes, you do.

That you think you don't just shows what a doomed, delusional fool you are.

Which is fine with me. 

Mystery to Me

Follow along:

Missile launched off coast of LA.

Govt says they don't know what it is or who fired it.

If true, WTF? The incompetence at fulfilling their most basic of functions demands all in charge be fired.

If not true, that means they--plural--are liars.

If the speculation is right, that this was a warning shot to Asia to not spook The One, does that mean it's OK for us to fire our guns in the air when we feel threatened?

And if the government thinks the threat is real enough to do this, maybe the rest of us have a vested interest in knowing?

Nah, the object isn't to do anything but ensure survivability and continuation of government. That's why they have all those elaborate tax-funded facilities, and disparage the preparedness folks as paranoid survivalists.

And we ridicule "conspiracy theorists" who disbelieve the official government line about things why...?

UPDATES:

• North Korea flexing?
• Let the disinformation/doubt-seeding begin! Yeah. Horizontal contrails.
• The plot thickens?
  

Trust Us

We are the last people to want more guns on the streets - but trust us, this is a good thing. [More]

Trust you?

 

Are you out of your minds?

I once had a used car salesman sporting slicked-back greasy black hair, a gold front tooth and an orange polyester leisure suit put his hand on my shoulder, smile broadly and say "Trust me." 

 

I laughed out loud, thanked him and shook his hand, because I admired the irony of his style.

Then I wished him luck and left.

True story.

Runnin' Back to Saskatoon

The Applicant does not agree with the licensing provisions of The Firearms Act and related provisions of The Criminal Code of Canada (the "Code"). He does not believe that he, or any "law abiding citizen", should ave to hold a license or register his weapons. He has been peacefully, although at times not lawfully, protesting the licensing and registration requirements of the Firearms Act and related provisions for over a decade. [More]

Interesting case out of Canada...

It's inspirational to see some have the courage of their convictions and will not go gentle into that good night.  And it's depressing to know how most will remain oblivious, and of those who aren't, how so many will agree that culling the independent-minded is best for the herd.

I understand the judicial review should be occurring right about now (10:00 am Saskatoon time).

A Talent for Understatement

Yes it will. I wonder if Paul will take the bait. [Read]

If not, I'll wonder why.