The average leader of a Chicago street gang is 43, and more often than not he lives in the leafy suburbs of Cook County.Yep, let the animals loose and disarm the victim pool.
He typically has been convicted of murder...
Advice on how to fight back...
*Limiting handgun sales to once a month and banning .50-caliber sniper rifles...
More than 28 000 South Africans lent their faces to the worldwide Million Faces Petition calling for tougher controls on the international arms trade, campaigners said yesterday.And they are in some illustrious company.
On this day in 1782, Congress adopts the Great Seal of the United States after six years of discussion.Looks like it didn't take them all that long to start acting like politicans...
Even by NRA standards, this is a bad idea -- not just divisive but downright dangerous. Does the gun lobby really want to remake America in the image of Iraq? The proposal was apparently motivated by the lawlessness in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, but if there aren't enough cops to patrol the streets, then hire more cops. When individual citizens, even "law-abiding" ones, decide to go it alone, the result is anarchy.As The Pistolero told me when he sent me this link: "I thought I had seen it all, until I saw this."
"Send a message to lawbreakers that citizens are going to protect themselves." I'd add to that ".... and protect each other." Firearms, as shown by a brave 81-year-old man, can tip the out-of-balance scales in a deadly assault. This same 81-year-old man could just have easily protected his neighbor in a similar assault by being armed.Barry Laws gets ink in the Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) on Tuesday announced that perfume bottles and umbrellas, among other things, will not be allowed inside passengers' carry-on bags...Y'know, I proposed a perfectly safe and secure way to conduct commercial air travel almost five years ago and am still waiting for the authorities to implement my idea...
Businesses that sell toy guns have become the target of protestors. Various civil rights groups, seeking a ban on the fake weapons that look real, are taking on the retailers who sell them.Somehow, when I think "civil rights groups," militant race hustlers aren't what come to mind.
CBS 11 News first reported last month on the efforts of southern Dallas activists. The groups protesting include the Black Panthers, New Black Panthers, and a Hispanic group called the Brown Berets.
An internal city audit of firearms in the Dothan Police Department's evidence room showed little care was given to tracking guns, some of which ended up in the hands of officers who considered them as -- quote -- "perks of being an officer." [More]Hey, why not? After all, they are The Only Ones...
Campbell, who was a deputy with Houston County's narcotic unit at the time, admitted to selling the gun and supplying crack cocaine to Joshua Whigan, an Ashford man authorities say Campbell knew to be a convicted felon.Gee, do you think during his distinguished career, Deputy Campbell ever arrested anyone on a drug or weapons charge...?
This just in: "An Ohio gun went berserk in a crowded shopping mall, shooting six people before reloading and firing three more shots at fleeing shoppers."Hal Lindsey shoots down the myth of self-animating guns.
Federal agents seized inventory and paperwork in a raid of a gun parts manufacturing company here last week, the company's owner said.Nice to see the "authorized journalists" finally getting around to noticing this story...
Just as yesterday's Stop the Violence walk was getting underway downtown, a man in his early twenties was shot with a handgun three times in the right arm and once in the upper chest in the Sheppard Ave. E. and Neilson Rd. area.Well that didn't work...maybe it's time to try a candlelight vigil or a "gun buyback"?
Another one of the only ones who gets the kid glove treatment. Where would I be after repeatedly entering bars with a gun and starting fights?Looks like Blognomicon is starting his own Only Ones archive.
On this day in 1885, the Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor as a symbol of Franco-American friendship.
Nine years late, the 300-foot statue was a gift from the people of France, who had been the Patriots’ primary foreign ally in the War for Independence, to those of United States as a celebration of the Declaration of Independence’s centenary in 1876.
One in 10 Britons have been affected by gun crime in the past five years, or know someone else who has been, a survey has found.And the antis use this shameful statistic as justification for disarming the law-abiding even more?
A Baton Rouge man has filed a civil rights lawsuit in U.S. District Court against the Gonzales Police Department, the Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office and five Gonzales police officers.I understand he's been fighting this battle by himself with no help from any of the "gun groups." I guess that's because Mr. Marchiafava believes the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed, and has acted on that belief. If more individuals did that, the status quo would be turned on its ear.
In the lawsuit, Mark Edward Marchiafava claims he was the victim of false arrest, false imprisonment, assault and battery and unlawful seizure of property.
Again, I need to reiterate that this movie is intended to be serious, but its fanatical, shriekingly-obvious anti-gun stance merely makes it ludicrous instead. If you're a fan of Mystery Science Theatre 3000, you'll appreciate just how appallingly bad Bill's Gun Shop is.Debra at Wolfesblog has written such an entertaining review, I may just break down and rent me some Nazi propaganda.
A police officer was charged Friday with aggravated kidnapping after being accused of handcuffing a woman and sexually assaulting her.So...was it good for you?
On this day in 1778, after almost nine months of occupation, 15,000 British troops under General Sir Henry Clinton evacuate Philadelphia, the former U.S. capital.I hardly think the current occupiers are any better...
Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca has revoked the concealed weapons license of a retired sheriff's captain who waged a fiery but unsuccessful campaign to unseat him in last week's election, a move the candidate's lawyer called "blatant retaliation"...Ordinarily, I'd make some comment about permitting rights and abuse of power, but Larry Waldie has proven to be an unapologetic police statist, so I can't really get too worked up over what he perceives as an injustice done to him.
"This has nothing to do with retaliation or curbing one's democratic right to freedom of speech. This has to do with misusing department data and mechanisms"...
When two escapees from the DC Jail were still on the loose, police raided a home on W street Northwest. They didn't find the suspects. But in that home, they found a gun that looked awfully familiar.Honest, I don't set out each morning looking for these stories, I just kind of trip over them while out foraging for material...
It was a Glock 17, reported stolen earlier this year by DC police Lt. Teresa Brown in the Fourth District. And guess where the gun was reported stolen from? The Fourth District police station.
I can't help but visualize walking up to this guy's window and popping a balloon...I’m not the originator of that phrase, Lee Paige, the goofball DEA agent who shot himself in front of a classroom of children is.
My goal is to get information out so people start to think for themselves—make their own connections—have the first thought in their minds when they read stories of LEO abuse/incompetence be an “only ones” connection—because I think it is a simple and powerful tool to combat the “only the police military should have these types of firearms” lies spread by the antis and their MSM co-conspirators.
So, yeah, go for it—I’m delighted to see it spread. I’ll do some sort of post to let WarOnGuns readers know I support your efforts.
Suchand Bachan says that the rank who shot him while he was on a visit to the Enmore Police Station had pointed his weapon directly at him...Just don't forget that he's the only one competent to do so.
Reports are that the policeman was cleaning his gun when it accidentally went off and shot Bachan in the lower abdomen...
"That particular policeman is always playing with a gun," the father said.
"If we could get the violence to stop, we could have an anti-gun-violence celebration."Yes, someone who considers himself a "grown man" said that.
"It's reflective of long, hot summers. We don't need long, hot summers here."Now there's an ambitious government program for you: Weather control!
Cam did just admit on air (6/16) that he missed that part of the article and would of confronted him on it if had read it.We're still anxiously awaiting word on whether or not Mr. Confer has been "swayed."
British General William Howe lands his troops on the Charlestown Peninsula overlooking Boston, Massachusetts, and leads them against Breed's Hill, a fortified American position just below Bunker Hill, on this day in 1775.
Investigators were still searching Thursday for a submachine gun stolen from the SUV of an off-duty West Bloomfield police officer while he was attending a Tigers game Wednesday night...I don't believe it's "standard issue," even for "The Only Ones."
The gun can fire up to 1,000 rounds a minute, and is standard issue for police officers.
On this day in 1738, Mary Katharine Goddard is born in New London, Connecticut. She went on to publish the first version of the Declaration of Independence to include all of the Congressional signatures.
I gladly will personally pay for San Francisco's appeal of Judge Warren's decision, when the gun industry agrees to civil liability and pays for damage they have caused families and local governments.Actually, if protective benefits of firearms are factored into the equation, that would be a pretty good deal...
I wrote that line despite my strong desire for gun rights. This reference is based upon my belief that assault rifles have no role other than for warfare. These guns are not the target shooting type, nor are they useful for hunting purposes. They are designed for killing of human beings and the damage of war equipment and facilities. In many of life experiences I've witnessed their owners using them and/or revering them as "toys." A gun is a tool and deserves respect.Follow-up:
Yes, I'll admit to a point, that you have to wonder if we are going down the slippery slope: take away assault rifles and pistols are next...but, assault rifles as a rule are a minority - and a distinct one at that - of all gun ownership.
Maybe you can sway me. In any debates I have in the newspaper or on the air against the gun-haters who despise guys like you and I, I have limited "ammo" by which to defend assault rifles. I am open to your suggestions, because as the editorial details, I believe gun rights as a whole to be inalienable.
I will be on the air again (WLVL AM) in two weeks and I know this UN issue will be one of the topics used by callers.
You're right, actually. I should have called him on this and I didn't. Poor planning and execution on my part.That's gracious of him to admit it--unlike Mr. Confer, who hasn't been back to explain whether or not he's been "swayed"--which makes him suspect as a "gun rights leader." It's bewildering--there are so many knowledgeable gun rights advocates who can teach us--and the novice who disparages a class of firearms uniquely suited to militia service gets air time. Confer's position is inexcusably ignorant, and an insult to those who have taken real risks and made real sacrifices because of their refusal to surrender on this point.
Even remembering, that this is the press who doesn't understand relative risks.....unix_jedi shares his thoughts on air marshals complaining that their "bullets pack too much punch."
No, even so, this is just utterly stupid. I can but hope that the "Marshals" who wrote this are the new ones that were hired/transferred in while the standards were lowered. That's scary, but less so than the alternative conclusions.
On this day in 1776, the Assembly of the Lower Counties of Pennsylvania declares itself independent of British and Pennsylvanian authority, thereby creating the state of Delaware.
Although police officials understand local clerks' concerns, they believe that adding more guns to the equation will complicate the problem.Yeah, Mike. Not only have you established a remarkable record of protecting them from violence before it happens, but really, how could a mere citizen possibly compete with one of The Only Ones?
"We always worry anytime someone has a weapon," Modesto police officer Mike Amarillas said. "Bad things can happen."
Armed clerks put customers, police and the clerks themselves in danger, he said.
On this day in 1777, during the American Revolution, the Continental Congress adopts a resolution stating that "the flag of the United States be thirteen alternate stripes red and white" and that "the Union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new Constellation."
San Francisco Superior Court Rejects Gun Ban; 2nd Amendment UpheldNo it was not either. As I started to say in a discussion over at Nicki's:
The case was not challenged on 2A grounds--it was challenged on preemption grounds.Even though I would prefer an outright Second Amendment-based resolution, I'd expect the high court to duck facing one if it came before them, as they did in Silveira. They clearly don't want to resolve this, as evidenced by their willful refusal to resolve opposing precedents between the 5th and 9th Circuits. So had a challenge been made on 2A grounds, the SF handgun ban would have been upheld in the lower courts, and SCOTUS would have probably refused to involve themselves.
That's because a 2A challenge wouldn't have worked--both the CA Supreme Court AND the federal 9th Circuit Court of Appeals do not recognize 2A as an individual right.
The only hope of overturning this in the courts is for SCOTUS to do so. But to date, the high court has refused to tackle this issue.
So in short, it was a matter of expedience.
Mind you, I'm not endorsing this tactic--I think while we're dancing around congratulating ourselves on a victory we are ignoring hidden costs and implications at our peril--but in a nutshell, a 2A challenge will never prevail in California until a higher decision forces it.
Two police officers patrolling the beach in an SUV ran over and killed a sunbather Monday, authorities said.Oh, yes--here's the kicker we all knew was coming--after all, they are The Only Ones:
The officers did not immediately realize they ran over the woman and continued driving...
The officers have been placed on paid leave pending an investigation.
Jimmy Coney had [the gun] in his waistband, but...Corrections Officer Michael Venit failed to find it during a search...Officer Venit was suspended for one-day for neglecting his job duties.Whoa, one day? Don't you think you guys are being a little heavy-handed? After all, he is one of The Only Ones...
Murders jumped...from 330 to 377 in Philadelphia, a 14 percent rise...and here:
He said...Richmond, Va., [has] also seen significant and even record increases in violent crime.But...but...but...
This ruling supports the premise of NRA's argument.Meanwhile, true to form, here's the statement from SAF:
The NRA filed it's lawsuit soon after Proposition H passed...
The NRA is determined not to see this gross injustice happen again...
“We’re proud to have worked once again with the National Rifle Association..."Once again, SAF shares credit and NRA claims it all for themselves.
On this day in 1777, a 19-year-old French aristocrat, Marie-Joseph Paul Roch Yves Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, arrives in South Carolina with the intent to serve as General George Washington’s second-in-command.
Eminem has signed on to star in the big screen adaptation of the CBS series Have Gun - Will Travel for Paramount Pictures and Interscope/Shady/Aftermath Films.Leave it to Hollywood to screw up a classic. "If these ordinances are passed by the City Council, I'll have to file a lawsuit or I'll be out of business," said Frank Caso, owner of Caso's Gun-O-Rama...That's the point, Mr. Caso.
On this day in 1776, the Virginia Convention, assembled in Williamsburg, unanimously adopts George Mason’s declaration of rights.
Mrs. Standish said she feared the business would attract lawbreakers to what is now a residential area.More equating gun owners with criminals by enuretics who obviously have no experience with either...
Ennis held a cheap box of 9mm bullets, similar to the one that killed his brother...I'm sure everyone means "cartridges" or "ammunition," but whatever. More killer Bockwurst to blame.
“There's no way I should have been able to go to a gun store without a permit, without any sort of registration, I was able to walk out of there with a box of bullets,” he said.Ah, yes. Registration. Part of the "final solution."
Ennis, pastor of In His Presence Worship Center on Broad Street, said he is starting a petition to call for legislation that would further regulate the purchase of bullets.You wouldn't be funding political activities with tax-deductible contributions, would you, "Reverend"?
One report said a grandmother complained that the topless woman became "loud and disorderly" after she told the woman to cover up. Another camper told authorities the woman became belligerent when confronted.So where did she pin her badge...?
In both instances, the topless woman said she was a law officer, according to the reports.
Council officials have written to the chamber of trade saying the trees are a potential hazard because their sharp leaves could cause injuries to eyes or faces.And we all know free-willed sovereign individuals are just too stupid and inept to coexist with trees without government edicts to guide them.
Gun law triggers at least 13 shootingsThat's one hell of a claim. Too bad not one of their anecdotes substantiates the inflammatory charge that Florida's new "stand your ground" law had anything to do with the decision by the people involved to discharge their weapons.
Michael Brady didn't think about his rights when he shot and killed a stranger in his front yard. He says he was just scared.That sounds about right.
On this day in 1776, the Continental Congress selects Thomas Jefferson of Virginia, John Adams of Massachusetts, Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania, Roger Sherman of Connecticut and Robert R. Livingston of New York to draft a declaration of independence.
For at least the past two years, 100 military surplus M-16 rifles have been gathering dust in the Dallas County Sheriff's Department armory.Leave it to "The Only Ones" to squander their loot--that is, "taxpayer money"--on something they say they desperately need and then not only don't use but forget about. For years.
A motorcyclist-riding gunman twice eluded police in North Hollywood remained at large.But don't worry--"The Only Ones" will protect you from him--once they catch him.
The prosecutors said the man had given a patchy account of events, acknowledging that he may have "administered" a Bockwurst to the woman.Just unbelievable. People find ways to kill each other with sausage!
IT WAS the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union that motivated Mikhail Kalashnikov to design the assault rifle that bears his name. But, six decades later, he laments its transformation into the worldwide weapon of choice for terrorists and gangsters.Don't fret, Mr. Kalashnikov. If you think about it, only Nazis blame you.
The roommate of an unarmed trespassing suspect who was shot to death in a dark attic by two San Francisco police officers said Friday he had told the officers the man didn't have a gun...Yep--these are the only ones San Franciscans think ought to have guns. By 58% to 42%.
Police originally reported that Sullivan had fired on officers through the attic floor and that his gun had been found at the scene. They later said neither was the case. Investigators now think Keesor fired first, grazing his partner's ear and prompting her to shoot as well.
"We don't shy away from the fact that the real problems lay with the Caribbean blacks," says Sutherland, who was inspired to get into filmmaking after writing and performing in a play at his high school. "Growing up, it wasn't guns. We had butterfly knives. It wasn't crazy like this. There are now so many guns on the street, it's ridiculous. We had no access to guns. There were no big pipelines [of guns] coming up [from the U.S.]."Sorry, Sutherland. It's not guns and it's not Caribbean blacks.
On this day in 1775, John Adams proposes to Congress, meeting in Philadelphia, that the men laying siege to Boston should be considered a Continental Army led by a general.
Or could it be because too many gun owners are discovering that building their own firearms is simple, anonymous, and LEGAL...?Looks like this Republican administration is doing everything in its power to alienate its core constituency.
Ronnie Webber was playing with a gun while he acted out a rap song, and when the song said shoot he did. Webber, 27, told officers the gun in his hand discharged, fatally wounding Johnathan Beasley, 23, Thursday afternoon."The gun in his hand discharged."
"I don't like squirt guns," said Mendez, 45, of the Northside. "I think toy guns send the wrong message, because what's next? I don't even like my daughter to touch them."Good grief.
Julianna Thibodeaux, 40, who lives in Meridian-Kessler, doesn't like squirt guns, either.
"We're so saturated with violence as it is in the media and in our culture," she said. "Anything we can do to mitigate that is good. Besides, there are so many other water toys to play with, like bubbles or water balloons. It doesn't have to be a gun."
The state's highest court ruled Thursday that an insurance company must defend a Clarksville man in a wrongful-death suit brought by the estate of a man he killed in self-defense.I don't know enough about the subject to do more than speculate, but if this precedent stands, I can see insurance companies charging extra premiums or refusing to provide coverage altogether if you have a gun in the home.
Lauer says he does appreciate all the media attention the mayor's tirade has brought him. His Dura Coat sales doubled for two days after the media reports.The mayor got face time and Lauer sold a few more cans of paint. Sounds like a win-win.
As for his New York business, Lauer says he has records of only one sale to someone who uses it to protect bicycles. There are two other orders which Lauer presumes are from the aide who purchased the product for the mayor's news conference.
Canada's former top accountant says the senior bureaucrat overseeing the controversial gun registry didn't want to ask Parliament for more money to cover cost overruns for fear it would affect the upcoming 2004 federal election.So much for doing something because you believe in it and it's right.
On this day in 1772, colonists, angered by the British Parliament’s passing of the Townshend Acts restricting colonial trade, blacken their faces and board the HMS Gaspee, an armed British customs schooner that had run aground off the coast of Rhode Island. They then wounded the ship’s commander and set it aflame.
Google's China-approved Web service omits politically sensitive information that might be retrieved during Internet searches...
He spent his whole career enforcing the law. Now a former Bethlehem Police Captain is on the other side of it for allegedly holding a loaded handgun to the head of another officer...Good thing he was a trained LEO. Imagine how much more whacked out a mere citizen woud have acted in this situation...
A short time later, it's alleged McLaughlin pulled it out again and held it to the back of Fryslin's neck...
He then returned with an empty shotgun.
Two San Francisco police officers who shot and killed an unarmed man in the darkened attic of an apartment mistook him for a trespasser with a gun, police officials said Wednesday.Ah, the City by the Bay, where the cud-chewing electorate thinks only "the authorities" are responsible enough to be armed.
Asa B. Sullivan, 25, had his arms outstretched and was holding a "cylindrical object" when the officers confronted him Tuesday night in the apartment near Lake Merced, prompting them to open fire, said Police Chief Heather Fong. The object turned out to be an eyeglasses case.
Police refused to release the officers' names...[More from "The Only Ones" files...]
On this day in 1776, Canadian Governor Sir Guy Carleton defeats American Patriot forces under John Sullivan, who were already in retreat from Quebec toward Montreal.
On this day in 1776, Richard Henry Lee of Virginia introduces a resolution for independence to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia; John Adams seconds the motion.
The UN, which is supposedly the catalyst of universal freedom, is holding this annual conference as a means to determine methods by which to disarm common people from the world over. They want to disarm them not only of justifiably-maligned assault rifles, but also of the pistols, rifles, and shotguns which are a welcome part of leisure pursuits and are vital to the protection of home and family.The guy was going good until this idiotic assertion. I agree with Asc's comments over at KABA. I've emailed the author, Bob Confer, and invited him to justify maligning militia-suitable arms here at WarOnGuns.
A New Orleans Policeman faces charges after a neighbor accused him of beating him with a gun...Investigators said DNA tests prove Paxton used his gun in the assault.One of Riley's finest, who want to disarm you in an emergency because they're the only ones who can be trusted with guns...
An Indianapolis police officer was placed on administrative leave after being accused of drunken driving while off duty for the second time in less than a year, authorities said.My favorite line:
"I can assure you that any discipline he gets will be grossly more severe than he might as an average citizen working someplace," Horty said.Yeah, right. Hey, I have an idea:
Fresh from rehab, Rep. Patrick Kennedy said yesterday he wants to be treated like an African-American from Washington if and when he gets charged for crashing his car on Capitol Hill.Beutiful. A rich white kid pulls the race card. Somebody must have read Uncle Remus stories, because he's got the "Please don't throw me in dat briar patch" routine down pat.
ChaaKaa Guilbe found something unusual in the women's bathroom of a University City restaurant when she escorted her 6-year-old daughter to the loo Monday evening: there, on top of the toilet paper dispenser inside the stall, was a gun...Of course the officer's name was not released. She's one of the Only Ones. Heck, she probably won't be charged with felony child endangerment, like one of us sub-citizens would be, either.
The handgun was left behind at Cheddar's off of West W.T. Harris Boulevard by an on-duty Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer from the North Division, which covers most of northern Mecklenburg County. The female officer's full name was not released Monday night, but police said the department will conduct an internal investigation.
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A divided Colorado Supreme Court on Monday let stand a ruling upholding Denver’s controversial ban on assault weapons and other gun control regulations despite arguments that state law trumps local ordinances.Once more, black robed activists trump freedom and dictate from the bench. The law is plain, but they ignore it because they can.
The 3-3 vote, with new Justice Allison Eid abstaining, means Denver may resume enforcing ordinances put on hold after two state laws were enacted in 2003 that pre-empted most local regulation of firearms.
But because it was a tie vote, the Supreme Court did not provide an “ultimate ruling” on questions concerning when a home-rule city can issue ordinances superseding state law, said Assistant City Attorney David Broadwell.
On this day in 1775, Marinus Willett and a small group of Sons of Liberty confront British soldiers and seize five wagonloads of weapons as the Redcoats evacuate New York City.
"Children are really curious and have lots of things in their home that parents have no intention of letting them find - but they do," said Matthew Miller, associate director of the Harvard Injury Control Research Center...Matthew Miller?
Mayor Bloomberg unveiled new legislation yesterday to solidify the city's crusade against illegal guns, taking direct aim at "coloration kits" that can make guns look like toys.Is it evident yet that we are dealing with an unhinged control freak?
"Just think about how sick it is," Bloomberg said.I agree, Mike. Advanced megalomania is as ugly as it is destructive.
Comment by: Dave Workman (6/5/2006)
Bulletin:
I've just learned from SAF/NRA attorney that, *coincidentally* after SAF announced it was filing a complaint against Riley with the Department of Justice, Riley withdrew the threat on live radio about 30 minutes ago.
I'll be reporting the details in Gun Week.
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An elder from Elcho Island has accused two Northern Territory police officers of holding a loaded gun to the head of a teenager suspected of stealing...The elder says the officers repeatedly threatened to kill the 19-year-old if he did not tell them where the money was.Y'see, it's like Prime Minister John Howard says:
The teenager says police then warned him not to tell anyone what had happened.
I don’t think people should have guns unless they’re police or in the military or in the security industry. There is no earthly reason for people to have...ordinary citizens should not have weapons.[More from "The Only Ones" files...]
Gun-toting Texans can relax about one concern this hurricane season: The state has no plans to disarm residents in the wake of a big storm.What a difference a state line makes.
The Rensselaer County Sheriff's Department released information to The Record Friday about the arrest three adults and a juvenile for breaking into the Schaghticoke home of veteran Troy Police Officer Rick Schoonmaker in April and stealing seven guns...One of those arrested was Schoonmaker's 19-year-old daughter Deborah, who lives in her father's home...Maybe we need laws forbidding police from taking their weapons home with them...?
Last year, Patricia Goldston, the 21-year-old daughter of Officer Colleen Goldston, was arrested for hindering prosecution after her boyfriend stole two guns, including the officer's service revolver.
On this day in 1723, Adam Smith, future author of The Wealth of Nations (1776), a critique of the mercantilist model of trade in the British empire, is baptized in Kirkcaldy, Scotland.
