We're the Only Ones' LA Trifecta

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The 3-year-old son of a Los Angeles police officer got hold of his father's service handgun Tuesday and shot him as they sat in the family's pickup at a traffic light near their home in Anaheim, police said...

...Chavez is the third Los Angeles area police officer to be shot by a relative with his or her service weapon in recent weeks.

On Monday, Pasadena police said Officer Karen White, contrary to initial reports, did not attempt suicide in Compton last month when she was shot in the face but was wounded when she tried to wrestle her gun from her suicidal 18-year-old son...

On July 2, LAPD Officer Ronald Cade was shot and wounded off duty with his service weapon by Yolanda Cade, his wife of two weeks.

And these are the people who will arrest you and me for bearing arms. That's 'cause they're "The Only Ones."

[Incidentally, the Chavez incident is what I was referring to here when I said I did not blog on a story.]

Philly "Gun Violence" Escalates

The shooting Wednesday continues to mark a dramatic increase in gun violence in Philadelphia, and the number of shooting victims is up more than 15 percent compared to a year ago.

But...but...but...

When Clowns Attack

For several nights last month, a group of thugs with black hooded sweat shirts pulled tight over their heads, including at least one in "angry" clown makeup, terrorized visitors to Pierce County's Fort Steilacoom Park, police say...

"The violence was gratuitous," said Lakewood police Lt. Dave Guttu. "They [victims] had already given up their stuff and were assaulted anyway."

Rely on the state for protection and this insanity is allowed to go on unchecked. So much for the safest course being to not resist and give the attackers what they want.

In a rational world, the turf would have been taken back by the good people that very night.

[Via Jason M]

Councillor: Only Fudd Can Save Us Now

A Richmond city councillor is suggesting a call to arms may be the only option left that could curb the city's troublesome rabbit population.

What--you don't want to take the "humane" approach and catch, spay/neuter and adopt them--with taxes plundered under threat of armed force?

Be vewy, vewy quiet. I'm hunting wabbits.

Heh-heh-heh-heh-heh-heh-heh.

We're the Only Ones Registering Enough

A NORTH Wales Police worker has been arrested on suspicion of firearms offences following a major inquiry into gun crime in the region...His work is thought to involve keeping a firearms register...He is now the subject of a criminal investigation by officers, which forms part of a wider probe into firearms offences across North Wales.

I repeat: I do NOT purposely go our looking for additions to "The Only Ones" files. I merely look for stories related to guns.

These just fall in my lap. And sometimes I ignore them because I don't want the site totally dominated by this theme--and today, I did not blog on another story where an officer is fighting for his life out of consideration for a family going through hell right now.

We're the Only Ones Improper Enough

No action had been taken, and none pledged, as of yesterday against a Metro parks officer whose shooting of a man last year in Centennial Park was ruled improper.

Of course not. He's one of "The Only Ones."

Bloodthirsty Gun Store Profiteers Guilty of Murdering Innocents

At least that's what "authorized journalist" John Duncanson and his fellow hysterical propagandists at the Toronto Star would apparently have us believe...

The Mare's Leg Loophole

I just had time to read this month's issue of GUNS Magazine, and found an interesting article by Senior Field Editor John Taffin on the JB Custom Mare's Leg. Those of you at least as old as me will remember TV's Wanted: Dead or Alive, where Steve McQueen portrayed Josh Randall, a bounty hunter who carried one of the more memorable firearms of western fiction, the "Mare's Leg."

Starting with a Model 1892 Winchester, the gunsmith cut the barrel back to 12", removed most of the buttstock and re-shaped the lever to a larger more triangular affair. While he was at it he also increased the power significantly by converting the .44-40 to the larger and longer .45-70.

Every month I link to a cool and unique feature on the GUNS website, the issue of their magazine from 50 years earlier. It invariably invokes nostalgia for a simpler time, particularly an era when "gun control" laws were far less onerous and pervasive. Taffin's article reminds us of a stark reality of the time:

The Mare's Leg...was highly illegal by federal standards and required special agents on the set while being used.

So how does JB Custom produce a modern equivalent?

While it is illegal to turn a rifle into a handgun as done by Randall it is not illegal to produce such a firearm as a handgun original.

Yeah, I guess. At least until some evil traitor starts screaming "Loophole!"

We're the Only Ones Automatic Enough

"Some dealers would have loved to have it," Chisholm said. "But the ATF told me I basically had two options: I could destroy it or I could give it to a museum."

But he still managed to hold onto it for years.

That's because he's one of "The Only Ones".

[Thanks to HZ]

We Decide Who Gets to Say What

It puts the state in the position of defining what is a legitimate news publication.

What have we been saying about "authorized journalists"?

Besides--what kind of idiot would think we're entitled as sovereign individuals to free political speech?

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Buyback

A 33-year-old Milton man faces gun and assault charges after he allegedly shot a man who was said to have been trying to rob him at gunpoint outside a Mattapan store, prosecutors said yesterday.

But the defendant's family and friends said yesterday that the accused man, Robert Washington, had a gun last Thursday only because he was on his way to turn the weapon in to a police station in exchange for a gift card under Boston's gun buyback program...

"We're assuming that if he didn't have the gun, we'd be burying him instead of watching him go to jail today," she said.

Wonder if he still wants to trade in that gun...?

Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics

Glenn Fine said the ATF should have included all firearms-related violent crimes. By that measurement, Greensboro's results were stable with 353 gun-related crimes between June and November 2003 and 351 during the same period in 2004.

Dang. And we were counting on the lapdog media and their readership not realizing that you can't establish trends from such limited data sets...

We're the Only Ones Oral Enough

A rookie Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy, accused of fatally shooting his friend in the head, told police his gun accidentally fired when his friend grabbed at his arm, according to police reports made public on Monday.

Christopher Sullivan's story, however, was not supported by autopsy findings, which suggest Sullivan's service pistol was inside Cesar Valdez's mouth when it discharged.

Yo, Mr. Coats: When you say you want cops to be "just as bad as the criminals," is this what you have in mind?

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We're the Only Ones Bad Enough

"I think what we need are really hard-core cops just as bad as the criminals," he said.

Bleat a little louder, Mr. Coats. I'm not sure the wolves heard you.

He evidently hasn't seen "The Only Ones" files.

[Thanks to Jason M]

Teaching the 2nd Amendment

It is time to demand that our nation's education system duly recognize our Bill of Rights and teach the Second Amendment according to its true intent.

I agree in spirit, but our nation really shouldn't have an education system in the first place.

As for at the state level, separation of school and state would suit me just fine--right now, with confiscatory taxes to pay for educating others and sustaining collectivist teachers union monopolies, and with compulsory attendance in mandated Second Amendment-free zones, the entire corrupt system is inevitably one big inmate-conditioning hive.

Anti-Defense Mania

It is high time the safety of the majority takes preference over the gun mania of a small but vocal minority.

OK, Chuck. You've told us what not to do, that is, be armed.

Now how about sharing with those who would follow your ignorant advice exactly what you would do if confronted by a violent attacker.

Captain Sailing On

I'm sailing away, set an open course for the virgin sea
I've got to be free, free to face the life that's ahead of me
On board, I'm the captain, so climb aboard
We'll search for tomorrow on every shore
And I'll try, oh Lord, I'll try to carry on

WarOnGuns regulars know I've been preoccupied lately, so I just noticed the announcement from Captain of a Crew of One that he's giving up blogging--at least for a while.

Farewell, Cap'n. Here's to red skies at night.

[Lyrics from "Come Sail Away" by Dennis DeYoung, Styx]

A Dual Approach AGAINST Weapons

I guess factoring in an approach for weapons in the hands of moral people isn't something The Inquirer wants to talk about...?

A "We're the Only Ones" Trifecta

Milton Smith, 44, a patrol officer in the 46th Precinct in the Bronx, was arrested after officers saw him buying marijuana...

Roberto Bharat, 28, an officer in the 103rd Precinct in Queens, was arrested and charged with assault after he allegedly slapped his girlfriend...

Officer Malave and two carpet delivery men exchanged words, and the officer lifted his shirt to show them his gun...

Admittedly, the first shouldn't be a crime, but if Smith caught you with pot, what do you think he would have done? I also can't judge the second incident, because we all know how a vengeful ex can ruin your life, but again, should the call have been made against one of us, Bharat would have unquestioningly slapped on the cuffs. As for Officer Malave, those carpet guys are just lucky they didn't lift a finger against him.

[Thanks to declan]

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We're the Only Ones Shooting Ourselves in the Foot Enough

A department spokesperson said Officer Andrew Pagel handed his gun to another off-duty officer so he could ride a mechanical bull at the Red River Saloon.

The gun accidentally went off, hitting Pagel in the foot.

All by its own self, no doubt. I'm sure the behaviors, actions and gun handling techniques of "the Only Ones" were beyond reproach.

Blind Men to Examine Elephant

The nation's top black law enforcement executives are in Cincinnati for their annual convention, and they're prepared to try and help the Queen City with its youth violence problems.

One thing we can count on: They will completely avoid any real solutions.

[More on Blind Men]

[More on Elephants]

Cowichanians Cough Up Guns

More than 2,000 rounds of ammunition and 70 firearms were turned in to North Cowichan/ Duncan RCMP during a month-long gun amnesty program that ended last week.

Most surrendered weapons were long guns with some handguns as well. One sawed-off shotgun was surrendered along with a handgun believed to date from the First World War.

"Cowichanians."

It sounds like a race of alien bovinids from the original Star Trek series. I wonder if "coughing up" is part of the cud chewing process?

In any case, expect to see violent crime now plummet.

PA Republicans Cave to Day of Treason

Rep. Dwight Evans, D-Philadelphia, brokered a deal with House Republican leaders to hold the session on crime and violence...House Majority Leader Sam Smith, R-Jefferson, agreed to the session last week as a vote neared on the state budget...Key bills that Evans and his allies want to move include a "one-gun-a-month" proposal, which would limit handgun buyers to one purchase per month, and a measure that would give Philadelphia power to enact its own gun laws.

Why would a "friend" hand our enemies such a PR opportunity?

We're the Only Ones Evident Enough

The State Police have launched an investigation into whether Harvey Mayor Eric Kellogg and other officials in the south suburb were involved in the disappearance of a gun in a criminal case, law enforcement sources said Wednesday.

Corruption in Harvey? Impossible!

[Thanks to HZ]

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We're the Only Ones Barefoot in the Park Enough

Reserve deputy Jon Barefoot parked his Jeep Cherokee near the building before going on duty beginning Monday night.

When he returned to the car Tuesday at about 7 p.m., after working an unpaid security detail for the parade, he found a window of his Jeep had been cut, according to reports filed with the Bloomington Police Department.

Missing from the vehicle were an IMI Baby Eagle 9mm handgun, a pair of handcuffs and the Jeep’s CD player.

Another gun "on the street," courtesy of "the Only Ones."

Eric Harris: Gun Control Poster Boy

Noting that, "a school is no place for a gun," Harris concluded that the use of metal detectors and an increased police presence "are a great start to fight against guns in school."

I can't think of a more expert and appropriate spokesman for "gun control" in schools. And you'll never guess who agrees with you, Eric...

Blagojevitch "Older and Wiser Today"

"Had my dad immigrated to the southern part of the state, instead of being a steelworker, he'd have been a coal miner, and I probably would have grown up instead of shooting hoops at the playground, shooting rifles and hunting," said Blagojevich, appearing in casual dress outside the state-funded $50 million World Shooting and Recreational Complex that his administration championed.

I've never heard a politician pander for votes by claiming to be an accident of birth before.

Hopefully, there are enough Bill of Rights voters to overcome the Fuddites so that Blago is older and unemployed tomorrow.

Rats!

During the last week of June, in an audit of the city's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene's rodent control efforts, the city comptroller chastised officials for taking a month, on average, to respond to rat sightings.

But the rats in charge have apparently unlimited resources to trump up false charges against gun dealers.

"Gun Violence Claims Another Teen"

Nope, no bias or agenda at the propaganda-free Associated Press.

They're "authorized journalists," you know.

Loopy Dennis Rebuffed

(Last Letter)

Regarding Dennis Dwyer's letter of July 3 ["Disarm 2nd Amendment"]: In case he has not noticed, Chicago has, for all intents and purposes, already repealed the Second Amendment.

Hernando Zavala strikes back.

Loopy Dennis

(2nd Letter)

Rather than debating no-brainer issues such as whether assault weapons should be banned, it is time to go for the jugular. It is time to open a serious discussion on repealing the Second Amendment.

Dennis Dwyer,
South Loop

Yeah, Dennis. Go for the jugular.

Oh, you want someone else to do it for you?

[Thanks to HZ]

We're the Only Ones Supplying Enough

A service weapon stolen from a D.C. police lieutenant has been tied to a spate of crimes in which at least six people, four of them teenagers, were shot in recent months, police records show.

Somebody should sue the manufacturer.

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We're the Only Ones Paternal Enough

A boy of 11 died after he was accidentally stabbed in the heart by his police officer father during a "play-fight", an inquest was told yesterday.

Yeah, I do that with my kids all the time, too. What father doesn't?

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Shameless Plug: Terror Havens or Gun Show Pinholes?

Two shotguns and a box of ammo hardly seem to prove an arms pipeline from your local gun show to bin Laden’s mountain lair—particularly with all those undercover BATFE agents milling about dealer tables asking where they can get a good deal on machine gun conversion kits.

"Terror Havens or Gun Show Pinholes" is my Rights Watch column for the August issue of GUNS Magazine, on sale now at non-terrorized newsstands throughout the Republic.

BONUS: See pg. 100 to learn how you can win a Springfield Armory XD .45 ACP.

Doh!

And if the Second Amendment is no longer applicable, what other rights have also grown obsolete through neglect? Do we even know what it is we so cavalierly surrender?

“Americans know more about The Simpsons TV show than the US Constitution’s First Amendment,” the BBC News reported about a McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum poll.

"Doh!," my Rights Watch column for the July issue of GUNS Magazine, is now online.

GUNS Magazine, July 1956

"Why Marines Outshoot Our Soldiers"

"The Man Who Teaches Hollywood Stars to Shoot" (Pity someone can't teach them to think.)

"Why Shooting Doesn't Go Professional"

And much more.

The July 1956 issue of GUNS Magazine is now online.

"Well, I'm back."

Please don't take it personally if I haven't responded or reacted to an email. I've been that occupied.

Too Busy to Blog

Work is demanding my all. I will be back after the Independence Day holiday.

Please remember that it is not all about backyard barbecues and entertainment. Good people paid the last full measure to secure the blessings of liberty for ourselves and our posterity.

Reflect on that, and what part you will play / what price you will pay in restoring our usurped freedoms.

We're the Only Ones on Full Auto Enough

THE UZI sub-machine gun which fired the shot that killed former Anti-Kidnapping Squad (AKS) police constable Carlos Guerra was tendered into evidence yesterday...

AKS constable Sheldon Narine, who shot and killed Guerra, is contesting that it was an accident.

I'm confused. In the lead paragraph, they implied it was the Uzi that was responsible...

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We're the Only Ones Getting Special Treatment Enough

The commander of the Utah Highway Patrol's anti-DUI squad turned in his resignation this afternoon, just days after being arrested on suspicion of drunken driving...

He was cited for DUI and released to the custody of his supervisor, who was called to the scene of the crash.

So they hustled him out of there and didn't cage him with the orcs until he bailed out? Who does this guy think he is, a Kennedy?

Hey, at least he was put on "paid administrative leave."

[Thanks to Stan White]

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Boxer Jabs Back

Professional boxer Andrew Golota plans to come out fighting against weapons charges filed against him this week, his attorney said Friday.

The Polish-born Chicago resident plans to plead not guilty, his attorney said, to 12 misdemeanor counts of failing to register a weapon -- a charge for each of the 12 guns that police say were found in his Northwest Side home -- and for possessing a revoked state firearm owner's identification card.

I see no indication that he plans to introduce the Second Amendment anywhere in his defense...

J'Accuse...!

"I fear what he will do to me. He has guns - five hunting rifles. He has them hidden."

All it takes is a relationship gone bad...

Let's Hear It for New Zealand "Gun Control" Laws

Four elderly women were forced from their card table and into the Devonport Bowling Club toilets by a nail-gun shooting robber who then stole their handbags.

This is what the cowards, traitors and fools supporting citizen disarmament would reduce us all to.

This Day in History: July 1

THIS DAY IN AMERICAN REVOLUTION HISTORY is currently available only for December through June dates. We will be rolling out the remaining months as soon as possible.

Looks like I'll need to find another source for the time being...but no time this morning...

Citizen's Self-Arrest Form

You know you're guilty of something...

[Thanks to John Schaefer]

"If You Really Cared About the People That Elected You..."

I was copied on an email related to yesterday's "Be Careful What You Wish For" post, and got permission to share it with WarOnGuns visitors.

Dear Mayor Seng,

The arrogance of elitist politicians never ceases to amaze me. Thankfully, those who wish to truly educate themselves and are transparently committed to serving and protecting the public understand that simple relationship between criminals and the law. Specifically that the first don't care about the latter.

I won't waste my fingers trying to convince you that your local ban actually makes the good citizens of Lincoln LESS safe. If you really cared about the people that elected you, a little research on your part would open those eyes right up. But then you might actually have to admit that you had no idea what you were talking about and that would be quite unpleasant. Wouldn't it?

Anyway, I'm sure you'll be instructing all local law enforcement officers to lend their support and encouragement to all those good citizens who wish to obey the law and begin carrying their weapons openly for all to see. That should certainly put all those battered women's minds at ease. The irony for you is - That's exactly what it SHOULD do.

J.T. McAdams
Louisville, KY

"Knife Amnesty"

They're serious.

Good Lord.

We're the Only Ones Backing You Up Enough

Charleston Police Capt. Tim Tucker's gun should have been in his holster instead of his desk drawer when his partner Sgt. Eric Johnson was shot earlier this month in a Kanawha City motel parking lot, city officials said Thursday...

[Johnson] called his own ambulance, called backup, gave Metro 911 a vehicle description and voiced concern multiple times that he could not find Tucker...

Tucker had Johnson's handheld radio, but it was tuned to the wrong frequency when he tried to use it after the shooting and he dropped it...

I don't know that keeping the gun in his drawer wasn't the safest place for it.

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What's the Big Deal?

What's the big deal about Mayor Frank Melton wearing a handgun? The way things are going in Jackson, it's not a bad idea to be armed.

Here's the "big deal," George.

Jersey City Creates New Law to Enforce

"New Jersey has some of the strictest gun laws in the country," Caso said. "The illegal guns on the street are coming from outside New Jersey. What we need is better enforcement of the law, not penalizing law abiding citizens."

Sorry, Frank. Are you going to use that same argument against their next attack? And the next?

You just lost any sympathy I might have had for you.

This Day in History: June 30

On this day in 1775, the Continental Congress drafts its rationale for taking up arms against Great Britain in the Articles of War.

Be Careful What You Wish For

A Lincoln resident made his point at a City Council meeting that it's perfectly legal to carry a gun.

Tim Tyrrell Sr. made the point by visibly sporting his own holstered and loaded .40-caliber semiautomatic Glock at Monday's council meeting.

Excellent, Mr. Tyrell. That was a brave and admirable thing you did, and you deserve our gratitude. You shouldn't have had to go it alone.

I hope Mayor Coleen Seng wet herself.

City Searches for Answers

Fed up with increasing violence in involving children in Memphis, the city council held an emergency meeting on Wednesday to discuss possible solutions.

Maybe what they ought to search for first is the proper question.

Let's see...what could possibly be "necessary to the security of a free State"...?

We're the Only Ones Homophonous Enough

Two brothers were sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison for stealing Sheriff Michael Hunt's gun during a rash of car break-ins in October 2004...

"Until your own family is affected by crime, you don't realize how hard it is to deal with it," said Hunt...

I'm sorry, but Mike Hunt feels violated?

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How Do You Spell "Success"?

When a widow in her 70s heard about the provincewide gun amnesty running this month, she was reminded of an unusual weapon her husband had stashed in the attic.

And now that's one less armed little old lady on the streets.

We can all breathe easy now.

But They'll Never Take Our Freedom?

There has been a fourfold increase in the number of people murdered with guns in Scotland. The number of homicides as a result of knives is also at its highest level on record.

The figures make grim reading for the Executive especially as there has been a raft of legislation to tackle gun and knife crime.

Hmmm.

Forgive Me If I'm Not Impressed

The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to overturn a recently enacted law requiring safety trigger locks on all hand guns sold in the United States.

Well, yeah.

It's an election year, and posturing is expected.

It's not like the Senate will carry it, or that, if passed, anything of substance would change.

This Day in History: June 29

On this day in 1776, Edward Rutledge, one of South Carolina’s representatives to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia, expresses his reluctance to declare independence from Britain in a letter to the like-minded John Jay of New York.

Do Your Job and Protect Me

An armed robbery in broad daylight with a store full of customers. It sounds like a scene from a movie but it happened in one local community.

And now residents are wondering if there are enough law enforcement officers in their rural community to keep them safe...

"They're going to have to get busy and do something about it," Justice said.

And who, Ms. Justice, will protect you from your protectors?

[Thanks to Jason M]

UN: We Don't Want to Ban Guns. Honest

"I would want to repeat, because there are people around who either have not heard this, or do not want to hear," United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Monday. "We are not negotiating a global ban, nor do we wish to deny law-abiding citizens their right to bear arms in accordance with their national laws."

So if the laws say "no guns," then no guns it is.

Here's the thing, though: Most of our "pro gun" leaders are making great media hay out of the UN conference and riling up gun owners. There is a lot of opportunistic hype going on from "our" side, designed to put the troops in a donating frame of mind.

The fact is, the UN is powerless to take our guns away, and will remain that way unless our elected and appointed representatives betray us. If you want to ensure the UN remains powerless, don't lose focus of domestic representatives.

We won't get the US out of the UN until politicians start losing their cushy gigs over it.

More thoughts...

...and a few more...

The Outrage Is He's Right

A DARWIN magistrate has caused outrage by suggesting Wadeye residents should be "arm(ed) with machine guns" and allowed to "finish what they started 2000 years ago".

Stated another way:

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

Treason on the Agenda

Guns will be on the minds, and on the agenda, at tonight's Jersey City City Council meeting, scheduled to start at 6 in City Hall, 280 Grove St.

An ordinance to limit handgun buyers' purchases to one per 30-day period and a second measure banning the sale of so-called "Saturday Night specials" are to be considered on second reading.

God forbid the council should concern themselves with fixing potholes and the like...

Meanwhile, these mini-tyrants have the gall to sponsor a "4th of July Freedomfest," and, of course, their constituents will love 'em for it.

This Day in History: June 28

On this day in 1836, James Madison, drafter of the Constitution, recorder of the Constitutional Convention, author of the “Federalist Papers” and fourth president of the United States, dies on his tobacco plantation in Virginia.

MySpace vs OurRights

The hottest new hit on MySpace.com isn’t a wacko with a manifesto, but a teetotaler Gemini who’s into firearms reduction.

So just how would propagandist Laurel J. Sweet define "a wacko with a manifesto" then?

Kalashnikov Backs Weapons Control

Of course he does.

He's a communist.

[Thanks to HZ]

We're the Only Ones in Training

A trainee from the Montana Law Enforcement Academy was picked up by a Lewis and Clark County Sheriff’s deputy early Tuesday on charges including drinking and driving, and possession of marijuana.

And when we become real Only Ones, we want to bust you for doing the same thing...

Thanks for this story to Charles Baker, who notes:

One of the things about the MLEA, trainees are almost always already working for a police or sheriff's department. The department pays to send them to the academy after they have shown they are a good fit for the job. While there are "pre-service" students at the academy, they are the exception rather than the rule. As such, although the paper doesn't mention it, this guy is probably already working for some law enforcement agency.

That wouldn't surprise me one bit, Mr. Baker.

This Day in History: June 27

On this day in 1775, the Continental Congress resolves that Major General Philip John Schuyler should travel to Forts Ticonderoga and Crown Point in order to examine the troops, their supplies and their ability to navigate Lake Champlain and Lake George, as well as “obtain the best intelligence he can of the disposition of the Canadians and Indians of Canada.”

We're the Only Ones Possessive Enough

A traffic officer was arrested after two people were shot and wounded in Volksrust in a dispute over a girlfriend, Mpumalanga police said on Monday...

[T]he gun used in the incident was the officer's service pistol.

Thank goodness they were only wounded. It's a good thing for them they weren't armed and trying to defend themselves, because The Mail & Guardian tells us:

Minister of Safety and Security Charles Nqakula said in an interview with the South African Broadcasting Corporation that anyone who points a gun at a police officer will be killed.

That's 'cause they're The Only Ones, and they're as possessive of power as they are of their partners--whether that attention is wanted or not.

We're the Only Ones Spinning Enough

A Palm Beach County sheriff's deputy serving as a disc jockey at a neighbor's birthday party was arrested Saturday night after he allegedly pulled a gun on a fellow deputy responding to a complaint about loud music...

Howell laughed at the deputies and said, "Who the (expletive) are you? Don't yell at me, I'm a deputy, I don't have to do (expletive)"...

That claim just may rival "I'm the Only One" as a succinct example of institutional arrogance.

Buy a Gun and Help Cincinnati's Finances

You can walk into your local sporting-goods store and buy a 50-round box of 9mm ammunition for about $6, or 12 cents a bullet.

The cost of that bullet increases exponentially on the streets of Greater Cincinnati if it rips through the gut or the spleen or the spine of a victim of a gun crime.

Time to encourage the good people to keep and bear arms then--think how much violence they could deter and how much money they could save the city...

This Day in History: June 26

On this day in 1784, Delaware Patriot Caesar Rodney dies.

2nd Amendment Carnival

Free Constitution is hosting "the second edition of the 2nd Amendment Blog Carnival!"

Unprincipled Statist...Uh...Principled Statesman Endorsed By Brady Campaign

Senator Michael DeWine of Ohio today became the first Senate candidate of the 2006 election season to get the endorsement of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, the nation's leading gun violence prevention organization.

Bradys win either way on this: If outraged gun owners ignore GOP Kool-Aid dispenser Hugh Hewitt and withhold support from DeWine, an equally bad potentially balance-tipping democrat will win a senate seat. If not, they've still got a GOA and NRA "F-rated" traitor in office.

AHSA Subversives: Forget Our Past and Trust Us

Robert Ricker wants people to take a close look at him and not be afraid.

Don't worry, Bob. We're not afraid. The overwhelming emotion is disgust.

They ask that you overlook their past associations and listen to their message.

Right. Forget all their past and current actions aimed at subverting the right to keep and bear arms and just trust them.

Care to back that turnip truck up so we can climb back on and fall off properly?

"For Mary's Sake"? Oh, For Pete's Sake!

For 12 years, I fought lawlessness as DCI Jane Tennison in the television series Prime Suspect. The crimes I solved on television were sometimes horrific, but I have since discovered that they can pale in comparison with the real-life horrors faced by millions of ordinary people when guns are easily available and fall into the wrong hands.

Newsflash, you clueless moonbat: You never "fought lawlessness." You never "solved" any "crimes."

That was all play acting.

Why someone who can't tell the difference between that and reality should have a voice in serious matters is beyond me.

We're the Only Ones Pointed Enough

A Warren police sergeant is facing charges that he pointed a gun on a colleague.

Let me prove the lie to the adage "There are no stupid questions":

If one of us pointed a gun at one of The Only Ones, what are the chances we'd now be "on paid administrative leave"?

We're the Only Ones Untrained Enough

The New South Wales Opposition is calling on the Government to extend a deadline for police gun training to prevent hundreds of detectives being removed from frontline duties.

On the bright side, that ought to ensure a steady supply of fresh Only Ones posts...

Josh Sugarmann Wets Self and Cries Over Non-Issue

So in case you wanted to know what the top model of gun traced to crime in America is... Or how many assault weapons are traced to crimes... Or what Southern state supplies the highest volume of crime guns used in urban areas... Or what types of guns kids are carrying... Forget about it.

Hey Josh, there's no law prohibiting sharing data on criminals.

You just want to be able to selectively sue and incrementally ban under the fraudulent "weapons of choice" subterfuge.

This Day in History: June 25

On this day in 1745, future Patriot physician and U.S. Treasurer Thomas Tudor Tucker is born to a prominent family in Port Royal, Bermuda.

We're the Only Ones Subversive Enough

The Subversive has a pretty good summary of those blogs maintaining their own "Only Ones" features, and has started one of his own.

Be nice to see this grow even more.

We're the Only Ones Criminally Incompetent Enough

Witnesses say a sheriff's deputy in Washington State is distraught after she shot a man in a tree.

The deputy apparently meant to fire a Taser but grabbed the wrong weapon.

The Taser, manufactured by Taser International of Scottsdale, is similar in shape to the compact .40-caliber gun the deputy carried.

Good Lord, how stupid and irresponsible can someone be?

I noticed many news outlets were carrying this story and they all had one glaring common deficiency, explained by our good friends at the WaPo:

The deputy, a five-year veteran of the force whose name was not released...

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This Day in History: June 24

On this day in 1803, Matthew Thornton, one of New Hampshire’s delegates to the second Continental Congress and an ex post facto signer of the Declaration of Independence, dies at age 89 while visiting his daughter in Newburyport, Massachusetts.

The Assumption

Armed police have stormed a family's home after spotting a teenage son playing with a toy gun in his bedroom.

Officers had staked out the home of solicitor John Trimbos before smashing down the door of his Victorian mansion flat in Belsize Park, north London.

The police were tipped off by someone staying in a nearby hotel...

Mr Trimbos, his wife, Lucy, and their two sons, Olly and seven-year-old Felix, had just finished their family dinner when the firearms officers burst through their front door.

He and and his eldest son were handcuffed and taken outside for an hour while police searched their flat - finding only the plastic pellet-firing toy replica.

The assumption is the people are the enemy.

And I'm sure the enuretic snitch feels indignantly justified.

We're the Only Ones Craven Enough

Three Chicago Police officers ran away when a fellow officer was struggling for his life with an armed man in a Dominick's store on the South Side, officials said Wednesday.

But the tyrant Daley expects his subjects to be defenseless (hell, his CAGE unit enforces that) under the lie that such as these will protect them.

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We're the On...Gimme the Damn Keys!

A Boston police officer sent a .40-caliber round speeding through the hip of a fellow officer early yesterday morning in West Roxbury as the two argued over whether he was sober enough to drive...

Maybe Mayor Menino can figure out where he got the gun, and join forces with Mike Bloomberg to sue the supplier...

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We're the Only Ones Frozen Enough

A Toronto police officer did not draw his weapon when he saw Jeffrey Reodica swing at him with a knife because he "froze up" just moments before the teen was fatally shot by his partner, a coroner's inquest heard yesterday.

So how will The Only Ones save us if they're too paralyzed by headlights to even save themselves?

Before the Cock Crows

Assembly hopeful Joel Tyner has accused incumbent Assemblyman Joel Miller of telling an "outrageous falsehood" when he denied receiving money from the National Rifle Association.

I'm still waiting for a politician with the stones to publicly and angrily scourge an opponent for daring to infringe on the right to keep and bear arms--and to educate their constituency on what that right means. Instead, most of these weasels take the money but then try to hush it up and hide it from the general populace.

Yeah, we see a few who go to banquets and pose with shotguns and orange vests, and equate the Second Amendment with "our hunting heritage" and the like, but I want to see someone eager and unafraid--in front of the cameras--to growl back "Go visit Dachau and then come back and tell us about 'gun control."*

And then launch into a powerful, educational and passionate advocacy of why an armed, informed and involved citizenry is the ultimate guarantor of freedom.

I have this fantasy of a president doing a televised "fireside chat" on individual rights, and turning it into a weekly address. Good Lord, can I still be that naive?

* I heard this line from former Citizens of America colleague Jim Houck.

Dave's Not Here

A minor affectation on my part:

Dave's not here.

I am "David."

If you're my wife or one of my sisters, you can call me "Davy."

This Day in History: June 23

On this day in 1776, off the coast of Charleston, South Carolina, British Commodore Sir Peter Parker notifies General Henry Clinton that he will land on the South Carolina mainland the next day on the flood tide, if the wind blows from the south.

Bob Confer Responds

You've opened my mind and given me understanding of assualt rifles. You've clarified the issue for me greatly and eliminated the grey area I had with this issue.

So does this mean you're going to publicly correct the record with your readership after telling them such firearms are "justifiably maligned"?

Bill Schneider Responds

Yesterday, I posted about an outdoors writer allowing himself to be courted by the American Hunters and Shooters Association. He replied to the numerous comments on the New West website:

Guns sure are a touchy subject, and I suppose I should follow up this article...Yes, we can't hunt without guns, but likewise, we can't hunt without game...

It sounds like he still puts "sport" on one side of the scales and "rights" on the other, as if they somehow have comparable weight. Besides, it's a false alternative to claim you can't have both. Freedom produces more...

Thanks to You, It's Working

The money comes from a Joyce Foundation grant, and grants from such local agencies as United Way and the Community Foundation of Northern Illinois.

So I guess until United Way comes up with a policy prohibiting its local chapters from engaging in subversion, the safest course is to find a more worthy charity to support. Otherwise, you just might find your contributions working to erode your freedoms.

What Do You Expect From a Commie Thug?

The former South African president has told how he buried the weapon on the farm where he was hiding at the time.

He and other ANC leaders were later arrested on the farm, and were jailed for their work against apartheid. Mr Mandela was freed in 1990.

So when they came for his gun, he defied them and kept it hidden.

But now that he's on the ruling side, he's all for disarming everyone else, even lending his likeness and signature to gun turn-in certificates.

Saving Hunters From Bill Schneider

AHSA seems to want the middle ground, to be pro-gun and pro-conservation.

It's no secret I have my differences with current NRA management, but I'd be more interested in saving hunters from surface-deep writers like Bill Schneider. I posted the following and encourage you to add your thoughts:

Good grief, Bill, I can't believe anyone could write anything this ignorant unintentionally. Ten minutes worth of research would have told you all you needed to know about AHSA--assuming you don't know perfectly well what they're about.

And as for being a "new group," where have you been? Pro-Bill of Rights activists have been warning gun owners about them for almost a year now.

AHSA's president, John Rosenthal, founded "Stop Handgun Violence," and is as big a gungrabber as you will find. Their Board of Directors include honchos from Crime Guns Solutions, ex-BATF careerists who worked to give ammo to the gun maker lawsuits. CGS exec Gerald Nunziato had this to say:

"“If it wasn'’t for criminals, there wouldn'’t be a gun industry in this country. The only people [NRA and other gun-rights groups are] protecting are criminals."

AHSA has ties with a democrat consulting group, DCS, whose clients included Nancy Pelosi and John Conyers.

[Robert] Ricker may as well change his name to Judas--here's what he said about the gun lawsuits [when he] worked for "the gun lobby":

"We'’ll be able to show that what these lawyers are actually after is money."

Now that he's betrayed the people who put his name on the map, he's become an "expert witness" FOR the gun lawsuits.

So was he lying then for money or is he lying now for money--and either way, how can anyone believe a thing he says?

As for the machine guns and hunters LIE, c'mon, Bill, if you don't know the "assault weapon" ban covered semiautos, you really have no business making public commentary on the matter until you do some learning. The confusion between the two types of firearms is intentional deception proposed by Josh Sugarmann of the Violence Policy Center, who stated:

"The semi-automatic weapons' menacing looks, coupled with the public's confusion over fully automatic machine guns versus semi-automatic assault weapons - anything that looks like a machine gun is assumed to be a machine gun - can only increase that chance of public support for restrictions on these weapons."

Besides which, maybe you can show us where the Second Amendment, that is, the right of the People to be the final guarantor of their own liberty, concerns itself with mere sporting purpose (which, by the way, was one of the rationales employed in Nazi "gun control" laws)?

David Codrea
The War on Guns
http://waronguns.blogspot.com

This Day in History: June 22

On this day in 1775, Congress issues $2 million in bills of credit.

And they've never looked back.

A Fluid Development

Flexible full-body protection that could save our troops' lives and limbs is at the top of the list for many researchers and technology companies. One such product could soon make its way to Iraq. As this ScienCentral News video explains, the secret ingredient is a liquid that could turn lightweight material into full-body armor.

This is a very exciting development.

Will it be withheld by edict from We the People, that is, the citizen militia of the Second Amendment?

And they say there are no stupid questions...

When "Only Ones" Collide

Two people were killed and another injured yesterday after a shootout between prison officers and FBI agents investigating their alleged involvement in a corruption scandal at a Florida jail.

The gunfight began when the agents arrived at the Federal Correctional Institute in Tallahassee to serve arrest warrants on six prison guards suspected of supplying drugs and alcohol to female inmates in exchange for money or sex.

So what is a non-Only One supposed to do when there are no "Good" Only Ones around to protect them from the "Bad" Only Ones?

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Talk About Specious Arguments

Is the ongoing cost of the registry not commensurate with the benefits? What about the fact that police across Canada access the gun registry 5,000 times a day? Why are police forces across Canada massively in favour of the gun registry?

Oh, OK--the cops want gun registration so it must be "good."

Frank J. O'Hara, how could anyone argue with such an overwhelmingly compelling reason?

This Day in History: June 21

On this day in 1779, Spain declares war on Great Britain, creating a de facto alliance with the Americans.

We're the Only Ones Wanton and Reckless Enough

Worcester District Attorney John J. Conte declined yesterday to prosecute a state trooper who fatally shot an unarmed man in 2005, despite a judge's report three months ago finding the trooper had engaged in "wanton and reckless conduct" that "amounted to criminal negligence"...

Let's you and me shoot a driver in the back of the head and see how quick DA Conte is to drop the charges. But then, we're not The Only Ones.