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About "The Only Ones"
The purpose of this feature has never been to bash cops. The only reason I do this is to amass a credible body of evidence to present when those who would deny our right to keep and bear arms use the argument that only government enforcers are professional and trained enough to do so safely and responsibly. And it's also used to illustrate when those of official status, rank or privilege, both in law enforcement and in some other government position, get special breaks not available to we commoners, particularly (but not exclusively) when they're involved in gun-related incidents.
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The implications here are clear: gun owners, and those who believe in the right to keep and bear arms are maniacs and lunatics, all to be judged based on the actions that took place here. [More]
All the facts aren't in, but already blood-dancers in the media are demonizing gun owners who correctly believe Obama is a gun-grabber. I rarely do two Gun Rights Examiner columns in one day, particularly on a weekend, but this one requires immediate attention. Please share it's link with those who ought to know.
We've all seen the news about the Binghamton massacre. I followed it myself in real time yesterday on my online journal, The War on Guns, posting updates as reader/commentators there did the same.
First, we don't know if the Taliban claim is true or merely Baituallah Mehsud giving yet one more reason why he deserves to be exterminated for being the evil vermin that he is.
The antis will be out in force to use this against us--theyr'e already positioning themselves. It's important that we are able to counter their misdriection with facts and truth.
If you find today's Gun Rights Examiner column useful to that end, please use it. Please share the link.
A gunman entered an immigration services center in downtown Binghamton on Friday, shot at least four people and took as many as 41 hostage, according to media reports.
Mayor Matthew Ryan told the Binghamton Press & Sun Bulletin that there was a hostage situation involving a gunman with a high-powered rifle.[More]
And there obviously wasn't anyone there who could deny giving him what he wanted. There obviously wasn't another "gunman."
I'll do some checking around and will probably be updating this post later today.
Commentators--please feel free to act as correspondents and paste appropriate links. UPDATE:
UPDATE: Click here and refresh as needed for current headlines.
UPDATE: Fox News (TV) just reported he is in custody. Meaning when confronted by men with guns he wanted to live? Or was he incapacitated by men with guns?
UPDATE: Fox News (TV) just reported two Asian males taken away in handcuffs.
Police officials said two weapons have been found. According to one police report a 9 mm pistol was recovered as SWAT team officers entered the building.
Per MSNBC, on in the background, he recently lost his job. From IBM.
UPDATE: Voong is apparently an alias. Some FBI profiler douchebag, Clint somebody, is giving the "Only One" speech against people being armed, saying it's a job for the police. I should know better than to have MSNBC on. They are getting ready to search his house. The pistols were permitted. That does not mean he had a CCW--but it doesn't mean he didn't.
UPDATE: 14 confirmed dead. Four in critical condition. It took police two minutes to get on scene following the 911 call, but they don't know how much time had elapsed from the time the shooting started until the call was made. Gov. Paterson made the obligatory When will we as a society do something? statement, but did not specifically mention gun control. Yet. The police chief now says there is no indication a rifle was used. They aren't positive the shooter is dead but have reason to believe it is him--from guns and ammo to the fact that his car is the one that was blocking the back door to keep people from escaping.
...he can stop pushing that 90% crap, because we know better now. Then point out his other lies. [More]
These creatures really do have no shame. I guess when you're caught red-handed, you may as well try to bluff your way out.
Besides, it's not like the typical Huffpovian* values truth above the dogma of indignation against non-collectivists. I'm waiting for the drowning out and redirecting to begin. In other words, the lies.
That's where human beings are utterly helpless and dependent on physically absent "authorities" who have no obligation to save them whenever their lives are threatened.
The truth is out there, and it is spreading. [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner column shows how slowly, but surely, the lies and liars are being exposed to a wider audience.
Also meet our man in Boston, learn of a new danger to gun rights hidden in government health care tampering, and get the latest from my fellow GREs.
I hope you agree that spreading the truth far and wide is important, and will help do that by sharing the link to this small contribution throughout your sphere of influence.
It is needless for me to say much upon a Subject, which must undoubtedly give you a good deal of uneasiness. I confess I was surprised, when I did not see your name in the list of Major Generals, and was so fully of opinion that there was some mistake in the matter, that I (as you may recollect) desired you not to take any hasty Step, before the intention of Congress was fully known. The point does not now admit of a doubt, and is of so delicate a nature, that I will not even undertake to advise, your own feelings must be your guide. [More]
The Myth of 90 Percent: Only a Small Fraction of Guns in Mexico Come From U.S....
But Tom Diaz, senior policy analyst at the Violence Policy Center, called the "90 percent" issue a red herring and said that it should not detract from the effort to stop gun trafficking into Mexico.[More]
Right. When you subversives make the claim, it's Gospel we need to make policy and enact new edicts for. But when it's proven to be a damned lie, all of a sudden exposing that lie is "a red herring."
Good Lord, these people have no shame.
Nice to see some "Authorized Journalist" confirmation for what some of us have been saying all along. Maxim Lott is John Lott's son. [Via Tom S]
Chism said he was stopped for a seat belt violation while driving a grain truck to an Emmetsburg ethanol plant in northwest Iowa. The DOT officer allegedly pulled his gun, shoved it in Chism's face and handcuffed him after harassing him in the hot sun for more than an hour and a half, said Chism's lawyer, Scott Buchanan of Algona.
The farmer never said an impolite word or threatened the officer in any way, Buchanan claimed. He alleged that with the gun pointed at Chism's head, the officer said, "I can do anything I want." Chism was arrested and accused of felony assault on a police officer, but the charge was later dropped.[More]
Gee, we just had one of these guys doing something that smelled funny yesterday.
DOT Officer Keith Truog, huh? Y'know, this is probably a good thing. You could get hurt without a seatbelt. Real bad.
I wonder if Keith really can do anything he wants...? Not that I'd expect anyone to ask him...
"It's a program that gives us a chance to come out to the universities and maybe even the high schools and give the students an idea of what an IRS agent does," said Toni Weirauch, the special agent in charge.[More]
The University is unwilling to allow even the mere presence of dangerous weapons. While some objects are clearly dangerous, what is used dangerously may also be considered a weapon.
Which I guess means everyone there must be naked and manacled to the wall of a padded room.
Good thing I don't see anything in the Cho Empowerment Policy about the fake weapons given to the little proto-brownshirts, and, of course, note the exemption for elite and trustworthy "Only Ones."
How fittingly Orwellian that you include a forced disarmament mandate as Article 22 under your student "Bill of Rights," though. I'd say the fed gov alphabet agencies ought to be able to satisfy their JBT trainee needs nicely from the stock you're raising.
Two Baltimore police officers beat a teenager with a baton and a pool stick while he was handcuffed and shackled, then tried to cover up the attack with their sergeant's help, according to a federal indictment unsealed Wednesday. [More]
My friends, we got trouble (Trouble, trouble) Right here in Charm City...
Hey, every "Only One" knows the harder you strike with the cue, the more English you get.
It would not seem out of line to ask a government pointing out the mote in our eye to examine the beam in their own. [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner column features some guest commentary pointing to some interesting facts--and asking some interesting questions.
Also listen to my Andy Caldwell show interview, learn about the latest efforts in Nevada, find out from GOA about the next battle looming, and get the latest from my fellow GREs.
The importation of Dutch and French ammunition, arms, and other supplies continued unabated throughout the fall of 1776 and the following year. Virginia, while she lacked the ships and port cities of the colonies to the north, had tobacco, which Europe and the West Indies wanted more than any other colonial commodity...Van Bibber and Harrison wrote Virginia's Commissary-General, William Aylett, on April 2, 1777, that tobacco was the only import in the islands that could command cash payment. [More]
Charges against two Monterey County policemen arrested last summer in Mexico for alleged gun and ammunition smuggling have been dropped by a Mexican court.
...The Mexican court didn't explain why the charges were dropped, said presidio spokesman Eric Hamilton. [More]
Yeah, they could have just forgotten they had them. I suppose some might believe that. Still, does anyone think a non-"Only One" would have had the charges dropped without explanation?
Mind you, I'm not accusing anyone of threatening to talk, thereby implicating any Mexican official(s) as partners in whatever apparently was(n't) going on. That would be irresponsible without anything other than a gut feeling that this story stinks and I don't buy it for a second.
Not everyone thinks the idea of increasing gun ownership is a good idea. Any effort to put more guns on the street is wrong headed, says the head of the Clay County Democratic Party.
"There are too many guns," said Thomas Nazworth, Democratic Party chairman. "You’ve already got every right to defend yourself in your home. What is this going to be the wild, wild west where everybody has got sidearms? That is not answer." [More]
You can tell Thomas what an idiot you think he is educate him as to what current Florida law already provides for and what years of experience have conclusively proven by contacting him here.
They said the DOT officer interrogated them. Then he ordered them to stand in front of their recreational vehicle's headlights while he checked inside, searching for marijuana or wads of cash. The officer never asked for their driver's licenses or proof of registration, they said...
"It was so strange. I literally felt afraid for my life," Jane Schneider, 59, said Monday. "I felt I could have bodily harm. ... He was very menacing and threatening to us."
One of their complaints is that the officer who stopped them repeatedly demonstrated a lack of knowledge about firearms laws, even though they were legally transporting a .40-caliber handgun with a concealed-weapon permit from the Lee County Sheriff's Department.
Carl Schneider said he was particularly upset that the officer implied he could simply call the sheriff and have the permit revoked, "which is absolutely not the case."
...But the officers didn't leave, he added, until the first officer "had made us feel as if he was somehow doing me a favor by letting us go."[More]
But of course--it's the same technique Inspector Clouseau uses when he stumbles over something to divert embarrassment from his ineptitude and incompetence. It's particularly useful after menacing a citizen without cause.
He had to let them know that even though he's a thug and a fool, he's an "Only One" and they're not.
And, as typical for our wonderful "Authorized Journalist" watchdog press, we know the names of the citizens, but not of the dangerously incompetent bullying government worker. Why is that? Maybe reporter William Petroski (bpetroski@dmreg.com) can shed some light...
UPDATE: Petroski is standing on "awaiting confirmation from DoT." Meanwhile, his competitors are reporting "Iowa Department of Transportation officer Darrell D. Wiegand."
If I were to give Darrell a call, and I'm not suggesting you do, I might be inclined to begin the conversation with "What's that I smell? What's that I smell?"
MEXICO CITY: In what could be a setback to U.S./Mexican cooperative crime fighting efforts, Attorney General Eric Holder accidentally discharged a weapon, slightly injuring Mexican President Felipe Calderón at a joint press conference where captured cartel firearms were being displayed. [More]
Stories like this seem to come with almost a regular frequency, don't they?
Ask yourself who could be opposed to ATF officials--testifying under oath--as to the complete truth of what they know about Mexican cartel guns? Besides someone who finds an advantage in suppressing the truth?
Forget the gun rights issue for a moment--you'd think it would be a matter of national security. [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner column continues unraveling a lie. Still, just having a few of us realize this won't change anything. More need to know--and do something about it. And you can help.
Asking for help sharing the link isn't too much to ask, is it?
Also get the latest from my fellow GREs, find out about political machinations in Oregon, two upcoming events in Ohio, and how you can read the current issue of Guns Magazine online for free.
The Troops who have had the small Pox will march on Monday next, about one hundred and forty or fifty as appears by the Officers Returns: The remaining part will go into the Hospitals, the day after tomorrow. There is a great Difficulty in providing Cloathing and Blankets; Recruiting is very slow. The Necessity of keeping a large Proportion of the Inhabitants, in actual Service, upon the Shores, has, in a great Measure, been the Source of this Misfortune, the Malitia giving considerable Wages above the Public Allowance, to men they have hired to take their Tour. This State is in a Melancholy Situation: The neighboring States fail in sending their Proportion of Troops. It is now in the Power of the Enemy to make horrid Devastations, should they attempt it. In a very short time we shall be destitute of Troops excepting about two hundred engag’d for fifteen months, and one sixth of our own Alarm list & Malitia. [More]
Very real personal hardships were endured. Very real personal sacrifices were made.
Her shots, part of a deafening volley from her fellow cadets enrolled in the school's first-ever firearms training course, were taking aim at a threat half a world away: the surge of piracy off the Horn of Africa, the continent's easternmost peninsula that juts into the Arabian Sea. [More]
"If the pirates get onboard, it's all over for the crew," Murphy said, adding that merchant ships are bound by rules of engagement that prevent them from firing upon approaching pirate ships, and are often unarmed to begin with.
"Rules of engagement"? For pirates? Are they nuts?
When are they going to get smart and realize pirates could be treated like a resource, a commodity to be harvested? I guarantee you, if the scurvy sea dogs realized that, a whole lot of them would be looking for a safer line of work.
Disciplinary records for a Spokane County Sheriff's sergeant arrested in February show that Pete Bunch has a long history of misusing his authority and even cheating taxpayers on his time sheet. [More]
So naturally:
Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich has to decide if he wants to give bunch another last chance.
Avon Park police officer James Hilton Parker III remained in Highlands County Jail in lieu of $250,000 bond Monday, after being charged Sunday with aggravated child abuse of the 20-month-old baby girl of his live-in girlfriend.
The child, who had multiple bruises over her body and an apparent fractured skull, was on life support Monday at All Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg, according to the sheriff's office. She remained in "very very critical condition"... [More]
Brave guy, eh?
And I love it--the department is short-staffed because two other "Only Ones" have been arrested.
JUDGES should interpret the Constitution according to other nations' legal "norms." Sharia law could apply to disputes in US courts. The United States constitutes an "axis of disobedience" along with North Korea and Saddam-era Iraq.
Those are the views of the man on track to become one of the US government's top lawyers: Harold Koh. [More]
The primary mission of the current crop of traitors in power is to destroy the Republic.
The nearly 17-minute video shows the entire incident involving Houston Texans running back Ryan Moats and Dallas police officer Robert Powell. Moats was rushing his wife and two of her family members to a hospital, where his mother-in-law lay dying. She died while Moats and his wife's grandfather waited outside the hospital for the officer to issue a ticket. [More]
You will respect my authoritah!
Some of you sent me this story a few days back and I couldn't get to it. Her's the dashcam video of the stop. No understanding or common sense. It's not like it couldn't be checked out. Or ended immediately once the hospital rep explained the "Code Blue" situation.
"Right now your attitude sucks...I can make your life very difficult...Attitude's everything... Remember attitude?"
Good Lord. And he warns him about "next time"!
People have emergencies. You'd think emergency responders would realize that, and, I don't know, maybe...help...?
The apparent police vendetta against dogs continues. This time, officers in Buffalo, New York, stormed into a home during the course of a search for drugs, gunned the dogs down in front of the family, and then left without making any arrests. [More]
What does Cesar Millan call "Only One" behavior like this? "Red Zone aggressiveness"?
What will it take to return them to a "calm submissive state"?
The new legislation, the "Pay for Performance Act of 2009," would impose government controls on the pay of all employees -- not just top executives -- of companies that have received a capital investment from the U.S. government. It would, like the tax measure, be retroactive, changing the terms of compensation agreements already in place. [More]
Didn't take long for economic fascism to become the centerpiece of the agenda, did it? Folklore says a vampire cannot cross your threshold unless you invite him in. And who is a bigger parasite or sucks more than Barney Frank?
And now some words of wisdom for our Captains of Industry that even a boy with a little wooden head understands... (When elder feral son Uday was little, he called him Pick-a-neek-o--so I still do)...
The writer knows what he's proposing would not have stopped the Oakland killings. And he admits the "assault weapon" ban he demands as a direct result will not stop future killings.
Today's Gun Rights Examiner column asks what kind of person would demand laws he knows will not work. We here at WarOnGuns know them as "Authorized Journalists."
Also get the most recent commentary from my fellow GREs, a link to the Liberty Belles' thoughts on the nursing home shootings, and my latest Guns MagazineRights Watch column.
Tell a friend? Of course you will. Why wouldn't you?
A Captain [Deshields] who escaped from New York on Saturday Evening and who arrived here this Morning informs, that about three thousand Troops (British and Hessian) were embarked from the City and Staten Island when he came away. It was generally said, they had in contemplation an expedition to Chesapeak Bay, and to make a descent on the Eastern Shore. [More]
Earlier this month, officers from the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs raided a home in Mustang, Oklahoma, looking for Corey Davis. The cops didn't find Davis, which is no surprise; while the police tossed the house, the man they were looking for was cooling his heels at a prison boot camp where he's resided since November of last year. [More]
So who's the genius mastermind? Will there be any discipline, any reassignment...? Can we even get a name?
And what do want to bet had an occupant been injured or worse, the ruling would have been that it was justified by more erroneous "Only One" assumptions...?
But in recent months, the people of Canada's Olympic city have been living in fear...
The Mexican cocaine supply line extends through the United States, especially Los Angeles, up to Vancouver...and gangs are killing each other. [More]
Human beings should not live in fear of predators.
Predators should live in fear of human beings.
That is, if we intend to occupy the top spot.
What, we think just because we live in cities we stopped being part of the natural world?
You should see what Mexican cartel monsters do to tender morsels like some of the bleating sheep in this story. And the government bureaucrats? The ones who don't play along end up with their heads in one corner, and their naked bodies stacked up in the other.
Leftist sympathies notwithstanding, Kirk Douglas had a great line in one of my favorite movies, "The List of Adrian Messenger."
Evil is.
Anyone who forgets that is a fool. Anyone who does not fight it is a coward.
Sheriff Art Kell said, “I have enough to worry about with this other deputy stealing from the department to start an investigation over another deputy who may have falsified timesheets… until they break the law, I’m not going to get involved. I’ve had enough bad media press to deal with to start this up.” [More]
Good attitude, sheriff. Nice to know you require the highest integrity standards for the "Only Ones" you foist on the general public.
We've met the time cheat before. Remember? Nice to see he's worked so hard on being the best he can possibly be since then.
I meant to bring this story to you earlier, but got wrapped around the axle doing this.
But as the 10th anniversary of the high school massacre approaches, lawmakers are considering a bill that would waive the checks for anyone holding a concealed-carry permit.
Police chiefs and sheriffs are among those who testified against the measure, which is scheduled to be heard by the full Senate next week...
"Getting a permit is not a predictor of future good behavior," said Eileen McCarron, president of Colorado Ceasefire Capitol Fund. [More]
Tommy is normally very quiet, but he can have quite a fiery personality that is sure to delight you on the occasions it comes out. He needs a good home and a responsible, loving caretaker.
Won't you help?
The satisfaction and rewards could be immeasurable. [More]
The only explanations are ATF and their masters at DoJ are either hopelessly oblivious to what is really happening, that is, criminally negligent, or they are engaged in an outright conspiratorial fraud to deprive us of our rights.
Those are serious charges. I submit the sworn testimony of Deputy AG Ogden makes this a matter for official inquiry. Under glaring lights. [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner column offers proof the antis are lying about U.S. guns and Mexico.
It's also provides a way to go on the offensive and force BATFU to answer some tough questions under oath. But whether that happens or not depends entirely on the gun owners who read this column, that is, on you and the people you forward this to.
The office of Adjutant General being vacant, by the resignation of Colo. Reed, and the power of appointing a successor with me, I am induced, from the good opinion I entertain of your attachment to the Interest of the United States and your Military character, not only to make a tender, but most heartily to wish your acceptance of it. [More]
A Wyoming Highway Patrol trooper faces federal civil rights charges alleging he unlawfully arrested and kidnapped a man in January.
...The complaint, which federal authorities revealed Friday, also charges Ryle with brandishing a gun during the crime. It does not specify Ryle's relationship to the other man.[More]
Not specified?
I gotta wonder what Immigration and Customs Enforcement is doing joining with the FBI and state DCI that would result in an arrest?
The details are too scarce on this to pass "Only One" judgment yet. It's not like I have a high level of trust where the feds are involved.
In a bid to get more Muslim Americans working in the Obama administration, a book with resumes of 45 of the nation's most qualified — Ivy League grads, Fortune 500 executives and public servants, all carefully vetted — has been submitted to the White House. [More]
Now I know the First Amendment states "CONGRESS shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion..." but I thought it was pretty much settled law that that "wall of separation" Jefferson referred to in a letter meant the application was now mandated to be drilled all the way down to villages putting a creche on public property...
A "friend" of Vice President Joseph Biden's daughter, Ashley, is attempting to hawk a videotape that he claims shows her snorting cocaine at a house party this month in Delaware. [More]
You know--that drug war where the administration says Mexican cartel suppliers are using U.S.-supplied "assault weapons"...?
So the answer is obviously to disarm you and me--with a new ban even more stringent than the one Joe tells everybody he authored...?
Got it?
Although perhaps the title needs to be corrected--maybe I should change "Progress" to "Progressive"...?
The ATF Atlanta Field Division put out a "request for information" on March 26 "advising law enforcement agencies of a firearms trafficking trend that involves the movement of illegal firearms from Atlanta, GA to Mexico." [More]
So--where are all those "assault weapons"?
Today's Gun Rights Examiner column brings you information you won't get anywhere else. I will not be surprised if it results in a visit. So I'd appreciate any here who are so inclined to help me shine lights and bang pots. You can do that by sharing this link far and wide, including with other media outlets.
Have you forgotten who helped get you elected in the first place?[More]
Of course he hasn't. Like the quote commonly attributed to Lenin, he knows useful idiots when he sees them. And he also knows once they have been exploited, they become useless eaters.
I, Eric Holder, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States...[More]
Good one!
But you're a little late, Wayne LaPierre. You not only stood by while the enemy gained a beachhead, you made it known our "allies" could usher him in with no repercussions.
And still with the "enforce existing laws on the books."
So it is the official position of the NRA that "gun control" is an effective crime-fighting strategy? That seems a hell of a concession to just hand to the Bradys...
...Cuyahoga County Sheriff Gerald McFaul, a long-time opponent to gun rights in Ohio, has tendered his resignation after months of allegations about his misconduct in office...
[H]e had once deputized his son so that he could get a job (which he couldn't otherwise have obtained) while carrying a firearm (which he couldn't otherwise have carried). [More]
A tea party to protest government spending and taxing is canceled. Canceled by the government.
Why? They feel too many people could show-up. [More]
And the people behind the event are putting up with this?
Yeah--looks like the organizers folded. How they expect anyone to take them seriously now is beyond me.
Permit? Move the event to another time and place? Why not just "spontaneously" show up not at the park, but in front of the damned City Hall? [Via Avg Joe]
There's no electricity. Meaning lights are out. Water isn't being pumped. Food is spoiling. Market shelves are emptied in panic buying turned to looting. Delivery trucks can't restock, because gas pumps are dead.
And it'll be a while before the power gets turned back on. For a good many, a lethal while.
Today's Gun Rights Examiner column explores the aftermath of a particularly sunny day and then asks a question. I know how most of you would answer it. How would the people in your circle of friends and relatives?
I am glad to find by your publication in the Pennsylvania Gazette, of the 19th Inst.; that you have compleated your arrangement of Field Officers, by means of which I hope the recruiting of your Battalions will go on more briskly, than it has done heretofore. By the promotion of Major Butler and death of the Colo. and Lieut. Colonel, the eighth Regiment of your state is left without a Field Officer, I must therefore desire that you will order the three new field Officers to join immediately, for I can assure you, that no Regiment in the Service wants them more. [More]
And he isn't shy about sharing his views of police work, referring to himself as not a state trooper, but as a "garbage man." His Facebook page said, "I pick up trash for a living." [More]
Sounds like a bit of projection going on there, trashman.
And there are still people who believe "Only Ones" like these moron thugs are more trustworthy with guns than you or I.
This is for every anti who ever said the Founders could not conceive of modern weaponry, and for every gun owner who replied they also couldn't conceive of modern communications tools. Looks like that assumption will be applied across the board... [More]
Hey, who needs those pesky First, Second, Fourth and Fifth Amendments anyway?
Besides, if you're not doing anything wrong, what have you got to hide?
To claim sovereignty over certain powers pursuant to the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America, to serve notice to the federal government to cease and desist certain mandates, and to insist that certain federal legislation be prohibited or repealed. [More]
I'd feel better if they told us just what powers they intend to take over if the feds vacate...
Recently County Commissioner Janet Rowland suggested that county employees might carry concealed handguns to improve security at the old county courthouse. [More]
Because everyone knows county employees are the "Only Ones" trustworthy enough to carry guns in courthouses. Although I might also nominate city building permit and state DMV clerks, especially the fat stupid ones who get off on their "authoritah".
The federal government is giving crack and powder cocaine, morphine, and other hard-core drugs to taxpayer-funded researchers for testing on addicts, The Examiner has learned. [More]
But let non-"Only Ones" distribute medical marijuana to cancer patients and Katy bar the door.
I wonder how much of their stuff they get from Mexico...?
According to federal records obtained by the ABC-7 I-Team, Bustamante was arrested on the theft charges March 2. He was accused of selling six government handguns, three government shotguns and a pair of government binoculars without authorization. [More]
Federal prosecutors charged Ciavarella and another Luzerne County judge, Michael Conahan, with taking $2.6 million in payoffs to put juvenile offenders in privately owned lockups.
The judges pleaded guilty to fraud last month and face sentences of more than seven years in prison. [More]
They would face more than that from me if they had done this to one of my boys.
I can see several problems with this right off the bat. This opens the door for all kinds of fishing expeditions. And how is a company that depends on compliance (to often arbitrary or unwritten "standards") with ATF for its survival reasonably supposed to be able to refuse "voluntary cooperation"--and then not fear repercussions? How is that not extortion? [More]to be
I received a letter from a reliable source that appears authentic. I'm trying to determine if it is, and if so, what its implications will be.
Today's Gun Rights Examiner column also includes links to the latest commentary from my fellow GREs.
