So will there ever be a change in this status? I believe so but as I said at the start of this essay, it will not be PEACEFUL. [More]A sobering and thoughtful analysis.
The true first responders were the victims... [More]Howard Nemerov makes a great point that bears reinforcing every time we hear the term applied by the media to the "professionals".
"Attorney General Cordray spoke to his contacts at the NRA who told him the congressional leadership had already decided not to renew the ban and, therefore, our advocacy was not needed at that time" [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner gives an answer to a question asked several months back.
From various accounts, I am convinced that the Enemy are upon the point of making a grand effort upon Fort Mifflin, a person in confidence of one of their principal artificers, thinks it will be to day or to morrow. No time is therefore to be lost in making that Garrison as respectable as your numbers will admit, for should the attack commence before they are reinforced, it may probably be out of your power to throw them in. I think you had for the present better draw all the Continental Troops into or near Forts Mercer and Mifflin, and let what Militia are collected lay without, for I am of opinion that they will rather dismay than assist the Continental Troops, if shut up in the Forts. [More]
He added, about the manslaughter charge against Pileggi, "This is an overcharge and may be unprovable." [More]Yeah, I'm sure if one of us "accidentally" popped an "Only One," manslaughter would be considered an overcharge.
Gardai (Irish police) carried out several smash and grab raids in Dublin's north inner city last Monday and confiscated 7,000 Samurai swords. [More]Faith and Begorrah, Anjin-san!
Dugas said the ongoing investigation has thus far unearthed wrongdoing involving bribery, prostitution, drug offenses and domestic violence. [More]The good thing is, it's Baton Rouge, so as far as "Only One" baton rogues go, we can be pretty confident it's only a few bad apples and ought to be a pretty easy fix...right?
The Portland police union lashed out Wednesday against a city commissioner for his recommendation that two officers be suspended without pay in the death of a mentally ill man. [More]Yeah, I mean, WTF?
Norman Wolfinger, the state attorney in Brevard County, said in a letter to the Legislature that while there isn't enough evidence to convict Dillon again, lawmakers should consider that his innocence isn't proven, either. [More]Wow, Norman...where to begin with you...?
Brazen bank robbers on the loose, FBI seeks public's help [More]In New Jersey?
Local law enforcement officers are flummoxed by “murky, confusing and vague” rules governing medical-marijuana production and are looking to the state legislature for clarification... [More]See, if we start with the assumption that the purpose of government is to "secure the Blessings of Liberty," a lot of the confusion--as well as resulting "Only Ones" problems--just kind of goes away.
Congress has been debating a law that would legalize the possession of firearms on college campuses for individuals with concealed weapons permits. [More]Aside from the obvious fact that the disjointed ramblings sound like those of an ignorant child, and that being made fun of because you're fat or redheaded means you can't be trusted with a gun, there's this little matter, which I called to the attention of the editors:
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In his position as a medical professional treating and diagnosing soldiers with mental health issues, both at Walter Reed and at Fort Hood, did Dr. Hasan report any veterans to the federal government for entry into the NICS "prohibited persons" database? In other words, have "gun control" laws enabled a mass shooter to cause the government to disarm others? [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column notes the "Authorized Journalists" aren't asking certain questions.
A British ship runs aground at Point Judith, Rhode Island, and is captured by American forces. [More]
Chicago aldermen with their noses out of joint Friday demanded to know why they are searched along with the masses at the city's central headquarters for administrative hearings. [More]How dare you not recognize out superior "Only One" status. Who do you mistake us for? Someone stupid enough to give us power?
It's not a matter of giving anybody any preference. But us that are aldermen -- we are the ones who set your budget.Forget it, Jake, it's Chi-Town. Which, with this attitude, makes me think of 1793 Paris for some reason...
As defense attorney Joanne Cuccia discusses her client's sentencing hearing with the judge, Maricopa County Sheriff's Department detention officer Adam Stoddard walks up behind her, and begins sifting through one of her files, which she has placed on the defense table. Remarkably, Stoddard then removes a document from the file and hands it off to another deputy, who then leaves the courtroom with it. They don't even bother to inform Cuccia, who has her back turned the entire time. The judge appears to have missed the incident as well.Document control, "Only Ones"-style...
But it was all captured on video...[More]
Normand said Casimir told the driver he would not arrest her if she performed a sex act. [More]Is that discreet enough for you, sweetie?
A Cook County judge today threw out an indictment against a Chicago Police officer accused of falsifying drunken driving arrests. [More]If it's not acceptable department protocol, it's union rules.
A man caught having sex with a horse in a South Carolina stable has been sentenced to three years in prison. [More]I can't figure out why the disparity.
"Just because a soldier lives near Fort Campbell, doesn't mean it came from that facility," Cavanaugh said. [More]True enough, "Waco Jim," but it does add another insight...
There are risks associated with not having guns, too, you know. Sometimes terrible ones. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner looks at yet another anti-gun "sportswriter" advocating ignorance and avoidance. Which shows how much he knows...
But today, propelled by items of popular culture like the hit film ‘V’ for Vendetta, Britons have a take on Guy Fawkes that is much at odds with the historical one. Once Fawkes was a symbol of the traitor within. The people were called to be on guard against his like. No longer. Today Guy Fawkes is increasingly viewed as the heroic figure prepared to stand against an unjust and oppressive state, as a martyr and a victim of torture. [More]Remember, remember...
Soldier arrested after hunters find 100 pounds of explosives in Tennessee field [More]Anybody have info on this?
A hearing scheduled for Tuesday in the case of a Pitt County deputy accused of providing alcohol to a person younger than 21 was continued...Why do "Only Ones" stories like this make me feel like it's "Opposite Day"?
Amanda R. Tyndall, a Drug and Alcohol Resistance Education officer with the sheriff's office, was arrested Sept. 24 and charged by the State Bureau of Investigation with the offense. [More]
An attorney prosecuting the 26-year-old man accused of killing East Palo Alto police Officer Richard May scored a significant victory Tuesday when a judge granted his request to present evidence that suggests a motive for the crime...And the thing is, that law didn't even apply to him.
The document informs parolees that under a federal "Trigger Lock" law they could serve 15 years to life in prison if caught with a firearm. [More]
Advocates of the First and Second Amendments sat down together Tuesday to debate whether the state's list of 257,000 handgun-carry permit holders should be kept public -- but found little common ground beyond agreeing that the ongoing debate should be civil. [More]See, that's the thing--as long as it remains civil, there's no real incentive to stop, is there? I don't think I'd be inclined toward civility if some snotty anti-gun punk posted my name under the guise of crusading journalism. The damn watchdogs are supposed to be watching the government.
The NYPD detective charged with drunkenly mowing down a Bronx woman is an alcoholic once ordered into rehab after a boozed-up argument, the Daily News has learned. [More]You know what's weird? Do a site search here on the word "drunk" and look who all the posts are about.
Milwaukee council asks state to toughen gun laws [More]Hey, it worked to get them a headline.
This is what you'll see coming at us ad nauseum: democrats advising the GOP they need more, not fewer Dede Scozzafavas. Does anyone think they advise this because they want to help coach the opposition into fielding a better game? [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner looks at the same old political game and how it limits where the pieces can be moved.
The Bloody affair in St Georges Fields & the Attacks on the Rights of Election first called forth my Public Spirit , & from that era I thought it my Duty as a Christian & an honest man to quit all thoughts of ever going into full Pay (tho I had been an Officer in the English Service from the year 1740) & to enlist in the Service of the People at large as a Defender of their Civil & Religious Liberties. [More]
About half of Thailand's national lawmakers are taking advantage of a new government plan allowing them to purchase guns at a discount and receive a license to carry them anywhere, an official said Monday. [More]I don't suppose an "Onry Ones" crack would be considered PC...?
Attorney denies police report he pulled gun from pocketI'll be interested to watch and see how this unfolds.
Oral arguments set for 4 Dec in the Sixth Circuit.More information from WarOnGuns...
A senior enlisted Marine at Camp Pendleton was sentenced today to a reduction in rank and 60 days confinement after a court martial found him guilty of removing classified documents from files and possessing an unauthorized machine gun. [More]May I ask why the sentences for Wayne Fincher and David Olofson were so much more severe?
Johnny Augustus Baltazar, 50, is accused of illegally shipping 10 handguns and 1,500 rounds of ammunition to the Central American nation of Belize, where he owns a private security company. [More]How anyone working for the LAPD could ever get the idea that they are the "Only Ones" authorized to have guns is beyond me.
Here's the thing to keep in mind when ADL spouts off with their fraudulent rhetoric and bluster: It's not people like us who would deny full enfranchisement of all rights, including the right to keep and bear arms, to racial and religious minorities.Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at how the state worshipers have to resort to manipulation because they've really got nothing else.
It's them. [More]
Washington is informed that a conspiracy is afoot to discredit him with Congress and have him replaced by General Gates. [More]
Former Hillside cop is sentenced for stealing $15K from state homeless fund [More]Not just a home, but a Hillside home?
Cameras in a police station are nothing new for officers to deal with. But finding one in the internal affairs office interrogation room, where officers often go to rat on each other, may tear the Miami Beach Police Department apart. [More]See, the "Only Ones" can do it to us and it's acceptable department procedure.
"It's illegal...It's completely unprofessional. It's unethical."The law, professionalism and ethics being the subjective concepts that they are...
The “Garrity Rule” — adapted from the 1967 Supreme Court ruling Garrity v. New Jersey, which involved a ticket-fixing scandal — triggers an enhancement of the right against self-incrimination that only the government’s armed enforcers enjoy: Any statements made after the magical Garrity incantation is uttered can only be used for the purpose of a departmental investigation, not for criminal prosecution. [More]William N. Grigg tells us of another legal perk reserved exclusively for the "Only Ones."
Mark my words friends. All across America groups are forming. They are forming out of anger and out of desperation at the thought of losing America . They’re not militia groups or terrorists as the Department of Homeland security would have you believe; they are Americans, loyal to the constitution. They are mothers and fathers and grandparents. They belong to groups like the Minutemen Civil Defense Corps, the Peaceful Resistance, the Constitution Party, the Young Conservatives, the 9/12 Project, and Grassfire. Right now they are fragmented, each focused on their own cause. But sometime in the next two years, our government is going to do something really stupid and these groups will come together. Watch for it, wait for it–get ready. It will happen. [More]I could do without O'Reilly and Hannity, but a lot of the sentiment sounds about right. Sounds like an Oath Keeper and a Threeper to me...
Residents of Ohio's capital city are complaining that police officers are telling them to move out if they're fed up with neighborhood crime. [More]Hey, it's a lot more practical than expecting "Only Ones" to protect you. Safer for them, too.
[T]he French and other aristocrats complained bitterly about this invention, the Welsh longbow, that nullified a lifetime of training with animals and equipment in which they had invested fortunes, and which could now be defeated by mere farmers using couple of sticks and a piece of string. [More]L. Neil Smith talks fairness.
Tom brought up two things in our conversation that I'd like to get more information on, so consider this column more a request for information than a report. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column asks questions about reports that the military is once again crushing spent brass, and also about a bill purporting to protect veterans' RKBA.
November 2, 1777
The USS Ranger, under the command of John Paul Jones, leaves Portsmouth, New Hampshire for France. [More]
I wonder what Newt's gonna say about her "principled leadership" now? And what this says about putting faith in "moderate" Republicans, especially those who would burn the Big Tent down when they don't get center ring? [More]Holy Moly--a third Gun Rights Examiner column--on a Sunday...
I'll be on his show...today in the 1:00 pm CST segment (figure it out for your area--and you did remember to set the clock back an hour last night...?) [More]I just got an invite to chat on Tom Gresham's show this afternoon, so I put out a second Gun Rights Examiner column to announce it and provide a link to either listen via live stream or find a radio station in your area.
Arguing for the only acceptable free speech to be practiced in a closet.Not that I think Mike's lesson will stick in such a backward pupil, but a responsible educator tries his best with the material he's given.
From: GeorgeMason1776@aol.com
Sent: Sat 10/31/09 12:40 PM
To: darrell.miller@uc.edu
Cc: dcodrea@hotmail.com
To: "The Smutty Professor."
The amendment says "keep and bear arms." You may as well argue for the only acceptable free speech to be practiced in a closet. Oh, that's right, I forgot, that's what ALL collectivists believe as well, viz. the current Obamanoids v. FOX News controversy.
Silly onanistic comments aside, I have two observations:
First, try it and watch what happens. (See "Law of Unintended Consequences, Lack of the Right of Appeal.")
Second, beware of Bill Clinton's modified rules of engagement in re the recalcitrant Serbs, 1999, to wit: the government, media and intellectual supporters of your enemy are legitimate targets of war. Might not work out too well for you if you get what you wish for, i.e. the next American civil war.
As Martin Heidegger could tell you if you could dig him up and slap an answer out of his despised Nazi-excusing corpse, these are not mere intellectual exercises. They have real world consequences for liberty, property and lives.
So, please, wake up and smell the excrement you're shoveling.
Just a friendly word of advice.
Mike Vanderboegh
The alleged leader of a merry band of Three Percenters.
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Readers here should know that, in a rare public disagreement, I have taken exception to GOA's endorsement based on the superlatives they used to back their man. I simply don't believe it's appropriate to characterize a man who declines to lead and champion as a champion and a leader. If you want to say Hoffman will probably be a lot better for gun owners than Owens, I'd say that's a reasonable assumption. But there is nothing on the public record to warrant going beyond that, and speaking only for myself, I'm tired of that kind of unsupported political rhetoric. Give me the facts, the pros, the cons, the implications, and then let me vote my informed conscience. Stop with the damned smoke-blowing. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column revisits a special election in New York that ought to interest voting gun owners everywhere.
...but also to smile upon us in the Prosecution of a just and necessary War, for the Defense and Establishment of our unalienable Rights and Liberties; particularly in that he hath been pleased, in so great a Measure, to prosper the Means used for the Support of our Troops, and to crown our Arms with most signal success... [More]
As a convicted felon, who once lived in a dangerous criminal environment, I can tell you that the only times when I was dangerous, were those times when I was stoned out of my mind, fearful of robbery or attack, and had a gun in my pocket. The guns I had, were purchased lawfully at pawn shops. [More]But those of us who aren't criminally irresponsible are the delusional adolescents.
The December 2009 issue of Guns Magazine is out, and it includes my column "Will Feds Kill 'Firearms Freedom Act'?" [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column is a shameless plug for my latest "Rights Watch" column.
130. October 31, 1777 Society for Free Debate, Horn, DoctorsCommons
'Would it not be for the interest of Great Britain, to end the present contest with America, by declaring the Colonies independent of the Mother Country?' [More]
Still, if the Smutty Professor would step out of the booth and promise to keep his trench coat buttoned, and also not to touch us, perhaps we could give his ideas some consideration. What would happen if we took his "hands-on" approach and treated guns like porn? [More]Today's second Gun Rights Examiner column gives The Smutty Professor all the serious consideration he deserves.
Ex-city cop and TV reporter Mike Sheehan pleaded guilty Wednesday to driving drunk and slamming into an NYPD horse. [More]It sounds like the premise for a situation comedy episode.
An American destroyer has reportedly fired live rounds at the northern Polish coast while disposed of the combat-ready mode it had assumed during joint naval drills. [More]Correspondent Brian F, who sent me this link, thinks just because your gun is bigger doesn't mean Col. Cooper's rules don't apply.
A traffic stop involving a young officer and the son of a small-town mayor has the whole town talking. The mayor of Stockton tried to fire the officer for issuing his son a ticket. [More]Because there are "Only Ones" and then there are Extra Special Mega-Super "Only Ones."
A council official's son who allegedly stabbed two burglars breaking into his mother's home has been charged with murder. [More]That explains why you're not allowed to have the means of defense: you're not allowed to defend yourself.
It’s generally understood in the ranks of government that if stonewalling and falsifying the evidence doesn’t work, and that if “sovereign immunity” isn’t enough to get a government employee off the hook, he or she can expect executive clemency. [More]The path to salvation, government-style.
"Essentially, he was touching the dog's penis with his hand," Beasley said. "The others were there filming it. That's actually how we learned of it -- there's a video." [More]Good grief.
I have some questions for discussion... [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at "criminals" and guns.
By this Opportunity, I do myself the pleasure to congratulate you on the signal success of the Army under your command, in compelling Genl. Burgoyne and his whole force, to surrender themselves prisoners of War. An Event that does the highest honor to the American Arms, and which, I hope, will be attended with the most extensive and happy consequences. At the same time, I cannot but regret, that a matter of such magnitude and so interesting to our General Operations, should have reached me by report only, or thro' the Channel of Letters, not bearing that authenticity, which the importance of it required, and which it would have received by a line under your signature, stating the simple fact. [More]
I don't apologize for exposing abuses against citizens made under color of authority. Think of it--the official Brady position is to oppose citizen oversight of criminal actions by those in government. Anyone who characterizes that as a "denigrat[ion]" is quite simply and demonstrably a police state-enabling liar. [More]Today's second Gun Rights Examiner column could be titled "Fun with Bradys."
Tramaine Miller faced Atlanta police Officer Reginald Fisher on Tuesday for the first time since May when, prosecutors say, the off-duty cop shot him in the face. [More]I think I see what the problem was here. Miller was trying to "help his quadriplegic aunt take her medicine."
Two coyotes attacked a promising young musician as she was hiking alone in a national park in eastern Canada, and authorities said she died Wednesday of her injuries. [More]I just got done reading a post over at Vanderboegh's about people who have no business wandering into the wilderness.
Damn, nature, you scary!Even if commentator "MPB" thinks prudent preparations are "fear-mongering."
City officials seeking a new police chief passed up the former director of the Florida Highway Patrol, who formerly was a top commander of the Illinois State Police, because he is white, two former members of a city board claim. [More]Heaven forbid we make the litmus test for overseeing peace officers a commitment to, you know, oath keeping...?
So when I spotted the leather-bound books in a State House hallway Dumpster, I climbed in and retrieved them. [More]Who would throw them out but a vandal?
...a genuine pro-gun leader named Doug Hoffman.Champion.
...Doug Hoffman is a 100% gun rights supporter who will be a leader in the battle to defend the Second Amendment. [More]
Guess I not only didn't make the comments cut, but can kiss any expectations of a federal grant to fund my art goodbye...not that I consider myself in the same league as these folks...
Who are "prohibited persons," forever barred from owning guns? [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column asks a question. It's a set-up for answers I plan on posting tomorrow.
John Hancock resigns his position as president of the Continental Congress, due to a prolonged illness, on this day in 1777. Hancock was the first member of the Continental Congress to sign the Declaration of Independence and is perhaps best known for his bold signature on the ground-breaking document. [More]
