A statewide police association will check its financial books after learning one of its board members -- a Chicago Police sergeant -- was charged with skimming $600,000 from the Chicago Police Sergeants' Association. [More]I'm shocked--shocked--to find no honor among "Only Ones."
Thomas C. Wetherington, 22, says he was treated unfairly when the N.C. Highway Patrol dismissed him in August over a lost hat, especially considering that other troopers have kept their jobs despite having sexual liaisons on duty.Is that what was getting slapped?
"Look, we've got guys having sex in patrol cars just about every day," said Wetherington, a trooper since 2007. "Why did I get dismissed when other guys get slaps on the wrist?"
A former North Carolina state trooper wants his job back after being fired for having a drunken sexual encounter with another trooper's wife in the back seat of a car headed home from a Christmas party.True class just has a way of coming to the fore, does it not?
The woman's husband was in the front seat.
Bill would change definition of 'self defense' [More]I take more of an "I know it when I see it" approach to these things.
St. Clair County State's Attorney Robert Haida, whose office filed the charge, said in a prepared statement: "I commend the shop clerk for what is clearly a legal act of self-defense." He added, "This type of defensive action is allowed by law-abiding citizens when violent, unlawful acts are perpetrated against them." [More]I'd argue with the word "allowed," and maybe substitute "applauded" or some such, but the rest of the sentiment is good.
And here's one other thing to keep in mind: What do you call a person who has been dishonorably discharged?Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at a new potential where intended consequences can devolve into unintended ones. Then again, some may be counting on provoking a reaction.
That's right, a "prohibited person." Subject to having their firearms confiscated. [More]
Sir: I am compelled by repeated Complaints of the Inhuman treatment still shewn to the unhappy Prisoners in your hands to call upon you for a clear and explicit answer to my Letter o ? the 14th instant. This I shall expect to receive by Monday Evening next. Their sufferings demand immediate redress, and unless, I obtain the most satisfactory Assurances on this Head, duty will constrain me to retaliate instantly, on the Prisoners in my possession. I am etc. [More]
Unlike most Chicagoans, Scott could have been a legal handgun owner. Because he had it before the ban was enacted, he was allowed to register and keep it. But the police department says he never did. By having it in the city, Scott was guilty of an offense that could have gotten him jail time. [More]All these armed Chicago pols, deliberately ignoring the very laws they impose on their subjects.
Instead, the 911 operator sent an electronic message to a dispatcher for the Atlanta Police Department, who held the call — for 56 minutes and five seconds — before sending an officer to Phoenix Park. [More]The lesson here?
A subway passenger was stabbed to death in front of horrified riders in a dispute with another man over a seat in the car early Saturday morning in midtown Manhattan, police said. [More]What do you think the odds are that if someone attacked Furious Mike that the people around him would--by law--be unable to do anything except react in horror?
Willows High Principal Mort Geivett and other district officials did not appear to dispute that the parking space was off school property, but they cited several justifications. One of them was the legal doctrine of in loco parentis — where school officials may act in place of a parent for school functions. [More]In other words, Mort & Co. here think they not only control their inmates who are not directly in their clutches, but based on this, they control them anywhere they happen to be when their parents are not around.
So basically, we're looking at the classic conflict between secular humanists and religious fundamentalists? Making the unfortunate Chandlers either eco-criminals or infidels? I wonder if the armed detail on the Maersk Alabama worried about motive? [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column maintains sometimes "how" is more important than "why" when it comes to sending predators packing.
On November 22, 1777, however, Vail wrote General Washington pleading that he had been “wrongfully Prosecuted & maliciously us’d.” Vail was nevertheless court-martialed and dismissed from service. [More]
The Northern Muckraker bestows an award of sorts. [More]Deputy Gylfie, do you not realize what a cartoon "Only One" you come off as?
Bands of roving “road pirates” have been stalking drivers along South Africa’s main highway linking OT Airport to Pretoria for the last three months, raising concerns for the safety of tourists coming for the 2010 World Cup Games. [More]I've seen this movie. Isn't it the one where the only solution against violent lawless bandits is a private individual repelling them with superior firepower?
The civil injunctions will include bans on meeting other gang members, wearing gang colours, going to certain locations or having a violent dog in a public place.Having zero tolerance for "breaching gangbos."
Breaching a gangbo could require the offender to report to the police regularly, obey a curfew enforced by an electronic tag or attend anger management courses. [More]
Sure, this talk of the warmists at Copenhagen planning a new “world government” is crazy. I just wish the warmists wouldn’t talk of it themselves. [More]Actually, the insanity seems to be from you smart, sophisticated people who are in terminal denial. They can spell their plans out for you, in plain, clear words, and you'll still dismiss anyone who points to those words with caution as paranoid.
Now all we need to do is trick him into saying "yupmoR naV namreH."
Coca-Cola is spearheading a coalition of more than 100 companies pushing a United Nations climate treaty to bind the U.S. to cap-and-trade emissions regulation, commit the world's wealthiest nations to a potential $10 trillion in foreign aid and, possibly, form a proposed international "super-grid" for regulating and distributing electric power worldwide. [More]Just remember where you heard it first.
I held off on bringing this release to the attention of Gun Rights Examiner readers because I wanted to corroborate the claims--which, unfortunately, the official transcript of Holder's prepared remarks, posted on the Justice Department website, do not. So I contacted LEAA and spoke last night with their Chief Operating Officer and national spokesman, Ted Deeds. He told me they were reporting on remarks made during questioning, and sent me a transcript of the appropriate segments of AG Holder's testimony... [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column once more talks about something that not only won't the "Authorized Journalists" tell us about, but what they actively sneer at as unfounded paranoia.
Whereas large supplies of Wheat and Flour are wanted for the use of the Army under my command, You are to repair immediately to the State of Jersey and to use every prudent possible exertion to procure such quantities, as may be necessary for the purpose above mentioned, offering and paying for the same a just and generous price. [More]
Near Riots at UCLA Over Proposed 32% Tuition Hike [More]Hey, it's not like the Marxists on the university payroll--or any of the cops behind the barricades--wouldn't be rioting if they had to take a 32% pay cut. Besides, somebody planted the idea in the the students' heads that the world owes them an education.
Oprah Winfrey's expected announcement that she'll end her show -- and the prospect that she'll say goodbye to Chicago – has Mayor Daley placing some blame on the media. [More]You know, the media that made her one of the richest and most famous and powerful private individuals in the world...
Sheriff Joe Arpaio said Wednesday that he stands behind Stoddard and does not expect him to apologize at a news conference.I understand Arpaio is something of a folk hero to many, and the argument over jurisdiction is one I haven't thought completely through, but there really is no damn excuse for this, and to pretend otherwise is the act of an "Only One."
"Superior Court judges do not order my officers to hold press conferences," Arpaio said in a statement. "I decide who holds press conferences and when they are held regarding this Sheriff's Office." [More]
South Carolina shoppers will get a second chance to buy tax-free guns. [More]Mama Liberty reminds us we actually have as many chances as we want, and not just in South Carolina:
But, of course, all the NICS checks and other personal information is still required... I much prefer private sales, which are always tax free - as well as having no paperwork. :)Your state rules--and your tolerance for observing them--may vary.
Colin survived being shot four times at Virginia Tech on April 16, 2007. After learning more about our nearly non-existent laws restricting access to guns, he took it upon himself to document how easy we make it for dangerous people to get guns in this country. [More]I guess cud is easier to swallow than facing the fact that he survived by mere dumb luck, and was absolutely useless in the defense of himself or others.
Zose leetle eyesOr vice-versa...
so helpless and appealing
one day weel flash and send you
crashing through ze ceiling...
We've seen Al Sharpton call them the "voluntary coast guard." And we've seen a "white Rat" and Idi Amin henchman describe them as "brave...fisherman...seamen and navigators. They had no choice but to take revenge on foreign shipping and earn a living by ransom demands."Today's Gun Rights Examiner column wonders what's in a name.
Seriously.
Is this where we break into "Gee, Officer Krupke"? [More]
November 20, 1777 at Fort Mercer, New Jersey - With Fort Mifflin lost to the British, Fort Mercer appeared to be impossible for the Americans to hold because Gen. William Howe effectively controled the entire area from the Delaware River to the Red Bank. Brig. Gen. Nathanael Greene believed the odds were against the Americans. On November 20, Col. Christopher Greene, judging his garrison to be in a hopeless position, evacuated Fort Mercer with Brig. Gen. Greene's concurrence. The American force burned the fort's buildings and supplies when they finally left. Without a shot being fired, Fort Mercer fell to Gen. Charles Cornwallis. Howe now controlled the Delaware River all the way to Philadelphia. The few American ships that were still upriver were destroyed and burned to prevent them from being captured by the British. Conclusion: British Victory [More]
Indian authorities are investigating whether two men recently arrested in Chicago on terrorism charges had a role in last November's attacks in Mumbai that killed 165 people, government officials in India said. [More]I doubt it. Didn't the attackers use guns?
The U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee today approved without question and without comment the nomination of David Michaels, the chief of a George-Soros-funded Project on Scientific Knowledge and Public Policy, as the next head of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. [More]WorldNetDaily covers this, and quotes yours truly.
Under intermediate scrutiny, the government need not establish a close fit between the statute’s means and its end, but it must at least establish a reasonable fit. The government has done almost nothing to discharge this burden. Instead, it has premised its argument almost entirely on Heller’s reference to the presumptive validity of felon-dispossession laws and reasoned by analogy that § 922(g)(9) therefore passes constitutional muster. That’s not enough. Accordingly, we vacate Skoien’s conviction and remand to the district court for further proceedings consistent with this opinion. [More]So does that mean if they come back with a different incantation next time their gun ban magic will work again?
"As I walked closer, about five to six feet away from them, I heard Chief Ramsey say we're going to lock them up and teach them a lesson," Detective Paul Hustler said in the written testimony, claiming no protesters had been arrested before Ramsey made the comment. [More]I can't help but notice that Snouty here has as many stars on his shoulder as George S. Patton.
Congressman Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO) has found a solution: Stop Complaining So Much. [More]Well, I would, you arrogant piece of...work, except you're an F-rated gun grabber.
The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a state law barring intoxicated people from having guns. [More]Oh, I guess my title question is answered further down.
An Oceanside police sergeant called a "rising star" by his supervisors was booked into jail Thursday after pleading not guilty to charges of grand theft, receiving stolen property and conspiracy. [More]Beautiful Oceanside--I've spent many happy times there.
Acosta seems incredulous when he asks Rhodes who is talking about taking guns away. The administration and their congressional allies are talking about it, and what's more, they are doing things to incrementally erode our right to keep and bear arms. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at an investigative reporter who seemingly can't find any evidence of current "gun control" efforts.
November 19, 1777. “These (Gates Northern Army Continentals) reinforcements amount to 5,000 men, but according to rebel reports 18,000 which probably accounts for the rumor they tend to attack us. This we doubt very much because of our well fortified camp, the right flank of which is anchored on the Delaware and the left on the Schuylkill. In the front we have 10 well placed redoubts, which are connected by parapets.”
—Captain Friedrich von Muenchhausen 44. [More]
Of note:The rulers continue showing contempt for our concerns, thus today's second Gun Rights Examiner column.
"The HELP Committee voted on Michaels despite failing to hold a confirmation hearing."
So much for new openness and transparency in government. [More]
The county has responded to the financial downturn by offering buyouts; raising fees, such as dog licenses; not handing out raises to nonbargaining employees; imposing unpaid furloughs on some workers; and instituting a hiring freeze earlier this year. [More]So the "Only Ones" have elite compensation status, too? I guess I'm just ignorant as to how it works, since I've only ever been employed on an "at will" basis. If my bosses wanted to get rid of me, they could, which made me try extra hard not to make them want to do that. And when I did get into situations that seemed irreconcilable, I never once had anyone offer me "paid leave" until the situation resolved itself
Kristen Rand, legislative director for the Violence Policy Center, states, "This new web site makes clear that contrary to the false promises of the gun lobby the simple and deadly fact is that state concealed handgun systems are arming cop-killers, mass shooters, and other murderers." [More]The VPC said it. I believe it. That settles it.
Oleg Volk says:The subversives at Seattle Weekly have been on a tear against Alan Gottlieb lately: See here and here.
Seattle News used my photo without permission. They did not return my phone call. My attorney is on this matter already. [More]
2 'extremely dangerous' inmates escape Peoria Jail [More]As a special service to you Illinois ladies out there, the "Only Ones" have developed a special four-part self-defense strategy to keep you safe should you encounter one of the violent animals they've set loose among you:
A $400 tax credit provided by the economic stimulus plan may leave more than 15.4 million Americans owing money to the IRS...And add this:
In fact, Recovery.gov lists hundreds of millions spent and hundreds of jobs created in Congressional districts that don't exist.Good ol' government! Why not let them take over health care, too?
Bush aide urges weapons ban to slow Mexican drug war [More]Yeah, I know.
Somali pirates attacked the ship with automatic weapons early Wednesday about 350 nautical miles east of the Somali coast, but guards on board the craft fired back and thwarted the attempted hijacking. [More]Gosh, who could have ever predicted that would work?
Unless Republicans everywhere understand RINO aspirants are unacceptable, they'll keep foisting them on us and counting on people swallowing whatever rotten offerings they serve out of fear of what the other guy will do to them. Some of us won't play that game any more. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at what the Republican establishment considers a "different" kind of candidate.
The ministers and embassadors of those who are called rebels and enemies are in Paris; in Paris they transact the reciprocal interests of America and France. Can there be a more mortifying insult? Can even our ministers sustain a more humiliating disgrace? Do they dare to resent it? Do they presume even to hint a vindication of their honor, and the dignity of the state, by requiring the dismission of the plenipotentiaries of America? Such is the degradation to which they have reduced the glories of England! [More]Also...Happy Promise Death to Tyrants Day.
In the railway part of the attack, two of the terrorists indiscriminately fired at passengers with AK-47 assault rifles. [More]That they retrieved from their checked-in luggage?
Recent Illinois Law (PA 95-0564) provides that health care professionals report patients to the state police anyone that they believe might pose a danger to themselves or others. ISRA has learned of situations where a party has been admitted to a hospital for stress, alcohol treatment, or other scenarios where part of the admission procedure included a short interview with a psychologist on staff. Questions asked, include gun ownership, and/or the Possession of a FOID card. Within a few weeks that individual receives a notice from the Illinois State Police revoking his or her FOID. [More]Dang. That really sucks.
Chuck Schumer joined Ben Nelson for Husker-Sooner football and pheasant hunting a week ago. Nelson reports that Schumer "got three pheasants, no dogs, no lawyers." [More]Ha ha. Ha.
“For us, it’s a dangerous precedent to set,” said state police spokesman Sgt. Kern Swoboda. [More]For us too, Sgt. Swoboda.
Most of us would probably think that a man who found himself being followed down a dark street by two people at midnight and turned to ask, "why are you following me?" while holding a folding pocket knife pointed down along his leg was just being careful. His actions seem especially reasonable when you know that he put the knife away upon hearing that his apparent stalkers actually meant no harm. But in New Hampshire, Dustin Almon was convicted of a misdemeanor because the two fellow pedestrians were plainclothes police officers. [More]So naturally the "Only Ones" charged and arrested him upon determining that he was compliant and no criminal threat, and the judge took full advantage of an opportunity to put a presumptuous peon in his place.
Still, Schumer is nothing if not crafty. He knows there is a motherlode of untapped paranoia to exploit here, and using twin threats of terrorism and guns is a time-tested and reliable tactic for spooking and stampeding the herd.Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at a bit of counter-intelligence, seasoned subversive gungrabber-style.
And why stop with radical Islamic terror suspects? In truth, you can't, by law. So we need to include all those "homegrown terrorists" Janet Napolitano warned us about in that DHS report on "right wing extremists." And then we need to stop gun sales to all those potential threats who have been scrutinized--especially you...you Oath Keepers...and maybe even you or me. [More]
Congress submits the Articles of Confederation to the states for ratification. [More]
The victim got out of his car, knocked out the other driver's window and began to pull the man out of the vehicle. The 29-year-old then shot at the 33-year-old, hitting him twice, Stephens said. The 29-year-old had a valid permit for the gun. [More]Yeah, that sure sounds like a victim to me. Which must make the guy who defended himself the victimizer.
[This story has been changed since it was first posted. It originally gave an innacurate description of how Gottlieb "refers to" Lautenberg.]Wait a damn minute.
Gottlieb refers to the Jewish Lautenberg as a "Zionist...gun hater."Where the hell is their complete and specific online retraction--along with their profound apology?
That's because County Fire-Rescue Capt. Edwin O'Berry helped stop an armed suspect who nearly beat a police officer to death. He stopped suspect Mauricio Cruz by shooting him. [More]See, I'd like to think I, and everyone I know, would not hesitate to help a peace officer in need--and that we'd want to.
Battling with one of the world's highest murder rates, Venezuela on Wednesday crushed more than 30,000 guns seized from the streets during police raids this year. [More]Because we all know the "Only Ones" who ought to be trusted with guns in Venezuela are Hugo Chavez's commie thugs.
Erroll Southers, who was serving as an FBI special agent at the time of the censure, asked a co-worker's husband who worked for the San Diego Police Department to run a background check on his ex-wife's boyfriend. [More]That sure makes him sound like a stalker, doesn't it? And sweetie's taste in men is a surprise?
Exterminating ignorance gives me hope.Interesting choice there, "exterminating," eh?
Allah...Help us make our planet green gives me hopeMan, I sure wouldn't want any radical imams thinking I was blaspheming to help advance control of globalist infidels and American corporations over sovereignty in Islamic lands...
Interesting, considering recent headlines, that one group is conspicuously not listed as currently active...[More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner looks at the Southern Poverty Law Center's indoctrination of the Eugene Police Department and further assists them in spotting and identifying dangerous Constitutionalists.
As large quantities of materials for cartridges have been issued, and a few cartridges returned to the Commissary of military stores; returns are to be made to morrow afternoon by each brigade of the number of cartridges in their possession. These returns are to shew the number in each regiment, how many are in the hands of the soldiers, and where the residue are deposited. [More]
Tonight, AMC premieres their "The Prisoner" remake miniseries.I'm still livid with "Gunsmoke" for replacing Chester with Festus. Candy was an interloper who should have been driven off the Ponderosa--or better yet, hanged for Adam's disappearance. Who the hell are Ernie and Uncle Charlie, how did they get into the Douglas house on "My Three Sons," and what the hell did they do with Mike and Bub (I'm suspecting pod people here)? And "Zorro"--dude, you dress in black to evade pursuit on dark nights. What bad mescal could you have possibly been drinking to think replacing black Tornado with white Phantom was a tactically sound idea?As for tonight? I guess I'll see.
It's infuriating, considering the abuses Napolitano outlines, and then reflecting on how little so many of our countrymen seem to be aware of them, and how little they seem to care. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column spotlights a key question very few in power are asking, and even fewer are giving honest answers to.
After considerable debate and alteration, the Articles of Confederation were adopted by the Continental Congress on November 15, 1777. This document served as the United States' first constitution, and was in force from March 1, 1781, until 1789 when the present day Constitution went into effect. [More]
