Notes from the Resistance...
See, this is the kind of unrealistic expectation that happens when someone unsophisticated and unschooled in the law—like me—intrudes into the mystic arts with quaint, simplistic notions. [More]I figured a picture was worth a few words about a conspicuous absence...so I put out a second Gun Rights Examiner column today.
An Atlanta police recruit was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital Wednesday morning after shooting himself in the leg at the city's police academy. [More]So young, but already able to compete head-to-he..uh...leg-to-leg with a veteran professional like Lee Paige...
As the public debate continues, we are asking all interested parties to refrain from putting Starbucks or our partners into the middle of this divisive issue. [More]I agree.
Which makes it interesting that Ms. Campbell lent her name to the magazine Marie-Claire's anti-gun efforts, when they "asked celebrities...to join us in our campaign for sensible gun laws." [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at the lifestyles of the rich and famous gungrabbers.
it is true I refused the Drover a Guard for the Cattle and the reasons were on Account of the Smallness of my Numbers. four Hundred troops Newly Arived from Cumberland and York Countys but only One Hundred of them at that time had reced any Arms, and near half of them was without Flints. About fifty of Chester County Militia made up my whole force, and the times of those fifty Expired the evening the Application was made and next Morning their Arms were Delivered up. I advised the Drover to take a Course further Back in the Country, where I concluded they might Pass without Danger. In this Condition I was not Abel to furnish the Guards and Patroles Sufficient for the safety of my Camp Nevertheless had I Suspected the Least of Danger from so great a Distan from the Enemy I should have sent what Men I had Equipt with them. [More]
I don't think they dare rule the right is not extended. But look for every possible attempt to obfuscate "shall not be infringed" with "reasonable restrictions." [More]I posted a second Gun Rights Examiner column to provide the first feedback from SCOTUSBLOG and to await the release of the oral argument transcript. I have a link there and will advise when it becomes available.
Lewis deputy accused of welfare fraud...Spicing Things Up Enough
But, according to Rutland District Court documents, Nesshoever was the officer who used a pepperball launcher — a device similar to a paintball gun — on a drunken man who was handcuffed and shackled in a holding cell at the city police department on Jan. 1....Stripping Down to the Bare Essentials Enough
Civil jury awards 2 sisters $123,000 in strip-search case...Record-Setting Enough
Officer conducted act illegally after falsifying drug evidence against women, panelists find
Fort Wayne Police Officer Suspended For The 14th Time...Suffering the Little Children Enough
"It was bruising to the face, shoulder, arm, torso, back legs, and groin area," said Turner...."Doesn't Your Dog Deserve Alpo?" Enough
Investigators suspect Norfolk used a belt.
A Memphis police sergeant is charged with animal cruelty after animal control officers found two starved dogs in her back yard....Getting a Taste of Our Own Medicine Enough
An off-duty Chicago police officer arrested two years ago for allegedly smashing tables at a bar on Madison and assaulting local police officers has filed a federal suit against the village's police department claiming he was brutalized during the arrest....Making Contact Enough
Camden police officer, accused of inappropriate contact with women, to lose job...All Tricked Out Enough
A veteran sheriff's detective was convicted Monday of picking up a prostitute and assaulting her in a Mission Valley parking lot, but he was acquitted of sexually assaulting the woman....Keeping Confidences Enough
It's another black eye for the Altamonte Springs Police Department. WFTV learned a secret list of the police agency's confidential informants has been lost by a police officer who didn't take it off the roof of a patrol car before driving off....King of the Road Enough
...Culling the Herd EnoughThe video, shot by cyclist Matt Todd, shows the driver threatening to strike a bicyclist with his car.
"If you don't move, I'll run you over," he said just a few seconds before putting the car in gear, lightly striking a bicyclist.
The driver dares the cyclists to get his license number as he pulls what appears to be a police badge.
“The Arabian rescue group needs to be slaughtered like livestock.”...Believable Enough
It's gonna be my word against yours and who do you think they're going to believe?...Exclusionary Enough
Effort to keep judge's blood alcohol level out of evidence begins[Via FFFW]
In his first extensive public comments since Bishop allegedly killed three people in a February shooting rampage in Alabama, Brian L. Howe said yesterday that he repeatedly asked Braintree police for their files on the case but never got them. [More]Isn't that what they always do when people won't cooperate in homicide investigations, especially when guns are involved? Shrug, say "Oh, well" and close the case?
Deen said he was not creating a militia.So you disagree with the Founders on that whole necessary for security thing?
"We run from that word," Deen said. "We're just the opposite that word." [More]
Pro-and anti-gunners alike are fixated on the Supreme Court, where oral arguments in McDonald v. Chicago will be getting underway at 10:00 am. [More]That's minutes from now.
At the request of Washington, on March 2, 1778, he accepted the office of quartermaster general (succeeding Thomas Mifflin), and succeeded with it as well as anyone could under the circumstances, meanwhile continuing to command troops in the field. [More]
I don't care what anybody tells me.That's pretty damned obvious.
A misdemeanor charge of domestic battery was filed July 6, 2009...Elias also had been charged in Baxter Springs city court with misdemeanor domestic battery in connection with an incident on May 2, 2009, involving a different family member...Myers entered into diversionary agreements in both cases with Elias......Caught Red-Handed Enough
Deputies said Christopher Michael Boncek, 34, of 231 Star Lane in Hollister, was found at the home with blood on his hands. When they tried to photograph Boncek's hands, deputies said he assaulted one of them....Making It All Better Enough
A local police officer is off the job because of ticket fixing allegations....Not Buckling Under to Pressure Enough
There's an open secret about seat belts at police departments. Many officers killed in line-of-duty car crashes aren't wearing them....Casting a Long Shadow Enough
Ex-Syracuse cop's lie frees drug suspect, casts shadow on other cases[Via FFFW]
Paul Nicholas McDonald, the 18-year-old son of gang squad Officer Audrey Peterson, was charged with two counts of armed attempted robbery after police say he tried to rob Gurrie and a friend in the Grand Central parking garage near Channelside after midnight Feb. 20. [More]Somebody pointing a gun at you and demanding money should never be treated like a joke. And while the perp may have appeared "half-hearted," I can't imagine having the victim's untroubled attitude about this.
A San Antonio police officer sexually assaulted a man while he was on duty, an affidavit stated. [More]I like how the chief is all angry and frustrated and disappointed. How does he think the victim felt?
"Current orders for Nyberg III Flag patches are on hold until we receive our resupply. For whatever reason, the supplier had a lag time between our re-order and actually filling it. We are told the patches should be in our possession (and then shipped to all those who have pending orders) the week of March 8th.Thank you for your patience!
Alcala...was found guilty of carrying out some of the most disturbing killings ever seen in Los Angeles. [More]You know, the place where this self-serving authoritarian and this self-serving authoritarian won't give you their "permission" to carry the means of defense.
It's a shame that gun-rights activists can't see that the best way to protect certain rights is to establish strong guarantees for all of them. [More]Yeah, and it's a shame that you "progressives" consistently spread that lie.
"Texas is just a sensible place to live. It's a sensible place that takes sensible approaches to issues like gun rights," he said. "We treat our citizens like adults in this state. Too bad Washington doesn't take that approach." [More]Why should they when y'all are partnering with them?
We certainly acknowledge and accept that the U.S. Constitution gives law-abiding citizens the right to bear arms. [More]You know NOTHING!
Right off, I see they're telling us to vote for Joaquin Jackson. [More]And they'll continue to pull crap like this unless forced to change.
1778 Georgia’s Whig legislature passed a law declaring 117 royalists as traitors and confiscating their property. [More]
When this story first came to my attention, I thought it must be a satire piece from The Onion and all the news agencies had fallen for it. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column is not a joke. Or it would be if it didn't have such serious consequences.
The Cattle that you collect, should cross the Delaware at Coryell's Ferry and then keep higher up the Country before they strike across. They should fall in with Schuylkill, at Potts Grove and cross the River there. A considerable escort should attend them. We lost a fine drove of 130 Head that were coming from New England, a few days ago. Some of the disaffected in Bucks County, gave information of them and a party of light Horse pushed up twenty miles and carried them off. When you come over with your detachment, you should keep a good look out between you and Philadelphia, for you may depend that they will have information of you, thro' the means of their friends with which the Country abounds. [More]
A police officer trying to make an arrest at a Minneapolis home shot the neighbor's dog....Relieved Enough
Cop Accused of Urinating in Front of Woman Resigns...Tipping Generously Enough
The U.S. attorney's office and the FBI say Lairy and others would make up tips to report to the crime-fighting group, and a coconspirator would receive a code from Lairy to claim money for the fake information. The fund lost more than $29,000....Protective Enough
Court documents allege, the 3 took more than $12,000 from a local nightclub owner in exchange for protection and information about upcoming police operations....Spinning Around Enough
Argo contends that Brockmann was chasing another motorist on Aug. 14, 2008, when Frashour performed what police call a PIT maneuver, or Pursuit Intervention Technique, on what he thought was the suspect vehicle. In this case, Argo argues that Frashour struck the wrong car......Initiating Enough
[I]nvestigation showed that Swanson was never shot at, the couple were unarmed and no weapon was found in or near the vehicle....Failing the Test Enough
A former Chicago police officer convicted of a bar beating seen around the world violated his probation by failing a drug test last month, Cook County prosecutors alleged today....Familiar Enough
Investigators say they believe the incident is “isolated” and that there was only one victim, who was not a stranger....Hearing It Through the Grapevine Enough
Investigators also said the victim was 8 when the assaults began a year ago.
Police privacy bill based on rumors...Gender-Bending Enough
A San Antonio Police officer was arrested and is accused of sexually assaulting a transgender man....Still in Love Enough
The suspended cop pleaded guilty Friday in Schenectady County Court to two counts of misdemeanor criminal contempt for disobeying a court order that he refrain from contacting his former girlfriend.[Via FFFW]
I looked at your poll today. But I did not participate. The reason for my not participating is because the poll only offers a choice without a difference.As I noted last Tuesday and on other occasions, one of the simplest and easiest things gun owners can do is spread the word--share links with fellow gun owners via emails, on blogs, on forums...
I propose you do a profile and perhaps an interview with Jim Deakin who is challenging McCain for the Senate seat. As we know McCain is a Republican in name only and a conservative by no stretch of the imagination. The man does not even believe in the Constitution.
Contrarily, Deakin appears to understand the Constitution and to believe in it. I draw your attention to David Codrea and his Gun Rights Examiner column on the internet and Mr. Deakin's answers to a questionnaire that has been used more and more often by citizens trying to plumb the depths of candidates' commitment to liberty for the average citizen. Mr. Deakin acquits himself well.
Please check out Gun Rights Examiner David Codrea and the appropriate column. I think you will find that Mr. Deakin deserves some exposure. As it now stands, I would bet that more people throughout the nation know Mr. Deakin is a candidate in the race from reading that column than Arizonans who have never heard of him because no one mentions his candidacy or his views. Silence is our enemy. It is your enemy. You know enough history to know that. Please correct this oversight.
A new law went into effect last year making it a felony to strangle someone during a domestic dispute. [More]So it was legal before?
The indictment of a former police officer on charges he stole cash from people he pulled over follows a city probe that led to his firing. [More]Aren't you supposed to be able to shoot highwaymen?
Will the justices get the history right, or will they be swayed by a potent gun-rights mythology that has distorted the history of Reconstruction and effectively erased the memory and sacrifices of men such as Williams? [More]See, according to Saul Cornell, the way we honor the memory of armed blacks who fought for freedom is by embracing disarmament edicts and the rulings that supported them.
“No clause in the Constitution could by any rule of construction be conceived to give the Congress a power to disarm the people. Such a flagitious attempt could only be made under a general pretence by a state legislature. But if in any pursuit of an inordinate power either should attempt it, this amendment may be appealed to as a restraint on both.”And then there's one other fundamental reality: We will not disarm.
The only thing that stopped the killer was another person with a gun. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at the obvious. Why some deny it is for them to answer.
The fact that carelessness continued in making reports concerning illness led to the issuance of the following sharp order from headquarters: February 27, 1778. "Colonel Stewart has been much surprised to find so little attention paid to the orders issued by Gen. Weedon, respecting the sick of the brigade. The colonel now positively orders the captain whose duty it is to visit the sick of the brigade to deliver in his report by 9 o'clock the foloowing morning to which he was appointed to the above duty, otherwise they may depend upon being called to a severe account as it is a duty the utmost importance in the army." [More]
