Officer Kenneth Simon, 49, was charged today with perjury, official oppression, conspiracy, theft, obstruction and other charges for his role in a July drug bust at a North Side car wash. Officer Anthony Scarpine, 58, was charged with conspiracy, obstruction, official oppression and unsworn falsification to authorities. [More]Two old guys? Can we assume that means they've been allowed to get away with "few bad appling" for some time?
The fact remains—ATF has the testing conclusions to execute this aborted ruling if and when they wish to—in fact, if their analysis about what constitutes a United States Code-defined “firearm” is "correct"—and if they don’t know, who does?—this could be a Sword of Damocles hanging over the heads of airgun dealers and owners that could be dropped at any time. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at an agency with the power to destroy your life that evidently makes things up as it goes along.
'Scene safe' protocol keeps Aurora Fire paramedics from helping man bleeding to death [More]This is a job for Kenneth Stokes!
A longtime Alameda County sheriff's deputy was arraigned in a Contra Costa County courtroom Wednesday on charges that he molested three children younger than 10. [More]Again with the Eternal Question...
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Airsoft Insanity. ATF, having plunged its left arm in a pot of boiling oil over pistol grip shotguns, sticks its right in over Airsoft "machine guns." [More]Sipsey Street Irregulars brings us this latest in an ongoing saga.
If, in fact, these toy guns pose a legal and real danger, is everyone in possession of such a lower receiver now in possession of an illegal firearm?UPDATE: Mike doesn't think the cache business is necessarily innocuous either.
Will there be a recall? Will BATFE issue a circular to manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers...and local law enforcement?
Importantly, will anyone who has one now be in danger of being classified a felon if it can be proven they know about this, making their possession or transfer of their airsoft gun "willful," and thus subject to criminal prosecution?
Do we now have a new crop of criminals? Hundreds or thousands of them? How could that not be the case?
Bush Would Have Endorsed Obama [Read]The "Vote Freedom First" President? This is my shocked face.
There are no more useless creatures than centrist Republicans.On one level I agree. On another, I think some understand and exploit their usefulness quite well, and I don't just mean as idiots.
Court officer in bathroom accidentally shoots self [More]And for "Only Ones" flushed with pride at the exalted seat they strain to occupy, this type of sh... goes on all the time.
Now that looks like a ”Human Target” who wouldn’t emerge from Virginia Tech a professional victim hitting the Oprah circuit! [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at two human targets, one fictional, and asks why real ones should be required.
On this day in 1778, Patriot Colonel Ichabod Alden refuses to believe intelligence about an approaching hostile force. As a result, a combined force of Loyalists and Native Americans, attacking in the snow, killed more than 40 Patriots, including Alden, and took at least an additional 70 prisoners, in what is known today as the Cherry Valley Massacre. The attack took place east of Cooperstown, New York, in what is now Otsego County. [More]
As Mayor Adam Bradley's long-awaited domestic violence trial began Monday, his wife — whose words have only trickled out through leaked e-mails and police statements — took the stand to accuse her husband of kicking, taunting and abusing her. [More]Now understand I'm not saying I necessarily believe the wife. I've got all kinds of documentation of false accusations, particularly resulting from domestic disputes. There are a lot of crazy partners out there, and the man is innocent until proven guilty.
Georgia and other states with weak gun laws have more crime. [More]This assumes a cause and effect relationship between citizen disarmament edicts and criminal behavior--and that guns cause crime.
From 1992 to 2008, nearly 2,000 New York Police Department officers were arrested, according to the department’s own annual reports of the Internal Affairs Bureau, an average of 119 a year.
A campuswide alert warning of a gunman at the University of Missouri-St. Louis this morning turned out to have been caused by a longtime professor carrying antique guns as props for a class lecture, officials said. [More]
In Nuevo Progresso, Tamaulipas, Mexico Today...[More]
A lobbyist known as one of California's most successful power brokers while serving as a legislative leader in that state paid Rep. Maxine Waters' husband $15,000 in consulting fees at a time she was co-sponsoring legislation that would help save the real-estate finance business of one of the lobbyist's best-paying clients, records show. [More]That would be Mike Roos, co-author of California's Roberti-Roos "assault weapons" ban.
Hobbs was first suspended in 2002 for having sex with another Portland cop while one of the two was on duty and using police mobile computer e-mails to facilitate the relationship. She was set to face the same discipline for continuing to use work e-mails to arrange on-duty clandestine meetings with the same colleague in 2005. [More]So at $2,000 and 100 hours of paid vacation time restored, how much does that work out to?
Adams sought input on the proposals from community groups, local and state officials, attorneys and criminal justice experts. [More]Yeah, except when he got input he didn't like, he whined about "bullying tactics".
Under the new laws, introduced last year, dogs can be declared menacing if they cause fear, which could include a behaviour such as rushing at a person on the other side of a fence. [More]We must ban deadly assault Chihuahuas. Because we all have a right to "feel" safe...
Just in case you were wondering who agrees with the SPLC’s and Waco Jim’s concerns about you being an armed conservative or libertarian… and about the type of company the fascist opposition keeps. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at--when you stop and think about it--some natural allies.
Relieved on November 10, 1778 from the Main Continental Army and assigned to the Middle Department. [More]
We don’t need guns. [More]Yes, you do.
The Applicant does not agree with the licensing provisions of The Firearms Act and related provisions of The Criminal Code of Canada (the "Code"). He does not believe that he, or any "law abiding citizen", should ave to hold a license or register his weapons. He has been peacefully, although at times not lawfully, protesting the licensing and registration requirements of the Firearms Act and related provisions for over a decade. [More]Interesting case out of Canada...
Silvia is accused of waving a loaded gun at two restaurant workers in Newport, R.I. early on Oct. 31. Newport police said he was too drunk after his arrest to fingerprint him immediately. [More]The good news is "termination" is one of the options.
Phoenix Refuses Appeal to Reason [More]We talked about this outrage here.
Why you may soon need a warmist’s permission to eat [More]You can't make this stuff up. The control freaks are literally monstrous, evil, degenerates.
Oklahoma's Ban on Shariah Law Blocked [More]Of course it was. What do you expect, that "establishment of religion" hooey to discriminate against diversity?
Many accused Moynihan, who was white, of "blaming the victim:" of saying that black behavior, not racism, was the main cause of black problems. [More]That is so unfair, to expect human beings to realize that sex can result in pregnancy. What the hell is wrong with racists who believe that?
During his testy exchange, O'Donnell also revealed his agenda to "ban all guns in America."[More]I guess those "slippery slope" Cassandras were wrong. This hive insect advocates a sheer cliff.
Police are looking for two suspects after a shoe and clothing store was robbed for the second time since June. [More]The second time? Word on the street must have the proprietors pegged as easy marks.
And it can't be said that Cavanaugh, known as "Waco Jim" in some circles for his participation in the Branch Davidian horror, is a disinterested party. But read his own words, and decide for yourself how credible a spokesman you think he is, and whether or not you choose to accept what he tells us at face value. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column lets a man speak for himself.
The rules are designed to preserve the appearance of objectivity for news organizations.[More]In other words, to fool viewers into thinking the subversive propagandist in front of the camera is a voice that can be trusted instead of a national socialist domestic enemy.
Army cadets banned from carrying rifles on Remembrance Day parade because it 'glamorises' weapons...[More]We can't save people from themselves.
Chattanooga Police Department Sergeant Jerri Weary said the Georgia Department of Motor Vehicles never notified the department about the updated drive out tags so city officers have no way of knowing they and the serial numbers posted on them are legitimate. [More]So TELL THEM. And STOP IT!
Italian police officer kills daughter, 13, in furious row over her Facebook use before turning gun on himself [More]At'sa gonna teach her to listen to her Papa!
As many as 14 armed Orange County deputies, including narcotics agents, stormed Strictly Skillz barbershop during business hours on a Saturday in August, handcuffing barbers in front of customers during a busy back-to-school weekend. [More]Customers happy? Check.
Two employees with the same last name were part of the reason behind Friday's security scare at a NASA research center in Ohio.See, if only we had things like "terror watch lists" to keep people from buying guns, stuff like this could never happen, right?
The Glenn Research Center was locked down for an hour after an employee received a phone call leading him to believe a gunman was on campus.
It turned out that the phone call was part of a test of emergency management systems at another NASA center... [More]
An assistant police inspector from Mumbai's police crime branch, which was ordered to protect U.S. President Barack Obama during his visit to India, accidentally shot himself in the leg near the hotel where the president is staying. [More]Anybody know how to say "Lee Paige Award" in Hindi?
On September 27, 2010, Lorenzo denied Detmer's application saying "I see no justification for a full carry permit." [More]What is this "permit" of which he speaks?
A repo man says he ended up arrested for doing his job. He told WFTV Friday, the problem came when he tried to repossess a car from a police officer.No doubt the cop who thinks he doesn't have to pay for property, and those who enforced this elite double standard, are just a few bad apples...?
Joe Ortiz said he had repossession papers in hand when he rang the door bell and the officer came out, yelling at him. When Rockledge police arrived, he was waiting on the street with no other witnesses.
Five months later, he was arrested for trespassing. [More]
Dozens of protesters took to the streets Friday, some breaking windows and knocking down fences, after a white former transit officer was sentenced to the minimum possible prison sentence of two years for fatally shooting an unarmed black man on a California train platform. [More]Left wing establishment vs. left wing test subjects...And here I thought the big threat to law and civil order came from the right...
Because with all the conflation, what message will be enough to trigger a protective reaction?Today's Gun Rights Examiner column asks "just who you callin' 'extremist,' extremist?"
“I am an American National”? “Death to the New World Order”?
How about “Oath Keepers”? Or “III”? Or “We are everywhere’?
How about “I’m the NRA”? Or “Chose Life”? [More]
The ship was built in the Thames River at Norwich, and upon its completion on November 8, 1778 was towed to New London for its final outfitting. Under the command of Captain Seth Harding, the frigate Confederacy began its short life as an American ship. [More]
Nelson's recollections are part of "Know Your Lawmakers," a regular feature from GUNS Magazine--50 years ago. Every month, GUNS posts issues from the corresponding month from half a century before on its website...Today's Gun Rights Examiner column opens a window to a past some of us are old enough to remember. No bull.
A free download of the November 1960 issue is now online. [More]
Pricey weapon perhaps used in weekend drive-by...I can't claim such expertise.
Butler has extensive knowledge of .223 rifles, especially those based on the AR-15 platform. [More]
Officials in Wyoming want people to be on the lookout for a black box with white lettering that says "METH," after a deputy lost a stash used to train police dogs. [More]No worries. Everything's under control:
Whalen says his office is taking action to make sure the mistake isn't repeated.How? By making the moron who lost it wear a black shirt shirt with white lettering that says "STUPID"?
Not being familiar with the Smith & Wesson Springfield .40-caliber handgun, although he said it was his personal gun that he also uses for work, "he thought if he pulled the trigger the magazine would seat properly," Glickauf told police. [More]Doesn't he know that in order for that to work, you need to first be pointing it at your five-year-old?
A city police officer has been suspended for five days after his arrest last weekend for allegedly waving a gun outside a restaurant in Newport, R.I. [More]That'll teach him!
Silvia was arrested on two counts of felony assault and one count of carrying a gun while intoxicated after allegedly waving a .380 automatic Kel-Tac gun at two employees of Christie's restaurant at 14 Perry Mill Wharf early Sunday morning.Damn "civilians" probably got insolent and deserved it.
Newport Police Lt. William Fitzgerald said that, according to witnesses, the incident started after Silvia and his friend, Eric C. Santos, were found by two employees on the side patio after closing where Santos was urinating in a planter.
What I expect is for someone who took an oath to the Constitution to understand that free citizens have a right to be where they want to be, that their right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed, and that no person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.Today's Gun Rights Examiner column shows what you can expect when you don't properly demonstrate your obeisance to Philadelphia's finest.
That's what I expect. [More]
Special assistant to Malden mayor charged in sweeping crime ring remains on job [More]But of course...
NRA Backs Fimian...[More]Hey, he got it right on Virgina Tech! [Watch]
Edson refused to say if Fimian would support legislation without knowing the exact details. [More]Huh. Maybe if he wasn't an oily damn liar, more people might have gotten fires in their belly to support the guy and this wouldn't have happened.
Judge RIchard Schoenstedt ruled earlier this month that prosecutors had failed to prove Peterson's semiautomatic rifle wasn't protected under a federal law that gives police officers general immunity to own weapons that are illegal under state law. [More]What more do you need to know?
Our hearts go out to Ms. Hain's children, whose mother was taken from them by a senseless act of gun violence.You forget something Paul? In all your "see, we told you so" smugness blaming the victim?
“I can’t imagine any reason why I would not conceal,” one cop said. “What’s your logic for not concealing?” [More]Oh, I don't know, Officer "Only One". What the hell's yours?
A Denver parking enforcement officer took revenge on a driver who called him a "meter maid" by asking a co-worker to write the driver a false parking ticket, 9Wants to Know has learned. [Read]And then his co-conspirator mailed it late to double the fine?
'Come on! Get out of your truck and let's go.'
I'd like Romero to tell all of us, because guess who comes out looking like the intolerant, closed-minded bigot in a match-up between a prominent gun rights activist and a top "progressive"? [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column urges open-mindedness to our antagonists. I guess whether that ends up meaning literally is up to them.
The French Minister (Gerard) seems not to have been consulted regarding the printing, ordered by Congress November 4, 1778, of this treaty and of the Treaty of Alliance. At that time Gerard had been only a few months in the United States... [More]
What...?SF supervisors pass 'Happy Meal' regulations
Law would require offerings be healthier if they include a toy for children [More]
Muslim jurists agree that zakat was and is obligatory...
It is clear that billions have been poured into the Black Hole that is the Central Firearms Register. With no visible impact on crime -- inconceivable given that the FCA is still touted as a crime-fighting measure.But money is no object. Besides, that's not what this is really about:
Money just keeps on disappearing in it. Now, the Minister wants us to give the Central Firearms Register another shot at sorting out the mess of their creation - with a few minor face-changes. [More]
The dollar is in danger of losing 20 percent of its value...[More]Imagine that--a rigged carny game designed to cheat you out of your money...
I made a big mistake, there's no sugarcoating it," Ganley said in court.[More]He says with a straight face as he sugarcoats it...
He also plans to renew his license to carry a gun, he said...About 30 minutes before the robbery Wednesday night, police responded to another armed robbery in which a woman had been “pistol-whipped” at the corner of Warren Avenue and Hervey Street. [More]Gee, I wonder if those guys worried about getting permission...?
A Star investigation of two decades of cases probed by the SIU found that police officers are treated far differently than civilians when accused of shooting, beating, running over and killing people. [More]Yeah, no duh. That's why they're "The Only Ones." Besides, what overworked accountant couldn't use a little break?
Are we safe? Can we relax? [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column asks if you can skin griz. That and Obama makes a prank phone call.
Cognizant of the need for a warring country's continuing grateful prayers to God, the Continental Congresses proclaimed yearly Thanksgiving days during the Revolutionary War, from 1777 to 1783, with declarations such as this, also penned by Samuel Adams on behalf of the Continental Congress, November 3, 1778: "That all the People may with united Hearts on that Day express a just Sense of His unmerited Favors: --Particularly in that it hath pleased Him, by His over ruling Providence to support us in a just and necessary War for the Defence of our Rights and Liberties; ...by defeating the Councils and evil Designs of our Enemies, and giving us Victory over their Troops --and by the Continuance of that Union among these States, which by his Blessing, will be their future Strength & Glory." [More]
