I can't quite figure out where ol' Bruce Watson is going with this, but it seems to logically culminate in mandating everyone who is not part of the ruling elite make do with Stone Age technology sans the clubs, rocks and spears... [More]
[Via Florida Guy]
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Soft Target Alert!
Well, what else would you call such an announcement? [More]
"Crouch."
Fitting name, pal.
Add "Plead," "Scream" and "Bleed" you've got yourself a law firm.
"Crouch."
Fitting name, pal.
Add "Plead," "Scream" and "Bleed" you've got yourself a law firm.
"Our View"
Unsurprisingly, you blind "Authorized Journalists" have it exactly wrong. [More]
It is pressure from the "no compromise" faction that forces NRA to moderate its natural inclination to haggle.
How fitting that these superstitious primitives have chosen a witch for their logo.
It is pressure from the "no compromise" faction that forces NRA to moderate its natural inclination to haggle.
How fitting that these superstitious primitives have chosen a witch for their logo.
First Responders
Can't allow this... [More]
Must demonize...
What should we call them first?
"Racists," or are we overplaying that card...?
"Paranoids" might be a good place to start ... and then, depending if that works or not, we can introduce the "hater" meme along with a bit of "insurrectionist/traitors" for good measure.
And weenies ... don't forget the teeny weenies!
The things "progressives" will say to actualize their precious monopoly of violence and undermine a more egalitarian arrangement...
Must demonize...
What should we call them first?
"Racists," or are we overplaying that card...?
"Paranoids" might be a good place to start ... and then, depending if that works or not, we can introduce the "hater" meme along with a bit of "insurrectionist/traitors" for good measure.
And weenies ... don't forget the teeny weenies!
The things "progressives" will say to actualize their precious monopoly of violence and undermine a more egalitarian arrangement...
Gentlemen's Agreement
And it’s not because they disagree with what Bloomberg is after—a new law to require background checks for guns bought online or at gun shows. [More]Right. Like that's ALL Bloomberg is after. Or that's all they agree with him on once they take their masks off.
Activists launch media campaign against UNC’s anti-gun policies
Providing examples of how anti-gun policies fail to provide the “protection” officials claim as their reason for imposing them, GRNC related that “[j]ust hours after … University officials testified against HB 937, a student was raped outside the NCSU Free Expression Tunnel. Another was robbed at knife point near Reynolds Coliseum two days later." [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner report notes the irony of college administrator dunces being the least educated among us, prompting grassroots activists to give them a crash course in reality.
Friday, May 24, 2013
We're the Only Ones Legislating Enough
The California state Senate voted 28-8 Wednesday to exempt itself from the pointless gun-control laws that apply to the rest of the populace. Legislators apparently think they alone are worthy to pack heat on the streets for personal protection, and the masses ought to wait until the police arrive. [More]See, all those bad things they say guns do, well, evidently not when they control them.
And if this seems kind of opposite to original intent, well, just understand such people refer to their policies as "progressive." Assigning reverse meanings is what they do.
UPDATE: It is pointed out in comments that this story is from 2011 and that this part of the bill was amended out.
[Via Florida Guy]
OK Ts
Get yours here.
Right after you get caught up in the excitement watching this.
There's an App for That
Find and rate businesses who support Second Amendment rights. [More]Their press release gives more information.
We discussed a similar effort back in March. I can't say how the two ventures compare, because I still carry an old clamshell pull-start model, so those of you who are not reta...uh...technologically challenged will need to weigh in with your own comparative product reviews.
New-fangled gizmos are tough for me. When I was in college, the hot new bar novelty was Pong, so by the time the gaming industry took off, I was a "grup" and didn't have incentive to learn such things, which seemed geared for much younger people. That doesn't mean we hadn't mastered what was necessary: I recall (in the days when many smoked cigarettes at their desks) transcribing assembly parts lists onto 80-column forms to be punched into cards to feed a mainframe. My first "PC" had a 512K drive, an amber monitor and a daisy wheel printer. I recall being irritated as hell the first time I tried to use a mouse, because the damn thing seemed so non-intuitive.
And when I see the ease with which feral sons Uday and Qusay navigate through all the intricacies of making what's on a screen conform to totally confounding controller commands, and all the stuff they seem to be able to do on devices called "phones" but that do so much more, none of which I grok or see as necessary, all I want to do at that point is keep small furry mammals from eating the eggs. Trying to learn to keep up convinces me if I'd been born a couple decades later, I'd have been a prime candidate for attention deficit drugs.
But for those of you who haven't outlived your usefulness and aren't obsolete, by all means, do try out this new application and make sure you let everyone know if you get value from it.
Lest Ye Be Judged
We're the Only Ones Schooled Enough
Only law enforcement officers are allowed to carry a gun into a school, Reynolds said. [More]Because as we demonstrate just about every damn day here, they're special.
[Via William T]
"The Judgment of the Trial Court is Affirmed"
Candidly, I would have been surprised at a different outcome. [More]
Sure Beats Those Tupperware Shindigs
Readers have been left dumbfounded by the ease at which the journalist was able to build the weapon, combined with the fact that the process was completely legal. [More]When it's easy, you don't think being legal or not will stop anyone, do you?
And as for it being "perfectly legal" in California, I'd appreciate some knowledgeable opinions on that. That he only used five rounds says something...
On a personal note, hearing the wind in the background of the video brought back memories. I've camped in Mojave, and I thought the tent was going to blow away with me inside it.
[Via DMJ]
"Home Alone" Encore Presentation
Tonight on American Trigger Sports Network's "Stop the Threat"... [More]
Well, Can They?
I've been asking this question myself and would appreciate opinions from those knowledgeable with Florida preemption law. [More]
I also have one other question: Why is a column using judgmental terms like "arms-bazaar excesses" appearing under the "News" category instead of "Opinion"?
I also have one other question: Why is a column using judgmental terms like "arms-bazaar excesses" appearing under the "News" category instead of "Opinion"?
Not Just "Good"
Does this sound like a good idea in a city struggling with gun violence: Wipe every anti-gun-violence law off the books, and make it impossible to write new ones? [More]That sounds like an excellent idea to those who can demonstrate those have all really been "pro-violence" edicts.
Why Stay Where You're Despised?
They damn well ought to leave. There are plenty of friendly places to move, and the most valued employees could be given the option to relocate. [More]
And all the gun companies need to start acting more like Barret in terms of sales to state agencies.
They won't, of course, unless we make an effort to let them know what our expectations are and ... oh ...
Get a load of Ron Pinciaro saying he hopes no employees are hurt.
[ via Florida Guy]
Note: For some reason, I can no longer access NYT articles in Firefox, but can in IE.
And all the gun companies need to start acting more like Barret in terms of sales to state agencies.
They won't, of course, unless we make an effort to let them know what our expectations are and ... oh ...
Get a load of Ron Pinciaro saying he hopes no employees are hurt.
[ via Florida Guy]
Note: For some reason, I can no longer access NYT articles in Firefox, but can in IE.
¡No Más!
Hope takes root in the strangest places. [More]
I note the Federales haven't sent out confiscation squads.
Is it possible there's a lesson here for wider application?
[ via Florida Guy]
I note the Federales haven't sent out confiscation squads.
Is it possible there's a lesson here for wider application?
[ via Florida Guy]
When It's THEIR Ox Getting Gored...
..."Authorized Journalists" sure can bellow. [More]
When it's someone else's, not so much.
[Via Michael G]
When it's someone else's, not so much.
[Via Michael G]
Surefire Apathy Generation Formula
1. Share the latest in the Reese family's ordeal.
2. Show how no one else in the media is covering it.
3. Ask "internet gun activists" to take one minute to help spread the word.
Forgive me if I'm skeptical about "cold dead hands" claims when there are so many unlifted fingers every time something easy comes along.
2. Show how no one else in the media is covering it.
3. Ask "internet gun activists" to take one minute to help spread the word.
Forgive me if I'm skeptical about "cold dead hands" claims when there are so many unlifted fingers every time something easy comes along.
Prosecutorial Discretion
Scientific Amerikan
And their affinity for agenda-driven chicken bone-casting masked as "science" continues. [More]
And, of course, that will require...what do they call that globalist tyranny they endorse?...oh, yeah, "transnational enforcement."
And, of course, that will require...what do they call that globalist tyranny they endorse?...oh, yeah, "transnational enforcement."
New Target for CSGV
Go on vLadd and Josh: Call your fellow traveler here an "insurrectionist" and traitor." [More]
Hell, I'll make some popcorn while you pull out all the stops.
Call her "white."
Mike has her seeming affinity for true egalitarianism exactly pegged. There's no place for your ideals, Monica, once the new boss takes the stage, and the useful idiots are astonished to realize those they gave their souls to now consider them useless eaters.
If you wear glasses, hide them.
¿Armas Para Que?
Hell, I'll make some popcorn while you pull out all the stops.
Call her "white."
Mike has her seeming affinity for true egalitarianism exactly pegged. There's no place for your ideals, Monica, once the new boss takes the stage, and the useful idiots are astonished to realize those they gave their souls to now consider them useless eaters.
If you wear glasses, hide them.
¿Armas Para Que?
Commencement
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg used a commencement speech to push his gun-control agenda, telling graduates of Kenyon College in Ohio that gun control is “something you really should think about.” [More]As opposed to "obsess on" while flying into a Napoleonic rage...?
And did he use the "f" word?
Even after this malignant orc leaves office, he'll still have an armed security detail. I wonder if he'll still get a special pass to take them with him to Bermuda?
This Day in History: May 24
By him I received the unwelcome intelligence that the whole interior Country had revolted, and that Marion & Lee (after reducing a small Post where Lieut. Col. Watson kept his Baggage at Wright's Bluff), had crossed the Santee to support the Insurgents upon the same Night which he passed it to join me. [More]
Thursday, May 23, 2013
Court gives prosecution more time in case against N.M. gun dealer family
This latest order, essentially a two-week extension, will not seem like much to government lawyers who draw their salaries and go home at the end of the day to situations where it is their choice if the expenses they face are within their means. That’s not so for the Reese family, and every day they are denied a resolution to their ordeal is a day where legal and living expenses mount as their assets are walled off and their livelihoods are cut off from them. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner report notes justice delayed -- which is just the way the government likes it.
Immigrant Song
We come from the land of the ice and snow,
From the midnight sun where the hot springs blow.
How soft your fields so green, can whisper tales of gore,
Of how we calmed the tides of war. We are your overlords.
From the midnight sun where the hot springs blow.
How soft your fields so green, can whisper tales of gore,
Of how we calmed the tides of war. We are your overlords.
[More]
"In Sweden, private possession of handguns (pistols and revolvers) is permitted under licence, in some cases, but not for the protection of person or property."
Yumpin' Yiminy! Now what?
[Via Florida Guy]
Murder, He Wrote
Maybe he was goofing with them and they booted him? Or are there any actually that lost?
[Via Keep Bear]
We Don't Need No Stinking Compromise
With the deadline fast-approaching for lawmakers to enact a concealed-carry law, legislation surfaced Wednesday that allows local law enforcement to object to permit applications while creating a licensing review board that has final say. [More]Why not just let the deadline come?
Tim Jones & John McCormick: Authorized Bloomberg Sob-Sisters
Master is pleased with us! [Read--or don't]
New "Assaulted" Trailer
We've talked about this project here and here.
UPDATE: FOX News just filed this report. Get a load of vLadd whining about treason.
Things to Come
And of course the "Only Ones" will need to have the access code. [More]
It's only "common sense."
For the children.
Capitalists selling rope--it's almost like someone predicted that.
It's only "common sense."
For the children.
Capitalists selling rope--it's almost like someone predicted that.
We're the Only Ones Edging Out the Competiton Enough
From that moment forward until the event ended, the gun rights activists were harassed by all day by Wayne County deputies. [More]
What were their names? What were their badge numbers?
I love seeing "buyback" monkeywrenching happen, but we need to anticipate a police response and be prepared for it--along with real-time video streaming and having multiple participants prepared to be witnesses and demanding IDs. That includes having our own undercover guys--it would be great to pretend to be interested in turning in a gun and recording what the cops say to discourage going to the private buyers.
It's a survival thing--the more successful these become, the more aggressive we can expect the retaliation to become.
[Via Florida Guy]
We're the Only Ones Hacking Enough
Bronx Officer Is Accused of Hiring E-Mail Hackers [More]Hey, if they're not doing anything wrong, they don't have anything to worry about.
[Via Florida Guy]
Denver Fox affiliate, Examiner.com hoaxed by story of man being mistaken for a terrorist
This seems to be a pretty fair write-up. [Read]
The reporter asked me if this made me "less inclined to trust Dave Kopel as a source".
I replied:
The reporter asked me if this made me "less inclined to trust Dave Kopel as a source".
I replied:
No, what it does is reaffirm to me that we are all human and are all capable of being sucker-punched--even the most highly respected among us, and especially if the information is calculated and comes to us from a seemingly credible source.
Who would even think of making up a story like that? And why?
That said, I would not have gone with it just on Kopel's say-so and without further corroboration--his reputation and credibility were what made me willing to invest the time to drop everything and investigate. Everything that happened after that is on me. I took the email he sent me and called Schreiner, who corroborated it. Then I called Korrine, who did likewise, and even went the added step of checking her out and finding her online resume. I also called Adams County Sheriff's PIO, but it was a Sunday so I left a voice mail. Finding the Fox report which also fit in with the information I'd been given seemed to be the clincher.
I can look back in hindsight and think of questions I could have asked that might have given me pause, but this whole thing is just so bizarre, the concocted story is so elaborate, and the person behind it is just so ... unique ... that it falls outside the scope of normal human experience.
I "fell" for it for all the reasons listed. Kopel passed it on because he got it from a respected activist and NRA director who had been asked by show management to get to the bottom of the floor buzz. Schreiner in turn got it from a person representing herself as an attorney who was brought to the show by a respected and long-standing collector, so there was an assumption of credibility that I believe is something decent people afford each other unless they have reason to suspect otherwise.
Settling Accounts
"We took it into account that he saved this boy’s life..." [More]And we take into account that the "Only Ones" didn't.
I find Kurt to be one of the most interesting and right-headed voices out there and nobody gets under CSGV's skin quite like he does. I think more people ought to read his stuff.
The fact that more don't is a direct reflection on the gun owners who regularly do, and then won't take a moment to share his links and help him gain wider recognition.
Why that is I will never understand, but I gotta tell you, the man is putting out a unique product, it takes him hours of research and promotion each day in addition to writing his articles, and I don't think it's too much to ask his regular readers to send some page views his way, which is how the pay over there is decided.
If you get value from his work, think of it as settling an account.
And don't even bother to bellyache about the Examiner experience.
This Day in History: May 23
We have had various reports of the Enemies movements in Virginia since you wrote, but nothing certain. In this quarter Camden, and the Fort at Nelson's ferry have been evacuated; and fort Watson, Motte, Orangeburg, and Granby taken. The Prisoners who fell into our hands at the several Posts amount to 7 or 800 regulars and irregulars, and fifty odd Officers. Ninety Six and Augusta are beseiged, and I am in hopes will fall into our hands. [More]
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Woman fabricated tale of Italian gun exec. being questioned after ‘terrorist’ claim
FOX31 gives the rest of the story. [More]
Yeah, Paranoia's the Only Explanation that Makes Sense
Meanwhile, Across the Pond in Piers Morgan Paradise...
Insult to Injury
What, now you want us to give you your property back? Just what do you think we're here for? YOU??? [More]
We're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat
A dangerous imported East Coast shark has been spotted circling for prey in Oregon waters... [More]
Who wants to help Kevin tie off some barrels?
CCDL Files Challenges
The Connecticut Citizens Defense League, the Coalition of Connecticut Sportsmen, Hiller Sports, MD Shooting along with several individuals have filed as Plaintiffs in a legal complaint that is intended to overturn the recent ban on guns of common use in the State of Connecticut. [More]Includes a link to the filed complaint...
Shotgun executive terror report dismissed as ‘hoax’ as Fox stands by story
Gun Rights Examiner has gone through extensive follow-up on this story after the Perazzi press release, explaining all of the verification efforts gone through before publishing the story, and the subsequent outreach to FOX31, to law enforcement and to Perazzi after the company dismissed it as a fabrication. Conversations have also been held with other media personnel including 9NEWS, a Colorado Gun Collectors Association official, the Adams County Sheriff’s Office, and other potential witness leads that turned out to have merely heard the story from others. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner report was intended to provide the final word on this bizarre story, which instead, just took a totally unexpected twist that quite frankly, leaves me scratching my head wondering what further surprises are in store.
FOX31 Standing By Perazzi Story
This is the strangest story I have ever been involved in. The 9NEWS story I linked to earlier today has been updated to include:
This is just baffling the hell out of me, and I have my column on hold pending more information. I just got off the phone with the Adams County Sheriff's Office, and they are putting out a press release in the next hour or so and will be doing a 9NEWS interview later this afternoon.
In the mean time, what I'm holding out for before hitting "publish" is a statement from FOX31 clarifying why they are standing by their story.
UPDATE: The new report is here.
EDITOR'S NOTE: The Fox31 reporter responsible for the original story stands by the reportI note their link at present produces a "runtime error."
This is just baffling the hell out of me, and I have my column on hold pending more information. I just got off the phone with the Adams County Sheriff's Office, and they are putting out a press release in the next hour or so and will be doing a 9NEWS interview later this afternoon.
In the mean time, what I'm holding out for before hitting "publish" is a statement from FOX31 clarifying why they are standing by their story.
UPDATE: The new report is here.
FOX31 gun show 'terrorist' report called a hoax
I spoke with this Denver NBC reporter last night. [More]
As evidenced by the multiple updates I posted on this blog yesterday, I've been following all the leads I could find to get to the bottom of this story and have come to the conclusion that I and others got taken in. I'll provide more details later today when I issue a retraction piece, which I'll write after I speak with one more lead in a couple hours.
As evidenced by the multiple updates I posted on this blog yesterday, I've been following all the leads I could find to get to the bottom of this story and have come to the conclusion that I and others got taken in. I'll provide more details later today when I issue a retraction piece, which I'll write after I speak with one more lead in a couple hours.
Stop the Threat: Home Alone
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
We're the Only Ones Colliding Enough
SWAT Team Rams Wrong Man’s Car [More]And at least one of them fired a gun?
So the Bradys were right about shootouts over fender benders?
Compromise
I was accidentally sent some chatter on this, and because I was not the intended recipient, I kept quiet. [Read]
Now that it's out, I can say that what I saw was speculating on the FBI being behind it, trying to ID her unnamed Benghazi sources. That doesn't mean they were, it just means that's what was being discussed.
I've often wondered if my and Mike's computers and phones have been treated to special scrutiny, and my default position is to act like they are, so every once in a while I interject something into our conversations like "The geese fly at midnight."
Now that it's out, I can say that what I saw was speculating on the FBI being behind it, trying to ID her unnamed Benghazi sources. That doesn't mean they were, it just means that's what was being discussed.
I've often wondered if my and Mike's computers and phones have been treated to special scrutiny, and my default position is to act like they are, so every once in a while I interject something into our conversations like "The geese fly at midnight."
Perazzi Name Mixup?
Illuminating thread going on at AR15.com:
So the story is real but it wasn't Perazzi?
Then how did the lawyer representing him get that basic fact wrong? I'll have to ask.
Right after I call a CCGA board member said to be an eyewitness I just got a number for.
Then how did the lawyer representing him get that basic fact wrong? I'll have to ask.
Right after I call a CCGA board member said to be an eyewitness I just got a number for.
I Agree to a Point
But unless you reduce spending, they'll simply take it out of a different pocket. [Read]
Not that the political powers that be have any interest in changing the "representation without taxation" dynamic they so rely on...
Not that the political powers that be have any interest in changing the "representation without taxation" dynamic they so rely on...
No Doubt It's a Problem
The thing is, focusing on the method with no real means of impacting that distracts from addressing root causes. [Read]
For instance, why do you think this group has a rate that dwarfs the general population's? Are any of the "gun control" groups calling to disarm them? At least for now, and out in the open?
For instance, why do you think this group has a rate that dwarfs the general population's? Are any of the "gun control" groups calling to disarm them? At least for now, and out in the open?
Second Call
I have no first-hand knowledge about these folks, but this looks like something gun owners might want to check out. [Read]
I know statistically it's a numbers game where the odds are you will never need it, but if we took that attitude, we wouldn't be carrying guns in the first place.
I know statistically it's a numbers game where the odds are you will never need it, but if we took that attitude, we wouldn't be carrying guns in the first place.
Adams County Sheriff Denies Knowledge of Perazzi Incident
I just got off the phone with the Adams County Sheriff's public information officer. He told me they have no knowledge of this incident other than what they've seen reported in the media.
I have not yet heard back from Denver PD, and will be following up on that today.
I have not yet heard back from Denver PD, and will be following up on that today.
Not So Silent Observers
The correct response to these nosy, subversive-minded "Authorized Journalists" is two words and starts with "F." [Read]
Two Bits!
Chipman's "two bit criminal" has certainly moved up in the world. [Read]No toon can resist the old Shave-and-a-Haircut trick.
We're the Only Ones Not Really the Only Ones Enough
"When I see the charges I've pleaded to, I'm overwhelmed with guilt and shame," ex-Central Contra Costa Narcotics Enforcement Team Cmdr. Norm Wielsch said as he sobbed and clutched a tissue. "I'm sorry, that's not really me." [More]Poor man. You've already been through so much!
My favorite bit of apologia:
His attorney said Monday that it was Wielsch's mental illness that made him susceptible to Butler, a sociopath who corrupted otherwise good people.Flip?
[Via Dave Licht]
Curioser and Curioser
...custom and value of approximately $ 500,000. [More]
Here's another Italian media report via Google Translate. And here's the curious part:
I didn't say $500,000 in my report.
Fox 31 Denver didn't say $500,000 in their report.
Where did blitz quotidiano get the $500,000 figure?
[Via Roger J]
The hoax of the arrest of Perazzi: a fake scoop created by the gun lobby?
This is the Google Translate version of what appears to be a New York-based Italian news site. [Read]
No one is more committed to finding the truth of this matter than I am. That's why I spent hours last night posting and publicizing updates, communicating with the principal sources, and reaching out to Perazzi, Fox News 31 Denver and the Denver PD. That's why I'm getting ready to spend another long day digging out and sharing whatever I can.
I invite the reporter making this public speculation about motives to contact me (dcodreaAThotmailDOTcom).
UPDATE: I posted a comment on their site linking to this piece that is presently awaiting moderation, and also just sent them this:
No one is more committed to finding the truth of this matter than I am. That's why I spent hours last night posting and publicizing updates, communicating with the principal sources, and reaching out to Perazzi, Fox News 31 Denver and the Denver PD. That's why I'm getting ready to spend another long day digging out and sharing whatever I can.
I invite the reporter making this public speculation about motives to contact me (dcodreaAThotmailDOTcom).
UPDATE: I posted a comment on their site linking to this piece that is presently awaiting moderation, and also just sent them this:
Monday, May 20, 2013
Perazzi Update
I AM going to get to the bottom of this.
Two quick updates: I spoke to the Colorado attorney and she is flabbergasted, and is investigating from her end.
The legal source who handed me this story in the first place says Adams County Sheriffs have no record of this incident, meaning it was either Denver PD or it never happened.
I sent an outreach email to the Denver Fox affiliate that also reported on this. If anyone can validatet Denver PD records, it ought to be them.
And seeing as how Perazzi is rattling legal sabers, I figure the best thing to do is let them know I posted their press release and am going to do everything I can to get to the truth of this--for both our sakes:
And here is proof of delivery:
"Grazie, la vostra richiesta è stata ricevuta." = ""Thanks, your request has been received."
This is, without a doubt, the most bizarre personal experience I've ever had while trying to work a story by the numbers.
UPDATE: You know I'm getting tired when I send an email like this out to the Denver PD PIO:
That's it. My neck is killing me and I've done enough damage to myself for one day.
Two quick updates: I spoke to the Colorado attorney and she is flabbergasted, and is investigating from her end.
The legal source who handed me this story in the first place says Adams County Sheriffs have no record of this incident, meaning it was either Denver PD or it never happened.
I sent an outreach email to the Denver Fox affiliate that also reported on this. If anyone can validatet Denver PD records, it ought to be them.
[Click to enlarge]
And seeing as how Perazzi is rattling legal sabers, I figure the best thing to do is let them know I posted their press release and am going to do everything I can to get to the truth of this--for both our sakes:
And here is proof of delivery:
"Grazie, la vostra richiesta è stata ricevuta." = ""Thanks, your request has been received."
This is, without a doubt, the most bizarre personal experience I've ever had while trying to work a story by the numbers.
UPDATE: You know I'm getting tired when I send an email like this out to the Denver PD PIO:
Important Update to Perazzi Story
In all the years I've been writing, this has never happened to me before. I am starting to go from stunned to pissed. I just posted this update to the Perazzi/Denver shotgun arrest story:
IMPORTANT UPDATE: Perazzi has
released the following statement on its website, translated using Google Translate:
OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE by Perazzi SPA
With regard to reports in the American press, in relation to
an alleged arrest for "terrorism" by Daniele Perazzi (founder of
Perazzi Armi SpA), we point out that the news is completely devoid of any
foundation. Daniele Perazzi is however, unfortunately, failed to live for about
a year. Even his son, Mauro, was last Saturday in the USA. As reported in the
press is absolutely false. The company Perazzi, however, contrary to what is
written, is familiar with the American legislation on weapons because of his
extensive and well-known activities of marketing its products in the USA. Since
it is difficult to think of simple error, it is believed that someone who has
interests contrary to those of the Perazzi SpA, may have spread false and
misleading information purposes only defamatory. The company has already
instructed his lawyers to take the most appropriate actions, civil and
criminal, in order to protect the brand represented and its activity, carried
on the American market. Perazzi Armi SpA
PRESS RELEASE From Perazzi SpA With reference to press
reports Concerning Daniele Perazzi's alleged unlawful arrest for terrorism last
Saturday in Denver (Colorado), That we were the incident is devoid of any
foundation and the news is completely fabricated. Daniele Perazzi (founder of
Perazzi SpA) died last year, and his son Mauro was not in the United States
last Saturday. The Perazzis are not involved in. any wrongdoing in any way,
shape or form and, to our best knowledge, are not under investigation or
scrutiny nor are targets of criminal proceedings. The Perazzi Company,
contrarily to what Has Been Reported, is very familiar with the U.S.
legislation on two weapons to its extensive presence in the American market.
Perazzi is considering to take legal action to protect the brand and the
Company's reputation in the USA. Perazzi SpA
Since this story has started to gain
wider attention, my role in this, why I posted this and the standards I used
before publishing merit scrutiny.
I was sent an email from a very
well-known Second Amendment attorney titled "major urgent story." As
I protect my sources, I will be immediately sending him an email asking if I
may disclose his name.
He set down the story, essentially
as presented in my Examiner column, and gave me as contacts NRA Director
Schreiner and another attorney, one whose CV includes Oxford and Harvard--she
requested I not use her name for attribution and I honored that for my story.
I called both and had extensive
conversations that include contemporaneous notes of our conversations, and they
both independently confirmed the contents of the email and each others'
accounts.
To further source the story, I linked
to a Fox News Channel 31 Denver report.
I also called the Adams County
Sheriff's Office and left a voice mail with the Public Information Officer. As
it was Sunday, no one answered and no call has been returned.
Before publishing the story, I sent
it to the Colorado attorney who confirmed the story for an accuracy check, and
she replied back that it was "well written" and "approved."
She is also the one who told me that the Daniele Perazzi in the story was the
grandson of the founder. I have the emails to document this.
After publishing, I sent the story
link to Schreiner, to the attorney who tipped me to the story, and to the
attorney who acted as a source.
This afternoon, a colleague sent me
the link to the Perazzi press release. I immediately called Schreiner who
maintains he was at the Collectors Show and has first-hand knowledge of some of
the information stated as fact, and was directly told about the rest from show
management. I also left a call for the source attorney and left a voice mail
telling her of these developments and asking her to call me.
The bottom line is, I went through
an extraordinary level of verification on this story before publishing it.
If
it turns out that it is, as the press release states, "completely devoid
of any foundation," that means someone went to extraordinary lengths to
create and perpetuate a hoax story, and to draw me and others into it, and to
smooth entry by using credible people.
As something like this can destroy a
reputation, I too, am absolutely invested in getting to the truth of this
matter, horrified by this development, and committed to identifying anyone who
would do such a thing.
I am going to leave the original
story intact below and will be writing a follow-up article when more
information becomes known.
Inspector General report paves way for Burke disbarment
Having become a liability to his highly-placed former political patrons, and cut off from earning a livelihood doing that which he has spent his career lifetime at, perhaps he’ll have incentive to open up on what more he knows about upper level Justice Department cognizance of Fast and Furious. [More]This afternoon's Gun Rights Examiner report notes the only way this won't happen is if those with something to fear deem it advantageous to keep this guy eating.
Grassley charges U.S. attorney undermined Fast and Furious whistleblower
“U.S. Attorney Dennis Burke leaked a sensitive document to the press regarding a whistleblower who had come forward with allegations of gunwalking … he leaked an internal memo regarding Fast and Furious suspect Jaime Avila to the New York Times, and … he lied to Deputy Attorney General James Cole,” Grassley’s release charges, adding. “The document leaked to Fox News was deemed so sensitive by the Justice Department that it was not provided to Congress, except in a secured room at department headquarters.” [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner report notes renewed interest in an old story.
Changing His Story
Damned unidentified Hispanic girls. [Read]
And to think we all held him and his colleagues in such high regard until now.
Meet the new boss.
Same as the old boss.
And to think we all held him and his colleagues in such high regard until now.
Meet the new boss.
Same as the old boss.
Reasoned Discourse, New Jersey-Style
Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable. [Watch]We all know which violent NRA insurrectionist said that, right?
[Via several of you]
Sympathy Has Limits
So the bottom line is, if I refuse to go along with this, you'd like the state to send armed men to either force me to comply, take me hostage or kill me? [Read]
Targets
A tea-party group targeted by Democrats gets attention from the IRS—and the FBI, OSHA, and the ATF. [Read]
Julian Bond says they deserved it because they're racists.
[Via Michael G]
We're the Only Ones "Reasonable and Not Excessive" Enough
I'll betcha he's really glad he emigrated from Russia to the Land of the Free... [Watch]
Sign ze papers old man.
[Via Kid Sis]
Sign ze papers old man.
[Via Kid Sis]
Stunning Maggart
Gee, she votes to mandate people who previously supported her be disarmed and then acts all surprised when those people react. [Read]
We're the Only Ones Stopping Enough
Hey, did the officer make it home at the end of his shift? That's the important thing. [Read]
Ready for Implementation
Attorney Benjamin Van Houten of San Francisco's Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence said the announcement should send a message to other states... [More]It certainly has, Ben.
Gun owners ought to demand that all gun companies immediately cease doing business with California state entities over this. Not that I expect them to, which is how we got to this sorry development in the first place.
Yeah, Well Good Luck with That
The countries declared they would review national legislation to prohibit the unrestricted possession of small arms and the total prohibition of the possession and use of light weapons by civilians. [More]And right after that they're going to excavate the Etosha Pan with spoons.
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
What a Fudd. [Read]
If I ran a gun store and this ******* came in to buy something, I'd tell hm to go *** himself.
If I ran a gun store and this ******* came in to buy something, I'd tell hm to go *** himself.
What Julie Would Allow
One of them, Edinboro president Julie Wollman, told the Post-Gazette's Bill Schackner that she would rather not allow guns on the campus and that her view is shared by her colleagues at other state universities. [More]Of course, if Julie and her colleagues had their way, they wouldn't allow guns anywhere.
We're the Only Ones Self-Inflicted Enough
Any doubts we'd know the name of a "civilian" who pulled something like this? [Read]
Jeez, Why Didn't You Just Say So?
On May 6, Vice President Biden met with about 20 interfaith leaders including ISNA President Mohamed Magid for two hours to rally religious support for gun control. [More]Well, as long as Moe is for it...
A Fresh Look
I don't disagree, but don't count on it unless Boehner can destroy the negatives. [Read]
Stewart, Morgan and Scarborough may, on occasion, identify a problem, but their track record on coming up with real solutions is nonexistent.
Stewart, Morgan and Scarborough may, on occasion, identify a problem, but their track record on coming up with real solutions is nonexistent.
A Real Attention-Getter
Me, I subscribe to the "keep a low profile" school of thought in everyday situations. [Read]
Tolerance and Diversity
How very "progressive." [Read]
How very indicative of the way they intend to run everything, if they can only get us "haters" to surrender our arms.
How very indicative of the way they intend to run everything, if they can only get us "haters" to surrender our arms.
This Day in History: May 20
I this day formed a junction with the corps under Arnold at this place. [More]
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