We're the Only Ones Who Gotta Do What We Gotta Do Enough

Police have stripped a New York City officer of his badge and gun after a video posted on YouTube showed him body-checking a bicyclist who was part of a Times Square demonstration.

Here's the video. Sure looks like attempted murder to me. Why aren't there criminal charges?

Oh there were? But not against the surprise attacker "Only One"? Against the cyclist?

[A]ttempted assault in the third degree, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct...

And looky here. The ape "lives at home with his father...a highly respected detective." Again with the word "respected." What is it with this part of the country?

And according to Pops:

"He's my son. I'm proud of him. He's third-generation that's been serving the city," said Pogan Sr..."These people are taking over the streets and impeding the flow of traffic. Then you gotta do what you gotta do"...

So we're into the Third Age of Pogan and this particular family has been inflicting themselves on... I mean, "serving" the populace like this for three generations?

You know what would have gone down had this fortuitous video not been taken and made public. One can only wonder how many others have been and continue to be brutalized without witnesses or legal recourse--how many generations have been subjugated by those with a "gotta do" attitude, backed up with that "lift a finger" promise...

[Via SameNoKami, Dave Licht, Leo G, Andre D, did I miss anybody?]

This Day in History: July 29

A Serjeant and six Men to parade at the Head quarters at eleven OClock, to escort certain prisoners and Deserters to Worcester, this party to be victualled for this day and to morrow: The Serjeant will receive his orders from the Adjutant Genl.

To Heller and Back Again

Gun Ban Plaintiff Dick Heller Files New Lawsuit Against Washington, D.C.

Good. A just outcome would have real and personal consequences for Fenty and Lanier.

A "Respected NJ Pol"

New Jersey Assemblyman Neil Cohen resigned from the Legislature on Monday, four days after it was reported that he's under investigation for suspected possession of child pornography...

The headline and the speaker call him "Respected"?

I don't respect the gun-grabbing old pervert. What is there to respect?

It figures the "Authorized Journalists" who came up with the headline, and his fellow excuse-making domination deviants in the legislature do.

Oh, and look--so no one else does it, they've installed "safety locks." Because, you know, it's the tool's fault.

And surprise: No charges! But he is off to head-shrink rehab. Hey, when you get caught rosy...I mean, red-handed, redirecting outrage and disgust into sympathy is a pretty smart move.

No wonder these sick creatures don't trust anyone else.

[Via Defender]

And the Winner Is...

Real GunGuys, for this entry in the Bob Barr Poster Contest:


The prize?

I decided on a copy of "The Gang.

Congratulations and thanks to all for entering. Contact me (dcodrea AT hotmail DOT com) so I can get mailing details to ship your DVD to you.

A New York Volunteer

A Long Island man who reported his gun missing has been arrested after police found it and said he'd owned it illegally.

See, this is why we need laws requiring people to report stolen guns--so we can bypass that pesky Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination.

It's Common Sense

"Handgun violence is on the rise, but taking guns off the streets will help to stop the senseless slaughter of our citizens," said Sen. Sandra Bolden Cunningham, D-Hudson. "It's common sense."

New Jersey would join Virginia, Maryland and California as states that restrict people to buying one handgun per month.

And we all know how much safer Richmond, Baltimore and Oakland are because of it.

Why, it's common sense.

I can just see the aborted alley transaction now: "Sorry, man, I can't buy that stolen piece from you--I already bought one last week, so I need to wait another three. It's the law."

Getting The Lead Out

California, of course, foreshadows what is to come. Already, the extremist Violence Policy Center is exploiting ignorance and fear to recommend banning anyone under 18 from shooting ranges, to call for local “audits” to harass and close ranges, to ban the use of “assault weapons,” to mandate a moratorium on new range construction, and — get this — to halt firearms safety training because “any possible benefits … are outweighed by the risk of lead poisoning.”

"Getting the Lead Out" is my Rights Watch column for the September 2008 issue of GUNS Magazine, on sale now at nontoxic newsstands throughout the Republic.

Unitarian Universalists on Gun Control

Gun Control
1991 General Resolution

They're probably going to have to expand this now to include Fudd guns...

BECAUSE safe coexistence within society requires reasonable compromise with the concept of absolute personal liberty...

[Via Mack H]

Worth a Thousand Words

Theo Spark has a picture that is.

The Oy Ring

Yonatan Stern, the "Sgan Mefaked Hakita" (deputy squad commander) of Kitat Konenut New York, insists his "paramilitary emergency armed response team" is no "group of vigilantes or a JDL [Jewish Defense League]."

"The goal of the organization is to have a competent and professional group of armed volunteers ready to respond to a threat at a moment's notice in any area where Jews reside," explains the Israeli combat veteran.

Eplseed?

Good idea. Except the problem with being apolitical is their members may still vote for proponents of Nazi gun laws, which is self-defeating and dangerous.

[Via cycjec]

Outraged!

I think after reading this issue, it will be my last. As a veteran (six years of service) and a member of the Sheriff's Department and volunteer rescue squad, your arguments for the assault weapons, the .50 BMGs etc., vs. healthcare, obscene corporate gas profits and other facts, not opinions, by Mike Matara (Crossfire, March 2006), is about as small as the number of gray cells in Bush's head. Wake up and get your head out of your a**!

I'd seen this letter in an old issue of GUNS Magazine and decided to go looking for it on the Internet so more could read it.

I had no idea RKBA arguments in a gun magazine could possibly alienate leftist "Only Ones." Perhaps I should temper future submissions to be more inclusive so that we can expand our base.

We're the Only Ones Crocked and Locked Enough

Salman Rushdie was once locked in a cupboard for two hours by fed-up police guards who then disappeared to the pub, an ex-special branch detective has claimed.

Tell me there's not a broader analogy that could be drawn here about depending entirely on The "Only Ones" for your safety.

Cryptic Subterranean shares his thoughts.

This Day in History: July 28

However incredible it may appear, that, at this enlightned period, the leaders of a nation, which in every age has sacrificed hecatombs of her bravest patriots on the altar of liberty, should presume gravely to assert, and, by force of arms, attempt to establish an arbitrary sway over the lives, liberties, and property of their fellow subjects in America, it is, nevertheless, a most deplorable and indisputable truth.

We Just Don't Understand It

Mell argued that reopening gun registration wasn't just a personal favor. He insisted that there were hundreds, if not thousands, of otherwise law-abiding Chicago gun owners just like him who had inadvertently allowed their gun registration to lapse.

On Friday, Chicago Police Department spokeswoman Monique Bond was hard-pressed to explain the slow response to the city's one-time offer.

"Either the public is unaware or they just haven't had an opportunity to come in and register," she said.

Or it could just be that Mell was, you know, lying, and this was naked abuse of political office for personal advantage, and no amount of lame excuses spokesprevaricators regurgitate will cover that up.

Not that they need to.

Forget it Jake. It's Chi-Town.

Gundamentalism

Rev. Rachel Smith, whose blog "God Not Guns" is a project of the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, calls it gundamentalism.

"America’s gun culture is marked by zeal closely akin to that of religious fundamentalism. The gun-rights movement is built upon a system of belief that is both absolutist and aggressive. It has its sacred text, its creed, its icon and its ideology."

Coming from someone who portrays herself as centered on "religion," it seems like we have a bit of projection going on.

Gundamentalists. I like that, Rachel. You're quite the pundamentalist!

Mind if I adopt it, even if I flaunt the term with pride rather than resent it as a pejorative?

The Government They Deserve

Chicago police received about 6,000 weapons Saturday during the city's gun turn-in program...

So many people came out that organizers ran out of the $100 prepaid debit cards for turning in guns...

"For you young people, the new word for you is: 'Start snitching,' " she said.

I won't be able to muster any sympathy should any of these ever come to regret their decision.

Playing 20 Questions

...[W]hat's to prevent those guns from being used against police officers and firefighters [?]...What does a policeman do when there's a domestic battery [call] and they're both armed? Do they enter the home or apartment or do they wait outside? ... How 'bout the neighbors? How 'bout the postman -- all the other issues that go with people coming into your home or close to your home? ... Whose responsibility is it when your son takes the gun outside and police come by?...How many guns do you have -- 50, 60? Can they have a .357 Magnum? Can they have ammunition that will go through a wall? What is the liability of the owners? ... Do you have to have insurance if you have a gun? How much ammunition can you have if there's a fire? If a fireman is going to your home and you have 40 weapons and 1,000 rounds, do we have a responsibility to notify all the neighbors?

Now your turn to answer one, Bodyguarded Boss Daley: You don't trust us with guns. Why should we trust you?

[Via Dan Gifford]

A Temporary Stopgap

Peyton said even an increase in the number of police officers would only be a temporary stopgap and residents need to band together around community programs designed to fight this culture of crime.

What, you mean like a citizen militia?

Nahh...

[Via John G]

This Day in History: July 27

July 27. 1775
- Congress establishes The Army Medical Department.
- Henry Laurens, President of the Council of Safety of South Carolina, urges Captain Clement Lempriere to purchase gunpowder, lead, and muskets for the colony, relying on force only as a last resort.