We're the Only Ones Unqualified Enough

...San Francisco Police Chief Heather Fong acknowledged that she has gone years without taking the target practice required for officers who carry guns. [More]

But she's still one of "The Only Ones" allowed to carry in SF because the uniform and badge makes her more better than you and me.

[Via SayUncle]

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Angilo Freeland's civil rights weren't violated, the Department of Justice has concluded, 20 months after the fugitive died in a 68-bullet barrage fired by law enforcement officers tracking the man sought in the killing of Polk sheriff's Deputy Matt Williams.

Not to mourn what sounds like a truly bad guy, but there is a Heather Fong air to all of this.

Two images are evoked unbidden:

The death scene from "Bonnie and Clyde"...

...and Rodney Dangerfield punchlining "I can't take 67 more of those."

[Via AvgJoe]

We're the Only Ones Uncertified Enough

I got an interesting suggestion in comments to another post on how to deal with anti-gun police chiefs.

I wonder if there is a process there where citizens could petition to have every Chief supporting that act decertified as law enforcement officer for violating their oaths. If they lose their certifications, they can't be Chief's. If that IS possible there; rinse and repeat as necessary until Chiefs understand that support for something so outrageous WILL cost them their jobs.  

That certainly is both a rational and a reasonable assumption for anyone not living in the Bizarro World.  For those of us who are:

Tell that to Charles Ramsey.

Or Willie Williams.

Or James Craig.

Or Heather Fong.

Or James Reed.

Or...

A "Progressive" Choice

What could be more Opposite Day than Heather Fong to head Border Patrol? [Watch]

She's also anti-gun while being totally personally unqualified.

We're the Only Ones Expired Enough

Part of a police officer's job is to carrying a gun, but now more than 20 officers in Quincy are off the job after a surprise inspection found they had expired gun permits.

The news stunned lot of people and some Quincy residents are outraged that 15 patrol officers and six supervisors are now on paid leave. [More]

Who do these guys think they are?

Heather Fong?

And then there's this:

Some departments allow officers to carry guns "on the badge," meaning they don't need a permit. The badge itself gives them the right to carry the gun.  

So it is the magic amulet that makes them so much better than you and me... thank goodness their grip on the public purse is strong enough to guarantee they still get paid for doing nothing as a result of their own lazy negligence! 

[Via Florida Guy]

We're the Only Ones Exhaustive Enough

Police officers receive exhaustive training in the use of their firearms...[More]

What, like Heather Fong?

How come the News Tribune editorial state-worshiper making this assertion doesn't summarize the "exhaustive" requirements for us, including how many shots must be fired every year to re-qualify, what the targets are and how far away they must be, what's the minimum score and how many retries do they get if they don't make it? Or are we supposed to just take their word for it because, after all, they're "Authorized Journalists"?

You want to bring up child shooting tragedy anecdotes?

You really want to go there?

You're sure?

Because I can keep at this.

Really.

Read more here: http://www.thenewstribune.com/2012/03/29/2086789/concealed-guns-and-stupidity-a.html#storylink=cpy

We're the Only Ones Visionary Enough

Two San Francisco police officers who shot and killed an unarmed man in the darkened attic of an apartment mistook him for a trespasser with a gun, police officials said Wednesday.

Asa B. Sullivan, 25, had his arms outstretched and was holding a "cylindrical object" when the officers confronted him Tuesday night in the apartment near Lake Merced, prompting them to open fire, said Police Chief Heather Fong. The object turned out to be an eyeglasses case.

Ah, the City by the Bay, where the cud-chewing electorate thinks only "the authorities" are responsible enough to be armed.

And the winner of "most-predictable line" from this article is:

Police refused to release the officers' names...

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