Of course he did.
But I didn't think laws applied to public officials.
Tags: Marion Barry, cocaine
Wednesday, January 11, 2006
What He SHOULD Have Done
Houston Texans reserve running back Tony Hollings appeared in court today to face a gun charge.See, he should have had an armed escort and no license, and actually gotten in to an accident. Then he wouldn't have been arrested.
Hollings, 24, was arrested in Houston on Jan. 3 and charged with unlawfully carrying a gun with a suspended driver's license. Hollings was stopped for speeding.
Tags: gun, football
Can I Ignore the Law, Too?
An Open Inquiry to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger
Dear Governor,
You have been violating California law by riding a motorcycle without a license.
You've been doing this for years, and say you just never thought about it? Yeah, that's pretty believable. It's not like there's any established pattern that would make us doubt your word--and we'll just forget about the attempted weasel-wording from your flack about sidecars and Class C licenses...
So tell me, Governor--am I free to ignore laws, too? I see you're a big supporter of citizen disarmament. Unfortunately, unlike you, when we ordinary Californians go out, we don't take a "protective detail" of taxpayer-funded armed CHP officers with us.
So if any of us "never really applied" to register what the state of California classifies as an "assault weapon" or a .50 BMG rifle, can we just shrug it off if we get caught, and pledge to get a license in the future?
Understand this is all just hypothetical--the last time I posed a similar exercise in tongue-in-cheek comparative logic, San Francisco authorities launched a police investigation against me.
I wouldn't want that to happen again--for simply asking someone in authority who is selectively enforcing and ignoring laws that suit their purposes--if I can expect the same privileges and immunities they claim entitlement to.
Tags: gun control, Schwarzenegger, motorcycle
Dear Governor,
You have been violating California law by riding a motorcycle without a license.
You've been doing this for years, and say you just never thought about it? Yeah, that's pretty believable. It's not like there's any established pattern that would make us doubt your word--and we'll just forget about the attempted weasel-wording from your flack about sidecars and Class C licenses...
So tell me, Governor--am I free to ignore laws, too? I see you're a big supporter of citizen disarmament. Unfortunately, unlike you, when we ordinary Californians go out, we don't take a "protective detail" of taxpayer-funded armed CHP officers with us.
So if any of us "never really applied" to register what the state of California classifies as an "assault weapon" or a .50 BMG rifle, can we just shrug it off if we get caught, and pledge to get a license in the future?
Understand this is all just hypothetical--the last time I posed a similar exercise in tongue-in-cheek comparative logic, San Francisco authorities launched a police investigation against me.
I wouldn't want that to happen again--for simply asking someone in authority who is selectively enforcing and ignoring laws that suit their purposes--if I can expect the same privileges and immunities they claim entitlement to.
Tags: gun control, Schwarzenegger, motorcycle
Suggestion to Anyone Who Would Stop Me From Carrying a Gun to a Fun Outing
Get bent.
It's not my fault some armed morons showed up and you were unprepared to do anything about it.
Why should I be put in the same helpless position you were, and compromise my safety, or that of my family, due to your pathetic hoplophobia?
Tags: gun
It's not my fault some armed morons showed up and you were unprepared to do anything about it.
Why should I be put in the same helpless position you were, and compromise my safety, or that of my family, due to your pathetic hoplophobia?
Tags: gun
Nobody Fisks Like The Smallest Minority
You can stick a fork in Kevin Fagin. He's done.
But I wouldn't count on him being intellectually honest enough to admit it.
But I wouldn't count on him being intellectually honest enough to admit it.
Tuesday, January 10, 2006
Whitney Wolverine Range Report
Xavier treats us to a thoroughly enjoyable essay.
I've said before I'm not really a hardware guy--most of the time I gloss over anything technical. But this post grabbed me from the start and kept me hooked all the way through. I'm not sure why--I think it's because his enthusiasm for his subject just shines through, and that makes for a fun read.
I've said before I'm not really a hardware guy--most of the time I gloss over anything technical. But this post grabbed me from the start and kept me hooked all the way through. I'm not sure why--I think it's because his enthusiasm for his subject just shines through, and that makes for a fun read.
It's Nice to Know There's Justice in This World
An appeals court on Monday upheld the 55-year mandatory sentence of a Utah man who carried a firearm while dealing pot, a penalty that had been decried as unconstitutional by dozens of former judges and prosecutors and as unjust by the sentencing judge himself.If he'd only been an out-of-his-mind drunken cop firing that gun out the window of a moving car...
Tags: gun, marijuana
The Answer to Canada's "Gun Crime"
We're the Only Ones Sober Enough...
A former Oconomowoc police officer was sentenced Monday to one year of probation on a misdemeanor disorderly conduct charge accusing him of firing a handgun out a car window on a night of heavy drinking.I just take comfort knowing that if it had been you or me, the judge would also have "stayed" our jail term and issued probation.
Tags: gun, police
Canada to Ban Illegal Drugs!
Wait a minute--they're already banned. But buying them gives people money to buy guns that are also illegal for them to have. And that gives them something to use to kill people--isn't that against the law, too?
But...but...but...we've got to do something...
I know! Let's hold a vigil!
Tags: gun, drugs
But...but...but...we've got to do something...
I know! Let's hold a vigil!
Tags: gun, drugs
North Country Gazette--A Lying Propaganda Rag
Find one statement in this "news" account that's not out of the the Gunbanner's Playbook. I posted the following on their contact page:
Tags: liars, propaganda
You people are a bunch of lying weasels, and your paper is nothing but a left-wing propaganda rag.
You call this editorial a straight news story? A reader would never know another point of view existed.
If you are going to publish an opinion piece, it should be clearly labeled as such. But it's not an oversight, is it?
You have no journalistic ethics.
Tags: liars, propaganda
The Price of Liberty
In Gary, IN, it's apparently $50.
In the words of a 1747 Philadelphia sermon:
Tags: gun, buyback, Gary, Baptist
Baptist ministers across northwestern Indiana are trying something new to encourage residents to give up their guns. Under the program, residents will get a 50-dollar voucher for groceries or clothing in exchange for giving up their guns. The program is the idea of Pastor Dwight Gardner, the newly elected chairman of the Baptist Ministers Conference of Gary.There's nothing "new" about these moronic tool surrender programs, and Gary is about the last place I'd want to be caught without a gun.
In the words of a 1747 Philadelphia sermon:
"He that suffers his life to be taken from him by one who has no authority for that purpose, when he might preserve it by defense, incurs the Guilt of self murder since God has enjoined him to seek the continuance of his life, and Nature itself teaches every creature to defend [it]self."The ability of these pathetic ministers in Gary to openly preach their nonsense was secured by men willing to defend their rights--with guns. And you can only wonder at the type of wretch who would trade in a right secured by the blood of others for a gift certificate.
Tags: gun, buyback, Gary, Baptist
Monday, January 09, 2006
"Free" Gun Locks
Project Child Safe is a nationwide campaign to promote safe and responsible gun ownership and storage and its right here in the East. Thousands of gun locks will be given away for free,no questions asked.Well, I've got some questions...
Project Child Safe is one of those "public/private partnerships" between the National Shooting Sports Foundation and "governors, lieutenant governors, U.S. Attorneys, community leaders and law enforcement," that is, fascism. I guess they figure if they suck up to the parasites, nobody will try to put them out of business?
Oh, and as for the locks being "free"...no they're not.
It is supported by a U.S. Department of Justice grant and is a component of Project Safe Neighborhoods...
That means they're using money they take from you and me to help fund this thing.
And as for "Project Safe Neighborhoods," well, we all know who supports that...
Tags: gun, lock
Second Amendment vs Third Way
David E. Rosenbaum, a longtime editor and reporter in the Washington bureau of the New York Times, died yesterday after being beaten and robbed Friday night near his home in upper Northwest Washington.
Per Richard Poe
In the May 23, 1999 New York Times, David E. Rosenbaum argued that there had once been two "extremes" in the gun debate – those who wanted to ban handguns, and those who wanted "the right to own and carry guns more or less at will."I'm sorry, Mr. Rosenbaum. When it comes to unalienable rights, there can be no compromise, no "third way."
Now both sides had found a "third way," he exulted. Both had agreed that some "common-sense" gun control was necessary. Sound familiar?
Rosenbaum compared the situation to the fight over health care. Some extremists had wanted to socialize medicine, he noted, while others had opposed government meddling altogether. Eventually, we got Medicare and Medicaid, said Rosenbaum – the perfect "third-way" compromise.
I'm sorry that you had to find that out the hard way.
Tags: gun control, self defense
Without Compromise
A new "safety" gadget is being marketed to gun owners.
That's why their instructions have all those steps. That's why you apparently need a key (that can be fumbled, dropped or lost) to open the thing. That's why they tell you (twice) in big bold letters:
But I guess because the inventor is an "NRA Life Member" and "gun writer," he wouldn't mislead us about something like that. And just to facilitate that quick emergency use/instant availability they promise us won't be compromised, they add the following useful safety tips:
So how come their home page says:
Pitchfork murder, anyone?
Tags: gun, trigger, lock
The Child Guard CS-100 firearm safety device boasts more firearm safety features than any other gun lock on the market, securely fitting rifles, shotguns, pistols, and revolvers without compromising quick emergency use.Even their Mission Statement promises:
Only Child Guard's patent pending No-LoadTM accessories allow most revolvers and pistols to be stored safely and made inert - unable to be loaded, placed into battery, or fired - but still be instantly available in an emergency situation.Yeah, right.
That's why their instructions have all those steps. That's why you apparently need a key (that can be fumbled, dropped or lost) to open the thing. That's why they tell you (twice) in big bold letters:
NEVER INSTALL ANY CHILD GUARD UNIT ON A LOADED FIREARM.Wait a minute--they tell you FOUR times. I forgot to check the disclaimers:
Make sure the firearm is unloaded before proceeding.
All firearms are potentially deadly. To avoid serious injury or death, never use this or any child safety device on a loaded firearm. This product is intended for use on unloaded firearms only.Yep, sounds like "quick emergency use" isn't compromised, alright. Sounds like your gun will be "instantly available" to me.
Before attempting to install your child safety device, make sure the firearm is completely unloaded.
But I guess because the inventor is an "NRA Life Member" and "gun writer," he wouldn't mislead us about something like that. And just to facilitate that quick emergency use/instant availability they promise us won't be compromised, they add the following useful safety tips:
Always store firearms unloaded and locked in a safe place, inaccessible to children and other unauthorized persons. Store ammunition in a separate secure location.Still, if it's so safe and effective and noncompromising in its quick emergency usability/instant availability, why do you suppose they feel compelled to put the following disclaimer in all caps?
Always remember to remove your key from the child safety device.
Do not store the key or combination to any Child Guard child safety device in the same place as your locked firearm.
CHILD GUARD IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ACCIDENTS OR INJURIES, AND SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.And not to argue petty details or anything, but their press release says their gadget "boasts more firearm safety features than any other gun lock on the market."
So how come their home page says:
It is NOT a gun lock or a trigger lock.I guess that's why it needs a key.
Pitchfork murder, anyone?
Tags: gun, trigger, lock
Sunday, January 08, 2006
A Challenge to Tradition
Pointman points us to the Dodge Challenger Concept car.
As a fan of the 1970 R/T, I gotta say I'm impressed.
That's quite a concession for me, seeing as how I'm such a mule-headed originalist about most things.
For instance, Say Uncle & Co. are waxing eloquent about the virtues of the new "Battlestar Galactica." I almost entered a comment about preferring the original, but didn't want to get laughed off the board.
But still--Starbuck a chick? (Oh, God, Sunni is going to kick my butt for being sexist...but it's not that--had the original Starbuck been female, I'd be just as adamant about not changing the character.)
Seriously, though--what's with phone cords on the bridge of a star ship? And who did what to Boxy?
Let me see if I can put things in perspective:
I'm still livid with "Gunsmoke" for replacing Chester with Festus. Candy was an interloper who should have been driven off the Ponderosa--or better yet, hanged for Adam's disappearance. Who the hell are Ernie and Uncle Charlie, how did they get into the Douglas house on "My Three Sons," and what the hell did they do with Mike and Bub (I'm suspecting pod people here)? And "Zorro"--dude, you dress in black to evade pursuit on dark nights. What bad mescal could you have possibly been drinking to think replacing black Tornado with white Phantom was a tactically sound idea?
Did I mention how I'll never forgive "The Adventures of Superman" for replacing Phyllis Coates with Noell Neil? And sorry, Lee Merriwether, Eartha Kitt, Michelle Pfeiffer and Halle Berry--there's only one Catwoman, and her name is Newmar.
Does anyone get the feeling I wasn't being completely honest when I described things I considered weird about myself?
As a fan of the 1970 R/T, I gotta say I'm impressed.
That's quite a concession for me, seeing as how I'm such a mule-headed originalist about most things.
For instance, Say Uncle & Co. are waxing eloquent about the virtues of the new "Battlestar Galactica." I almost entered a comment about preferring the original, but didn't want to get laughed off the board.
But still--Starbuck a chick? (Oh, God, Sunni is going to kick my butt for being sexist...but it's not that--had the original Starbuck been female, I'd be just as adamant about not changing the character.)
Seriously, though--what's with phone cords on the bridge of a star ship? And who did what to Boxy?
Let me see if I can put things in perspective:
I'm still livid with "Gunsmoke" for replacing Chester with Festus. Candy was an interloper who should have been driven off the Ponderosa--or better yet, hanged for Adam's disappearance. Who the hell are Ernie and Uncle Charlie, how did they get into the Douglas house on "My Three Sons," and what the hell did they do with Mike and Bub (I'm suspecting pod people here)? And "Zorro"--dude, you dress in black to evade pursuit on dark nights. What bad mescal could you have possibly been drinking to think replacing black Tornado with white Phantom was a tactically sound idea?
Did I mention how I'll never forgive "The Adventures of Superman" for replacing Phyllis Coates with Noell Neil? And sorry, Lee Merriwether, Eartha Kitt, Michelle Pfeiffer and Halle Berry--there's only one Catwoman, and her name is Newmar.
Does anyone get the feeling I wasn't being completely honest when I described things I considered weird about myself?
A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
Gang members are actively gathering intelligence on legitimate gun collectors who have been targeted in recent years, leading police to warn owners to be careful about who they confide in about their weapons...McLeod hopes a new tip line set up by police will help them gather their own intelligence on how gang members...find out the source of domestic guns held by registered gun owners.
Oh, gee, I wonder.
Yes, by all means--be careful who you "confide in." Because they'll coerce you into registering your guns and then turn around and sell you out to the gangs--all the while using the crime they set up as a reason to call for "legally" stealing your property.
The flash point may just end up being north of the border...
Tags: gun, registration, Canada
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