"Gun Control" I Can Live With

The law says police officers must hand in their service weapons at the end of work, unless they have special permission to carry their guns after work. There are good reasons why this provision was included. Now it needs to be more effectively implemented.

Margy Keegan

Gun-Free South Africa

You LEOS didn't think these people who have you pose for photo ops and use feigned concern for officer safety were really your friends, did you? Disarming you except when you're serving the purposes of the state has long been in the plans.

Maybe if you're in the same boat as the rest of us...

[More on the South African anti-defense mentality]

This Day in History: May 9

On this day in 1791, Francis Hopkinson, signer of the Declaration of Independence and the first American secular composer, dies suddenly of a seizure in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The Gun Blogs

SayUncle has set up a new website:

It's a completely open forum and anyone can post there...This site is intended to be open to all and welcomes posting by all. If you've ever thought about starting your own gun blog but didn't want the trouble of setting up your own site or didn't think you'd stick with it, now is your chance to try it out. And it's free.

We're the Only Ones Anticlimactic Enough

An off-duty Palm Beach County sheriff's sergeant initially told police he shot a 21-year-old man for stealing his badge and nearly running him over.

But an investigation into the 2 a.m. encounter concluded the two men were in a dispute over $40 because Ira Joe Stuckey did not complete the sex act he was paid to perform on the sergeant.

On April 21, Stuckey, 6-foot-2, 230 pounds and wearing a wig, ended up with a bullet wound in his left arm.

On Friday, Sgt. James Seigfreid, 48, ended up in jail.

Talk about blowing things all out of proportion...

[More from "The Only Ones" files...]

This Day in History: May 8

On this day in 1792, Congress passes the second portion of the Militia Act, requiring that “every free able-bodied white male citizen of the respective States, resident therein, who is or shall be of age eighteen years, and under the age of forty-five years… be enrolled in the militia.”

The History Channel has an "American Revolution" category summarizing what happened on this date. Perhaps I'll begin including a link as a daily feature...

We're the Only Ones Discharged Enough

A Morris County corrections officer was being treated Friday for a hand wound suffered when his personal weapon discharged while he was cleaning it, County Sheriff Edward Rochford said.

"His...weapon discharged."

"[He] was...cleaning his personal weapon...when it discharged..."

"[T]here was one round in the chamber which apparently discharged..."

That's one hell of a willful gun...

[More from "The Only Ones" files...]

Church Group Held Up by Armed Robber

A women's group from Christ Church in Kenilworth was forced to lie face down on the floor by an armed robber.

In the group was a pregnant woman who started having contractions during the robbery.

Well why didn't Reverends John Algera and Stafford Miller step in to help protect them?

Good One!

The campaign against gun violence was begun by the Rev. John Algera, pastor of the Madison Avenue Christian Reformed Church, and the Rev. Stafford Miller, pastor of the St. Philip's Ministry of the United Methodist Church, in answer to a spate of random gunfire that erupted on the city's Northside late last year....

If we want the city to prosper, first get rid of the guns.

LOL!

Gun Battle Erupts at Vancouver Rap Show

A dance-floor brawl early Saturday erupted into gunfire — leaving one man clinging to life in hospital, another suffering from a gunshot wound and pandemonium in a Vancouver venue...

The night's bill featured headliner Lord Finesse(Robert Hall Jr.) from New York, the Chillin Villain Empire from Los Angeles and local rappers Fourth World, who were celebrating the release of their new CD.

Must be the fault of all those American guns. Every time me 'n my homies get around them, stuff like this is always happening...

Bruce Willis Backs Gun Rights

Movie star Bruce Willis supports Americans in their constitutional right to carry a gun, insisting everyone should be able to defend themselves with a weapon if need be.

A statement to the media is nice. How about getting involved now in the fight to protect that right, Mr. Willis?

2nd Amendment Carnival

The 2nd Amendment Carnival will be hosted here on (or around) May 27th, another Second Amendment Saturday. I think a carnival will adequately replace one 2A Saturday a month!

Head on over to Free Constitution for more information.

Chaka Con

Singer Chaka Khan's son was acquitted of murder Friday in the shooting death of a teenager during a party at her home two years ago...

Holland testified that he never intended to kill Bailey when he poked at him with an M-16 assault rifle. The two were discussing an affair the younger man claimed to have had with Holland's girlfriend when Holland pointed the gun at his friend.

An "M-16 assault rifle"? Not an AR-15 or a variant? And in California?

Surely Bill Lockyer's office is all over this?

The trademark incompetence of the Associated Press notwithstanding, what the hell is Chaka Khan doing allowing any kind of gun in her home?

As I wrote in GUNS AND AMMO a few years back, she joined other celebrites in HCI's "Open Letter to the NRA":

"We are not 'gun haters'," they protested, and then demanded limiting handgun purchases to one a month, banning "assault weapons," magazine capacity limits, gun locks and "a 'cooling off' period. . .[that] might just save the life of a child. . ."

Congratulations, Chaka. The 17-year-old your son blew away will now be added to the "child gun death" statistics you and your fellow hypocrites use to further the cause of disarming responsible citizens.

And no doubt the idiots who served on the jury applaud such measures.

Profiles in Courage II

"People have gotten to know him here personally in Rhode Island," Lynch said. "People here respect the fact that he's courageous enough to deal with this in the public eye, which is very difficult."

Right. "Courage." What a way to spin "He got caught."

First Rep. Patrick Kennedy says he consumed no alcohol, then he says he doesn't remember anything. If he doesn't, then how does he know? And why does the hostess at the Hawk and Dove, who says she saw him drinking, not want to give her name? Kinda makes you wonder why someone from the working class would fear the men behind the man described as a hero to them.

We hear all kinds of excuses, from it's the pills to the "Kennedy Curse" to blaming it on his genes. The establishment media has him covered, ginning up sympathy by explaining how such conditions affect "millions". And now, he's wearing his admission to rehab like Teddy wore his neck brace.

Former Louisiana governor, the spectacularly corrupt (Kennedyesque?) Edwin Edwards, is reported to have said the only way he could lose his election was if he was "found in bed with a dead girl or a live boy." So of course Kennedy's government-addicted constituents will continue to back him.

But all this is to be expected. Here's the real crime, being committed right under our noses: The Capitol Police are "investigating" their own, that is, the fox is in charge of the henhouse case. We learn they "have taken disciplinary action against a watch commander for the handling of Rep. Patrick Kennedy's car accident..."

OK. Why isn't he identified? And what "disciplinary action."

As I wrote when this story broke:

Time for an independent investigation--separate [those involved] and put them under oath. Let them know prosecutions will follow lies.

Somebody gave the word to give Kennedy a pass.

Who was it, and how high up did the orders come down from?

Don't expect to see this revealed, though. Such demands will stay in the realm of obscure blogs and kept safely away from an American consciousness that mostly wouldn't care anyway.

And this degenerate, lying mental defective will emerge as a champion of those who can't control themselves, and continue his crusade to control those of us who can.

Second Amendment Saturday

It's that day again.

I'd have posted this sooner but just got in from work :(

Answers for "Blain"

Yesterday's re-visit to an old topic produced some interesting back-and-forth. But the comment that struck me as most in need of exploring is the one that isn't there. It was deleted by its author at the original post, but it still came to me via email.

Meet "Blain":

Ad hominem arguments are much easier than an intellectual debate aren't they? We all only know what we've read about the HRT. I'm willing to guess that none of you have been in the FBI nor have you had any direct relation to them. So we're forced to examine our sources and form an opinion. I for one take the word of a college educated man who chose the path of law enforcement over a white supremacist who stated "The tyrant's blood shall flow" and "Whether we live or die we will not obey you…war is upon our land."

I'm just interested in why you believe your own government would pay for an organization just to kill it's own citizens. What would be the purpose?

As for the last question, oh, I don't know...it's not like governments have ever committed genocide on unfavored segments of their populations before...but in fairness, our current government will generally settle for obedience. The killing only happens if people resist and defy.

And we all know "college educated men" have never committed acts of violence, right Professor Kaczynski? Why I'd bet every one of the feds at Waco had a college degree...

As for that comment about the "tyrants blood," wow, what kind of sicko would utter such a thought? Ditto that part about resisting to the death...

Weaver was a "separatist," Blain, not a "supremacist." There is a difference, and whether one finds it distasteful or not, it's not supposed to mean a death sentence for his wife and son. And we don't have to "take [his] word" for anything--there's that little documented matter of the $3.1 M settlement...

But it sure says a lot about you, that you prefer to believe someone who "chose the path of law enforcement," Blain. As we've seen time and again here at WarOnGuns, they are "the only ones" professional, responsible, believable...enough...

Here are a few of my sources for my opinions on the Weaver incident, Blain. When the prosecutor in the Horiuchi case rolls over after the feds put the squeeze on him with a felony rap, I start to get a tad uneasy with who I can believe...

Horiuchi Prosecutor Forges Ahead

Idaho Prosecutor Under Investigation

Confessions from Ruby Ridge

I love what this state-worshiping creature passes for "intellectual debate". If I'd posted comments this stupid, I'd delete them too.

Oops. That wasn't an "ad hominem" attack, was it?

I believe Mr. Adams would like to have a word with you, Blain. He's much more level-headed about these things than I am.

The Fruit DOESN'T Fall Very Far From the Tree...

Baird wrote that Capitol Police Patrol Division units, who are trained in driving under the influence cases, were not allowed to perform basic field sobriety tests on the Congressman. Instead, two sergeants, who also responded to the accident, proceeded to confer with the Capitol Police watch commander on duty and then “ordered all of the Patrol Division Units to leave the scene and that they were taking over.”

A source tells the DRUDGE REPORT: "It was apparent that the driver was intoxicated (stumbling) and claimed he was in a hurry to make a vote.

"When it became apparent who it was, instead of processing a normal DWI, the watch commander had the Patrol units clear the scene. The commander allowed other building officials drive Kennedy home."

Is this standard procedure? If so, how many other times has it happened? If not, why did it happen this time?

Who were the sergeants?

Who was the watch commander?

Time for an independent investigation--separate them and put them under oath. Let them know prosecutions will follow lies.

Who issued the order to give Teddy's boy a pass?

Oh, and naturally he's a leader in disarming his countrymen...

Lon Horiuchi and the JB...Uh..HRT Heroes

I don't want to debate Ruby Ridge or Waco because you seem to know less than I do. But thanks for assuming I know nothing. I actually know a lot about Lon Horiuchi. I do know he helped rescue hostages that were being held in a hotel and was deployed to several missions in Mexico to stop the drug trade.

Judging from the comments, it would seem an old post has touched a nerve...

MSSA Going Postal

Greetings from Montana, land of the free and long-range shooting.

MSSA is announcing a monthly series of postal, long-range, practical rifle matches. Postal means you can shoot the event wherever you are and mail (postal) or email (preferred) the results of your shooting to MSSA. Anyone, anywhere may shoot this match.

The event for May and the procedures, rules and prizes are posted Online at:

http://www.marbut.com/Postal/

Please feel free to circulate this to all your e-friends. We'd like to see scores sent in from Florida, and South Africa - anywhere. There is no cost to enter.

Best wishes and good shooting,

Gary Marbut, president
Montana Shooting Sports Association
http://www.mtssa.org
author, Gun Laws of Montana
http://www.mtpublish.com

Most Citizens Want Gun-Free SA

Most South Africans want the country to be gun-free, and for there to be harsher penalties for illegal gun ownership.

Hmmm...most citizens want a gun-free SF, too.

And government, particularly a "democracy," is just the vehicle to give 'em what they think they want.

A Compromise on the Right to Bear Arms We Can Live With?

Teddy Bears Have to Meet Consumer Health & Safety Standards...But Guns Don't!--Violence Policy Center

A paint firm here is hoping to add color to wedding receptions in Japan with a new device it has jointly developed -- a gun-shaped party cracker that shoots out a teddy bear.

I'm tempted to say "Go for it," but actually think free market insurance solutions would provide superior consumer protection standards against negligent bear discharge injuries. Besides, when bear guns are outlawed...

Yo, dude-san--finger off the trigger until you're ready to shoot...