This Day in History: July 1

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Looks like I'll need to find another source for the time being...but no time this morning...

Citizen's Self-Arrest Form

You know you're guilty of something...

[Thanks to John Schaefer]

"If You Really Cared About the People That Elected You..."

I was copied on an email related to yesterday's "Be Careful What You Wish For" post, and got permission to share it with WarOnGuns visitors.

Dear Mayor Seng,

The arrogance of elitist politicians never ceases to amaze me. Thankfully, those who wish to truly educate themselves and are transparently committed to serving and protecting the public understand that simple relationship between criminals and the law. Specifically that the first don't care about the latter.

I won't waste my fingers trying to convince you that your local ban actually makes the good citizens of Lincoln LESS safe. If you really cared about the people that elected you, a little research on your part would open those eyes right up. But then you might actually have to admit that you had no idea what you were talking about and that would be quite unpleasant. Wouldn't it?

Anyway, I'm sure you'll be instructing all local law enforcement officers to lend their support and encouragement to all those good citizens who wish to obey the law and begin carrying their weapons openly for all to see. That should certainly put all those battered women's minds at ease. The irony for you is - That's exactly what it SHOULD do.

J.T. McAdams
Louisville, KY

"Knife Amnesty"

They're serious.

Good Lord.

We're the Only Ones Backing You Up Enough

Charleston Police Capt. Tim Tucker's gun should have been in his holster instead of his desk drawer when his partner Sgt. Eric Johnson was shot earlier this month in a Kanawha City motel parking lot, city officials said Thursday...

[Johnson] called his own ambulance, called backup, gave Metro 911 a vehicle description and voiced concern multiple times that he could not find Tucker...

Tucker had Johnson's handheld radio, but it was tuned to the wrong frequency when he tried to use it after the shooting and he dropped it...

I don't know that keeping the gun in his drawer wasn't the safest place for it.

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

What's the Big Deal?

What's the big deal about Mayor Frank Melton wearing a handgun? The way things are going in Jackson, it's not a bad idea to be armed.

Here's the "big deal," George.

Jersey City Creates New Law to Enforce

"New Jersey has some of the strictest gun laws in the country," Caso said. "The illegal guns on the street are coming from outside New Jersey. What we need is better enforcement of the law, not penalizing law abiding citizens."

Sorry, Frank. Are you going to use that same argument against their next attack? And the next?

You just lost any sympathy I might have had for you.

This Day in History: June 30

On this day in 1775, the Continental Congress drafts its rationale for taking up arms against Great Britain in the Articles of War.

Be Careful What You Wish For

A Lincoln resident made his point at a City Council meeting that it's perfectly legal to carry a gun.

Tim Tyrrell Sr. made the point by visibly sporting his own holstered and loaded .40-caliber semiautomatic Glock at Monday's council meeting.

Excellent, Mr. Tyrell. That was a brave and admirable thing you did, and you deserve our gratitude. You shouldn't have had to go it alone.

I hope Mayor Coleen Seng wet herself.

City Searches for Answers

Fed up with increasing violence in involving children in Memphis, the city council held an emergency meeting on Wednesday to discuss possible solutions.

Maybe what they ought to search for first is the proper question.

Let's see...what could possibly be "necessary to the security of a free State"...?

We're the Only Ones Homophonous Enough

Two brothers were sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison for stealing Sheriff Michael Hunt's gun during a rash of car break-ins in October 2004...

"Until your own family is affected by crime, you don't realize how hard it is to deal with it," said Hunt...

I'm sorry, but Mike Hunt feels violated?

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

How Do You Spell "Success"?

When a widow in her 70s heard about the provincewide gun amnesty running this month, she was reminded of an unusual weapon her husband had stashed in the attic.

And now that's one less armed little old lady on the streets.

We can all breathe easy now.

But They'll Never Take Our Freedom?

There has been a fourfold increase in the number of people murdered with guns in Scotland. The number of homicides as a result of knives is also at its highest level on record.

The figures make grim reading for the Executive especially as there has been a raft of legislation to tackle gun and knife crime.

Hmmm.

Forgive Me If I'm Not Impressed

The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to overturn a recently enacted law requiring safety trigger locks on all hand guns sold in the United States.

Well, yeah.

It's an election year, and posturing is expected.

It's not like the Senate will carry it, or that, if passed, anything of substance would change.

This Day in History: June 29

On this day in 1776, Edward Rutledge, one of South Carolina’s representatives to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia, expresses his reluctance to declare independence from Britain in a letter to the like-minded John Jay of New York.

Do Your Job and Protect Me

An armed robbery in broad daylight with a store full of customers. It sounds like a scene from a movie but it happened in one local community.

And now residents are wondering if there are enough law enforcement officers in their rural community to keep them safe...

"They're going to have to get busy and do something about it," Justice said.

And who, Ms. Justice, will protect you from your protectors?

[Thanks to Jason M]

UN: We Don't Want to Ban Guns. Honest

"I would want to repeat, because there are people around who either have not heard this, or do not want to hear," United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Monday. "We are not negotiating a global ban, nor do we wish to deny law-abiding citizens their right to bear arms in accordance with their national laws."

So if the laws say "no guns," then no guns it is.

Here's the thing, though: Most of our "pro gun" leaders are making great media hay out of the UN conference and riling up gun owners. There is a lot of opportunistic hype going on from "our" side, designed to put the troops in a donating frame of mind.

The fact is, the UN is powerless to take our guns away, and will remain that way unless our elected and appointed representatives betray us. If you want to ensure the UN remains powerless, don't lose focus of domestic representatives.

We won't get the US out of the UN until politicians start losing their cushy gigs over it.

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The Outrage Is He's Right

A DARWIN magistrate has caused outrage by suggesting Wadeye residents should be "arm(ed) with machine guns" and allowed to "finish what they started 2000 years ago".

Stated another way:

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

Treason on the Agenda

Guns will be on the minds, and on the agenda, at tonight's Jersey City City Council meeting, scheduled to start at 6 in City Hall, 280 Grove St.

An ordinance to limit handgun buyers' purchases to one per 30-day period and a second measure banning the sale of so-called "Saturday Night specials" are to be considered on second reading.

God forbid the council should concern themselves with fixing potholes and the like...

Meanwhile, these mini-tyrants have the gall to sponsor a "4th of July Freedomfest," and, of course, their constituents will love 'em for it.

This Day in History: June 28

On this day in 1836, James Madison, drafter of the Constitution, recorder of the Constitutional Convention, author of the “Federalist Papers” and fourth president of the United States, dies on his tobacco plantation in Virginia.