Canadian Shootings "Rekindle Gun Control Debate"

Look at the sovereign citizens, arms raised in surrender to show they're fangless and clawless. They remind me of Star Trek's horta, etching the message "No Kill I" into a rock.

Here's all we need to take away from the obscene violence that occurred at Dawson College:

Gun control did not stop the killer.

Gun registration did not stop the klller.

Wendy Cukier bleating for even more draconian citizen disarmament did not stop the killer.

A bullet stopped the killer.

There's no debating that.

If only someone had the capability to put a bullet into him at the outset of his insane rampage.

Judging Monica

A Bellevue gun dealer once questioned about the slaying of federal prosecutor Thomas Wales will remain in custody on a weapons charge until he can move more than 100 guns — most of them machine guns — that are stored in his home.

U.S. Magistrate Monica Benton said Wednesday that she was concerned about the safety of federal probation officers who would have to monitor Albert Kwok-Leung Kwan if he was released from jail.

Why? Where's the evidence that he is violent, or the crime to warrant incarcerating him for such cause?

Kwan, a gun collector and former firearms dealer, legally owns those weapons, according to his attorneys...Kwan, who also was arrested last week, is charged with a single count of possession of a machine gun.

Also in 2005, Kwan was held for 23 days as a material witness in the Wales case...Kwan, who was called before the grand jury five times, is not a suspect in the killing.

So why is he being treated like one?

NRA Picks a Real Corker?

The National Rifle Association endorsed former Chattanooga Mayor Bob Corker for the U.S. Senate...

Chris W. Cox, chairman of NRA's political-action committee, said Corker's record of halving Chattanooga's crime rate over three years, aggressive prosecution of criminals and hunting background earned him the endorsement.

So he's a hunter and a big law-and-order guy.

How does that translate into Second Amendment fidelity?

His campaign website has a tab right at the top on the main page labeled "Second Amendment." That's a good sign. And what does he say about it?

Second Amendment

Standing up for our 2nd Amendment Rights

As Senator, I will protect the Second Amendment’s guarantee of our right to bear arms and reject attempts to limit the freedom of law-abiding gun owners. The best way to stop crime is to capture and imprison criminals—not to impose new burdens on law-abiding citizens. During my tenure as Mayor of Chattanooga, we cut violent crime in half in 3 years by putting repeat criminals behind bars.

Good words so far, but how does he intend to "stand up" and "protect...our right to bear arms"?

Say Uncle has compiled some info that should raise some flags on whether or not this guy is truly what he's being presented as.

Minnie Gun Alert!

Federal ATF Agents issued an officer safety advisory on what is called the world’s smallest gun after a CBS 2 inquiry. The Alert has been issued both in the New York and nationally to all Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives criminal investigators and will be passed on to other federal agencies.

The latest miniature gun that is alarming ATF agents is the SwissMiniGun. It’s extremely small -- just over two inches long. It comes with tiny bullets designed especially for the weapon that can penetrate skin. Even in its holster, this gun is so small that law enforcement experts say it could pass for a keychain ornament.

We've already seen the horrors of the SwissMickeyGun!

"Authorized journalist" Ti-Hua Chang reminds me of the cliché hysterical woman from disaster movies--you just wanna slap him for being a shrieking ninny.

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This Day in History: September 14

On this day in 1779, American Colonel Daniel Brodhead concludes an ambitious assault against the Seneca Indians throughout the Allegheny Valley of Pennsylvania. Simultaneously, Major General John Sullivan had attacked the Iroquois of New York.

A Wynne-Win Situation

Nonlethal weapons such as high-power microwave devices should be used on American citizens in crowd-control situations before they are used on the battlefield, the Air Force secretary said Tuesday.

Domestic use would make it easier to avoid questions in the international community over any possible safety concerns, said Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne.

"If we're not willing to use it here against our fellow citizens, then we should not be willing to use it in a wartime situation," said Wynne.

"(Because) if I hit somebody with a nonlethal weapon and they claim that it injured them in a way that was not intended, I think that I would be vilified in the world press."

Translation:
You need to protect my reputation with the UN by using a torture device against the sovereign individuals I am employed to serve. Oh, and we're gonna need to nuke an American city, because unless we're willing to use such weapons on Americans, we have no business deploying them in war.

We're the Only Ones Maternal Enough

A Hartford police officer's service weapon - missing for more than three months - was taken to Bloomfield High School by her son and ended up in the hands of another student before being recovered this weekend after a report of shots fired on a city street, authorities say.

There can be only one response to this outrage: Sue the gun dealer!

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We're the Only Ones Eligible to Deal Enough

A former deputy sheriff in western Kentucky has reached a plea agreement with prosecutors after being charged with taking a gun from the sheriff's department's evidence room...Ashley was given a pretrial diversion on the stolen property charge, which will keep him out of jail unless he commits another crime in two years.

Yeah, if one of us subcitizens stole a gun from the cops, tried to sell it at a swap meet and it ended up being used in a shooting, I'm sure we'd do no jail time, too.

No doubt about it.

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Fifth Third Follies

There are still mixed reviews about Kent County's gun buyback program, but regardless of what either side thinks, organizers collected a total of 278 weapons...

If you want to make a financial contribution, you can still do so at any Fifth Third Bank.

Or, I suppose if you're inclined to being evil, you could bring your weapon directly to any Fifth Third branch and make a withdrawal. It's not like--with their absurd customers/employees only disarmament policy-- that
they'd
be prepared
to do anything
about it.

In the wake of overwhelming real life evidence, this policy amounts to criminal negligence, where Fifth Third knew--or should have known--that it endangers the public. If anyone gets hurt on their premises, I hope they sue the pants off these cretins.

Why any gun owner would do business with them is beyond me. If you know of any, let 'em know what it is they're supporting with their patronage.

The Transatlantic Pipeline

London's biggest-ever gun haul has been seized by police after a series of 6am raids in London today.

Met officers stormed into a semi-detached house opposite a primary school and discovered "hundreds and hundreds" of pump-action shotguns, pistols and semi-automatic weapons.

The house was one of three addresses searched in the Dartford area.

A simultaneous operation was carried out in New Jersey, America.

That "gun control" sure works good, doesn't it, not only in the socialist hellhole UK, but also in the socialist hellhole NJ.

Gee, a "Transatlantic Pipeline." That'll bolster calls for international "gun control" edicts.

Maybe Tony Blair can send his own investigators over here à la Michael Bloomberg, and then file lawsuits against American gun dealers.

We're the Only Ones "Oops, My Bad!" Enough

Mistaken for a car thief, a Calgary dad had a gun pointed at him, was thrown to the ground and cuffed by police while picking up his daughter from school.

Only "The Only Ones"...

Guy's lucky he didn't twitch, I mean, "go for his waistband"...

This Day in History: September 13

On this day in 1806, Charles James Fox, first foreign secretary of the United Kingdom and vocal supporter of American independence, dies in Chiswick, Devon, England.

Meanwhile, Over in Brady Paradise...

The Chinese police have destroyed 113 illegal gun factories and shops in a three-month crackdown on weapons and explosives, the ministry of public security said Tuesday.

Police also charged 1,794 people for illegally possessing explosives, guns or knives during that period.

See what we could have here if we'd only enact some "common sense gun laws" and "reasonable restrictions"?

Marjorie the Hunter

Now, many questions have been raised about Lott's research, which maintains that crime is reduced by the passage of right-to-carry laws. A number of credible academic researchers question the validity of his research data and his conclusions...It's a fact of life that academics disagree over many things. For every John Lott out there, there are a dozen others who may refute Lott's point of view. But these allegations point to what has been lacking in Utah's concealed-weapons debate — balance...

Just because their are two opinions doesn't mean they each share equal weight--although that's an old trick used by those who wish to cloud the issue with the ignorant.

What do those policymakers know that Utahns don't?

Yeah. What do they know?

Marjorie Cortez, proud holder of a hunter safety certificate...

What, you took a class? You're a long-time active hunter? And where in the Second Amendment do they talk about hunting anyway?

Why even bring this up unless you want to convince gun owners you're "one of them," in order to manipulate them?

Pretty clumsy hatchet job, Marjorie.

The Root of the Problem

But where some Philadelphia-area lawmakers see the need for tough new gun-control measures, local legislators and top law-enforcement officials see an opportunity to get to the root of the problem: drugs.

Thanks for steering our opinion over to your state-cheerleading solution, "authorized journalist" Tom Murse. I don't suppose it occurs to you that not all law enforcement professionals agree, and the root of the problem might be misguided and corrupt government policies?

Major "law and order" gun groups need to get off this horse. The no-knock ninja network you establish to enforce prohibition doesn't care what it is that's prohibited. Goring the other guy's ox isn't a solution that will result in freedom.

A Sense of Community

The gun that was used to take Garcia's life wasn't like the crime guns in most cities, either. It was not Rivera's gun, nor his father's or brother's. It was the community's.

Although police never found the .40-caliber Glock used in the killing, they learned its violent history by matching the markings found on shell casings from the murder scene with casings collected at other crime scenes. And they were stunned at the sheer quantity of "hits."

Before it had been used to shoot Garcia, that semiautomatic handgun had been fired in 11 other crimes.

You know what would stop this?

Microstamping.

Either that or waiting periods.

Maybe one gun a month laws.

I know, how about sharing NICS registration data with law enforcement?

Licensing? Bans on concealed carry?

Oh, hell, let's just have a buyback and really solve the problem.

A Ludicrous Editorial

Paranoid LUDACRIS has a secret stash of guns because he worries he'll have to defend himself one day.

Paranoid?

That's ludicrous. It sure sounds reasonable to me.

Perhaps the "authorized journalist" who wrote this could explain what's paranoid about a rapper fearing violence. It's not like it hasn't happened time and again.

And perhaps he could also explain why judgmental editorial manipulation is labeled "News".

This Day in History: September 12

On this day in 1777, the Continental Congress receives a letter from Continental Army General George Washington informing them of the Patriot defeat at Brandywine, Pennsylvania.

Thai Teachers Firing Back

Teachers have one of the deadliest jobs in southern Thailand, with 44 killed by the bombs and bullets of an Islamic insurgency since 2004.

So the teachers are learning how to shoot back.

Don't anybody tell Wayne LaPierre. Or Sandra Froman.