We're the Only Ones Abusive and Unexposed Enough

SB 647, introduced by Sen. Alan Sanborn, R-Richmond Township, could prevent the public from ever finding out about acts of abuse by police officers.

Because they're "The Only Ones" and we're not.

[Via Cousin G]

Wayne Fincher Update: 11/28

You feeling safer, too?

The Informant Speaks

Three officers exchanged gunfire with 88-year-old Kathryn Johnston, killing the woman in her home. The injured officers claim they were on a drug raid and had good reason to be there. FOX5 news talked to a man who says the police are lying.

Also see:

LIE!

We're the Only Ones Nonagenariancidal Enough

This Day in History: November 28

After the judgment and loyalty of Silas Deane is called into question, Congress appoints John Adams to succeed Deane as the commissioner to France on this day in 1777.

LIE!

Chief Richard Pennington wrapped up a surprise press conference around 5:20 p.m. Monday telling us his entire narcotics unit is on administrative leave – that means seven officers and one sergeant are on leave after the police shootout that left Kathryn Johnston dead.

Now, Chief Pennington confirmed there are questions as to whether there was ever a drug buy at Kathryn Johnston’s home – the informant told the Internal Affairs Unit he was told to lie.

Developing...

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[Via WarOnGuns Comment] by Gunstar1]

The Guyanese Solution

The Guyanese-born head of the Brooklyn-based Caribbean Guyana Institute for Democracy is expressing concern over the seemingly relentless increase in shootings and gun violence in some Caribbean-American communities in New York City.

His comments come just days after the killing of Jamaica, New York groom, Sean Bell, 23, who was fatally gunned down by police outside a strip club in the borough of Queens early Saturday morning...

"We believe that the state legislature should review the current laws and enact harsher, mandatory sentences for illegal gun possession, use, trafficking, sale and other related convictions, as part of a new regime of legislative and social policy measures that are urgently needed to pull our communities out of this abyss of drug offences, gang violence, robberies and shootings," Burke stated recently. "We have also got to make the penalties for gun crimes, including unlawful possession and illegal sale, so harsh and arduous, that it will be a permanent deterrent to perpetrators of this type of crime. This would be an effective expression of society's intolerance of this unacceptable and deviant conduct."

So the answer to police gunning down unarmed citizens is further citizen disarmament?

Hmmm, sounds plausible!

And it pretty much mirrors what they're doing in Guyana!

Due to increased gun-related crimes caused by the inflows of illegal weapons, my Administration will:
- introduce tougher penalties for those convicted of illegal possession and use of firearms
- improve intelligence in this area
- expand the Guyana Revenue Authority’s ability to detect smuggled weapons at our sea ports and airports
- increase our military presence in the border areas for better interdiction
- increase international co-operation to combat trafficking in firearms

So how has this worked? Let's consult the State Department, and see:

Serious crime, including murder, home invasion, kidnapping, and carjacking continues to be a major problem. The murder rate in Guyana is three times higher than the murder rate in the United States.

Yep, the Guyanese Solution sounds like another welcome foreign import.

The Fifth Columnist

The membership of the National Rifle Association is 4 million and it is rare to hear a hunter or competitive shooter make strong statements against the organization.

That's because the NRA is viewed as the uncompromising, stalwart, shooters' rights defender.

I guess you don't get out much beyond your sporting clay and duck blind buddies, Lew Freedman, although I notice you limited your circle of potential critics to exclude "Second Amendment activists."

The "authorized journalists" universally portray the "gun lobby" as a monolith, and NRA as extremist. How much research does it take to uncover deep dissensions in the ranks?

Not surprisingly, the NRA is attuned to such challenges from competing gun rights groups, hinting that the Hunters & Shooters Association might be a fifth column on the side of gun-possession foes. Though it sounds far-fetched in this case, the NRA says beware of enemy "antis" in sheep's clothing.

It may "sound...far-fetched" Lew, but is it?

Again, the proof that AHSA is an organization established to recruit "sportsmen" into supporting "gun control" is irrefutable (and has been around for some time)--that is, if one is motivated to look for it.

Here are two instances where you have made assertions that reflect either ignorance of your subject matter approaching willful negligence, or a motive to lead them to a conclusion. You've manipulated your readers too blatantly here, Lew, for me to believe it's the former.

This Day in History: November 27

On this day in 1746, Robert R. (or R.R.) Livingston--later known as "the Chancellor"--becomes the first of nine children eventually born to Judge Robert Livingston and Margaret Beekman Livingston in their family seat, Clermont, on the Hudson River in upstate New York.

We're the Only Ones Bordering on Being Above the Law Enough

An off-duty U.S. Border Patrol agent was jailed for more than a day after Mexican border officials found 650 rounds of ammunition in his car, authorities said Saturday...

Lloyd Easterling, a Border Patrol spokesman, said the agent was assigned to the agency's Yuma sector, but declined to release his name. He said officials worked with Mexican authorities to secure his release...

A similar incident happened in April 2005, when Mexican officials detained two Border Patrol agents at the Mexicali Port of Entry after inspectors found boxes contained more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition. They were freed on bail after more than a week in a Mexican jail.

Funny thing about the fedgov. If you're one of "The Only Ones," they work to free and clear you, and even shield your identity from the "Authorized Journalists" (who, Lord knows, are incapable of finding out the name of an employee of the government they're supposed to be watchdogging without it being announced.) But if you're a mere private citizen like Thomas Bean, who also negligently had some ammo in his vehicle, that government will not only imprison you upon your release from Mexico, but will then legally strip you of your "gun rights"--forever--and use every resource at its disposal to ensure they cannot be restored.

This, of course, happened in "pro-gun John Ashcroft's" DoJ. And it was unanimously upheld by the Supreme Court, including the "conservatives" everyone is relying on--when the "right case" eventually comes along (not something the gun lobby establishment considers "icky" like Silveira, or God forbid, Fincher)...

Just so we're clear: if convicted of a "felony" in a foreign land, the national government intends to see you disarmed here--even if your activities are perfectly legal under US law. This logically includes Mr. Ashcroft's fellow Pentecostals if caught bringing unauthorized Bibles into North Korea, or even presumably a capital morals conviction under Sharia "law."

That is, unless you're one of them.

Dial 911 and Obey or Die

A North Vancouver couple has complained to District of North Vancouver council and said they will sue the North Vancouver RCMP after officers responded to their hang-up 911 call by breaking down their door, making a forceful arrest and jailing them overnight when the couple refused to allow a house-search.

The RCMP said, however, that in this case, federal policy commands a home-check, designed to ensure public safety.

We'll make sure you're safe. Even if we have to kill you if you resist.

[Thanks to Cryptic Subterranean]

This Day in History: November 26

On this day in 1776, the body of Peyton Randolph is returned to Williamsburg, Virginia, for re-interment at his alma mater, the College of William and Mary. Randolph had died on October 22, 1775, at the age of 54, while in Philadelphia representing Virginia in the second Continental Congress.

Night of the Evil Butterball

I'm making this little essay a WarOnGuns Thanksgiving tradition...

This Day in History: November 23

On this day in 1749, Edward Rutledge, one of South Carolina’s representatives to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia, is born in Charleston.

Long Weekend, FYI

Posting will be sporadic and I will not be checking emails, so those of you who send me links, please understand.

We're the Only Ones Party Pooping Enough

In X-rated testimony as graphic as a porno flick, a former dominatrix yesterday described a bizarre sexual encounter in the woods she claims to have had with a town police officer.

"He wanted to go to a motel in the Bronx where I would defecate on him, but I told him I was uncomfortable going to the Bronx," testified the dominatrix, Gina Pane, 31, buttoned up in an olive-gray suit with her black hair pulled back in a bun. "I suggested that we go into a woody area. He was very excited."

So if I'm reading this right, a coprophiliac copper wanted her to be a stoolie?

Ai-yi-yi, only "The Only Ones"...

We're the Only Ones Public Enough

Stung by the shooting deaths of two officers outside a western Fairfax County police station in May, county officials want to push the Virginia General Assembly to ban the carrying of guns into law enforcement buildings by anyone other than authorized personnel.

Can't have the public exercising their rights in public building, now, can we?

I mean, they can't be trusted because they're not "The Only Ones"...

[Via Cousin G]

Meanwhile, Over in the "Gun Free" UK...

EIGHT Warminster-based soldiers accused of smuggling guns out of Iraq to trade for drugs and cash have been named.

Keep up the War on Drugs and keep up the War on Guns.

If things get out of hand, you can always send in Super Nanny.

[Via Cousin G]

We're the Only Ones Revelrous Enough

Four rookie policemen from Western Visayas who are in town for the Asean summit are facing criminal complaints for allegedly firing their guns while under the influence of liquor last Saturday.

What--they haven't heard of masking tape?

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

[Via Cousin G]

Super Nanny to the Rescue!

A team of "supernannies" is to be sent to some of Britain's most deprived areas to help parents control antisocial children, Tony Blair revealed today...

The £4m scheme will also force the parents of disruptive children to attend parenting courses.

I guess when the once-mightiest Empire on Earth is devolving into a Third World socialist hellhole, this at least makes it look like the government is doing something.

Give 'em Hell, Cartman...

[Via John Schaefer]

We're the Only Ones Cutting Deals Enough

Mayor Frank Melton, who has taken a hard stand against the city's rising crime rate, pleaded guilty to weapons charges Wednesday in a deal with prosecutors that lets him stay in office and out of jail.

Nice to see Frank is getting the same deal as, oh, say Wayne Fincher...

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

[Via Wm H]