We're the Only Ones Who Will Guard the Guards Enough

I watched a fellow officer in full uniform approach Weis, at which time one of the guys put their hands on the officer and pushed him away.

Wow. "Only Ones" for "Only Ones."

Worlds within worlds...

[Via DJK]

The Collar of Obedience

According to this promotional video found at the Lamperd Less Lethal website, the bracelet would be worn by all airline passengers.

This bracelet would:

• take the place of an airline boarding pass

• contain personal information about the traveler

• be able to monitor the whereabouts of each passenger and his/her luggage

• shock the wearer on command, completely immobilizing him/her for several minutes [More]

Allow me to present an overview of video highlights:

ARGHHHH!!! We don't know what to do!!!

IT'S 9/11!!!!

We have the technology...


...but God forbid we profile with it...

Still, we can run old ladies and war veterans through the Fargo wood chipper...

Or get a little more intimate if the mood strikes us...

All administered by giving the lowest-paid and least qualified among us "Authoritah."

Yeah, there are air marshals, but we all know about "The Only Ones"...

Is that door locked? Why, I guess you're on your own...

Well I thought there was, but I have a feeling you have something else in mind...
EMD? How does it work?

Collars of Obedience!

Fortunately, it can only be activated by a Master Thrall.

"100 quatloos on the new comers!"

And if it works on planes, why not in society at large? After all, terrorism can happen anywhere, and if you're not doing anything wrong, why would you object?

I guess there's some controversy on whether or not this has government sanction--yet. Still, it proves the "capitalists will sell us the rope" adage the totalitarians are depending on.

And rats--I see one of the commentators also noticed the "Gamesters of Triskelion" parallel--probably not that unusual a reaction if you think about it...

[Via Stephen S and Cigar Rollers]

"Absolved" Chapter Locator

I mentioned doing this yesterday with Mike Vanderboegh's "Absolved," particularly since different chapters are posted on different websites.

Scroll to the bottom of the column in the left margin to access all chapters posted to date.

We're the Only Ones Safely Storing Enough

A Massachusetts State Trooper has been reassigned after police say his 12-year-old son allegedly took his unloaded service weapon, pointed it at a 5-year-old and pulled the trigger.

Maybe Harriet should start her prying at "Only One" households.

Listen to the follow-up back-and-forth at the end of the video.

"And Scott, no trigger guard or anything like that on this weapon...?"

"Authorized Journalists"--is there anything they don't know?

[Via JD]

We're the Only Ones Slap-Happy Enough

The New Orleans Police Department has suspended one of its officers after he allegedly led Crescent City Connection police on a high-speed chase, fled after being pulled over, and slapped a bridge police officer who followed him to his district station, authorities said...

Because Sanchell was cited with a municipal summons, he was not arrested and will not face state criminal charges. He has yet to be arraigned on the municipal charges. The charges carry a maximum sentence of five months and a fine of $500.

And he got to do all that? That might be worth it.

What? It's an option exclusive to The "Only Ones" and I don't qualify? Well there goes my dream vacation to the Big Easy...

[Via Jeffersonian]

We're the Only Ones "Sorry We Missed You" Enough

A couple of weeks later, she returned from work and found a note sticking in her door from Aurora police, asking her to go to the station.

Flores complied -- and was caught off guard when the officer read her Miranda rights, then asked her to confess to using a stolen credit card in five different transactions that totaled close to $240.

Sticky note to self: If The "Only Ones" ever leave an invitation to come visit them, do not comply. If they persist, decline to speak to them.

Do all your talking to your attorney.

[Via Mack]

The People's Princess

1894C touched on an important point when he commented on yesterday's "Dear Abby" post:

Yeah, SHE uses a $447 million dollar bankroll to deny Americans their Divine right of self defense and it's about the people's will.

But the WaPo kept portraying her as "the mom behind the movement" and a "stay-at-home mother of two." The brief mention about her buying influence with royal wealth was buried in the second page.

Gunbashing "Authorized Journalists" pulled the same crap several years back trying to convince everyone that Million Mom March founder Donna Dees Thomases was an "apolitical housewife" instead of a wealthy and connected democrat political operative.

Henceforth, WarOnGuns will refer to Ms. Spangler as "The People's Princess."

The Mark Kirk Wave

Yep.

It figures.

Condoning Harriet

If we condone gun ownership...

Well, that certainly tells me everything I need to know.

That and her expertise in guns and their defensive uses: she has none. But she does grow papayas.

Isn't it criminal negligence and fraud when you feign expertise in something with the intent of getting people to follow your advice? Particularly when it involves life-and-death decisions?

Why do we condone it?

What the Panther Taught the Eagle Redux

Do you think the people fighting gun control were supporters of the Black Panthers back in the '60s?

It's not unheard of for gun rights advocates to support the right of the Panthers to keep and bear arms for righteous purposes.

I know some who disparage Amendment II project and accuse us of only caring about our pet right and the rest be damned, but my experience is that many of the hardest core RKBA activists have been promoting what Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership calls a "Bill of Rights Culture"-- for years.

If you'd take the time to learn about what you write, "Authorized Journalist" Howard Hoffman, instead of assuming your biases are all the foundation you need, you would know that.

No Guns For Safety? Dream On, Kellermann

Oh, one more thing: Scalia's ludicrous vision of a little old lady clutching a handgun in one hand while dialing 911 with the other (try it sometime) doesn't fit the facts.

And Arthur Kellermann would know all about visions not fitting facts. For instance, his vision of citizen disarmament doesn't jibe with what he'd want for his own little old lady.

WarOnGuns readers who have been here from the start will recall the late Professor Preston Covey--those of you who don't would do well to discover him. He reminded us:

As stated by one prominent critic of defensive firearms ownership, Arthur Kellermann: "If you've got to resist, your chances of being hurt are less the more lethal your weapon. If that were my wife, would I want her to have a thirty-eight special in her hand? Yeah."
...Ann Japenga, "Would I Be Safer with a Gun?" Health March/April 1994.

And would you want her to be dialing 911 with the other, Doc?

This Day in History: July 9

The Continental Congress having been pleased to appoint Horatio Gates Esqr. Brigadier General, and Adjutant General of the Army; he is to be obeyed as such; and all Orders transmitted through him from the Commander in Chief, whether written, or verbal, are to be punctually, and immediately obey’d.

"Hora Bucuriei Praecox"

A Rumination Upon Heller,
Special to David Codrea's War on Guns Blog.
by Mike Vanderboegh
8 July 2008

Dancing the hora on Dealul Spirii (Spirii Hill), Bucharest (1857 lithograph)

Hora: a type of circle dance originating in the Balkans but now found in a number of countries, most of which use slightly different spellings. . . Hora (pl. hore) is a traditional Romanian folk dance that gathers everyone into a big closed circle. The dancers hold each other's hands and the circle spins, usually clockwise, as each participant follows a sequence of three steps forward and one step back. The dance is usually accompanied by musical instruments such as the cymbalum, accordion, violin, viola, double bass, saxophone, trumpet or even the panflute. Hora is popular during wedding celebrations and festivals, and is an essential part of the social entertainment in rural areas. One of the most famous hore is the Hora Unirii (Hora of the Union), which became a Romanian patriotic song as a result of being the hymn when Wallachia and Moldavia united to form the Principality of Romania in 1859. During the 2006/2007 New Year's Eve celebration, when Romania and Bulgaria joined the European Union, people were dancing Hora Bucuriei (Hora of Joy) over the boulevards of Bucharest as a tribute to the EU anthem, Ode to Joy. . . A different dance, also called the Horah, is the most popular of Jewish folk dances and played a foundational role in modern Israeli folk dancing. It is usually performed to Jewish or Israeli folk songs, typically to the music of Hava Nagila. -- Wikipedia.

Hora Bucuriei: Dance of Joy

You can perhaps see now why I chose David Codrea's War on Guns blog for the venue of this essay. David is, after all, my favorite Rumanian-American. Or is it American-Rumanian? He is certainly first and foremost a great American. Perhaps American of Rumanian descent? In any case, he's one heck of a guy and an indomitable fighter for our Second Amendment rights. I don't know. My ancestry is Dutch-German with some Scotch-Irish thrown in, but I've never been one to claim "Dutch-American" as a title. Now, if the Spanish government ever gets around to paying reparations for the evil oppression that King Phillip carried out upon the country of my great-great grandparents, I could perhaps embrace the term. If there was money in it.

But I thought of the Rumanian dance of joy when I watched the celebrations in Internet Gunnie Land around the Heller decision. Many of us seem to believe the battle, if not the war, is over. But another term sprang to my mind the same instant: praecox. It is an ugly little Latin word meaning premature, as in:

Dementia praecox: Latin for premature dementia.
1. Any of several psychotic disorders charaterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact.
2. Schizophrenia. No longer in technical use.
or,

Ejaculatio praecox: Latin for premature ejaculation; a lack of ejaculatory control, which interferes with sexual or emotional well being in one or both partners.

Hora bucuriei praecox. Thus, in the first Rumanian-Latin phrase that I've ever created, I combine the terms Hora (dance), bucuriei (joy) and praecox (premature) in the title of this essay, for many of us certainly seem to be engaging in a premature dance of joy. Here's why.

Nine Black Robes and One Vote

Yup. One vote. 5 to 4. Give us another liberal president, which we are sure to have no matter who's elected, and the balance could shift with the suddenness of a heart attack, or maybe a stroke. Read the dissents and you will see what awaits us -- collectivism that the Founders would laugh at with derisive scorn. Except the Founders aren't around any more. One vote. Do you think the enemies of liberty in this country are going away? They're in it for the long haul. This decision is a temporary setback to them, if it is a setback at all.

The Decision Secures What, Exactly?

[Vizzini has just cut the rope The Dread Pirate Roberts is climbing up]
Vizzini: HE DIDN'T FALL? INCONCEIVABLE.
Inigo Montoya: You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. -- The Princess Bride, 1987

Heller secures "an individual right to bear arms." So they say. But how is that when the language of Scalia's majority opinion leaves a regulatory barn door large enough to parade an elephant (with "Predatory ATF" painted on its ass) through it? "Individual right to bear arms," may we introduce you to "reasonable regulation?" What a crock. Why are you dancing?

Olofson Trumps Heller

Also, we have "Maximum Mike" Sullivan of the ATF telling us that Heller is a decision "we can live with." Heck yes, he can live with it. It and every other law his unconstitutional agency ignores. Witness, if you please, the Olofson case. Until the ATF abides by the law, laws -- or Supreme Court decisions -- secure NOTHING.

It is claimed that even with all of Heller's faults, we should celebrate for "we have a dodged a bullet." Uh, huh. Dodging a bullet on a battlefield where many more bullets are flying and the enemy continues to advance is trivial and incidental.

"Legality": the Opiate of the American Masses

Finally, there is this. Marx called religion the "opiate of the masses." In modern day American, the opiate is "legality." The only thing Heller accomplishes is to lull that minority of the American people who really care about their Second Amendment rights into a false sense of security. Oh, your "individual right" to own a firearm is "secured," except (after the next administration closes "the gun show loophole") you will have to have the government's permission to buy or sell one; AND they'll be able to choke off your ammunition supply with confiscatory taxes or "labeling" schemes; AND they'll be able to ban "assault weapons" or "sniper rifles" or whatever. Oh, yes, you have an individual right secured by Heller. An individual right to be further victimized by collectivists. But it's "legal," so it's OK. Right?

Try to remember that liberty as the Founders envisioned it and "legality" as our current politicians use the term, are two entirely different things. When the Founders encountered the King's legality, they struck hard, knocking it down to secure their own liberty through the Constitution. Government misconduct as in Olofson may trump Supreme Court opinions like Heller, but liberty trumps legality. This is a point that from time to time in American history has been unfortunately necessary to make at the business end of a rifle.

The Hora is a great dance, an expression of human community and joy. It is, however, in the case of the Heller decision, entirely premature.

Mike Vanderboegh
PO Box 926
Pinson, AL 35126
GeorgeMason1776@aol.com

We're the Only Ones With Our Priorities Straight Enough

Knife crime has overtaken terrorism as the No 1 priority for the Metropolitan Police, one of Britain’s most senior officers said yesterday.

I don't suppose I'm "The Only One" who thinks priorities in Sarah Brady Paradise are, in a word, insane?

[Via Jeffersonian, Zachary G and Tony G]

What Else Wasn't a Factor

Latino gang members were hunting for black people in the Harbor Gateway community of Los Angeles.

Age was not a factor. Neither was gender.

I guess carry permits weren't a factor, either, since you can't get one if you're not politically connected in LA County.

[Via Avg Joe]

The Sappiest Place on Earth

A new state law went on the books Tuesday saying people could bring guns to work if they kept them locked in their car. Disney, though, said it was exempt from the new law and its 62,000 employees needed to keep their guns at home.

Friday, a worker who protested the park’s decision told Channel 9 he was suspended.

This isn't the first time the Magic Kingdom Scofflaws have acted like the law doesn't apply to them.

[Via Jeffersonian]

We're the Only Ones Who Can't Stay Out of Trouble Enough

A suspended Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department narcotics investigator was back in jail Friday after he allegedly violated his bond agreement.

Maybe he's "The Only One" who accepted "Y" and "N" instead of "Yes" and "No" on the Form 4473?

What?

He didn't use the form?

[Via Shermlock Shomes]

We're the Only Ones Investigating Bloggers Enough

They don't pretend to be Woodward and Bernstein. The bloggers call themselves amateur journalists and describe their website, Badgewars.com, as "the electronic bathroom wall."

But they have piqued the interest of Boston police, who have launched an internal affairs investigation to find out who is behind the website.

While you're at it, you guys may want to see what we say about you in "The Only Ones" Files...

[Via Brian F]

Killdozer Revisited

From Matt L:

Finally released are the videos of the takedown.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGXRwdgPM4g&feature=email

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=email&v=Q9nnn4fmGAE

WorldNetDaily broke the story about the off duty soldier who stopped the rampage. http://worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=68676

Some of my favorite highlights.

"Klessner can be seen shooting the terrorist several times in the head, halting an attack that had already killed three – including two female teachers – and injured 57 others. Klessner had grabbed the gun of a nearby police officer."

"Apparently heroism runs close to Klessner. His brother-in-law, David Shapira, a civilian and former soldier, was the man who finally killed a terrorist gunman in March during a yeshiva massacre in Jerusalem in which eight students were murdered in cold blood. Shapira had run into the school while other police officers refused to engage the terrorist during the gunman's rampage.

"June 29th in Maryland, a off-duty secret service agent was involved in an attempted car-jacking. He had 5 assailants assault him. Fired his gun at least once. Did hit one of the attempted car-jackers. Remember that Maryland prohibits its citizens from carrying. http://www.nbc4.com/news/16740256/detail.html?dl=headlineclick

Lessons learned.
1. Don't wait for the cops. They at best are 5-10 minutes away. If and when they respond, most of them lack the cajones to do anything. Look at Columbine and Virginia Tech for proof.
2. Carry a gun. No matter the law, carry one. Maryland prohibits carrying guns. Only because the SS Agent was an "ONLY ONE" could he carry.
3. Familiarize yourself with various handguns.
4. No 5 shot .38 will cut it. This incident in Israel had the guy shoot 4 times in the video. Then a IDF soldier shoots the Tango once with his rifle. Criminals aren't just once tango anymore. Multiple assailants are becoming much more common. A spare mag is a necessity.
5. Having a rifle in your car with at least one magazine of "AP" type rounds. In the AR platform - a mag of SS109 that is color differentiated for easy grabbing.

Israeli Libertarian first alerted me to this story and I was so wrapped up in wrapping up for a big family weekend I did not have time to post on this.

Fourth of July Fireworks--Chicago Style

One person was fatally shot and two others suffered gunshot wounds...

Thank goodness Bodyguarded Boss Daley imposes such strict gun controls...

[Via HZ]