Friday, August 29, 2008

We're the Only Ones in Hot Pursuit Enough

The Hudson Police Department is eager to recover two police badges, an identification card and a pistol taken from a detective's unmarked squad car this month.
They'd better hurry.

The mall opens just a few minutes from now...

On the bright side, if people see the thief with the gun, they'll assume he's an "Only One" and won't resist--just like they're conditioned to react. Instead, they'll give him what he wants.

That's a good thing, isn't it?

We're the Only...Oh, Yeah, Do it, Baby...Hey, Sarge, Check this Out! Enough

Although casual users cannot see the previous user’s search history, authorities such as the police will be able to access it if necessary.
And, of course, the "Only Ones" get to decide what's necessary.

What could go wrong?

Don't Resist and Give Them What They Want

He said the hooded men had carried on beating the monks even though they offered no resistance.
Maybe that's what they wanted...

Do you think that would have happened to Gabriel Possenti?

Speaking of Bloomberg...

An obituary of very-much-alive Apple founder Steve Jobs has been accidentally published by the respected Bloomberg business news wire...

Bloomberg, which was founded by New York mayor Michael Bloomberg and prides itself on its accuracy and transparency, later published a note acknowledging the story's retraction on its wire.
Thank goodness they were able to correct it so quickly, before any real harm was done. But people incorrectly classified on another list Bloomberg endorses might not be so fortunate.

Not that we should expect that moral cripple to care...

Meanwhile, Back in Bloomberg Paradise...

New data indicate New York City residents are contracting the virus that causes AIDS at three times the national rate.
This is just a backdoor attempt at...ah...no, I'd better not go there...

It's but one manifestation of a much wider problem. The urban areas in this nation, where people are most directly affected by and dependent on choice-controlling government, have been incubators for enabling destructive individual choices. It's a directly observable phenomenon.

Who among us does not know that unprotected promiscuous sex has consequences? Or that putting toxic crap into your body is self-destructive? Or that it's wrong to hurt people?

The answer is not extending state control over those of us who neither need nor want it. But that's what they're determined to do.

[Via Avg Joe]

We're the Only Ones Making History Enough

"He gave me some additional (non-public) information that was enough for me to deny the permit," Pulkrabek wrote in an e-mail circulated this week to other sheriffs. "The rest is history."
Yeah--so the guy shot himself with a rifle.

Nice intercept there.

Let me get this straight: The "Only Ones" get to define my rights based on isolated abuses by the most aberrant among us?

Tell you what, sheriff: You let me worry about me. When it comes to suicide prevention, I'd say you have bigger problems.

[Via Michael G]

About Last Night...

The -- the reality of gun ownership may be different for hunters in rural Ohio than they are for those plagued by gang violence in Cleveland, but don't tell me we can't uphold the Second Amendment while keeping AK-47s out of the hands of criminals.
(APPLAUSE)

It's official. The Lightworker just promised a new "assault weapons" ban.

I suggest making preparations without delay if you haven't already, because on a personal level, he comes across so much better than "My friends" McCain--it reminds me of the Kennedy/Nixon telegenic factor.

If you didn't hear the speech, watch it on the Internet or read this transcript. Look at everything he promises, and then compare it to what this authorizes him to do.

Not that I believe McCain's pledges would fare much better under such scrutiny.

How Can You Tell if Jack Markell is Lying?

State Treasurer Jack Markell says if he is elected governor, he will do more to keep guns away from criminals.
He says absurd sh** like this.

[Via Jeffersonian]

How the Mighty Have Fallen

Worcester County District Court officials said a visiting judge rejected a petition filed by Wicomico County State's Attorney Davis R. Ruark to expunge a dismissed handgun charge.
Looks like he's going to feel at least part of our pain.

I wonder what the judge will do if somebody seriously injures or kills him or a loved one in an attack that a gun could have helped prevent...?

Probably go to lunch.

No Longer Subversive

The Subversive has shut down and started a new blog, Death First. I've updated the WoG Roll accordingly.

This Day in History: August 29

Resolved, That Charles Beatty, of Fredericktown, be empowered to contract for the making and delivery of six hundred and fifty good substantial proved Muskets, three feet and a half in barrel, and three quarters of an inch in the bore, with good double Bridle Locks, Black Walnut or Maple Stocks, and plain strong brass mounting; Bayonets with Steel Blades seventeen inches long; Steel Ramrods, double Screws; Priming Wires and Brushes fitted thereto; with a pair of Brass Moulds for every eighty Muskets, to cast twelve Bullets on one side, and on the other side to cast Shot of such size as the Muskets will chamber three of them, for a sum not exceeding ten Dollars and two-thirds of a Dollar in Bills of Credit issued by Resolve of the last Convention, for every such fire-lock with the above accoutrements, delivered at Georgetown or Elkridge Landing, if required...

Thursday, August 28, 2008

Feds Suppress Evidence in 'Broken Gun' Conviction?

The federal government allegedly suppressed evidence and edited a legal definition in a Wisconsin case against a man who ultimately was convicted of transferring a machine gun, according to an appeal document.
Note on the affadavit in support of criminal complaint there was no mention of prior tests that showed the gun was not a machinegun.

I posted the appeals brief yesterday that details all the dirty tricks the government and the prosecution employed--from mischaracterizing technical points on the witness stand, to ignoring precedent established in the Staples case in re definitions, to failure to produce documents requested by the defense (the excuse was correspondence with the original manufacturer contained privileged tax information), to preventing the defense expert witness from inspecting the firearm and excluding him from the courtroom during when the "expert witness" for the prosecution testified--actually reneging on their agreement and legal requirements, and much, much more...all with the tacit consent of a complicit judge.

So far, there has been zero interest shown from the "gun blogosphere." This is news, people, as recognized by Bob Unruh and WorldNetDaily. It is important, and it affects all of us.

You can come back and kick my tail for a bad prediction later: I think there's a very good chance Olofson will get a new trial out of this.

A Word About Sidebar Ads

They hardly bring in enough to make it worth the clutter--and despite setting things up to tailor ads to the blog, the one that's most prevalent seems to be for bimbo-wear. I guess they figure that "guns" = "male"= "lapdance customer."

One of the t's & c's is we can't ask you to click on them, because that would artificially boost what they pay us, because supporters would click on an ad they had no interest in. I have no problem abiding by that rule.

But I didn't see anything about asking you NOT to click on an ad--I just noticed one that showed up for the first time today and my suspicion proved correct--it goes to AHSA. If you see this ad, please ignore it--it is unwelcome here. In the mean time, I need to see what I can do to kick these subversives off my site.

OK--just "filtered" them--hopefully we won't be troubled again.

We're the Only Ones Making You Lucky Enough

During the arrest, one of the officers can be heard saying to Eslocker, "You're lucky I didn't knock the f..k out of you."

When "Only Ones" and "Authorized Journalists" collide....

Might as well grab some popcorn and enjoy the show--I doubt it will temper most reporters' statist tendencies and belief in government gun control.

New Petition Filed in Fincher Case

Mindful Musings has it.

Hungry are the Dead

Hundreds of colleges across the nation have purchased a training program that teaches professors and students not to take campus threats lying down but to fight back with any "improvised weapon," from a backpack to a laptop computer.

I hope the academics don't forget the proven deterrent value of STDs, vomit and rat tail combs...

These are the folks proposing this band-aid. I feel safer already knowing their top men ("top men") have, among other qualifications, "a Master of Science Degree in Counseling and Human Resource Development," a degree from "the School of Large Church Management," and "a Bachelor’s degree in Biology from Penn State University."

What they don't tell us is how many active shooters these experts have personally successfully warded off while unarmed.

And here is a trailer for their program. Say--aren't those LEOs praising this legally armed wherever they go?

I was hoping to see if there was anything on the Internet we could readily use to illustrate the success of groups of unarmed people taking on a lone shooter, and this was the best I could come up with on short notice. I quit after several rounds of successful kills because, even though you need to reload for each shot, it didn't really reflect a swarm.

What would?

I suppose a modified version of this--but to truly assess benefits vs. costs, you'd need to compare it to what would happen if there was an armed good guy or two in the room.

Some will no doubt say we shouldn't automatically dismiss this baby step toward campus safety. I've always said one of the things I like about Jackie Chan movies is how he takes ordinary objects and deploys them as weapons--and I recommend that identifying such objects in our surroundings should be part of our everyday situational awareness. I also think it's useful that people start thinking about going through threats rather than running hopelessly from them or freezing. But this presupposes that a campus culture that teaches self defense is wrong--and that men in uniform are the "Only Ones" competent, qualified and trustworthy enough to serve as protectors--would produce a sufficient number of courageous souls willing to lead the charge into blazing hell and take some gaping chest wounds for the team.

Who's first? Who wants to be a zombie?

Adults don't need baby steps. We know what the real solution is.

We're the Only Ones Wiping Enough

Wicomico County State's Attorney Davis R. Ruark is in the process of expunging a handgun possession charge stemming from a February traffic stop in which he also was cited for driving under the influence of alcohol...

Maryland law prohibits possession of a firearm while intoxicated.
Naturally, being a state attorney, "he was 'speechless' and 'disappointed' that no one from the police department told him it was coming."

And naturally, being a privileged "Only One" political elite, the gun charge "was dismissed in court."

I'm sure the prosecutor would offer you and me the same deal if we agreed to a plea he didn't need after failing field sobriety tests and registering "a .15 blood-alcohol concentration," aren't you?

We're the Wannabe Only Ones Well-Schooled Enough

He had everything he needed. A badge. A uniform. Even a gun. But investigators say a man who hundreds of kids thought was a local sheriff's deputy was an imposter.
Don't we all just love a man in uniform. This doesn't say how it was discovered he wasn't really an "Only One."

Here's something else I found interesting:
Worlow worked as a security guard at Chapel Hill Mall...
Keeping everyone safe (see item 20) from you and me, no doubt...

We're the Only Ones Misfiring Enough

Bulli Prakasam (30), hailing from Abbavaram village in Veerapalli mandal of Kadapa district, died after a bullet pierced through his chest when he ran for cover to escape the pouring rain at around 4.30 am.
It seems "Only One" guns are the same the world over.

Shall we?
...gun misfires...

...his gun misfired...

Sources said the gun misfired...
No doubt about it. It's the gun's fault.

We're the Only Ones Retentive Enough

"She disarmed a SCDC correctional officer that was there with a prisoner and took that weapon and shot herself with that weapon."
Hmmm...another "takeaway incident." Maybe they ought to develop some kind of technology that would keep our "Only Ones" safe from having their weapons appropriated and used by unauthorized persons.

Oh, wait...