Just One Problem

Got an email forwarded from a friend:

Wasp Spray

I have a friend who is a receptionist in a church in a high risk area who was concerned about someone coming into the office on Monday to rob them when they were counting the collection. She asked the local police department about using pepper spray and they recommended to her that she get a can of wasp spray instead. The wasp spray, they told her, can shoot up to twenty feet away and is a lot more accurate, while with the pepper spray they have to get too close to you and could overpower you. The wasp spray temporarily blinds an attacker until they get to the hospital for an antidote. She keeps a can on her desk in the office and it doesn’t attract attention from people like a can of pepper spray would. She also keeps one nearby at home for home protection. Thought this was interesting and might be of use...

One problem. Check the can:

It is a violation of Federal law to use this product in a manner inconsistent with its labeling.

You could be arrested. And sued.

Me, if I feel inclined to squirt somebody in the face with wasp spray, I'm not going to be inclined to....well, I've probably said enough.

No Money for Honey

Gun control group disbands after losing funding...

U-I professor Rex Honey served on the board of directors and hopes to revive the group. [More]

"Oh bother," said Pooh.

"Empty."

We're the Only Ones Fixing Things Enough

Fixed ticket leads to police chief's suspension [More]

"Only One" revisionism.

Hey, who doesn't falsify legal documents submitted to a court while "extending courtesy" to friends?

[Via Jeffersonian]

"Populations that We Don't Want to Have Too Many Of"

You know.

Those people.

The reason we started "gun control" in the first place. [More]

We're the Only Ones Losing Our Gun Losing Our Gun Enough

Anaheim police chief’s gun disappears. Twice. [More]

Déjà vu all over again? Not in Anaheim, with its Lexipol policy...?

If only people would realize that only the "Only Ones" can be trusted to responsibly possess firearms, we wouldn't have such controversies.

Right right, chief chief?

[Via Jeffersonian]

We're the Only Ones "Let's Do Lunch" Enough

Feeding the controversy over taxpayer costs for the Michael Jackson memorial, officials disclosed Wednesday the city paid nearly $50,000 for box lunches from an upscale market 80 miles north of Los Angeles for police who worked the event. [More]

There's a responsible use of limited resources. Nothing but the best for Golden State "Only Ones." At a time when California is issuing IOUs.

Chief Bratton?

Next week as council members begin the difficult job of finalizing the budget I ask them to prioritize the dollars. The LAPD must be seen as an investment that pays substantial dividends. Fund what should be, and what council members have said in the past is their number one priority; public safety.

If you find that hard to swallow, I guess we could always cut back on parole violator costs...although I gotta wonder how much they already spent putting the non-violent "offenders" through the system in the first place.

Hey, what th'...?

I asked for Brie on my croissant...

[Via The Wandering Minstrel]

We're the Only Ones Omitting Enough

LAPD's public database omits nearly 40% of this year's crimes

The map, touted as a way for residents to monitor the safety of their neighborhoods, doesn't include about 19,000 serious crimes reported in other LAPD data. Officials say they're looking into it. [More]

What?

You mean those "historic lows" LAPD claimed may not be reliable?

In other words, the cops not only can't prevent 'em, can't catch 'em and can't keep 'em, they can't even count 'em?

So how much sense does it make to mandate they be the "Only Ones" who can stop 'em?

[Via William T]

The Blame Game

Alcohol blamed in killing

Family says drinking changed Akron brothers [More]

I wish my local authorities would hold a "booze buyback," so I could dispose of that bottle of assault single malt that has no legitimate drinking purpose--no questions asked, of course.

Between having that and also owning guns, why, I'm almost afraid to move.

Who knows who their next victim will be?

If He is Truly a Threat

Curtis won a seat on the governing board of United, one of the Village’s homeowners associations, last fall. Since then, he has been banned from the second floor of the LWV community center because his presence was intimidating to female workers...[More]

See, they have to call the Orange County Sheriffs Department on the guy because Sandra Hutchens would rather see females defenseless and living in fear than armed and confident.

A few points:

If he is truly a threat, why has he not been arrested, prosecuted, convicted and put away?

If he is truly a threat, why would anyone give a damn what Sandra Hutchens thinks?

Perhaps the true threat is people who use the force of the state to stifle alternative political expression and deprive others of their rights--and justify it based on their own self-serving "perceptions".

It's not like we haven't seen that before.

Follow the Money

Buffalo is using asset forfeiture funds obtained during narcotics seizures and other criminal investigations to finance the program. [More]

For those of you who still think gun owners should support the War on (some) Drugs...

Where Does YOUR Attorney General Stand on the Second Amendment?

We spoke on Tuesday about California Attorney General Jerry Brown petitioning the Supreme Court to hear a challenge to Chicago's gun ban. 33 other state AGs have also lent their names to the effort. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column discusses their amicus brief, along with MI AG Mike Cox's rebuttal to The Detroit Free Press.

Also read the latest in the media's war on guns from Liberty Belles, and get the latest from my fellow GREs.

Tell a friend?

This Day in History: July 9

Dateline: July 9th, 1777; Night Action: Barton's Raiders - The Capture of General Prescott [More]

First, the Bad News...

Investigators were able to smuggle bomb-making materials past security at 10 federal buildings, according to a report from the Government Accountability Office. [More]

The good news is, if a citizen is videotaping one of our buildings and not trying to hide the fact, we're right on top of it.

[Via Ambiguous ambiguae]

Nassau Handgun Ban Lawsuit Benefits Gun Owners – AGAIN!

An important new ruling from a New York intermediate appellate court found that the fundamental right to possess a handgun applies in New York. On this point, the court relied on the decision in Chwick v. Mulvey, the lawsuit that challenged Nassau County’s ban on the possession of handguns mislabeled as “deceptively colored.”

...Post-Heller cases challenging New York’s weapons laws, such as Maloney v. Rice, have been unsuccessful because the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has ruled that Heller does not apply. This is because Heller reviewed a District of Columbia gun ban and did not explicitly address whether the Second Amendment applies to the states. The Perkins decision, relying on Chwick, is thus highly significant because it bypasses the need for incorporation of the Second Amendment to the states via the Fourteenth Amendment. [More]

I confess to being pretty much ignorant about this. This is what an Internet search turned up. And this Mr. Chwick's website.

Anyone who knows about this and can enlighten us further, please enter a comment.

There Oughtta Be a Law!

In Virginia, it's against the law for anyone under 18 to buy a gun or to possess a handgun or "assault" firearm in public unless they're hunting or carrying out duties in the armed forces. It's also illegal for juveniles to possess any gun on school property... [More]

I don't want to go out on a limb here, but I'd hazard a guess there are probably also laws against threatening people with a gun, shooting people who aren't doing you any harm...

Think hard. There's gotta be something we can do.

What?

[Via Mack H]

Meanwhile, South of the Border in Sarah Brady Paradise...

“We don’t know what to do,” he said. “We can’t bear arms. We have no way of legally protecting ourselves.” [More]

So why would you put yourselves--and your families--in that situation?

On two positive notes for the Brady Campaign, they were not only unarmed but they also gave their assailants what they wanted.

You realize of course, if we didn't sell guns here, none of this would have happened? Or at least 90% of it wouldn't have...? Right?

[Via JT]

Texas AG Files Brief on Behalf of 33 States

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott today filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court that defends Americans’ right to keep and bear arms. The amicus brief, which was filed on behalf of 33 state attorneys general, supports a legal challenge by Otis McDonald, a community activist who lives in a high-crime Chicago neighborhood. McDonald’s work to improve his neighborhood has subjected him to violent threats from drug dealers, but city ordinances prohibit him from obtaining a handgun to protect himself. The state attorneys general argue that cities cannot simply ignore the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and impose a blanket ban on handguns. [More]

Here's the brief.

Has your AG signed on?

Why not?

Even Moonbeam filed a brief, albeit he did his independently, and it reflects a not-so-hidden agenda.

[Via Jeffersonian]

Mexican Standoff

The facts don't matter. Reinstatement of the federal "assault weapon" ban that lapsed in 2004 matters, and is nothing short of a fetish among powerful supporters who will tell almost any untruth to achieve it. [More]

A-yup.

We're the Only Ones Acquitted Enough

Judge Acquits Newburgh Heights Cops Accused Of Going Taser Crazy [More]

Hey, it's not like there was...oh, I don't know...a record of the taser discharges.

There was?

But I guess if there are no visible marks, and if the witness is oration-impaired, no harm, no foul, and the "Only Ones" can do what they will. Besides, we all know who we can consistently believe. Right?

I like the way the guy with glasses keeps smirking in the video. He looks like he can barely keep from cracking up.

We're the Only Ones Tightening Our Belts Enough

She provided two "contracts" she alleged Percival wrote. These reportedly addressed expectations concerning her hygiene, behavior, sexual behavior and clothing, and spelled out punishments, including belt spankings, she could expect if she did not meet demands. [More]

I have trouble feeling sorry for this obvious self-loathing loser, but it is indicative of the type of the incapability of this particular "Only One" to attract a complete woman. And you have to wonder--if he'd do this to her, what he'd do to someone else in his power when no one else was around...