And There Was War in Heaven

Mr Feldman, who is public enemy number one for the NRA, has just published Ricochet: Confessions of a Gun Lobbyist, in which he accuses the association of using scare tactics to keep the money pouring in so that its executives can pay themselves vast salaries.

My first instinct was to dismiss this guy as just another Judas Bob, but I gotta say, his premise is not without foundation. I'll need to get my hands on this book (in my copious free time) and see what else he says, but I'll get it from a library rather than pay for it.

Feldman's hands aren't clean by a long shot, being the architect of the Clinton White House Quisling Fest. The lesson to be learned here: You can't serve two masters.

But some won't learn that lesson. Despite the outright defection of that wretched mercenary Ricker and the protection bartering of Feldman, The Firearms Coalition reported NRA advertising for a State Liaison, where "Experience with firearms, hunting and criminal justice reform issues helpful, but not required."

If you're going to dally with whores, don't act all shocked and indignant when you find them doing somebody else. This whole scenario reminds me of nothing so much as the Mr. Slave/Paris Hilton face-off on "South Park". And just think--these guys are our "leaders," the ones making all the money at this racket.

How, Oh How?

Baltimore police said yesterday that they are investigating how a 15-year-old boy came into possession of a large handgun that they say he pointed at an officer, who then shot and killed the teen Monday.

Yeah, really. Unless maybe...gun control doesn't work?

What Happens When You Really Don't Have a Gun

The iron pressed against his arm was so hot that he could smell his flesh burning.

But in spite of his protests, the men torturing Reservoir Hills resident Kirtikant Desai refused to believe he did not have a gun or a safe.

I, for one, believe him.

Open Letter to Diane Edbril of CeaseFire PA

Daniel Barnett of Amendment II Democrats asks a gun-grabber if she really has no interest in grabbing guns.

We're the Only Ones Shooting AND Shooting Enough

Yesterday, city officials showed off the PistolCam, a lightweight, pager-sized digital camera that attaches to an officer's gun barrel and automatically begins recording as soon as the officer draws his weapon.

Yeah, I'm sure Daley and Bloomberg's enforcers will jump right on it. In NYPD's case, maybe they ought to put cameras on plunger handles.

But like "smart guns," supposedly being developed for the police, but now, somehow they're the "Only Ones" being exempted from requirements, I can see some opportunistic political whore proposing requiring these on all "civilian" guns. While we're at it, maybe we can also make the gun dial 911, where an attendant watching a monitor can authorize whether or not it will fire. And we can put any gun not so equipped on the "unsafe" list, just like they're doing with "microstamping."

Think of what an aid this would be to police investigations. And if it saves one life...

[Via Declan]

We're the Only Ones Conspiring Enough

Orange County Sheriff Michael S. Carona was charged with conspiracy, mail fraud and witness tampering in a wide-ranging indictment unsealed Tuesday that also implicates his wife, his “longtime mistress” and two former assistant sheriffs...

The Los Angeles Times reported in 2005 that he had issued badges and concealed-weapons permits to campaign contributors without proper training or background checks.

Well, that sucks. It always baffled me how he would be honored at CRPA banquets because he was a bit more liberal about scraping CCW crumbs on the floor for gun owners to scramble for. I fantasized at one such occasion, when he was being feted as a champion of RKBA, to publicly ask him if he was prepared to arrest me in front of the audience that was honoring him if I revealed I was carrying without a permit. Knowing what the certain answer would be (and mindful of the number of "pro-gun" cops at the event), I didn't see much payoff in having my life destroyed to prove an obvious point (that is, if I was truly carrying. Heavens. What kind of scofflaw radical white people-scaring extremist would actually engage in covert civil disobedience instead of just talking about it?)--and besides, it would have upset the ceremony where everyone was congratulating each other and passing out plaques over what a fine job they've done protecting gun rights in California.

All this aside, here's the part of this story that "really grinds my gears":

In August, Carona agreed to a settlement with the state Fair Political Practices Commission and paid a $15,000 fine after he incorrectly billed his campaign committee for thousands of dollars in non-itemized expenses.

Anyone care to explain why the FPPC economically destroyed Russ Howard's life with over $800,000 in fines over "infractions" nowhere near as serious, when he was trying to do the right thing?

[Via M.S.]
[More from "The Only Ones" Files]

The Oathbreakers Wall of Shame

I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter.

HR 1022 Supporters. May their names, if remembered at all, be recalled by posterity with contempt:

Sponsor: Rep McCarthy, Carolyn [NY-4] (introduced 2/13/2007)
Rep Abercrombie, Neil [HI-1] - 4/16/2007
Rep Ackerman, Gary L. [NY-5] - 3/7/2007
Rep Berman, Howard L. [CA-28] - 3/13/2007
Rep Blumenauer, Earl [OR-3] - 5/8/2007
Rep Capps, Lois [CA-23] - 3/9/2007
Rep Clarke, Yvette D. [NY-11] - 7/12/2007
Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy [MO-1] - 3/9/2007
Rep Crowley, Joseph [NY-7] - 3/7/2007
Rep DeGette, Diana [CO-1] - 3/13/2007
Rep Delahunt, William D. [MA-10] - 3/13/2007
Rep Emanuel, Rahm [IL-5] - 4/26/2007
Rep Eshoo, Anna G. [CA-14] - 3/9/2007
Rep Farr, Sam [CA-17] - 4/16/2007
Rep Fattah, Chaka [PA-2] - 3/7/2007
Rep Filner, Bob [CA-51] - 3/7/2007
Rep Frank, Barney [MA-4] - 3/7/2007
Rep Grijalva, Raul M. [AZ-7] - 3/9/2007
Rep Harman, Jane [CA-36] - 4/19/2007
Rep Hastings, Alcee L. [FL-23] - 10/22/2007
Rep Hirono, Mazie K. [HI-2] - 3/13/2007
Rep Holt, Rush D. [NJ-12] - 4/19/2007
Rep Honda, Michael M. [CA-15] - 8/2/2007
Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18] - 3/7/2007
Rep Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [GA-4] - 9/4/2007
Rep Kennedy, Patrick J. [RI-1] - 3/22/2007
Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. [OH-10] - 10/25/2007
Rep Langevin, James R. [RI-2] - 5/3/2007
Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] - 9/4/2007
Rep Lofgren, Zoe [CA-16] - 3/15/2007
Rep Lowey, Nita M. [NY-18] - 3/15/2007
Rep Maloney, Carolyn B. [NY-14] - 3/7/2007
Rep Markey, Edward J. [MA-7] - 3/13/2007
Rep McCollum, Betty [MN-4] - 9/25/2007
Rep McGovern, James P. [MA-3] - 3/13/2007
Rep Meehan, Martin T. [MA-5] - 3/7/2007
Rep Miller, Brad [NC-13] - 3/9/2007
Rep Moran, James P. [VA-8] - 3/7/2007
Rep Nadler, Jerrold [NY-8] - 5/8/2007
Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes [DC] - 5/8/2007
Rep Olver, John W. [MA-1] - 5/3/2007
Rep Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [NJ-8] - 3/13/2007
Rep Pastor, Ed [AZ-4] - 3/22/2007
Rep Rothman, Steven R. [NJ-9] - 6/6/2007
Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. [IL-9] - 3/7/2007
Rep Schiff, Adam B. [CA-29] - 3/7/2007
Rep Sherman, Brad [CA-27] - 3/15/2007
Rep Sires, Albio [NJ-13] - 6/6/2007
Rep Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [NY-28] - 3/13/2007
Rep Solis, Hilda L. [CA-32] - 7/19/2007
Rep Tauscher, Ellen O. [CA-10] - 3/15/2007
Rep Tierney, John F. [MA-6] - 9/4/2007
Rep Van Hollen, Chris [MD-8] - 3/7/2007
Rep Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [FL-20] - 3/22/2007
Rep Watson, Diane E. [CA-33] - 4/26/2007
Rep Watt, Melvin L. [NC-12] - 5/8/2007
Rep Waxman, Henry A. [CA-30] - 4/16/2007
Rep Wexler, Robert [FL-19] - 3/9/2007
Rep Woolsey, Lynn C. [CA-6] - 4/26/2007
Rep Wynn, Albert Russell [MD-4] - 9/4/2007

Lest it has escaped anyone's notice, they are all democrats. That doesn't excuse the RINOs of a thing, but the observation must still be made.

Bob (and Weave) Casey

As you may know, I support the Second Amendment and will continue to uphold the rights of law-abiding citizens to own firearms. I also believe we must fully enforce local gun laws and help local governments put more law enforcement officers on the street. Agencies such as the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms do not have the resources to enforce current gun laws.

Ryan asks for help and gets back weasel-wording doublespeak.

Alien vs. Predator?

Speculation is rampant in California that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will challenge liberal Democrat Barbara Boxer for her Senate seat in 2010 – and a new poll has them running neck and neck.

Whoever wins...we lose.

Tell me this poster isn't prescient.

[Via KABA Newslinks]

This Day in History: October 31

Washington tries to encourage re-enlistment in the Army by reserving new supplies for those who agree to commit to another year of service. He also promises each man time to visit his family during the winter.

Brady's Misplace Entire US Population

How do you make "the people" disappear?

Simple: through selective omission. Just pretend they aren't there. Dennis Henigan has been doing it for years.

My favorite hypocritical quote:

It is not appropriate for the courts to edit the Constitution

...he says, after editing the Constitution.

Today's Special

From MassBackward:

Me (after picking up my jaw): You'd rather be killed than kill someone, even if that person is trying to kill you?

Mitt Guy: Oh, God, yes.

Who does that remind me of...?

Oh, yeah, now I remember.

The Dish of the Day:
[Via Geek With a .45]

When Zombies Attack

Look at the picture and tell me it doesn't look like that.

The Way Government Works Part 2

The Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Monday that a lawsuit by the city of Gary against several gun makers can go to trial.

The court ruled 3-0 that a provision in the federal Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act of 2005 does not bar the case from going forward in state court.

Don't like a law protecting private enterprise, freedom or property?

Figure out a way to bypass the spirit and intent of it through legal chicanery.

Note: This only works if you're in government, or assisting them in subjugation and thievery.

The Way Government Works

The St. Clair County Board passed a pair of resolutions Monday to shut down and seize a nearly 32-acre shooting range that lies within the glide path of planes landing at Scott Air Force Base.

They showed the judge there's no danger, but when greedy, self-important home-grown kleptocrats with political ambitions set their minds on "seizing" property...

That's the way with most cancers. Unless you treat them locally and early, they grow and spread and become damn near impossible to control.

It's a Mystery to Me

Although he teaches firearms classes to people of all ages, he has specialized in training scouts and is the official firearms instructor for Boy Scout merit-badge training in Flagstaff.

Sometimes classes meet over objections of parents. Wainwright convinces them of the importance of firearms safety.

You have to wonder at the type of parent that would enroll their child in scouting and then object to shooting activities.

The Fighting Irish

Fine Gael is claiming that the Gardai are not being properly equipped to tackle rising gun crime in Ireland.

So if they can't do it, and the people aren't allowed do it, just who the hell is doing it?

This Day in History: October 30

Sir: By this Opportunity, I do myself the pleasure to congratulate you on the signal success of the Army under your command, in compelling Genl. Burgoyne and his whole force, to surrender themselves prisoners of War. An Event that does the highest honor to the American Arms, and which, I hope, will be attended with the most extensive and happy consequences.

Shameless Plug: "Not Obliged"

So much for disarmed subjects of the crown relying on the police for protection. But what could be more important than an octogenarian under potentially lethal and immediate attack? Police departments, after all, have limited resources. Perhaps there was a critical emergency endangering more lives and a tough decision had to be made? A riot? A terrorist act? A fire?

Well, no, actually.

"Not Obliged," with special guest star Cryptic Subterranean, is my Rights Watch column for the December 2007 issue of GUNS Magazine, on sale now at obliging newsstands throughout the Republic.

WarOnGuns regulars will recall our coverage of the Thames Valley Police. This is an expansion on that story that illustrates how outrageous the bureaucratic arrogance and incompetence really is.

Stanley Still Crouching

Stanley, there is nothing bold about anything you propose. It is the same old contemptible servitude that the powerful have always imposed on the weak.

What I said to Mayor White goes double for you:

I wonder what these constituents would say if they were provided the truth about the racist origins and continued discriminatory application of the gun control measures you promulgate? Have you told them about the Slave Codes, that would allow a black man to be whipped (or worse) for possession of any kind of weapon? Or the post-Civil War Black Codes, designed to keep the newly emancipated from obtaining the means of defense during the heyday of Klan terror?

Why don't you circulate the following Louisiana statute among a few of the churches that you get your precinct walkers from, and see what they have to say?
"No negro who is not in the military service shall be allowed to carry fire-arms, or any kind of weapons, within the parish, without the special written permission of his employers, approved and endorsed by the nearest and most convenient chief of patrol."

If that doesn't make an impression, why not try the following offering from Mississippi?

"No freedman, free Negro, or mulatto not in the military service of the United States government, and not licensed so to do by the board of police of his or her county, shall keep or carry firearms of any kind..."

Oh, hell, Mayor White, let's cut to the chase and clue them in to Dred Scott v. Sandford, 60 U.S. (19 How.) 393 (1857):

"Protection of the ‘absolute rights of individuals' to personal security, liberty, and private property is secured in part by ‘the right of bearing arms'--which with us is . . . practically enjoyed by every citizen, and is among his most valuable privileges, since it furnishes the means of resisting as a freeman ought, the inroads of usurpation."

Tell them how racist Supreme Court Chief Justice Taney concluded that blacks, as legal scholar and civil rights attorney Professor Don B. Kates has recorded, "could not be ‘citizens,' because if they were, they would have the right to vote, to assemble, to speak on political subjects, to travel freely, and ‘to keep and carry arms wherever they went.'"

Now tell them how the City of Cleveland has neither the legal obligation nor the capability to protect them, and how your police will not arrive in most life-and-death situations in time to do anything but tape off the crime scene, cover the body and take a report. Then make sure you tell them that you don't credit them with having the judgement or maturity to be entrusted with the means of personal defense, in spite of landmark peer-reviewed studies from Florida State University and the University of Chicago that conclusively demonstrate the crime-deterring, life- saving value of guns in private, law-abiding hands.

I suspect you won't tell them any of this. And, because of the unique privileges and stature that you enjoy in your position, this is especially contemptible.

To have risen to such a prestigious and powerful position speaks of many positive and remarkable characteristics that you must be blessed with, including intelligence, determination and leadership. But a true leader would use his authority to preserve, protect and champion the freedoms of those he serves. How sad, how telling, and how ultimately treasonous that you have chosen to misapply yours for your own gain.

And rather than being a leader in liberty, you have opted to become just another one of the plantation's overseers.

Mike's Fast Track

Three men were killed over the weekend in separate gun attacks in Queens, Brooklyn and the Bronx, New York police said Sunday.

Sure glad to see MIKE ON FAST 'TRACK' TO CURB GUN CRIME.

Maybe he can make all our home towns as safe as the Big Apple.

Whose Life Is It, Anyway?

Doctors fear such proposals would go against patient confidentiality, which is at the centre of their medical ethics. A spokesperson for the British Medical Association said: "If the victim wants the police to be called, they will be called. We don't want to see a blanket rule that a doctor should report something to the police. People won't go to hospital if they fear the first thing a doctor will do is call the police. And that won't help the police."

I thought we were already "required" to do that here...? I'm surprised that not SOP in the UK.

Scaring White People...

...over Ron Paul and the North American Union.

I side with the conspiracy wackos, but that's OK. I'm used to having people roll their eyes at what I rant about.

But I'm willing to be educated if I'm wrong. I just need something more than dismissive generalities to convince me that I am.

Fair Dinkum

A PSYCHIATRIST who brought a pistol into Melbourne Magistrates Court has been spared jail.

Jerry Gelb, 49, was sentenced at Melbourne County Court today to a 12 month intensive corrections order...

They oughtta do like "A Clockwork Orange," strap him in a chair and keep his eyelids forced open as they brainwash him with drugs, images and sound.

That'll teach him how crazy it is to take measures to protect his life.

And how about that pal of his, getting fined for having a wooden pole?

Forget about putting another shrimp on the barbie--if Aussie authorities have their way, there won't be a man with a spine left anywhere Down Under.

Not that we're doing that much better here, mind you, as evidenced by the majority of posts on this blog.

Their Own Private Idaho

Simple mathematics: Taxes + Heavy Labor Costs + Frivolous junk lawsuits = A very costly gun.

Ryan Horsley encourages gun manufacturers to go where they're appreciated.

He also makes it clear that school kiddies had better be careful if they're caught drawing a picture of the state.

Public Enemy

High-school senior Kim Peters carries an Olympic identification badge and an Arizona skeet-shooting members' card, but neither got her out of a four-day suspension for bringing shotgun shells onto school grounds.

She'd better watch that posing with guns--didn't a similar action by a friend get Peyton Strickland murdered by home-invading "Only Ones"?

She even looks like an extremist.

[Via Featherless Biped]

This Day in History: October 29

Four armed American vessels sail from Cambridge as part of a fleet created to cruise the coast in search of enemy transports carrying arms and provisions.

We're the Only Ones With Balls Enough

A veteran police officer and his ex-girlfriend face simple assault charges for getting into a fight after attending the city's first police ball in 70 years, police said Friday...

He said he did not know the nature of Williamson's disability, but he suggested her ability to engage in a fistfight could raise questions about her permanent disability status.

What?

What did you think I meant?

[More from "The Only Ones" Files]

"Burma Shave" V

Previous "Burma Shave" Signs:
I
II
III
IV

[For those not familiar with the Burma Shave roadside billboard campaign or the CCRA RKBA campaign]

Harvey,You're Doing a Heck of a Job

"I am very happy with FEMA's response so far," responded Vice Adm. Harvey E. Johnson Jr.

The news conference looked like a success in the Bush administration's effort this week to demonstrate it could respond competently to a disaster.

On Friday, however, the agency admitted that the softball questions were posed by FEMA employees, not reporters.

No wonder the government is so big on authorizing journalists.

Authorized Journalists Won't Authorize Ad

As hundreds stand outside to get into the Roanoke Valley Gun Show, hundreds are taking a stand inside against a local newspaper.
Annette Elliott owns the show.

She says earlier this week, the Roanoke Times rejected an advertisement for her show after the paper decided to stop selling ad space to shows with unlicensed dealers.

Roanoke Times...Roanoke Times...oh yeah, they're the ones who employ this idiot and published the names of gun owners...

[More on "authorized journalists" from WarOnGuns]

DAMN You, John R-i-g-g-i-o!

A 20-year-old man suffered a fatal gunshot wound to the head while he was apparently playing with the gun at a South Side home Saturday night.

Who else's fault could it be?

This is a job for Snuffy!

What's Wrong With This Picture?

Lawbreakers protesting a lawful establishment--and getting away with it.

I guess if you're Snuffy Pfleger, doing the mayor's work if not the Lord's, you can. Funny--I wonder if he'd be as supportive of gun owners deciding which laws they want to publicly flout? [Insert Borat "Not!"]

I read another account that prominently featured a Virginia Tech "survivor" (i.e., lottery winner). This pathetic creature was helpless to protect himself and useless to those being murdered around him, yet is out there protesting that the rest of us should be rendered equally contemptible--under force of arms, of course.

[Via Vinnie]

We're the Only Ones Suckling Enough

A new crime-fighting project aims to collect data on all illegal firearms confiscated in Northeast Ohio, which law enforcement officials hope will make it easier to trace guns used in violent crimes.

Officials announced the project -- dubbed the Ohio Gun Crime Center -- Friday. It is part of an initiative to tackle gun violence in the region.

The initiative, the Northern Ohio Violent Crime Consortium, is paid for with a $5.9 million federal grant.

And, of course, it will have little effect except to increase the dependency bond between greedy Only Onelets and the federal sow's teats, assuring that loyalties will be directed toward a police state as opposed to a free one.

[Via Vinnie]

And Another Thing

We talked yesterday about the new Jane Harman Dissent Eradication bill. I forgot to mention the introduction date of this monstrosity, and can't help but wonder if it's coincidental or intentional.

This Day in History: October 28

General Sir William Howe, new Commander-in-Chief of the British army, issues a proclamation to the American residents of Boston forbidding any person from leaving the city on pain of death. He also orders citizens to organize into military companies in order to aid in the "defense" of their city.

Brady's Peter Hamm Issues Lethal Threat

In a series of exchanges today between some gun bloggers and the Brady Center’s mouthpiece, Peter Hamm, Hamm threatened to shoot one of the bloggers.

The threat was issued at Sebastian's, against SayUncle.

What I don't get is why everyone is so quick to dismiss this as a lighthearted joke. We know the evil this citizen disarmament fanatic enables, and we've seen how much benefit of the doubt his side offers when a much less direct and more obviously tongue-in-cheek speculation is tendered.

It's really part of the elitist mentality Hamm and those like him represent--that some are afforded more consideration and different treatment than others--you know, the whole "Only Ones" thing. He wouldn't presume to "joke" about shooting a politician or celebrity, would he, and expect not to elicit an armed response and interrogation, but a pro-RKBA activist is fair game?

It's not my call, but if he'd said that to me, I'd file a police report and let them be the ones to determine the true level of threat after the requisite--and publicized--investigation.

I, Homegrown Terrorist

SEC. 899A. DEFINITIONS.
`For purposes of this subtitle:
`(1) COMMISSION- The term `Commission' means the National Commission on the Prevention of Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism established under section 899C.
`(2) VIOLENT RADICALIZATION- The term `violent radicalization' means the process of adopting or promoting an extremist belief system for the purpose of facilitating ideologically based violence to advance political, religious, or social change.
`(3) HOMEGROWN TERRORISM- The term `homegrown terrorism' means the use, planned use, or threatened use, of force or violence by a group or individual born, raised, or based and operating primarily within the United States or any possession of the United States to intimidate or coerce the United States government, the civilian population of the United States, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives.
`(4) IDEOLOGICALLY BASED VIOLENCE- The term `ideologically based violence' means the use, planned use, or threatened use of force or violence by a group or individual to promote the group or individual's political, religious, or social beliefs.

And we all know advocating the so-called "insurrectionary theory" of the Second Amendment, that is, saying We the People should take up arms and resist, meaning shoot and kill tyrants and their agents, is "extremist."

So if we react to an outrage by reminding our countrymen of Jefferson's "Tree of Liberty" quote, or cite the Declaration of Independence, or even worse, the Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Their Taking up Arms, what risks will we now assume? After all, we've (OK, I've) already experienced first-hand the "respect" Jane Harman's minions have for the First Amendment.

She truly is one of the most arrogant and odious members of Congress, one who married into power wealth, and as a supporter and volunteer for her opponent, Susan Brooks, I witnessed first hand the outright election fraudthat went unresolved and that resulted in Harman's initial elevation to the House:

In California's 36th Congressional District Republican Susan Brooks lost by 812 votes to Democrat Jane Harman, with absentees providing the margin of victory. Brooks workers compiled a detailed list of more than 2,000 apparently invalid votes. As Reader's Digest put it, ''findings indicated that of 5,292 absentee ballots from 20 Venice precincts that went overwhelmingly for Harman, 1,337 (26 per cent) had been cast by voters whose addresses on the rolls turned out to be abandoned homes, empty apartments, vacant lots.''

As an aside, I note one of the co-sponsors is that snake Dan Lungren, former California AG, "assault weapon" ban enforcer, and "moderate republican" of the Schwarzenegger stripe, on whose watch the confiscation of firearms from "law-abiding" citizens began.

We've just recently seen our government's heavy-handed approach to categorizing "terrorists." We've even seen the FBI float the criterion that "defenders of the US Constitution against federal government and the UN" should be reported to the Joint Terrorism Task Force.

On 10/24, this treasonous bill was "Referred to Senate committee: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs."

I guess we're about to find out how serious we all really are.

[Via Les K, who pointed me to View from the Porch]

We're the Only Ones Hoist by Our Own Petard Enough

The police chief's wife filed a temporary restraining order against him under the state Prevention of Domestic Violence Act.

As a result, the police chief in this seaside resort is not permitted to carry a gun.

And let's see: wifey throws a fit at school resulting in a disorderly conduct 911 call, she falls into the ocean, she's "pretty much suffering a nervous breakdown," and yet the catch-all system where disarmament orders based on unproven, highly motivated complaints are de rigueur in domestic disputes...

In fairness to her, maybe he's the reason she's so stressed out. The point being, without due process, we've allowed the precedent of infringing first and verifying second to become the unquestioned "law of the land."

Ah well. The chief spent a career, among other things, enforcing New Jersey "gun laws" against non "Only Ones," and enjoying a privileged status that any of us would have been destroyed for emulating. It's tough for me to sympathize.

We're the Only Ones Touchy-Feely Enough

A suspended Marysville police officer is accused of molesting or propositioning 14 girls ages 12 to 17, including mentally ill, mentally retarded and injured children.

Good grief.

[More from "The Only Ones" Files]

[Via Declan]

This Day in History: October 27

Those who have long too successfully laboured to inflame my people in America by gross misrepresentations, and to infuse into their minds a system of opinions, repugnant to the true constitution of the colonies, and to their subordinate relation to Great-Britain, now openly avow their revolt, hostility and rebellion.

BATFU Loses 500 Records...

...and evidently can't account for four machine guns.

Yet these are the people apparently wetting themselves in their eagerness to shut down Red's.

[More on BATFU from WarOnGuns]

Campus Diversity, Brady Style

"You don't like the fact that you can't have a gun on your college campus? Drop out of school," said Peter Hamm, a spokesman for the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence.

We don't cotton to your kind around here.

If they truly believed gun owners are the unhinged cauldrons of anger they portray us as, do you think they'd keep poking this hard?

Anybody think you can dialog with this bigot and come to a reasonable compromise?

Listing to the Left

It's so lax, in fact, that today, people on the federal terrorist watch list are not prohibited from purchasing guns.

You mean this watchlist? The one that's so ridiculously overstuffed with raw names that is growing at over 200,000 new "suspects" each year?

For this, the contemptible Louis Klarevas and his fascist fourth estate fifth columnist co-conspirators at The Daily News want to cast America's legal tradition of innocent until proven guilty into the trash heap, and deny basic human rights without due process?

Some people seem bound and determined to bring about a real-world demonstration on the true meaning of the Second Amendment. I'm not so sure we shouldn't encourage them.

Louis, for what it's worth, I don't believe you to be a fool. That leaves only one other likely possibility that I can think of.

We're the Only Ones Kicked When We're Down Enough

"It's easy to criticize police. It's only 13,000 [officers] . . . Kick 'em when they're down. Kick 'em and keep kicking 'em.

What, you mean like this?

We've asked before, why is it when one of your subjects gets taken in, you don't consider releasing their names to be kicking them when they're down? Don't answer that--it was a rhetorical question.

Yeah, go ahead and blame guns. If I were you or any of your corrupt "Only One" goons, I'd be plenty leery of armed citizens, too, and deservedly so.

[Via 45superman]

The UT Catch-22

UT appeals attack decision

School had no duty to protect student who was disabled, lawyer says

Read the story. it is sickening what was done to a vibrant young woman who had such potential.

OK, so if the school won't protect people on their premises, how about if they protect themselves?

No, sorry:

The university is committed to maintaining the safety and security of all persons on university property and during university activities and to maintain a safe and healthful working environment. Specific prohibited activities include:

Possession of firearms, explosives, or other lethal materials on university property or during university activities, unless the employee falls within certain categories of employees who must use weapons in the course of their employment (such as police officers, R.O.T.C. personnel, etc.)

Everybody's clear on their options here, right?

[Via RW]

This Day in History: October 26

On October 26, 1776, exactly one month to the day after being named an agent of a diplomatic commission by the Continental Congress, Benjamin Franklin sets sail from Philadelphia for France, with which he was to negotiate and secure a formal alliance and treaty.

The Gorp: Stupid and Toxic

From HZ:

Chicago's "only ones" assisted in getting the message out today for the Day of Concern. I saw them on the news parading around a school assembly with this book and helping the kiddies make their Student Pledge Against Gun Violence (i.e. "no guns for me" pledge). At first glance, I thought the book was a benign (neither pro gun nor anti gun) gun safety book until I saw the back flap here and realized it's more like touchy-feely feel-good nonsense.

Makes sense to have a gun hater teaching about gun safety instead of Eddie the Eagle.

Anyway, I never heard of the book, the Day of Concern or The Pledge (of course I'm getting old and could have just forgotten)... as usual, wanted to make sure you didn't miss it.

MY PROMISE TO THE GORP
I promise you, Gorp
and Yinklebugs, too
I promise McHenrys
and the Towers, I DO

I promise Ms. Lilly
her chauffeur and Brady
I promise her chef
and her cool cousin Sadie

I want to be safe
and I promise you now
I WON'T play with GUNS
NEVER -- NO HOW !!

Everybody remember "Cat's Paw" from the original Star Trek?

"Spock? Comment?"

"Very bad poetry, Captain."

Aside from the obvious fact that we're dealing with bleatings for fools by fools, this stupid Gorp is actually dangerous, and may get a child killed.:

What do you think
of a Gorp who would drink
29 bottles of silvery ink?

A Gorp who would slurppp
A Gorp who would slopppp
gulping down ink
to the very last
D
R
O
P!

These moronic zealots are encouraging children to emulate the Gorp when accidental poisoning is cited as a "leading cause of death" by the National Safety Council, and accidental firearm deaths don't even make their chart?

How evil is that, to allow your fanaticism to put the lives of children at risk, and why are Daley's goons taking part in exploiting such incompetent child endangerment just so they can maintain their brutal monopoly of power?

We're the Only Ones Best Dressed Enough

The patrol, which has been wearing the peaked hats and distinctive bow ties for about 70 years, recently was named America's "Best-Dressed State Law Enforcement Agency" by the National Association of Uniform Manufacturers and Distributors.

Ah yes, the coveted Diebitsch-Heck Award...

[Via HZ]

Limiting Liberty

The District of Columbia government on Tuesday urged the Supreme Court to address only a single issue, if it agrees to hear the city’s appeal seeking to reinstate its flat ban on private possession of handguns. In a reply brief, found here, city officials contended that the only issue the Court need decide is the meaning of the Second Amendment as it applies directly to the city’s specific ban on pistols. This would involve an inquiry aimed at what the Amendment’s words mean, “construed in light of their history, purpose, and place in this Nation’s tradition.”

Amazing, the shameless contortions. I'll leave it to the legal pundits to analyze this latest tactical ploy--what strikes me is more basic: I'm sure we've all noticed how honest people posing honest arguments don't need to stoop to arcane and obscure twists and maneuvers to make their case. The DC government brought this fight upon themselves, and now they want to tie their opponent's hands.

If the District were an individual, what do you think that would say about his character?

[Via Paul Nelson]