Notes from the Resistance
Why aren’t more armed guards on Metrolink trains? … Scott says the security officers cannot be armed under a federal compact. [More]
Don’t look for any investigative reporting into why that is, identifying the bureaucrats responsible for adding that clause, and politicians with the power to delete it.
[Via bondmen]
Must have been one of those assault acorns… [More]
Donald Trump’s promise to “restore law and order” by indemnifying police officers “against any and all liability” appeals to that sentiment, even as it underestimates the difficulty of successfully suing police officers and overlooks the fact that cops already are routinely indemnified against damages when plaintiffs manage to overcome the barrier created by qualified immunity. [More]
Yet much of the non-critical thinking audience practically orgasmed when he announced it.
USA! USA!
[Via Michael G]
Video shows Houston-area deputies repeatedly shooting a woman in her friend’s apartment [More]
Good thing for her they’re highly trained law enforcement!
Now maybe the NBC News “real reporter” can explain what a “legally registered gun” in Texas is…
[Via Jess]
Related UPDATE
Firearm in unattended motor vehicle… Any person convicted of a violation of this section is subject to a civil penalty… [More]
Do the “Only Ones” know about no exemption…?
[Via Mack H]
Ohio Sheriff Warns Terror Attack Imminent by People Already Within US, Troopers Ordered to Carry AR-15s [More]
I’m thinking there are easier and more populated targets than Butler County, but good for him.
Now let’s see him offer to train a citizens auxiliary.
Moment Washington cop runs up to car with gun drawn to arrest a woman suffering a life-threatening stroke thinking she was an intoxicated driver [More]
That’s the second wrong diagnosis today…
[Via WiscoDave]
Man who was ticketed for shouting at police to turn on headlights can sue… R. Anthony Rupp III, a civil rights attorney, said he did not initially intend to sue over the incident, but changed his mind after learning the same officers were involved two months later in the arrest of an unarmed man who died of an asthma attack after struggling while being handcuffed. [More]
Back the blue-faced…?
[Via Michael G]
“We really only want firearms in the hands of those who can handle a firearm responsibly,” said Sen. Barbara Favola. [More]
As evidenced by a badge, right, Babs?
Meanwhile, our fellow violence monopolists in other states are eliminating citizen safety training and encouraging those who can’t handle firearms responsibly to handle them.
[Via Mack H]
Shaquille O’Neal helping sponsor gun buyback program in Dallas [More]
When are departments going to learn “star cop” liabilities can outweigh any perceived PR value?
Let’s hope if one of the ignorant people he’s urging to handle and transport a gun ends up shooting someone that victims and survivors go after Shaq’s deep pockets. And the city’s, because they elected the sheriff.
[Via JG]
From an email conversation I was having about cops, oaths, and pensions with Hershchel:
I had a similar experience with a “pro gun cop” who claimed to support 2A that I had been corresponding with a while back–
I asked him – since he knew who I was and knew I would not do anything criminal with it – if asked if I let him know I was peaceably carrying concealed and did not have a permit because it is my right to bear arms, would he arrest me?
After hemming and hawing and excuse making, I finally got him to admit he would “have to” enforce the law.
I recall writing this up on the old blog– perhaps even having the conversation in comments under a post — but it’s been years and I don’t have time to try and find it, assuming I even could…
“Because of what I now know, I have no further desire to be associated with the New Haven Police Department in any capacity.” [More]
A Groucho Marx line comes to mind.
[Via bondmen]
San Francisco police station burglarized in Fillmore District [More]
Even when they’re only seconds away…
Them “declin[ing] to say what the suspect has been accused of stealing or how much it was worth” gives me hope it will fall below the $950 threshold.
Yeah, of course that’s one they’ll proscute, further adding to “Only Ones” exclusivity.
[Via Michael G]
ROBO COP NYPD ditches its $12,500 Times Square subway police robot after only four months – and some commuters say good riddance [More]
Knightscope looks to be every bit the Democrat-enabling plunder-waster as ShotSpotter. And, considering who frequents where it’s located, it’s got me wondering about that button the public is supposed to touch for contacting NYPD…
Police later said they were able to secure the school and determined that a student had a keychain with what appeared to be small revolver on it. [More]
Hysteria-producing ignorance this profound is engineered and directed, and you can literally tell people this unknowledgeable anything to spook them into demanding magic. And that’s just the way the prohibitonists want it.
[Via Steve T]
