Notes from the Resistance
The jury then sent a second note after 10 a.m. that “we have decided as a group that we cannot reach an unanimous decision or verdict.” [More]
Unless the guy was coerced, insane, under the influence, or sleepwalking, “willful” appears to be self-evident.
I’d be curious to know if more than one juror was the holdout, and if not, about party affiliation.
[Via Michael G]
BREAKING: LAPD Stops Enforcing California’s ‘High-Capacity’ Magazine Ban [More]
They say California is often first in things. Let’s see if this spreads.
Whip-wielding Florida woman, 56, arrested for STABBING minivan with a pitchfork [More]
The thought strikes that one way to show the ludicrousness of the term “assault weapon” would be to observe that if the same “logic” were applied to this as is applied to guns, the tool in the hands of an “Only One” would magically transform into a “patrol pitchfork.”
And don’t get me started on “Modern Sporting Rifles,” a term I have always found irritatingly appeasing.
[Via William T]
Missouri sheriff says even under ‘threat of arrest’ he will not release gun owners’ info to FBI – ‘I will go down with the ship if need be,’ the sheriff says [More]
I’m sorry, but while everybody’s waving flags, my first thought is “What’s he doing with that information in the first place?”
[Via bondmen]
Armed Homeowner Ends Neighborhood Crime Spree with Deadly Aim, Police Heard Just One Shot [More]
Thank goodness he finished up before the professionals got there and put his neighbors at risk!
[Via Robert J]
Cowardly DSM apparatchik Lawrence O’Donnell spreads the fear-mongering message that “Resistance is futile.” [Watch]
The scenario he presents of armed teachers congregating in the hallway is hardly the only option, nor even a tactically sound or likely one. And his solution is apparently to have “Only Ones” afraid to face one guy with an AR-15 go after the untold millions he wants to ban.
[Via 1Gat]
Third Chicago Police Officer Dies By Suicide This Month [More]
We’ve talked for a long time now about how the antis exploit suicide as justification for citizen disarmament, with them conveniently not mentioning that the ones tasked with doing the disarming are a much more at-risk population.
Pritzker wants to empower them to further deny guns to citizens they only have a surface awareness of. Yet here we see colleagues they closely interact with on a daily basis slipping through the cracks and given thin blue line passes.
[Via bondmen]
Illinois governor makes it easier for police to reject gun licenses – The rule change directs Illinois State Police to more broadly use “clear and present danger” reports to deny or revoke Firearm Owner ID cards. [More]
Pig Pritzker channels his inner Gold Hat:
Due process? We ain’t got no due process. We don’t need no due process. I don’t have to show you any stinking due process!
And who better to be the arbiters than the “Only Ones” who say instead of shooting attackers, women should vomit?
Assuming they can still define “woman”…
[Via Jess]
Police ID suspect shot by officers during downtown Denver disturbance; 5 bystanders injured – Police confirm all injuries, including innocent bystanders, were caused by officers firing their weapons [More]
Let’s hear it for “known police or military training“!
SOG5F: Shoot One Get Five Free!
[Via Steve T]
VIDEO: ATF conducts surprise firearm inspection at man’s home without search warrant [More]
Never talk to the police. All that friendly and reasonable posturing is just that.
At most, he could have said something like “Give me your card and I will have my lawyer call you.”
Although I do admit, if I had ATF and Delaware State Police together in one handy, recordable location, I’d have been willing to extend the conversation to questions about Hunter Biden’s gun.
[Via several of you]
“He engaged the gunman from quite a distance with a handgun,” Ison said, adding that Dicken is “very proficient” and “tactically sound,” despite having no known police or military training. [More]
I, too, marvel that a mere “civilian” performs at the level of those who can fire 50 rounds and get a “B-“!
[Via Jess]
Two police officers who wrongly arrested a Coralville man for being an impaired driver without any evidence and locking him up in jail for nearly three months didn’t lose their jobs or face any consequences that were made public. [More]
It sounds like they’re not the “only ones” who need to be held accountable.
I hear stuff like this and my first thought is how could anyone so wrong another human being and not be consumed with guilt and a life priority to atone and make amends.
Then another voice says “Grow up. This is why people who don’t victimize others must never allow themselves to be disarmed.”
[Via Michael G]
Report Finds Nearly 400 Officers Were at Elementary as Uvalde Police Waited to Engage Lone Gunman [More]
I bet when it’s that crowded it can get pretty tough finding a place to hide behind.
[Via Robert J]
Detroit man, 56, who wrongfully spent 25 years in prison wins $7.5 million lawsuit against the city after cops switched bullets to frame him for murder in 1992 [More]
I’m really leaning more and more toward public crucifixion these days.
[Via Michael G]
Homeless man on parole suspected of stabbing NASCAR star Bobby East, 37, to death at California gas station is killed in SWAT RAID [More]
Who could have guessed there was anything wrong with him?
And nice to see the professional “Only Ones” end up exceeding expectations by shooting their own dog…
[Via Michael G]
The investigator asked for identification but the EMT was intent on getting her patient inside first. She kept moving with the man on a stretcher and when she was at the check-in desk, she was approached by the investigator, her arm pulled behind her back and cuffed before forcefully being taken outside to a police car. [More]
Gotta prioritize in life-and-death emergencies, you know, and who better to override trained medical opinions than a butthurt “Only One”?…
Now, how about “the investigator’s” identification…?
[Via WiscoDave]
The sheriff asked for a risk protection order, which would have prohibited Broome from having a gun for at least a year … “I need to underscore that we have no evidence that he was going to shoot up the school. None,” Judd told FOX 13. “But we have no evidence that he wasn’t.” [More]
No, it wouldn’t have. And that’s a hell of a slippery slope, Grady.
Thing is, he’s right to have his spider-sense tingling on this. But if he can deny due process to this suspect that sets a pretty low bar for all others.
[Via Remarks]
A felon caught with a gun near the city? No worries– just tell them you were bringing it into the “buyback,” didn’t understand the transport requirements, and you thought it was “No questions asked.”
Speaking of which: Are you a widow with absolutely no gun training so you don’t know how to check if your deceased husband’s gun is loaded, or anything at all about safe handling or transport? Well, come on down!
Any questions?
Hey, uh, everybody knows private sales are legal in Texas, right? Is that a public sidewalk I see in front of 3826 Wheeler?
[Via Lane]
UPDATE
DDS noticed something I missed:
Indiana man accidentally discharges handgun in restaurant bathroom during Michigan vacation [More]
I decided a long time ago that that is something best left to the professionals.
[Via Steve T]
The video shows some players saying, “Ow, ow!”… The coach in question bent back one player’s hand and pulled on another one who said, “That coach pulled me back!” [More]
I thought pain compliance was an important and sanctioned part of the “Only Ones’ toolkit…?
[Via Steve T]
Controversial Punisher logo visible on phone of officer who responded to Uvalde shooting [More]
I knew there was a real scandal in here someplace.
And I can think of a more appropriate home screen.
[Via Steve T]
Cops responding to the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting ran away from gunshots while 19 children and two teachers were left to die in their classrooms… [More]
I guess turning your back on the armed crazy and skedaddling to save your own precious hindquarters are time-honored tactics:
On the bright side, these are the guys they’ll send to confiscate the “20 million AR-15 style rifles.”
UPDATE
Ann Barnhardt calls it like she sees it.
[Via WiscoDave]
A new state law in Arizona will soon make it illegal for people to film a police officer from 8 feet or closer without the officer’s permission … As part of the law, an officer can also stop someone from filming on private property, even if the person has the owner’s consent. [More]
See, that to me is more objectionable than the eight-foot permission rule, which I’m wondering why that wouldn’t apply to all people, not just “Only Ones.”
My rationale here is I don’t want someone I don’t know getting up into my personal space and can recall a time I stuck a stiff arm out with an extended hand signaling “Stop,” and warned a deranged-looking transient to back up. If he’d kept approaching I intended to treat that as a physical attack and respond accordingly.
On the other hand, if I’m in the driver’s seat and one of Canton PD’s attack dogs is screaming through the window like a mouth-foaming maniac at me, that phone is going to be on “Record.” I guess a lot of it depends on circumstances, which is why one-size-fits-all is not a solution.
[Via Jess]
