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We’re the Only Ones Appreciative Enough

“I understand constitutional carry and why it would be okay in some parts of Louisiana, but you can’t say that is true for New Orleans,” Kirkpatrick said. I’m a person who appreciates constitutional carry but not in every location. New Orleans is unique. We have no business with guns at a parade or in our entertainment areas at all.” [More]

Bringing the same results to New Orleans she did to Oakland, I see…

Only in government is suing your previous employer not a red flag for hiring managers…

[Via Jess]

On Quiet Reflection

After meeting last week with Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill, New Orleans officials quietly removed the 1,000-foot gun-free zone they had established illegally smack dab in the middle of the city’s popular French Quarter. [More]

“Speak softly and carry a big stick” comes to mind…

[Via Jess]

We’re the Only Ones Self-Educated Enough

New Orleans Police Department will now be listed as vocational school creating a gun free zone in FQ [More]

I guess in an age when you can call yourself whatever you identify as, this should come as no suprise. Especially in wretched Confiscation Town.

[Via Jess]

We’re the Only Ones Self-Evident Enough

‘The rats are … all high,’ NOPD chief says of vermin-infested HQ, evidence warehouse [More]

That’s as good an excuse for impounded drugs “disappearing” as any.

And which rats?

It’s not like on CSI, is it?

[Via Steve T]

A Private Gun Transfer

Four victims turn gun on suspect in Bourbon Street armed robbery [More]

In fairness, they probably hadn’t heard that they could have their own yet…

Then again, they were on Bourbon Street…

Lemme guess: They surrendered it to the “Only Ones.”

[Via bondmen]

Never Forget

“Only following orders” — this is why the authoritarians are so determined to smear and destroy the concept of Oath Keepers and Three Percenters.

Been a while since I’ve seen these clips. The thought strikes: Whatever became of excuse-making JBTs-by-their-actions Fred Bible and Chris Montgomery?

The thought also strikes in all this time I’ve never seen one “commonsense gun safety advocate” condemn this tyranny.

“Few bad apples” my … eye. Every damn one of them. And remember, all good “conservatives” say “Back the Blue!”

Sing it, George!

[Via Jess]

A Monumental Development

A gigantic Afro hair pick, decorated with a peace sign and surmounted by a clenched Black fist, popped up in Lafayette Square on Friday evening. A social media video shows New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell pulling away sheeting to expose the estimated 24-foot-tall steel creation of artist Hank Willis Thomas. In a tweet, Cantrell declared the new addition to the city’s streetscape “Breathtaking.” [More]

Yeah, he’s a regular Michelangelo.

I’m sure historians will find that much more relevant to the cultural development of the city than these, done in a style that required, you know knowledge, hard work, and talent.

[Via WiscoDave]

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About “The Only Ones”

So named from a comment by DEA agent Lee Paige, who told a classroom full of kids he was “the only one” qualified to be armed and then promptly shot himself in the foot, the purpose of this feature has never been to bash cops. The only reason I do this is to amass a credible body of evidence to present when those who would deny our right to keep and bear arms use the argument that only government enforcers are professional and trained enough to do so safely and responsibly. And it’s also used to illustrate when those of official status, rank, or privilege, both in law enforcement and in some other government position, get special breaks not available to we commoners, particularly (but not exclusively) when they’re involved in gun-related incidents.