Neteller founder pleads guilty to, err, not quite sure what:
The co-founder of NeTELLER pleaded guilty today to a charge of criminal conspiracy.
Stephen Lawrence admitted in court today that the operation illegally helped Americans place bets online, “I came to understand that providing payment services to online gambling Web sites serving customers in the United States was wrong.”
Neteller is a means of transferring funds online, rather like paypal.
Good:
In a blow to Mayor Bloomberg’s campaign against
illegal* guns, a Senate committee yesterday voted 19–10 to pass an amendment that mandates prison time for police officers who use federal gun-trace data for anything except specific investigations.
And it’s even improved:
Senator Shelby, a Republican of Alabama, sponsored the amendment, which is a more strongly worded version of an amendment sponsored by Rep. Todd Tiahrt, a Republican of Kansas. That amendment has been renewed annually for the last three years.
Looks like reasoned discourse won.
* quote corrected to reflect accuracy in reporting.
So, lack of rain here lately. SayUncle household average monthly water bill: $30. Most recent: $200. And the yard is still crunchy.
I was unaware but if you’re an established blogger and exchange links with Front Sight, they’ll give you a free $2,000 class on Defensive Handgun, Tactical Shotgun, Practical Rifle, Select-Fire M16, or a Uzi Submachine Gun. And it’s in Vegas.
See here. Gratuitous linking to follow because I might go to Vegas someday:
Paul Helmke at the Brady Bunch continues his reasoned discourse series. Of course, I have yet to see him respond to reasoned discourse, only the non-reasoned kind. When you’re disingenuous and have no stones, you’re not up to the challenge. It’s easier to point out the few, err, passionate individuals than it is to address real credibility issues. Yawn.
Super Dave on why he’s not getting an iPhone:
I love the MP3 player, but I want my $600 back that I spent on my 3G 20gig iPod. The battery has died twice on it, now it won’t even sync anymore.
I bought a 4gig Nano a few months ago as my replacement. I just don’t have the coin at the moment to splurge on an 80 gig, and I definitely am not interested in the iPhone.
Well, I’m not buying one for the same reason I don’t buy anything from Apple: None of their stuff works with any of my other stuff. It’s a bunch of proprietary crap that is useless to me. People went nuts over the iPod. Not sure why. I looked into it and, unsurprisingly, it’s not compatible with anything I have. So, I’m not in the iCult and don’t drink the iKool-iAid.
What say a bunch of us gun bloggers and readers pool our money and open a gun shop in Washington, DC? To open in August.
Odd:
Investigators had not yet discovered the bodies of pro wrestler Chris Benoit, his wife and their 7-year-old son when someone altered Benoit’s Wikipedia entry to mention his wife’s death, authorities said.
Authorities said Thursday they are trying to determine who altered the entry on the collaborative reference site 14 hours before authorities discovered the bodies of the couple and their son.
Benoit’s Wikipedia entry was altered early Monday to say the wrestler had missed a match two days earlier because of his wife’s death.
A Wikipedia official, Cary Bass, said the entry was made by someone using an Internet protocol address registered in Stamford, Conn., where World Wrestling Entertainment is based.
It called last night at 3, obviously upset that I wouldn’t send money:
Muse: You hurt my feelings, not sending me money.
SayUncle: Well, you left without notice. And I got nothing.
Muse: What, not even a dick joke?
SayUncle: Well, maybe one or two. I mean, I don’t have a lot to say or a lot I feel like talking about.
Muse: Oh, that explains posting the song.
SayUncle: Well, that and bunnies. The kids love bunnies. And pancakes.
Muse: Maybe you should talk about the kids?
SayUncle: *blink*
Muse: Well, I have some good news.
SayUncle: You’re coming back?
Muse: No, better. Spoon!!!!! And I’m very disappointed that you need me to come up with a dick joke.
Heh:
The D.C. Circuit Court granted D.C.’s unopposed motion to hold off on the requirements of the Parker case until August 7, the deadline for requesting a review by the U.S. Supreme Court. (This means the gun ban stays in effect at least until that outcome of that request is known.) In an extraordinary statement, Judge Silberman warned D.C. that it would have been inappropriate to request a stay if D.C. did not intend to file for the review.
In other words, by asking for the ban to remain in effect for a while, the Circuit Court is warning D.C. that it had better file to take the case to the Supreme Court. This is a good thing if you want the High Court to hear the case.
In other news, Alan Korwin has a blog.
I want to shoot the black rifle!
Also, Joe took some reporters to the range and snagged some pics.
If you see my muse, tell it to come back. Assuming I haven’t killed it. I mean, I am a gun nut and all and it may have been stumbling around my house late one night coming in late from a party and I mistook it for a prowler and then emptied 32 rounds of 9mm into it.
Or maybe it’s somewhere getting hammered. I’ll look under the couch. It wasn’t with my car keys. And the wife hasn’t heard from it either.
Update: It just called from Vegas and said send money. I don’t know how it got my number.
Wasn’t it just a few months ago when I got wailed on by the left during the Virginia Tech massacre for suggesting kids should carry guns to school to protect themselves? Sometime during the many interviews I did that week I said something to the effect that if we allowed concealed carry on campuses maybe someone would have taken Cho out. I am a big fan of concealed carry because I know criminals carry concealed weapons all the time and I would like to even the field with some honest citizens carrying a few themselves so criminals don’t think no one will shoot back. I think of how many lives would be saved if only someone in the school or company could defend against mass murderers instead of allowing these killers from mowing down a bunch of sitting ducks who are desperately try to hide behind furniture to save their lives.
Good. On her stating that gun ownership might mean you’re a psycho, she says:
Nor was I saying a man who might have a collection of guns is a psychopath. I know many of these men as well. They are hunters or lovers of antiques or do a lot of target shooting. What I was talking about during the Paula Zahn Show was the combination of psychopathic behavior and an obsession with weaponry as psychopath love weapons as it gives them a feeling of power and control. Psychopaths do indeed have a fascination with guns and knives and just because the rest of us might happen to own weapons or even have a number of them as a hobby doesn’t eliminate the fact that psychopaths may also be shopping at the gun store with us.
The United States has 5% of the world’s population but 25% of the world’s prison population.
Of course, quite a few countries just kill people instead of incarcerating them.
Many laws broken, both state and federal, and a dead child. Such a pity there weren’t more laws on the books to be broken.
Yes, let’s make it a law to have liberal talk radio. I mean, even if it is a market failure, we should mandate it by law. And since it’s all about fairness, we should mandate that Libertarians, The Constitution Party, The Communist Party, and others get equal airtime.
Over at KnoxViews there is a discussion about Knoxville School Board member Robert Bratton who has been accused of sexual harassment. Local media coverage of this can be seen at WATE, WBIR, and in the Knoxville News Sentinel.
The charges are serious but what I wondered about is how long it would take for people to accuse the accuser. It didn’t take very long. In less than twelve hours people have questioned the credibility of this woman in order to defend their favorite politician. I don’t see anything in the two letters this women wrote complaining about the instances of sexual harassment that raise doubt as to her credibility.
What is it with denial and favorite sons? This seems Clintonesque. Wouldn’t the smart thing be to wait until more facts are known? It seems very early for conspiracy theories. And people wonder why it is so difficult to come forward when sexual harassment occurs.
Seen here:
If you shoot me with .25 ACP and I find out about it, I will personally kick your butt
They expand on that in a more realistic manner but I thought it was funny.
I guess I should comment on it. Congress is at record disapproval and intent on making it worse. As far as I can tell, no one supports this bill except politicians. And, in true politician form, they feel the need to overhaul the entire thing in one fell swoop, as opposed to incremental changes. This will a bureaucratic nightmare. I don’t mind people immigrating here and encourage it. As do most people. But people want immigrants to play by the rules. But playing by the rules is hard. Ask these guys. That said, you don’t give people a pass when they don’t play by the rules. I mean, let’s have amnesty for the drug war, tax evasion, and gun laws if we’re pointing out failed social policies?
And, make no mistake, this is about both political parties trying to nail the Hispanic voting block for the next couple of generations.
Update: Rich has a lot more: Cloture Passes and I Re-assess My Patriotism
In the early 1990s, I bought a pretty fancy home stereo. And in the mid 1990s I bought a big screen TeeVee. All this stuff now resides in The Play Room. Upstairs in the living room, I have a plasma TeeVee. Anyway, the receiver on my downstairs stereo blew up. And whenever I replace the offending fuse, it blows up again. I figured it’s toast. So, I went to Best Buy (wherein, I got a ticket) to check out getting a new one. Well, this home entertainment stuff is now absolutely and completely different than when I last bought any thing. I mean, I stared at the offerings with literally dumbfounded amazement and had no idea what I was even looking at. I’m guessing in the next bit, I’ll have to upgrade in addition to buying a new receiver. So, I figured I’d go ahead and get something compatible with potential future upgrades because my downstairs TeeVee (while quite nice) is old.
So, is there any sort of Post 1990s Home Entertainment For Dummies? I mean, what should I get? How much should I expect to shell out? Anything that’s a waste of money? I really am clueless.
Update: Oops. Apparently, I closed comments by mistake.
Ask, and ye shall receive.
I’ve mentioned before that a number of years ago, I played in a band. I was inspired when Rich posted videos of Barry’s band. With youtube, bandwidth is infinite and free. So, here’s a song we did a number of years ago (2001ish, IIRC) complete with a static picture of a bunny with a pancake on its head. And who doesn’t like bunnies and pancakes? The bunny doesn’t actually do anything. Just listen. Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you Sharon and David (kinda heavy metalish):
Feel free to offer accolades or tell them they suck. Just tell them why. Enjoy. Or not.
How does a gun make anyone feel safer? Please – I dare anyone out there to explain it to me.
They don’t make me feel safer. The actually do make me safer. Feelings have nothing to do with it.
The National Shooting Sports Foundation says California’s microstamping scheme is Tantamount to Gun Ban. Yeah, it is. That’s why they’re doing it.
In light of all the talk résumés about Bitter emails this:
“Résumé,” by the way, is a French word with both “Es” accented, and literally means “summary.” In English one often sees it without the accents, or with only the second accent, neither of which is a serious error. But if you’re trying to show how multilingual you are, remember the first accent.
Kinda sad when police officers parrot Brady talking points.
I guess we’re all immigrants. Even the trees. Via Chris.
The universe continues to piss me off.
The Mrs. called to inform me that:
At Target, Code Yellow means lost child.
For those of you who don’t know me, I am a psychologist specializing in forensic issues, with a private practice in Knoxville, Tennessee and a blogger at drhelen.blogspot.com. My main interests are men’s issues, the influence of pop culture on society, forensic psychology, teens and kids who are violent, podcasting and filmmaking.
“Ask Dr.Helen” will be an interactive column with a question and answer format—you may ask me questions that have been haunting you or that you are just plain curious about that are relevant to your life, your thoughts, your love life, or about pop culture or society in general. I will answer some of the questions in this column as space provides. I would also welcome comments from readers that may add to, or expand upon my answers or you can just tell me how wrong you think I am and why – politely, please! This column is for educational and entertainment purposes only and does not purport to replace therapy or psychological treatment.
I’ll start: So, Dr. Helen, as a gun owner, am I a psycho?
I wrote before that:
I hop on YouTube on occasion to watch old music videos and the like. And I search for songs for which I have never seen the video.
One of my favorite bands is Machine Head. I never knew that they had videos for their first album. But they did. However, the reason that I did not know that was because in the mid-90s, MTV wouldn’t play their video because the song was called Davidian and contained the lyrics Let freedom ring with a shotgun blast. So says Wikipedia. The singer, though, says the song is not about Waco.
Any way, here’s the video.
Tom nails it. The impact of TeeVee on culture is strong, particularly when subtle.
Seems the Incumbent Protection Act took a bit of hit. Seems four judges never heard of the first amendment. And three judges say the prior case is crap.
Good.
I’m only one generation away from what is basically poor white trash. And sometimes it shows. To wit:
So, Sunday, with the Mrs. gone, the kids were playing in the kiddie pool. We wrapped up, went inside for a bit. Then both kids wanted to go back to the pool. I’d already cleaned up swim wear and towels and stuff. And my backyard is pretty private. So, I just took the kids’ clothes off and let them splash around naked. In a kiddie pool. While I drank beer. And I thought to myself Self, this is pretty white trashy. But at least my beer was Stella Artois and not Natural Light.
Also, the Second had a big weekend. Among his firsts: can get up stairs, can high five, and I retired the bath seat.
Seems the state of Tennessee will soon require ID for all alcoholic beverage purchases. Wow. Isn’t it already illegal to sell to underage people?
The press, that is. Seems a law firm is requesting information through the Freedom of Information Act on Bloomberg’s Mayors Against Gun group. So, there must be an evil gun lobby conspiracy lead by those extremists at the NRA. Oh, wait. No evidence the NRA is involved? Well, let’s run with it any way.
And even if the NRA is involved, who cares? Transparency and all that, right?
So, I got this Windows Movie Maker. It only saves files as .wma, which sucks. Any way to change that? If not, any other good (preferably downloadable) video editing software that you recommend?
This time, in Ohio.
Update: Meanwhile, some journalists ponder the ethics of such a decision:
I’m trying to think of a scenario where I would approve such a list being published. I’ll get back to you if one comes to mind.
and
I could only see doing it if there were a controversy over who was receiving gun permits. For instance, only political favorites. Similarly, we might run a list of people receiving bowhunting licenses, or dock permits or chiropractic licenses or whatever. But I don’t see a reason for running the list gratuitiously without a news peg.
Over at the Brady Blog, Paul Helmke notes a particularly nasty comment he received:
Paul you are a Hypocrite and a Liar, Why don’t you face facts. The Brady Bunch is little more than a Mouth Piece for the ACLU, and the Ultra liberal Wing of the Democratic Party. That the Brady Bunch is a thinly veiled “Hate group” that advocates the methods of the brown shirts, of Nazi Germany in 1933.
This is a prime example of how not to win. When you pull a Godwin, any point you may have made or wanted to make is lost by the utter stupidity of your statement. I’ve referenced this type of rhetoric before (see here and here). You’re not helping. So knock it off. But, Mr. Helmke, here’s the deal: Your side is guilty of abandoning reasoned discourse. For example, when you reference the NRA as the extremist gun lobby, you are being patently dishonest. There has been no federal gun law passed in this country that the NRA did not allow. The NRA supports the pending NICS improvement bill. The NRA supports background checks. The NRA supports registration of NFA weapons. The NRA allowed the ban on weapons that look like assault weapons to pass because it wanted the instant check system more. The NRA is not extremist. I, however, am. And referring to those who engage in lawful commerce as rogue is quite disingenuous as well.
Now, while I do not advocate calling them Nazis, liar is spot on. If we’re going to have reasoned discourse, great. But lying is also not acceptable in reasoned discourse, Mr. Helmke. You know, like the time your organization lied about an Al Qaeda training manual mentioning lax US gun control. Or the time you lied and said the NRA was pushing handgun carry at colleges. Or when you’re lying when you make reference to cop killer bullets, assault weapons, blood in the street, gun show loophole. Or the time you lied about Jim Zumbo and Ceasefire Maryland’s bogus study. Or the time you lied about trace data and endorsed law-breaking. Or lied about how the assault weapons ban banned AK-47s. Or lied about how you don’t want to ban guns but want merely want reasonable restrictions. Or how you lied about how more guns increase crime. Or the time you lied about Florida’s castle doctrine bill. And the time you lied about police officers supporting gun control by adding their name to a letter without their permission. Note: I could go on but that’s just the first three pages of my archives.
It’s either lying or the most prolonged case of willful ignorance I’ve ever seen.
Any way, you guys stop lying and maybe then we can talk about reasoned discourse. And I promise not to call you a Nazi.
Update: Haha: At Least We Don’t Have to Pay Our Bozos
Update 2: Seems the commentators over there are having trouble locating the particular comment that Helmke is referring to. Could be that it doesn’t exist but the more likely explanation is that they cull their comments.
Alleged civil rights leaders not so fond of civil rights:
Two of the city’s best-known activists wound up in police custody Saturday after a protest against gun violence outside a suburban gun store.
Revs. Jesse Jackson and Michael Pfleger, a South Side priest, were arrested about 1:30 p.m. for trespassing outside Chuck’s Gun Shop in south suburban Riverdale, authorities said.
You’ll recall that Michael Pfleger was the one who said we should kill gun shop owners and is very likely violating the laws pertaining to the tax status of his church. And Jesse Jackson is supposedly a civil rights leader, which is odd because he agrees that blacks should be disarmed and disarming blacks was the reason for the earliest gun control laws in this country.
Joe says It’s a start: I think they should be charged with 18 USC 241
Update: Don’t tell Jesse about these guys.
People often say to me Hey, Uncle, what’s your problem with a lot of these gun laws people are trying to pass these days? And I say Well, anymore, all these laws do are target the law-abiding, who are, despite the claims of some, not inclined to go shooting people. So, they’re rather pointless. To illustrate:
Gov. M. Jodi Rell has approved a new law that will penalize gun owners if they fail to report lost or stolen firearms to police within 72 hours. …
Under the new law, a first-time failure to report a lost or stolen gun within 72 hours of discovering it is missing is an infraction, punishable by a fine up to $90. Any subsequent, unintentional failure to report a lost or stolen gun is a felony that carries a prison sentence of up to five years and a fine of up to $5,000.
If gun owners intentionally fail to report lost or stolen guns, they could be sent to prison for up to 10 years.
Wow. Punishing lawful gun owners. That’s real smart. What if Joe Gun Owner is out of town and someone breaks in?
Punishing the otherwise law-abiding is easy. After all, they don’t shoot back. And going after people who do shoot back is hard.
Seems the property management company that fired the guy who had a gun when he saved someone’s life is feeling the sting and is going on the attack. Says bitter:
This is a low, low attack. Releasing financial information is a BIG FREAKIN’ NO-NO. Just like credit card companies don’t go around posting the names of people they denied and banks don’t run ads noting everyone who has ever had a check bounce, these are things that a well run business simply does not do. Deal with it privately, don’t trash someone’s name and financial status in the press.
you couldn’t buy this much bad publicity. I just ran a Google on the manager’s name, and it turned up 27,000 hits.
Mingle2 – Online Dating
In other news, gun is a dirty word? Well, fuckity, fuck, fuck.
Via Ninth Stage.
Update: The difference a day makes:
Mingle2 – Online Dating
David notes that Hollis Wayne Fincher was sentenced to six and a half years. Finscher was in possession of machine guns and a short barreled rifle without paying taxes on them. He fought the case on second amendment grounds and lost. See prior posts here.
Update: In comments, Wesley clarifies:
I would probably have said, He tried to fight the case on second amendment grounds but wasn’t allowed to and lost.
Ayup.
So, I’m not happy about Knoxville’s red light cameras for a couple of reasons. Sure, people will say if you don’t break the law, then you have nothing to fear. But, if that’s the case, why stop there? Put them in my house, I might be breaking the law now. So, I got to thinking (dangerous, I know) about how to get rid of these things. I don’t mean like they do in England where they throw a gasoline soaked tire around them and set them on fire. I mean, a way to get the city to realize the error of their ways without the violence and destruction. About the only thing I can come up with is simply not patronizing the businesses around intersections where the cameras are. Now, I just need to convince 400,000 Knoxvillians to do the same.
They snagged me or the Mrs. this past week. $50 for running a red light we didn’t know we ran. I looked it over and, unlike other cases, it actually was our vehicle. I read the bottom and it basically said something to the effect of:
Under penalty of perjury, I have reviewed . . .
And the officer signed it affirming a violation had occurred. I guess that explains their quick response to Tam since, through carelessness, said officer had perjured him or her self in that case.
In an update to ColtCCO getting slammed for lawfully carrying a gun, Insty notes:
it suggests a serious training deficit with the Knoxville Police, as well as an attitude problem on the part of the officer in question.
Well, the tone at the top from Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam is anti-gun. Why wouldn’t the cops be?
If I understand this correctly, the ATF asserts that:
1 – Owing a semi-automatic firearm and having access to a machine shop constitutes possession of a readily convertible machine gun. By that rationale, of course, just access to a machine shop does as well. So, machinists, I suppose, cannot own firearms.
2 – If you have one weapon that is a short barreled rifle and one that isn’t but can accept the after market accessories designed for the short barreled rifle, then the ATF shows up and takes the short barreled rifle but not the other one, your possession of said after market accessories constitutes unlawful possession of a short barreled rifle.
It’s like they make it up as they go along.
Further, the guy involved is actually a special occupational taxpayer. And he was merely a person of interest in a murder. Seems two guns he at one point owned were later used in a murder. And the ATF traced the weapons to him, which is odd since the anti-gunners say cops don’t have access to trace data.
Insty links to a pretty neat book called Backyard Ballistics. It looks like hours of fun. The Amazon page says:
Backyard Ballistics: Build Potato Cannons, Paper Match Rockets, Cincinnati Fire Kites, Tennis Ball Mortars, and More Dynamite Devices
Now, the ATF got a wild hair once to regulate model rockets. Thankfully, they were put in their place. They have also issued opinions on potato guns and flaming tennis balls that may qualify the items as destructive devices depending on which particular projectile they are loaded with. Additionally, a few states regulate such items. So, careful out there. You don’t want to get your kids a book that may get them a visit from the authorities.
ETA: And I’m not saying said activities aren’t fun, educational and entertaining. I am saying that activities I engaged in as a youth now can lead to an interest by the powers that be. And that’s just sad.
In a year when Senator Kyle says taxpayers should demand lower property taxes AND in a year that Blount County will receive almost $1 million more in State funds, Blount County Commissioners are going to require Blount County taxpayers to take EVEN More money from their family budgets.
I wonder what blogging Blount County Commissioner Wendy will say. She did vote No and hats off to her.
So, the pope issued ten commandments for drivers. Allow me to suggest my own:
Pay attention. I know you’re busy and all but your focus should be on driving, not returning calls.
The left lane is for passing. Not for teaching me a lesson. So, get out of the way. The only lesson you’re teaching me is that you’re an asshole.
At a four way stop, the shittiest car does not actually have the right of way.
Yield is not a suggestion. Conversely, it also doesn’t mean give up.
If you’re doing 20MPH in a 45MPH on a rural road just taking in the scenery, remember that some of us (namely the 15 people behind you who want to pummel you to death) may have places to be or may have spent a long day at the office and want to get home. So, at first opportunity, pull over and let us pass since you’re obviously not in a hurry.
Be courteous. But not stupid. If traffic is backed up, I’ll let people trying to get on the road out. However, I probably won’t let all 20 of them out.
If you’re going to be making, say, a right turn in the next little bit, maybe you should go ahead and get in the right hand lane. As opposed to what you usually do, which is wait until the last minute, cut three people off, and almost cause a traffic fatality through your own stupidity.
Signal your intentions when appropriate. But not 1.25 miles ahead of time.
When you see emergency vehicles, get out of their way. They might be going to your house.
Keep it together. Some idiot out there is not enough reason to jeopardize your life. And it’s generally not a good idea to act out of anger when you’re in a several thousand pound, metal box on wheels that’s going fast.
Riding my rear is a pointless exercise if I’m trapped behind someone else and have no where to go.
If you ride a motorcycle, it’s probably not smart to hug the center line so you can pass. All it takes is one guy not paying attention to change lanes and you’re road paste.
When the light turns green, make sure it’s the road is clear and then go. Expeditiously. Don’t finish curling your hair, drink a cup of coffee, and fiddle with the radio. We only got so much time to get through.
If you see a sign that says merge left, go ahead and do that as soon as you can. As opposed to sticking it out in the right lane for as long as you can. See, 15 other idiots decided to do the same thing and when they run out of road and have to merge at the last second, that’s what causes most of the traffic congestion.
I’m not sure what kind of sadistic prick gets their jollies from the misfortune of others, but coming to an almost complete stop to check out the aftermath of a car accident is not only unsafe, it makes you a dickhead.
Learn the rules for pedestrians. They generally have right of way.
A Stop sign does not actually say Stop unless oncoming traffic is a bicyclist (note: I just bought a bike and take my kids for rides. Drivers really are dangerous when you’re on a bike).
Do not pass people, pull over in front of them and then make a turn. Seriously, who are you people?
Violent crime is on the rise. Readers here knew that. And we knew why:
. . . release of large numbers of prisoners were in part responsible for the rising crime.
But The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Ownership blames those evil guns.
Analysis from the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Ownership:
The NICS Improvement Act, which passed the House by voice vote as H.R. 2640 on June 13, 2007, will strengthen the Brady background check system, and thereby make it harder for criminals and other dangerous people to buy firearms.
It will make it harder for them to buy them from lawful dealers. But that’s not where criminals get their guns.
The Brady Law, which mandated that federally licensed firearms dealers (FFLs) check the backgrounds of prospective gun purchasers, has been an overwhelming success.
It has?
Since 1994, Brady background checks have prevented more than 1.3 million persons from illegally buying guns.
But has it affected crime rates? On the rest of it, it again confirms what I’ve said all along. The bill merely funds things that are already law.
MBA Weasel: blah blah blah paradigms blah blah blah
Bubba from the floor: What’re paradigms?
Joe Bob from the floor: About twenty cents?
Another mayor has left Bloomberg’s anti-gun group, Mayors Against Guns:
Carmel, Indiana Mayor Jim Brainard is the most recent addition to a list of the nation’s mayors to resign from New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s anti-gun coalition.
“These mayors, one-by-one, have come to realize the misinformation Bloomberg has given them regarding the true intent of his coalition,” said Chris W. Cox, NRA’s chief lobbyist. “The real agenda is not taking firearms out of the hands of criminals, but gaining access to confidential law enforcement information for the purposes of bringing predatory lawsuits against firearms manufacturers and retailers.”
I think that’s now five that have left. Someone alert Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam that he can be lucky number 6.
Seems ColtCCO had a run in with the police for obeying the law:
I would tell you all about getting my face mushed up against a wall for not fully concealing my legally carried firearm in public, but right now, I’m just too sad.
In Tennessee, we have handgun carry permits. There is no requirement that they be concealed. And I love when the cops tell you not to tell them what the law is. Well, sparky, if you knew it, we wouldn’t have to tell you.
Update: I think Tam says it best:
Apparently the new fashion among crooks is to go grocery shopping with their girlfriends and make sure that someone gets a glimpse of their kilobuck-plus custom gun in its expensive leather holster
I’ve covered Red’s Trading Post before. They are being investigated by the ATF and have a blog documenting that. But this from a local news story seems, err, trite:
Monday the agents did find a possible infraction where a date was left off of a transfer slip.
Oh Noes!!!! In other news, he may not have dotted an I. But this is interesting:
Things got heated on Monday when the Times News tried to take a picture of the agents at work. Tuesday on Top Story listeners were invited to go by Red’s and see the agents in action. Horsley says he thinks that may have prompted the agents to leave early.
Well, the watchmen don’t like to be watched.
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Excellent.
And TiVo too.
So, me, the Mrs. and Junior were watching live TeeVee the other day. A commercial comes on. Junior, obviously concerned, says Where’d the show go? It occurred to us that she was three years old and had never seen a commercial before.
Apparently, I should be clear what I meant about résumés. I find it is acceptable to have a multi-page résumé depending on the position you’re applying for and your level of experience. However, entry level folks, not so much.
Apparently, it is only shocking to Michael Bloomberg that he was never a real Republican.
Danny Boy [San Kotowski] managed to tick off a whole lot of Illinois voters by pushing for lots and lots of onerous gun control . . . so lots of people sent him faxes and letters asking him to knock it off. He apparently is alleging that some of those people were threatening his august person, and going so far as to send detectives of the Illinois State Police to interview people at their homes.
The Illinois State Rifle Association seems to think that this means Kotowski is probably more interested in intimidating the voters into shutting up than anything else. Now, maybe Kotowski has some evidence to show that what he’s done here is reasonable, but the ISRA has interviewed at least one person who was questioned by ISP detectives, and they seem convinced that he didn’t do anything to warrant that scrutiny.
Kotowski is the idiot I mentioned here. Maybe there were some threats
Via tam.
Seems a man had a gun while saving a neighbors life. He was then fired because, err, his employers are retarded.
Email is subject to the same protections as phone calls:
The government must have a search warrant before it can secretly seize and search emails stored by email service providers, according to a landmark ruling Monday in the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The court found that email users have the same reasonable expectation of privacy in their stored email as they do in their telephone calls — the first circuit court ever to make that finding.
Via Ben.
Seems outlaw gangs in Australia are using guns. How can that be what with the sweeping gun laws and all of that?
Remember, I do this to entertain me, not you.
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