David Hardy notes that they bought the International Assn of Chiefs of Police. Seriously, they let Joyce write their report. The International Assn of Chiefs of Police is pretty much a sham any way as most police join the Fraternal Order of Police. My dad, for instance, has been a member of FOP for several decades. He’s never heard of The International Assn of Chiefs of Police.

And Cam points out something very important:

This is just sad. On Wednesday, the International Association of Chiefs of Police held a big press conference on Capitol Hill to release a new report on “gun violence”. They had 39 specific recommendations, but you’ve heard them all before. Ban the .50 caliber rifle. Ban “assault weapons”. Institute one-gun-a-month laws. No transactions without it going through a federally licensed firearms dealer. It’s a Christmas wish-list for gun banners. Which is no surprise, given that this report was bought and paid for by the anti-gun Joyce Foundation.

I’m sure there’ll be plenty of news stories on this report, but I’d be shocked if any of them contained the following information.

In 2006, the Joyce Foundation doled out $375,000 to the IACP to convene the “Great Lakes States Summit on Gun Violence”. That conference was held in April of this year. This is in addition to the $174,788 the Joyce Foundation also paid to IACP to develop and plan the summit.

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But the media will not report this as “An anti-gun group today released a new report on gun control”. They will report this as “Today our nation’s law enforcement officers, together with some of the biggest names on Capitol Hill, called for more common sense gun laws to reduce violent crime.”

Alleged gun criminal and alleged journalist Steve Bailey is getting play again.

Gun songs.

You’ll recall a bit back that Colt CCO was bodyslammed by a police officer for lawfully carrying a concealed weapon. Well, there’s an update:

Their determination was that the officer in question violated the departmental regulations regarding “knowledge of laws and regulations and courtesy”. This occured due to the officer’s confusion about the law in his previous state of police employment, Ohio, (I’ve gotta try that sometime, “I’m sorry, your honor, I thought I was in Ohio.”) where open carry is prohibited.

The official action(s) taken are:

– A written reprimand for the officer, “which reprimand carries with it certain inter-departmental consequences beyond just a notation in their personnel file.”

– Remedial training in TN Handgun Carry Permit law, and in dealing with the public.

– All KPD officers will be undergoing refresher training on Tennessee Handgun Carry Permit law during the next in-service training session.

– An apology from the Chief of Police, Sterling Owen.

Good.

Update: Turns out the officer doesn’t seem know the laws of his former state as open carry is legal in Ohio. Thanks to gattsuru.

So, a while back some of you asked for Triangle Of Death shirts. I had a guy I know design some. He says you haven’t bought any. If you’re gonna ask, you should at least buy one. I mean, you’re not afraid of scaring white people are you? So, get thee hence:

Full disclosure: I make nothing from the sales. But go buy one anyway, to annoy Paul Helmke.

No Best Gun Blog category? I’m disappointed. Via Stan.

If you want an additional 1,000 or so visits to your site, use the phrase don’t taze me bro.

Tam sets them straight: “Tribal tattoos”? Give me a break. “18-y.o. Skinny White Kids From The ‘Burbs” isn’t any tribe I’ve heard of.

Only this time, he didn’t quit.

Via SIH.

That didn’t take long. A new phrase has been added to the lexicon.

I’m with Phelps, except the cop hating part – a few bad apples and all that. It was ludicrous. And John Kerry will unjustifiably take some heat over this.

Looks like three more of you could fit in there.

A Walther/S&W pocket pistol.

Red’s gets audited again:

I ask everyone to contact the US Department of Justice; Office of the Inspector General and click on the button that states “REPORT WASTE, FRAUD OR ABUSE”. This is YOUR money that is being wasted and these are YOUR freedoms that are ultimately being destroyed by the ATF’s agenda of shutting down gun dealers.

assault-caliber handgun.

The Gun Shots note an FBI study:

“Of the 33 handguns used to assault the officers who participated in the current study, 32 (97 percent) were obtained illegally.”

“None of the rifles, shotguns or handguns connected with this study were obtained from gun shows or related activities.”

Wall of goodies. I handled a short barreled PS90 at Coal Creek once. Quite neat.

Insty:

I’m dealing with the problem a different way, by teaching my daughter to shoot.

Good. But it begs the question, as the father of a three year old and 17 month old, how early do you start? I’ve gotten Junior somewhat acquainted with guns but she’s way too young to head to the range.

Says Wayne:

You’ve gotta love the gun bloggers. A few days ago, when Gun Law News reported that Senator Barack Obama served on the board of directors for the anti-gun Joyce Foundation, I had to smile. Not because of Obama’s ties to one of the deep pockets that fund anti-gun groups across this country, but because it was a blog that broke this story, not the mainstream media.

He notes Obama is better on guns than Hillary, though.

And, a blog courtesy tip to Wayne, you should link to Gun Law News when you mention them.

With video.

Rudy can’t seem to win either side over:

So gun nuts don’t trust him, and meanwhile, gun-banners are wondering why he’s given up on their cause. (Hint: it’s a losing cause.)

Xrlq gets his logic on.

Some more goodies at the Gun Blogger Rendezvous:

Hi-point is donating a handgun

And, Mr. C. notes, David Hardy donated a few copies of In Search of The Second Amendment.

Excellent.

No, really. Which was odd because he was behind me at the grocery store. I said Hey, doc. And he just said Mylanta.

I just thought this was a neat idea from Aunt B. So here are ten random songs in order (with youtube links) from my MP3 player (I have an LG not an iPod because I don’t buy Apple anything).

1 ‘Til Tuesday Voices Carry

2 Guano Apes Open Your Eyes

3 Korn Word Up

4 Hed PE Suffa

5 Terence Trent D’Arby Wishing Well

6 Sepultura Roots Bloody Roots

7 All That Remains This Calling

8 Deftones Engine #9 (no relation to the blogger here)

9 Talking Heads And She Was

10 Anthrax & Public Enemy Bring The Noise

He has a page on the issues.

RNS notes DC’s screw up:

he’s taking advantage of DC’s attorneys’ foulup to get the district court to immediately allow DC residents to possess long guns.

Zoiks. Via Bruce.

Headline: Residents know their rights, but are a bit hazy on the details

First sentence: The U.S. Constitution grants many freedoms, including freedom of speech, the right to bear arms and protection from unlawful search and seizure.

The Constitution doesn’t grant freedoms. It assumes they exist and limits the .gov’s ability to impact them. It doesn’t say you have a right to X; rather it says Congress shall make no law. So, the press is a bit hazy on the details. Still, it’s not amusing that people don’t seem to know rights that are enumerated.

In other news, we have a SWAT Team?