This time, he wants to ban light bulbs. The fact this guy runs one of the largest cities on Earth is scary as Hell.

That they’ll make a movie about anything. Guaranteed to suck. My idea for a movie would sell, though.

Heading down 75 to my unsecured and undisclosed location when I see flashing police lights behind me. I get out of the way and notice that it’s a white van. The police lights are coming from under the grill and not the top. They’re blue (not red) so I conclude it’s no ambulance. The driver is hauling some major ass. I’m curious. As it passes me, I look over on the side of the van to see the emblem for The Department of Homeland Security. I wonder where they were going? And I wonder if a fed agency is really a first responder to something?

Any ideas?

Last week I wrote about the local online Editor of the Knoxville News Sentinel and comments he made about Charlie Daniels concerning the Channon Christian and Christopher Newsome case. Updated information on that story here.

Since then I have learned of other horrible criminal cases where the Main Stream Media has non-reported and under reported stories that calls into question whether there is a politically correct filter being applied to the news we are allowed to read and see.

Both La Shawn Barber and Michelle Malkin have written about the Wichita Massacre. Never heard of it. It was a case similar to but even worse than the Channon Christian and Christopher Newsome case.

Via Glenn Reynolds a story from John Leo of the New York Sun. John Leo writes of the case of Jesse Dirkhising, a 13-year-old Arkansas boy who was drugged, tied to a bed, raped, tortured, and killed by two homosexual men. Never heard of it.

John Leo asks the question, “Before long, more news consumers will conclude that even crime news is in effect being politicized. Is this any way to protect an industry in trouble?”

Glenn Reynolds writes, “Plus, ironically the news folks’ desire not to give white supremacist types ammo winds up doing just that.”

Political correctness is a cancer on this country. Is it too much to ask that the media just report the news? All of it? And editors wonder why people are not reading the newspaper.

It’s a good thing that Tennessee bans handgun carry in parks. Otherwise, a shooting might happen there.

In light of their killing an innocent woman, the Atlanta PD has replaced its entire narcotics unit.:

Atlanta’s police chief has announced sweeping changes to his department, including the replacement of the entire narcotics unit.

The unit came under heavy criticism last fall after the shooting death of a 92-year-old woman during a drug raid. Officers burst into her home unannounced, with a no-knock warrant based on false information. Two of the officers involved have pleaded guilty to manslaughter and other charges, while a third is still facing prosecution.

Police Chief Richard Pennington says training standards for the narcotics unit will be rewritten to adopt federal drug agency practices. He says 14 investigators will be added this month, and he hopes to have a new staff of 30 by the end of the year.

Good. It’s a start.

See what I mean?

On the outside, I may look like a rat in a dress. But on the inside, I am a killer.

This post at NIT got me to thinking that I ought to talk about dogs again. More importantly, about perceptions of dogs and why dogs aren’t people.

You leave the house for a few minutes to get something. You return to find the roast you left on the counter gone, the dishes in the floor, and a quite content pooch asleep with gravy stains on his face. What happened? Did the dog make a choice to snatch the roast? Or did something in the fiber of his being remind him that he is a scavenger and override the rule you established for him to not jump on counters? Regardless, you shouldn’t have left the roast on the counter.

Or, another made-up example is my dog (here’s a pic for reference). He was bred to be a farm dog and, more specifically, he was bred to hunt hogs and to restrain cattle. Later, his breed was used to create dogs specifically for fighting other dogs. He has the following characteristics:

And that’s genetics. A couple of other facts about my dog in terms of socialization:

Now, if you came to my backyard right now and put a pig in there, what do you think would happen? Give up? I’ll tell you, without me there to direct him, he will kill it. Period. He’s genetically programmed to do that. He’s built to do that. He has a desire to do that. And unless trained to stop, that’s what he will do. It’s never come up because there just aren’t a lot of pigs in suburbia.

When it comes to a fighting dog, the dogs involved in that hideous and repulsive activity have been bred and conditioned to do just that. Period. The dogs are not forced. Dogs do not have a will like we do and they don’t make choices like we do. Pavlov’s dogs did not choose to drool nor did they do so against their will. They were the product of their genetics and conditioning. Dogs fight for a reason and the primary reason is that it often is how they decide who is in charge. That is, for a dog, a natural tendency. Fighting dogs have been conditioned to kill the other dog, which is something that is rare in a dog fight among non-fighting dogs that usually fight until one dog says uncle. But the urge to get into the fight at all is something all dogs have.

Assigning human qualities to dogs is foolish. Dogs are not evil or good. They don’t make bad or good choices. They react to their environment and that can be controlled through conditioning. Dogs are just dogs.

Dogs are animals. Dogs are killers. Dogs are scavengers. Dogs are followers. They are also loving companions and great protectors due to their nature. But never forget that even little fluffy would love to rip the throat out of a rat. Those cute little Dachshunds were bred to kill badgers. Do you realize how tough a badger is? And how tough a small dog would have to be to go toe-to-toe with one? When people forget that dogs are animals to be controlled, it’s dangerous for the people and unfair to the dogs.

Update: Funny story to illustrate. I was camping and Politically Incorrect Dog and I went fishing. He was hanging out (restrained, of course) and I landed about an 8 pound catfish. I pulled it out of the water to remove it from the line. Without so much as a sound or warning, Politically Incorrect Dog was on that fish like Barbie Cummings on a Tennessee State Trooper. He saw something he didn’t recognize, perceived it as either a threat or prey, and reacted. I pulled him off and we had a fish fry.

Update 2: When a bull dog mistakes your couch for a pig. Heh. Speaking of, my dog likes couches too. But as a springboard.

No kidding:

Senior citizens are much more capable of defending themselves than they may realize, especially if they are armed with a cane and know how to use it, said Larry Giordano, a black belt in karate who has taught self-defense to people of all ages in the Merrimack Valley for 40 years.

I dunno but I’m thinking Glock beats cane.

No really:

A new report from the Brady Campaign to Combat Gun Violence says colleges may have legal problems if they allow students to carry weapons on their campuses.

Courts have long recognized an obligation by colleges and schools to provide a “safe environment” for students. Courts have found, in many previous cases, that colleges were liable in attacks that occurred on campuses.

Actually, court cases I’ve read rule the government has no duty to protect you.

SUV Steals Guns!

I dunno Jay. If he does, he missed one.

Via insty, comes a Gallup poll on guns:

roughly one in three Americans are gun owners, including 41% of Republicans and 24% of Democrats

In other news, they report that gun owning Democrats favor Hillary Clinton. Err, really? Did you pay attention in the 1990s?

911 should be the backup plan.

Sig 220

Mag Fed 20MM rifle. Via ahab who says: I don’t know what I’d do with it. Seems to me it’d take out varmints and dispose of the carcass at the same time.

MagPul personal defense weapon, via Colt CCO

S&W “Safety Hammerless”

It has more working parts than the Space Shuttle. Truth Laid Bare writes “Immigration Bill: Bigger Than The Bible, Not Nearly As Enlightened”. It is 326 pages of Rube Goldberg inspired confusion.

If you dare, more can be learned here and here. Good luck.

An update on the guns in parks/public buildings bill in Tennessee:

Frank Nicley (sic) gun bill was given a 90 thousand dollar fiscal note (for signs to tell people that they can carry in all the parks)and was sent back to budget sub. from calender committee.

Now, I support allowing people to carry on state/city owned property. But the signs idea is really stupid. I think AC was right:

I’ll tell you what the point of the sign is and it is not about protecting anyone. If there is a provision for a sign there has to be an outlay of money to pay for the sign giving the powers that be one more chance to kill the bill in the Finance Committee. That’s all that was — nothing more.

Could be. I could see someone saying: I supported the bill but the mean ol’ state wouldn’t pay for signs!

Victims of police raids on the wrong house have no recourse:

Neither ruling is consistent with a society that allegedly values individual rights, even without the express protections offered by the Fourth Amendment. This ruling in particular evokes Justice Scalia’s flp (sic) aside in Hudson that the only purpose of requiring the police to give notice is to avoid the harm of “being seen in one’s night clothes.” That the Supreme Court can continue to issue rulings like this one in spite of the Fourth Amendment shows that the Castle Doctrine, freedom from unreasonable search, and privacy in general are all but dead in this country.

Well, joining is easier than thinking.

My brother in law on his six foot eight, 300 pound friend:

It’s the damnedest thing. That big ol’ boy has phobias of clowns, midgets, and spiders. Seriously, that dude would totally loose his mind if an eight-legged clown midget said boo. Not me, though. I fear the things you’re supposed to fear. Like my daughter one day becoming a stripper.

Alrighty, then.

Tam:

Last week a legally armed and alert citizen prevented a multiple murderer from fleeing the scene of his armed robbery, pinning him until police could arrive. Note how the USA Today story makes Mr. Chappell sound more like a bystander than one of the heroes of the piece.

Seems another failure to mention an armed citizen intervening has surfaced in the Idaho shootings:

On the positive side, if you can call it that, we found out who the wounded citizen is. He is a mechanical engineering student here at UI, and when he heard gunshots he grabbed his “semi-automatic .45 pistol” and ran outside to try to help. He didn’t get a chance to return fire before he was wounded.

As of yet, I’ve seen no mention of this in the press. Meanwhile, Lyle informs us that the shooter did not use an SKS (as reported in the press) but had an M1A and some sort of AK variant. He also notes:

According to the police chief, the guy had been convicted of domestic violence, had tried suicide earlier and failed, had been involuntarily committed to a mental facility.

Another prohibited crazy person gets a gun.

I’m with Kevin, I’ve never seen it either. It seems that in U.S. v. Rock Island Armory (C.D.Ill.1991), the court ruled that:

In sum, since enactment of 18 U.S.C. sec. 922(o), the Secretary has refused to accept any tax payments to make or transfer a machinegun made after May 19, 1986, to approve any such making or transfer, or to register any such machinegun. As applied to machineguns made and possessed after May 19, 1986, the registration and other requirements of the National Firearms Act, Chapter 53 of the Internal Revenue Code, no longer serve any revenue purpose, and are impliedly repealed or are unconstitutional.

Even better, the .gov decided not to appeal because they knew they would lose. Short version: taxing is OK but banning is not.

Hi Power.

Rifles he can’t afford.

Gunner wants to pimp his AK. A comment I tried to leave is that the Tapco folder stock is not real pleasant to shoot. Also, before firing it with the stock folded, make sure that the stock sits below the charging handle. Some times they don’t and, when you fire, I’ve heard of people having their stocks knocked off.

You know, when the likes of a nanny-state prick like Bloomberg call my kind sick, I take it as the greatest compliment ever. But then, he called the largest police organization in the United States fringe. You keep using those words. I do not think they mean what you think they mean.

I may have to get one of these shirts. You know, for when I fly.

To reader Robert for winning the Texas State Rifle Association Highpower Rifle Championship.

The UK is looking more Orwellian. Flying cameras? I wonder if this is a natural progression from having banned firearms and the current consideration of banning knives?

Ian Readhead, deputy chief constable of Hampshire Police, said Britain could face an Orwellian situation with cameras on every street corner. However, senior officers in Merseyside, who are trialling the drone, said they did not believe it was the next phase in creating a Big Brother society.

Assistant chief constable Simon Byrne said: “People clamour for the feeling of safety which cameras give.

“Obviously there is a point of view that has been expressed but our feedback from the public is anything we can do to fight crime is a good thing.

Do you think if they could protect themselves maybe Orwell’s Big Brother wouldn’t be necessary?

A long-time friend of mine has started a blog: Diary of a Mad IT Manager. Check it out.

Not sure what’s funnier about this story (short version, porn star gets stopped in TN with drugs. Gets out of ticket by, well, you know. Blogs about it, gets trooper in trouble.):

1 – That the whole concept of it sounds like the plot to a porn movie.

2 – That the trooper wanted to film it.

3 – That Knoxville has another blogging porn star.

4 – That some news coverage actually showed a pixelated blow job.

5 – Or that her blog is what broke the story.

AC says:

It’s not just public officials in the political realm who need to be on notice. Anyone under the color of authority has to ask themselves one question: “Is the person I am dealing with a blogger.”

And it helps to not film yourself doing stupid shit.

Update: And yes, I’ve seen the blog and the pictures. And I have not linked to it, which some say is more class than they expected from me. We here at SayUncle draw the line at nekkid (usually – unless it’s artsy fartsy) and porn (always).

Update: Oh dear. Seems, per Joe – who is not above linking who realized his mom might be reading, that she did not get out of the ticket. I guess she really does just love to . . . err, you know. Well, ticket instead of drug charges, I guess.

No fucking shit.