Judges vs NJ Lawmakers

The case represents the most serious clash in decades between the Legislature and the courts. Lawmakers had passed the bill despite testimony from the judiciary that arming probation officers would destroy their "neutrality."

That's actually pretty dang funny.

I love it when statists turn on each other.

Seeing Crime Guns Destroyed Gives Solace to Victims' Families

Look up the word "deodand" and tell me we're still not living in medieval times.

UPDATE: the ten ring has more.

We're the Only Ones Confirmed Enough...

A policeman died when his own gun fell on the floor and fired a bullet into his chest yesterday...The victim had earlier been reported to have committed suicide but the report could not be confirmed.

As straightarrow observed about another suspicious death in the Phillipines:

I will bet you he was Catholic. Suicide would prevent him from burial in consecrated ground. Accident would not.

Mama lied. The priests will know it, the police will know it, but most probably, just like here, if it causes no further harm to anyone will go along with the "accidental" story out of respect for the mother.

Own a Gun, Languish in Jail

"Reverse onus" bail rules -- already used in cases of suspected murder and terrorism –- require the defence to prove why the suspect should be allowed bail.

In other words, obey citizen disarmament edicts or get thrown into a hole with the most violent scum on the planet--and survive as best you can until we get around to formally convicting you.

This is nothing short of state-sponsored terrorism.

About Marion Barry Being Robbed...

As I commented on Blognomicon:

This whole story doesn't smell right.

Are we to believe Barry doesn't know street hoods when he sees them? That he gave them a few dollars to carry groceries?

They came back and he invited them in?

Why do I cynically suspect he wanted a drug deal, and they saw an opportunity?

The fact that he says he has "no animosity" and is pledging to "advocate non-prosecution" makes me wonder if he's trying to buy silence if they are caught.

"There is a sort of an unwritten code in Washington, among the underworld and the hustlers and these other guys, that I am their friend," Barry said at an afternoon news conference...

That part I'll buy.

An "Honest" Person

I have no problem being monitored. It's because I'm not a terrorist and I'm not involved in terrorist activities. If monitoring would reassure my government of this fact — monitor away, please...I'm also a responsible gun owner, and the government is welcome to know about my legally owned firearms. I take my Second Amendment rights seriously, as all sportsmen and collectors should. Why should honest people be concerned about the government knowing how many guns they have?

If such a thing is definable, this is quite possibly the most "un-American" commentary I have ever read.

William Fowler, I won't even wish that your chains set lightly.

[Via KABA Newslinks]