Thursday, September 27, 2007

By His Friends You Shall Know Him

U.S. Attorney Michael Sullivan fielded some tough questions about gun laws while winning praise Wednesday at a Senate confirmation hearing to become director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

Sullivan, a former Republican state legislator and district attorney in Massachusetts, was nominated by President Bush for the job in March.

And just look at who is heaping praise: Ted Kennedy and John Kerry. With Chuck Schumer providing the theatrical cues needed to prompt the requisite responses and give the illusion of a "grilling."

And Sullivan promises to work around those pesky restrictions on providing municipalities with ammo to sue gun manufacturers... I mean, gun trace data sharing. Because we all know Congress said cities couldn't do that. Just ask Judge Weinstein.

Is it just me, or does it seem the "Vote Freedom First" president goes out of his way to alienate ("betray" is such an ugly word) the base?

[Via Red's Trading Post]

A Confidence Game

Almost half of gun crime victims in London's black community refuse to help police investigations, a senior Metropolitan Police officer has said.

Lack of confidence in the police and fear of reprisals stop many answering officers' questions...
Stay in denial and keep thinking it's the guns. Because admitting the alternative could bring down the whole government authority-over-dependency house of cards.

"All It Can"

The Tanaiste has insisted that the Government is doing all it can to rid society of gun crime.

Maybe it should try doing less?

A Plethora of Only Ones

I've said it before and I'll repeat myself--I don't go out looking for new cop stories every day--there are just so many I can't avoid tripping over them, plus many of you send me links and I try to honor your efforts when I can.

But I'm in a bit of a quandary--it seems more and more, WarOnGuns is dominated by "Only Ones" posts--and that's not why I started doing this. I'm spending more time commenting on police outrages and absurdities, and less on promoting RKBA--although I can't deny the two are strongly intertwined.

In an ideal world, I'd have enough time and resources to do a separate website. But that ain't gonna happen.

Is there a solution, aside from consciously setting arbitrary limits, and accepting some stories, while leaving others with equal merit alone? I don't know, and I don't know that I'll end up doing anything differently.

I'm just thinking out loud here.

We're the Only Ones Setting Traditions Enough

The U.S attorney and the FBI are investigating 20-year-old claims that Chicago Police under the command of former Lt. Jon Burge tortured confessions out of suspects and lied about it under oath...

At least 148 men, almost all of them African-American, told a special prosecutor that Burge and his officers at the old Area 2 police station beat them to extract confessions. Some of those men went to Death Row on false confessions until former Gov. George Ryan pardoned them. The city fired Burge, saying he was responsible for the torture of suspects. But a special prosecutor concluded it was too late to file charges against Burge or his officers.

The city also provided attorneys to defend Burge against civil suits that have cost the city $8 million in lawyers' fees so far. Burge lives in Florida and draws a city pension.
Enjoying professional courtesies, no doubt.

In the mean time, "Snuffy" and Laura are doing their best to ensure their idiot followers remain at the mercy of such "Only Ones" [Hey, you'll get your day in court!], and are working toward the day when you and I will also know the sweet peace that comes only from submission and dependence.

We're the Only Ones Elite and Special Enough

A Chicago police officer who was already in legal trouble was arrested Wednesday on federal charges for allegedly planning the murder-for-hire of a former fellow police officer.

...Finnigan was assigned to the elite Special Operations Section of the Chicago Police Department. He was one of six members of that unit arrested in 2006 for allegedly using their badges to shake down residents for cash and other items. He was suspended from the force after state charges were filed in that case.
Bummer. There goes his eligibility for professional courtesy. Meanwhile, Chicagoans "Snuffy" Pfleger and Laura Washington are working hard to make sure Daley's "Only Ones" continue to enjoy an elite and special monopoly of force--while working to expand that condition state and nationwide. The result, of course, would leave "ordinary citizens" (that would be you and me) at the mercy of the Finnigans of the world, not to mention the feral, enabled offspring of witless pawns-for-the-police-state mothers. All in the name of humanity, mind you.

[Via 45superman]

This Day in History: September 27

I would therefore observe, that you will endeavour, as you advance, to obtain information of the Enemy's and our situation and regulate yourself accordingly.

Hah! See?

Washington used the word "regulate."

If this isn't proof the Founders wanted "gun control laws," then nothing is. I mean, what else could he have meant?