Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Safer Streets Commentaries

Longenecker's latest. [Read]

We're the Only Ones Deathly Hallows Enough

Connecticut Cop Shot During Porn Bust Outside Harry Potter Showing [More]

More detail here:
Two police officers who arrived at the scene of an arrest in the parking lot of the AMC Loews Theatre Saturday morning were wounded after fellow Plainville officers shot at their police car, a state police investigation found.

The suspect, Erik Gothberg, 45, of Southington, had left the theater and was approaching his car when police tried to arrest him, the police report states. Gothberg reached for his waistband, and Sgt. Timothy Mullaney and Cpl. Jon Eno opened fire, the report states.

Yeah, they couldn't possibly have taken him in less public-endangering circumstances or had any indication he was violent--and lo and behold, he didn't have a weapon. Yeah, he "went for his waistband." Maybe he was scratching. Or maybe trigger-happy Frick and Frack--a corporal and a sergeant, so it's not like we're dealing with rookies here--are shoot-first idiots who will do anything to make sure it's they who go home at the end of their shift--even if their "brother" officers don't.

[Via several of you]

Unrestrained

The Executive has claimed powers even kings didn’t have in murdering citizens, and Intel agencies are virtually unbound in who they can spy on... [More]
And remember: "They" hate us because we're free!

[Via Brock Townsend]

Today, on The War on Guns: Notes from the Resistance Radio

  • Zapata family wants answers
  • Armored truck design flaw?
  • Melson says DoJ shielding officials
  • Doctors and guns
  • MS Government ignores the law
  • Jersey gun "buyback"
  • Armed defense in IL
  • Hola Hezbollah!
  • A Big Sky lobbyist
Join me at 7:00 am Pacific/10:00 am Eastern on NBC 1260 AM/96.1 FM, Scottsdale, or click "Listen Live."

Archives are here.  They're posting by the week and replacing the show at each day's link the evening of the broadcast date--or supposed to be--I'm still banging heads with them over that.

Spread the word on this, OK? Nobody else is doing a daily exclusive gun rights broadcast in a major market during morning drive time, and if this works, it could not only create an opportunity to spread to other markets, but also open doors for efforts by others.  We complain our voice is not heard in the media--here we've got a foot in the door at an NBC affiliate station to promote a full-blown no compromise message.  Just a few short months ago I certainly would never have predicted I'd see that happen--or that I'd be a  part of it.

Lineup subject to change without notice.

This Day in History: July 19

I believe the Garrison at Stony point amounted to about 500 rank & file – of which between twenty & thirty might have been killed – about forty wounded & the rest taken. Fifteen pieces of Ordnance altogether and a suitable supply of Ammunition. – Provisions none. [More]